Sayers loomed as one of the top prizes in the raging AFL-NFL war in the mid 1960's. One of three first round draft picks of the Bears, Gale was also the No.1 choice of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Between April and October the precipitation in Tillamook is comparatively lighter but still remains much wetter than the population centers in the Willamette Valley. Tillamook's annual precipitation averages about 88 inches (2,200 mm) compared to only 36 inches (910 mm) in Portland. Summers in Tillamook are brief and mild with average daytime temperatures in the upper 60s-although daytime temperatures can occasionally soar into the 80s and 90s for days at a time.
Medford, for example, has an average of 3 days per year with at least one inch of snow while Sexton Summit averages 30 inches. Due to its separation from the coast, Zone 3 has greater temperature extremes than the remainder of western Oregon. During summer, it is generally the warmest part of the state.s in the case of the rest of western Oregon, most precipitation in Zone 3 falls during the months of November through March. Of Medford's average annual precipitation of 18.8 inches, about 75 percent falls during that five month period.