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BLACKBERRY • THE SEQUEL
Here, kitty, kitty By Scott Hammers • Photos by Rob Kerr • The Bulletin The story of a La Pine cat stuck in a tree for more than a week prompted dozens of readers to e-mail or call The Bulletin, sharing stories of how they’ve removed cats from trees, to recommend people who could perform a rescue, or to volunteer to climb the tree and bring
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Blackberry back down themselves. Jan Collins, of Redmond, called Greg Graven, of La Pine, the owner of Wild River Tree Service. “I was just frantic. Somebody
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needs to do something,” said Collins, 54. “My gosh, a lot of people have those big old lift things. Somebody’s got to have a heart.” Shortly after 10 a.m. Thursday, Graven arrived with his bucket truck to launch a rescue attempt.
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“Typical cat rescue,” said Graven, 58, watching as Blackberry moved from a second tree to a third and then a fourth. An unemployed countertop installer, Harman, 37, was originally invited by Graven just to watch the rescue, and maybe to take a ride in the bucket truck — instead, he volunteered to chase Blackberry through the branches. “At first it was kind of scary up there, but you do what you’ve got to do,” he said. “That cat did not like when I first got up there.” With Blackberry in her fourth tree of the morning, Harman stomped on a branch, sending the cat plummeting roughly 30 feet into a bedsheet held by her owner, Sue Sparks, 50, and Sparks’ friend, Ron Jackson. Blackberry landed in the sheet, then promptly escaped and ran under a neighbor’s porch. She turned up in the backyard about six hours after the rescue.
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“These guys are like Superman,” Sparks said, hugging Graven to thank him for his help after the rescue. Sparks also singled out neighbor Crystal Herbert, 16, who spent a full day trying to find help. “Actually, she’s Superwoman, too.”
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Piloting the bucket truck, Nathan Harman moved into position, prompting Blackberry to bolt for the top of the tree. Harman got out of the bucket and followed into the crown of the tree, climbing roughly 60 feet off the ground without a harness. As Harman approached with a blanket to grab her, Blackberry fell, dropping around 15 feet before she regained her footing in the lower branches. She then jumped to an adjacent tree.
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Crystal, cuddling with Blackberry on Thursday night, said the cat was a little thin, but seems healthy. “It’s good to have her down here and know that she’s OK. And I’m glad for everyone’s help and want to thank everyone who’s helped, and everyone who’s offered to help. We really appreciate it. Everybody just loves this cat to death.”
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Deputies called as rigs block irrigation project SISTERS — McKenzie Canyon property owners parked vehicles in the middle of an irrigation canal that runs through their property on Thursday, in an attempt to block workers from replacing the open canal with an enclosed pipe. The dispute drew Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office deputies to the scene — and was at least the third time in a month that law enforcement have been called in. “We’re a little bit worried about the potential of what could happen, and we just don’t want anybody to get hurt,” said Lt. Deron McMaster with the Sheriff’s Office. The clash is over the Three Sisters Irrigation District’s effort to replace 12.5 miles of an open canal with steel pipe. The project is designed to deliver water to ranchers while getting rid of leaks and reducing the delivery costs. Workers have completed all but about a quarter-mile of the $7 million project — but a couple of property owners in that remaining stretch have filed a lawsuit asking a judge to halt the work, stating the district does not have the proper easements for the project. A ruling on the request had not been issued as of Thursday, although the suit is scheduled for a pretrial conference June 9 in Deschutes County Circuit Court — after the construction project is slated to be complete. See Canal / A5
Need a Post-it? You have these 2 guys to thank By Monica Hesse The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — The thing that is obvious if your profession is, say, NBA basketball, but less obvious if your profession is, say, adhesives and laminates, is that every field has its own hotshot studs. “Oh, I get maybe six or seven autograph requests” a week, Arthur Fry is saying modestly. “Now, do you respond to those?” his collaborator Spencer Silver asks. He’s always afraid that if he gives out autographs, someone could use his signature for identity theft. “Oh, yes.” Fry and Silver invented Post-its. They are the studs. See Invention / A2
How a molestation case emerged after 3 decades By Nicholas Kulish New York Times News Service
ESSEN, Germany — The case that has raised questions about the future pope’s handling of a pedophile priest in Germany came to light three decades after it occurred, and then almost by chance. It happened when Wilfried Fesselmann, an early
victim, said he stumbled on Internet photographs of the priest who sexually abused him, still working with children. Fesselmann, who had long remained silent about the abuse he suffered in 1979, said the pictures stunned him and spurred him to contact his abuser.
Thus began the convoluted process, which included an extortion investigation against Fesselmann for the emotionally raw e-mail messages he sent the church in 2008 demanding compensation, that ultimately put Pope Benedict XVI in an uncomfortable spotlight. See Abuse / A5