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Dog cast out as car falls, rolls 1,100 feet into water
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By Kate Ramsayer The Bulletin
Helicopters and possibly rappelling crews will fish crumpled pieces of a Volkswagen out of Crater Lake and its rocky caldera, after the car rolled off an overlook and fell 1,100 feet. While the driver and passenger were safely outside of the car at the time, their dog Haley was trapped inside as the vehicle fell down the steep caldera wall. The Dingo-Akita mix escaped with only minor injuries. She was ejected through the sunroof and then climbed 600 feet up the rocky slope to her owner, according to a news release from the National Park Service. The accident happened Saturday evening, as Shauna McHugh and Tobias Swanson, of Ashland, parked their 2003 VW Passat near the North Junction Scenic Overlook. “Apparently some folks were visiting the park and enjoying the view, but failed to set their emergency brake,” said Marsha McCabe, spokeswoman for Crater Lake National Park. And the car started to roll across the parking area. “There’s a rock wall, but there’s also a section where there isn’t,” McCabe said. The car “just happened to go down the one slot that would allow it to go through.” See Crater Lake / A5
“Apparently some folks were visiting the park and enjoying the view, but failed to set their emergency brake.” — Marsha McCabe, spokeswoman, Crater Lake National Park
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By Sheila G. Miller The Bulletin
100 years young J
ack Edlefsen, above, receives a high-five from 4-year-old Max Hardgrave during his 100th birthday celebration at the Ath-
letic Club of Bend on Thursday.
When Jared Lewis took over as Forrest Ramsay’s guardian three years ago, he knew he’d be stretching his paychecks a bit further each month. And since the 16-year-old plays football and lacrosse for Summit High School, he required more than just the usual back-to-school gear; he needed football pads and cleats and a $100 pay-to-participate fee that all high school students in Bend-La Pine Schools must fork over for activities and athletics. “It got to the point where little things were a big deal,” Lewis said. “But athletics is huge to him, football and lacrosse especially.” During the 2009-10 school year, Lewis was determined to pay for the incidentals on his own. But this year, he sought out a scholarship for the payto-participate fee from the Education Foundation for the Bend-La Pine Schools. That scholarship, though small, has allowed the family a little breathing room. “We’re counting every single penny. This gave me the ability to breathe a little easier,” Lewis said. See Scholarships / A4
Right, Edlefsen poses for a picture on the rowing machine for Prapin Manomaivibool. Manomaivibool, who met Edlefsen in Seattle in 1968, flew in from Bangkok for his 100th birthday.
Photos by Ryan Brennecke / The Bulletin
Deschutes Sheriff’s Office logging more search hours By Erin Golden The Bulletin
If you got lost while hiking this summer in Central Oregon, you weren’t alone. Not yet nine months into the year, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue volunteers have already logged “The commonality more than 23,000 hours we would find — more than in the full calendar year of 2009, in most of our when volunteers put in a searches is total of 19,000 hours. Missions completed that people are this year include fire not necessarily evacuations, body recoveries and rescues of properly equipped.” people who were injured — Lt. Scott Shelton, while enjoying the outDeschutes County doors. The largest number of calls, however, Sheriff’s Office were for hikers, snowshoers and others who somehow ran into trouble and couldn’t find their way back to where they started. See Search / A5
10 essentials for exploring the outdoors 1) Tools for navigation: a map and compass, a GPS — if you know how to use it and pack plenty of batteries 2) Sun protection, including sunglasses, sunscreen and a hat 3) Layers of clothing that will help you stay warm and dry, usually made of synthetic materials 4) A headlamp and flashlight — and enough batteries to power them 5) First-aid supplies, including bandages and any medications you are currently taking 6) Matches, a lighter or
candle stubs and materials to start a fire 7) Tools for making repairs, like a Swiss Army knife 8) High-energy foods, like energy bars; fats, jerky and high-protein bars are a bad idea 9) At least 1 liter of water for a short day hike and 2.5 liters for an all-day trip; bring extra water for extreme temperatures 10) Materials for an emergency shelter, including a large, bright plastic tarp, space blanket and a few large plastic trash bags Source: Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue
‘Barefoot Bandit’ reward as elusive as Washington fugitive By Erik Lacitis The Seattle Times
SEATTLE — It’s Kenny the security guard calling again from the Bahamas, wondering if there is any news on that $10,000 FBI reward for catching Colton Harris-Moore, not to mention several thousand more in private reward money. The FBI still is pondering it, Kenny, and “coordinating with the Royal Bahamas Police Force.” With each phone call, Kenny Strachan sounds more and more dejected. Wasn’t he the one who spotted the Barefoot Bandit about midnight July 11, running on the dock toward the Romora Bay Resort and Marina in Harbour Island? Wasn’t he the one who ran alongside the 19-yearold, who was holding a 9 mm handgun, trying to persuade him to surrender? Wasn’t he the one who, after Harris-Moore ran off into the bushes, called the cops on his cell phone? That, he says, surely was information leading to the arrest of Harris-Moore. Strachan tried his best to point out the facts as he saw them, giving by his count some 20 interviews to the media that descended on the island. But there are problems. It turns out that a number of other people also have applied for the reward money. And figuring out who gets the money could prove nearly as difficult as catching the elusive HarrisMoore, who now sits in a SeaTac jail. See Barefoot / A4
Boy Scouts shield abuser files used to vet volunteers By Scott K. Parks The Dallas Morning News
DALLAS — The Boy Scouts of America calls them the “perversion files.” The stories locked inside a neat row of metal file cabinets at BSA headquarters in Irving would sicken the most callous reader. Many of them document the activities of a pedophile banned from Scouting for mo-
lesting boys in tents, on hikes or while helping them earn merit badges. The BSA, the nation’s premier youth organization, its wholesome image honed by iconic Norman Rockwell paintings throughout the 20th century, has meticulously kept the files since the 1920s. They number in the thousands, but no one knows much about them because Scout exec-
utives and their lawyers insist they remain confidential. Now, a growing chorus of critics is calling on the Scouts to open their sexual secrets to public scrutiny. They argue that the files contain a treasure trove of misdeeds that academic researchers and law enforcement might use to learn more about manon-boy pedophilia. See Boy Scouts / A4
Attorneys Kelly Clark, left, and Paul Mones sit among the files that the Boy Scouts of America have maintained on pedophiles in Portland. Mike Davis Dallas Morning News