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Bottom line: Rain fills the lake
JUSTIN MUCH
STAYTON MAIL
While there’s plenty of en-
gagement with the issue, prob-
lems emerging from a compar-
ative dearth of water in Detroit
Lake draw few answers.
The engagement was clear
July 20 at Gates Fire Hall, when
more than 150 people turned out
to the discuss consequences of
low water levels. That meeting
came on the heels of an an-
nouncement that for the second
consecutive year, water levels
will directly affect boating and
recreation at the lake.
A year ago, late July water
levels at Detroit Lake hit a 15-
year low at 1,488-feet above sea
level. This year’s projected
1,544 feet is the second lowest in
that same time span, prompting
locals to anticipate once again
many grounded docks by Au-
gust.
The meeting’s attendance
sheet filled with recreation and
tourism advocates, along with
elected officials and repre-
sentatives from other agencies
and entities involved with the is-
sue.
U.S.
Army
Corps
of
Engineers Public Affairs Spe-
cialist Michelle Helms said the
Corps is charged with monitor-
ing and regulating water levels
and discharge. It has many part-
ners, hence varied interests, in
the process, including National
DANIELLE PETERSON / STATESMAN JOURNAL, AP
Jennifer Harrison, who is visiting from Florida, takes pictures of driftwood on July 18 at Detroit Lake in Oregon. The
reservoir east of Salem is projected to drop to 1,544 feet above sea level by July 23.
See LAKE, Page 3A
Police training class
welcomes survivor
SPECIAL TO THE STATESMAN JOURNAL
Oregon Mayors Association essay winner
Sophia Borgstahl, center, with Val Lemings
Scotts Mills Councilor Val Lemings, right and
Silverton Mayor Rick Lewis.
Scotts Mills
child named
top essayist
in contest
JUSTIN MUCH
STAYTON MAIL
PHOTOS BY DANIELLE PETERSON / STATESMAN JOURNAL
Rianna Riegelmann, 7, sits in driver’s seat of a SWAT vehicle on Thursday at the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training in
Salem. Rianna spent the day with law enforcement.
7-year-old spends day with recruits
WHITNEY M. WOODWORTH
STATESMAN JOURNAL
It was another day of training for
the 359th Basic Police Class, but on
Thursday, the group of 38 recruits had
an honorary member— a 7-year-old
cancer survivor from Silverton.
Rianna Riegelmann, along with her
mother, Lori Riegelmann; father, Peter
Riegelmann; and brother, Noah Rie-
gelmann, joined in on the fun at the
Oregon Public Safety Academy.
She and Noah threw flash grenades
with the SWAT team, played with a re-
connaissance robot and gave com-
mands to Salem police’s police dog En-
zo.
“She’s had so much fun,” Lori said.
“We’re just overwhelmed with grati-
tude.”
Each basic police class has the op-
portunity to pick a service project,
said Lt. Andrew Bechdolt, a training
coordinator for the Oregon Depart-
ment of Public Safety Standards and
Training. Some hold fundraisers for
memorial projects or nonprofit agen-
cies. The 359th class chose to sponsor a
law enforcement day for Rianna and
her family.
Rianna was diagnosed with leuke-
mia in March. While undergoing che-
motherapy, she and her family met
Multnomah County Sheriff’s Deputy
Nick Bohrer, a volunteer with the Che-
mo Pals mentoring program. Bohrer
introduced the Riegelmann family to
Forest Grove recruit Officer Austin
Adams, who pitched the idea of having
Salem Police Officer Marty Miranda lets
Rianna pet police dog Enzo.
See SURVIVOR, Page 3A
Scotts Mills 7th grade student Soph-
ia Borgstahl captured first prize in the
Oregon Mayors Association’s essay
contest, the group announced last
week.
The statewide contest is geared to-
ward civic awareness with a theme an
titled of “If I were mayor, I would…”
Sophia discussed her foothill com-
munity’s minimal resources, and said if
she were mayor she would work to-
ward providing a recreation center for
area youth, outlining the activities it
would provide and ideas for running it;
she even pondered the center’s financ-
ing and discussed applying for grants.
She also mentioned spearheading a
collective community effort to clean up
the town, providing a strengthened
business environment and perhaps lur-
ing businesses such as a coffee shop,
drug store, diner or tourist shop to help
the town’s image.
“Her essay had well thought-out
ideas for community improvement,
contained relevant research, and she
spoke from a touching, personal per-
spective and experience,” Scotts Mills
City Councilor Valerie Lemings said.
“Sophia has the rare quality of a poised,
natural leader. We are so excited to
See ESSAYIST, Page 3
Two killed in crash near Scotts Mills
Top 3 Selling Agents in June!
DAVID DAVIS
STATESMAN JOURNAL
A fatal crash on Highway 213
near Scotts Mills Thursday after-
noon left two people dead and sent
three people to the hospital, offi-
cials say.
A 2003 Toyota Sienna minivan
was driving south when it drifted
onto the shoulder before coming
back onto the highway where it
struck a northbound 1999 Acura se-
dan, according to a statement by
Captain Bill Fugate of the Oregon
State Police.
The crash occurred around 4
p.m.
The male driver and male front
passenger in the Toyota were pro-
nounced dead at the scene.
An adult female and two-year-
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old were taken to Oregon Health
Sciences University with non-life
threatening injuries.
The driver of the Acura sus-
tained non-life threatening injures
and was also transported to OHSU.
Officials have not yet released the
identity of any involved.
The highway was closed for
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