Regional.
Archaeologists await next big dig
< .< M'l.KK CITY. Wash IA I’) As i:.«st.rn
Washington 1 'niversity .in Ideologists liegin In
sift ihrmigh the more than 100.0(10 artifacts the\
collected tins summer .it the Salishan Mesa oth
rrs are looking forward to their next big dig
"< )ni r win get it in vour blood, vnu i ant gel
it out " said |im l.ynt h. a retired Wenatr bee rest
dent who spent a month this summer as a volim
leer at the exi avalion
l lie dig began in |ul\ as a i entenni.il event
anil attr.ii ted nearly 2.000 people to tile site
about seven miles north of here along Hanks
l-nke
l.vm h a self stvled student of archaeology
and veteran of main digs was one of nearly t >0
volunteers who worked alongside eight an baeol
ogisls ill the site The exi .n ation ended Sept I '>
The project was a dltferent sort of dig be
cause ol the large number of visitors and volun
teers and bei ause tin site was so diverse said |ei
r\ (.aim an I astern Washington I’Diversity at
i baeologist and exi .nation direi tin
The an haeologists and volunteers uncovered
at least one pit bouse and rare prehislorii upland
tepees vvlili b usualh are found in river bottoms
said (iulm s < olle.igue llei k\ Siemens
I lie large number ol artifacts mostly i hip
stone for making and mamt.mg tools, piei es of
bone used as i ookiug utensils, and ipi.ut/ite Irag
rnenls used for filleting fish are not usualU
found in upland temporary homesites. \fs Me
veils said
A test (Iik in 1UH7 tentatively put the age cil
the pit house at 2. 100 years old and "all the arti
fat Is so far agree with that.' Ms Stevens said
(.aim said some of the artifacts found on the
mesa were of a style that has I Mien dated at 4.000
years ago
However, more recent styles also have been
uni overed. mdn ating that the mesa site was used
lime and time again over thousands of years
(ialm said the mesa intrigues him because
data he and his c olleagues < ollei ted there do not
agree- \\ 11)i their previous assumptions Many (III
ferent types of tools ysere found there and "if
you look at that mesa, you've got to wonder
why he said I yc-rything they worked on had
to he dragged up there
\s the arc haeologlsts peer into the past nth
eis involved iii the profec t are planning for the fu
lure Nat Washington of I phi.it.i who disc overed
the Site III l'M>7 would like to see it preserved,
u ith a visitors i enter
Ihe Bureau of Reclamations plans lor the
site call for revegetating it with the help of the
state Department of Wildlife and I astern Wash
ingtern l mversilv. said ( line Swec-I. a Bureau
manager But it is possible the site i mild later he
developed into a visitor i enter he said
(Ialm said the long term goal is to protec t the
site That means returning it to its natural state
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Jury finds helmet
corporation at fault
PORTLAND (AP) A for
mer high m hool football
player h.is been awarded
$11.2 million from a jury
that concluded a defective
football helmet caused him
to suffer a severe brain in
jury four years ago
A helmet made by the
Hike Athletic (!o. was unrea
sonahly dangerous, leading
to iic ute bleeding within the
brain ol Ric bard Austria,
then tti. a Multnomah ( anin
l\ ( ire uit ( cm it jury dec ided
Monda\ in an 111 vote
The damage award is the
largest in Multnomah Uoun
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ently marks tbe first time
that an injury < ase involv ing
a Hike helmet has been pre
senled to a jur\ Hike has
been in the helmet business
sun e 197ti
Mark K Hoce i an attorney
lor Kic hard Austria and bis
parents. John and I’erla Alls
tria said several other c ases
around the nation against
Hike bad been settled out of
c ourt without disc leisure of
payments
"We knew we were
right." be said after jurors
returned the verdict "We
weren't sure- it would come
out that wav. but we thought
we were right
I’erla Austria began sob
lung openly as soon as judge
Richard 1. Unis read from
the verdic t form that jurors
bad concluded that the bid
met was an unreasonably
dangerous product, causing
tbe injury to her son
jurors also c one lulled that
tbe youth, a reserve defen
sive- bac k at (Iresbain Union
lltgli School, was 2 percent
at fault, thus re-due mg the
total award of damages from
St 1 4(i million to Si 1 19
million Hoc i i said Ric bard
Austria would need S > 2
million to provide for daily
i are tbe rest of Ins 1 if**
Austria, now 20. lias se
vere irreversible mental and
pin sic al impairments aftei
suffering an acute subdural
hematoma Oct 1. 1 ‘IKS. He
has been living with his par
ents but requires 24-hour
care.
William Mitchell, a Port
land lawyer representing
Hike, declined to comment
on the outcome other than to
say. "It was an emotional
case." He said there was a
strong chance of an appeal
Hoi i i and James M. Pip
pin, representing the Aus
trias. i (intended that the
Hike Air Power model hel
met worn hv Austria had not
been adequately tested he
lore the company marketed
it.
Jurors hurried from the
courtroom alter the verdict
The presiding juror, Stephen
Treick. said jurors found "a
couple things" wrong with
the helmet, but he declined
to desi ribe them
A companion defendant.
I)i Kenato Pi/.arro. a family
friend who first examined
the youth after he com
plained ol headaches, was
cleared of an allegation of
medical negligence. Jurors
unanimously concluded that
the examination given by I’i
zarro did not fall below the
standard of medical care in
the community.
Hike and the Kendall Re
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for damages found by the
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