WHILE YOU WERE AWAY
The following is ,i summary
ot nows ovonls that happened
in the community tins smnmor
Kugono polii o t ited nr arrest
otl IS people luno .Mi toi lamp
ing on tho lawn oi the Opportu
nity Shelter lor homoloss poo
plo. whit h closed |nno 1 %
I ho campers, most ot whom
wore homeless mothers who
had lived in tho shelter until it
closed, had boon living on tho
site in tents, supported bv do
nations o! food and inonov
from community members
I he Opportunity Shelter had
been open for the past two vv in
tors, but closed when the Lane
( ountv Board ot Oommission
ers \ oted to redirei t funds to
other homelessness programs
The people i amping on the
shelter lawn said those pro
grams were inadequate
I’olir e arrested sev en mori
people July '> bringing the total
number to to
Grateful Dead publii ist Den
ms Mi Sally said Kugene's
economy was boosted bv "well
over SI million" from tans in
town to see the band perform
June to and July 1
Growd estimates tor the pair
of concerts report that there
were lit),000 people inside Ant
/en Stadium tor the two shows
The ailing t 'Diversity Athlet
ii Department pulled in be
tween $200,000 and $220 000
from the two day event The
department made its share of
the revenue from tii ket sales
and parking spai.es in Aut/.en
Stadium
The remains of 9-year-old
Nathan Madsen, who was lost
Oct 22. l'lH'l on a family cattle
drive in south central Oregon,
were found below Mule I’ark
near the Mount I'hielseu U'il
derness in |ulv
The bov's saddle and cloth
ing were positively identified
nine months to the day alter he
disappeared into the wilder
ness
t\ui;nir polit r m.iilr .1 total ol .W arrrsfs it hrn turnin' rrsiilrnts
nt thr < /iisci/ Opportunilx Shrltrr Inr hiimrlrs\ t.iiiulirs
1 *1 in/wtl tin thr shrltrr\ l.iwn fnnr l.~>.
Tin* night the hnv vv.is Inst
the temperature dropped tu HI
degrees .mil snow was tailing
The site wlii'li' tilt* body was
discovered is about i milt's
troui where Nathan was last
snt>n anil loss than a mile from
where the bov s emai iatoil
pony was found wandering in
November |orr\ Madsen sanl
tho area had not been previous
ly scan hod
"It's the most wonderful
thing in the world and the most
laid awful thing in the world
Sarah Madsen said about find
mg her child
"There's peat e ol mind in
the fact that wo know where
Nathan is but not peat e ol
mind ill that we still lost a
i liiid ' ’ she said
Sean hers speculate that
Madsen mat have sui t limbed
to the coltl while waiting for
someone to find him after ho
got lost last fall
There wore no signs ol a
campfire, but the boy's saddle
saddle blanket and bridle wore
found along with the skeletal
remains, said l.arrv Von Moos,
a friend of the family who
helped coordinate the nine
month seen It
"They had been plait'd in a
m.inner tli.it would bo consis
tent with i |imtt'i tiM' (amp
Mti*. Von Mihk said
"VVi- have pram' of muni
knowing wlit'iv Nathan is. hut
we still don I know what hap
pencil. Sarah Madsen said
It 's not over W t‘ lournl \a
than, hnt it's not over. she
said hinting that she not only
had questions about what had
happened to her son hut also
about the wav some ot the
scan h had been i undue ted
\lter si\ months ot business
and .1 first season that met with
generally uilexpei ted success,
bane ( omits h e w ill be ev
ponding programs to the publii
this tall
Ihiblii skating hours will be
expanded and revised, and all
the hockey broom ball figure
skating and ... skating pro
grams will welcome new teams
and lliembei s
I his summer I.< I brought
lirian ()rser and kills and I’etcr
Carrilthers three figure skaters
of international and (tlvmpu
,u i lairn, to peilot in at the l ane
( 'ountv l air, as well holding
the I list Annual Invitational
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