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2B Wednesday, June 28, 2017 Appeal Tribune Hiker rescued from Jawbone Flats area WHITNEY M. WOODWORTH STATESMAN JOURNAL About 19 search and rescue personnel worked to rescue a sick hiker from the Opal Creek Wil- derness June 17. Trace Downen, 27, of Portland, was hiking with his three brothers near the Jawbone Flats area when he became ill, said Marion County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Chris Baldridge. Trevor Downen said he and his brothers were 11 miles into a 15-mile, two-day backpacking trip when Trace col- lapsed. He had trouble breathing, chest pain and a racing heartbeat, Tre- vor said. All were experienced, fit hikers and had back- packed a handful of times. They’d summitted Whetstone Mountain and camped in the forest on Friday night. Fear kicked in as the group scrambled to help Trace. The trail, which has notoriously poor cell phone reception, is a des- ignated wilderness area and help is often hours away. When Trevor climbed about 650 feet uphill and stood on a rock cropping, he was able to reach 911. The sheriff’s office re- sponded to the medical emergency call around 5 p.m. and was joined by their search and rescue team, the Linn County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team, Stay- ton Fire Department, Ly- ons Fire Department, Gates Fire Department and the Oregon Air Na- tional Guard. Trevor ran four miles down to the trailhead to meet rescue personnel. He led the teams on trek back up the trail four miles. The rescue team members hauled heavy equipment, medical sup- plies and extra clothing with them on the steep hike. The hours-long hike was grueling, but the members were friendly, positive and knowledge- able, Trevor said. When they reached Trace, he was air evacu- ated out of the forest by the National Guard. The Army Air Nation- al Guard flew him to Sa- lem Municipal Airport, where he was taken by ambulance to Salem Health hospital. “These guys were he- roes,” Trevor said. “I think it would’ve been a very different story if they hadn’t been able to get to him.” He said his brother was released from the hospital June 18 and is re- covering at home. They’re unsure what caused the jarring medi- cal emergency, but are keeping a close eye on him as he recovers. In a statement, Trace thanked the rescue per- sonnel for their service. “I am eternally grate- ful, your willingness to drop everything and hike out several hours with heavy equipment to help another person in need is inspiring and coura- geous,” he wrote. “I can’t thank you enough. Your response was incredible, and I owe you all my life.” North Fork Park to remain closed ZACH URNESS STATESMAN JOURNAL People looking to cool off from the hot temper- atures will need to cross popular North Fork Park off their lists. The park of popular swimming holes will remain closed as con- struction crews work to finish putting asphalt on the new parking area, of- ficials said. “We still have to get the parking lot finished,” said Russ Dilley, Marion County Parks coordina- tor. Dilley said the park should be open in early July, but an exact date hasn’t been determined. Dilley said anyone who illegally goes into the park will be asked to leave by patrols in the area. DON RYAN/AP FILE Protesters chant during a rally in Portland near Immigration and Customs Enforcement. State moves to bolster unique sanctuary status ANDREW SELSKY ASSOCIATED PRESS Oregon’s Legislature took a step closer June 20 to strengthening its unique sanctuary-state status, with the House passing a bill that would bar state and local agen- cies from asking about a person’s immigration sta- tus and from disclosing information to federal of- ficials, except in certain circumstances. The bill, introduced at the request of Gov. Kate Brown and Attorney Gen- eral Ellen Rosenblum, both Democrats, has sharply divided lawmak- ers along party lines in the Democrat-controlled Legislature. The House Republican Office called it “an at- tempt to subvert federal immigration policy.” House Democrats said it “will strengthen privacy protections for vulnera- ble populations.” Two Latino Democrat- ic lawmakers — Teresa Alonso Leon, from the predominantly Latino community of Woodburn, and Diego Hernandez from Portland, Oregon’s biggest city — filed the bill on May 31, trying to counteract enhanced im- migration enforcement ordered by President Donald Trump. Principals of two Port- land high schools wrote on behalf of Portland Pub- lic Schools to support the bill, saying “recent na- tional and local events about increased federal immigration enforce- ment has caused consid- erable anxiety and con- cern throughout our school district and com- munities.” “Our students are liv- ing in fear that their par- ents could be picked up by federal officials and they are looking to our schools to be safe places,” wrote Petra Callin of Madison High School and Filip Hristic of Roosevelt High School. They said students’ worries about their families’ safety can distract from learning. Some students are fore- going meals because of fear that filling out a form for free or reduced-cost lunch could put their fam- ilies at risk of arrest and deportation. The Oregon Wine- growers Association not- ed that Oregon’s wine in- dustry and other agricul- tural businesses depend on immigrant labor, not- ing that immigration en- forcement has a “chilling effect” where even if an employee is in the U.S. le- gally, their spouse or child may not be, making them afraid to drive to work or take their chil- dren to school. Christiana Mayer, a resident of the Portland suburb of Forest Grove, disagreed. She wrote to the legis- lature: “Our elected lead- ers should be expected, by their oath of office, to uphold the laws of this na- tion, not work to circum- vent them to benefit peo- ple here illegally and at the expense of the Oregon taxpayer!” Oregon became Amer- ica’s first, and so far only, sanctuary state in 1987 with a law preventing law enforcement from de- taining people who are in the United States illegally but have not broken other laws. In February, Brown ordered all state agencies to follow it. Massachu- setts lawmakers are con- sidering a bill that would create another sanctuary state. A federal judge has blocked, at least tempora- rily, an executive order issued by Trump to cut funding to sanctuary cit- ies that refuse to cooper- ate with federal immigra- tion agents. Opponents of mea- sures to protect those in the U.S. illegally from de- portation say the safety of American citizens is being put at risk. David Olen Cross, a Sa- lem man who researches crimes committed by for- eign nationals, said that almost half of the 969 for- eign nationals in Oregon’s prisons whose detention is also being sought by Immigration and Cus- toms Enforcement were incarcerated for sex abuse, rape and sodomy. Under the new bill, the date, time or location of a person’s hearings or ap- pointments that are not already public record cannot be disclosed by the public body. 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