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. The bill
said that, “except as re-
quired by state or federal
law,” a public body may
not disclose for the pur-
pose of immigration en-
forcement a person’s ad-
dress, workplace or work
schedule, school and con-
tact information.
A public body could in-
quire about a person’s cit-
izenship or immigration
status when determining
eligibility for benefits, or
as required by state or
federal law.
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OBITUARY
Dennis James
Mitchell
July 12, 1962 – May 4, 2017
Dennis
Mitchell,
54, passed
away
Thursday,
May
4,
2017.
Dennis
ers Tom Mitchell, Ron
Wheeler
and
Roger
Mitchell.
Graveside service will
take place at 10 a.m. on
Friday, July 21, 2017, at
Willamette National Cem-
etery.
Arrangements
with
Unger Funeral Chapel.