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OBITUARIES
Elizabeth “Bessie”
Turner
Jan.
21,
1929 — Aug.
15, 2017
Bessie
Turner —
wife, moth-
er, grand-
mother, friend — went
home to be with her savior
Jesus on Tuesday, Aug. 15,
2017. She was 88.
Bessie is survived by
her sister Yvonne; broth-
er-in-law Charlie; her chil-
dren: Tracy, Vern (Dawn),
Steel (Shirley), Robin, Jill
(Owen Von Flue) and 17
grandchildren.
Bessie was preceded in
death by her husband,
Bob; siblings Audrey and
Albert; and sons-in-law
Steve Teeney and Scott
Fix.
A celebration of life
will be held at 3 p.m. Sun-
day, Sept. 10, 2017, at Sil-
Balloon
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there were concerns as
the clock ticked and prob-
lems arose.
Belle Doan, an incom-
ing senior at Silverton
High, was part of the jour-
nalism team which docu-
mented the project each
step of the way. She spoke
of the anxiety the team
felt, but said the success-
ful launch eased any con-
cerns.
“We were a little ner-
vous about the launch,
Nov. 3, 1958
— Aug. 20,
2017
James
M.
“Jim-
my” Cullen,
58, passed
away at Salem Health hos-
pital on Aug. 20, 2017.
He was born Nov. 3,
1958, to Jim and Betty (Ul-
ven) Cullen in Portland.
Jimmy grew up in the Sil-
verton area. He attended
Bethany, Central Howell
and
Silverton
High
School.
His
favorite
things to do were fishing,
taking country drives and
being with his family.
Jimmy is preceded in
death by his father, Jim
Cullen. He is survived by
his mother, Betty (Cullen)
Roemer, of Mt. Angel;
step-father
Christian
Roemer of Mt. Angel; and
siblings Betty Rae Wilton
of Salem, Kathy M. (Bill)
Bledsoe of Silverton, John
R. (Terrie) Cullen of Yu-
ma, Arizona, Debbie
(Dewey) Lenaburg of Sa-
lem, David (Sue) Cullen of
Kent, Washington, and
Jennifer (Jeff) Kuschnick
of Mt. Angel.
His greatest joy was
helping his mother and
any family members at
any time. He was always
there to give a hand and
talk while doing it. Any-
one who knew Jimmy
knew he loved to talk. He
was loved by many rela-
tives and friends and will
be greatly missed by all
who knew him.
In lieu of flowers, dona-
tions can be made to the
June 4, 1940
— Aug. 18,
2017
Elsie
Adrienne
Hegerberg,
77, passed
away in Silverton on Aug.
18, 2017.
She was born on June 4,
1940, to Henry and Elsie
(Bels) Enders in Saginaw,
Michigan. She married
Edwin “Ed” Hegerberg on
Feb. 24, 1958, in Berkley,
(but) the wind speed
wasn’t as bad as we ex-
pected, so that was phe-
nomenal,” Doan said. “It
couldn’t have gone bet-
ter.”
The balloon, which was
attached to payload boxes
containing data collec-
tors, GPS units and cam-
eras, ascended through
clear skies and topped out
at 105,000 feet before the
balloon burst.
This is the point where
concern came back into
play.
At around the 100,000-
foot mark, the atmos-
phere is very thin — a lay-
er Helms referred to as
“near space.” The balloon
began to fall slowly, but
eventually gained speed.
Helms suspects that the
force from the sped-up as-
cent is what caused the
parachute line to break.
This meant that a pair
of payload boxes plum-
meted back to earth from
a height of around 90,000
to 95,000 feet. To make
matters
worse,
GPS
tracking was disabled, so
tracking of the boxes van-
ished.
“We were in the blind,”
Helms said.
That’s where observ-
ant south Salem residents
come in.
The team had labeled
the payload boxes with
Helms’ contact informa-
tion, and a pair of calls
alerted him to the location
of their boxes. Both boxes
were
eventually
re-
trieved in separate back
yards of south Salem resi-
dences.
Data collectors will be
sent off to the University
of Central Arkansas,
which will analyze the da-
ta and publish results at a
future date. Video is also
being analyzed by Silver-
ton High staff and stu-
dents.
It wasn’t easy, but ulti-
mately
the
balloon
ver Creek Fellowship in
Silverton. In lieu of flow-
ers, donations can be
made in Bessie’s name to
Mercy Ships at www.mer-
cyships.org.
James M. Cullen
Willamette Valley Hu-
mane Society. Jimmy
loved animals and was a
very softhearted guy.
A celebration of Jim-
my’s life was held Aug. 26
at Betty’s home in Mt. An-
gel.
Arrangements by Un-
ger Funeral Chapel of Sil-
verton.
Elsie Adrienne
Hegerberg
Michigan. They had 4 chil-
dren. Elsie graduated
from college in dentistry
after her children were in
school. She enjoyed paint-
ing, listening to 50s music
and was a huge movie
buff. She traveled around
the world — some of her
favorite places were Ha-
waii, Luxembourg, Bang-
kok and Singapore. Elsie
was a loving wife and
mother.
Elsie is survived by her
husband, Ed; children In-
grid Hegerberg of Half
Moon Bay, California,
Shawn (Helen) Heger-
berg of Sherwood, Grant
(Lisa) Hegerberg of Seat-
tle, Washington, and Guy
(Judi) Hegerberg of An-
chorage, Alaska. She will
be greatly missed by all
who knew her.
Memorial
services
were held Aug. 26 at Trin-
ity Lutheran Church in
Mt. Angel.
Arrangements by Un-
ger Funeral Chapel, Sil-
verton.
launched and the team re-
trieved the payload that
went up to collect data.
Helms feels that this is
a significant reason this
project will pay off for the
students involved — ev-
ery step of the way pre-
sented obstacles, which
forced the students to
problem-solve their way
to answers.
“In a very real and lit-
eral sense they had to
learn how to overcome
(problems),” Helms said.
“They had to deal with set-
backs and defeat. They’ll
be able to reflect back on
this when they’re doing
bigger and better things
in life.
“I think that this was a
win on many levels.”
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6833.
Aug. 8, 2017 — Aug. 15,
2017
Elijah Stephen Lueva-
nos, 8 days old, passed
away at OHSU in Port-
land.
Baby Elijah is survived
by his parents, Joel and
Alyssa Luevanos; his
brother Aiden; grandpar-
ents Steve and Christy
Knox of Silverton and Li-
sa Menzie and Faustino
Luevanos of Salem; as
well as his great grand-
parents, Gilbert Knox of
Eugene and Cheryl Knox
of Springfield.
Graveside
services
were held Aug. 19 at Be-
thany Pioneer Cemetery.
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Early eclipse totality at Strawberry Lake in Eastern Oregon’s Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.
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mers wide and blue, sur-
rounded on both sides by
rugged mountain peaks
and glassy rivers that roll
into the 36-acre body of
water.
Just as the rangers
said, the lake was sur-
rounded by tents, some
camped at suspect loca-
tions. Overall, though, the
scene wasn’t awful — it
was just a lot more people
than normal at a beautiful
spot.
We toured the lake,
meeting people who’d
made the trip. They were
mostly from Oregon, Cali-
fornia and Washington,
but said they’d met back-
packers from Sweden,
Norway and Germany.
“Happy Eclipse Day,”
hikers said as we passed.
The scene was joyful,
as campers traded plans
on where to view and pho-
tograph the eclipse. Some
had dutifully scouted the
sun as it rose each morn-
ing and told Jeff and I
which ridge it would rise
over.
Krista Swan, of Port-
land, had backpacked to
Strawberry Lake with her
family a few days earlier.
“We’re nature lovers,
so for this once-in-a-life-
time experience we want-
ed to be in a beautiful
place like this,” she said.
“There’s a lot of people —
at least 100 tents — but ev-
erybody is happy and
friendly. It’s a real excited
feeling.”
Three generations of
the Scovil family from Eu-
gene — grandpa Roger,
father Nate and two kids
Griffin and Mason, had
also backpacked in early.
“We wanted to experi-
ence it out in nature,”
Nate Scovil said. “We fig-
ured we’d make it a back-
packing trip, and have the
eclipse at the end to really
seal those memories in.”
The eclipse started
with little warning, while
people were still claiming
their spots around the
lake. Everyone seemed so
focused on the time listed
for totality, 10:16 a.m., that
it came as almost a sur-
prise when the moon
started crashing into the
sun.
“Hey, it started,” some-
body yelled.
The unique quality of
watching the eclipse in a
place like Strawberry
Lake immediately be-
came apparent. The cliffs
surrounding the lake be-
gan to darken, first into
shadow, then an odd shade
of purple. As the temper-
ature dropped, clouds ap-
peared in the sky, where
none had been previously.
As totality approached,
a few stars appeared in
the sky.
Howls echoed between
canyon walls as the lake
dropped into darkness. In
a weird way, the sound re-
minded me of a concert
crowd that’s just heard
the first chords of their fa-
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It was, of course, over
too quickly. Especially for
those of us frantically
snapping pictures and
fumbling with camera
equipment.
Luckily, other people
filled in the blanks.
“I gotta tell you, I saw
the eclipse in 1979 and the
only thing I remember
was it getting dark,” Rog-
er Scovil said. “This time,
seeing corona around the
sun was just awesome. I
can’t think of anything to
compare it to.”
So did seeing the
eclipse in the wilderness
really create a better ex-
perience?
“I think so,” Nate Sco-
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(crazy crowds) and the
Ochoco Mountains (naked
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festival),
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Day Fossil Beds National
Monument.
The place was already
overrun. Parks officials
had closed numerous
trailheads for the eclipse
and sharply limited the
number of cars that would
be allowed in the next
morning.
“Please,” a park ranger
we quizzed about entering
said. “If you have another
place you can go, go there.
We’re expecting a mad-
house.”
Now what?
We took out the maps.
We poured over the possi-
bilities. It was about 5:30
p.m. Darkness would be
coming soon, and we still
didn’t have a clue where
we’d spend the night,
much less view the
eclipse.
Then it came to me.
One of my favorite
places in all of Oregon
was in the eclipse’s path of
totality. Even better, it
was within striking dis-
tance.
That place was the
Strawberry
Mountain
Wilderness, one the best
under-the-radar
back-
packing destinations in
Oregon.
With light fading, we
headed to Prairie City —
where streets were filled
with dancing eclipse-rev-
elers — and turned south
toward a range of 8,000-
and 9,000-foot mountains.
On the way in, we were
met by U.S. Forest Ser-
vice rangers warning peo-
ple about the numbers
heading into the wilder-
ness. Keep in mind, this is
an area that normally gets
few visitors. If you see
more than a few groups
backpacking there, it’s a
surprise.
“I’ve never seen any-
where near this many peo-
ple in this area,” said Rob-
ert Bergschneider, a
ranger with the Prairie
City district of Malheur
National Forest.
We drove up the gravel
road toward Strawberry
Basin Trailhead, parked
on the side of the road and
ate a quick dinner of
freeze-dried food around
9 p.m. We slept in the back
of our trucks, thinking
about the next morning.
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and hiked up the road to
the trailhead, then fol-
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