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Page 11 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, June 7, 2006 Former smokejumpers in rescue did more than leap from planes to put out fire This 1948 photo shows Cliff Marshall (in foreground) at the former Siskiyou Smokejumper Base which he left in 1955 and went to work for NASA developing the parachutes for the first manned space flights. The parachutes used to return space modules to Earth were his invention. ‘Meet the Smokejumpers’ set at Illinois Valley Airport 17th Saturday, June 17 will mark opportunities to “Meet the Smokejumpers” at Illinois Valley Airport, described by event sponsors as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The smokejumpers “lived Oregon’s greatest adventure” at the former Siskiyou Smokejumper Base. Their reunion will be open to the public June 17 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the historic base on Smokejumper Way at I.V. Air- port approximately 4.5 miles south of Downtown Cave Junc- tion. For more information telephone Wes Brown at 592-2250; or Gary Buck at 592-2055. In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first -- the cash will come later. - Harold Geneen - By ROGER BRANDT For IVN In summer 1948 a woman on an outing in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness was seriously injured when her horse slipped over a steep embankment and rolled over her three times as they fell down a rocky slope. When word got to Cave Junction, it was decided that the quickest way to get help to her was to send smoke- jumpers from the Siskiyou Smokejumper Base. The following account was given by Bob Nolan, a long- time resident of Cave Junc- tion, and one of the two se- lected for the rescue mis- sion: The smokejumper plane arrived at the narrow ridge where the injured woman and other members of the riding club waited. Bob jumped from the plane and as he came down, a gust of wind unexpectedly swept him over the ridge and down a steep canyon where his parachute finally snagged the top of a tall tree considerably more than a mile below the ridge. Bob detached himself from the parachute and climbed down his let-down rope only to find that the end of the rope was more than 20 feet above the ground with a large pile of boulders beneath him. He would be seriously injured if he let go. He saw some manzanita brush on a slope about eye level to where he was hang- ing and decided to swing to land in it. He did a good job calculating the distance, but his release was a little late and caused his feet to go up, so he crashed into the brush flat on his back. His landing forced open the branches of the manza- nita which snapped back on his body like the jaws of a trap. It took more than a half hour before he was able to struggle free from the vise- like grip of the bush. Once free, he headed up the steep slope nonstop to the ridge. When he arrived, the crew boss, anxious about the urgency of getting the victim to a medical facility, told him to pick up one end of the stretcher, and they headed down the trail with no chance for him to catch his breath. They carried the woman over steep and rugged ter- rain, all the time unable to put her down because of the pain it caused in her broken ankle and crushed hip. It was close to midnight when they met the rescue party hiking in from O’Brien. After all he had been through, Bob was expected to get up the next day and return to retrieve his para- chute and jump gear. Fortu- nately, one of the other crew members volunteered to do it for him so he would have a day to rest and get back to his job as an aerial fire- fighter at the Siskiyou Smokejumper Base. This 1948 photo shows Bob Nolan, who left the Siskiyou Smokejumper Base a year later to be- gin Nolan Logging, which is still in opera- tion. He was the national free-fall parachute cham- pion in 1951. (Photos provided by Roger Brandt courtesy of the Josephine County His- torical Society) Chinese medicine explains wind-cold-damp illness situations What does it mean in Chinese medicine when you say “wind - cold - damp in- vades?” This refers to the Chinese physiological concept of the elements invading the chan- nels. This may result in head- ache, earache or arthritis, de- pending upon the person’s constitution and the pathogen involved. Spring, when the weather is turning warm, then we have a cold snap, is a vulner- able time. We often go out under-dressed and “catch a wind.” “A wind” can develop into a flu, cold, sore throat, asthma, allergies, or aggra- vate existing inflammatory problems such as fibromyal- gia or arthritis. “Wind” has a number of different meanings. Preventing a wind attack is extremely important in Chinese medicine. The head and neck should be covered. People must keep warm -- warm enough to keep the wind and cold from penetrat- ing. I wear a boiled-wool hat in spring. This keeps the wind/cold from penetrating the head and especially the ears. Pathogens may enter the ears, so they are a vulnerable spot, especially for children. Fleece-lined wool hats are now available for children, and are a good choice. When it is wet or rainy, a wool sweater under your rain- coat will deter the damp from invading. If you have bursitis in the shoulders try a wool vest or sweater, and you will note the difference. Knee warmers help also. If you like to be outside to garden, build yourself a wind break. Preventing an attack of wind/cold/damp is a vital concept in Chinese medicine. A so-called simple “Wind” can develop into pneumonia or an asthma attack, or a pain- ful fibromyalgi flare. (The preceding was pro- vided by JoAnne Stone, of Illinois River Acupuncture). 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