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u OF W LIBRARY*
EUGENE OKE
School district allocated
$41,500 from government
in classroom building aid
Nowhere A Finer Climate ~ Nowhere A Finer Community
Thursday, August 23, 1956
Volume II, Number 27
PIPE DREAMS
By Joe Murphy
SCOUT DRIVE
RETURNS GOOD
Three Brookings Boys
Represent Curry Co. At
Youth Range Camp
R ep resen tin g C u rry c o u n ty a t
th is y e a r's Y outh R an g e c am p
w ere R a y B rooks, T o n y F a c k re ll
and D an n y M ullen, all of B ro o k ­
ings. The cam p w as held A u g u st
6 th ro u g h 11 on th e M alh eu r N a ­
tio n al W ildlife refu g e 30 m iles
so u th o f B urns.
M ullen won an h onorable n id a­
tion in th e p lan t id e n tific a tio n
co n test held a t th e cam p. In th is
c o n teft, each boy lo cated and gave
com m on and scien tific n am es of
as m an y as possible o f 75 d iffe r­
en t ra n g e p la n ts lo cated on th e
refuge.
A to ta l of 50 boys fro m 16
e a ste rn
an d
so u th e rn
O regon
cou n ties a tten d ed th e cam p. E a c h
p a rtic ip a tin g co u n ty w as eligible
to send fo u r boys to th e c am p
th is y ear. T hose a tte n d in g w ere
A ttending the Youth Range cam p on the Malheur N ational
selected th ro u g h p la n t id e n tific a ­
tion co n test held in each county,
W ildlife refuge recently w ere ( l e f t to righ t), Tony Fackrell, D an­
o r on th e b asis o f lead ersh ip ,
ny Mullen and Ray Brooks, all o f Brookings.
citizen sh ip an d love of th e o u t­
doors.
E ach boy a t th e c am p received Sam Hall Appoints
Bill I lardison Wins
a $25 rcholai'ship to co v er co sts
of a tte n d in g th e cam p. S c h o la r­ Al Botzck as Aide
Over Einar Larson in
S am H all h a s ap p o in ted Al B ot-
ships w ere provided by local sp o n ­
zek
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his
Golf Championship
sors in each county.
cam p a ig n to w in a s ta te le g isla­
A B rookings golfer, Bill H a rd i­
tiv e poet fo r B rookings. H all h as
re p o rte d th a t th e session o nly son. d efeated E in a r L arson *t'
la s ts a few m onths, and th a t he C rescen t C ity in th e 36 hole final
will co n tin u e to m ak e B ro o k in g s- o f th e 1956 C lub C ham pionships
la s t S unday, A u g u st 19 by a m a r ­
Ha rb o r his home.
H all said th a t c o n trib u tio n s fo r gin o f 12 and 11.
H ardison, w ho w o rk s a t th e
h its cam p aig n can be m ade d ir e c t­
M onday evening saw a n d h e a rd
B rookings Plyw ood, w as very hot,
ly
to
B
otzek.
a heav y th u n d e rsto rm in th e a re a .
sco rin g a 6« fo r th e firs t eig h teen ,
H EA D INJURY
It w as tru ly u n u su al.
w inning the first seven holes in
R
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ond
H
egge
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as
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ro
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t
in
C om ing from th e south, well
a row to be seven up a t th e end
down in C alifo rn ia, th e sto rm , a c ­ fro m th e woods M onday a ftern o o n
of th e firs t nine. H e continued
com panied by frig h te n in g lig h tn ­ fo r tr e a tm e n t a t th e W oodland
to p lay very goo«l golf and « v e 1
ing an d h eavy cra sh e s, follow ed Clinic. He is said to h av e been
o
u t th e m a tc h a t th e sev en th hole
conked
on
th
e
head
w
ith
a
limb,
by a b risk ra in fall w hich la t e r
tu rn e d to a g en tle drizzle, it o u t on Ben Je w e ll’s logg in g show. o f th e second eighteen.
T h e d am sto ry , p rin te d else­
w h ere, Is v e ry in te re stin g . T he
d am is to be b u ilt right* in th e
m iddle of som e o f th e ro u g h e st
c o u n try an y w h ere. The ch an ces of
it being b uilt w ould be b e tte r if
we .c a n g e t som e n atio n w id e p u b ­
licity p e rh a p s b y callin g it H ell’s
C anyon. T he release d id n 't say,
b u t w e assu m e it will be one of
th o se " p a rtn e rs h ip " a rra n g e m e n ts.
* * *
I t m u st be n e a rly fall. All of th e
school o fficials h av e been re p o r t­
ing fo r d u ty , in cluding high school
p rin cip al G ene A llison, who calls
e v ery o th e r p*art o f O regon “d e­
s e r t" . W e m et th e new g ra d e
school p rin cip al C h e ste r B u m b ar-
g er, too, an d fo u n d th a t he h a s
fo u r ch ild ien . W h ich is a lm o st
enough to q u a lify him fo r th e
ra c e fo r “ P a p a o f th e Y ear",
along w ith S am H all, G arry Roe-
m ich and m yself.
• • *
C oach D oug M acF ar'lane h as a r ­
rived on th e scene to begin w h a t
p ro m ises to be a re a l tou g h job
th a t of tra in in g som e e n th u s ia stic
y o u n g ste rs th e ru d im e n ts of fo o t-
hall in ju s t a couple o f w eeks.
M ost of th e boys have n ev er p la y ­
ed before, and a s a m a tte r of fa c t,
I d o n 't believe w e've ever seen a
fo o tb all aro u n d to w n bfore.
stru n g a p a th of s trik e s d ia g o n a l­
• » ♦
ly acro ss a larg e a re a . At th e
Doug seem s to have one co n so ­ m om ent, we do not have an y d e fi­
latio n he w o n 't have an y o f th e nite d ad a on lig h tn in g s trik e s
"w in o r else” p re ssu re com m on in n o rth w e ste rn C alifo rn ia but
am ong his clan. He h as only one literally h u n d red s w ere observ ed
w ay to go in h is reco rd and th a t w hich m ust have h it in th e K la ­
is up. H e is bound to do b e tte r m ath -S o u th F o rk of S m ith R iv er
co u n try .
th a n th e y did b efo re reg ard less.
• * »
In th e im m ed iate ar ea, th e look­
W e receive«! a le tte r fro m D em ­ o u ts a t Long Ridge, Mt. E m ily,
o c ra t c a n d id a te
fo r co n g ress, and B osley B u tte tu rn e d in a h a ’f
C h arles P o rte r, w ho rep o rted th a t dozen o r so glow ing sn a g s w hich,
he h a d m et m y b ro th e rs, Ja c k and fo r th e m o st p a rt, wrere held fro m
Bill a t th e Dem N a tio n a l C onven­ sp read in g by th e ra in s b u t m u st
tio n in C hicago. W hile we assu m e be w atch ed fo r w eek s a s such
th a t P o rte r w ill be th e b e tte r c a n ­ strik e s a re know n to sm o ld er in
d id a te fo r his experience, I'm n o t th e d u ff and la te r b u rs t out. T he
su re th a t th is w a s th e tu n e to let p rin cip al s trik e s wet'e rep o rted in
all those fam ily sk eleto n s o u t of th e E ag le C reek c o u n try an d a t
least one sp o tted d ire c tly u n d e r
th e closet
Bosley B u tte. Men w ere inrm ed-
a te ly d isp atch ed to th e su sp ected
a reas an d Neil L a ffe rty w as in
•he Bosley co u n try
all n ig h t
w atch in g th e d is tric t covered bv
th e C oos-C urry F ire P a tro l. In
Jesse H o ag lan d h ad a lucky d ay all. som e ten s trik e s w ere sp o tted
S unday. S u n d ay m o rn in g H o a g ­ in R an g er R ag lan d 's local C hetco
lan d and a frie n d a tte m p te d to d istrict, ab o u t th e sam e n u m b er
ta k e th e ir fish in g b oat o u t of the in th e Gold B each d is tric t, sev eral
in th e Redwood d is tric t, w ith
m o u th of th e C h etco R iver.
» J u s t as he re a c h th e n a rro w h e a d q u a rte rs in C ave Ju n c tio n , a s
m o u th a huge o cean w ave h it tn e th e sto rm h it th a t d is tric t h a rd e r
boat, sw am ping it an d killin g th ? th a n an y in O regon, acco rd in g to
b o at engine A second huge w ave rep o rts
W hile drizzle and fo g follow ed
h it th e b oat second.- later, n e a rly
c ap sizin g th e c ra f t. B ut fo r tu n a te ­ th e local rains, soon a f te r th e
ly H oagland m an ag e d to keep it sto rm p assed b rillia n t m oonlibht
aflo a t, an i m an ag e d to g et ba. a followed in th e h ig h e r elev atio n s.
T h u n d e rsto rm s a re n o t u n co m ­
to s a fe ty in th e river.
mon d u rin g th e w in te r m o n th s an i
Mr. and Mrs. B ryon L ibby and so m etim es o ccu r in J u n e b u t r a r e ­
fam ily a re p la n n in g to leave h ere ly are th ey ex p ected th is late in
fo r P rineville to m ak e th e ir hom e the su m m er.
Unusual Weather
Hits Brookings
HUGE WAVES
HIT CRAFT
Football players
to report Friday
II \ R D T O P S R O M . AG VIN
s t NDAY,* VI G t S T 26
T his com ing S unday, A ugust
26, th e H a rd T ops w ill a g a in p e r­
form th e ir th r ills and chills a t
the G renfell S p eedw ay n e a r th**
O cean D rive-in T h e a tre . D rivers
from o u t of tow n will p a rta k e m
th e event and th e A shland o f­
ficials will be p re s e n t to help the
races. E lm er, the_ clow n, will
A fte r tw o w eeks of p ro c a s tin a -
ag ain p erfo rin his a n tic s fo r the
tion and pondering the ju d g e s of
crow d, w ith a new a c t to be p e r­
the P ilo t A d-R im e cam e in to th e
form ed b etw een races.
office building holding th e ir h ead s
T h ere will be a special L abor T hey said it w as alm o st im p o ss­
race, S e p te m b e r 3 a t th e sam e ible to pick a "b est", o u t of th e
location an d th e n ex t re g u la r 26 w eekly w in n ers of the Ad-
shcduled i ace will lie on S ep tem ­ Rim e contest.
ber 9.
A quandry, indeed. So the only
T he d riv e r w ho rolled his c a r logical solution w a s to th ro w th e
over and over and down th e main name-, of all of th e w inners in a
ra ilin g in th e last ra c e s will up­ h a t. O ne nam e w as d ra w n an d
p er a g ain . H e received a stra in e d th e w inner is M rs. Bob S w a n so n
an«i bru sied shoulder b u t will be [ The g ra n d prize is $50 dollars, o.’
able to p a rtic ip a te in th e races.
• 16’-a y e a r sub. c rip tio n to th e
Pilot. So, if Mrs. S w anson, a
j housew ife and p a rt tim e {»ost
office em ployee will sto p into th e
' Pilot a rra n g e m e n ts will lx- m ade
to pay he I'.
At th is tim e th»* Pilot w ishes to
th a n k all p a rtic ip a n ts, sp o n so rs
P av in g w ill began on th e N orth and ju d g es fo r th e ir p a rt in th e
B ank C hetco R iver R oad very c o n te s t.
sh o rtly , possibly a t th e and of this
w eek, acco rd in g to C u rry C oun’y HIRE NEW T EA C H ER
C om m issioner’ Bob Ism ert.
M iss M elva L ester, a Ju n e g r a ­
T he c o n tr a c t w as aw ard ed to
d u a te o f the U n iv e rsity of O re ­
W a rre n N o rth w e st C om pany, on
gon, h as been h ired to te a c h E n g ­
th e basis o f an overall bid for th e
lish, speech and d ra m a in th e
th re e co u n ty p ro je c ts w hich will
B ro o k in g s-H arb o r high school, a c ­
be s ta rte d . T he C hetco, th e Ro­
cording to S upt D D. W illiam s.
gue, and th e E lk R iver road.
T he W a rre n N o rth w e st
Co
p lan s to pave th e 3*^ m iles of th e
C hetco road bafor’e pav in g th e
101 p ro ject th e y a re now w«>rking
on, in o rd e r to save tim e and m on­
ey, because th e ir p la n t is located
T he height of O reg o n ’s polio
up th e C h etco a b o u t 3 Vi mile-».
T he bids w ere U nit I, C hetco, season will occur in S e p tem b er
W a rre n N o rth w e st, $65,550. and and Octobeu. If enough people c an
C e n tra l H eatin g , E ugene, $116,000 he vaccinated before then, the in ­
U n it II, Gold B each; C e n tra l cidence of p a ra ly tic polio can be
reduced as m uch as 5 0 '; . You
H eeatin g , $24.000, J. C. C om pton.
m
ay have been unable to o b ta in
$28.000,
and
W arren
N.
W.
Salk vaccine on previous trip s to
$28,000.
y o u r physician It is now av ailab le
U n it H I, E lk R iver; C e n tra l in la rg e q u a n titie s, so call y o u r
H eatin g $89.956. J C. C om pton physician today and have ail m em ­
$68,908, ar.d W$ re n N o rth w e st bers of your fam ily v a c c in ated
$64,677
a g a in s t polio. In th is w ay we ta n
All th re e bids w ere aw ard ed to all d efeat polio.
Tiie fir.*t tw o in jectio n s of th e
W a rre n N o rth w e st by th e C ounty
vaccine are given a t a tw o w eek
C o u rt
in terv al, the th ird Injection is
given seven m o n th s a f te r the fir s t
in jjectio n T his se rie s gives 93%
p ro tectio n a g a in s t p a ra ly tic polio.
six m o n th s o u tp u t d u rin g high
V accinate now!
w a te r C oal d e p o sits would possib­
ly allow c o n stru c tio n of a steam
plant w ith a 2o0.00o y e a r-a ro u n d
o u tp u t.
T he sp o t fo r th e dam lies a l­
m ost e a st of P o rt O rford, in one
L. M F lisram , re p o rte d ly e m ­
of th e w ild est a re a s in th e s ta te
ployed for a sh o rt tim e by M erle
The head d ro p th ro u g h th e p ro ­
H anscam , su ffered th e piercing ot
posed tu n n el w ould be 160 fee*. :
an eye ball by a piece of steel, th e
m ak in g it th e h ig h est head dam
in O regon T he dam w ould form m iddle of last w eek. He is -aid t >
a 6*a m ile re serv o ir, w ith 25,000 have recen tly com e from aro u n d
T illam ook.
ac re feet o f s to ra g e and a n a t-
u ral sp o t foi fishing and picnicing. ! W hile holding a w edge for' a
p a r tn e r to hit, a s p lin te r flew an d
As m any a s 1500 to 1800 men p e n e tra te d his left eyeball. T ak e n
w ould be em ployed in th e tw o • to Dr. Roy W hite, the d o c to r re ­
y e a rs re q u ired for dam c o n stru e
com m ended he be moved to i
tion, M cK ee sa d. T he estiniat*-*! - ec ia list at M edford. A1 P hillips
cost of th e p ro je c t would be be- ; w as co n ta c te d and flew him a-
tw een $30 and $50 m illion. Cos. j « lo ss but the d o c to r th ere, seein g
of in v e s tig a tin g th e p o te n tia l d**- i th e cast* required fa c ilitie s he did
velopm« n t
would b e
b etw een j not have, i- said to have irnrned-
$300,000 and $400,000 T he n ex t ately g o tte n F lisra m o nto a P o rt-
ste p now w ould be to file fo r ln«l plane w here th e case could be
F e d e ra l P ow er C om m ission a p ­ b e tte r handled.
proval, and fo r O regon H y d ro elec­
R e p o rts are th a t he w ould p ro ­
tric C onim isaion permit)*.
bably loose sig h t of the ye.
FINALLY . . .
Ad-R ¡me Winner
Is Selected
To start North Bank paving
Adm inistration
Addition Planned
A new a d m in is tra tio n u n it is
being plan n ed fo r th e school d is­
tr ic t 17-c An a d v e rtise m e n t for
bids fo r th e u n it a p p e a rs in th is
w eek 's P ilo t. T he board of School
D istric t 17-c h av e called fo r bids
w hich would be an add itio n to th e
ele m e n ta ry school.
T h is u n it will include office
sp ace fo r
th e d is tric t clerk,
in d school su p erin ten d e n t. A vau lt
is included in th e p lan s fo r the
safe k eeping of th e clerk records
T h e add itio n will be a tta c h e d
o th e so u th w est end of th e ele­
m e n ta ry school and w ill co n tain
a p p ro x im a te ly 660 sq u are fe e t of
flo o r space.
Trip is M ade
Over Mountains
A p a rty of four, in a jeep, m ade
an e a sy cro ssin g d irectly from
B ro o k in g s to O 'B rien, on 199 last
S u n d ay . The p a rty co n sisted of
D an S ty ers, Buzz S te w a rt, D al“
an d Lloyd D uncan. Lloyd being
D ale's nine y e a r old son.
In a w ay th e tr ip w as u n e v e n t­
ful. acco rd in g to rep o rts, th e
to u r is ts n o tin g tire tr a c k s all the
w ay, show ing th a t o th e rs had a b o
been th ro u g h . T he p a rty w ent o u t
p a s t Long R idge to V ulcan Peak,
w h ere th e y took th e C h etco Peak
ro u te to th e rig h t, th en ce tra v e l­
in g H aw k 's R est, L im b er C am p
G ra n z Meadow, an d h it th e old
W im er R oad a t O regon M ountain.
On th e w ay th e y m et M rs Iv ■
K re u g e r w ith a p a rty who ha 1
m issed th e ro ad and w ere com in ■
ba<k to B rookings.
T h e e x l o r e r s varified tales of
other's s th e b e a u ty of th e ba> k
o u n try and a re keenly u rg in g
o th e rs to m ak e th e trip . T hen
n e x t v en tu re will be g o in g in fro*
th e R ow dy C reek tu rn o ff 101 ..t
S m ith R iver, an d th ro u g h , a trio
w hich can easily be m ade in any
ty p e of a car.
T h ere will he a m eetin g of all fc a n w alk acro ss th e s tr e e t to r e ­
f o o tb a ll p lay ers on p o rt.
T he call is issued to all fr e s h ­
F rid a y n ig h t. A u g u st 24 b e g ’li­
n in g a t 7 p.m in th e high » h .**l men, sophom ores, ju n io rs an J
au d ito riu m , acco rd in g to he , 1 ; seniors.
E q u ip m en t is to be issued on
football coach I>*ug M cFarlan*1,
w ho a rriv e d in Br ookings la s t I S a tu rd a y , A u g u st 25, T he f i r s t
! p ra c ti e will ta k e p lat e on M on-
w eek to b gin 1 -
•: -
C oach M c F a rla n e e m p h asised ’ lay, A u g u st 27.
C oach M cF arlan e said th a t he
how im p o rta n t it w t fo r all in ­
neeeds tw o s tu d e n t m a n a g e rs to
te re s te d to a tte n d th e m eetin g , s
th a t he ha - a • ham e to m eet the»., J help o u t w ith th e eq u ip m en t, an i
and so th a t he h a s an idea of they souid re p o rt to th e m e etin g
how m any will be o u t for th e te a m I Loo, or c o n ta c t him ea rlie r. M cFar -
C h ery l C ra ig h er sis te rs and
C oach said th a t he is ex p ectin g j lane em phasized th e im p o rta n
her m other a re v isitin g h er g ra n d ­
all boys over 10b poun.ia, an d wlm >f a good m a n a g e r to th e te a m
m o th e r in M edford.
p r o s p e c tiv e
F in al ta b u la tio n s have been
m ade on th e C u riy Di tr ic t Boy
S cout fund ra isin g drive. P aul
F au eiso , C u rry D istric t ch a irm a n -
re p o rte d th a t th e full am o u n t in
th e individual fund drive in the
e n tire C u rry d is tric t am o u n ted to
$3,161.00.
Of th is th e la rg e st am o u n t by
fa r $2.703 w as raised in B ro o k ­
in g s alone, m o stly th ro u g h th e e f­
fo r ts of th e local c h a irm a n , Ben
P h ettep lace, a n d his local volun­
te e r w o rk ers. P h e tte p la c e served
a b re a k fa st, fre e of c h a rg e to ail
th e v o lu n teer w o rk e rs th e m o rn ­
ing of th e d rive kick-off. The
am o u n t ra ise d w as considerably
h ig h er th a n th e proceeding year.
K en Jo h n so n w as d rive c h a ir­
m an in Gold B each, and J im L u h rs
w as drive c h a irm a n a t L anglois.
T he U. S. O ffice of H ealth an d
E d u catio n have a c te d fav o rb ly on
th e local school d is tric ts a p p lic a ­
tion fo r federal fund.-- for new
school co n stru ctio n .
A ccording to S e n a to r W ayne
M orse and R e p re se n ta tiv e H a rris
E llsw o rth th e sum of $41,500 h a s
been reserv ed for co n stru c tio n of
school facilities an d will be m ade
av ailable as soon as th e d is tric t
h as com plied w ith construction
req u irem en ts qx-cified in P ublic
L aw 815.
T he application for th ese fu n d s
w as p rep ared and p resen ted to th e
S ta te D e p a rtm e n t of E d u catio n
last Ju n e by S upt. D. D. W illiam s.
W illiam s said th a t th e actio n
on the ap p licatio n w as u n u su ally
p ro m p t and th e am o u n t allo cated
to th e d is tric t q u ite generous.
W illiam s said f u r th e r th a t it
w as qu ite possible th a t, d epending
on school b oard action, th a t th e
m oney would be used fo r the c o n ­
stru ctio n of a new g ra d e school in
H arbor. The school d is tric t w ould
have to acquire th e site a n d w ould
p u t up m oney of it s ow n fo r th e
building.
Azalea Garden Club
Members Receive Ribbons
F rid a y w as a poor' d ay to tr y
to tr a n s p o rt flo w ers to th e fa ir
w ith o u t w ater, b u t in sp ite of th e
h eat ad th e w ind, th e G ard en Club
en tered fifty e x h ib its and re ­
ceived fifteen ribbons. T he flow er
show w as re p o rte d to be o u ts ta n d ­
ing th is y e a r a n d m em bers of th e
club a re a lre a d y th in k in g of w ays
to im prove th e ir ow n exhibits.
Mrs. C h arles G ray sh ell received
a blue ribbon on h e r a rra n g e m e n t
e n title d "C off eeb reak , ’’ M rs E d
R avekes on h e r “T rito m a ,” and
Mrs. C. L. E allet’t on "C alendula.
O th e rs receiv in g ribbons w ere
Mr* C h ester G rag g . C arol Beck
ley. and L illian Z um pfe, as well as
th e th re e ladies w ho received blue
ribbons.
D l l . NORTE FAIR
OPENS ON FRIDAY
T he Del N o rte C o u n ty F a ir will
open a t C rescen t C ity, A ugust 24-
?6 fe a tu rin g Hilo H a ttie , a horse
show, d ress revue an d dozens of
o th e r e n te rta in m e n t fe a tu re s a e
planned. A c a rn iv a l will be on
hand d u rin g th e th re e day show
Height of Polio
Season is Near
Pacific Power Plans Huge Dam
Ju s t a m ile o r so n o rth of C u r r /
cou n ty m ay be built a dam w hich
would have th e pow er o u tp u t equi­
v alen t to the B onneville Dana, ac-
o rd in g to in fo rm a tio n released
th is w eek by th e P acific P ow er
and L ig h t Co.
P au l B. M cKee p resid en t of
th a t firm announced th e ir highly
e c re t plans o f h a rn e sing th •
S o u th F o ik of th e C oquille R iver,
a t a m eeting of 200 c iv z , business
and in d u stria l lead e rs a t a d in ­
n er in C oquille la s t wg<»k. S ain
H all, B rookings a tto rn e y , w as one
f those invited to a tte n d th “
m e e tin g
M K»e said th a t P acific has
found w h at appe <ra to be a n a t-
u r a ’ d a m site a n d s tra tifie d d e ­
p o sits of a good g ra d e of coal,
E den R idge a re a a b o u t 11 m iles
o u th of P ow ers.
P re lim in a ry
in v e -lig a tio n s at
E den R idge in d ic a te s th a t a dam
250 feet high w ith a g e n e ra tin g
plan t possibly a t la rg e as 100,000
k lb n v a tu would be feasible for
Logger Injured
In Accident