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V o l III No
IS
Thursday
April 11, 19’ «
/ ju st w ent fo r a w a lk '"
Searchers find boy safe and-
weli despite rugged terrain
W e d n e sd a y A p ril S was a
ty p ic a l s p rin g day in O re g o n
K a in < h illy b re e /e s . hail and
sp ots o f sunshine It was th e
day th a t M rs A rt I aubac h o f
M is t R o u te w en t to < .ill her
son. A rty 4 ' j. in fo r lu n c h on
ly to d is c o v e r h im m issing
As a ll m o th e rs d o she c a lle d
firs t th e n beg an to searc h A n d
c o n tin u e d to search fo r o v e r
an h o u r in th e r e la tiv e ly
is o la te d
area sshere th ic k
fo r e s t
la n d
b o rd e rs m o s t
hom es
" , lo o k e d e v e ry w here I
c o u ld th in k o f, M rs I auhac h
said
and w h e n I c o u ld n t fin d
h im I c a ile d A rt h om e
By < p m w hen A rt I aubac h
a rriv e d at the D ic k B acon
h o m e there1 was s till no sign o f
th e s m a ll boy 1 aubac h asked
B a ro n if he had seen A rty
No
h e w as t o l d A f t e r
I aubac h to ld Bac o n how lo n g
a nd fa r his w ifi- and he had
searc h e d w ith o u t
success.
B a con c a ile d the ( o lu m b ia
C o u n ty S h e riff's o ffic e and
w h ile th e y w a ite d fo r th e
d e p u tie s to a rrive , began to
o rg a n iz e a searc h p a rty to lo o k
fo r A rty
I he response was tre m e n
clous
B a con said
I |ust c a ll
ed w h e re I knew the1 m en w ill
ing to h e lp m ig h t be and w ith in
IP m in u te s a whole- c ro w d had
a rriv e d
As the1 searchers c o n v e rg e d
on the- sc ene the- s itu a tio n
seem ed o m in o u s lu s t at ross
the road H ig h w a y 47 lay the
N e h a le m R iver the- attrac liv e
m e n a ce th a t parents o f sm a ll
boys d re a d b e h in d th e h om e
a ste ep h ill c o v e re d w ith thic k
brush a nd trees
By now the d e p u tie s fro m
the s h e riff's d e p a rtm re n t had
a rriv e d o n th e sc ene rec e iv e d
a d e s c rip tio n o f th e boy
red
hair w e a rin g a s w e a te r lig h t
pants and b o o ts I hey sent o u t
a c a ll and jo in e d in the- searc h
S everal fo u r w h e e l d riv e s
w ere b ro u g h t in to p la y Bac on
sending th e m u p th e h ill to
lo o k fo r signs o f th e boy
O th e rs b e a t th e b ru sh and
h u n te d a lo n g the1 riv e r
The one1 h o p e fu l tac t the1
(continurd to p *» r S)
Above: Arty la u b a c h w ith his
m other M rs
Art la u b a c h
Below: This is the rugged
terain where search for missing
boy
to o k
p la c e
V e in o n u , O r <»70M
Jerry Sanders back home
with new guide dog
Back h om e w ith k o d a k a
h a n d s o m e yellow I a b ra d o r
r i'tr ie v e r
is loc al re s id e n t
le ro m e ( |e r r y l Sanders As a
p re v io u s
g u id e d o g user
Sanders was a llo w e d to go
h om e fro m G u id e Dogs fo r the1
B lin d Inc San R afael, ( a lito r
ma w ith his new ca n in e part
ner a fte r tw o weeks tra in in g in
stead o t th e to u r re q u ire d o f a
firs t tim e guide* d og tra in e e
His fo rm e r g u id e Baron w ho
was in ju re d by a h it and run
d riv e r
has been re tire d to
bee o m e th e fa m ily jie t
Sanders o p e ra te s a ra d io
a nsw ering se rvice o u t o f his
hom e
fo r th e
Assoc ta te d
O re g o n lo g g e rs His wife« ( in
dy has been m a n a g in g the1 ser
v ic e d u rin g his absence An ar
d e n t ( Ber w ith the handle1 Sis
le g s
Sanders is a nxiou s fo r
fellow e n th u s ia s ts to m ee t
kodak
I he1 f r o g
V a lle y B reakers
and H ills b o ro R ad io Assoc i.i
tio n h e ld a d a n ce M a rc h 4 at
the- Sunset H a ll in Banks w ith
a ll p ro ce e d s g o in g to G u id e
’ Togs to
h e lji u n d e r w rite 1
la n d e rs
tr a in in g expenses
\ lo n g
w ith
his ro u n d tr ip
iirltn e tic k e t
Sanders was
»resented a c hec k to r $974 by
he* c lubs b e fo re le a vin g fo r
( a lito rn ia
It gave- me- a tre m e n d o u s
k ic k to han d it o v e r to Benny
I arsen the1 exec u tiv e dire«
to r
said Sanders
la t h e r o f th re e ages 7. 4
and 2 Sanders said it is hard
fo r the1 tw o younge-r « h ild re n
to ac « e p t the1 fae t th a t a guide1
d og is n o t a p et But he- said
whe-n his fo rm e r d og B a ron 's
harness was p u t on the1 kids
kn e w the1 d o g was w o rk in g and
c o u ld n t be* d istrac te d
I he* fo u r - w e e k
t r a in in g
course1 ,it G u id e Dogs to r the1
B lin d Inc is d esign ed to show
the1 b lin d p e rso n how to w o rk
to g e th e r w ith his g u id e d og as
a w ell-c o o rd m a te d te a m I ac h
dog re ce ive s six m o n th s o f
s« b o o lin g w h e n a p p ro x im a te ly
IS m o n th s o ld and is te ste d
d u rin g heavy tra ffic
by a
lic e n s e d
i n s t r u c t o r under
b lin d fo ld b e fo re b e in g «on
sic I i t
ready to serve a txlirie’
master The dogs are in
div id u a lly selec te d fo r eac h
« lass m e m b e r a fte r the firs t
thee«1 days o t o b s e rv a tio n by
the (ra in in g s ta tt in ord er to in
sure th e best jio s s ib le mate h in
size and te m p e ra m e n t to r a
w e ll balanc ed team
( .u id e Dogs to r th e B lin d
Inc
p ro v id e s
b o th
th e
v a lu a b le a n im a l and the in
re s id e n t e tr a in in g tre e o t
charge1 to the b lin d The non
p r o fit sc h o o l now in its (bth
year o f servic e is s u jtjio rle d by
p riv a te c o n trib u tio n s
Time nears
for annual
stage play
Rehearsals are w e ll u nd er
way as ac tors and ac tresses
fr a n tic a lly
" ta lk
to
th e m s e lv e s
as th«*y study
th e ir lines t an c an g irls strug
gle d to k ic k |ust a b it h a rd e r
l»roj)s are mad«1 and scenew
p a in te d It w ill soon be tim e
to r the- M e lo d ra m a
B ut when th e c u rta in goes
uj> o n O n ly A n O rp h a n Girl
M a y 5 it w ill a ll be w o rth it
The1 a u d ie n c e w ill c heer th«1
hero, sigh o v e r th«1 in n o c e n t
heroin«1 and lo u d ly b o o th«1
v illa in and in the e nd th e y w ill
a ll liv e h a jijn ly e ver aft«‘r
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May 5 b w ith d o o rs o p e n in g at
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b ro w s e a ro u n d th«1 a d d e d at
tra c tio n s
o f such p la ces as
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m atin « 1«1 p e rfo rm a n c e at 2 p rn
w ith d o o rs oj)«‘n in g at n o o n
f o r an o ld fa s h io n e d th r ill
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