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OCTOBER 13�20, 2021
FROM THE SHELF
CHECKING OUT THE
WORLD OF BOOKS
Former Oregon resident releases book
Rusty Bradshaw
worked at newspapers
around Oregon
Go! staff
G
LENDALE, Ariz. — A third
book written by Rusty
Bradshaw, former Oregon
resident and editor/reporter for
several newspapers in the state,
is now available for purchase on
multiple platforms.
“Gorge Justice” was pro-
duced by Page Publishing.
Paperback and ebook versions
are available on Barnes & Noble
and will be on Amazon soon.
“When people ask me what
I did during a pandemic, I can
say I wrote another book,”
Bradshaw said. “Getting this
story completed was satisfying
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because it was the second story
I fi nished in 2020.”
“Gorge Justice” is a story,
set in Columbia River Gorge,
about a young woman who goes
through traumatic ordeals and
how she fi ghts through it with
the support of those closest to
her.
Small-town judgment can be
brutal as Sherry Dyke, a high
school student, fi nds out after
she is date raped, becomes
pregnant as a result and makes
a diffi cult decision. The family
moves to another state to avoid
the harassment and begin to
rebuild their lives. They win over
their new communities, includ-
ing Sherry fi nding love.
But when the man who raped
her shows up, the harassment
begins anew until Sherry is
brutally raped again and beaten.
Rusty Bradshaw/Contributed image
Sherry survives her injuries and
she and her family seek justice
through the court system, but
are disappointed.
Sherry’s tragic story is
contrasted by the beauty of the
setting — the Columbia River
Gorge that separates the states
of Oregon and Washington —
and the manner in which she
fi nally gets justice.
The fi rst story Bradshaw
completed in 2020 was based
on the storyline and characters
of a canceled television series.
He continues to pursue permis-
sion from the show’s creators to
publish the story in book form.
Bradshaw’s other two books
are “The Rehabilitation of Miss
Little” and “Moist on the Moun-
tain.”
Bradshaw is a journalist of
nearly 40 years, now working
for Independent Newsmedia in
Arizona. He edits weekly news-
papers in the retirement commu-
nities of Sun City and Sun City
West. He also worked as editor
for Independent’s Surprise, Peo-
ria and Scottsdale editions.
He holds a bachelor’s degree
from Eastern Oregon University,
attended Northwest College
in Wyoming and grew up in the
small town of Dubois, Wyoming.
While attending EOU, Brad-
shaw was sports editor, then
editor, of the Eastern Beacon,
the EOU student newspaper, and
served two years as a student
sports information director for
EOU. Bradshaw was named
EOU’s Outstanding Student in
Communications in 1982.
In the La Grande community,
Bradshaw was active in the Big
Brothers Big Sisters program
and coached youth T-ball.
Elsewhere in Oregon, Brad-
shaw worked at the Union
County Review-Recorder, the
Seaside Signal, the St. Helens
Chronicle and two newspapers
— the Valley Herald and the Val-
ley Times — in Milton-Freewater.
While in the latter community, he
was named Junior Citizen of the
Year in 1996 and coached youth
football for nine years.
Bradshaw and his wife,
Jeanne, live in Glendale, Arizona.