The BulleTin • Wednesday, april 21, 2021 A3
TODAY
Today is Wednesday, April 21, the 111th day
of 2021. There are 254 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
In 1836, an army of Texans led by Sam Hous-
ton defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto,
assuring Texas independence.
In 1649, the Maryland Toleration Act, provid-
ing for freedom of worship for all Christians,
was passed by the Maryland assembly.
In 1789, John Adams was sworn in as the first
vice president of the United States.
In 1816, Charlotte Bronte, author of “Jane
Eyre,” was born in Thornton, England.
In 1910, author Samuel Langhorne Clemens,
better known as Mark Twain, died in Red-
ding, Connecticut, at age 74.
In 1918, Manfred von Richthofen, 25, the
German ace known as the “Red Baron” who
was believed to have downed 80 enemy
aircraft during World War I, was himself shot
down and killed while in action over France.
In 1926, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was born
in Mayfair, London.
In 1976, clinical trials of the swine flu vaccine
began in Washington, D.C.
In 1977, the musical play “Annie,” based
on the “Little Orphan Annie” comic strip,
opened on Broadway, beginning a run of
2,377 performances.
In 1980, Rosie Ruiz was the first woman to
cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon;
however, she was later exposed as a fraud.
(Canadian Jacqueline Gareau was named the
actual winner of the women’s race.)
Ten years ago: President Barack Obama
announced the Justice Department was as-
sembling a team to “root out any cases of fraud
or manipulation” in oil markets that might be
contributing to $4 a gallon-plus gasoline prices.
Five years ago: Prince, one of the most in-
ventive and influential musicians of modern
times, was found dead at his home in subur-
ban Minneapolis; he was 57.
One year ago: Researchers reported that
a malaria drug that had been widely touted
by President Donald Trump for treating the
coronavirus showed no benefit in large study
of its use in U.S. veterans hospitals.
Today’s Birthdays: Britain’s Queen Eliza-
beth II is 95. Actor-comedian-writer Elaine
May is 89. Anti-death penalty activist Sister
Helen Prejean is 82. Singer-musician Iggy Pop
is 74. Actor James Morrison is 67. Actor Andie
MacDowell is 63. Rock singer Robert Smith
(The Cure) is 62. Actor-director John Camer-
on Mitchell is 58. Actor Leslie Silva is 53. Actor
Rob Riggle is 51. Comedian Nicole Sullivan
is 51. Olympic gold medal pairs figure skater
Jamie Sale is 44. Rock musician David Bren-
ner (Theory of a Deadman) is 43. Actor James
McAvoy is 42. Former NFL quarterback Tony
Romo is 41. Actor Terrence J is 39. Actor Gugu
Mbatha-Raw is 38. Actor Frank Dillane is 30.
Rock singer Sydney Sierota (Echosmith) is 24.
— The Associated Press
LOCAL, STATE & REGION
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE
Warm weather brings uptick
in search and rescue calls
The Multnomah County Sheriff’s
Office recommended that anyone
venturing out into Oregon’s wild
spaces be prepared with what
they called the 10 essentials:
• Navigation: map, compass, al-
timeter, GPS device, personal
locator beacon (PLB) or satellite
messenger
• Headlamp or flashlight, plus
extra batteries
• Sun protection: sunglasses,
sun-protective clothes and sun-
screen
• First aid, including foot care
and insect repellent (as needed)
• Knife, plus a gear repair kit
• Fire: matches, lighter, tinder
and/or stove
• Shelter (can be a light emer-
gency bivy sack)
• Extra food, water and clothes
beyond the minimum expec-
tation
BY KALE WILLIAMS
The Oregonian
With the return of summerlike
temperatures, outdoors enthusiasts
have flocked back to Oregon’s natural
wonders.
That prompted a busy weekend for
search and rescue crews in the Co-
lumbia River Gorge, as temperatures
climbed into the 80s.
Early Saturday morning, the
Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office
search and rescue teams gathered
near Multnomah Falls for a train-
ing exercise. A call came in around
5:15 p.m. that a 50-year-old hiker
was having a heart attack 2 miles up
the trail to Angel’s Rest.
The caller said three doctors who
happened to be on the same trail
had begun performing CPR, but a
crew was dispatched to attend to the
hiker.
While they were responding, a
call came in that another hiker in his
70s had become lost and tired on the
trail to Wahkeenah Falls, and a few
members of the crew responding to
the heart attack were diverted. That
hiker was able to make his way to the
trailhead, where emergency respond-
ers were waiting for him.
The remainder of the responders
continued on to the heart attack vic-
tim. While on their way up the trail,
they learned the man had died de-
Brooke Herbert/Oregonian file
As temperatures increase, more people explore the outdoors, including the
Columbia River Gorge.
spite the efforts of the doctors on the
trail. The response transitioned from
a rescue to a recovery, the sheriff’s of-
fice said in a statement.
Nearly five hours after the initial
call, the crew reached the dead hiker
and began taking him back down the
steep trail in the dark, reaching the
bottom near 4 a.m.
Just after midnight Monday, an-
other call came in about a 31-year-
old man who had been hiking near
Multnomah Falls with his two nieces,
11 and 16, and never returned. By
2 a.m., the sheriff’s office found the
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on a $150,000 bond after a man’s
Huerta-Vasquez body was discovered Sunday in
a campground northwest of Ter-
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man’s car on E. Larch Mountain
Road, and another full-scale rescue
operation was initiated.
A Gresham police officer, who had
been called in to help with the search,
located the group about a mile east
of the vehicle. They were hungry and
tired but otherwise unharmed.
The man told the rescue crew he
had planned to return to his car but
had became lost. He used a smart-
phone app for directions, but the app
had taken him to Larch Mountain
instead of Multnomah Falls, his in-
tended destination.
rebonne.
Honorio Huerta-Vasquez,
35, was arrested Monday and
arraigned Tuesday in Jefferson
County Circuit Court. He was
being held Tuesday afternoon in
the Jefferson County jail. The vic-
tim, Edgar Morales, was found
dead next to a truck with a gun-
“This is the third group in two
weeks that deputies have helped who
have used maps apps for directions
to Multnomah and Wahkeena Falls,”
the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
Sgt. Keith Bybee, the search and
rescue coordinator for the sheriff’s
office, commended his staff for the
long hours they put in.
“They never fail to impress me. No
matter the situation, they always rise
to the challenge,” he said in a state-
ment. “We’re proud to have such a
dedicated team of volunteers at the
ready.”
shot wound at the Skull Hollow
Campground off SE Lone Pine
Road, said Jefferson County Sher-
iff Jim Adkins.
Jefferson County District At-
torney Steve Leriche sought a
judge’s approval to seal docu-
ments in the case because he said
release of the information could
jeopardize an ongoing investi-
gation. On Tuesday, a judge ap-
proved the request.
Huerta-Vasquez is represented
by Bend attorney Ricky Nelson,
who declined to comment. Heur-
ta-Vasquez is scheduled to be ar-
raigned on an indictment Friday.
— Bulletin staff report