Events

Crater Lake centennial party: Celebration amid the smoke – August 26, 2002

Crater Lake National Park’s Rim Village parking area, usually swarming with coming-and-going cars and RVs, was filled instead with people trying to stay warm in unseasonable, but not unusual, cool temperatures.

 

Celebration day: Crater Lake National Park transformed for festivities – August 25, 2002

“It looks like the circus has come to town,” laughed Mac Brock as he surveyed the Rim Village parking lot at Crater Lake National Park Saturday afternoon.

Crater Lake learning center dedicated – August 23, 2002

Five days of activities celebrating Crater Lake’s 100th year as a national park began Thursday with a nostalgic look back, and eager glance forward during dedication ceremonies for the future home of the Crater Lake Science and Learning Center.

Crater Lake events listed – August 22, 2002

Formal ceremonies and casual nature hikes are among the activities slated for this weekend’s celebration of Crater Lake National Park’s centennial. Friday events include the following:

 

Happy 100th to the gem of Klamath – August 23, 2002

Speakers set for Crater Lake – August 15, 2002

Congressmen, National Park Service officials, educators and Klamath Tribes leaders will be among the speakers at upcoming Crater Lake National Park Centennial activities.

 

Lindgren makes memorable win – August 11, 2002

Former Klamath Union standout Liz Lindgren had her own moment of chaos Saturday as the former state champion runner almost set a record in the women’s 6.7-mile run.

Stunning revelations at high elevations: Runners experience life on the edge by pushing their bodies to the limit on the grueling Crater Lake course – August 11, 2002

As the sun sent its first rays dancing onto the azure glass of Crater Lake, 51-year-old Mike Shiach tore himself away from the view to join 300 others at the start of the Crater Lake Rim Run.

 

Marathon has world, local flavor – August 11, 2002

In the year Crater Lake National Park turns 100 years old, it’s only appropriate that a runner from abroad and a runner from Klamath County were each champions of the greatest race within the park borders.