2002
Park ranger recognized for rescue
efforts - December 15, 2002
Rescue efforts that helped save the lives of two
cross country skiers buried in an avalanche at Crater Lake National Park
in January have earned national honors for park ranger Randy Benham.
Crater Lake ranger presented with
Exemplary Act Award
-
December 07,
2002
On December 7, 2002, National Park Service Ranger
Randy Benham was presented with the Department of Interior's Exemplary Act Award
in a ceremony at park headquarters.
Obituaries - James Robert Read
- November 24,
2002
The committal service for James Robert Read will be at 1 p.m.
Tuesday at Eagle Point National Cemetery. The Revs. Doug Pittman
and Jerry Hanson will officiate.
Plan: Relocate rim parking: Rim Village parking may leave Crater Lake's
edge - November 22, 2002
Chuck Lundy, Crater Lake National Park's superintendent, said it's hoped
the parking lot relocation and rehabilitation of the cafeteria and gift
shop will begin in 2004. Estimated cost of the project is $7.2 million.
Snow closes Crater Lake's Rim
Drive - November 13, 2002
The North Entrance Road and Rim Drive at Crater
Lake National Park closed for the winter on Tuesday after recent storms
finally brought snow and icy road conditions.
Crater Lake symposium broad as
well as deep
- October
07, 2002
Pack
horses, fungi, submarines, Indian legends, bull trout,
landscape photograph, raptors and geology were among diverse
topics discussed during a three-day symposium celebrating
the 100th anniversary of Crater Lake National Park.
Rex Lee Trulove
- September 08, 2002
Rex Lee Trulove, 84, of Klamath Falls, died Wednesday of natural
causes in Klamath Falls.
Navy pilot drops in to Crater
Lake, again - August 27, 2002
Forty-one
years after literally dropping into Crater Lake, Bill
Boardman dropped by for Monday's Crater Lake National Park
first-ever alumni reunion.
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 license plate
available in Oregon
-
August 25, 2002
If
you are an Oregon vehicle owner and wish to support Crater
Lake National Park, while displaying a beautiful license
plate, you can now do that. An Act of the Oregon legislature
was passed in July 2001 to establish the Crater Lake
Centennial License Plate program in honor of Crater Lake
National Park’s centennial.
Happy 100th to the gem of Klamath
- August 23, 2002
If you haven't seen it, you should. There's nothing else like it
in the world, and it's right here in Klamath County. It is the
gem of this place.
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.
Long lines expected for new
license plates
- August 23, 2002
Typically long lines at the Klamath Falls DMV
office could be even longer than usual Monday because of high interest
in brand new Crater Lake plates.
National Park Service leader pays
return visit to Crater Lake
-
August 23, 2002
"Look at where I am today," crowed Mainella, the National Park Service's
16th director, Thursday at Crater Lake National Park.
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:
Dedication of
Future Science & Learning Center
- August 22,
2002
National
Park Service representatives, educators and scientists will
join together in a ceremony to announce and dedicate the
future Crater Lake Science and Learning Center at Crater
Lake National Park. The Science and Learning Center is
planned as an interdisciplinary facility that will
facilitate science and unite it with place-based learning
and appreciation.
Larson honored for Crater Lake
work
- August 18, 2002
Douglas Larson of Portland was awarded the Centennial Award for
Excellence in Scientific Research at Crater Lake during
ceremonies at Crater Lake National Park last Sunday.
Howard 'Bud' Hittenrauch
-
August 15, 2002
Howard "Bud" Raymond Hittenrauch, 71, North Albany, died Aug. 7,
2002, of natural causes at Crater Lake National Park.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Runner takes 'stroll in park'
- August 11, 2002
For
Laurie Greenberg, Saturday's 27th annual running of the Crater Lake Rim
Runs and Marathon was more than a stroll in the park.
Bush to visit Oregon, not Crater
Lake
- August 06, 2002
President Bush plans to visit Oregon this month, but the White House has
ruled out a proposed visit to Crater Lake National Park for its 100th
birthday.
Keep Rim Drive open - all of the
way
- July 31, 2002
When it comes to historic structures, Crater Lake's Rim Drive
ranks with some of the best. True, we don't often think of roads
as structures, but they are, and they are some of the most
important.
Crater Lake license plate unveiled
- July 31, 2002
The long-awaited design of the Crater Lake National Park Centennial
license plate was formally revealed by the Oregon Department of
Transportation Wednesday afternoon.
The fight for Crater Lake/Winning National Park Status
Wasn't Easy - July 28, 2002
The fight to create the park stretched on for 17
years. Plans for a park languished as opponents in
Congress said the park would be too expensive and local
opponents agitated to use the land for timber, mining
and sheep farming.
Centennial Award goes to Crater
Lake researcher
- July 22, 2002
Douglas Larson of Portland has been awarded the Centennial Award
for Excellence in Scientific Research at Crater Lake National
Park by the Crater Institute board of directors.
The Crater Lake murders and the 9-fingered man - July 21, 2002
On July 21, 1952, a trail crew discovered the bodies of
two General Motors executives murdered in the woods of
Crater Lake National Park. The men had been shot in the head
execution style. Their mouths were gagged with their own
neckties. Their shoes had been removed from their feet, and
one pair had been stolen.
The party is 'on' at Crater Lake
-
July 18, 2002
Although the park's centennial celebration doesn't hit high gear until
next month, visitors are already streaming into the park. On July 5, a
record 2,400 vehicles — which translates to more than 5,000 people —
passed though the park's two entrance stations.
Park plan looks at snipping Rim
Road - July 05, 2002
Significant changes, including closure of a
large segment of Rim Drive to motorists, are being considered as a new
management plan is developed for Crater Lake National Park.
Controlled burns set for Monday at
Crater Lake - June 16, 2002
About 32 acres will be burned over a two- to four-day period in
the ponderosa pine/mixed conifer forest in the southwest corner
of the park.
Crater Lake's north entrance open
- June 05, 2002
The road allows motorists traveling along Highway 97 to enter
the park through the south entrance near Fort Klamath and exit
to Diamond Lake and Chemult without having to backtrack.
Crater Lake looking at trail
relocation, rehabilitation - June 05, 2002
Some
backcountry trails at Crater Lake National Park that were originally built
as fire access roads may be either rehabilitated or relocated.
Lake retains beauty after 100
years
- May 22, 2002
For 17 years William Gladstone Steel generally
made a pest of himself, doggedly stumping around Oregon and the halls of
the nation's capitol advocating national park status for Crater Lake.
Crater Lake National Park
Centennial 'Let the celebration begin' 1902-2002 -
May 21, 2002
Wednesday marks the 100th anniversary of the creation of Crater Lake
National Park. The birthday of the park, the nation's sixth-oldest, will
be celebrated statewide.
The jewel turns 100: a century after it was dedicated, Crater Lake
National Park inspires wonder for millions - May 19, 2002
For
a moment, college student Jan Feola couldn't find the words to describe the view of the deepest
lake in the United States.
Old stories about W. F. Arant and
Steel come back again and again for family
- May 13, 2002
Whenever Arant family members get together, even 100 years later, the
subject of W.F. Arant, also known as William Franklin, and his
tumultuous final months as Crater Lake National Park's first
superintendent come up.
W.F. Arant - Crater Lake's first superintendent
- May 13, 2002
Everyone
who visits Crater Lake National Park and enters from the south entrance
station has driven toward the lake and seen a sign alongside a bridge that,
maps tell, crosses Goodbye Creek.
Quilting Crater Lake: Rocky Point
residents will raffle quilt to raise funds for volunteer
fire department
- May 12, 2002
A
queen-size quilt depicting Crater Lake will be raffled this
summer to raise money for a volunteer fire department.
Crater Lake alumni sought
-
May 09, 2002
People who worked at Crater Lake National Park are being invited
to attend a first-ever Crater Lake Alumni Reunion in August.
Cafe at Crater Lake to reopen -
April 26, 2002
Visitors to Crater Lake National Park who have been hungering for a bowl
of chili or gift shop souvenirs should keep the checkbooks handy.
Xanterra Parks & Resorts Receives Contract to Manage
Concessions at Crater Lake National Park in Southern Oregon
- April 5, 2002
Xanterra Parks & Resorts, the country's
largest operator of national and state parks and
resorts, has been awarded the 15-year contract to manage
lodging, boating, food service, campgrounds, gasoline
station and gift shops at Crater Lake National Park.
Crater Lake employee reunion part
of Centennial celebration -
March 25, 2002
Have
you ever worked at Crater Lake National Park?
If so, mark your calendars, because all current and former park
employees are invited to a reunion on Monday, Aug. 26.
'How Crater Lake came to be' A
Klamath Indian legend Special for the Herald and News
- February 25, 2002
One day, Great Spirit Beings pushed ice through
a hole in the sky to build a great mountain, Moyaina (Mount Mazama).
Then the spirits climbed down to Earth and created the
Klamath terrain by digging tunnel-like caverns beneath the
earth and pushing up the Cascade Range.
Making tracks at Crater Lake: guide shares insights with snowshoers; his
knowledge of the lake is legendary
-
February 24, 2002
Lloyd Smith forged quickly ahead, not because he
was competitive but, as he had explained earlier, so that he could stop,
catch his breath and once the rest of group of snowshoers caught up with
him, talk without gasping.
Crater Lake Centennial Cookbook to
be a part of this year's celebration
- February 22, 2002
Members of the Midland Community Action Team are looking for
recipes to include in an upcoming cookbook. Rick Hadley said the cookbook will celebrate
this year's centennial celebration at Crater Lake National Park
Crater Lake Ski Patrol crucial to
park operations - February 21, 2002
There's
a reason why members of the Crater Lake Ski Patrol wear red
coats.
Lost skiers find searchers
- January 24, 2002
Two
skiers missing since Saturday in Crater Lake National Park skied out under
their own power Wednesday afternoon after being trapped by a snowstorm that
dumped more than 3 feet of snow on the park.
Going postal for Crater Lake
- January 13, 2002
