[Vision2020] Still hopeful for John Dickinson

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Here is an update in this sad story from The Dalles Chronicle ( http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2007/01/news01-09-07-04.shtml )

January 9, 2007 
Sonar camera to be used in search of missing man

     Multnomah County Sheriff's deputies with a sonar camera are expected to search Tuesday for a man who jumped or fell into the John Day River on Sunday after he stopped at the scene of a traffic accident on Interstate 84 at the John Day Bridge.
     Sherman County Sheriff Brad Lohrey said the team was due to arrive this morning (after press deadlines). The equipment they use can be put into the water to take pictures of the bottom of the river. He said it has been successful in finding bodies in the Portland area.
     The actual search on the shoreline of the river for the body of John Dickinson, of Moscow, Idaho, has been suspended, the sheriff said. 
     Troopers from the Oregon State Police and deputies from the Sherman County had actively searched the area since daybreak Monday and no sign of Dickinson was found, Sgt. Julie Wilcox of the OSP office in The Dalles said.
A dive team from Skamania County was called in to assist, but because of the depth and turbidity of the John Day River, the divers could not deploy to search. The depth of the river in the area of the crash was 83 to 105 feet and the surface water temperature is 38 to 40 degrees.
     Police said Dickinson, 62, stopped his car Sunday evening behind another car that had swerved to avoid debris on an Interstate 84 bridge east of The Dalles, struck a center divider and came to rest in the driving lane.
     Dickinson got out of his car, which a third car then struck from behind, the police said.
     Troopers said Dickinson couldn't be found at the scene of the accidents.
Dickinson is a City Council member in Moscow and was recently named its president.


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