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Family and friends of Alvin Hymer remembered him with affection and admiration — and secured some degree of closure — after Hymer’s body was recovered from the Columbia River about 4 miles south of Pateros on Sunday (July 9).
Hymer, age 74, had been trying to rescue his two dogs on July 1 when he fell into the …
A 76-year-old man from Shoreline drowned on Saturday (Sept. 14) while swimming at Pearrygin Lake State Park near Winthrop, Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers reported. Charles J. Covello had been swimming when another person saw Covello go under the water and not come back up. Calls for emergency assistance went out at about 4 p.m. […]
