What about the hundreds of thousands of businesses that closed because of Girly Brown’s covid hysterics ? After the fire’s destruction, Helfrich recognizes the challenge of instilling new civic structures in Blue River. We are providing all the official info we can, and they are putting it out as fast as they can. Brush, tall grass, and hardwood litter. Maybe you have a few things to sell? Coincidentally, for Krieger, black-and-white also performed better in digital photos. UPDATE: The official Facebook page for the Holiday Farm Fire suggests there is more to be learned about the fate of communities and landmarks. Thanks to the Forest Fire Lookout Association, the remaining towers are being restored and placed on the National Historic Lookout Register. “But it was always a free library. It helps tell the story and makes it more amusing,” Krieger said. Breaking News Oregon Wildfires: Evacuation Order For Blue River In Upper McKenzie Bridge Area By Love Cross & Angela Kellner • Sep 7, 2020 The Lionshead fire grew to more than 18,000 acres on Sunday, Sept. 6, leading to more closures of the Mount Jefferson Wilderness Area. In 1994, Krieger found a collective tenderness beneath the failing infrastructure of a former industrial town. MCC Campus(es): MCC-Blue River Public Safety Institute. BLUE RIVER, Ore. -- Lane County's top administrator says wildfires have caused "catastrophic loss" in this small town. Wildfire Home and business owners see Holiday Farm Fire devastation firsthand Monday evening ODOT opened up Highway 126 westbound into Blue River, one … “I always stress to students to let your eyeball rotate around that little viewfinder and see what's on the edges,” Bergeman said. “The captions are part of the photo. Contacts: Blue River PSI, 816.604.6700. We’re in deep doo-doo here” ! Winning this battle not only meant more fish higher in the river, but an economic injunction to guides and protection for local state of Oregon employees. “Black-and-white needs only need a single layer, and it's good, it's much better resolution and of finer quality.”. RAINBOW, Ore. -- A new Level 3 evacuation order was issued just before midnight for residents near Blue River and McKenzie Bridge. The majority of employers along McKenzie Highway include the forest service, school districts and a nascent outdoor industry. Program Overview MCC Campus(es): MCC-Blue River: Public Safety InstituteContact: 816.604.6700 The MCC-Blue River Public Safety Institute offers Fire Academy training that is approved by the Missouri Department of Public Safety's Division of Fire Safety (DFS), which is accredited by the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC). I hate to pull politics into a truly tragic disaster like this, but isn’t this what FEMA is set up for? In 2020, those faces communicate what could be given good fortune and an extraordinary amount of work. I don’t know how they do it. And the answer will be tragic for far too many. Steve Mokrohisky, county administrator, said residents should "expect a loss of life" from the Holiday Farm fire. One is in this posted an hour or so ago. “I want everybody who wants to come back to the McKenzie to be able to come back to the McKenzie,” Stanley said. Level 3 means "GO NOW." Hey Barney, how about some news about the affected towns in the Canyon and the McKenzie. Krieger used a Zeiss Ikon Ikonta black-and-white folding camera, bought in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1945. Together, building a safer community through prevention, preparedness and response. Contests & Promotions, Fire / Fire Alert / Oregon-Northwest / Top Stories, Sign up for News Channel 21 Email Newsletters, Northwest Interagency Coordination Center’s website, St. Charles Redmond COVID-19 outbreak traced to patient who tested negative — twice, Oregon reports 22 more COVID-19 deaths, one from Deschutes; 877 new cases, https://ktvz.com/news/oregon-northwest/2020/09/10/with-so-many-fires-blazing-deq-issues-statewide-air-quality-alert-until-monday/. Ya shoulda thought about that when you personally decided not to sign the petition to recall this complete failure of a Governor- who has been at the helm of every major disaster this state has seen- ever ! No. Rich Bergeman, Krieger's peer in the Willamette Valley PhotoArts Guild, almost always photographs landscapes — a romantic, almost nostalgic patina of what life once was — and historical remnants. Scattered interior fuels continue to consume with limited activity along the canyon edge. https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7170/. You are a disgusting bag of scum- with your… “hey- where are the feds ? And that reality, you're responsible for.”. If you want to find all the towers in the state, buy Peter Barr's history and trail guidebook "Hiking North Carolina’s Lookout Towers". Grayscale adds a depth within the contrast of light and shadow, defining the subject through shadow. Especially critical was the loss of the medical clinic. The former professor at Linn Benton Community College encourages his acolytes to understand what it is they’re capturing. She said while fire crews have strongly advised people to evacuate, some residents chose to stay behind, to guard their property from possible looters. “Digital color cameras have three layers that pick up that color (blue, yellow and red primary hues),” Krieger said. Krieger’s work is almost all portraits, freezing the individual in a particular context, at once unique and universal. “He works in a project-oriented way, telling us a narrative with several photographs,” Bergeman said. After September's catastrophic Holiday Farm Fire, Krieger’s work documenting the McKenzie River Corridor at the turn of the century became all the more indispensable. Dean Guernsey/For The Bulletin As flames from the Holiday Farm Fire roared closer and closer to her home Monday night, Blue River resident Krystal Harrison was ordered to evacuate or perish. “It burned straight through Blue River,” Stanley said. I saw coverage on every single national news website I visited. The Blue River Fire started on June 5 and was caused by lightning, officials say. This is not about you. into perspective, and is really hard to comprehend…, https://kval.com/news/local/holiday-farm-fire-east-of-springfield-has-burned-over-100k-acres-since-monday-night. The three words I have heard “It’s mostly gone.” Hope that fills your need to know, morbid as it is. We are the only fire sprinkler program endorsed by the American Fire Sprinkler Association. “Our area was beautiful, and it’s nothing but burnt sticks right now.”. The more yellow the pixels the more intense the fire. Too bad you’re not as intelligent as you’re page presence paints you to be. I go there a couple of times a month with excess clothing or shoes or blankets or whatever I've got and other people are doing the same thing to help someone who you know lost everything.”. In the 1960s, youths vandalized the building and so it was locked at night. EUGENE, Ore. - Lane County officials say as many as 100 buildings in the Blue River area were destroyed by wildfire overnight - and that even worse news could be around the corner. Bergeman observes Krieger’s skill at connecting is shown in his images. 'Blue River is pretty much a total loss' The Holiday Farm Fire has destroyed the town of Blue River and killed at least one person, a fire marshal spokesman confirmed Saturday morning. “Most of the stores were boarded up or had ‘For Sale’ signs. A level 3 evacuation notice is extended to Walterville Elementary from McKenzie Ranger station, especially the North Gate Creek and Goodpasture areas as the fire is moving west according to officials. In Oregon, a fast-moving wildfire caused "catastrophic damage" and probably loss of life in the town of Blue River east of Eugene-Springfield, Lane County officials said. Zeiss Ikon Ikonta black-and-white folding camera, now the world’s largest abandoned industrial complex, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. It’s the quintessence of a kindly, country lady, an honest, hard-working face, dressed in floral print under a cardigan, translucent reflected trees cutting across her face. The city of Eugene Still, when Krieger accompanied his wife, Atty, to Blue River, she went to her quilting group while Krieger started wandering around, holding his vintage camera at his chest. In 1994, many of those businesses were remnants of a more fruitful time. I know you can’t get there and wouldn’t spend the money to send people there if you could. “(Blue River's) never been incorporated. notices. BLUE RIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) -- As the Holiday Farm Fire rages on, burning 145,000 acres as of Thursday, people who had to evacuate the McKenzie River Valley are left wondering if … “Whenever everybody is like, ‘We just want to get home to try to figure out what to do next’ -- there’s no ‘What next?’ right now,” Stanley said. – And that everyone is going the best job they can. As progress barreled down the McKenzie Highway through these isolated worlds, the logging industry was no longer the main employer of the corridor's communities. But bless them all. Fire intensity of the Beachie Creek and Lionshead fires as well as the fire in the Blue River area. This story will be updated as information becomes available. “His body of work on the 'Hamlets of Lane County' is really a lasting legacy for Lane County. Learn more about Rhea here. It says that the The photographer prefers black-and-white photography for a few reasons. In 1947, the fire department changed names to the Breckenridge Volunteer Fire Department until 1976 when a special taxing district was officially formed renaming the department to the Red, White and Blue Fire Protection District as it is called today. With a lack of color, black-and-white stills ease color’s distraction to encourage the viewer to take in the scene. The email says: Krieger’s photos of residents of these towns documents a slice of what was. Yes, get mad at Barney tripod, that will solve it! After the Holiday Farm Fire blazed more than 170,000 acres, razed entire towns like Blue River and forced thousands to evacuate, the images now represent what communal spirit and energy might be raised again. The fire department's Blue River station is destroyed, its equipment is burned, and a number of the crew members have lost their homes and livelihoods in … From photographing for the UAW-CIO in the Motor City in the 1940s to (illegally) cataloging Soviet Russia in the 1960s, through his viewfinder, Krieger captures an essential essence, a flicker of the immortal in a mortal world. – You sound like Governor Kaotic Kate- She broke it- now she wants the guy she publicly criticizes day in and day out to come in and cover her hind end- as her bundies air in the wind for everyone to see ! nice TDS DB, you just cant help yourself! BUT, YOU DO HAVE TELEPHONES DON’T YOU. Email him at mdenis@registerguard.com. The McKenzie River community of Blue River and Vida are is apparently a “total loss” and at least one county employee has lost a loved one to the McKenzie fire, aka the Holiday Farm Fire, according to an email that went out to some Lane County employees the afternoon of Tuesday Sept. 8. “We're trying to say something.”. National media covered protests in one square block of Portland for months, but now that Oregon is literally on fire there’s barely a mention by most media. Posted By: Bob Schaper. The Blue Ridge Fire initially broke out just before 1 p.m. Monday in the area of Green River Road near the Green River Golf course and the 91 Freeway, near Chino Hills State Park. Though the two photographers' subject matter may be different, the integral nature of their work, recording images that give context to the world, is similar. Blue River Fire 85 percent contained; Dry Lake Fire 81 percent contained. At present, Helfrich said that Mel Bright is the unofficial mayor of Blue River, assuming a leadership role in fighting for the community. Even before the Holiday Farm Fire, most were long gone in 2020. Severe Weather Yesterday's activity has subsided with only smoldering remaining. Blue River, along the McKenzie River Highway east of Eugene and Springfield, lies in ruin more than a week the Holiday Farm fire swept through its … Entertainment Scrolling through photos, Engelman fell into a reverie. Significant Events: Blue River 2 had moderate minimal activity. He also said a firefighter told him that between 80 and 100 buildings were destroyed. Updated: Sep 8, 2020 3:24 PM. 6/15/2020 - 2:47 pm . And if you think you can do better than Barney why not give it a whirl. And down below is Pat Stanley, who ran the Meyer store, which also contained the post office, headed by Jan Fleshman as postmaster. When the library was first built, it was open 24 hours a day with anyone allowed to go in and take a book out. “You want it to go back to those yummy  times when those pictures were taken.”. Longtime publisher of the weekly McKenzie River Reflections Ken Engelman recalled the community circa 1994 while perusing the Krieger's photos. Follow Matthew on Instagram @CAFE_541. There is Pete McKnight, who ran the auto garage. Heavy grass crop and dry light brush are the primary carriers of the fire. One could call it a picturesque view of Appalachia in the Cascades.”. In Krieger’s "Blue River," his camera captures how subjects exude an indiscriminate vitality underneath a vulnerable humanity. According to Stanley, Blue River is made up of about 150 people, with about 2,500 total residents between Rainbow and McKenzie Bridge. Today, with the timber industry all but removed from local economies, Oregon 126’s 60-mile stretch is a very diverse political and economic stretch of towns. In 1994 Blue River, some leadership came from librarian O’Brien, who moved to Blue River as a teacher in the 1920s, according to Krieger. The Blue Ridge Piedmont Chapter of the American Red Cross, based in Hickory, is assisting the Mintons. 'It's nothing but burnt sticks right now,' Melanie Stanley says -- but 'we are McKenzie Strong', (Update: Adding video, comments from Blue River resident). As of Thursday, Stanley is staying in a hotel in Eugene, awaiting word from fire officials as to when it's safe to return -- and if there's a home for her to return to. There’s zero.”. Krieger’s photo essays can provide a marker of this progression. Established in 1941, Camp Lejeune Fire & Emergency Service Division is presently comprised of an all civilian professional government employee workforce. Seems like a reality check by them is in order. Here are Jerry and Nadine Clocksin who ran the Sable Ray Market, the Blue River grocery store, before moving to Detroit to open another grocer there. Many of the houses contained gardens of junk autos watched over by lonely dogs. “Right now, there's three relief centers (in Leaburg, Blue River and Rainbow). High-dollar outdoor sports commuters migrate through. There's no entity to go to,” Helfrich said. “Before that, I was rather shy to photograph people, but then, I just started talking with them while walking around, taking pictures of people I’d meet,” Krieger said. Many guys Engelman worked with lived the blue-collar life, ubiquitous until the 1980s, drinking at the Blue River Tavern until 2 in the morning, sleeping eight hours and heading back to logging work, he said. I can respond to this one easy enough, I have a lot of family from Little Sweden to the Lyons area. Blue River Fire northeast of San Carlos, Arizona, June 7, 2020. Daily Weather Forecast Krieger’s subjects reveal life as it is, neither judging or in judgement. The Town of Blue River endeavors to nurture our serene mountain community by conserving our natural residential environment, promoting unity with our neighbors and surroundings, channeling the voice of our residents, and enhancing the quality of life for all. Fire crews say resources are scarce as the fire continues to burn through several communities in Lane County. It doesn't have a government. Now that Blue River is burnt down, it makes it even more striking what a legacy that is.” Rich Bergeman. In one of the more striking portraits, the late Frances O’Brien, former Blue River Library librarian and founder, looks out from behind a windowed door, nameplate taped above a sign designating “OFFICE.” O’Brien, maybe the most recognizable Blue River icon, stares out with giving eyes framed by wired, grandmotherly glasses, hair uniformly askew and tended to. This morning containment is at eighty-five percent on the Blue River Fire and eighty-one percent containment on the Dry Lake Fire, with no significant change in acreage. In 2020, though, the Blue River School where she used to teach served as a refuge during the Holiday Farm Fire. MCC is offering the following Fire Continuing Education courses this spring: “That formed the term paper for my BFA.”. But it has been dangerous to get in and make those tallies. if you haven’t figured it out z21 is a training station always has been.we use to get 2 portland stations a salem and eugene one on bend cable now we just have these fools. With an AM Best A+ XV Rated Carrier and experienced risk engineering and claims specialists, we deliver quality solutions and responsive service that our clients require and deserve. If 1994 were the end of an era, 2020, despite its tragedy, may mark overcoming to the next one. Screw you ! BLUE RIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) -- As the Holiday Farm Fire rages on, burning 145,000 acres as of Thursday, people who had to evacuate the McKenzie River Valley are left wondering if they will have homes to return to. “The community back when the photos were taken, felt to me more like a complete community,” said Jonnie Helfrich, co-owner of A Helfrich Outfitters, McKenzie River rafting and fishing guides. itself is a very large area, and if this is true, it really puts the size of this fire She said children also call her “Aunt Melanie.”. – The Sheriff has categorically denied that. “A tragedy like that is everyone pulls together,” Engelman said. Photo: SCA Forestry. This work force is charged with providing the highest level of Fire and Emergency Services possible to all the military, civilians, and visitors working, living or visiting our base. The loop is from 1130 PM to 230 AM. Maybe a couple contacts after all these years. Pricy RVs drive alongside 30-year-old pickup trucks through communities where crime rates and drug use rise. Stanley said she first evacuated to the parking lot of Thurston High School in Springfield, along with hundreds of others escaping the McKenzie River Valley. The photographer’s 1994 “Blue River Anthology” (members.efn.org/~hkrieger/blue.htm) and early 2000s “Hamlets of Lane County” chronicles waning lumber towns along Oregon Route 126. Today even the remaining few are gone. As much as film choice, the trick for the portraitist is to put people at ease while framing their essential nature in natural surroundings, as depicting disarmed people reveals that shared spark beneath. Half-million-dollar homes clash with 50-year-old mobile home parks. “It adds to the challenge of not only individual rebuilding in the county, but to simplify what's happening up there.”. “In the first set of photographs, I concentrated on the ramshackle buildings and streets in the village,” Krieger wrote. In Oregon, the Holiday Farm Fire has ravaged more than a hundred thousand acres and devastated the small mountain town of Blue River, east of … “Pretty much from Blue River Park to the highway, there’s nothing left. Photography accompanies and accounts for photographer Herman Krieger’s adventurous life journey. In the absence of government, private citizens step up. Haha, big guy upstairs can’t get em right every time I guess lol seriously though, you wrote that well & I thought it should be noted. Oregon’s wildfires are now closing in on one million acres and hundreds of homes lost, and still no word from the feds about emergency funding and other help. NewsChannel 21 spoke Thursday with Melanie Stanley, affectionately known as the “unofficial mayor” of Blue River. Welcome! GO BACK TO CALIFORNIA AND QUIT YOUR COMPLAINING. I got a serious four letter F word for you- but the B is having a bad day- so I’ll drop this on you instead- “Fool” ! Hey Tripod…you do realize that resources are stretched thin. 1995, however, marked a rapid decline in developing any film as digital photography emerged. In January 1989, Helfrich moved to join Aaron’s multigenerational clan on the McKenzie River Corridor. We have posted two FEMA releases, combined with other govt. “Expressive photography means something to us,” Bergeman said. “Be aware that you've basically taken that little frame out of reality and turned it into something else. Didn’t we spend some of the FEMA funds to build 3 miles of new wall down south that Mexico was going to pay for in the first place? Daily News Updates I just read this story on KVAL’s ( A Eugene t.v station) website. “As frustrating as it is for everybody when they get overwhelmed, the overall sense in the community is hopeful,” Helfrich said. It’s ironic, then, that Krieger never wanted to take photos of people in the first place. Helfrich joined Bright in a fight to save the Leaburg Hatchery, for example. At Blue River Underwriters, we understand what it takes to protect the interests of fire sprinkler and equipment contractors. After the Holiday Farm Fire blazed more than 170,000 acres, razed entire towns like Blue River and forced thousands to evacuate, the images now represent what communal spirit and … https://ktvz.com/news/oregon-northwest/2020/09/10/with-so-many-fires-blazing-deq-issues-statewide-air-quality-alert-until-monday/. Frances O’Brien died in 1996. “The town of Blue River is 100% gone,” Stanley said. For the most updated information on the Holiday Farm Fire, visit the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center’s website or the fire's InciWeb page. The story (and, often, its captions) roll out in a bouncing cadence. Incident Overview. I don’t agree with.. or even like what you said, but I liked the way you said it. Evacuations remain in place for the communities of Vida, Blue River, Mohawk, McKenzie Bridge, Leaburg and Walterville. “We are 'McKenzie Strong.'”. Using his lens to point the way, Krieger’s film arrests the subject in time, creating a visible testimonial to what once was. Helfrich met her husband, fishing guide Aaron, in the summer of 1988 on the middle fork of Idaho’s Salmon River. She described it as apocalyptic, saying an unknown number of homes have burned to the ground, and only poles stand in places where signs used to be. The Holiday Farm fire destroyed nearly every structure in the remote town of Blue River and cut McKenzie Valley residents off from key services: the post office, the library, the general market. The lightning ignited Blue River Fire is burning 7 miles southeast of Alpine, Arizona within the Wallow Fire scar. The dry and windy conditions and high temperatures caused the fire to spread quickly. The number of structures burnt to the ground- destroyed and looted during the Portland riots ? Her husband worked in the lumber mill and she would leave books out of the front porch for passing truckers. He recalls Krieger’s personal rapport on small PhotoArts field trips, chatting with people in front yards, pacifying people into agreeing to stand for photos. This comic playfulness can help to carry the day during dark times. All things Blue River, Oregon, and surrounding areas... Got an event you want to share with your neighbors? – Anybody could just go and pick a book up and bring it back when they wanted to,” Krieger said. Firefighters are Super Heros. As his 1994 exhibition paper describes, Krieger first left people out of his photos, instead choosing to focus on the dilapidated buildings that dotted Blue River’s desiccated landscape. Rhea Panela is a multimedia journalist for NewsChannel 21. There are false rumors that antifa started this fire. When Krieger began his work in the 1940s, shooting stills for Highland Park High School, of UAW-CIO events in north Detroit and in the iconic Packard Plant (now the world’s largest abandoned industrial complex), he used black-and-white film, as color film wasn't cheap enough to be readily adopted until the 1970s. “It had services that keep (us from) having to travel outside of the community to have fresh meat and vegetables.”. Lemme guess- you now know someone who is suffering from her incompetence- and you want D-Trump to send in the Rescue Rangers ! Seems like a real waste of potential genius if you ask me. Oh- but now that the fires look scary- yer all worried ! Holiday fire is now nearly 4 times as big as the city of Eugene. While his intent was to tell a story through these deceased places, Krieger's mentor, Professor Dell, and his PhotoZone Gallery colleagues, though, convinced him that an honest portrait of Blue River would include its current residents. 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