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Archive Home > 2008 > February > 19 > Locals are diving, but not for treasure

Locals are diving, but not for treasure

Divers regularly clean the river of phones, beer bottles and, once, half a mannequin

By Christopher Stollar / The Bulletin
February 19, 2008

Phones, flip-flops and beer bottles are the booty of Byron Leisek.

The 29-year-old Bend resident scooped up such trash while scuba diving Monday morning in the Deschutes River. He swam with trout in the roughly 50-degree water that had about five feet of visibility, and is one of several people....

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