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Archive Home > 2008 > February > 28 > State program seeks to keep kids afloat

State program seeks to keep kids afloat

Some 4,000 free life jackets will be given away at the Central Oregon Sportsmen’s Show. Some 4,000 free life jackets will be given away at sportsmen’s show

By Mark Morical / The Bulletin
February 28, 2008

In 2006, six lives were lost in drownings on the Deschutes River.

Of those six victims, according to Ashley Massey, public information officer for the Oregon State Marine Board, only two were wearing life jackets. Of those two, one victim’s life jacket did not fit properly, and the....

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