minutes
q, a free bleeder,
f: •
ital
hat
T ntative agreement h b n r cb
be een the Benton Harbor Are
d the Benton
iation HE)
for the openin d y of hool this year.
eement re hed Thursday,
982, and ts edne y,
1 th fir full d y of
udents in the B nton Harbor
AUGUST 25 - 31, 1 2 THE CITIZE
hen illie 10 control of th true
around a corner near Hilgard on Inter­
ate 84. In 10 combined year of truck
driving, the brother had never been in a
e tee.
But their fir trip to Oregon
jinxed. And Freddie, ep in the true's
r, 10 both leg abo e the knee .
"I kne they ere gone," Freddie
recalled on his last day in his hospital
bed Thursday. He said e kn he
"had to face it and flgbt it out."
This morning, Freddie planned to fly
by Lifeguard m to Portland, here he
to fly home to Benton Harbor,
idt., and concentrate on the at
: learning to u artifi· leg and
l.laI1lDUlg for a ne future.
"I accept ccident," he
"I accept it no ."
And wh t doe he do?
"1 eep my head up," he
It' ppened 0 • There' nothing I
can do about it.
"AU I can (do) . just live, with the
help of the good Lord and my wife and
my brother" and friend.
He kne h had pporti e family
and friend b c home in ichigan.
And if to pro it, his ife, two more
brother and a friend m de the trip to
Pendleton, paid for ith $700 rai d
among other friend bac in rece 'on­
p agued 'dugan.
But he didn't realize all the ne
friends he ould make - or ho E tern
Oregon ranger ould re pond to hi
plight.
"Peop ju pporting us,"
he said. Rev. e S va of the Gr e
Bapti opped in every d y,
Others brought him communion, and
people came from far La Grande to
visit.
"The hole community h ju
b en beautiful."
St. Anthony offered the family
food and nearby quarte to y. Church
group brought by money and food and
praye of pport.
Freddie, a practicing B ptist, say
he's a singer and promoter with hi
or preparin for the opening d y of
hool d orientation ctivities are to
b plann d t hool buildin
edne y September 1 ill be full
y of cl s for tudent ith lunche
and bu service bein provided ord-
ing to hocl offlcials.
d y, ugu
11:30
24 and 25 from 9:00 to
and 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
c ordin to Junior Hi
Ve 01 ni nd John
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family' moderately cce ul 0
mu ' gr up. He'd hell tum his energy
to that.
"I on't be drivin true no more,"
id.
e
other iojurie .
"Thi . my fir
lot out of me. It did lot of
it
brother,
tr edy.
"He really ro
ronger than me,"
helped m lot.
"He helped me get b
road."
He
illie.
lot
"He
on th right
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