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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 14 February 2018

Climber rescued, others stranded on Oregon's Mount Hood

By STEVEN DUBOIS the summit of the 11,240-
GILLIAN FLACCUS foot (3,429-meter) moun-
GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. tain east of Portland.
(AP) — An Oregon Army Air Force Maj. Chris Bernard
National Guard helicopter of the 304th Rescue Squad-
airlifted a critically injured ron said climbers reported
climber off the state's tall- from their cell phones that
est peak as tumbling rocks conditions were deteriorat-
imperiled a separate group ing, with rocks and ice fall-
of stranded climbers. ing.
Authorities said the injured "The quote was it was 'like a
climber fell up to 1,000 feet bowling alley,'" he said.
(304 meters) on a sunny, Wyatt Peck, 26, said he
relatively warm day that started to go up the moun-
melted snow and made tain Tuesday, but turned
climbing treacherous. around. He said the condi-
KOIN-TV reported that vid- tions were so treacherous
eo taken from a helicopter that he and a friend could
showed other climbers per- not get their pickaxes and
forming CPR on the injured In this 2009 photo, a cloud forms over Mount Hood as seen from Government Camp, Ore. Authori- crampons into the snow
man, whose name has not ties say a rescue effort is underway, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, for a climber who fell on Mount Hood. that was melting from a
(AP Photo/Don Ryan)
been released. hard freeze overnight. Peck
Separately, a party of four office spokesman. Other trouble. cause a winter storm is ex- said others in his climbing
climbers is stranded and climbers were on the moun- Jensen said it's imperative pected early Wednesday. group continued, and he's
one of them is hurt, said tain Tuesday afternoon, but to get the stranded climb- The stuck climbers were on concerned that they are
Sgt. Brian Jensen, a sheriff's it's unknown if they are in ers off the mountain be- the Hogsback area near among those stranded. q

Powerball winner who demands anonymity to get money

By MICHAEL CASEY an has set up — the Good interest, and have filed a one of the woman's law- tor Charlie McIntyre said
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A Karma Family Trust of 2018. separate motion with the yers said. "It's very impor- he was inclined to honor
New Hampshire woman Her lawyers claim the de- court to release the money. tant that we redeem this the woman's request, say-
who won a $559.7 million lay in payment was costing "This money is just sitting ticket and she gets on with ing it was a separate issue
Powerball jackpot should her about $14,000-a-day or there doing nothing for no- her life." New Hampshire from whether to reveal her
be able to collect the win- about $500,000 a month in body," William Shaheen, Lottery Executive Direc- name and address. q
nings soon while a judge
decides whether to let her
remain anonymous.
A judge in Nashua heard
arguments Tuesday from
lawyers for the woman who
say her privacy interests
outweigh what the state
says is the public's right to
know who won the money
in the nation's eighth-larg-
est lottery jackpot.
The woman, identified as
Jane Doe, signed the ticket
following the Jan. 6 draw-
ing, but later learned from
a lawyer that she could
have shielded her iden-
tity by writing the name of
a trust. Outside the court,
both sides seemed to
agree the money could be
transferred in the coming
days into a trust the wom-