Forks Forum, March 27, 2014

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Search called off

A search and rescue attempt was made Friday afternoon and evening on the Bogachiel River for a missing fisherman after a drift boat capsized just below the Bogachiel Rearing Pond boat launch. Here a person in a drift boat searches the river just below the Goodman Mainline bridge. Rescue attempts continued over the weekend. Photo by Lonnie Archibald

Fishing trip turns tragic

A USCG copter searched the Bogachiel River on Friday evening for the missing fisherman. Photo by Lonnie Archibald

Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction total update

After the close of the auction Sunday, March 16, at just before 10.p.m. the total was approximately $88,000, but the following few days after the event cash donations were still coming in and it appears the record was not only broken but smashed to pieces with the total now sitting at around $93,000.

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Last Friday at approximately 5 p.m. William Rusk, of Sequim, and a fishing partner Mark Roller from Canada set out for some drift boat fishing on the Bogachiel River in Forks. Shortly after launching their boat on the river, near the Bogachiel Fish Hatchery, their boat overturned and both men fell into the river. Roller safely made it to shore and after throwing Rusk a life jacket called for help. Rusk held on to the life jacket and the boat as it drifted down the river. The overturned boat later was found on the bottom of the Bogachiel River approximately two miles down river by commercial diver Jack Iotte. Local fishing guide Cody Wilson found a lifejacket on Saturday and authorities confirmed it was Rusk’s. Deputies from the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, volunteers from the Clallam County Sheriff’s search and rescue team, La Push Police Department and the U.S. Coast Guard conducted a two-day search of the river and surrounding area without results. Rusk was not located during this search. Rusk is described as being 5 foot 8 inches tall, 180 pounds, has grey hair and grey beard, and at the time he went in to the river he was wearing a grey checkered hat, tan jacket, blue jeans and green chest waders. Any persons with information on Rusk are asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 360-417-2459. As of Tuesday morning Rusk remained missing.


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