Oregon Trail By Michael Story

Ore. mushroom pickers found alive after 6 days

Without food, water or even warm clothing, Belinda and Daniel Conne, along with their 25-year-old son, Michael, survived by drinking water from streams and taking shelter in a hollowed-out tree.

On Saturday, they managed to crawl to a clearing, where a search helicopter spotted them several miles outside the community of Gold Beach , roughly 330 miles south-southwest of Portland.

"It's a miracle, really," Curry County Sheriff John Bishop said.

The three were airlifted to a Gold Beach hospital, where Bishop spoke with them at an emergency room.

The family told Bishop they could see helicopters just a few hundred feet above them while they were lost, but couldn't signal rescuers.

Bishop said Daniel Conne suffered a back injury, Belinda Conne had hypothermia, and their son had a sprained foot and minor frostbite. All three also were dehydrated and hungry.

"They just got turned around," Bishop said. "They sought some shelter in a hollowed-out tree and basically they stayed in the same place. But it was heavy vegetation where they were."

Bishop said the three were "remarkably in pretty good shape," given the amount of time they spent outside. He said they likely could have survived for two or three more days in the area, where fresh water is plentiful but food is scarce.

The area's weather was mostly clear, with temperatures in the 40s and 50s.

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter flew the family to Curry General Hospital in Gold Beach. A nursing supervisor said Saturday afternoon the family members were in a doctor's care and were unavailable for comment.

At the hospital emergency room, Bishop said the Connes were "very thankful for the rescue" and were able to eat solid food.

The ordeal began last Sunday when the three went out looking for hedgehog mushrooms, an orange-topped fungus prized by mushroom hunters for its sweet and nutty flavor. The family had been living in a trailer at a campsite after leaving Oklahoma for Oregon last summer.

Artist Profile: Lauren Yates | 34th Street Magazine

Lauren Yates: I honestly can’t remember. At this point it feels like something I’ve always done. When I was a kid, I thought everybody wrote poems. I didn’t even realize there was anything special about writing poetry until my eighth grade English teacher gave me a “Future Writer” award. That moment was a definite turning point for me.

Street: When did you start? LY: I wrote my first poem when I was seven. I took a creative writing class as a part of a summer program at a local community college. I was the youngest kid in the class. Then my mom bought me this computer program called “The Amazing Writing Machine” (by the same company that did “The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis.” So much doper than Oregon Trail — no dysentery involved), and I’d type up little stories and poems. I didn’t revisit it until seventh grade. We had to write poems as class assignments and I always put a lot into them. I was very angsty.

Street: Do you have any role models or favorite poets? LY: I’m in awe of the poetry scene in the St. Paul–Minneapolis area (Sierra DeMulder, Sam Cook, Kait Rokowski, Dylan Garity, Michael Lee, etc.) Their poems are very literary, but also well–performed and accessible. I, of course, look up to the Excelano old–heads. It’s great to know so many of them are still performing, and that it’s not just some hobby they quit doing after graduation.  Other inspirations are Anis Mojgani, Derrick Brown, Buddy Wakefield (all published with Write Bloody). But more than anything, I want to be Rachel McKibbens when I grow up. That woman is a beast in the best way.

Street: How long does it usually take you to finish a poem? LY: I’d definitely consider myself a confessional poet. I usually write about childhood, God, depression and unrequited love. Warren Longmire, one of the founders of Excelano, says my writing has an “aww shucks” quality with a tinge of sadness in the background. It’s really easy for me to shrug off ways that I’ve been hurt, so I try to write heavier stuff every so often. My last show poem “Thanatos” was a meditation on death. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever written before, but it’s probably the most honest thing I’ve written. Everything I talk about in my poems is 100% real, but it was definitely a push for me to be so honest about things I don’t normally like talking about.

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