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Assistant Division Chief Howie Ellis controls hot spots during an early morning fire on Thursday, May 17 in Scio. The barn, which was filled with hay, was a total loss. The boat sitting outside and the hay inside the barn were destroyed. A battery charger was to blame. No firefighters, the owners or their animals were injured.

Robert Primm, left, and Pat Burger, members of the Scio Fire Rural Fire District's volunteers on the swift water rescue team, during training in the Calapooia River near Monteith Park on May 12. The pair were joined by three more team members as well as personnel from five other emergency response organizations in the area. For Scio's team, this was only their second training session following their 10 hours of classes. Less than three weeks later, team members responded to their first actual emergency on May 18, when a drowning occurred in the Gates area.