Carthage swimmer Haven Shepherd, 18, had to get up early to catch the first flight out of Joplin on her 13-hour trip to Tokyo, but her teammates, friends and family didn’t let the early hour stop them from giving her a rousing sendoff.
Shepherd left Saturday to participate in the 2020 Paralympic Games as one of 32 young people to represent the United States in swimming.
She left Carthage on the back of a fire truck at about 6:10 a.m. to the sound of sirens from the fire truck and escorting police cars and cheering family and friends on the historic Carthage square.
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Beaverton Kayaker Goes for Swim in Hagg Lake, Dies | KOIN 6
A Beaverton kayaker who went for a swim in Hagg Lake Saturday afternoon went under the water and did not surface, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said.
Satoru Kamoshita was kayaking around 3:30 p.m. Saturday around Boat Ramp C when he decided to take a swim. When he didn’t come back up, multiple people called 911. Officials said the marine patrol deputies were already on the water and rushed to the scene.
However, neither the deputies nor other people at the lake could find him, officials said.
The Lake Oswego Fire Department dive team was called to the scene and found Kamoshita’s body around 6:20 p.m., officials said. He was 61.
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