July 12
Ralph Peyton and the Crater Lake Lodge Company file an additional $117,515 lawsuit against the National Park Service claiming that the Government was at fault for the 1975 outbreak of water-born illnesses associated with the sewer overflow into the Park’s water system.
Using six shots, Ranger Tom Young dispatches an injured beaver near North Junction. The beaver had been hit by a car and was blind in one eye. The beaver could possibly have come up from either the Lake, National Creek or Boundary Springs. This was the first ever recorded sighting of a beaver on the Rim of Crater Lake.
July 14
Over $1,000 taken in cash and goods from five cars in Mazama Campground.
July 19
Second major car clout of the season in Mazama Campground. Seven cars clouted for over $3,000 in lost cash and equipment.
July 23
The “Square Knots” square dancing club from Newberg, Oregon, dance two square dances of two squares on the dock of Wizard Island. The club performs the first organized square dance inside the Rim of Crater Lake.
July 23
Two grand-daughters of Jacksonville’s pioneer newspaper man, Jim Sutton, visit the Park and take a boat ride. Sutton named Crater Lake. (Kathryn Sutton Schultz, 24001 Muirl Avenue, #329, El Toro, California 92630 and Wave Sutton White, 3233 Treat Circle, Tucson, Arizona, 85716)
July 23
Twelve year old Brian Smith catches 37 Kokanee salmon off Wizard Island in five hours.
July 28
Rim Drive is allowed to melt out and open “naturally”. An attempt to save money.
July 30
Eight deer are spotted swimming single file, in the Lake, below Sinnott Overlook, heading West.
August
K.C. Publications publishes the new book, Crater Lake, The Story Behind the Scenery, written by Larry Smith, Ron Warfield and Lee Juillerat. The book was dedicated “to all who find Nature not an adversary to conquer and destroy, but a storehouse of infinite knowledge and experience linking man to all things past and present. They know conserving the natural environment is essential to our future well-being.”
August 2
The second phase of the reconstruction of the last four miles of the West Rim Drive is begun. The project is expected to take at least two summers.
August 7
The snowbank that had partially blocked the Rim Promenade near the Old Lake Trail, in front of the Cafeteria Building, finally melts out. One of the latest Rim snow melts on record.
August 7
462 runners enter the 7th annual Crater Rim Marathon. 78 runners complete the full distance with 285 running the shorter 6.7 mile section.
Winners:
26 miles Dr. Al Glidden, 38, of Klamath Falls, Oregon 2:48:10
Jeanne Otteman, of Klamath Falls, Oregon 3:47:14
13 miles Dave Hall, of Klamath Falls, Oregon 1:19:14
Cheryl Martin, 15, of San Diego, California 1:48:38
6 miles Tracy Garrison, 15, of Klamath Falls, Oregon 34:08
Marnie Mason, 16, of Klamath Falls, Oregon 41:12, a new women’s record
August 7
Monica Honz, 24, becomes separated from her hiking and research party near Timber Crater, and wanders the northern section of the Park for 27 hours. Monica spends the night in a tree after spotting four bear. A ground and air search is launched the following day and Honz is spotted and rescued by helicopter.
August 16 to September 15 1982
The completion of a four foot widening and pavement overlay of the West Rim Drive from the Wizard Island Overlook to the North Junction.
August 20
The Park’s “Cluster Office” or also known as: “The Klamath Falls Group”, or as the “Crater Lake Administration Office” is formally closed. All furniture, files and personnel are moved to Crater Lake. Several long term employees choose to take either early retirement or park transfers rather than moving to Crater Lake.
In order to accommodate the combining of the Klamath Falls office with the Park offices, Resource Management (two offices) are moved above the Fire Hall into the old “Nat Hall” . The building is promptly renamed “Rat Hall”. The large “School Room” in the Ad Building is divided into three offices and all remaining offices and employees, except for the Superintendent’s office shift up and down the halls. Basically these moves are a repeat of the major office shift that occurred in 1964 and again in 1969.
“Nat Hall”, the Interpretive Division, is moved into the downstairs of the old, and fast deteriorating Ranger Dorm. A snow tunnel is built out to the parking lot ensuring year round access.
