Fallen Hotshots hailed from across Oregon
Published 12:00 am Friday, July 4, 2014
- Don Mackey
Kathi Beck, 24
Hometown: Beaverton
A senior at the University of Oregon, Beck was a rock and mountain climber who hoped to one day open an outdoor youth therapy program.
Tamara “Tami” Bickett, 24
Hometown: Lebanon
In her sixth year with the Hotshots, Bickett grew up an athlete, running cross country and playing volleyball in high school.
Levi Brinkley, 22
Hometown: Burns
Brinkley was an outdoorsman who loved hunting, fishing and skiing as well as skydiving, rock climbing and bungee jumping.
Scott Blecha, 27
Hometown: Clatskanie
Blecha served four years in the U.S. Marines before graduating cum laude with a degree in mechanical engineering from the Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls.
Doug Dunbar, 22
Hometown: McKenzie Bridge
An honor student at McKenzie High, Dunbar was also a baseball player and saxophonist. He was 15 credits short of a business degree from Southern Oregon State College when he died.
Terri Hagen, 28
Hometown: Dallas
A member of the Onondaga tribe of the Iroquois Nation, Hagen had served in the Army as a medic and was completing degrees in entomology and history at Oregon State University.
Bonnie Holtby, 21
Hometown: Redmond
Holtby, a third-generation firefighter, played basketball and competed in track and cross country at Redmond High.
Robert Johnson, 26
Hometown: Roseburg
Johnson graduated with honors from Oregon State University in 1991 with a business administration degree and passed his Certified Public Accounting exam on his first attempt.
Jon Kelso, 27
Hometown: Prineville
Kelso played golf and managed the football team at Crook County High School. He had a wildlife science degree from OSU and was studying civil engineering at Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls.