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Dog rescuers went the extra mile

Students at the Curlew Job Corps Center rescue Rebel, a young bluetick coonhound, on Jan. 24, 2011, after the dog had been lost for two nights near Sherman Pass east of Republic, Wash. The owners had lost the 7-month old male while snowshoeing to Columbia Mountain on Jan. 22. (im Beckwith)
Students at the Curlew Job Corps Center rescue Rebel, a young bluetick coonhound, on Jan. 24, 2011, after the dog had been lost for two nights near Sherman Pass east of Republic, Wash. The owners had lost the 7-month old male while snowshoeing to Columbia Mountain on Jan. 22. (im Beckwith)

WINTER SPORTS -- Today's story about students rescuing a snowshoer's bluetick coonhound lost in the Kettle Range for two nights offers a life lesson to all of us.

Helping other people can be remarkably easy and productive if we just make the effort to try.

Think about what we could accomplish if everyone looked for a way to contribute every day rather than leaving it to somebody else.

See post-rescue photos here.

Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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