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Beryl Della Lindgren Pate, 97Page B7

Obituaries

Workers endure declining wagesMcClatchy News Service

WASHINGTON — The nation’s high unemployment rate captures the headlines with each monthly jobs report, yet many Americans may be surprised to learn that real earnings, when adjusted for inflation, have declined across most indus-tries and sectors since the Great Recession. Since 2002, in fact, it’s effectively been a lost decade for workers.

Equally troubling, real wages are now about the same level as they were in December 2005. Put anoth-er way, wages have clawed back from the Great Reces-sion only to the level of seven years ago.

“ T he re c ess ion wa s unprecedented, and the stag-nation of wages has really been going on for some time,” said Martin Kohli, the chief economist of the New York office of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“If you are unemployed or underemployed, that is the most important issue,” he said. “But if you’re working, and your income has gone down, or you haven’t had a wage increase in a number of years, that problem is the bigger issue for you.”

Since 2002, it’s been a ‘lost decade’ for laborers

JUSTIN BARTHELL7+ years in prison

DANA COBURN10 years in prison

ANITA MASAITISCharges dismissed

DALLAS SOLIZ10+ years in prison

MARCUS VALENTINE7+ years in prison

PAULA CLARK45 days in jail

COREY HANSEN10 years in prison

REGGIE TOWNSEND15 years in prison

MICHAEL WALLS3+ years in prison

By SHELBY KINGH&N Staff Reporter

A Klamath County man pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony menacing and unauthorized use of a weapon in Klamath County Circuit Court.

Clifford Everett Peters, 76, was arrest-ed in July 2011 and charged with second-degree assault, unauthorized use of a weapon, recklessly endangering another, coercion and menacing for firing a shot-gun at his neighbor and injuring the man when one of the pellets struck him in the chest.

According to court documents, the shooting followed an argument Peters had with the victim over water rights.

Peters will be sentenced Nov. 20 according to information from the Klam-ath County District Attorney’s office.

Here’s an update on other pending and concluded major crime cases in Klamath County.

Violent Crimes:Concluded cases

Justin Allen Barthell, 23, Klamath FallsBarthell pleaded guilty in March to

assaulting a man in the south suburbs in mid-November 2011. He was sentenced to more than seven years in prison.

He was originally charged with first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault, third-degree assault, two counts of first-degree robbery and second-degree robbery. He pleaded not guilty to all charges.

In March, Barthell accepted a plea deal in which the district attorney’s office agreed to drop all but one first-degree assault and one first-degree attempted robbery charge in exchange for a guilty plea.

Barthell and other people he was with left Chicken ‘N Cheers on Madison Street when it closed on Nov. 12, 2011, according to reports. They went west and encountered Bret Barry on Caroline Street, near where the street intersects with Peck Drive.

Barry and Barthell knew of each other but were not close, law enforcement officials said. Barthell and those with him assaulted and robbed Barry, but the attack did not appear planned.

Barry was seriously injured and initially taken to Sky Lakes Medical Center before being transported to Oregon Health & Sci-ence University. He was released a few days after the incident.

INSIDE:■ For more

on the status of Klamath Basin’s major crimes, see pages A6-A7.

MORE CASES:■ For ongoing

and unsolved cases, see the Herald and News next week.

The status of major criminal cases in the Basin

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Aaron Henry Harrison, 46, Klamath FallsHarrison pleaded guilty to first-degree

murder and was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years on Friday, Nov. 16, according to Klamath County Deputy District Attorney Sharon Forster.

Harrison in early-December 2010 beat 64-year-old Larry Leroy Cline to death in Cline’s home in the south suburbs. Authori-ties have video of Harrison using Cline’s ATM card a few days before his body was found.

AARON HARRISONLife in prison

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LOCALEnvironmental center dedicated

It was an emotional day for the Menke family. Valerie Menke held back tears as she spoke about her late husband, Dave Menke, who was honored Saturday with the for-mal opening of an educa-tion center named in his honor. See page A2.

Deer hit by car lands on another

A freak accident on Highway 97 sent a deer flying into the air and landing on a car, injur-ing the passenger. See page A4.

H&N photo by Samantha Tipler

Jams, syrups and fruit relishes made by Terry Sacchi were sold at the Malin holiday bazaar Saturday. See page A8.

See WAGES, page A5

Klamath residents give back

By DAVE MARTINEZH&N Staff Reporter

After her father died, Cheryl Badger knew exactly how she wanted to spend her time and honor his memory.

About three years ago, when the snow was deep, Cheryl and husband Don walked the Link River Trail near their home. They passed a small group of homeless men, hiding in the bushes.

Coming home and seeing unused and wasted space on her property put things in perspective for her.

Holidays a great time to help those in need

See VOLUNTEER, page A3

BAZAAR

Ducks upset by Stanford

Oregon loss snaps 13-game winning streak, denies Ducks a chance to clinch Pac-12 North

and derails straight shot at BCS title game.

See sports, Page B1

Mazama falls short of title

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The Vikings’ bid for an undefeated girls soccer season ended in the

Class 4A state championship game Saturday against Gladstone, 1-0.

See sports, Page B1

CONTINUED on pages A6, A7