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The Oregon State Marine Board recognized the "heroic" life-saving efforts of four Linn County Sheriff's Office personnel who rescued two boaters on the Middle Fork of the Santiam River on Aug. 4.

Linn County senior deputy Stuart Spangler, marine safety officer Lexi Heyerly, deputy Dan Graybill and Sgt. Chris Houdek were feted, along with sheriff's deputies, marine safety officers and private citizens from four other counties – Newberg-Dundee Police, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and Yamhill County Sheriff's Office – during the agency's virtual post...