Deputies rescue man stranded on riverbank (Salem Statesman Journal)

Marion County — A 65-year-old Portland man survived a night on the bank of Santiam River before he was found by authorities Friday morning, officials said.

FISHING CALENDAR (Asbury Park Press)

Jan 31: The Raritan Bay Anglers Club 5th Annual Fisherman's Fleamarket, 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. St. Cecelia's School Hall in Iselin. New and used fishing equipment for sale. Local captains will give mini-seminars on fishing tackle and techniques. For more information visit www.raritanbayanglersclub.com or call (732) 489-6360.

Councilman Glass plays integral role in bay rescue (Eureka Times-Standard)

After working 14 days straight, Eureka City Councilman Larry Glass was just looking for a little rest and relaxation. ”I took the day off (Sunday) and just wanted to go for a long, peaceful kayaking trip in the rain,” he said.

Scott v Amundsen – the deadliest rematch on earth (Times Online)

On New Year’s Day, Christian Hillkirk, 47, and two teammates will set off across 500 miles of snow and ice in the first race of its kind to the South Pole since the fateful clash between Roald Amundsen and Captain Robert Falcon Scott.

Ideal place to just let go (The Record)

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mark Van Doren wrote fondly of the rolling landscape in the northwestern corner of The Constitution State. Its hills, described in his 1939 poem "The Hills of Little Cornwall," "were dreams."