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Sections Home Page Local News AP News AP Entertainment Archives Business Classifieds Event Calendar Forums Life Opinion Obituaries Photo Gallery Readers Photo Gallery Sports Tempo Weather Special Coverage 2006 Britt Festivals --> Shop Our Valley AutoFinder HomeFinder JobFinder Search Our Valley Special Sections Distinctly Northwest Readers' Choice Homelife Magazine Joy Magazine Holiday Guide Oregon Golf Info Oregon Wine Info Other Publications Local Links Ashland News eSouthernOregon Newspapers In Education Personals Moving Here Movie Listings TV Listings Volunteer Customer Service Advertise With Us Media Kit Place Classified Ad Contact Us FAQ's Home Delivery Site Map --> Email Story to a Friend March 22, 2006 Family and friends are elated over the news Family and friends expressed elation Tuesday at the news the Stiverses and Higginbothams were found safe 17 days after getting stuck in the snow on a trip to the coast. "I haven’t been this happy in two weeks now," said Char Seward, a friend and co-worker of Marlo Hill-Stivers, after learning of the successful search and rescue at a parent-teacher conference at Walker Elementary School. She spent two hours on the phone notifying everyone in Ashland who had pulled together to search for Hill-Stivers, her husband, Pete Stivers, their children Sabastyan, 9, and Gabrayell, 8, and Pete’s mother and her husband, Becky and Elbert Higginbotham. The Stivers children attend Walker Elementary. During an all-school assembly Tuesday celebrating a creek restoration project, Principal Michelle Zundel announced that the family had been found. The school’s reader board now proclaims "Welcome Home Stivers Family." Edward Hill said he felt "tremendous joy" when he heard from his daughter Marlo. "It was like she was born again," he said. Advertisement Hill, 60, said he didn’t immediately recognize his daughter’s voice when she called to tell him she was OK Tuesday. But his confusion turned to relief upon hearing his family members were all alive and well. "They’re full of vinegar, you know," he said. Word of the Stivers family’s survival came less than a week after Hill received his own new lease on life. Doctors told him Thursday that he was free of prostate cancer. Hill’s family expects to welcome another new life this week when his daughter-in-law gives birth to a grandchild, he said. "I think I’m having a blessed week already." — Anita Burke, Sarah Lemon Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2006 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback online casinos news Home Security Systems Online Casino Reviews Men's Clothing Fundraisers UK Homeowner Loans Discount Hotel Reservations Send Flowers Casinos Canada Texas Electric Choice Compare Electric rates in Texas Windermere Van Vleet Trunks, Footlocker Online poker at AbsolutePoker.com Advertisement s