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Oregon man gets carried away - in lawn chair tied to helium balloons - and lands in Idaho By JEFF BARNARD Associated Press Writer BEND, Ore. July 5, 2008 (AP) Kent Couch leaves his gas station in Bend, Ore., on Saturday, July 5, 2008, riding a lawn chair... Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho. Kent Couch created a sensation in the tiny farming community of Cambridge, Idaho, where he touched down safely in a pasture and was soon greeted by dozens of people who gave him drinks of water, local plumber Mark Hetz said. "My wife works at the City Market," Hetz said. "She called and said, 'The balloon guy in the lawn chair just flew by the market, and... [read full story]
