CHARACTERS
(Elder, Oregon)
- Leon Rose (early 40s); owner/proprietor, Leon Rose Nursery; chairman, City Planning Commission; former urban planner, City of San Rafael, CA
- Jim House (mid 50s); owner/proprietor, Valley Insurance; Mayor of Elder; Vietnam veteran, Army ordinance
- Ben Bates (mid 80s); owner/proprietor, Barber on Second Street, decorated WWII Marine infantry veteran
- Ursula Turner (late 50s); owner/managing editor, Elder Herald
- Tom Turner (early 60s); owner/head mechanic, Turner Diesel
- Jean Schumacher (mid 30s); real estate agent, franchise owner
- Sandy Drake (mid 30s); co-owner/accountant, Howard’s Market
- Marcus Boden (early 40s); pharmacist, GemMart; father of four; outdoorsman
- Pedro Valenzeula (mid 20s); foreman, Leon Rose Nursery; former illegal immigrant
- Roland Parkes (mid 50s); City Manager, former accountant
- Van Reading (mid 40s); Chief of Police, twenty-year veteran gangs/narcotics
- Amanda Reading (late teens); high-school senior; summer sales, Leon Rose Nursery
- Owen Bercourt (mid 20s); photojournalist, Elder Herald
- Carl Pennington (late 50s); farmer; Vietnam veteran, Army infantry
- Fred Hardy (late 40s); City Engineer
- Mike Cohen (mid 50s); County Planner, Marion County
- Walter Anderson (late 50s); Principal, Elder High School
- Robbie Lancaster (late 30s); Head Coach, Elder High School Varsity Football
- William Ellis (early 50s); CEO, Garten-Benall, highway construction contractor
- Don Hennessey (early 50s); Elder Store Manager, GemMart