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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Diver missing near Deception Pass is student from Brush Prairie Associated Press DECEPTION PASS -- The woman who disappeared while diving near Deception Pass has been identified as a Walla Walla University student. A spokeswoman for the Seventh Day Adventist university at College Place, Rosa Jimenez, says Shari Booth was taking a scuba class at the university's Rosario Marine Laboratory. The 19-year-old freshman from Brush Prairie was reported missing Monday and was not found in a search involving helicopters from the Coast Guard, Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, searchers and divers with the Skagit County sheriff's office, volunteers and boaters. Walla Walla University contracts with a professional diving business to provide scuba classes. Classes are postponed pending an investigation. Information from Skagit Valley Herald, Blue Mountain Television

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