Charitable organization provides injured hiker with a wheelchair
EUGENE, Ore. — Daniel Parker has worked in the construction business for the past 45 years, the last 28 of which were spent as a finish carpenter managing crews in Tigard, Oregon. Parker’s career started in California, where he learned finish carpentry and new home construction while working with a firm in Atherton. He then moved to Nova Scotia and was the owner of Maplewood Enterprises Construction. After that, he moved to Oregon and started Parker Finish Carpentry, where he worked until June 2016. Over the years, he trained a number of newcomers in the profession who went on to have long careers of their own in the construction business.
A lover of the outdoors, Parker enjoyed hiking in the rugged Oregon wilderness when not working. On June 20, 2016, he was completing a climb of “The Tooth,” a 5,604-foot-tall peak in the Snoqualmie Pass area near Seattle.