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Team OPHIR is comprised of individuals from diverse spiritual and religious backgrounds and completely different occupations. We believe that this is a benefit to the Group and our Clients as we all see and experience things very differently, giving us a clearer view of what may and may not be occurring. As a corporate entity and Non-Profit Public Benefit Group, OPHIR employs a business or corporate structure with key members in the roles of President, Secretary, Treasurer and Board Members. The people filling these positions are the group’s Core Members.
Team OPHIR is divided into parts; the Street Team, our Research Team, Associates, Affiliates and our Core Investigative Team. The Core Group/Board Members (the Investigative Team) are essentially members who have been with OPHIR from its inception, the only exception being our Corporate Secretary.
Outside of the Core Group, membership is and will be, varied. We work with members of the community at large, from private Citizens to local Business and Land Owners as well as organizations. Photos on this page may be of people who have in the past, but no longer participate in OPHIR activities for one or more of several reasons. |
(Click on the (+) and (-) on each side of the slideshow to navigate the photos. Click on a photo to enlarge.) |
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Kim Baker
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Kim is OPHIR's Case Manager, she works closely with all of the Group's Teams. She is an aspiring photographer and is questing for knowledge about the unseen things of this world. She believes that there are things that go bump in the night and wants to find out what those things may be...
Bernard Powell
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Bernard Powell is a local author and independent publisher and is a devout student of religion, mysticism and the occult. He has had a life-long interest in all branches of the paranormal and has had personal experiences himself since childhood. His specific area of focus is mainly on occult research and symbolism. He also writes a column on paranormal tpoics for Salem-News.com called The Crossroads.
Contact Bernard directly: bernard@team-ophir.com
Bret Edmisten
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Bret Edmisten works as a Journeyman Glazier and has been interested in the supernatural/paranormal since childhood and describes himself as a very open minded, inquisitive person “I question pretty much everything”. Bret has never personally had a paranormal experience, but is actively looking to change that. His particular area of interest in investigative technique is EVP’s (electronic voice phenomena): “To me that is the best proof of a paranormal experience, besides a personal sighting.” Bret is also Equipment Manager for OPHIR.
Contact Bret directly: bret@team-ophir.com
For more information on the equipment that OPHIR uses, click HERE.
Mike Gambino
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Mike Gambino has had numerous personal experiences with "unexplained phenomena" and as a result has been investigating the paranormal for over 20 years. Although he has had personal experiences, he enters each investigation with an objective (and somewhat skeptical) "show me the proof" aproach to investigating. Mike heads the OPHIR Street Team, and believes he is the most attractive member of OPHIR.
Contact Mike directly: mike@team-ophir.com
Moses Navarro
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Moses Navarro is a local camera shop owner with a background in photography and a degree in Physics. He takes a scientific approach to investigation but is open to the existence of phenomena beyond the scope of rational explanation.
Thomas Westbrook
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Tom is a local General Construction worker who has had paranormal experiences since youth. He is curious as to the nature and cause of supernatural occurrences and is seeking personal answers.
Contact Tom directly: tom@team-ophir.com
Jennifer DeJesus (Corporate Secretary)
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For the past five plus years, Jeni has worked for the State of Oregon doing everything from data entry projects and reception work, to researching Federal and State laws. She has been involved with both Measure 37 and the State Procurement Office as part of their administrative support pool. She has worked at the helpdesk for ORPIN (Oregon Procurement Information Network), the online system for State Contracts. Currently she works for the Facilities Division. She has worked with local non-profit groups in the past, serving as Co-President for one, she has been a Sunday-school teacher and has coached basketball and softball for the Marion County Special Olympics. She has always on the look out for projects that interested her and challenged her mind. These interests have bought her to OPHIR.
Contact Jennifer directly: jenid@team-ophir.com
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| Schellene Clendenin |
Schellene loves research and everything that goes along with it - namely, the dust, old moldy books and papers and schematics. Between the crackling of old pages, flicker of the microfiche machine, or the mind-numbing numbers on a data sheet, she becomes lost. "It's almost like I'm feeding my inner detective," she says, "I love looking things up!" Researching the histories of old buidings and the people who lived and worked in them is for Schellene, a challenge. She grew up in a farmhouse in Indiana that had a very storied past (which included floating spectral lights and frightening semi-transparent men). Solve the mystery, and tell the story. That's her goal.
Contact Schellene directly at: research@team-ophir.com
Tom Henderson |
Tom Henderson has spent the past 30 years as a crime reporter, managing editor, feature editor, photojournalist, legislative correspondent, blogger, page designer, college journalism professor, high school journalism teacher, writing coach, copy editor, ad salesman, editorial writer, columnist and investigative reporter.
And he was outed as a space alien in the June 4, 2004, edition of the Weekly World News (page 38.)
He has also won more than 100 awards for his writing and served as the president of the Society of Professional Journalists chapters in Oregon and Idaho as well as organization's Region 10 (Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana) director. He currently writes for America Online and lives in Salem.
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| Jason Rugg |
Jason is OPHIR's PR Representative: "OPHIR attracts the finest quality and accomplished individuals from a multitude of disciplines’. I am confident that I can provide a synergy to OPHIR that will pay great dividends along many paths." For the past 23 years, Jason has dedicated his business and personal life to the service of others. Jason’s #1 strength is his ability to connect with individuals and organizations across a wide spectrum, partnering with them to uncover their needs, and effecting positive solutions.
Charlie Harrell |
Charles E. Harrell is a senior associate at Buckley LeChevallier P.C. He has focused his legal practice on land use, real estate and business transactional matters since joining the firm in 2008. Prior to this Charlie practiced law for law firms in downtown Portland and Newberg, Oregon. Charlie earned a Bachelor of Arts from George University in May 1993 where he majored in Business and Economics and minored in Psychology. While there he also earned a varsity letter on the men’s soccer team. Charlie earned his Juris Doctor and a Certificate in Small and Emerging Businesses from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College in May 2001.
Dexter Phoenix |
Dexter Phoenix has worked as a staff and freelance photographer since the mid-1990's, he moved to Los Angeles in 2007, where he photographed general news, Interests, sports, freelance model photo work, and stock images. Dexter has had photos published World wide in many magazines, newspapers and online. In his career as a photographer Dexter has been to Norway, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, France, Mexico, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Turkey, Somalia, Tunisia, Algeria, Angola, Iran, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Colombia, and the United States.
Email inquiries about photos and freelance work to Dexter directly at: innocent_p0stcard@hotmail.com
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