A10 THE SPOKESMAN • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
COFFEE BREAK
FLASHBACK
Time and air run out for a drowning girl in 1997
classes at Central Oregon community
college show enrollment up about 3
per cent over the last year at the same
time, according to David Habura,
dean of instruction.
The report lists a reimbursable
full-time equivalency enrollment in
vocational education of programs
of 347.80 as compared to 340.15 last
year. Enrollment in college transfer
programs is 576.80 as compared to
556.4 last year.
As of yesterday morning, Redmond
coordinator Kay Mathison reported
that some 180 persons were enrolled
in 17 adult education classes — com-
pared to about 110 classes during fall
term last year. Additional registra-
tions are being accepted by phoning
548–8920 mornings.
100 Years Ago
Sept. 28, 1922 — From “Local Hap-
penings”
Grandma Mendenhall of Opal
City is visiting here this week with her
grandson, A.W. Mendenhall. Although
80 years of age, Mrs. Mendenhall is as
spry as a cricket.
Someone is moving a wood shed
somewhere from behind the Munz
hardware store. We understand that
someone is moving it to someplace in
the country. That is all the data we have
on the subject.
Henry Howard and mother were in
Redmond Monday looking over our
rapidly growing little city.
The carload of Lizzies received by
the Redmond Garage less than ten days
ago are all sold out, which means more
production for Henry.
25 Years Ago
75 Years Ago
Oct. 2, 1947 — Reserve officers plan
military ball
Final plans for the annual mili-
tary ball were announced by Dee
Haines of Bend at a special meeting
of the Central Oregon chapter of the
Reserve Officers association of the
United States held at the Pine Tavern
Wednesday night.
The military ball has, for many
years, been the opening social func-
tion of the winter season. This year’s
affair, which will be formal, will be
held at the Pilot Butte Inn ballroom
Friday, October 10, and it is sched-
uled to be getting promptly at 9 p.m.
Reserve officers and former offi-
Archive Photo
Angie Taliaferro puts up sign with Arlene Thomas.
cers of all of the Armed Services in-
terested in turning the ball or other
functions of the Reserve Officers
association have been asked to call
Waldeen Upp at Bend or Carl Deg-
ner at Redmond.
50 Years Ago
Oct. 4, 1972 — Enrollment at 3%
a COCC
Registration figures compiled at
the end of the first week of fall term
Oct. 1, 1997 — Time and air run out
for a drowning girl
“I’m gonna die,” Tashina Hick-
man thinks as the green water of the
Crooked River gushes in through the
windows of the overturned Ford LTD.
Groggy, she punches at the seatbelt
clasp. Her head hurts. She can’t seem
to get moving.
Hanging upside down, Tashina, 12,
watches her mother, two brothers and
two friends scramble out the window.
To the left, movement catches her
eye. T.J., her 14-year-old brother, is
reaching for her seatbelt, yanking and
pulling.
Tashina tries to breathe, once, twice
— while T.J. fights his soaked pants to
get to his pocket knife. Hope flares as
the knife springs from his pocket, then
fades as it slips from his fingers.
Tashina stares at the knife drifting
into the Merc below her as her chin
length hair floats in front of her face.
The refrain that began when the car
swerved across the road leaks through
her brain again: “I’m going to die. I’m
going to die.”
Through a darkening haze Tash-
ina senses 18-year-old Tyson Reedy
outside the car. She feels him pulling
at her, trying to lift her out. Then, he’s
gone.
Tashina gasps for air once more be-
fore the blackness takes her away.
Every year thousands of people find
themselves in life-threatening acci-
dents. No one plans for such things.
No one expects the whims of fate to
inflict them.
But they do.
The American Red Cross almost
guarantees that everywhere, sometime,
you or someone you love will be in-
volved in a serious accident.
Some people are lucky. Many or not.
The difference can be a bystander who
knows what to do and has the courage
to do it — a passer-by with CPR and
first aid training who is in the right
place at the right.
These mostly unsung heroes can
mean the difference between life and
death, a speedy recovery and a much
longer healing process.
That’s why the 115-year-old Red
Cross offers courses in CPR and emer-
gency first aid training week after
week, year after year. Annually in Cen-
tral Oregon, 5,000 people receive this
training.
Red Cross officials say it’s not nearly
enough when accidents such as Tashi-
na’s recent ordeal continue to happen.
Puzzle solutions can be found in today’s classifieds.
People in Redmond are being crushed by rising
gas, food, and housing prices. As your City
Councilor, and a local small business owner, I
understand this skyrocketing cost of living is
unsustainable for families and businesses alike.
As your City Councilor today, and with your vote
in November, I will continue to work to create
more affordable housing and job opportunities
in Redmond.
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