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Saturday, October 14, 2017
East Oregonian
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OUT OF THE VAULT
Pendleton native among 9/11 victims
S
eptember 11, 2001: a day that
shook the U.S. to its core.
In the aftermath of the terrorist
attacks, it was sometimes a long and
difficult process to identify the victims.
Almost a month later, after matching
DNA from a sample of hair from a
hairbrush, Pendleton native Mike
Selves was verified as among the 188
people killed during the attack on the
Pentagon.
Selves, a 53-year-old retired
lieutenant colonel who had gone back
to work for the Army as a civilian,
was apparently in his office near the
Pentagon’s helipad when the hijacked
plane crashed into the building. His
wife Gayle, who visited the scene, said
it appeared that the impact of Flight 77
was right near her husband’s office.
A 1965 graduate of Pendleton
High School, Selves joined the Army
in 1969, serving in Korea and Italy.
He worked for the Pentagon for 15
years before retiring in 1996, then
returned to work as a civilian two
weeks later, serving as the director of
the Information Management Support
Center for the Secretary of the Army.
Selves was scheduled to retire for good
in 2002, and he and wife Gayle had
planned to move from Fairfax, Va., to
Hilton Head, S.C., to enjoy golf at their
timeshare house there.
During a memorial service in
Pendleton, Selves’ friends spoke about
a warm and generous man who was
always ready with a smile. “He was
good at jokes,” said good friend Mike
Burns. “They weren’t very good jokes,
but they made us laugh.”
Members of the PHS Class of 1965
presented Gayle with a Pendleton
Woolen Mills “Freedom Blanket” in
their friend’s memory.
Selves also left behind parents Jack
and Florence Selves of Pendleton and
sister Karen Hart of Umatilla.
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Renee Struthers is the Community
Records Editor for the East Oregonian.
See the complete collection of Out of
the Vault columns at eovault.blogspot.
com
DEAR ABBY
Divorcing mom eager to move on puts kids in awkward spot
Dear Abby: Please help
change what she’s doing. And
with some advice regarding my
no, what has been going on with
children. My almost-ex-wife filed
her and her lover is not “appro-
for divorce while asking me to
priate.”
“work on myself.” She refused
Please continue to be as
counseling despite our 17 years of
supportive of your children as
marriage and two children, ages
you can be. You should also
12 and 10. While I was out of our
talk to your lawyer about their
family home — at her request —
custody, because your wife is
Jeanne
she was dating a married (unem- Phillips going to have her hands full
ployed) man who has a child of
supporting this new man in her
Advice
his own. Our daughter eventually
life, which may mean she has
told me what was going on, which
less time to spend with them.
was very hard for her.
Dear Abby: I’m an 11-year-old
My wife then moved into a rental girl. I just started middle school (sixth
house. She and the boyfriend are still grade). The girls in my class have been
legally married because the divorces together since pre-K.
aren’t final. Now she’s imposing him
Although I’m new to the school, I
on our children at the rental house. She knew two of the girls from before. They
also brings him to their sporting events are very nice and have accepted me. The
even though it makes the children and problem is that they are the “leaders” of
other team parents uncomfortable. Is it two separate groups. During my lunch/
appropriate that she expose our kids to recess they each want me to sit with
her dating situation? — Stay Classy In them. How do I do this without hurting
any feelings? — New Kid At School
The West
Dear New Kid: As you said, you are
Dear Stay Classy: Nothing you or
I can say to your almost-ex is going to new to the school. For the time being,
alternate sitting with each group. Be
friendly to everyone, regardless of
which group they belong to. And while
you’re at it, do the same with classmates
who aren’t members of either group. In
time, you will figure out where you are
more comfortable.
Dear Abby: I have a set of china I
inherited from my mother. I don’t have
children, and my niece and nephew
(brother’s side) are estranged from the
family. My brother has been raising his
now 14-year-old granddaughter from
infancy. Have you any ideas on what
to do with the dishes? — Unsure In
California
Dear Unsure: Yes, I do. In the past
I have received letters from frustrated
readers telling me they offered treasured
family items — china, crystal, antique
furniture — to young relatives, only
to have them refused because “they
weren’t their style.” Because the china
has sentimental value for you, why
don’t YOU start using it? However, if it
isn’t your style either, consider selling
or donating it.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 14-15, 1917
With a margin of 31 1-2 points,
Pendleton golfers won the intercity
tournament held Saturday and Sunday
on the local golf grounds. Pendleton’s
total score was 538 against Walla
Walla’s 506 1-2 and Baker’s 467 1-2.
George A. Hartman was the individual
star of the tournament, leading both in
number of points scored for his team
and in number of strokes. Clark Nelson
of the Pendleton team was second
in number of points while Brooke
Dickson of the same team was second
to Hartman in number of strokes.
There were seven golfers from each
city, making seven three-man teams.
Seventy-two holes were played during
the match, 36 each day. After the first
day the personnel of the teams was
rearranged according to the records
made, the idea being to have the
players as evenly matched as possible.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 14-15, 1967
A new chemical mace, Mark IV, lived
up to its promises. On hand in Pendleton
to see the gas at work were members of
the Liquor Control Commission, the FBI
and police officers. Unlike tear gas, Mark
IV renders its victim immobile and inca-
pable of harming an officer for about 15
minutes. There are no after-effects from
the gas. Officer Barry Clift, hoisting a
night stick, strode toward officer Wayne
Moore. Moore opened up with his spray
can and Clift stopped immediately.
Looking more like an intoxicated man
than a stone-sober policeman testing
a new weapon, Clift tried to regain his
forces and got his hands about as high as
his waist, saying, “I think I could still hit
him,” before his arms fell to his sides, his
shoulders sagged and he stood helpless.
“The gas apparently works on the nerves
once it touches anywhere on the skin,”
said Police Chief Ernest Gallaher.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 14-15, 1992
Repeated accounting problems
— and an anonymous phone call —
pointed co-owners Terry Herd and
Andrea Thornburg of Rabbit Graphics
in Pendleton to a problem. They’re
losing money but didn’t know where
it was going. After an arduous struggle
with emotions and suspicions, the
owners faced a shocking reality: one of
their trusted employees was a thief, and
money stolen from their register was
adding up to thousands of dollars. The
employee admitted to stealing less than
$10,000 — in portions of about $35 —
but the paper trail left behind suggests as
much as $30,000 may have been taken
the same way, Herd said. He said it will
be years before the business recovers
even that. Karri McKinstry has admitted
to first-degree theft, and was ordered
last week to pay back Rabbit Graphics a
minimum of $35 each month.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Today is the 287th day of
2017. There are 78 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Oct. 14, 1947, U.S.
Air Force Capt. Charles E.
(“Chuck”) Yeager became
the first test pilot to break
the sound barrier as he flew
the experimental Bell XS-1
(later X-1) rocket plane
over Muroc Dry Lake in
California.
On this date:
In 1066, Normans under
William the Conqueror
defeated the English at the
Battle of Hastings.
In 1890, Dwight D.
Eisenhower, 34th president
of the United States, was
born in Denison, Texas.
In 1912, former Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt,
campaigning for the White
House as the Progressive
(“Bull Moose”) candidate,
went ahead with a speech in
Milwaukee after being shot
and wounded in the chest by
New York saloonkeeper John
Schrank, declaring, “It takes
more than one bullet to kill a
bull moose.”
In 1926, “Winnie-the-
Pooh” by A.A. Milne was
first published by Methuen &
Co. of London.
In 1939, a German U-boat
torpedoed and sank the HMS
Royal Oak, a British battle-
ship anchored at Scapa Flow
in Scotland’s Orkney Islands;
833 of the more than 1,200
men aboard were killed.
In 1944, German Field
Marshal Erwin Rommel
committed suicide rather than
face trial and certain execu-
tion for allegedly conspiring
against Adolf Hitler.
In 1959, actor Errol Flynn
died in Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada, at age 50.
In 1960, Democratic
presidential candidate John
F. Kennedy suggested the
idea of a Peace Corps while
addressing an audience of
students at the University of
Michigan in Ann Arbor.
In 1964, civil rights
leader Martin Luther King
Jr. was named winner of the
Nobel Peace Prize. Soviet
leader Nikita S. Khrushchev
was toppled from power; he
was succeeded by Leonid
Brezhnev as First Secretary
and by Alexei Kosygin as
Premier.
In 1977, singer Bing
Crosby died outside Madrid,
Spain, at age 74.
In 1987, a 58-hour drama
began in Midland, Texas,
as 18-month-old Jessica
McClure slid 22 feet down a
narrow abandoned well at a
private day care center; she
was rescued on Oct. 16.
In 1997, novelist Harold
Robbins died in Palm
Springs, California, at age
81.
Ten years ago: Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice
opened an intense round of
Mideast shuttle diplomacy.
Three University of Texas
students exploring Airman’s
Cave were rescued after
getting lost inside a day
earlier. The reality TV
show “Keeping Up with the
Kardashians” premiered on
E! Entertainment Television.
Five years ago: Extreme
athlete Felix Baumgartner
landed gracefully in the
eastern New Mexico desert
after a 24-mile jump from a
balloon in the stratosphere in
a daring, dramatic feat that
officials said made him the
first skydiver to fall faster
than the speed of sound.
Retired Air Force Brig. Gen.
Chuck Yeager, at the age of
89, marked the 65th anniver-
sary of his supersonic flight
by smashing through the
sound barrier again, this time
in the backseat of an F-15
which took off from Nellis
Air Force Base in Nevada.
Today’s Birthdays: Clas-
sical pianist Gary Graffman
is 89. Movie director Carroll
Ballard is 80. Former White
House counsel John W. Dean
III is 79. Country singer
Melba Montgomery is 80.
Fashion designer Ralph
Lauren is 78. Singer Sir
Cliff Richard is 77. Sing-
er-musician Justin Hayward
(The Moody Blues) is 71.
Actor Harry Anderson is 65.
Actor Greg Evigan is 64. TV
personality Arleen Sorkin
is 62. World Golf Hall of
Famer Beth Daniel is 61.
Singer-musician
Thomas
Dolby is 59. Actress Lori
Petty is 54. MLB manager
Joe Girardi is 53. Actor Steve
Coogan is 52. Singer Karyn
White is 52. Actor Edward
Kerr is 51. Actor Jon Seda is
47. Country musician Doug
Virden is 47. Country singer
Natalie Maines (The Dixie
Chicks) is 43. Actress-singer
Shaznay Lewis (All Saints)
is 42. Singer Usher is 39. TV
personality Stacy Keibler
is 38. Actor Ben Whishaw
is 37. Actor Jordan Brower
is 36. Actor-comedian Jay
Pharoah is 30.
Thought for Today:
“To think is to speak low.
To speak is to think aloud.”
— F. Max Mueller, German
philologist (1823-1900).
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Driver tells troopers that car chase
was on his bucket list
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa State Patrol
says a man pulled over in Des Moines after a car pursuit
told state troopers that he wanted to be chased because
it was on his bucket list.
Des Moines television station KCCI reports that the
man refused to halt a little before 7:30 a.m. Thursday
when a trooper tried to stop him over a violation on
Interstate 80. The 10- to 15-minute chase ended soon
after he left the interstate. He was taken into custody.
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Nebraska city sells $43 house, may
save thousands in deal
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A city in Nebraska has
sold a house for only $43. But that may turn into a
bargain for local taxpayers.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports the city of Lincoln
paid $675,000 for land that will be used for a new fire
station.
Assistant Fire Chief Pat Borer says a house on the
property was recently sold through an online auction
for $43. The buyer plans to move the house to another
town, which means the city won’t have to knock it
down to make room for the new fire station.
Borer says that will save Lincoln thousands of
dollars in demolition costs.
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