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COFFEE BREAK Saturday, October 21, 2017 East Oregonian Page 5C OUT OF THE VAULT Torrential downpour drenches Pendleton n electrical storm that hit Pendleton on October 11, 1951, dropped an inch of rain on the town and caused widespread flooding. After a summer with very few thunderstorms, a storm reaching several miles in width and traveling northeast began about 3:20 in the afternoon and continued for an hour and 40 minutes. The fury of the storm was focused mainly within the city limits, with only a sprinkle occurring two to three miles both east and west of town. A half inch of rain fell during the first ten minutes of the storm, drowning Southwest Emigrant Avenue at Tenth Street in several inches of water. Highway 30 in front of Eastern Oregon A State Hospital was covered a foot deep, interrupting traffic, and after the storm the highway department had to use a blade to clear the road of silt. Basements across town were flooded by water pouring off both the North and South Hills, including homes on the North Hill and along the Umatilla River levee, a garage in Sherwood Heights with “a river of water” running through it, Main Street businesses including Payless and the East Oregonian, and the Pendleton police station, which was located in the basement of City Hall. Two to three inches of water poured into the basement of the First Christian Church, deflected from the South Main Street slope by cars parked nearby. On the Terall Ramage farm five miles from Pendleton at the foot of the Helix grade, the garage washed away and a tree blocked the front of it, the lawn was covered in silt and the family was trapped inside the home for a couple of hours. The gravel dike at the Harris Pine Mills log pond washed out when the Umatilla River rose suddenly. But as fierce as the thunderstorm was, it was dwarfed by a storm on July 3, 1904, when two inches of rain fell on Pendleton in a 24-hour period. ■ 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 Grandma refuses to take boy’s diabetes seriously Dear Abby: I am a refuses to listen to me and 29-year-old single mother of two continues to disrespect my small children. My 5-year-old wishes. I don’t know what else son was diagnosed with Type to do. We have fought repeat- 1 diabetes. I’m the only one in edly over this, and she keeps my family who has been trained telling me I’m “overreacting.” in his care, so I understand the I’m terrified my son will have importance of a healthy diet, permanent damage because of proper insulin dosage, checking this. How do I get her to stop Jeanne his blood sugar, etc., and that Phillips and listen to me? — Frustrated unless his diabetes is properly In Wisconsin Advice managed, it could lead to serious Dear Frustrated: You have health issues — even death. allowed your son’s medical I have explained these things to condition to become a power struggle my mother and attempted to train her between you and your mother. Schedule SEVERAL times, yet she continues to an appointment with your son’s pedi- do things she shouldn’t be doing. She atrician so your mother can have the stops by my house almost every night facts of life explained to her. If that with “treats” like candy, ice cream, doesn’t help her to accept reality, then chocolate bars, doughnuts, etc. When I understand that she can’t be trusted. Do get upset about it, she’ll casually reply, not allow her to drop by with goodies, “Oh, whatever. If you dose him for the and supervise any contact he has with carbs in it, he’s fine,” which is not the her. It is your job to protect your little case. Yes, he can have a treat now and boy, even from your obtuse mother, if then, but overall, he needs to stay away necessary. from that stuff. Dear Abby: I am having a difficult It is extremely frustrating that she time relating to my older daughter. One reason is that when she was 18, I co-signed a $4,000 loan for school. She’s now turning 29 and still hasn’t paid the loan back. I talk to her about it often and she says, “I’ll take care of it,” but she never does. I’m a single mom and still raising a daughter. I’m trying to buy a place of our own, but I am encountering credit problems because of the loan. I don’t know what to do. She has my two grandsons, and if I take her to court, I’ll never see them again. Please help me. — Hurt Mom In Georgia Dear Hurt Mom: If you have explained to your older daughter that you need the money now, and have written proof that the loan was made with the promise that it would be repaid, your next step should be to talk to an attorney. And if your daughter retaliates by depriving her children of their grandmother, so be it. At least you and your younger daughter will have a better chance of having a roof of your own over your heads. You have my sympathy. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 21-22, 1917 In the first college football game an eastern Oregon field has ever seen, the Oregon Agricultural College players Saturday administered a decisive defeat to the lighter team that represented the University of Idaho. The final score was 26 to 6 and about represents the comparative strength of the two elevens. The game was staged at Round-Up Park and was witnessed by about a thousand spectators. The crowd liked the brand of football presented by the college teams despite the unevenness of the contest, for the field was fast, the players scrappy and there were enough plays out of the ordinary to make it a red blooded affair. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 21-22, 1967 Violet Sherry Lamb, 22, of Pend- leton was in St. Anthony Hospital this morning critically hurt, the result of an automobile mishap last evening on Highway 11 near Adams. State police reported she was alone in her car when she apparently fell from the moving vehicle, hitting the pavement and sliding across it on her head. The car continued until it struck a utility pole. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 21-22, 1992 A Portland woman accused of helping her boyfriend kidnap his 65-year-old mother in Pendleton last winter was found innocent of the charge Wednesday. However, after the jury deliberated for five hours, Janice Gail Michael, 30, was convicted of a number of crimes that took place during the January ordeal at Georgia Elgin’s home on Southwest Nye. Michael was found guilty in Pendleton Circuit Court of first-degree robbery, first-degree theft, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, third-degree assault and reckless endan- germent. Her sentencing is set for Nov. 25. THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today is the 294th day of 2017. There are 71 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 21, 1917, members of the 1st Division of the U.S. Army training in Luneville, France, became the first Americans to see action on the front lines of World War I. On this date: In 1797, the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, also known as “Old Ironsides,” was christened in Boston’s harbor. In 1805, a British fleet commanded by Adm. Horatio Nelson defeated a French- Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar; Nelson, however, was killed. In 1892, schoolchildren across the U.S. observed Columbus Day (according to the Gregorian date) by reciting, for the first time, the original version of “The Pledge of Allegiance,” written by Francis Bellamy for The Youth’s Companion. In 1917, legendary jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. In 1941, superheroine Wonder Woman made her debut in All-Star Comics issue No. 8, published by All-American Comics, Inc. of New York. In 1942, the MGM musical “For Me and My Gal,” starring Judy Garland and featuring the film debut of Gene Kelly, premiered in New York. In 1959, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opened to the public in New York. In 1966, 144 people, 116 of them children, were killed when a coal waste landslide engulfed a school and some 20 houses in Aberfan, Wales. In 1967, the Israeli destroyer INS Eilat was sunk by Egyptian missile boats near Port Said; 47 Israeli crew members were lost. Tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters began two days of demonstrations in Washington, D.C. In 1971, President Richard Nixon nominated Lewis F. Powell and William H. Rehn- quist to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Both nominees were confirmed.) In 1986, pro-Iranian kidnappers in Lebanon abducted American Edward Tracy (he was released in Aug. 1991). In 1991, American hostage Jesse Turner was freed by his kidnappers in Lebanon after nearly five years in captivity. Ten years ago: Wildfires driven by powerful Santa Ana winds killed one person near San Diego and destroyed several homes and a church in Malibu. Vice President Dick Cheney said in a speech to The Washington Institute for Near East Policy that the United States and other nations would not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. The Boston Red Sox won the American League champion- ship in Game 7 of their series with the Cleveland Indians, 11-2. Five years ago: Five years ago: Former senator and Serving Families with Care and Compassion for 70 Years. BURNS MORTUARY of Hermiston & Hermiston Crematory 685 W. Hermiston Ave. Hermiston, Oregon (541) 567-6474 www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com 1972 Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern, 90, died in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A Wisconsin man opened fire at the Brookfield spa where his wife worked, killing her and two others and wounding four other women before turning the gun on himself. The San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, forcing a final deciding game. Garth Brooks was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame along with trailblazing singer Connie Smith and keyboard player Hargus “Pig” Robbins. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Joyce Randolph is 93. Author Ursula K. Le Guin is 88. Rock singer Manfred Mann is 77. Musician Steve Cropper (Booker T. & the MG’s) is 76. Singer Elvin Bishop is 75. TV’s Judge Judy Sheindlin is 75. Actor Everett McGill is 72. Musician Lee Loughnane (Chicago) is 71. Actor Dick Christie is 69. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is 68. Actress LaTanya Richardson Jackson is 68. Musician Char- lotte Caffey (The Go-Go’s) is 64. Movie director Catherine Hardwicke is 62. Singer Julian Cope is 60. Rock musician Steve Lukather (Toto) is 60. Actor Ken Wata- nabe is 58. Actress Melora Walters is 57. Rock musician Che Colovita Lemon is 47. Rock singer-musician Nick Oliveri (Mondo Generator) is 46. Christian rock musician Charlie Lowell (Jars of Clay) is 44. Actor Jeremy Miller is 41. Country singer Matthew Ramsey (Old Dominion) is 40. Actor Will Estes is 39. Actor Michael McMillian is 39. Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West is 37. Actor Matt Dallas is 35. Actress Charlotte Sullivan is 34. Actor Aaron Tveit is 34. Actor Glenn Powell is 29. 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