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Dick Enberg, known for ‘Oh my!’ catchphrase, dies at 82
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Through six
decades, whether it was broadcasting
one of John Wooden’s basketball
championships with UCLA, a no-hitter
by Nolan Ryan or a dramatic point at
Wimbledon, Dick Enberg excitedly
summed up the big moments with two
simple words: “Oh my!”
Enberg, a master at calling big events
across the sports spectrum but who
held a special love for baseball, died
Thursday at 82.
Enberg’s daughter, Nicole Enberg
Vaz, confirmed his death to The Associ-
ated Press. She said the family became
concerned when her father didn’t arrive
Thursday on his flight to Boston, and he
was found dead at his home in La Jolla,
a San Diego neighborhood, with his
bags packed.
His daughter said the family believes
Enberg died of a heart attack but was
awaiting official word.
Enberg’s wife, Barbara, already was
in Boston and was expecting his arrival.
“It’s very, very, very shocking,” said
Vaz, who lives in Boston. “He’d been
busy with two podcasts and was full of
energy.”
Tributes poured in from around the
sports world.
“To me, Dick Enberg was the
greatest all-around sportscaster who
ever lived and will never be emulated,”
former Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully
said in a statement. “He had my respect,
admiration and my friendship. He will
be sorely missed.”
Scully was among the first to congrat-
ulate Enberg when it was announced
three years ago that he had been chosen
for induction into the broadcasters’ wing
of the Baseball Hall of Fame as the 2015
recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award.
Scully read off some names of
broadcasters Enberg would be joining
in Cooperstown.
“Oh man, what a list. What’s this
farm boy doing on that list?” Enberg
replied.
That was Enberg, who grew up in
the Midwest, moved to Los Angeles and
got his big break with UCLA basketball
before expanding his repertoire to
Saturday, December 23, 2017
DEATH NOTICES
Thomas R. ‘Tom’ Crimins
Milton-Freewater
April 16, 1954 - Dec. 18, 2017
Thomas R. “Tom” Crimins, 63, of Milton-Freewater died
Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, at his home. He was born April 16,
1954. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is
in charge of arrangements.
UPCOMING SERVICES
SATURDAY, DEC. 23
No services scheduled
SUNDAY, DEC. 24
No services scheduled
MONDAY, DEC. 25
No services scheduled
TUESDAY, DEC. 26
No services scheduled
AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File
In this Sept. 29, 2016, file photo, Dick Enberg, the voice of the San Diego
Padres, poses in his booth prior to the Padres’ final home baseball game
of the season in San Diego. Enberg died Thursday. He was 82.
calling Super Bowls, Olympics, Final
Fours, Wimbledon and the Breeders’
Cup. Besides calling eight of Wooden’s
10 national championships with the
Bruins, Enberg became known in
Southern California for broadcasting
Angels and Rams games and, for the
last seven years of his career, San Diego
Padres games.
“There will never be another Dick
Enberg,” CBS Sports Chairman Sean
McManus said. “As the voice of gener-
ations of fans, Dick was a masterful
storyteller, a consummate professional
and a true gentleman. He was one of the
true legends of our business.”
As their careers neared an end late
in the 2016 baseball season, Scully and
Enberg sat down to reminisce.
“I think we do have one thing in
common about our background and I
think are so blessed because of that, that
we grew up in black-and-white radio,”
Enberg said. “There wasn’t television
and so we were able to use our memory
and imagine our great heroes and what
was happening and how it was being
described.”
When the Padres hired him in
December 2009, Enberg explained the
genesis of using “Oh my!” to describe
big plays.
“It’s not something that’s part of my
normal conversation,” Enberg said. “I
grew up with a mother who said, ‘oh
my,’ a lot, usually in dismay, ‘Oh my,
now what have you done?’ But it’s
a Midwestern term of exclamation.
People say: ‘Have you heard about so
and so? Oh my!’ Or, ‘Oh my, that’s
exciting!’”
Enberg said he needed a signature
call after being hired to do play-by-play
at Indiana in 1957, and it stuck.
“It’s been a good friend for, well, 50
years,” he said.
He also was known for his baseball
catchphrase of “Touch ‘em all!” for
home runs.
“Dick was an institution in the
industry for 60 years and we were lucky
enough to have his iconic voice behind
the microphone for Padres games for
nearly a decade,” Padres owners Ron
Fowler and Peter Seidler said in a
statement.
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MEETINGS
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MONDAY, DEC. 25
No meetings scheduled
TUESDAY, DEC. 26
MORROW COUNTY PLAN-
NING COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Port
of Morrow Riverfront Center, 2 Ma-
rine Drive, Boardman. (Stephanie
Loving 541-922-4624)
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27
MORROW COUNTY BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m.,
Bartholomew Government Build-
ing upper conference room, 110
N. Court St., Heppner. (Roberta
Lutcher 541-676-9061)
HERMISTON
LIBRARY
BOARD, 4 p.m., Hermiston Public
Library, 235 E. Gladys Ave., Herm-
iston. (541-567-2882)
COMING EVENTS
NASA astronaut, 1st to fly untethered in space, dies at 80
HOUSTON (AP) —
NASA astronaut Bruce
McCandless, the first person
to fly freely and untethered in
space, has died. He was 80.
McCandless
died
Thursday in California,
NASA’s Johnson Space
Center announced Friday.
No cause of death was given.
He was famously photo-
graphed in 1984 flying
with a hefty spacewalker’s
jetpack, alone in the cosmic
blackness above a blue
Earth. He traveled more than
300 feet away from the space
shuttle Challenger during the
spacewalk.
McCandless said he
wasn’t nervous about the
historic spacewalk.
“I was grossly over-
trained. I was just anxious
to get out there and fly. I felt
very comfortable ... It got so
cold my teeth were chattering
and I was shivering, but that
was a very minor thing,” he
told the Daily Camera in
Boulder, Colorado, in 2006.
McCandless
helped
NASA via AP
This Feb. 7, 1984 photo shows astronaut Bruce
McCandless II, participating in a spacewalk a few
meters away from the cabin of the Earth-orbiting
space shuttle Challenger. The Johnson Space Center
says McCandless died Thursday in California.
develop the jetpack and was
later part of the shuttle crew
that delivered the Hubble
Space Telescope to orbit.
McCandless also served
as the Mission Control
capsule communicator in
Houston as Neil Armstrong
and Buzz Aldrin walked on
the moon in 1969.
Born
in
Boston,
McCandless graduated from
Woodrow Wilson Senior
High School in Long Beach,
California. He graduated
from the Naval Academy,
earned a master’s degree in
electrical engineering from
Stanford University and a
master’s degree in business
administration from the
University of Houston at
Clear Lake in 1987.
He was a naval aviator
who participated in the
Cuban blockade in the 1962
missile crisis. McCandless
was selected for astronaut
training during the Gemini
program, and he was a
backup pilot for the first
manned Skylab mission in
1973.
Survivors include his
wife, Ellen Shields McCand-
less of Conifer, Colorado,
two children and two grand-
children.
Bitcoin goes on wild ride and it may only get crazier
“Bubbles burst
when the last
buyers are in.
Who are the
last buyers? The
general public,
unfortunately.”
By MARLEY JAY
AP Markets Writer
NEW YORK — What’s
a bitcoin worth? Lately
nobody knows for sure, but
after a wild ride on Friday,
it’s worth a good deal less
than it was Thursday.
After losses over the
last few days, the digital
currency fell as much as 30
percent overnight in Asia,
and the action became so
frenzied that the website
Coinbase suspended trading.
It later made up much of that
ground, and slumped 9.5
percent to $14,042 Friday,
according to the tracking
site CoinDesk.
Experts are warning that
bitcoin is a bubble about
to burst, but things might
get crazier before it does: A
lot of people have heard of
bitcoin by now, but very few
people own it.
“Bubbles burst when
the last buyers are in,” said
Brett Ewing, chief market
strategist for First Franklin.
“Who are the last buyers?
The general public, unfortu-
nately.”
Ewing said 40 percent of
bitcoin belongs to just 1,000
people, and hedge funds
and other major investors
are going to start buying it
soon. But those funds may
buy bitcoin and also protect
themselves by placing bets
that it will fall. Retail inves-
tors may just buy it only to
see it fall.
— Brett Ewing, chief market
strategist for First Franklin
AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File
A bitcoin sell-off that began at the beginning of the
week is gaining momentum, with a quarter of its val-
ue evaporating in the past 24 hours. Just hours before
U.S. markets opened Friday, bitcoin was trading at
$13,659.85, according to the tracking site CoinDesk.
“I think investors should
approach it with caution
and I think many people
will dive into it not under-
standing what it is,” he said.
As bitcoin skyrocketed
this month, the volume of
trading was unprecedented
as investors hoping to catch
a ride up piled in. Prices
have risen so fast, the Friday
tumble returned the price of
bitcoin only to where it was
trading two weeks ago.
The volatility has created
a circus-like atmosphere.
Some companies that have
added the word “bitcoin” or
related terms to their names
to get in on the action. The
craziest thing is, it’s worked.
Long Island Iced Tea
Corp. until this week
had been known for its
peach-, raspberry-, guava-,
lemon- and mango-flavored
drinks. Then, on Thursday,
the company announced
a radical rebranding. It’s
changing its name to Long
Blockchain Corp., shifting
its primary focus from iced
tea to “the exploration of and
investment in opportunities
that leverage the benefits of
blockchain technology.”
Blockchain is a ledger
where transactions of digital
currencies, like bitcoin, are
recorded.
Shares in Long Island
Iced Tea soared 200 percent
in one day.
The Hicksville, New
York, company did what
investors are doing, hitching
a ride on a currency that
raced from less than $10,000
at the end of November to
almost $20,000 on Sunday.
And it cost less than $1,000
at the beginning of the year.
The rise of the price of
bitcoin, which is still diffi-
cult to use if you actually
want to buy something, has
led to heated speculation
about when the bubble
might burst.
The currency has been, if
nothing else, highly elastic,
bouncing back every time it
crashes, which occurs about
once every quarter.
It fell 11.5 percent over
two days in early December
and 21.5 percent over five
days in November.
Curiosity has now driven
bitcoin to the futures market,
where investors bet on
which direction it will go.
Bitcoin futures started
trading on two major
exchanges — the Cboe and
CME — this month. Those
futures fell about 8 percent
Friday.
If people get burned, it
won’t be because they were
not warned.
EO file photo
Santa will take time out of his busy schedule to pose
for photos this Sunday at the BMCC Chirstmas Eve
Dinner, 4-6 p.m. at the Pendleton Convention Center.
SATURDAY, DEC. 23
MONDAY, DEC. 25
JAMES DEAN KINDLE LIVE,
9-11:59 p.m., Virgil’s at Cimmiyo-
tti’s, 137 S. Main St., Pendleton.
Late-night solo lounge set featur-
ing solo country & western, jazz
standards and sombre Christmas
songs. No cover.
COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP
DINNER, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Hermis-
ton High School, 600 S. First St.,
Hermiston. Free holiday meal at
new location. For delivery service,
a ride or to volunteer, contact cfd-
hermiston@gmail.com, 541-371-
9772. (541-371-9772)
SUNDAY, DEC. 24
KIDS KLUB, 9:30 a.m., First
Christian Church, 518 S. Main St.,
Milton-Freewater. For children of
all ages. Includes arts, crafts, mu-
sic and more. Free. (Janet Collins
541-938-3854)
SAVE YOUR BACON SUN-
DAY, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pendleton
Center for the Arts, 214 N. Main
St., Pendleton. Shop for last-min-
ute gifts and stocking stuffers with
a variety of art and crafts from
across the country on offer. Free
gift-wrapping station for any gifts
you want to bring. (Roberta Lava-
dour 541-278-9201)
“A SIMPLE CHRISTMAS”,
10:30 a.m., Crossroads Commu-
nity Church, 350 N.W. Sherman
Ave., Stanfield. Youth from MIssio-
nettes and Royal Rangers will sing
several selections, and stories and
relevant Bible verses will be read
to celebrate the season. Everyone
welcome. (Michael Kinlock 541-
449-3434)
CHRISTMAS IN HERMISTON
SERVICE, 11 a.m., Hermiston
Assembly of God Church, 730 E.
Hurlburt Ave., Hermiston. An inter-
active, family-friendly event with a
clear message about Christmas.
Childcare provided for children
under age 5. Free, but tickets must
be reserved in advance by phone
or by visiting www.christmasin-
hermiston.com. A second service
will be added if necessary. (541-
567-5831)
SPECIAL NEEDS OPEN
GYM, 12-1:30 p.m., Pendleton
Recreation Center, 510 S.W.
Dorion Ave., Pendleton. Free for
special needs children and fami-
lies. (541-276-8100)
BMCC CHRISTMAS EVE
DINNER, 4-6 p.m., Pendleton
Convention Center, 1601 West-
gate, Pendleton. Free ham dinner
with all the trimmings, dessert and
a trip to Santa’s Toy Shop for a gift
and photos for the children. Do-
nations and volunteers welcome.
(Abby Pierson or Austin Shick 541-
278-5921 or 541-278-5967)
CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLE-
LIGHT SERVICE, 6 p.m., Echo
Community Church, 21 N. Bonan-
za St., Echo. (541-376-8108)
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE,
6 p.m., First Christian Church,
518 S. Main St., Milton-Freewater.
Special service includes worship,
music and fellowship. Valet park-
ing and elevator available. Every-
one welcome. (541-938-3854)
ADULT OPEN GYM, 6:30-
8:30 p.m., Pendleton Recreation
Center, 510 S.W. Dorion Ave.,
Pendleton. Half-court basketball.
Adults only. (541-276-8100)
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM, 7
p.m., Tutuilla Presbyterian Church
Lowry Hall, 45682 Tutuilla Church
Road, Pendleton. Everyone wel-
come. (Bonnie Burke 541-969-
6152)
TUESDAY, DEC. 26
WALKING FOR WELLNESS,
8:30-9:30 a.m., Pendleton Recre-
ation Center gymnasium, 510 S.W.
Dorion Ave., Pendleton. Good mu-
sic, new friends and indoor walking
for health. Free. (541-276-8100)
PRESCHOOL STORY TIME,
10:30-11 a.m., Stanfield Public Li-
brary, 180 W. Coe Ave., Stanfield.
(541-449-1254)
HERMISTON SENIOR MEAL
SERVICE, 12 p.m., Our Lady
of Angels Catholic Church par-
ish hall, 565 W. Hermiston Ave.,
Hermiston. Cost is $4 for adults,
free for children 10 and under,
$4 for Meals on Wheels. Extra
50 cents for utensils/dishes. Bus
service to parish hall by donation.
(541-567-3582)
BOARDMAN SENIOR MEAL
SERVICE, 12 p.m., Boardman
Senior Center, 100 Tatone St.,
Boardman. Cost is $4 for seniors
55 and over or $5 for adults. (541-
481-3257)
PENDLETON SENIOR MEAL
SERVICE, 12-1 p.m., Pendleton
Senior Center, 510 S.W. 10th
St., Pendleton. Costs $3.50 or
$6 for those under 60. Pool, puz-
zles, crafts, snacks, Second Time
Around thrift store 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For Meals On Wheels, call 541-
276-1926. (541-276-7101)
CRAFTERNOONS, 4:15 p.m.,
Pendleton Public Library, 502 S.W.
Dorion Ave., Pendleton. Drop in for
a group or individual craft project.
All ages. (541-966-0380)
THE ARC ACTIVITY NIGHT,
5:30-6:30 p.m., The ARC Umatil-
la County, 215 W. Orchard Ave.,
Hermiston. Games, crafts and re-
freshments. (541-567-7615)
PENDLETON EAGLES TA-
COS AND BINGO, 6 p.m., Pend-
leton Eagles Lodge, 428 S. Main
St., Pendleton. Regular packet
$10, special packet $5. Proceeds
donated to local charities. Public
welcome. (541-278-2828)
LOTTERY
Thursday, Dec. 21
Lucky Lines
04-08-09-15-FREE-17-22-
25-31
Estimated jackpot:
$30,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 5-7-9-5
4 p.m.: 3-1-0-7
7 p.m.: 5-5-7-5
10 p.m.: 6-0-2-5
Friday, Dec. 22
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 1-4-4-5