COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, June 30, 2018
OUT OF THE VAULT
Gophers develop taste for airport wiring
A new air terminal building was
dedicated at the Pendleton airport in
June 1953, but some rascally rodents
were determined to make things tough
for air traffic controllers and pilots try-
ing to land at the updated airfield.
Part of the upgrades at the airport
was a $48,000 high-intensity lighting
system for the runways, complete with
wiring shielded with a rubber coating
specifically designed to deter the pre-
dations of the resident gopher popu-
lation, which had delighted in sharp-
ening their long teeth on the old lead
cables. But the rodents were just as
cheerful about gnawing the new rub-
ber insulation. “We’ve had pieces of
cable that looked like a cob of corn
with bites taken out of it,” said city
manager Raymond Botch during
a city council meeting on June 17,
1953.
The new lighting system had been
limited to medium intensity since the
beginning of spring, when the newly
awakened gophers’ chewing had left
the system susceptible to outages at
higher intensities. The airport electrical
maintenance supervisor, Herb Wiles,
complained that extermination would
be next to impossible — poison would
be too slow and, with thousands of
gopher mounds to contend with, cya-
nide gas would be ineffective.
But he did have an alternate plan.
Wiles suggested pouring a concrete
casing around the wires, buried about
18 inches underground. At the same
time the casing was being laid, a third
wire could be added to the two-wire
system to solve the problem of large
voltage drops and varying light inten-
sities. The contractor who installed the
wiring — but only installed two of the
three wires requested — would provide
a portion of the necessary funds as part
of a settlement with the city.
Botch commented that the Pendle-
ton and Walla Walla areas seemed to
have more gophers than most other
nearby locales.
DEAR ABBY
Sisters working the streets reach out to find an escape
Dear Abby: I’m 19 and
and see for yourself. I wish
my sister is 16. We have been
you luck and an easy escape
working as prostitutes here in
from “the life.” You and your
our state and in several nearby
sister are in my thoughts and
ones. We know we need help,
prayers.
but we are afraid to ask for it.
Dear Abby: I have a
Hotlines and trafficking pro-
dilemma, and I need to know
grams have called the police
who’s right. My boyfriend of
Jeanne
on friends of ours who reached
2 1/2 years wants me to move
out for help. How can we get Phillips into his apartment, but he says
Advice
help without being forced to
I can’t live there for free. He
testify against my boyfriend
wants me to pay half the rent,
and our other friends? — Teri
cable, water and electric bills. I’m
Dear Teri: I’m glad you wrote OK with the cable, water and electric.
because there is help for you. Contact But I say the rent is the same whether
an organization called Children of I’m there or not, and I don’t think I
the Night. It has helped thousands of should have to pay rent on HIS place.
young people like you and your sis- It would be different if we were mar-
ter. Its toll-free phone number is (800) ried. What do you think? Who’s right?
551-1300, ext. 0, and it is staffed 24/7. — Maybe Moving In
Children of the Night is privately
Dear Maybe: You are an indepen-
funded and does not call the police on dent young woman living in the 21st
sex-trafficking victims. Once away century, and as such, you should carry
from “the life,” you and your sister your share. That the two of you are
will be able to study for your high not married is even more reason why
school diploma online by emailing you should share the cost of the rent.
wow@childrenofthenight.org. If you
What your question shows me is,
would like more information, please if the relationship evolves further and
visit
www.childrenofthenight.org you consider making it permanent,
that premarital counseling could help
you and your boyfriend avoid some
pitfalls later. Disagreements about
money often cause marriages to fail.
Dear Abby: My sister says it’s
rude to arrive at a party at the time
specified on the invitation. She insists
that if the time stated is 8 p.m., you
shouldn’t arrive before 8:30. I dis-
agree, and I told her I believe that
guests should arrive on time and to
be late is disrespectful. Her response
was that I am behind the times. Please
let me know who is correct. — On
Time In Florida
Dear On Time: Depending upon
the type of party it is, there is leeway.
If it’s a cocktail party, guests who pre-
fer not to stand around drinking for
hours may choose to arrive late. How-
ever, if it’s a dinner party, the guests
should show up promptly so the meal
can be served when it’s ready. Some-
times a guest may be 15 or 20 minutes
late because of unforeseen circum-
stances, but if someone is delayed
for more than that, the host should be
called and warned so the dinner can
proceed without being ruined.
East Oregonian
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ODDS & ENDS
AP Photo/Jeff Chiu
Zsa Zsa, an English Bulldog, is carried by owner Me-
gan Brainard during the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest
at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif., on Sat-
urday. Zsa Zsa won the contest.
Zsa Zsa, the English bulldog,
wins World’s Ugliest Dog title
PETALUMA,
Calif.
(AP) — A 9-year-old
English bulldog was named
the winner of the 2018
World’s Ugliest Dog con-
test in the San Francisco
Bay Area.
Zsa Zsa won the title
Saturday night at the Sono-
ma-Marin Fairgrounds in
Petaluma. The dog’s owner,
Megan Brainard of Anoka,
Minnesota, will receive
$1,500 for Zsa Zsa’s win.
Dogs in the annual com-
petition flaunt their imper-
fections — some have hair-
less bodies, others have
lolling tongues. The dogs
and their handlers walk
down a red carpet. The
dogs are evaluated by a
panel of judges.
The
competition
included a blackhead-cov-
ered
Chinese
Crest-
ed-Dachshund mutt, a
bulldog mix with excess
wrinkly skin and a Peking-
ese named Wild Thang.
Last year’s winner was
a 125-pound gentle giant
named Martha — a Neo-
politan Mastiff with gas
and a droopy face.
The contest is in its 30th
year. It is usually held on
a Friday night, but orga-
nizers moved this year’s
competition to Saturday in
an effort to draw a bigger
audience.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 30-July 1, 1918
According to information received
by Sheriff T.D. Taylor, Ren Jarrell
and Sam Holder bear reputations of
being honest well meaning men in
their home towns in North Carolina.
These are two of the men connected
with the moonshiners recently raided
by Sheriff Taylor. Terrell is the one
who made his escape from the posse.
The information states Jerrell has
always borne a good name, has been
considered a good worker and hon-
est. He is the father of nine children
and has had a hard time getting along.
It speaks in much the same terms of
Sam Holder, who has four small chil-
dren, and may have had to do with the
moonshine game because of the influ-
ence of leaders in the business. An
appeal is made to the sheriff to use
his influence to get Holder out of the
trouble with as light punishment as
possible.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 30-July 1, 1968
Becky Howland Day in Hermiston
Saturday can go into the record books
as the community’s “finest day.” This
was the opinion Sunday when the
Kiwanis Club and its many volunteers
from all over the county were adding
up the results of the Becky Howland
Heart Fund auction and related activ-
ities. Cash receipts Saturday totaled
$20,200, according to Joe Nichols,
Kiwanis treasurer. The auction came
to a halt at 10 p.m. with 450 items
remaining to be sold, and the Kiwanis
Club said these will go on the auc-
tion block Sunday afternoon, July 14,
at the M&M Auction, north of Herm-
iston. Kiwanis officials said many
good items and services remain to
be sold.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 30-July 1, 1993
After 138 years, a patch of land
along the Columbia River is back in
the fold of the Confederated Tribes.
“It’s like putting blood back into your
veins,” Louie Dick Jr. of Cayuse said
at a celebration Tuesday to mark the
acquisition of the 2,800-acre Conforth
Ranch east of Umatilla. The ranch lies
within the six million acres ceded by
the tribes to the federal government in
the Treaty of 1855. It is within the land
the Indians called Utillum, or water rip-
pling over sand. It will be managed by
the tribes as a wildlife preserve, but will
be valuable in many other ways, Dick
said. In addition to preserving wildlife,
the tribes will reintroduce native roots
on the property, such as bitter root and
biscuit root. They also will be gather-
ing the traditional plants such as tule
for ceremonial and other uses.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Today is the 181st day of
2018. There are 184 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On June 30, 1953, the
first Chevrolet Corvette, with
its innovative fiberglass body,
was built at a General Motors
assembly facility in Flint,
Michigan.
On this date:
In 1859, French acro-
bat Charles Blondin walked
back and forth on a tightrope
above the gorge of Niagara
Falls as thousands of specta-
tors watched.
In 1865, eight people,
including Mary Surratt and
Dr. Samuel Mudd, were con-
victed by a military commis-
sion of conspiring with John
Wilkes Booth, the assassin of
President Abraham Lincoln.
(Four defendants, includ-
ing Surratt, were executed;
Mudd was sentenced to life
in prison, but was pardoned
by President Andrew John-
son in 1869.)
In 1908, the Tunguska
Event took place in Russia as
an asteroid exploded above
Siberia, leaving 800 square
miles of scorched or blown-
down trees.
In 1918, labor activist
and socialist Eugene V. Debs
was arrested in Cleveland,
charged under the Espio-
nage Act of 1917 for a speech
he’d made two weeks ear-
lier denouncing U.S. involve-
ment in World War I. (Debs
was sentenced to prison and
disenfranchised for life.)
In 1936, the Civil War
novel “Gone with the Wind”
by Margaret Mitchell was
first published by The Mac-
millan Co. in New York.
In 1949, “The Missouri
Waltz” became the official
state song of Missouri.
In 1963, Pope Paul VI was
crowned the 262nd head of
the Roman Catholic Church.
In 1966, the National
Organization for Women
(NOW) was founded in
Washington, D.C.
In 1977, President Jimmy
Carter announced he had
decided against production
of the Rockwell B-1 bomber,
saying it was too costly.
(However, the B-1 was later
revived by President Ronald
Reagan.)
In 1985, 39 American hos-
tages from a hijacked TWA
jetliner were freed in Beirut
after being held 17 days.
In 1993, actor George
“Spanky” McFarland of
“Our Gang” and “Little Ras-
cals” fame died in Grapevine,
Texas, at age 64.
In 1997, the Union Jack
was lowered for the last time
over Government House in
Hong Kong as Britain pre-
pared to hand the colony back
to China at midnight after rul-
ing it for 156 years.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Leonard Whiting is 68. Jazz
musician Stanley Clarke
is 67. Actor David Garri-
son is 66. Rock musician
Hal Lindes (Dire Straits) is
65. Actor-comedian David
Alan Grier is 62. Actor Vin-
cent D’Onofrio is 59. Actress
Deirdre Lovejoy is 56. Actor
Rupert Graves is 55. Boxer
Mike Tyson is 52. Actor
Peter Outerbridge is 52. Rock
musician Tom Drummond
(Better Than Ezra) is 49.
Actor-comedian Tony Rock
(TV: “Living Biblically”)
is 49. Actor Brian Bloom is
48. Actor Brian Vincent is
48. Actress Monica Potter is
47. Actress Molly Parker is
46. Actor Rick Gonzalez is
39. Actor Tom Burke is 37.
Olympic gold medal swim-
mer Michael Phelps is 33.
Thought for Today: “We
all live under the same sky,
but we don’t all have the
same horizon.” — Konrad
Adenauer, German statesman
(1876-1967).
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