Neil W. Heesacker (November 30, 1940 – October 9, 2016)
PORTLAND, Ore. – Neil Heesacker, former spokesman for Portland
Fire & Rescue for 30 years, died over the weekend while fighting
pancreatic cancer. The Forest Grove native worked for a total of 37
years in fire service. He retired in 2004.
The Columbus Day Storm system brought strong winds to the Pacific Northwest
and southwest Canada. It was linked to 46 fatalities in the northwest and
Northern California resulting from heavy rains and mudslides.
Radio and TV broadcasting was affected in the Portland, Oregon area with
downed transmission towers and loss of equipment.
The entire power distribution system had to be rebuilt from the ground up
in much of the area. Some locations did not have power restored for several
weeks.
The Oregon Capitol grounds at Salem, and the state’s college campuses,
resembled battlefields with heavy losses of trees.
TIM MAGUIRE
Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.
(December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997)
Home video clip of John Denver’s last public performance, Oct 5 1997.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008)
Left to right: Don Fulton Eisele (senior pilot/navigator), Wally Schirra
(commander), and R. Walter Cunningham (pilot/systems engineer.
Apollo 7 was the first manned Apollo mission and the first in which live television broadcasts were received from orbit.
