It was fun to walk on this street above the water. 
Since Jennie wanted some stories about her Mom---Here is one. I didn't even know this one until Richard told me. With Debbie's input, we got the story straight. Richard and Debbie were in Ketchikan with their dad. Richard had a quarter and Debbie bet he couldn't throw it in her mouth. She opened her mouth wide and Richard did throw it in, but unfortunately Debbie swallowed the quarter. Debbie said Richard was really mad because that was his bus money.
Back to Buckley--Our house in Buckley had an oil heater in the front room to heat the whole house. About the only rooms that got warm were the front room and the kitchen. The heater was leaking oil. There were some live wires behind the heater that should have been capped off. I didn't know that until later. Debbie was quite small at the time. She crawled behind the heater and touched those two wires together. There was a big spark and the oil caught fire and started melting the plastic drapes on our window. Richard pulled Debbie away from the heater and I got the kids out of the house. Just Richard, Debbie and Darrell were home. I took the kids to the neighbor's and we called the fire department because I didn't know how bad it might be. The only damage was melted drapes. The fire department and the Buckley News reporter arrived about the same time. Debbie had a small burn on her arm. The news reporter smudged it around a little so it would look bigger in the picture and of course Richard was the hero who saved his baby sister. We had that news clipping for a long time. I don't know what happened to it.
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