Ottawa Township High School - Senior Yearbook (Ottawa, IL)

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Waters Flood 1 , ft y V If 1 v 1 Y l F l Students, Civil Defense members, and Na- tional Guard members form a human chain to transport sandbags to rebuild the broken dike which had allowed the flood waters into the school building. be tl, V, , slq, ,W 4 ,ft may , , l, , A , xf N wi., , , in ,st W 1 Mlfl' 'l ll r ' Wi A If 'L A ,Jw ,Q with W, Y ml ,. , ,- ' ,F Q is E- f .1esfagLilif:il' 'l L1 2 ,QL . :wilt fy' 'l?'ifNi'C,. xfrl fe- ' r A f:!s14,Q:,', l me ned' 7 , , -ss, w,M:,e,,, ' ' ,: 'if , ' , '1 W,Q!trp5rsriViil2f' ' -' N, 'V' l fF','t, ' Us 4 , ' W. gi-,fu1C,., .- i . '15, ...S - ,Qvgf V dll l' i m 1 ' ' ll 'I tl Ii 1 an 4 lr 1- we , Mi 7' I-TI 'wx ' ' ,gh exam , v N i 28!Snper Flood Rise Unexpectedlyz Stops School Creating the Super Flood of '82, the Illinois and Fox Rivers left their banks during the weekend of December 3-5. What resulted was the longest Christ- mas vacation in OHS history, and ex- cessive damage to the school. Nine to 12 feet of water covered the lower levels of the school, destroying the cafeteria, driver's-training room, the west gymfs new floor, the contents of the central storage areas and locker rooms, and demolishing the publica- tion's office. At 9 a.m. Saturday morning the local radio stations called for student and teacher volunteers to sandbag to try to save Kingman Gym floor. After an eight hour effort, the rivers crested and the floor remained undamaged. Throughout the next two weeks vol- unteers literally shoveled out the lower levels of the school. River muck cov- ered everything from the ruined year- book collection in the publicatiorfs of- fice to the P.E. clothes in all the locker rooms. The rivers had spared nothing that was in their path. Total damage to the school ran well over 81.7 million. Left. More help than sending gas was needed to rebuild the wall that was washed away between the Aetna roam and central storage. All of the trainers in the Aetna room were destroyed by the flood Waters. Right. Mr. Russell James inspects flood condi- tions behind the school in his kayak, which was the only practical means of transportation until the rivers receeded ill hw y, Q- a n 'Y ,A st s ,M f '-A H ,. - W2 7,7-'ws:Tsl:,? ' , t A 2 ' f 5 sr R s. 5 1 vb M f vi in H -,asf

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Destruction Forces Changes l Ottawa High School was literally made an island by the flooding Illinois and Fox Rivers. The water did not crest until 3 p.m. Saturday, and the school was an island until Monday afternoon. During the two weeks following the dis- 4 asterous weekend volunteers spent end- less hours at the school cooking, cleaning, The only recognizable part of the 66 year and trying to save the small amount that old roll top desk that was in the publica- could be salvaged. It was dirty work, but tion's office was the front panel of drawers. that didn't stop Principal Ed Johnston Everything that was carried out of the from doing his part. Here Mr. Johnston school found its way to the manual arts rests in the Pirate's Cove where sand- parking lot, there to be carted away. wiches and coffee were available for the volunteers. ll' i 7X 1 l Climbing on the man-made sandbag i dike behind the football bleachers, area kids spend their Saturday afternoon looking at the waters which hadn't risen r- - to this level since 1917. - 4 ' is , Early in the morning of December 4 the i city trucks could get the volunteers to King- man Gym. As the day progressed, however, l and the waters rose, the National Guard had ff to get tanks to carry the sandbags to the EYYIL Iwi-N' yy V The female population did its shar Typifying that nothing was indestruc- by filling sandbags during the effort to tible, including years of sports records, save Kingman Gym floor. Debbie Kirk- personal files, and pictures, this lonely patrick, Jodi Stortz, Kim Benckendorf, ruined bookcase with books sits outside and Anne Riordan struggle to keep ahead the manual 3035 building awaiting the of the rising waters. trip to the junkyard. 301 Super Flood i