COFFEE BREAK
8B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
Daughter senses mom is hurt
by her relationship with dad
N EWS OF THE W EIRD
Nobody knows why there are
pigeons in cowboy hats
roaming Las Vegas
DEAR ABBY: I am a 49-year-old woman whose
enough mailing labels to far outlast me!
mother tries to make me feel guilty for having a good
I have now decided that any charity that sends me
relationship with my father. I have an excellent rela-
merchandise or any other “freebie” will be taken off
tionship with her, but lately it feels strained because
my donation list. I hate to write bona fi de charities
she gets mad if Dad and I do things together or even
off my list, but it has become ridiculous.
just talk on the phone. My goal is not to hurt her, but
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I refuse not to have a relationship with my dad just to
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appease her. Have you ever heard of a mother being
DEAR WASTEFUL: You are not the only person
jealous of her daughter’s relationship with her father?
to complain about this. I receive many letters from
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equally frustrated readers about it.
JERSEY
Before donating to any charity, go
DEAR
DEAR CONFLICTED: Yes,
online and check out charitynaviga-
ABBY
I have. But you say you have
tor.org. If you do, it will give you
an excellent relationship with
insight into where your money
your mother, and this behavior is
goes -- including how much of their
recent. Do you call and interact individually with her revenue is spent on salaries and “overhead.” Just
the way you do with your father? If not, it might help because you receive notepads, mailing labels and
to give her more attention than you have.
calendars does NOT mean you are obligated to send
Is her relationship with your father the same as it
money. Please remember that.
always has been? If it isn’t, because you and your
father have extended, private phone conversations
DEAR ABBY: I have shared a friendship for 40
on a regular basis, she may fear you have supplanted years with a woman who is known for having a quick
her in his affections. However, if this isn’t the case,
temper. Although I have been on the receiving end
and she demonstrates other personality changes, her
of her anger many times, we manage to maintain our
physician should be notifi ed so she can be evaluated. relationship.
She lives across the country now and, unfortunately,
DEAR ABBY: I have been trying to deal with this suffers from a major debilitating illness. She lives with a
on my own for a long time. I have been “crushing”
man she argues with often, in his small apartment. They
on a man of my faith for a couple of years, and it
struggle financially, and she recently confided that when
never seems to subside. We are both married to
they argue, she dunks his toothbrush in the toilet to get
others, seemingly happily. I like his wife very much, even. Obviously, it is without his knowledge.
and I would never want to hurt her.
I have never met him, but he is very nice to me
I think he is a wonderful human being, and he has when I call. I want to tell him what my friend has
said as much to me. We would never entertain the
been doing. I feel he needs to know the health risks
idea of an affair. From my standpoint, I don’t know
he’s facing when he brushes his teeth.
what to do. Do you have any suggestions? I try to
Of course, if I do, I know I’ll incur her wrath
give my own husband lots of love.
once again as she’ll know I ratted her out. And he
-- TORN BETWEEN TWO IN MONTANA will undoubtedly evict her from the apartment. She
DEAR TORN: Do nothing about this crush.
doesn’t have the fi nances to get her own place, and
Continue giving your husband lots of love, attention
the eviction may result in her becoming homeless.
and appreciation. Crushes are normal. Sometimes they
I’m struggling with which is worse: his health risk or
serve as reminders that we are still alive. As long as they her homelessness.
remain “unfertilized romances,” they harm no one. You
So far, I have kept my mouth shut, but each day I
have a mutual admiration society because you both
know he is brushing his teeth with bacteria. Should I
deserve it and have nothing to feel guilty about.
continue to remain silent?
-- YUCK FACTOR IN THE DESERT
DEAR ABBY: Is there any way to stop charities
from sending all of this “free stuff”? When I donate
DEAR YUCK FACTOR: While dipping
to charity, I intend for my contribution to be used
his toothbrush in the toilet may not kill him, it
to help someone in need. Instead, I am subjected to
could make him sick. Tell him what has been
all kinds of things in my mailbox. I have received
going on. If your friendship with the woman
money, postage stamps, greeting cards, notepads and ends, so be it.
weather
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2019
By Josephine Harvey
The Huffi ngton Post
For reasons unknown,
somebody is putting cowboy
hats on pigeons in Las
Vegas.
Over the past week, there
have been multiple reports
of Las Vegas birds sport-
ing various colored cowboy
headwear, raising many,
many questions. Who is
doing this? How? Why? Are
the pigeons OK?
Pigeon rescue and advoca-
cy group Lofty Hopes, whose
slogan is, “A Pigeon Positive
Movement,” is working to
fi nd some answers.
Mariah Hillman, who
runs Lofty Hopes, told Huff-
Post that after several days
of searching, on Tuesday
they fi nally tracked down
the pigeon in the red hat,
which they’ve named Cluck
Norris. Coo-Lamity Jane,
who wears a pink hat, is
still out roaming the wild
west. There’s also reportedly
a brown-hatted pigeon on
the loose.
The birds went viral last
week after a video, shot
by local resident Bobby
Lee, was picked up by local
media.
Others also reported see-
ing the well-dressed birds
out and about. Some social
media users noted that the
National Finals Rodeo hap-
pened to be in town, but the
Professional Rodeo Cowboys
Association had “nothing to
do with the pigeons wear-
ing cowboy hats,” ProRodeo
Photo contributed by the Huffi ngton Post
Pigeons wearing hats have been seen walking the
streets of Las Vegas.
Sports News editor Scott
Kaniewski told The New
York Times.
Lofty Hopes operates
in the Las Vegas area and
works to help injured wild
and domestic pigeons, as
well as other birds and
animals. Hillman said that
although she fi rst thought
the birds’ attire was cute,
she quickly developed con-
cerns for the safety of the
cowboy pigeons when she
realized the hats appeared
to be permanently secured.
Now that the hats have
been on for at least fi ve
days, Hillman believes
the hats have been stuck
on with something more
industrial than just “eyelash
glue,” she said.
“We could wait until they
molt it off, wait until he
loses his feathers when it
gets warm out,” she sug-
gested. “Oil neutralizes glue,
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but then you have the issue
of an oily pigeon.”
After speaking with
people who shot the footage,
Lofty Hopes was able to
locate Cluck Norris, and
has set a trap in order to
capture him and assess his
hat situation and how best
to remove it safely. Unfortu-
nately, as people keep feed-
ing the fashionable bird, he’s
been diffi cult to capture as
he’s “not interested in food,”
Hillman said.
She said she’s been get-
ting reports of the birds
from the area between the
University of Nevada, Las
Vegas, and McCarran Inter-
national Airport.
On capture, the birds will
need to spend some time at
the rescue while they work
out how to de-cowboy them
they may need to hang out
at Lofty Hopes until they
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