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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
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This ability to comprehend text
despite spelling errors and mis-
placed letters in the words even
OU MAY REMEMBER THIS
has a name: Typoglycemia, (How
Emo Philips quote that I’ve
they came up with a name that uses
shared before. “I used to
“typo” and the condition of having
think that the brain was the most
wonderful organ in my body. Then I low blood sugar, beats me.)
But it is not true that only “the
realized who was telling me this.”
first and last letters need to be in the
The brain is an incredible organ
controlling most of the activities of right place”. As in most everything,
it’s more complicated than that.
the body, processing, integrating,
and coordinating the information it One of the factors explaining why
receives from the sense organs, and we can “magically” read the passage
making decisions as to the instruc- is because that organ between our
ears reads words as whole units, not
tions sent to the rest of the body.
letter-by-letter. And more impor-
But one of the non-essential but
entertaining things it can do is to
tantly, our brains are wired to find
unscramble the scrambled words
meaning by looking at contextual
in a sentence. For example, see if
cues and using the predictability of
you can read what appears to be a
the passage.
non-sensical passage that has circu-
So as a little diversion, here is a
test to see how well you can handle
lated on social media since 2003.
typoglycemia. And since context
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and predictability are so import-
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large reported. A subject was
able to coax the pigs into a
dog kennel. The owner of the
pigs was located.
Oct. 12 — E. Scenic Drive,
300 block — Friendly dog at
large without a leash trans-
ported to the animal shelter.
Oct. 13 — E. Royal
Crest Drive, 3500 block —
Ongoing issue with dog
at large reported. Owner
contacted.
Oct. 13 — G Street — Poor
living conditions for four
dogs reported.
Assaults, harassment,
menacing and
domestic violence:
Oct. 9 — W. Seventh
and Garden Court —
Disturbance reported.
Oct. 9 — W. Second
Place — Domestic dispute
reported.
Oct. 9 — W. First —
Disturbance reported. A
male declined to wear a
mask in a business.
Oct. 9 — W. Second —
Dispute reported between
two juveniles. One declined
medical attention.
Oct. 9 — E. 11th —
Harassment reported.
Oct. 9 — W. Pomona
Street — Harassment
reported.
Oct. 10 — Court Street
— Harassment reported. A
female was slapped on the
lip.
Oct. 10 — E. 10th —
Domestic dispute reported.
Oct. 11 — E. 19th —
Disturbance reported. A
subject’s behavior was
escalating in an emergency
room.
Oct. 12 — W. Second Place
— Harassment reported.
Oct. 12 — W. Fourth —
Domestic dispute reported.
Additionally, keys were
reported as stolen.
Oct. 12 — W. Ninth —
Disturbance reported. A
male was transported to
the hospital by medics after
he became upset, threw a
pumpkin and began com-
plaining of chest pain.
Oct. 13 — W. Lee Street —
Domestic dispute reported.
Oct. 13 — Case Street —
Domestic dispute reported.
Oct. 14 — W. Eighth
Place — Domestic dispute
reported.
Oct. 15 — The Dalles —
Harassment reported.
Oct. 15 — Court Street —
Disturbance reported.
Oct. 15 — W. Fourth —
Disturbance reported.
Controlled substance
violations (non-DUII):
Oct. 14 — E. 19th, 1700
block — Hospital staff
reported drug paraphernalia
found on a male brought in
for a heroin overdose.
Disorderly conduct,
mischief, criminal
trespass and
vandalism:
Oct. 9 — Lincoln Street,
300 block — Male trespassed
from a business.
Oct. 9 — Mt. Hood Street,
500 block — Female tres-
passed from a business.
Oct. 9 — W. Myrtle Street,
900 block — Vandalism re-
ported. A hole in the fender
of a utility trailer was logged
for information.
Oct. 9 — W. Sixth, 300
block — Female trespassed
from a property.
Oct. 9 — W. Seventh, 3200
block — Trespass reported.
A female was cited and re-
leased for criminal trespass
II.
Oct. 10 — W. Richland
Court, 800 block — Female
lodged at NORCOR for crim-
inal trespass II.
Oct. 10 — W. Sixth, 2100
block — Male returned to a
business from which he had
been previously trespassed.
Oct. 10 — E. Second, 300
block — A bench was re-
ported to have been thrown
through a window of a busi-
ness (criminal mischief).
The bench was later reported
as stolen.
Oct. 10 — Court Street,
300 block — Slashed tire on
a vehicle reported (criminal
mischief).
Oct. 10 — E. 11th, 400
block — Trespass reported.
Oct. 10 — W. Second, 400
block — Large gathering
of transients reported to
the west side of a build-
ing. Officers spoke to the
individuals.
Oct. 10 — E. 16th —
Female trespassed from a
property.
Oct. 11 — Oregon Avenue,
1400 block — Male cited for
criminal trespass II. A bag of
marijuana was confiscated
for destruction.
Oct. 12 — E. Ninth, 1400
block — Trespass reported.
Oct. 12 — W. Second, 400
block — Broken window re-
ported (vandalism). A male
later admitted to breaking
the window and was cited
and released, and trespassed
from the property.
Oct. 12 — W. Second, 400
block — Female trespassed
from a property.
Oct. 12 — Union Street,
700 block — Female
returned to a property in
which she had been previ-
ously trespassed. She was
additionally trespassed from
two other businesses.
Oct. 12 — W. Second, 2900
block — Male trespassed
from a business.
Oct. 12 — W. Fourth, 100
block — Criminal mischief
reported.
Oct. 12 — W. Second, 600
block — Male admitted to
urinating on a park bench.
He was trespassed from the
property.
Oct. 12 — Cherry Heights
Road, 800 block — Male
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•••
Another joke from Earline
Wasser’s collection which some of
you may be able to relate to:
My wife said that my grand-
daughter has me wrapped around
her little finger. I said, “That’s not
true. I said ‘no’ to her just yester-
day.” “What did she ask you?” “She
asked me if there was anything I
wouldn’t give her.”
trespassed from a business.
The male requested an am-
bulance and was transport-
ed to the hospital.
Oct. 13 — E. 15th, 1900
block — Vandalism report-
ed. Passenger side tires had
holes in them.
Oct. 13 — W. 10th, 200
block — Vandalism to a
vehicle reported.
Oct. 13 — W. Third, 300
block — Trespass reported.
Oct. 13 — W. Sixth — Male
cited for criminal trespass.
Oct. 13 — W. Third, 300
block — Male returned to a
property from which he had
been previously trespassed.
He was later cited for tres-
pass, and cited once more
after returning again to the
property.
Oct. 13 — Lewis Street,
1400 block — A female was
cited for trespass.
Oct. 14 — W. Ninth, 1100
block — Trespass reported.
Oct. 14 — W. Third, 300
block — Male who had
been previously trespassed
returned to a property. The
male was cited for criminal
trespass I. He was report-
ed to have returned to the
property again about an
hour later.
Oct. 14 — E. 15th, 1900
block — Male cited for
trespass.
Oct. 14 — W. Sixth, 1700
block — Male trespassed
from a property.
Oct. 15 — E. 11th, 800
block — Spray paint on a
lawn reported (criminal
mischief).
Oct. 15 — W. Third, 300
block — Male trespassed
from a property.
Oct. 15 — W. Third Street,
300 block — Male lodged at
NORCOR for criminal tres-
pass II and a parole violation
warrant.
Driving under
the influence of
intoxicants:
Oct. 9 — W. Seventh, 3200
block — Female driving un-
der the influence of an illegal
substance reported.
Oct. 10 — E. 19th, 1700
block — Possible incident of
driving under the influence
of intoxicants reported.
Oct. 11 — W. 13th and
Webber — Male reported to
be passed out in the front
seat of a vehicle. A male
declined medical assistance
and walked from the scene.
The vehicle was blocking
the south shoulder of the
street and was towed. The
male was arrested for driving
under the influence of
intoxicants and released to
his sister after providing two
breath samples.
Oct. 13 — Cherry Heights,
1300 block — Female ar-
rested for driving under the
influence of intoxicants. BAC
registered .21 percent.
•••
The game that is played on a felt
mat with small plastic colored discs
where you flipped discs into a pot is
Tiddlywinks. I received correct an-
swers from Jeanne Pesicka, Chuck
Rice, Lois Dunsmore, Jean Harmon,
Dick Lafever, Pat Kelly, Jim Tindall,
Kim Birge, Rhonda Spies, Lana
Tepfer, Jerry Phillips, and Portia
Masterson, this week’s winner of
a quilt raffle ticket. And last week I
missed Jeanne Pesicka.
•••
If you were living during the ‘60s,
which I imagine most of you were,
you will remember the scandalous
affair between Richard Burton
and Elizabeth Taylor, who at that
time was married to Eddie Fisher,
who had notoriously left Debbie
Reynolds to marry Taylor. (It gets
complicated!) For this week’s
“Remember When” question,
during the filming of what movie
did the affair begin? Email your
answer to mcseniorcenter@gmail.
com, leave a message at 541-296-
4788 or send it with a picture of the
so-called Taylor-Burton diamond
(or the actual diamond if you have
it) that Burton gave Taylor in 1969
and was valued at over a million
Motor vehicle crashes,
incidents, offenses
and impounds:
Oct. 9 — W. Sixth, 1300
block — Two car, non-injury
traffic crash reported.
Oct. 9 — W. Sixth, 1300
block — Hit and run
reported.
Oct. 9 — E. Second, 200
block — Officer noted two
vehicle traveling at a high
rate of speed and signaled
to the closest vehicle to stop.
The male driver was cited for
speed racing.
Oct. 10 — W. 11th, 500
block — Warning citation
issued for a vehicle with a for
sale sign parked on a street
without registration.
Oct. 11 — 10th and Walnut
— A vehicle was recovered
after a pursuit. The vehicle
was towed.
Oct. 11 — E. 19th, 1800
block — Hit and run
reported.
Oct. 13 — E. Fourth and
Court Street — Two car
traffic crash reported. One
driver was cited for failure
to obey a stop sign and cell
phone.
Oct. 14 — E. 18th, 900
block — Hit and run
reported.
Oct. 14 — W. Sixth,
1200 block — Hit and run
reported.
Oct. 14 — W. Seventh and
Snipes — Possible child driv-
ing a vehicle reported.
Oct. 15 — E. Seventh,
400 block — Hit and run
reported.
Oct. 15 — E. 12th and
Oregon Avenue — Non-
injury traffic crash reported.
Both drivers were cited.
Outstanding warrants,
parole, probation or
terms violations:
Oct. 9 — Creek View Lane,
700 block — Male arrest-
ed for four warrants and
trespass II, and lodged at
NORCOR.
Oct. 11 — The Dalles —
No contact order violation
reported.
Oct. 12 — E. Seventh,
400 block — Male cited and
released for a warrant.
Oct. 12 — W. Fourth —
Possible parole violation
reported.
Oct. 13 — Court Street,
400 block — Female cited for
a failure to appear warrant.
Oct. 14 — W. Seventh and
Floral Court — Female cited
for a Hood River Circuit
Court warrant. In the same
incident, another female
was arrested and lodged at
NORCOR for felony elude in
a vehicle, hit and run and an
out of state warrant.
Oct. 15 — W. Second Place
and Pentland — Female
lodged at NORCOR on a
warrant.
Oct. 15 — E. Seventh,
400 block — Male cited and
released on a warrant.
Oct. 15 — E. Second, 3500
block — Male cited and
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•••
Well, it’s been another week,
trying to keep the spring in my step.
Until we meet again, as Carole King
sang in 1971, “You’ve got to get up
every morning with a smile on your
face”.
•••
“I have always felt that laughter
in the face of reality is probably
the finest sound there is and will
last until the day when the game is
called on account of darkness. In
this world, a good time to laugh is
any time you can.”
Linda Ellerbee
•••
The Dalles Meals-on-Wheels dai-
ly menus. If you would like to pick
up a meal at noon, call 541-298-
8333 before 10:30 a.m.
Menu
Thursday (22): Chicken Fried
Steak
Friday (23): Closed
Monday (26): Chicken Pot Pie
Tuesday (27): Roast Beef with
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
Wednesday (28): Taco Casserole
released on a warrant out of
Clackamas County.
Sex offenses:
Oct. 12 — The Dalles —
Sex crime / rape reported.
Theft, burglary
or robbery:
Oct. 13 — W. Sixth, 300
block — Theft of items
reported.
Oct. 13 — W. Sixth, 1200
block — Theft of items
reported.
Oct. 14 — E. 11th, 600
block — Stolen vehicle
reported. A wallet, including
birth certificate and license,
were also in the vehicle.
Oct. 14 — W. 10th and
Cherry Heights Road —
Female reported to be in a
Portland hospital and that
her medical marijuana and
a jacket were stolen at the
above location. A debit card
was also reported as stolen
and used to buy several
items.
Oct. 15 — W. Verdant
Street, 1000 block — Car
prowl reported.
Oct. 15 — E. 14th, 2400
block — Residential prowl
reported.
Oct. 15 — Webber Street,
100 block — Burglary
reported.
Oct. 9 — E. 17th, 1200
block — Attempted car
prowl reported. A piece of
wood was left behind and
damage done to a door.
Oct. 9 — E. 18th, 1300
block — Car prowl reported.
Two coin purses were emp-
tied and the vehicle trashed.
Oct. 9 — Cherry Heights
Road, 600 block — Theft of a
catalytic converter reported.
Oct. 9 — E. 18th, 700 block
— Possible theft of packages
reported.
Oct. 9 — E. Second, 200
block — Theft reported. A
female caused a disturbance
and stated she would not
pay her bill after a bartender
declined to serve her more
Other:
alcohol. She left prior to of-
ficers’ arrival without paying
Oct. 9-15 — The Dalles
for her meal ($27).
— Officers responded to
Oct. 9 — W. Sixth, 1200
36 welfare and/or mental
health checks.
block — Theft of a purse
Oct. 9 — W. 11th, 1600
reported.
block — Noise complaint re-
Oct. 10 — E. Third, 500
block — Theft reported.
ported. A resident said they
Oct. 10 — Mt. Hood Street, would turn the music down.
500 block — It was reported
Oct. 10 — Cherry Heights
that a business removed
Road — Missing person
items from a subject’s cart
reported.
that were not found on a
Oct. 14 — W. Home Court,
receipt. The male told offi-
800 block — Missing person
cers he accidentally took too reported.
much from the business but
gave it back.
Oct. 11 — E. 11th, 1700
block — Fuel reported to
have been taken from a
vehicle overnight.
Oct. 11 — E. 10th, 2300
block — Car prowl reported.
A purse that contained a
driver’s license and credit/
debit cards were stolen from
a truck.
Oct. 11 — 14th Street —
Stolen vehicle reported.
Oct. 11 — E. Seventh —
Theft of $300 reported.
Oct. 11 — E. Seventh —
Burglary reported.
Oct. 12 — W. Seventh and
Hostetler — Roll of carpet
reported as stolen the previ-
ous week and found outside
a building. The carpet was
retrieved by its owner.
Oct. 12 — Roberts Street,
1100 block — Items miss-
ing from a garage reported
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