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Page 6C East Oregonian COFFEE BREAK Saturday, February 21, 2015 DEAR ABBY Teen seeks right approach to gender-bending classmate Dear Abby: I am 17 and a senior may also think it would be disrespect- in high school. During freshman year, ful to the parents who raised them. one of my classmates was a boy I’ll Please don’t take it personally. call “Alex.” This year, I have been Dear Abby: I’m stuck in the mid- told that Alex has changed his name dle between my mom and my hus- to “Aly,” a more feminine name. Aly band, “Gary,” regarding a onesie my now sometimes dresses like a girl and brother bought for our daughter. Gary sometimes like a boy. is a die-hard Raiders fan. My mom What gender should I refer to Aly and brother love the Chargers. Mom Jeanne as? Would it be rude to ask my class- Phillips and my brother thought it would be PDWH ZKLFK JHQGHU KHVKH LGHQWL¿HV funny to gift my daughter with a Char- Advice with? — Gender Dilemma gers onesie. Mom asked me to have Dear G.D.: Considering that Aly my child wear it during the game. could be in a process of transition, I not only When I asked Gary what he thought, he got don’t think the question would be rude, I think upset and said, “Please don’t do that. I don’t it’s an intelligent one. If you ask your class- want your mom buying Chargers clothes mate politely and privately, I’m sure Aly will thinking she can turn our daughter into a be glad to answer. Chargers fan.” Dear Abby: I gave up a baby girl for adop- Mom texted me for a photo of the baby tion 29 years ago. I thought when she became wearing it. I said I was sorry, but her dad an adult she would want to contact me, but doesn’t want her to wear it, and she got mad I have heard nothing. I have known how to and said, “Whatever!” I can’t please everyone. contact her for many years, but haven’t done What should I do? — Good Sport Out West it because I didn’t want to intrude in her life. I Dear Good Sport: Whether your mother have left contact totally up to her if she choos- and your brother thought it would be funny es. WRJLYH\RXUGDXJKWHUD&KDUJHUVRXW¿WLVEH- Like I said, so far I’ve heard nothing, and side the point. Your husband doesn’t see the I’m just wondering why she wouldn’t want humor in it, so my advice is to let the child be to contact me or know anything about me. — logo-free until she’s old enough to decide for Wondering Bio-Mom herself whom to support. Dear Bio-Mom: Are you certain your Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Bu- daughter knows she was adopted? While ren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was many adopted children want to know their founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Con- birth parents, not all do because they don’t tact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or feel anything is “missing” in their lives. They P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 21-22, 1915 W.D. Humphrey and F.E. Welch returned ODVW )ULGD\ IURP D ¿VKLQJ WULS WR 8PDWLOOD EULQJLQJZLWKWKHPWKUHH¿QHVWHHOKHDGVDOP- RQ7KH¿VKZHUHFDXJKWLQWKH8PDWLOODEH- WZHHQ +HUPLVWRQ DQG 8PDWLOOD 7ZR RI WKH ELJ ¿VK PHDVXUHG LQFKHV DQG RQH PHD- sured 22 inches. The day before Earl Kirk- patrick caught one measuring 32 inches and weighing ten pounds. The run of steelheads entered the lower river several days ago and conditions for angling there are said to be JRRG0RUHWKDQDVFRUHRIWKHELJ¿VKKDYH been caught within the last week and several times many have been hooked and escaped. $OO RI WKH ¿VK KDYH EHHQ WDNHQ RQ WKH OLJKW regulation trout tackle which has greatly in- creased the sport. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 21-22, 1965 A fad that has caught hold in the small FRPPXQLW\RI8PDWLOODDSSHDUVGRRPHGWRD short life. The fad is searching for Indian ar- tifacts along the banks of the Columbia Riv- er. It’s doomed because the John Day Dam pool will cover the land in a few years and it’s against the law to dig for historical artifacts on municipal, state or federal lands. Proba- bly none of the people who sift through the VRIWHDUWKLQYDFDQWORWVLQ8PDWLOODDUHDZDUH they are potential law breakers. The Nation- al Parks Service and state archaeologists say public digging for arrowheads along the Co- OXPELDSUHVHQWVDVHULRXVSUREOHPIRURI¿FLDO expeditions seeking the historical facts of the region. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 21-22, 1990 A dilapidated old house, which not only is an eyesore but a potential safety hazard, has SURPSWHG FRXQW\ RI¿FLDOV WR FRQVLGHU DFFHO- erating the process for taking possession of WD[ IRUHFORVHG SURSHUW\ 8PDWLOOD &RXQW\ may follow the lead of Multnomah County in adopting an ordinance that would reduce the two-year foreclosed property redemption pe- riod to 30 days in emergency situations. The “Copage property” in Weston is an example of the type of emergency that could be handled with the ordinance, Jacki Haggerty-Foster, county counsel, said. The owner of the house is dead, and the last resident of the house ap- parently locked several dogs inside before he moved away. The dogs destroyed the house before breaking out, Doug Olsen, the Weston city attorney, told county commissioners. Fearing potential liability, the city of Weston would like to burn the house down, but they need the county’s consent now that the fore- closure process has begun, Olsen said. THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today is the 52nd day of 2015. There are 313 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in His- tory: On Feb. 21, 1965, black Muslim leader and civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom in New <RUNE\DVVDVVLQVLGHQWL¿HGDV members of the Nation of Is- lam. (Three men — Talmadge X. Hayer, Norman 3X Butler and Thomas 15X Johnson — were convicted of murder and imprisoned; all three were eventually paroled.) On this date: In 1437, James I, King of Scots, was assassinated; his \HDUROGVRQVXFFHHGHGKLP as James II. In 1513, Pope Julius II, who’d commissioned Michel- angelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, died nearly four months after the project was completed. In 1613, Mikhail Roman- RYZDVXQDQLPRXVO\FKR- sen by Russia’s national as- sembly to be czar, beginning a dynasty that would last three centuries. In 1885, the Washington Monument was dedicated. In 1912, the Great Fifth Ward Fire broke out in Hous- ton, Texas; although property losses topped $3 million, no one was killed in the blaze. In 1916, the World War I Battle of Verdun began in France as German forces at- tacked; the French were able to prevail after 10 months of ¿JKWLQJ In 1945, during the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima, the HVFRUW FDUULHU 866 %LVPDUFN Sea was sunk by kamikazes with the loss of 318 men. In 1964WKH¿UVWVKLSPHQW RI 86 ZKHDW SXUFKDVHG E\ WKH6RYLHW8QLRQDUULYHGLQWKH port of Odessa. In 1975, former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman were sentenced to 2 1/2 to 8 years prison for their roles in the Watergate cov- er-up (each ended up serving a year and a-half). Today’s Birthdays: Zim- babwe President Robert Mug- abe is 91. Fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy is 88. Movie director Bob Rafelson is 82. Actor Gary Lockwood is 78. Actor-director Richard %H\PHU LV $FWRU 3HWHU 0F(QHU\LV865HS-RKQ Lewis, D-Ga., is 75. Film/mu- sic company executive David Geffen is 72. Actor Alan Rick- PDQLV$FWUHVV7\QH'DO\ LV$FWRU$QWKRQ\'DQLHOV LV 7ULFLD 1L[RQ &R[ LV )RUPHU 6HQ 2O\PSLD - 6QRZH50DLQHLV5RFN musician Jerry Harrison (The +HDGVLV$FWUHVV&KULVWLQH (EHUVROHLV$FWRU:LOOLDP 3HWHUVHQ LV $FWRU .HOVH\ *UDPPHULV&RXQWU\VLQJ- er Mary Chapin Carpenter is 57. Actor Kim Coates (TV: “Sons of Anarchy”) is 57. Ac- tor Jack Coleman is 57. Actor William Baldwin is 52. Rock musician Tad Kinchla (Blues Traveler) is 42. Actress Jenni- IHU/RYH+HZLWWLV$FWUHVV Ashley Greene is 28. Actress Ellen Page is 28. Actress So- phie Turner (TV: “Game of Thrones”) is 19. Thought for Today: “You owe it to us all to get on with what you’re good at.” — W.H. Auden, Anglo-Ameri- can poet (born this date in 1907, died 1973).
