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Saturday, June 13, 2015
DEAR ABBY
Teen mom shouldn’t count
on drug-addicted boyfriend
Dear Abby: I’m 16 and a single
love this man. My family and religion
mom of an almost 4-month-old girl. Her
would not approve such a marriage.
father is a drug addict. He manipulated
Do I walk away knowing I may never
me into having sex, which I had told him
love a Muslim man the same way I
I didn’t want to do until I was married.
love William, or marry William, risk
Also, I told him from the beginning
the possibility of losing my family, and
of our relationship that if we ever got
accept whatever else comes along on
married and started a family, I never
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wanted drugs around my children.
West Coast
Jeanne
The day I found out I was pregnant, Phillips
Dear Torn: You appear to be a
he was there. However, later that night
traditional,
family-oriented young
Advice
when I went out to the garage, I caught
woman. I assume you are also involved
him snorting. Is it wrong of me to not
in the Muslim community. If you marry
involve him in her life? I’ve given him multiple William, the chances of losing all of that are
chances to prove himself of being worthy. — great, and your likelihood of raising devout
Teen Mom
Muslim children in a household where both
Dear Teen Mom: You’re not wrong. As long parents don’t practice the religion will be less.
as your boyfriend is involved with drugs, they
While you may not love someone else the
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is why it is crucial that you now make your Because you had to ask me this question, I’m
education a priority and earn your high school advising you to let William go. If you plan to go
diploma. You are going to need one — and ahead with this, you need to have your eyes wide
possibly further education — in order to support open about what the price will be — because it
the both of you. In the meantime, a counselor will be high.
at your high school can guide you regarding
Dear Abby: My next-door neighbor keeps
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asking to use my lawn mower. When he uses
Dear Abby: I am a 24-year-old Muslim it, he runs over stumps and garbage in his yard.
woman who has fallen in love with an agnostic I feel he’s abusing my generosity. I have hinted
35-year-old man, “William.” The next step in that he should pick up things in the yard before
our relationship is marriage, and my problem is he mows, but he never listens. How should I
our future kids.
handle this? — Dull Blades In West Virginia
My family expects me to marry a Muslim
Dear Dull Blades: Stop beating around
man and have Muslim children. William says the bush instead of being direct. When your
that the kids may grow up not wanting to be neighbor asks to borrow the mower again, tell
Muslim, as I would like to raise them, and says him that in the past when he has returned it to
he would support whatever they want to be.
you, the blades were dull and it created prob-
I want my children to be Muslim, but I really lems for you. Then say no.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 13-14, 1915
Two indictments charging Lee Dale with the
murder of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ogilvy on the
evening of June 3 were returned this morning
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degree murder having been abolished by the
people at the last election, the indictments
charged him with second degree murder, the
penalty for which is life imprisonment.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 13-14, 1965
What caused the series of three blasts west of
Hermiston Friday, May 21, about 8:45 a.m. may
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ideas about what did not cause them. At the time
the three blasts occurred, two jet planes were
observed overhead in the Boardman-Ordnance
area. There were theories that the blasts were
sonic booms. However, Boardman residents
noticed a slight earth tremor at the same time,
according to Mayor Dewey West. West and
John Basic, assistant manager of the Boeing
operation near Boardman, both theorized
that blasting for highway and rail relocation
on the north shore must have occurred at the
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respective operations deny the blasts originated
at Umatilla Army Depot, the Boeing operation,
the county rock-crushing operation on Umatilla
Butte and the north shore relocation work being
supervised by the Army Corps of Engineers.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 13-14, 1990
Famed saddle maker Duff Severe, Wran-
gler’s newest “Legend in Jeans,” was photo-
graphed last week for the western clothing
company’s magazine advertisements and
for a feature article being written about him
for National Geographic magazine. Severe
took photographers to Adams and across
Thornhollow Grade for pictures among the
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tains. Both photographers, he said, wanted the
Blues in the background of their shots. National
Geographic, focusing on Severe’s saddlery and
leather works, photographed the 74-year-old
Pendleton icon sitting on the rail of a fence next
to a saddle while nephew Randy Severe rode
back and forth on a horse in the background.
Severe said the National Geographic article,
which will feature several artists whose works
are on display at the Smithsonian Institute, is
planned for January of 1991. Severe has had
his saddles and rawhide work displayed at the
Smithsonian six times.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Today is the 164th day of
2015. There are 201 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On June 13, 1865, Nobel
Prize-winning
poet-play-
wright William Butler Yeats
was born in Dublin, Ireland.
On this date:
In 1525, German theolo-
gian Martin Luther married
former nun Katharina von
Bora.
In
1842,
Queen
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British monarch to ride
on a train, traveling from
Slough Railway Station to
Paddington in 25 minutes.
In 1886, King Ludwig II
of Bavaria drowned in Lake
Starnberg.
In 1927, aviation hero
Charles Lindbergh was
honored with a ticker-tape
parade in New York City.
In 1935, James Braddock
claimed the title of world
heavyweight boxing cham-
pion from Max Baer in a
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New York. “Becky Sharp,”
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opened in New York.
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four-man Nazi sabotage
teams arrived in the United
States during World War
II. (The eight were arrested
after one of them went to
U.S. authorities; six of the
saboteurs were executed.)
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II, a replica of the ship that
brought the Pilgrims to
America in 1620, arrived at
Plymouth, Massachusetts,
after a nearly two-month
journey from England.
In 1966, the Supreme
Court ruled in Miranda
v. Arizona that criminal
suspects had to be informed
of their constitutional right to
consult with an attorney and
to remain silent.
In 1983, the U.S. space
probe Pioneer 10, launched
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spacecraft to leave the solar
system as it crossed the orbit
of Neptune.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Bob McGrath is 83. Artist
Christo is 80. Magician Sieg-
fried (Siegfried & Roy) is 76.
Singer Bobby Freeman is 75.
Actor Malcolm McDowell is
72. U.N. Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon is 71. Singer
Dennis Locorriere is 66.
Actor Richard Thomas is
64. Actor Jonathan Hogan is
64. Actor Stellan Skarsgard
is 64. Comedian Tim Allen
is 62. Actress Ally Sheedy
is 53. TV anchor Hannah
Storm is 53. Rock musician
Paul deLisle (Smash Mouth)
is 52. Actress Lisa Vidal is
50. Singer David Gray is 47.
Rhythm-and-blues
singer
Deniece Pearson (Five Star)
is 47. Rock musician Soren
Rasted (Aqua) is 46. Actor
Jamie Walters is 46. Sing-
er-musician Rivers Cuomo
(Weezer) is 45. Country
singer Susan Haynes is 43.
Actor Steve-O is 41. Country
singer Jason Michael Carroll
is 37. Actor Ethan Embry is
37. Actor Chris Evans is 34.
Actress Kat Dennings is 29.
Actress Mary-Kate Olsen is
29. Actress Ashley Olsen is
29.
Thought for Today:
“There are no strangers here,
only friends you have not
yet met.” — William Butler
Yeats (1865-1939).