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East Oregonian
COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, August 1, 2015
DEAR ABBY
Jail is just punishment for DUI
even though no one got hurt
Dear Abby: I am normally a
birthday party for another dog, but he
law-abiding citizen. I was pulled over
won’t be attending because of a health
a half-block away from picking up my
issue. Can you give me some insight
son and charged with DUI.
into what the protocol is for doggy
I don’t dispute the facts, but I didn’t
birthday party gifts? I have asked a few
injure anyone. I had taken prescription
people and received varied responses
meds (the meds did have warnings) in
ranging from “nothing” to “Are you
addition to having drunk three beers
nuts?” to a gift card, dollar-store gift
two hours earlier. I hurt myself and my
basket or a gift basket with doggy treats
Jeanne
son, because he needed me to pick him Phillips and toys. I’d like to know how to handle
up. I didn’t put anyone else in jeopardy.
this so my friend — the dog’s mom —
Advice
No one was physically hurt.
won’t be offended if I give too little, or
I did not contest that I should lose
nothing. — Doggone Gift Idea
my license for a year, but I do contest jail time.
Dear Doggone: If you or your dog cannot
I feel if they are going to put me in jail, they attend a gift-giving party, neither of you is
should have put away the men who rear-ended obligated to send a gift. However, if you want
my sister and niece and caused them lasting to be supportive, you can give your friend’s
injuries.
dog something as elaborate as a gift basket or
I don’t deny my guilt. I suggest only that I as simple as a doggy chew toy.
am less guilty than others. Abby, what do you
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think? — Pulled Over Somewhere In The be “too little” isn’t much of a friend.
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Dear Abby: I am a boy in middle school and
Dear Pulled Over: I think you are just as have a friend I’ve known since kindergarten.
guilty as the individuals you mentioned, but We are good friends at school, but his mother
because of pure luck you didn’t cause anyone seems to dislike me.
physical harm. What you did was irresponsible
I have given this a lot of thought and cannot
because it could have placed your son in jeop- understand why she doesn’t like me. I want
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waste of time.
without making the problem worse. What can I
This unfortunate incident should serve as do? — Misunderstood In California
a reminder about the importance of reading
Dear Misunderstood: You appear to be
the labels and following the directions on mature for your age. It’s possible that the
medications, and paying attention to the woman’s attitude has nothing to do with you
problems that can occur when they are mixed personally. Because you feel she doesn’t like
with alcohol.
you, I think you should tell her how you feel
Dear Abby: My dog has been invited to a and why, and ask her if you can change things.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 1-2, 1915
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quite a thrilling experience one day last week.
Mrs. Ed Banks of Ritter was visiting with her
and they were visiting and sewing when Mrs.
Banks noticed a large rattlesnake coiled just
behind Mrs. Ramey’s chair. It had crawled in
through the open door and was coiled ready to
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badly frightened, soon made short work of it.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 1-2, 1965
The quartz mills and ore carts have been quiet
at the Sunday Hill Mine since the mid-1930s;
rust forms on both. The tunnels are caving in,
the buildings are decaying; only mice live in the
lodges that once housed mine workers. At night
the wind whistles through the old buildings and
around them; but nobody is left to listen to it.
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Sunday Hill, in Mormon Basin, south of Durkee,
since 1910 — for well over half of his 87 years. He
awaits the day, which he is sure will come, when
he can re-open the mine and get at the fortune he
knows still in the ground. “… I know there’s a
mine right there in this hill; I’ve bet 55 years of
my life on that. The trouble is, if we ever re-open
Sunday Hill, I’ll be too damned old to enjoy it.”
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 1-2, 1990
A spout connected to the top of the Mission
elevator broke free and crashed an estimated
150 feet to the unloading dock Wednesday
morning, nearly striking employees and
rendering the elevator temporarily useless.
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— loaded with wheat — crashed downward.
Employee Keith Burke was struck in the back
of the leg by a small block of concrete but was
not injured, said Arnold Lavadour, who was
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said he was standing directly beneath the spout
when he felt wheat dropping on his head. The
falling spout collided with a support platform
that surrounds the elevator legs. The spout also
fell on one corner of a concrete scale house,
causing damage to its roof. Tony Flagg, presi-
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Mission elevator, estimated the damage to the
facility at between $50,000 and $100,000.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On August 1, 1975, a
35-nation summit in Finland
concluded with the signing
of a declaration known as
the Helsinki Accords dealing
with European security,
human rights and East-West
contacts.
On this date:
In 1714, Britain’s Queen
Anne died at age 49; she was
succeeded by George I.
In 1876, Colorado was
admitted as the 38th state.
In 1907, the U.S. Army
Signal Corps established an
aeronautical division, the
forerunner of the U.S. Air
Force.
In 1913, the Joyce
Kilmer poem “Trees” was
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Magazine of Verse.”
In 1936, the Olympics
opened in Berlin with a
ceremony presided over by
Adolf Hitler.
In 1944, an uprising
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against Nazi occupation; the
revolt lasted two months
before collapsing.
In 1957, the United
States and Canada agreed to
create the North American
Air Defense Command
(NORAD).
In 1966, Charles Joseph
Whitman, 25, went on a
shooting rampage at the
University of Texas in Austin,
killing 14 people. Whitman,
who had also slain his wife
and mother hours earlier, was
gunned down by police.
In 1971, the Concert for
Bangladesh, organized by
George Harrison and Ravi
Shankar, took place at New
York’s Madison Square
Garden.
In 1981, the rock music
video channel MTV made its
debut.
In 1994, Michael Jackson
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secretly married 11 weeks
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divorce from Jackson in
January 1996, citing irrecon-
cilable differences.)
In 2007, the eight-lane
Interstate 35W bridge, a
major Minneapolis artery,
collapsed into the Mississippi
River during evening rush
hour, killing 13 people.
Ten years ago: Saudi
Arabia’s
ruler,
King
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Abdullah, the king’s half-
brother, became the country’s
new monarch.
Five years ago: The
United States announced that
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with $10 million in humani-
tarian assistance in the wake
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Today’s
Birthdays:
Singer Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
is 84. Former Sen. Alfonse
D’Amato, R-N.Y., is 78.
Actor Giancarlo Giannini is
73. Basketball Hall of Fame
coach Roy Williams is 65.
Blues singer-musician Robert
Cray is 62. Singer Michael
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Elliott (Def Leppard) is 56.
Rock singer-musician Suzi
Gardner (L7) is 55. Rapper
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is 55. Actor Jesse Borrego
is 53. Actor Demian Bichir
is 52. Rapper Coolio is 52.
Actor John Carroll Lynch is
52. Rock singer Adam Duritz
(Counting Crows) is 51.
Movie director Sam Mendes
is 50. Country singer George
Ducas is 49. Country musi-
cian Charlie Kelley is 47.
Actress Jennifer Gareis is 45.
Actor Charles Malik Whit-
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Bledsoe is 42. Actor Jason
Momoa is 36. Singer Ashley
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Taylor Fry is 34. Actor Elijah
Kelley is 29. Actor James
Francis Kelly is 26.
Thought for Today: “As
scarce as truth is, the supply
is always greater than the
demand.” — “Josh Billings”
(Henry Wheeler Shaw),
American author (1818-
1885).