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East Oregonian
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COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, October 8, 2015
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Whistleblower is dismayed
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FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
Dear Abby: I am a widow in my
my idea.
early 50s. While I was dating a prom-
My mother passed away earlier this
inent OB-GYN, I found out that he’s
year. I mailed the letters and received
involved in criminal activity — oper-
a response from almost every single
ating a so-called “pill mill.” On our
person. Each one thanked me for
last date he asked me to join an escort
letting them know the sad news. With
service he was starting.
your encouragement, I was able to
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handle this matter with respect and
state he’s practicing in and various
dignity. Thank you so much. — Gayle
Jeanne
government agencies. It amazes me Phillips In Arizona
that he is still practicing. He’s doing
Dear Gayle: You’re welcome. I
Advice
abortions, which means he has access
occasionally hear from readers asking
to vulnerable young women. Knowing
if people I have advised actually follow
this, I have lost trust in our medical estab- my advice. I’m pleased my encouragement
lishment. Nothing seems to affect this man’s worked well for you. Thank you for letting us
success and practice.
know.
I have given up and am moving far away.
Dear Abby: My boyfriend and I have been
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situation for me. I am deeply concerned about living together, we have begun to talk about
his patients. I’m getting therapy now for my marriage.
trust issues because of this experience. Is there
We are happy, but we are introverted people
anything else I should be doing? — Ms. X, and our main focus at this time is on raising
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our kids. This has left us with few friendships
Dear Ms. X +DYLQJ QRWL¿HG WKH SURSHU and only a couple of close family members.
authorities about this man’s activities, you have If we do decide to get married, I’m worried
done everything you can. The only thing left is about how many people we would be able to
for you to concentrate on healing yourself, and invite or if there would even be enough people
your therapist can help you with that. I wish to be in the ceremony itself. Do you have any
you luck in your recovery.
suggestions for this kind of situation? — Shy
Dear Abby: I wrote to you about my Bride In Kansas
97-year-old mother who was in failing health.
Dear Shy Bride: Yes, I do. A wedding
My question was how to notify her out-of- doesn’t have to be big and fancy to be beautiful
state elderly friends with news of her passing and meaningful. That’s why I suggest you and
when the time came. My idea was to use her your boyfriend be married quietly in a cere-
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and then print a copy of her obituary with a clergyperson of your choice. Ask your relatives
short message thanking those friends for their and close friends to accompany you while you
letters, cards and support during her life. You take your vows and have a small celebration
sent me back a note that positively reinforced afterward commensurate with your budget.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 8, 1915
Lee Dale, convicted slayer of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Ogilvy, was this morning at 10 o’clock
sentenced by Judge Phelps to the state peniten-
tiary for the rest of his natural life. It was the
only sentence provided by law for the crime
of second degree murder. Dale is 35 years old.
Dale exhibited more emotion this morning
than at any time since the case was brought
before the court. When the court asked him if
he had anything to say why sentence should
not be passed, he answered, “No, I guess not,
only that I am not guilty,” and his lips quivered
as they framed the words. He was also visibly
shaken when Judge Phelps spoke of the misery
and unhappiness which his act had caused and,
when he left the court room, there were tears
in his eyes.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 8, 1965
One hunter shot himself and another was
lost overnight during the opening of hunting
season near Fossil. Charles Mitchell, 20,
Kinzua, shot himself when a pistol he was
placing in a holster fell to the ground and
discharged. The bullet lodged in his right leg
bone below the knee. He was taken to Condon
Clinic by ambulance where the bullet was
removed and his leg placed in a cast. Larry
Andrews, 22, Portland, was reported missing
from his camp at Shelton State Park about 9
at night by his hunting partners. Tom Conlee,
park manager, and Paul Sanders, Portland, who
reported the missing man, started out into the
rough country in Conlee’s Jeep. They missed a
curve and rolled the Jeep over four times into
a deep gully. They walked back two miles to a
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the two would-be rescuers and Andrews were
found by other hunters the next morning.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 8, 1990
Area high school students may soon be
able to collect college credit by completing
regular high school classes and become better
prepared for the work world in the bargain.
Locally, the 2 2 Program — named for the
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years of college — is taking a comprehensive
look at some high school classes offered in
Morrow and Umatilla counties and similar
classes offered by Blue Mountain Community
College in Pendleton, said Larry O’Rourke,
BMCC associate dean of instruction. The new
curriculums resulting from the program even-
tually will be used at all the high schools in the
two-county area, he said. Currently, a revised
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Pendleton High School, and a new high school
business curriculum is being developed.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
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BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is the 281st day of
2015. There are 84 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On October 8, 2005, a
magnitude 7.6 earthquake
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Pakistan-India border, killing
an estimated 86,000 people.
On this date:
In 1869, the 14th president
of the United States, Franklin
Pierce, died in Concord, New
Hampshire.
In 1871, the Great
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also broke out in Peshtigo,
Wisconsin, and in several
communities in Michigan.
In 1890, American avia-
tion hero Eddie Rickenbacker
was born in Columbus, Ohio.
In 1918, U.S. Army
Cpl. Alvin C. York led an
attack that killed 25 German
soldiers and captured 132
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others in the Argonne Forest
in France.
In 1934, Bruno Haupt-
mann was indicted by a
grand jury in New Jersey for
murder in the death of the
kidnapped son of Charles and
Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
In 1945, President Harry
S. Truman told a press
conference in Tiptonville,
Tennessee, that the secret
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the atomic bomb would be
shared only with Britain and
Canada.
In 1967, former British
Prime Minister Clement
Attlee died in London at age
84.
In 1970, Soviet author
Alexander Solzhenitsyn was
named winner of the Nobel
Prize for literature.
In 1982, all labor organi-
zations in Poland, including
Solidarity, were banned.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Entertainment
reporter
Rona Barrett is 79. Actor
Paul Hogan is 76. Civil
rights activist Rev. Jesse
Jackson is 74. Comedian
Chevy Chase is 72. Author
R.L. Stine is 72. Actress
Sigourney Weaver is 66.
Rhythm-and-blues singer
Robert “Kool” Bell (Kool &
the Gang) is 65. Comedian
Darrell Hammond is 60.
Rock singer Steve Perry
(Cherry Poppin’ Daddies)
is 52. Rock musician C.J.
Ramone (The Ramones) is
50. Actor-screenwriter Matt
Damon is 45. Actor Nick
Cannon is 35. Singer-song-
writer-producer Bruno Mars
is 30.
Thought for Today:
“Don’t let yesterday use up
too much of today.” — Will
Rogers, American humorist
(1879-1935).
BY JAN ELLIOT
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE