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COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, October 10, 2015
DEAR ABBY
Clothing-optional lifestyle
causes nudist’s wife grief
Dear Abby: My husband enjoys
kind of pressure on other people.
sitting around (among other activities)
Also, some of the items for sale are
naked. We live in a subdivision with
unhealthy or not things we’d use, so
700 homes. I have asked him repeat-
it seems wrong to ask others to buy
edly to stop, join a nudist group or go
them.
home to his mother — whatever! He
Instead of selling, where they only
says he’s sorry, blah blah blah. But it
get a small portion of the funds, I’d
doesn’t stop happening.
rather donate directly to the school.
The deputies have already visited
However, I’m not sure how to do that
Jeanne
to tell him to stop playing his ukulele Phillips without making our family stand out in
while driving, and I’m afraid he’ll get
this very small community.
Advice
caught without a stitch on one day
When a new fundraiser is
and all hell will break loose. I realize
announced, should I ask the teacher
how ludicrous this letter may sound, but I’m or PTA member how much our share is and
being truthful. Am I crazy to expect him to then write a check? I’m afraid I’d be inviting
stay clothed in semi-public? — Teresa In The gossip about being too stuck up or wealthy
South
to participate (we are neither). And how do
Dear Teresa: I’m sorry you didn’t de¿ne I explain to my 7-year-old why I don’t think
“semi-public.” It’s one thing for a person to she should be selling things, without seeming
“let it all hang out” in the privacy of his (or her) critical of her friends who are? — Just Want
home or fenced backyard. It’s quite another To Donate In Iowa
for that individual to fully expose himself in
Dear Just: This is a concern you should
public view. If this is what has been happening, discuss with the person who is in charge of the
it appears you have married an exhibitionist fundraiser. If you prefer to donate the money
who could be arrested for indecent exposure you would be expected to raise, rather than
if a neighbor chooses to complain. If this is have your child solicit door-to-door, your
what’s happening, you’re not crazy; you are a wishes should be respected because the result
concerned wife.
will be the same for her school. Frankly, I
Dear Abby: My daughter’s elementary think you have a point.
school has many fundraisers each year where
Dear Abby: My mother and I disagree
the children are asked to sell things like takeout about what to do if a child is invited to a
pizza coupons and cheap wrapping paper to birthday party but is unable to attend. Mom
raise money for schoolwide events. I’m happy says you should still buy a present for the
to support the school, but do not want her to honoree. I think that’s a nice thing to do, but
participate in the selling.
not necessary. What do you think? — Unsure
She’s too little to go door-to-door or make In California
phone calls on her own, so I end up doing it for
Dear Unsure: I agree with you. Buying
her. I am very uncomfortable when individuals a gift for the birthday child would be a very
ask me to buy things. I don’t want to put that thoughtful gesture, but it is not required.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 10-11, 1915
An interesting incident of the horse and
mule show here Saturday was the appearance
of Rex, driving horse owned by the late Judge
Thomas G. Hailey and now by his nephew,
Berkeley Hailey, which 18 years or more ago
won ¿rst prize in the single driving class, and
which Saturday took ¿rst prize in that class once
again. The animal is now 20 years or more old
but is a showy driver and was unanimously the
choice of the judges. The horse has been cared
for these years by George Meeker who takes
great pride in his charge and feels grati¿ed that
the animal took the ¿rst prize on Saturday.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 10-11, 1965
Another sawmill waste burner will begin to
slip into disuse soon. “Ninety percent of what
we used to burn” at Blue Mountain Fir Prod-
ucts, Rieth, owner-operator Harold Bartsch
said, will go into a new chipping machine. The
product will be sold to local feedlots for use
as bedding. Bartsch expects installation of the
chipper to be completed in about a month. He
said use of the sawmill waste as bedding for
livestock is fairly new in this area, although it
is common in western Oregon. One reason use
of the material is growing here is because less
straw is available, Bartsch said.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 10-11, 1990
The community’s response to recycling
bins placed Aug. 1 in the Safeway parking lot
has been “spectacular,” generating three tons
of glass, 11 tons of newspaper and 10 tons
of cardboard. The success of the program,
however, has left Boy Scout Troop 777 the
unfortunate victim of progress. Scoutmaster
Harold Nelson said he and the Scouts hold no
animosity toward Pendleton Sanitary Service,
which contracts with Sanitary Disposal of
Hermiston for the recycling bins at Safeway.
“The public’s demand required them to do it,”
Nelson said. The Boy Scouts are considering
other fundraising activities, which may include
helping with a new paper recycling program
planned through the Community Action
Program East Central Oregon. Troop 777,
Nelson said, relied on newspaper recycling for
about $1,000 a year.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Today is the 283rd day of
2015. There are 82 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On October 10, 1935,
the George Gershwin opera
“Porgy and Bess,” featuring
an all-black cast, opened on
Broadway, where it ran for
124 performances.
On this date:
In A.D. 19, Roman
general Germanicus Julius
Caesar, 33, died in Antioch
under mysterious circum-
stances,
possibly
from
poisoning.
In 1845, the U.S. Naval
Academy was established in
Annapolis, Maryland.
In 1913, the Panama Canal
was effectively completed as
President Woodrow Wilson
sent a signal from the White
House by telegraph, setting
off explosives that destroyed
a section of the Gamboa dike.
In 1938, Nazi Germany
completed its annexation of
Czechoslovakia’s Sudeten-
land.
In 1943, Chiang Kai-shek
took the oath of of¿ce as
president of China.
In 1955, the ¿lm version
of the Rodgers & Hammer-
stein musical “Oklahoma!”
premiered before an invi-
tation-only audience at the
Rivoli Theatre in New York.
In 1964, the ¿rst Summer
Olympics to be held in Asia
were opened in Tokyo by
Japanese Emperor Hirohito.
Entertainer Eddie Cantor,
72, died in Beverly Hills,
California.
In 1967, the Outer Space
Treaty,
prohibiting
the
placing of weapons of mass
destruction on the moon or
elsewhere in space, entered
into force.
In 1968, the sexy
science-¿ction
spoof
“Barbarella,” starring Jane
Fonda, was released by Para-
mount Pictures.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Former Illinois Sen. Adlai
Stevenson III is 85. Actor
Peter Coyote is 74. Enter-
tainer Ben Vereen is 69.
Singer John Prine is 69.
Actor Charles Dance is
69. Rock singer-musician
Cyril Neville (The Neville
Brothers) is 67. Actress
Jessica Harper is 66. Author
Nora Roberts (aka “J.D.
Robb”) is 65. Singer-musi-
cian Midge Ure is 62. Rock
singer David Lee Roth is 61.
Actor J. Eddie Peck is 57.
Country singer Tanya Tucker
is 57. Actress Julia Sweeney
is 56. Actor Bradley Whit-
ford is 56. Musician Martin
Kemp is 54. Actress Jodi
Benson (Film: “The Little
Mermaid”) is 54. Rock musi-
cian Jim Glennie (James) is
52. Actress Rebecca Pidgeon
is 50. Rock musician Mike
Malinin (Goo Goo Dolls) is
48. Retired NFL quarterback
Brett Favre is 46. Actor
Manu Bennett is 46. Actress
Joelle Carter is 46. Actress
Wendi
McLendon-Covey
is 46. Actor/TV host Mario
Lopez is 42. Race driver
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is 41.
Actress Jodi Lyn O’Keefe is
37. Singer Mya is 36. Actor
Dan Stevens is 33. Singer
Cherie is 31. Actress Rose
McIver is 27. Actress Aimee
Teegarden is 26.
Thought for Today:
“We’re born alone, we
live alone, we die alone.
Only through our love and
friendship can we create the
illusion for the moment that
we’re not alone.” — Orson
Welles (1915-1985).