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a smart, diligent student. I graduated
Dear Abby: I’m 22 and my mom
from high school with academic acco-
is probably my best friend. She’s from
lades and one of the highest GPAs in
Lebanon and grew up during a time of
the graduating class.
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However, since starting college
— to put the needs of others before her
own. She has a good job and earns an
this semester, I have become apathetic
excellent salary.
toward school, as if to say, “I have
My father is retired. Their marriage
worked this hard already; why bother
is not a good one, and Mom is in sort
working anymore?” Because of this,
Jeanne
of a rut. She dresses sloppy and buys Phillips I’m failing most of my classes — as
only “bargains.” Her hair is always
only a freshman, mind you. Although
Advice
a mess. Every time we go shopping,
I recognize my attitude is terrible, I
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haven’t been able to get rid of it and get
the nice clothes she can afford. I want her to to work again.
be presentable. But she’s stubborn and always
I’m confused about where this apathy came
makes an excuse for why she “doesn’t need from, and I don’t want it to get any worse.
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money your mother earns going? Is she saving
Dear Unmotivated: Not knowing you
or investing it? Does she give it to your father? and your circumstances, I can’t be sure why
She may present herself the way she does you’re feeling the way you do. That’s why I’m
because she’s depressed about her marriage advising you to head for the student counseling
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your mother an image reboot, talk with her. Tell about these feelings of “apathy.” You may be
her you love her, are concerned about her, and depressed, or need a break from your studies
ask why she doesn’t take better care of herself. before you can go full speed ahead. The college
Then listen. Your mother may come from environment can be overwhelming because it
another culture, but she has much to teach you. is so different from what you have been used
Dear Abby: Up to this point in my academic to. But you won’t know what is causing this
career, I have always been known for being unless you ask.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 21-22, 1915
After stealing the milk wagon of Seth
Richardson for three successive nights and
using it to haul away loot secured in a half
dozen or more petty robberies, two small
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late Saturday night when they were picked
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wagon and later confessed to a number of
robberies. The father of the boys came down
to the police station this morning and broke
down when he learned of the depredations
of his sons. He said the boys had not been at
home for three nights. The elder has been in
the reform school before and the father said
he intended returning him after Christmas
because he was an incorrigible but that the
younger had never been in trouble before.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 21-22, 1965
A stocky man with a white sock over his
head robbed Priday’s Service Station Sunday
at gunpoint and made off with over $200,
state police reported. State police said that the
armed robber was waiting inside the station
when attendant Fred Danford returned from
helping a customer. Danford said the robber
demanded “Gimme your cash.” Danford
complied and the robber left through the rear
exit of the station located at the intersection
of Old Highway 11 and Sunnyside Road. The
stickup occurred at 5:45 p.m. Danford told
police the subject had on baggy blue overalls
and rubber boots. He was holding a revolver
with about a four inch barrel.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 21-22, 1990
Brandon Kellogg of Pendleton, at age 9,
is the youngest volunteer with the Oregon
Department of Human Resources. He
explained that he volunteers because his
heart goes out to troubled or disadvantaged
children. Brandon plays sports at least weekly
with an 8-year-old boy who his mother met
through her work with Children’s Services
Division. His efforts have brought him into
the spotlight. The Adult and Family Services
Media Center in Salem has produced a
segment about the Hawthorne Elemen-
tary School fourth-grader for a statewide
marketing videotape. But Brandon was not
without a personal motive to volunteer. “It’s
kind of fun to just take a break … and go out
and do something else besides sitting around
watching television,” he said.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Today is the 325th day of
2015. There are 40 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Nov. 21, 1985, U.S.
Navy intelligence analyst
Jonathan Jay Pollard was
arrested, accused of spying
for Israel. (Pollard later
pleaded guilty to espionage
and was sentenced to life in
prison; his release on parole
is scheduled to take place
today, Nov. 21, 2015.)
On this date:
In 1789, North Carolina
became the 12th state to ratify
the U.S. Constitution.
In 1864, a letter was
signed by President Abraham
Lincoln expressing condo-
lences to Lydia Bixby, a
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it turned out, only two of Mrs.
Bixby’s sons had been killed
in battle.)
In 1922, Rebecca L.
Felton of Georgia was sworn
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in the U.S. Senate.
In 1934, the Cole Porter
musical “Anything Goes,”
starring Ethel Merman as
Reno Sweeney, opened on
Broadway.
In 1942, the Alaska
Highway, also known as the
Alcan Highway, was formally
opened at Soldier’s Summit
in the Yukon Territory.
In
1945,
American
humorist Robert Benchley
died in New York at age 56.
In 1969, the Senate voted
down the Supreme Court
nomination of Clement F.
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such rejection since 1930.
In
1973,
President
Richard Nixon’s attorney,
J. Fred Buzhardt, revealed
the existence of an 18-1/2-
minute gap in one of the
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In
1974,
bombs
exploded at a pair of pubs
in Birmingham, England,
killing 21 people. (Six
suspects were convicted of
the attack, but the convictions
of the so-called “Birmingham
Six” were overturned in
1991.)
In 1980, 87 people died
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Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Joseph Campanella is 91.
Country singer Jean Shepard
is 82. Actor Laurence Luck-
inbill is 81. Actress Marlo
Thomas is 78. Actor Rick
Lenz is 76. Singer Dr. John
is 75. Actress Juliet Mills is
74. Basketball Hall of Famer
Earl Monroe is 71. Television
producer Marcy Carsey is
71. Actress Goldie Hawn is
70. Movie director Andrew
Davis is 69. Rock musician
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Singer Livingston Taylor
is 65. Actress-singer Lorna
Luft is 63. Actress Cherry
Jones is 59. Rock musician
Brian Ritchie (The Violent
Femmes) is 55. Gospel singer
Steven Curtis Chapman is 53.
Actress Nicollette Sheridan
is 52. Singer-actress Bjork is
50. Pro and College Football
Hall of Famer Troy Aikman
is 49. Rhythm-and-blues
singer Chauncey Hannibal
(BLACKstreet) is 47. Rock
musician Alex James (Blur) is
47. MLB All-Star player Ken
Griffey Jr. is 46. TV person-
ality Rib Hillis is 45. Rapper
Pretty Lou (Lost Boyz) is 44.
Football player-turned-talk
show host Michael Strahan
is 44. Country singer Kelsi
Osborn (SHeDAISY) is 41.
Actress Jena Malone is 31.
Pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen
is 30.
Thought for Today:
“Anyone can do any amount
of work, provided it isn’t the
work he is supposed to be
doing at that moment.” —
Robert Benchley, American
humorist (1889-1945).