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Page 8C East Oregonian COFFEE BREAK Saturday, February 13, 2016 DEAR ABBY Teen’s heart aches for young cousin in midst of melodrama Dear Smart Southern Girl: Dear Abby: I am 18 and in my 0DQ\ SHRSOH RI HYHU\ DJH ² HVSH- sophomore year of college. A month FLDOO\FKLOGUHQDQGWKHHOGHUO\²KDYH ago, my family went through some a fear of the dark. That’s why parents major hardships. It came out that use small night lights in their chil- “Uncle Mark” has been cheating on dren’s bedrooms and gadgets like The my aunt for years and is moving his Clapper are popular. mistress to our area. They have two Adults may be afraid of tripping children, a son in elementary school or running into furniture. Teens who and a daughter, “Dana,” 13. Jeanne I feel bad for my aunt, but I’m Phillips watch scary movies develop a fear absolutely devastated for Dana. My of the dark because they imagine a Advice Uncle Mark has skipped all of her “monster” is lurking out of sight who school events in the wake of this might harm them. The solution can mess, and I can’t begin to imagine how be as simple as keeping a night light on or disappointed Dana must feel. Uncle Mark is a switching a light on as you enter a darkened sociopath. He feels no empathy, manipulates area. others and has a sadistic streak. Dana was not $VWRZKDWNLQGRIMREDSHUVRQFDQ¿QG close to her dad, but since this mess began without going to college, discuss this with a she’s even less so. counselor at your school. College may not be Abby, I don’t want my cousin to feel like for everyone, but I don’t think it’s likely you’ll she’s alone. Since I’m an older teenager, she get a well-paying job without some advanced looks up to me. How can I be supportive, HGXFDWLRQ ² LI QRW LQ D FROOHJH WKHQ LQ DQ DQGQRWLQWUXGHLQWKLVGHOLFDWHVLWXDWLRQ"² apprenticeship program or a trade school with Supportive Cousin In Maine a proven high job placement record. Dear Supportive: You are kind to want Dear Abby: My girlfriend and I have to help. Your cousin is probably experiencing been having a huge disagreement lately. a range of emotions because of the turmoil Since we can’t seem to settle it, I’m asking that’s going on around her family. The kindest for your help. I say that because tomatoes thing to do would be to spend time with her are technically fruits, ketchup is a smoothie. when your schedule permits and allow her to She disagrees because tomatoes are the only vent when she needs to, because she will. IUXLWLQNHWFKXS3OHDVHWHOOPH²LVNHWFKXS Dear Abby: I am a 10-year-old girl. I’m DVPRRWKLH"$QGLIVRZK\"²Spencer In good at math and very intelligent. I have two Arizona questions: When I’m alone in a dark room, I Dear Spencer<RXUTXHVWLRQLVD¿UVW,Q feel like I have to run out of the room. Why? my opinion, ketchup is more a puree than a My second question is, what kind of job smoothie. “Smoothie” suggests a beverage FDQ \RX JHW ZLWKRXW JRLQJ WR FROOHJH" ² that’s drinkable, and I don’t think ketchup Smart Southern Girl TXDOL¿HV DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 13-14, 1916 Pendleton has received 70 3-4 inches or nearly six feet of snow during the winter, according to measurements taken by E.F. $YHULOO RI¿FLDO ZHDWKHU REVHUYHU 7KLV includes all of the snow received during November, December, January and February. The last record snow storm by itself brought a fall of 38 1-2 inches, which, reduced to water, made 3.14 inches of moisture, thus bringing the precipitation since January 1 well up above normal. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 13-14, 1966 Sue Greenup, Heppner, placed at the top in the livestock judging at the recent 4-H Live- stock Field Day. Thirty-six 4-H club members from throughout the county competed. Out of a possible 800 points Sue had a score of 606.2. She is the 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Greenup, and has been active in 4-H since she was old enough to join. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 13-14, 1991 Bryan Wolfe has dramatically reduced irri- gation water use to grow his corn crop, but that didn’t stop him from producing the highest yield ever measured on his 800-acre farm in Umatilla County. The yield was not only the highest among irrigated no-till corn produced in the state, but it also was the third highest YHUL¿HG\LHOGLQWKHFRXQWU\DWWRQVRU 254.18 bushels) per acre. Wolfe entered the 1990 National Corn Yield Contest, sponsored by the National Corn Growers Association. He has entered the contest four other times and won state recognition twice with second SODFH ¿QLVKLQJV LQ DQG .H\V WR Wolfe’s 1990 yield were early planting and careful irrigation managements. THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today is the 44th day of 2016. There are 322 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 13, 1861, $EUDKDP /LQFROQ ZDV RI¿- cially declared winner of the 1860 presidential election as electors cast their ballots. On this date: In 1542 WKH ¿IWK ZLIH of England’s King Henry VIII, Catherine Howard, was executed for adultery. In 1766, English econ- omist and demographer Thomas Robert Malthus was born in Surrey. In 1914, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, also known as ASCAP, was founded in New York. In 1920, the League of Nations recognized the perpetual neutrality of Swit- zerland. In 1935, a jury in Flem- ington, New Jersey, found Bruno Richard Hauptmann JXLOW\ RI ¿UVWGHJUHH PXUGHU in the kidnap-slaying of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. (Hauptmann was later executed.) In 1945, during World War II, Allied planes began bombing the German city of Dresden. The Soviets captured Budapest, Hungary, from the Germans. In 1960, France exploded LWV ¿UVW DWRPLF ERPE LQ WKH Sahara Desert. In 1975, a late-night DUVRQ¿UHVHWE\DGLVJUXQWOHG custodian broke out on the WKÀRRURIWKHQRUWKWRZHU of New York’s World Trade Center; the blaze spread to six ÀRRUV EXW FDXVHG QR GLUHFW casualties. In 1980, the 13th Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, New York. In 1988, the 15th Winter Olympics opened in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In 1991, during Oper- ation Desert Storm, allied warplanes destroyed an underground shelter in Baghdad that had been iden- WL¿HGDVDPLOLWDU\FRPPDQG FHQWHU,UDTLRI¿FLDOVVDLG civilians were killed. In 1996, the rock musical “Rent,” by Jonathan Larson, opened off-Broadway. In 2006: Auditors reported that millions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina disaster aid had been squandered, paying for such items as a $450 tattoo and $375-dollar-a-day beach- front condos. Joey Cheek won the men’s 500 meters, giving the United States its second speedskating gold medal of the Turin Games. Hannah Teter won gold and Gretchen Bleiler won silver in the halfpipe. Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin won the JROG PHGDO LQ SDLUV ¿JXUH skating, extending Russia’s four-decade dominance of the event. Today’s Birthdays: U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager (ret.) is 93. Actress Kim Novak is 83. Actor George Segal is 82. Actor Bo Svenson is 75. Actress Carol Lynley is 74. Singer-musician Peter Tork (The Monkees) is 74. Actress Stockard Channing is 72. Talk show host Jerry Springer is 72. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is 70. Singer Peter Gabriel is 66. Actor David Naughton is 65. Rock musician Peter Hook is 60. Actor Matt Salinger is 56. Singer Henry Rollins is 55. Actor Neal McDonough is 50. Singer Freedom Williams is 50. Actress Kelly Hu is 48. Rock singer Matt Berninger (The National) is 45. Rock musician Todd Harrell (3 Doors Down) is 44. Singer Robbie Williams is 42. Singer-songwriter Feist is 40. Actress Mena Suvari is 37. Rock musician Dash Hutton (Haim (hym)) is 31. Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. (also known as Prince Michael Jackson I) is 19. Thought for Today: “An explanation of cause is not a MXVWL¿FDWLRQ E\ UHDVRQ´ ² C.S. Lewis, English author (1898-1963).
