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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
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sophomore year of college. A month
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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Sahara Desert.
In 1975, a late-night
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custodian broke out on the
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of New York’s World Trade
Center; the blaze spread to six
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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-
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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
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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
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C.S. Lewis, English author
(1898-1963).