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Page 8C East Oregonian COFFEE BREAK Saturday, May 7, 2016 DEAR ABBY Rude question pops up often when girls’ moms get together Dear Abby: I need help developing ahead and introduce them. If it works out — ine. If it doesn’t, it shouldn’t a response to a very rude question. My have a negative impact on your rela- daughter recently turned 13. It seems tionship with her. Personal chemistry that every time we go to a gathering is hard to predict, and if they are both and the moms get together talking, mature individuals, neither should someone will ask me if my daughter blame you if there isn’t a “spark” has gotten her period yet. between them. It isn’t even a question from people Dear Abby: I’m a 16-year-old I’m close with or who really know Jeanne my daughter. She would be mortiied Phillips piano student. My piano teacher is a wonderful person and I enjoy taking if she knew that people ixated on Advice lessons from her, but there is one it. What is a good way to reply that problem: She is always late. it is none of their business without Usually it’s 15 to 20 minutes, but other seeming rude? — Offended In N.Y.C. Dear Offended: My goodness, what a times I might be kept waiting for an hour or question. And from someone who is only an more. She also switches my lesson because acquaintance. If the person is someone I don’t of her busy schedule, which means I have to know well, I would reply, “That’s a personal, forgo many activities at the last minute. I have private matter between my daughter and me.” never missed anything important, but still, I Or, if I was feeling mischievous, I might smile am annoyed when I have to miss something and say, “She hasn’t had one for the last four I was looking forward to for a piano lesson. I’m not sure what to do. How should I tell months and it’s beginning to worry me.” (Just her to start coming on time? I really don’t kidding.) Dear Abby: I am curious about your want to ind another teacher, but this is very opinion on setting people up on dates. I am annoying. — Frustrated In Wisconsin Dear Frustrated: I don’t blame you for considering introducing one of my best friends, “Sierra,” to my uncle “Wade.” Do being annoyed. Before your next lesson, talk you think it’s a good idea to set a friend up with the woman and tell her how you feel about with a family member? I’m worried if it her inability to stay on schedule. She isn’t doesn’t work out that my friendship with her your “friend”; she is paid for these sessions. won’t be the same. Your advice is greatly An occasional 15-minute wait is understand- able; making someone wait an hour or more appreciated. — Cupid In Peoria Dear Cupid: I don’t think there are any is inconsiderate and disrespectful. If she can’t hard and fast rules about this. If you think do better than this, you might be happier if Sierra and Wade have enough in common you found another teacher, and she might be that they would enjoy meeting each other, go happier because she’ll be less overscheduled. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 7-8, 1916 Pleading guilty to a charge of selling liquor in the city, John A. Foster alias James Forrester and Mat Smith were this morning in police court given the maximum sentenced under the city ordinance, $1000 ine and thirty days in jail. At the expiration of their sentence the state authorities will probably deal with them. Foster and Smith arrived in the city several days ago and were arrested yesterday after the police had laid a trap for them that furnished conclusive evidence of their guilt. They had a suit case full of bottled liquor and also two large jars. The liquor resembled whiskey in color but the police believe it was alcohol mixed with water and colored. This liquor was poured into the sewer by the police The two men were doing a brisk bootlegging business when apprehended. They were inclined to ight prosecution until they learned of the evidence against them. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 7-8, 1966 Farmers have been praying for rain the past few weeks, but one apparently said his prayers too diligently. Layton Mann, who ranches north of Cayuse, said a hail storm Friday sent a “river” of water, 60 feet wide, down on his farm. “I never saw anything like it,” the farmer said. “My basement is full of water and the yard looks like a lake. The whole place is a mess.” The weatherman reported a fairly general rain over the county, with some places along the Blue Mountains reporting over an inch of rain in less than an hour. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 7-8, 1991 Oregon State Police seized 176 mature marijuana plants valued at more than $350,000 Saturday. Kevin R. Devaney, 32, of Milton-Freewater was arrested for possession and manufacture of a controlled substance. Police arrested Devaney as he was loading the plants and growing equipment into his van. Along with the marijuana, police seized grow lights, packaging material, a 1972 Dodge van, a 1988 all-terrain vehicle and a 1983 Honda motorcycle. The arrest followed a tip to OSP. THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today is the 128th day of 2016. There are 238 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 7, 1945, Germany signed an uncon- ditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, ending its role in World War II. On this date: In 1789, America’s irst inaugural ball was held in New York in honor of Pres- ident George Washington, who’d taken the oath of ofice a week earlier. In 1824, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, had its premiere in Vienna. In 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the British liner RMS Lusitania off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans, out of the nearly 2,000 on board. In 1939, Germany and Italy announced a military and political alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis. In 1941, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra recorded “Chattanooga Choo Choo” for RCA Victor. In 1942, U.S. Army Gen. Jonathan Wainwright went on a Manila radio station to announce the Allied surrender of the Philippines to Japanese forces during World War II. In 1946, Sony Corp. had its beginnings as the Tokyo Telecommunications Engi- neering Corp. was founded in the Japanese capital by Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka. In 1954, the 55-day Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam ended with Vietnamese insurgents overrunning French forces. In 1966, Kauai King won the Kentucky Derby; the event was telecast in color for the irst time by CBS. In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford formally declared an end to the “Vietnam era.” In Ho Chi Minh City — formerly Saigon — the Viet Cong celebrated its takeover. In 1984, a $180 million out-of-court settlement was announced in the Agent Orange class-action suit brought by Vietnam veterans who charged they’d suffered injury from exposure to the defoliant. In 1992, the latest addition to America’s space shuttle leet, Endeavour, went on its irst light. A 203-year-old proposed constitutional amendment barring Congress from giving itself a midterm pay raise received enough votes for ratiication as Michigan became the 38th state to approve it. Today’s Birthdays: Former Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., is 84. Rhythm-and- blues singer Thelma Houston is 73. Actress Robin Strasser is 71. Singer-songwriter Bill Danoff is 70. Rock musician Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead) is 70. Rock musician Prairie Prince is 66. Movie writer-director Amy Hecker- ling is 64. Actor Michael E. Knight is 57. Rock musician Phil Campbell (Motorhead) is 55. Country musician Rick Schell is 53. Rock sing- er-musician Chris O’Connor (Primitive Radio Gods) is 51. Actress Traci Lords is 48. Singer Eagle-Eye Cherry is 45. Actor Breckin Meyer is 42. Rock musician Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys) is 30. Actress-comedian Aidy Bryant is 29. Actor Taylor Abrahamse is 25. Actor Alexander Ludwig is 24. Actress Dylan Gelula is 22. Thought for Today: “There are those who believe something, and therefore will tolerate nothing; and on the other hand, those who tolerate everything, because they believe nothing.” — Robert Browning, English poet (born this date in 1812; died in 1889).
