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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).