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COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, May 21, 2016
DEAR ABBY
Mom’s vacation plans cause
headache for New York intern
Dear Abby: I recently received a
died of cancer when I was 17, and
very competitive internship in New
the thought of being diagnosed with
York. I’m excited and can’t wait to go.
cancer prevents me from going to get
I have never been to New York, and
this looked at. I am very depressed
my mom is driving me crazy over it.
about this and the stress is causing my
She’s using my internship as an
hair to fall out. I need help, but I’m
excuse to go on vacation to “see
scared. What should I do? — Anony-
me,” even though I have told her
mous In Santa Barbara, Calif.
multiple times that I won’t be able to
Dear Anonymous: You MUST
Jeanne
do anything with her because I’ll be Phillips see a doctor. If you need moral
working full time. She doesn’t have a
support, ask a trusted friend or rela-
Advice
car and expects to use mine, and she’s
tive to come with you. The only thing
constantly sending me information
worse than dying of cancer would be
about stuff “we” can do in New York. It is to die of a disease that could have been cured
overwhelming, and I’m getting very stressed had it been diagnosed early enough.
out.
Although I am not licensed to practice
I just want to go by myself and have my medicine, allow me to suggest that if what
own experience. We don’t have that good a you have is cancer, you would have known
relationship. Would it be bad if I asked her by now. That’s why I’m urging you to act like
not to come? — Stressed Out New Intern
the adult you are and talk to a gynecologist.
Dear Intern: You have already told your
If you don’t know of one or can’t afford
mother — with whom you do not have a good one, contact Planned Parenthood. It has
relationship — that you will be busy. Repeat clinics that provide the help you need. The
that message often. When she sends you caring people at Planned Parenthood will
literature about things you can do together, help you as they have helped many others,
point out that your time must be devoted to and they’ll do it on a sliding payment scale, if
one thing — your internship. If she makes necessary. Please let me hear from you again
reservations to come to New York, tell her so I’ll know you’re OK.
you would prefer that she not come until your
Dear Abby: What’s up with this beard
internship is inished, unless she’s prepared trend? I am sick and tired of looking at
to do all of the activities she’s planning on unshaven men. It makes them look shaggy
her own.
and not clean. I think that hairless faces
Dear Abby: I am 24 and still a virgin. For should be the new trend. Let’s clean up,
the past 10 years I have had a vaginal infec- please. Do you agree, Abby? — Joan In
tion. I’m scared that I can’t have children. Florida
Because of this I have never allowed myself
Dear Joan: As a woman who is married to
to date.
a man with a beard, I refuse to answer on the
I’m terriied of going to a doctor. My father grounds that it may incriminate me.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 21-22, 1916
Miss Grace Hoch, popular Pendleton high
school girl, sustained a fractured leg just
above the ankle yesterday afternoon shortly
before 4 o’clock when a violent wind storm
blew down the temporary enclosure, which
had been erected in front of The Peoples
Warehouse, as she was passing by. Miss Hoch
and her escort, Ned Fowler, well known high
school athlete, were passing by the store just
as a particularly strong gust of wind struck
the building. The enclosure was torn loose
and toppled over upon them. Young Fowler
protected the young lady from the full force
of the falling lumber but both were carried
down. Miss Hoch was struck in such a way
that both bones of the leg were broken.
Passersby rescued the two from beneath the
wreckage and J.F. Robinson took the young
lady to her apartments in his auto and after-
ward to the hospital.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 21-22, 1966
Interest in providing an industrial park
in the northern section of Umatilla was
expressed by councilmen in the session of
the City Council this week when Vane Hiatt,
in reporting for his housing and commerce
committee, said two irms are looking at the
Umatilla community. The councilman said
inquiries have been received about sites,
after being referred to the City Council by
the Port of Umatilla. Corps of Engineers has
96 acres in the north section of Umatilla that
will not be inundated by the formation of the
John Day pool, and Councilman Hiatt said he
would like to see all of that area turned over to
the Port of Umatilla for development.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 21-22, 1991
Bureau of Reclamation oficials say
releases from McKay Reservoir Sunday could
not match the volume of water rushing into
the lake, but residents along lower McKay
Creek believe other factors are to blame for
looding downstream. Residents in Montee
Addition, including members of the Lower
McKay Creek Water Control District, want
the answers to several questions — Who was
monitoring the reservoir? Why wasn’t water
released earlier in the week? What happened
to the reservoir space reserved for lood
control? Ted Smith, who lives on Southwest
44th, was part of the original neighborhood
group that approached the Bureau after the
1958 lood about setting aside space in the
reservoir for lood control. “The Bureau got
caught with their pants down. There’s no
other way around it. They can’t alibi their
way out of it,” Smith said.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Today is the 142nd day of
2016. There are 224 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On May 21, 1927, Charles
A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit
of St. Louis monoplane near
Paris, completing the irst
solo airplane light across
the Atlantic Ocean in 33 1/2
hours.
On this date:
In 1471, King Henry VI of
England died in the Tower of
London at age 49.
In 1542, Spanish explorer
Hernando de Soto died while
searching for gold along the
Mississippi River.
In 1881, Clara Barton
founded the American Red
Cross.
In 1892, the opera
“Pagliacci,” by Ruggero
Leoncavallo, premiered in
Milan, Italy.
In 1924, in a case that drew
much notoriety, 14-year-old
Bobby Franks was murdered
in a “thrill killing” carried
out by University of Chicago
students Nathan Leopold Jr.
and Richard Loeb (Bobby’s
cousin).
In 1932, Amelia Earhart
became the irst woman to ly
solo across the Atlantic Ocean
as she landed in Northern
Ireland, about 15 hours after
leaving Newfoundland.
In 1941, a German U-boat
sank the American merchant
steamship SS Robin Moor
in the South Atlantic after
the ship’s passengers and
crew were allowed to board
lifeboats.
In 1945, actors Humphrey
Bogart, 45, and Lauren
Bacall, 20, were married at
Malabar Farm in Lucas, Ohio
(it was his fourth marriage,
her irst, and would last until
Bogart’s death in 1957).
In 1959, the musical
“Gypsy,” inspired by the life
of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee,
opened on Broadway with
Ethel Merman starring as
Mama Rose.
In 1972, Michelangelo’s
Pieta, on display at the
Vatican, was damaged by a
hammer-wielding man who
shouted he was Jesus Christ.
In 1982, during the Falk-
lands War, British amphibious
forces landed on the beach at
San Carlos Bay.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Rhythm-and-blues
singer
Ron Isley (The Isley Brothers)
is 75. Rock musician Hilton
Valentine (The Animals) is
73. Actor Richard Hatch is
71. Musician Bill Champlin
is 69. Singer Leo Sayer is 68.
Actress Carol Potter is 68.
Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn.,
is 65. Actor Mr. T is 64.
Music producer Stan Lynch
is 61. Actor Judge Reinhold
is 59. Actor-director Nick
Cassavetes is 57. Actor
Brent Briscoe is 55. Actress
Lisa Edelstein is 50. Actress
Fairuza Balk is 42. Rock
singer-musician Mikel Jollett
(Airborne Toxic Event) is 42.
Rapper Havoc (Mobb Deep)
is 42. Actor Sunkrish Bala
(TV: “Castle”) is 32. Actor
David Ajala is 30. Actress
Ashlie Brillault is 29. Actor
Scott Leavenworth is 26.
Thought for Today:
“Being frustrated is disagree-
able, but the real disasters of
life begin when you get what
you want.” — Irving Kristol,
American writer (1920-2009).