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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Friday, April 21, 2017 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ New study aims at stopping alzheimer’s before it starts FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: More than 10,000 Readers, Dr. Sperling is looking baby boomers in the U.S. turn 65 for subjects with a family history of every day, and enter the “age of Alzheimer’s disease or who, through risk” for Alzheimer’s disease. I have prescreening, have been discovered witnessed the devastating effects of to have amyloid plaques forming in this disease in my work as a neurol- the brain. There are more than 65 ogist, as a clinical researcher, and study sites throughout the U.S. and sadly, in my own family. several in Canada, so you may be The good news is that we are now able to find a location near you. Jeanne starting prevention trials to try to Phillips Dear Abby: I have been some- stop memory loss before it begins! what taken aback by two retirement Advice The A4 (Anti-Amyloid Treatment in party invitations I received lately. Asymptomatic Alzheimer’s) Study is Both require an “entrance fee” of $15 the first clinical trial designed for people who to $20. I have never heard of or experienced have the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease something like this before. When I retired beginning in the brain, but don’t yet have any from teaching 10 years ago, I held my own symptoms of the disease. The A4 Study is retirement party at my home. I supplied the enrolling healthy 65- to 85-year-olds across food and beverages and requested “no gifts, the country who may be at risk for memory please.” loss due to Alzheimer’s disease. Is there a new custom that requires people I feel a new sense of hope, but we really to pay an admission price to a party? If need volunteers to join us. Our motto for the someone pays to go to the party, is he/she A4 Study is “Now is the time,” and now really also expected to bring a gift? Honestly, I’m IS the time to make a difference in defeating a little put off being asked to pay to celebrate Alzheimer’s disease. I hope your readers my friends’ retirements. Should I be, or is who are interested will call (toll-free) (844) this an appropriate request? — Wondering 247-8839 or visit A4study.org to receive In Ohio more information or to join us. — Reisa Dear Wondering: I don’t blame you for Sperling, M.D., Project Director, Harvard feeling put off. I don’t know who is suppos- Medical School edly giving the parties for your friends, but if Dear Dr. Sperling: I’m pleased to alert my you’re being asked to pay for your food and readers to your clinical trial. Living to a “ripe beverages, it appears that no host is. If you old age” can be a mixed blessing because the pay to attend these parties, your PRESENCE older we get, the greater the likelihood of should be your gift. And if you choose not to Alzheimer’s disease entering the picture. go, I wouldn’t blame you. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 21, 1917 Two 14-year-old boys of Walla Walla stole the Horace McKenzie Ford automobile Tuesday night and drove to Pendleton to enlist in the United States army, according to police reports yesterday. Both had been refused admittance to the army in Walla Walla because of their age but were determined to get in so went to Pendleton where one of them succeeded, stating he was 19 years of age. The other was turned down on account of his height. The recruit has already been set to Portland and his parents will make no effort to bring him back, believing the army training will do him good. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 21, 1967 Approximately half a thousand persons attended the first annual Pendleton High School All-Sports Awards banquet at Memorial Armory last night to honor 91 PHS athletes and hear Bob Lilly, former Buckaroo star who has attained professional football greatness, urge them to “become winners — because we (as a nation) need winners right now.” Sponsored by the Pendleton Athletic Round Table, the dinner proved self-sup- porting, Judge Henry M. Kaye, Round Table president and master of ceremonies, told the audience, and opened the way for more of its kind in future years. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 21, 1992 It will be a strange parade Sunday for the delegation from Pendleton. The three riders, in cowboy hats and boots, will be a minority among riders dressed in traditional samurai attire. Pendleton Mayor Joe McLaughlin, Pendleton Round-Up Director Russ Nekraszewicz and Chamber of Commerce President Bill Dawson will be the featured attraction in the Horsepia parade, an annual event in Haramachi, Pendleton’s sister city in Japan. This week’s Horsepia parade and horse races are considered a precursor to Harama- chi’s version of the Pendleton Round-Up, the colorful Soma Namoi Horse Riding Festival that begins in July. THIS DAY IN HISTORY BLONDIE DILBERT THE WIZARD OF ID LUANN ZITS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE BY SCOTT ADAMS BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART BY GREG EVANS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN Today is the 111th day of 2017. There are 254 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 21, 1967, army officers in Greece staged a coup, seizing power and creating a military dictator- ship that ruled the country for the next seven years. On this date: In 1649, the Maryland Toleration Act, providing for freedom of worship for all Christians, was passed by the Maryland assembly. In 1789, John Adams was sworn in as the first vice president of the United States. In 1836, an army of Texans led by Sam Houston defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto, assuring Texas independence. In 1910, author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died in Redding, Connecticut, at age 74. In 1930, fire broke out inside the overcrowded Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, killing 332 inmates. In 1942, the first edition of “The Stranger” (L’Etranger), Albert Camus’ highly influ- ential absurdist novel, was published in Nazi-occupied Paris by Gallimard. In 1955, the Jerome Lawrence-Robert Lee play “Inherit the Wind,” inspired by the Scopes trial of 1925, opened at the National Theatre in New York. In 1960, Brazil inau- gurated its new capital, Brasilia, transferring the seat of national government from Rio de Janeiro. In 1977, the musical play “Annie,” based on the “Little Orphan Annie” comic strip, opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,377 performances. In 1986, a rediscovered vault in Chicago’s Lexington Hotel that was linked to Al Capone was opened during a widely watched live TV special hosted by Geraldo Rivera; aside from a few bottles and a sign, the vault turned out to be empty. In 1992, Robert Alton Harris became the first person executed by the state of California in 25 years as he was put to death in the gas chamber for the 1978 murder of two teen-age boys, John Mayeski and Michael Baker. Today’s Birthdays: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is 91. Actress-comedi- an-writer Elaine May is 85. Actor Charles Grodin is 82. Actor Reni Santoni is 79. Anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean is 78. Singer-musician Iggy Pop is 70. Actress Patti LuPone is 68. Actor Tony Danza is 66. Actor James Morrison is 63. Actress Andie MacDowell is 59. Rock singer Robert Smith (The Cure) is 58. Rock musician Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) is 58. Actor John Cameron Mitchell is 54. Rapper Michael Franti (Spearhead) is 51. Actor Toby Stephens is 48. Rock singer-musician Glen Hansard (The Frames) is 47. Actor Rob Riggle is 47. Comedian Nicole Sullivan is 47. Actor James McAvoy is 38. Former NFL quarterback Tony Romo is 37. Thought for Today: “To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to expe- rience happiness.” — Erich Fromm, German-American psychoanalyst and author (1900-1980). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
