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East Oregonian
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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