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COFFEE BREAK Saturday, December 8, 2018 East Oregonian Page 5C Beloved gift shop turtle celebrates 50th birthday BRISTOL, N.H. (AP) — A turtle given to a bedridden little boy in New Hampshire back in 1968 celebrated her 50th birthday with party hats, a sheet cake with the right number of candles and many well-wishers. Diane the Turtle was given to Jim Tonner when he was 12 and being treated for hip arthritis at his home in Braintree, Massachu- setts. Years later, Jim, and his twin brother, Brad Tonner, opened a gift shop in Bristol, New Hamp- shire, which became Diane’s home. Her tank is surrounded by photos of store visitors. On Saturday, the store was crowded with visitors singing “Happy Birthday” to Diane, who wore a tiny party hat. “Another animal might put their head back in their shell,” Jim Tonner said Monday. “Her head went straight out. It’s one of the funniest things you’ve ever seen.” The brothers have written and illustrated books about Diane and set up a turtle webcam in their shop. Tonner said when he was a child, turtles like Diane were popular pets, but many didn’t live that long. That’s why she’s so unusual, he said. Today, the 4-pound turtle is thriving. Her favorite foods are strawberries and romaine lettuce. But don’t worry about the ban on that salad green; Tonner grows his own romaine. “That’s why she’s 50 years old,” Tonner said with a laugh. Brad Tonner via AP Diane the Turtle, wearing a party hat, cel- ebrates her 50th birthday with her own- er, Jim Tonner, at a gift shop he and his brother Brad run in Bristol, N.H. OUT OF THE VAULT Wayward card becomes holiday mystery By RENEE STRUTHERS East Oregonian On Dec. 28, 1939, a card was delivered to Pendleton resident Lorin Hecker by Andy Dalrymple, a railroad conductor for the Union Pacific Railroad. Dalrymple said he found the card on the Portland Rose, an upscale passenger train established by the UP in September of 1930 that made the run from Chicago to Portland. He said the card had not been found in a mail bag. But here’s the mystery: Hecker’s grandmother, Mrs. M.E. Calbreath of The Dalles, mailed the Wash- ington’s birthday card to him on Feb. 19, 1914, when Hecker was just a young man. It mysteriously van- ished en route to his home in Biggs, just 21 miles from his grandmother’s house. The front of the card was fairly well worn, and no other postmarks were on the envelope to show where the card had been during its 28-year hiatus. Hecker treasured the card, because his grand- mother had passed away some years after mailing it to him. Hecker planned to investigate the card’s strange journey, if possible, in order to submit a story to “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not.” DEAR ABBY Drunk driver’s wife has dire warning for other spouses Dear Abby: Many wives with an alcohol problem who write you about problems with gets behind the wheel of a car, their husbands who drink too for their own protection, they much. If they live in a com- should consult their lawyer and munity property state, there’s their insurance agent about what something important they need the ramifications could lead to. to know. If the husband drives Dear Abby: I’m a sopho- more in high school, and I’m drunk and causes an injury, both in love with a senior. I met him the wife and husband may be Jeanne named as co-defendants — even Phillips a year ago when we had some Advice classes together. We liked each if the wife wasn’t involved. And other, but because of our age if the injured party is successful difference, we never dated. in the lawsuit, the co-defendants I thought I would get over him over together must pay. Wives who tolerate their husband’s the summer, but I didn’t. We don’t refusal to stop drinking need to be see each other at all this year, and I’m aware of the economic hammer the law almost sure he’s moved on. I feel like could have hanging over them. I just I need to move on, too, but deep down went through this experience. Had I I really don’t want to. I’m worried I’ll known the law in our community prop- never find someone I like as much as erty state would lump me in, I would him. Help me get on with my life. — have had a powerful reason to divorce Totally Stuck In Montana my husband years ago after I realized Dear Stuck: A way to move for- he would never give up drinking. — ward would be to give yourself less time to think about him. Stay busy and Getting The Word Out In Phoenix Dear Getting: Thank you for teach- keep your mind occupied with your ing me and my readers something. If studies. If you can get into new activ- someone has a spouse of EITHER sex ities, do it. Not only will they distract you, but they will also give you the opportunity to learn something new as well as make more friends and perhaps meet someone equally special. That said, do not expect to banish him completely from your heart. If he was your first love, he may always occupy a tiny portion of the real estate there. Dear Abby: This has been happen- ing for years, and I would like your advice, please. I like my meat well done. But whenever I order a steak that way, someone at the table invari- ably has to comment that I am ruining the texture, killing the taste, etc. Red or rare meat disgusts me. If I see blood on my plate, I can eat only the well-done parts around the edges. Is there a nice way of telling other people to mind their own business and let me order my food the way I want it? — Still Mov- ing On My Plate Dear Still Moving: Sure there is. All you have to do is smile and say, “That’s my preference. This is the way I like it.” Then chow down and change the subject. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Dec. 8-9, 1918 Fred Lockley, formerly of Pendle- ton, Portland, France, England, Ireland and the high seas, came back to his old town last evening and was given a reception that shows times a news- paper man may not be without honor in his own country. The audience at the Methodist church was all that the large auditorium could hold and those present sat for an hour or more with- out sneezing, coughing or thinking of the influenza. They listened eagerly to a gripping tale of adventure, humor and sadness from a man who was in the game for many months and had splendid chances for observation. At the request of Judge S.A. Lowell, Mr. Lockley told eloquently of the Red Cross service at the front and made an appeal for prompt and general response in the membership drive.”The boys have been ready to die; let us do every- thing we can for them.” 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Dec. 8-9, 1968 “This is Mercury Control … every- thing is go …” echoed a raspy voice over the loudspeaker. At exactly 8:45 a.m. Pacific Standard Time today four Pendleton astronauts blasted off for a rendezvous with space. The capsule, christened Centaur I, was to complete nine orbits around the earth and splash down six hours later somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, having traveled a total of 108,000 miles. Quite a feat for the sixth grade science class at West Hills school. The capsule, complete with instrumenta- tion and specially prepared space food, was the end result of a month long proj- ect supervised by instructor Jim Chris- tensen. Every step of the countdown, including a recording from an actual flight, was carefully prepared and exe- cuted as realistically as possible. Two more flights are planned, one to include a docking with another space craft. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Dec. 8-9, 1993 Trouble, it seems, has been simmer- ing this winter in the Milton-Freewa- ter Senior Center kitchen. On Tuesday, because the kitchen was so cold cooks couldn’t cook, CAPECO temporarily canceled the meal program. That left more than 100 senior citizens looking for their mid-day meal somewhere else. However, food was bought at a local restaurant for about 50 seniors who rely on CAPECO meals that are deliv- ered. In the wake of the canceled meal, volunteers who use the facility met Tuesday evening to organize a recall petition remove the three Senior Cen- ter board members they believe have kept the kitchen cold as a cost-saving measure. ODDS & ENDS Minnesota church ends 70-year tradition of lutefisk dinner FOREST LAKE, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota church has ended its 70-year tra- dition of serving a dinner of lutefisk, a Nordic dish of dried cod soaked in lye, and the pastor has penned a eulogy for the dinner’s end. Faith Lutheran Church in Forest Lake, Minnesota, would serve a Scandinavian dinner featuring the pun- gent, jellylike fish the first Tuesday in December. But the Rev. John Klaw- iter wrote an obituary for the annual dinner in the commu- nity newspaper last month. Klawiter wanted the obit to read as a tribute to the seven decades the church in east-central Minnesota has served hundreds of pounds of lutefisk at the annual din- ner, dubbed “Holy Tues- day,” the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported . “There was a lot of pride that this made it to 70 years,” said Klawiter, a self-de- scribed “lutefisk convert.” The dinner would require about 190 volunteers. Plan- ners had to find ways to fill gaps left by volunteers who had died or grown too frail. This fall, the group also wondered how the event could draw more young families from the congrega- tion and from Forest Lake, a town of about 20,000 about 25 miles (40 kilome- ters) northeast of Minneapo- lis. Most of the 500 people who went to the church and waited their turn for the $20 meal were not members of Faith Lutheran or even res- idents of Forest Lake. Planners wondered if a turkey dinner would be a better option, but decided a menu change would not make things easier for the volunteers. While no immediate replacement was announced, the pastor says the focus now will be on creating a new tradition. And the obit notes that lutefisk lovers still have other options nearby, with Scandinavian dinners in other area towns listed as “survivors.” THIS DAY IN HISTORY On Dec. 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II as Con- gress declared war against Imperial Japan, a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1813, Beetho- ven’s Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92, was first performed in Vienna, with Beethoven himself conducting. In 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception, which holds that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was free of original sin from the moment of her own conception. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruc- tion for the South. In 1972, a United Air- lines Boeing 737 crashed while attempting to land at Chicago-Midway Air- port, killing 43 of the 61 people on board, as well as two people on the ground; among the dead were Dor- othy Hunt, wife of Water- gate conspirator E. 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