COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, September 21, 2019
East Oregonian
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DEAR ABBY
Woman accused of laziness has diagnosed sleep disorder
Dear Abby: I am a female in my
others who deal with this, too? No
mid-20s. My whole life I have been
one I know seems to understand, and
in a constant state of exhaus-
I’m often regarded as lazy.
tion. When I was in school, I’d
Please help! — Sleepy in
try so hard not to fall asleep
Washington
in class. (I actually enjoyed
Dear Sleepy: There are
school and got good grades.)
misperceptions about narco-
lepsy, a chronic sleep disorder
But when I got home, I’d have
that affects 1 in 2,000 individu-
to take a nap before doing my
als in the United States. Fortu-
homework or chores because
nately, there is an organization
otherwise I would fall asleep
J eanne
you might find helpful. It’s the
in the middle of it.
P hilliPs
Fast-forward to now: I am
Narcolepsy Network, which is
ADVICE
a working adult. I’m going
based in your state. To learn
back to college, and I have
more, go to narcolepsynet-
work.org or call toll-free 888-292-6522.
been recently diagnosed with hyper-
somnia/borderline narcolepsy. I’m on
Dear Abby: I am 64 and have been
stimulants to help me through the day,
reading your advice my entire life. Now
but they don’t always work. Some days
I need some for myself.
I struggle to find the motivation to do
At the end of my mother’s funeral,
the simplest tasks because my body just
my sister was very upset that I had
wants to rest.
not set aside some flowers for her that
Do you know of any support groups
had been sent by her friend. My sister
for this condition so I can talk with
did not plan or pay for any part of the
funeral. After the service ended, I told
the attendees to take what they wanted
to relatives who had asked for them.
My sister became so upset she even
searched their vehicles to find the plants
her friend had sent.
Mom received a lot of flowers that
day. I allowed the grieving people to
have them because I felt the flowers had
been sent to her. How should I address
this with my sister, who has told every-
one who will listen that I failed to follow
funeral plant protocol, which is why she
acted out the way she did. — Perplexed
in California
Dear Perplexed: People who are
grieving are often not their best selves,
and you and your sister are no excep-
tion. While the disposition of the floral
tributes can vary from family to fam-
ily, no rule of etiquette dictates what
“must” be done. Because you didn’t
offer the arrangements to your sister,
apologize to her for the oversight.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 21-22, 1919
Twice a champion is Yakima Canutt, broncho buster extraor-
dinaire and all around cowboy. Canutt on Saturday won the
world’s championship bucking contest by riding No-Name and
for the second time, holds that title. He is the only man in ten
Round-Ups to repeat. Not a man had scratched No-Name in
three days when Yak entered the finals on the supreme bucker.
Canutt was out for vengeance, however, and got it, for in the
finals at Calgary this same No-Name gave Yak the twist that
showed him earth. It was a beautiful ride that the title winner
made and the announcement of the judges sent the record crowd
into an uproar.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 21-22, 1969
For the first time in 10 years an Oregonian will receive Future
Farmers of Ameria’s highest award, the Honorary American
Farmer degree, at the national FFA convention, Oct. 11-18, at
Kansas City. Walden W. Wedin — known as “Wally” even to
the “pretty close to a thousand” students he has taught voca-
tional agriculture during his 26 years at McLoughlin Union
High School — is one of 25 teachers, business and industrial
men to qualify for the degree this year.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 21-22, 1994
Weston-McEwen High School musicians will trade Eastern
Oregon’s wide open spaces for Southern California’s crowded
streets. The band from Athena-Weston School District will per-
form for the Holiday Bowl in San Diego. About 62 students and
20 adults will make the trip, which features an airplane ride from
Portland. Many haven’t visited California before; some haven’t
been on a plane. Weston-McEwen Band and Pipes and Drums
will appear in the Holiday Bowl parade and halftime show Dec.
30. Director Steve Pyle also anticipates jazz and concert band
competitions for the students, who will work with clinicians.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On Sept. 21, 1985, In
North Korea and South
Korea, family members
who had been separated for
decades were allowed to
visit each other as both coun-
tries opened their borders in
an unprecedented family-re-
union program.
In 1893, one of America’s
first horseless carriages was
taken for a short test drive in
Springfield, Mass., by Frank
Duryea, who had designed
the vehicle with his brother,
Charles.
In 1912, magician Harry
Houdini first publicly per-
formed his “Water Torture
Cell” trick at the Circus
Busch in Berlin.
In 1938, a hurricane
struck parts of New York
and New England, caus-
ing widespread damage and
claiming some 700 lives.
In 1970, “NFL Mon-
day Night Football” made
its debut on ABC-TV as the
Cleveland Browns defeated
the visiting New York Jets,
31-21.
Thought for Today:
“The only true measure of
success is the ratio between
what we might have done
and what we might have
been on the one hand, and
the thing we have made and
the things we have made of
ourselves on the other.” —
H.G. Wells, English author
(born this date in 1866, died
1946.)
Universal Crossword
Edited by David Steinberg September 21, 2019
ACROSS
1 Word before “clock”
or “energy”
7 (Air kiss)
11 Came down with
14 Butterfly or Bovary
15 Missouri neighbor
16 Be in the red
17 Shakespearean fairy
king
18 First part of a musical
mnemonic + staff = __
20 “Yeah, right!”
21 Reasonable
23 Onions’ kin
24 Second part of the
mnemonic + Dolls’
musical partner = ___
27 “I’ll take care of this”
28 Otherwise
29 Monkey, e.g.
30 Green topping for gnocchi
33 It’s put in a pot
35 Tattoo canvas
37 Tool often spelled
without an “e”
38 Third part of the mnemonic
+ ensemble = __
41 Sinus M.D.
42 Races, as an engine
44 Fruit that’s also a
body shape
45 “I’m so frustrated!”
47 Stops
49 What percolators do
51 Citified
52 Fourth part of the
mnemonic + tempo =
___
56 Even a bit
57 Plumber’s pump type
58 Drag queen’s hair,
usually
59 Fifth part of the
mnemonic + melody =
___
61 Bury
64 Mythical bird
65 Wicked
66 Showed bias
67 Number of stars on
Texas’ flag
68 Fist bumps
69 A bit
DOWN
1 Mingling with
2 Something you can’t do
3 Start of a tribute
poem’s title
4 Corona del ___,
California
5 Texter’s qualifier
6 Large-scale head count
7 Appearances
8 Made on a loom
9 Dazzle
10 Globe-trotter’s base?
11 Househusband, e.g.
12 One may be rude
13 TV rooms
19 Legendary Himalayans
22 Responses to captains
25 LAPD title
26 Hunk of gunk
27 Creditor’s claim
29 “American Idol” quest
30 A bogey is over it
“TREBLE MAKER” By Kathy Wienberg
sudoku answers
31 How something is done
32 Kind of pay for a
former employee
34 Utah Jazz’s grp.
36 To the ___ degree
39 Diner sign
40 Roasting spot?
43 Mink’s cousin
46 Likely (to)
48 Like some nuts and
caramels
50 Drives away
52 Some showdowns
53 Terse refusal
54 Photocopier ancestor,
briefly
55 Treble clef lines often
remembered by this
puzzle’s mnemonic
56 Hendrix hairstyle
57 Rhyming synonym of
“clip”
60 Sch. founded by
Jefferson
62 Prefix for “liberalism”
63 Paving goo