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COFFEE BREAK Saturday, October 5, 2019 East Oregonian C5 DEAR ABBY Dad finally writes will and names surprise executor a cookie cutter one from the internet Dear Abby: I am 30 years old, the only child of divorced parents and not even notarized. But I was most surprised when I in their late 60s. Neither of saw he had named his sister as them has remarried. Because of certain family his executor. Is this normal for events, I encouraged Dad to people with adult children? I create a will four years ago. feel my parents are my respon- sibility to care for as they age. He never had one because he Assigning this duty to my aunt, doesn’t have much money or J eanne who will be at least in her 70s any property to bequeath, but P hilliPs when Dad passes, feels like an my understanding is that put- ADVICE ting things in writing helps undue financial and emotional immensely when the time burden on her. Am I allowed to comes. talk to him about his choice of execu- tor? — Dad’s Keeper in Washington The will Dad finally produced is Dear Dad’s Keeper: Subjects like these are often sensitive and diffi- cult to address. However, you are “allowed” to talk to your father about any question you wish. Explain that you always assumed it would be your responsibility to take care of his affairs if he was unable to, and ask him why he chose the person he did to be his executor. He may not have wanted to burden you with the responsibility or had other reasons for naming his sister as his executor. In the final analysis, the decision was his to make. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 5-6, 1919 The accidental discharge of a gun caused the death of Mrs. Gilman Fol- som yesterday when the entire charge from the weapon entered Mrs. Folsom’s breast as she leaned against a machine in which the gun was lying. Allen Fol- som, nephew of Mrs. Folsom, Lloyd McRae of this city and Lloyd Flint of Worcester, Massachusetts, were in the front seat of the car when they stopped in front of the Folsom ranch near Pend- leton. Mrs. Folsom came to the car and after urging the boys to stay for dinner, opened the door in the rear of the car where the gun, with the pheasants the boys shot that morning, was lying. The fatal shot occurred immediately and it is thought that in some way a slight jar caused the release of the safety on the gun. Mrs. Folsom was rushed to St. Anthony’s hospital but an opera- tion made in an attempt to save her life proved futile. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 5-6, 1969 Mike Hamilton, 26, of Portland, was kidnapped near Pendleton Sat- urday and forced to drive 700 miles to Reno by a man who couldn’t stop laughing. Hamilton told police in Reno he was going hunting when he stopped to pick up a man beside an evidently disabled car. He said the man showed a gun and got in. “He told me to drive to Reno and then he started to laugh,” Hamilton said. He said the man was still laughing when he got out in Reno and walked away. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 5-6, 1994 Lyle Phelps, longtime baseball coach at Pendleton High School, died this morning at his home. Phelps, 58, had been battling cancer for several years. At the time of his death, Phelps was the most successful high school coach in the state with 12 consecu- tive state playoff appearances. Phelps led the Pendleton Bucks to state cham- pionship games in 1985 and 1992. Phelps, who graduated from PHS in 1953, pitched a perfect game for the Bucks. He coached Little League and Babe Ruth, then coached freshman baseball for 18 years before he became head coach for the Bucks in 1976. He also coached Pendleton American Legion baseball for the last 21 years. THIS DAY IN HISTORY On Oct. 5, 1947, Presi- dent Harry S. Truman deliv- ered the first televised White House address as he spoke on the world food crisis. In 1921, the World Series was carried on radio for the first time as New- ark, New Jersey station WJZ (later WABC) relayed a telephoned play-by-play account of the first game from the Polo Grounds. (Although the New York Yankees won the opener, 3-0, the New York Giants won the series, 5 games to 3.) In 1983, Solidarity founder Lech Walesa was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1984, the space shut- tle Challenger blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on an 8-day mission; the crew included Kathryn D. Sullivan, who became the first American woman to walk in space, and Marc Garneau, the first Canadian astronaut. In 1989, a jury in Char- lotte, North Carolina, con- victed former PTL evange- list Jim Bakker of using his television show to defraud followers. In 1999, two packed commuter trains collided near London’s Paddington Station, killing 31 people. In 2001, tabloid photo editor Robert Stevens died from inhaled anthrax, the first of a series of anthrax cases in Florida, New York, New Jersey and Washington. In 2011, Apple founder Steve Jobs, 56, died in Palo Alto, California. In 2017, Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein announced that he was tak- ing a leave of absence from his company after a New York Times article detailed decades of alleged sexual harassment against women including actress Ashley Judd. Thought for Today: “America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.” — Louis D. Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court justice (born 1856, died this date in 1941). Universal Crossword Edited by David Steinberg October 5, 2019 ACROSS 1 Some include coupons 4 Witty remark 8 “Rocky” star Talia 13 Pickpocket 15 Less strict 16 *Contest where two people always finish tied (see letters 7-9) 18 Summer drink suffixes 19 Say something sincerely 20 Scottish terrier type 22 Russian rulers until 1917 24 “You lucky ___!” 26 *Mindless workers (letters 3-8) 28 Car sticker abbr. 29 Booker T. & the ___ 30 Alphabetically first Old Testament book 31 Angry 32 *Wrestlers, at times (letters 3-7) 35 Apt nickname for a physical therapist 38 Opera set in Egypt 39 “What have we here?!” 42 Actor Reynolds 43 *The Bears retired his No. 42 (letters 4-7) 46 Reaction to a rat 47 Low voice 48 Makes socks, e.g. 49 Try to catch, as a fish 51 Alone at prom 52 Truly wicked, like the starred answers? 57 Yankees’ div. 58 Ends a relationship 59 Wine-tasting need 60 Thailand, formerly 61 “For ___ a jolly good fellow ...” DOWN 1 Play segment 2 “Obviously!” 3 Dire ___ 4 Royal namesake of a famous ship 5 Web addresses 6 Expert finish? 7 Tuning pin on a violin 8 Fanta products 9 Rhinoceros feature 10 Parental words after “Because” 11 Certain clergy members 12 Before, poetically 14 Name on Napoleon Dynamite’s shirt 15 Unwelcome looks 17 FBI guy 20 Nanny ___ 21 Hot mo. 22 ‘Vette roof option 23 Steel-wool scrubbers 25 Navigation gizmo 27 Reddit Q&A sesh 28 ___ Paul’s 31 Squad of experts 32 ___ Z (millennials’ successors) “BAD DISGUISE” By Evan Mahnken sudoku answers 33 34 35 36 37 39 40 41 43 44 45 47 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 Stitch’s pal Email ending for profs Lead-in to “requisite” Disaffected teenager’s response What many Brits do at 4 p.m. “Holy smokes!” Beret, for one Come-___ (lures) Patient person, metaphorically Fails to be Talent Opposite of “curse” Airport stats Cosmetic butter type Tabloid paper Delivery room docs Half of hexa- “You’ll ___ the day!” Short albums, for short
