COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, October 5, 2019
East Oregonian
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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