COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, October 26, 2019
East Oregonian
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DEAR ABBY
Woman feels widening gap in long-distance relationship
Dear Abby: I’m in a relation-
ends, so I understand his time is lim-
ited. (However, he made time for me
ship with a man who lives eight
until a week ago.)
hours away. We met last year
Today I asked him if he
through a dating site while he
was still interested in me.
was in my area on a business
I pointed out that I haven’t
trip but lost contact shortly
heard from him as often as I
after he returned home. We
did before my last visit, and
recently reconnected and
I’m getting the feeling he’s
have been talking and/or tex-
ting daily since. I’m looking
lost interest. He said he hasn’t
for a job in his area, and he is
lost interest; he has just been
J eanne
in favor of that.
busy.
P hilliPs
Ever since the last time
He went on to say he
ADVICE
I visited him (a week ago),
doesn’t have time to be on the
his texts have become less
phone with me 24/7, and my
romantic and there are fewer of them.
pessimism bothers him. I responded
We also haven’t talked on the phone
that I don’t think it’s unreasonable to
as often. He works 60-plus hours a
want to hear from him at least once a
week and sees his children on week-
day if we are in a committed relation-
ship, especially since we don’t have
the luxury of being able to spend time
together often. Is it too much to ask to
hear from him on a daily basis? After
all, I am willing to relocate for him.
— Serious in the South
Dear Serious: It’s entirely possi-
ble, with his work schedule and fam-
ily commitments, that he has been
busy in the week since your visit. It
is also possible that he’s feeling pres-
sured because of your impending
move to his city, and you have picked
up on the fact that he is distancing
himself. I suggest you slow down that
move. Don’t push or smother him.
Give him a chance to pursue you for a
while. His reaction to that will tell you
everything you need to know.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 26, 1919
New highways in the west end of the county are a pleasure
to drive over and are in excellent shape, Judge C. H. Marsh
said today. The judge was in Hermiston to attend the Hog
and Dairy Show and incidentally looked over the highways
in that section. “Between Pendleton and Echo the roads are
naturally rough,” he said. “Beyond Echo travel is almost as
good as on paved highway and when the few stretches now
under construction are finished, within the next few weeks,
the west end will have unbroken stretches of road every bit
as good as the east end, if not better.”
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 26, 1969
More than 150 members and guests attended the grand
opening and dedication ceremonies of the newly enlarged and
remodeled hall of Hermiston Eagles Aerie 2909 Saturday and
Sunday. Featured speaker at the dedication Sunday was W. M.
Loy, Bend, state membership director. State President Andy
Bellomo, Pendleton, also spoke, as did several local members
of the lodge, according to master of ceremonies Clyde Berry,
junior past president. Dinner and dancing followed. Satur-
day’s activities included guided tours in the afternoon and
evening, followed by an evening of dancing. Guest attended
from Hood River, The Dalles, Bend and Pendleton.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 26, 1994
The 73rd annual Umatilla County Potato Show will be
staged Saturday in Weston Memorial Hall. The show was
founded in the early 1920s, when “netted gem” potatoes
from Weston Mountain were shipped throughout the area.
Although potatoes are no longer grown commercially in
Weston, the show has endured. Weston Chamber of Com-
merce sponsors the annual event. These days the show fea-
tures garden produce, baking, canning, needlework, flow-
ers, arts and crafts, collectibles, demonstrations, a strictly
potato luncheon and a ham dinner.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On Oct. 26, 2001, Presi-
dent George W. Bush signed
the USA Patriot Act, giving
authorities
unprecedented
ability to search, seize, detain
or eavesdrop in their pursuit
of possible terrorists.
In 1774, the First Conti-
nental Congress adjourned in
Philadelphia.
In 1825, the Erie Canal
opened in upstate New York,
connecting Lake Erie and the
Hudson River.
In 1881, the “Gunfight at
the O.K. Corral” took place
in Tombstone, Arizona, as
Wyatt Earp, his two broth-
ers and “Doc” Holliday con-
fronted Ike Clanton’s gang.
Three members of Clan-
ton’s gang were killed; Earp’s
brothers and Holliday were
wounded.
In 1944, the World War
II Battle of Leyte Gulf ended
in a major Allied victory
over Japanese forces, whose
naval capabilities were badly
crippled.
In 1965, the Beatles
received MBE medals as
Members of the Most Excel-
lent Order of the British
Empire from Queen Eliza-
beth II at Buckingham Palace.
In 1980, Israeli President
Yitzhak Navon became the
first Israeli head of state to
visit Egypt.
In 1984, “Baby Fae,” a
newborn with a severe heart
defect, was given the heart
of a baboon in an experi-
mental transplant in Loma
Linda, California. (Baby Fae
lived 21 days with the animal
heart.)
In 2006, a wildfire in
Southern California killed
five firefighters (investigators
later determined the cause of
the blaze was arson).
Thought for Today:
“Without a song, each day
would be a century.” —
Mahalia Jackson, gospel
singer and civil rights activist
(born this date in 1911, died
in 1972).
Universal Crossword
Edited by David Steinberg October 26, 2019
ACROSS
1 Squirrel away
6 Under the weather
9 Indian silk state
14 ___ cuisine
15 Meadow mom
16 Cheese from the
Netherlands
17 Uncomfortable feeling
when running into
one’s former partner
19 Macaroni shape
20 Christian of couture
21 Sentries’ assignments
23 ___ up (intensifies)
24 Muslim leader
26 Lawful
28 Enclose tightly
31 Flight fleet
33 Sweet potato, e.g.
34 Unleash pent-up
emotions
35 Indian title of respect
38 “___ Poetica”
39 Commercial jingle?
41 Charged particle
42 Sticky stuff
43 Some headphones
cancel it
44 “Do I have to?” sound
46 Beyonce’s “Single ___
(Put a Ring on It)”
48 General patterns
49 Eritrea neighbor
50 Foam on a beer
51 Way to go
52 Actress Zsa Zsa
55 Masses of tissues
59 Unfamiliar
61 Important test at a big
rig driving school?
63 Whitish shade
64 Downed a seafood
tower, say
65 Opening track
66 Gift recipient
67 Golfer’s standard
68 Life-form
DOWN
1 Tool building
2 Subway alternative
3 Prefix for “immune”
4 Germ-free
5 Farm clucker
6 Translator’s hurdle
7 London restrooms
8 Time to give up?
9 Diana Nyad’s was 64
when she swam from
Cuba to Florida
10 Comfort
11 Oceanaut’s journey?
12 Take home from a
shelter
13 Gaping mouths
18 Time period
22 High-five sounds
25 Criminal rights name
27 Old Acura model
28 Meadow dad
29 Coin in Cologne
30 Get-ripped-quick
scheme for the
midriff?
“Parting Words” by Gary Larson
sudoku answers
31 Push, as a button
32 Tackle box item
34 Name that sounds
like the fifth and fifth-
to-last letters
36 Pothole’s place
37 Overnight stay sites
40 “How are you ___?”
45 Cabernet, e.g.
47 Stick like tape
48 Actress Polo
49 Sudden outburst
50 “The Simpsons”
patriarch
51 ___ in full
53 “Make it snappy!”
54 Second Greek letter
56 Not in favor of
57 Fix by stitching
58 Trudge
60 12/31, for short
62 Little lie