COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, November 2, 2019
East Oregonian
C5
DEAR ABBY
Woman’s parents stew over her May-December romance
Dear Abby: My husband and I
Cara knows we love her but do not
have a 22-year-old daughter, “Cara,”
approve of the relationship. She also
who is having a relation-
knows that Gary is not wel-
come in our home. She sees
ship with a 65-year-old man,
nothing wrong with their rela-
“Gary.” We do not approve of
tionship. She doesn’t socialize
the relationship.
Gary is going through a
with her friends as often as she
divorce, and Cara has moved
used to. Gary works full time
into his rented condo with
and also has a job on week-
ends. We never speak of him
him. She just graduated from
when we talk to our daugh-
college. She doesn’t have a
ter. What is going on? What
job, has no money and drives
J eanne
should we do? When will it
an old car. She was always a
P hilliPs
end? Where is her head? —
ADVICE
good student and never did
Nervous in New England
anything wrong. She didn’t
Dear Nervous: Your
date much and was a won-
derful child. She and Gary have been
daughter — who didn’t date much —
together for almost six months now.
thinks she’s in love with Gary. Because
she is emotionally involved, she’s
thinking with her heart, not her head.
What you need to do is loosen up.
Tell your daughter you and your
husband will welcome Gary into your
home. And when that happens, get to
know him and talk with him about the
importance of her getting a job in the
field for which she has worked so hard
to qualify.
Their relationship will end when
she finally tires of living with some-
one who is old enough to be her
grandfather, and who has little time
to devote to her because he has finan-
cial obligations toward his almost-ex-
wife. Cross your fingers and hope she
grows impatient soon.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 2, 1919
A bit of sunshine and a temporary
respite from rain today permitted the
filming of more scenes for “A Romance
of Pendleton,” the East Oregonian’s
movie being directed by Walter Steiner
of the Hudris Film Co., of New York.
The big picture, which will be exhib-
ited at the Arcade, is virtually complete
now. Quite a cast of local notables has
assisted in the production of the movie.
Members of the high school dramatic
club figured prominently, as well as
well-known grownups, including Mayor
J. L. Vaughan.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 2, 1969
Shirley Rugg, widely known sheep
and cattle woman of Morrow County,
was named “Livestock Grower of the
Year for Morrow County for 1969” at
the annual Farm-City Livestock banquet
Wednesday. Mrs. Rugg was presented
the traditional bronze statue by Mor-
row County Livestock Growers Associ-
ation president Ned Clark. She is the first
woman to win the award.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 2, 1994
A total of 42 sirens on 44-foot-high
poles are going up throughout west
Umatilla County and northeast Morrow
County. The sirens are part of an emer-
gency program to warn residents in the
event of an accident with the chemical
weapons stored at the Umatilla Army
Depot, particularly once an incinerator
is built to dispose of the weapons. The
sirens will also be used in case of natural
disaster or an accident involving hazard-
ous materials transportation.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On Nov. 2, 1948, Presi-
dent Harry S. Truman sur-
prised the experts by winning
a narrow upset over Republi-
can challenger Thomas E.
Dewey.
In 1783, General George
Washington issued his
Farewell Address to the
Army near Princeton, New
Jersey.
In 1889, North Dakota
and South Dakota became
the 39th and 40th states
with the signing of procla-
mations by President Benja-
min Harrison.
In 1917, British Foreign
Secretary Arthur Balfour
issued a declaration express-
ing support for a “national
home” for the Jews in
Palestine.
In 1947, Howard Hughes
piloted his huge wooden fly-
ing boat, the Hughes H-4
Hercules (derisively dubbed
the “Spruce Goose” by
detractors), on its only flight,
which lasted about a minute
over Long Beach Harbor in
California.
In 1962, President John
F. Kennedy delivered a brief
statement to the nation in
which he said that aerial pho-
tographs had confirmed that
Soviet missile bases in Cuba
were being dismantled, and
that “progress is now being
made toward the restoration
of peace in the Caribbean.”
In 1963, South Vietnam-
ese President Ngo Dihn
Diem was assassinated in a
military coup.
In 1976, former Georgia
Gov. Jimmy Carter became
the first candidate from the
Deep South since the Civil
War to be elected president
as he defeated incumbent
Gerald R. Ford.
In 1986, kidnappers in
Lebanon released Ameri-
can hospital administrator
David Jacobsen after hold-
ing him for 17 months.
In 2000, American astro-
naut Bill Shepherd and two
Russian cosmonauts, Yuri
Gidzenko and Sergei Kri-
kalev, became the first res-
idents of the international
space station.
In
2004,
President
George W. Bush was elected
to a second term as Repub-
licans strengthened their
grip on Congress. Dutch
filmmaker Theo van Gogh
was slain in Amsterdam
after receiving death threats
over his movie “Submis-
sion,” which criticized the
treatment of women under
Islam.
Thought for Today:
“Our most dangerous ten-
dency is to expect too much
of government, and at the
same time do for it too lit-
tle.” — President Warren
G. Harding (1865-1923).
Universal Crossword
Edited by David Steinberg October 26, 2019
ACROSS
1 Pepsodent alternative
6 Comic book cover?
10 Wrap party attendees
14 Word before “stare” or
“Star”
15 Space
16 Kuwaiti leader
17 Shopping ___
18 Bronte who wrote “Agnes
Grey”
19 Grandmother’s nickname
20 He wore #99 for the
Edmonton Oilers
23 Full-bodied brew
26 ___ the line
27 Evaluate
28 He wore #6 for the
Boston Celtics
32 More hurtful, as a rumor
33 Skateboarder’s knee
cover
34 Sinks in the middle
38 Slim Oreos
39 Word before “Go!”
40
41
42
43
44
46
50
51
52
56
57
58
62
63
64
65
66
67
___-O-Fish
Proofing mark
Revolutionary Guevara
Pacific weather
phenomenon
He wore #5 for the New
York Yankees
Grayer, as elbows
Band’s booking
Nancy Drew’s boyfriend
ESPN’s flagship program,
or what 20-, 28- or
44-Across was, position-
wise?
Funny Fey
“Grand Theft ___” (video
game series)
Romeo, to Juliet
“SVU” actor
One of ten on a ten-
speed
Fleecy Peruvian animal
Big Apple business letters
Right, on un mapa
Parcel out
DOWN
1 DVD look-alikes
2 Title for Rashida Tlaib:
Abbr.
3 Lobe location
4 Goulash, for one
5 Play structures near Hyde
Park?
6 Origami birds
7 Steak sauce brand
8 Ping-___
9 Green gem
10 Half-dollar’s 50
11 Astonish
12 Vanity features
13 School lunch holders
21 “What is ___ problem?”
22 Night sch. subject
23 Shares a border with
24 Like a feather
25 Kemper of “The Office”
29 Dryer buildup
30 Fast-paced Sandra
Bullock film
31 Nosh on
“Middlemen” by Dexter Coleman
sudoku answers
34 Croon
35 What the stars are said to
do in a perfect situation
36 Bottle dweller
37 Got up
39 ___/her/hers
40 Whiplike appendages
42 Prom bouquet
43 Radiate
44 Shark’s rival
45 Pay no attention to
46 Sean or Skylar of acting
47 Like the Carolina Reaper
pepper
48 Sharpens, as a blade
49 Extremely angry
53 Pool sticks
54 Coup d’___
55 Hoagie base
59 Batman portrayer Kilmer
60 Genre often mixed with rap
61 Chinese Zodiac rodent