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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 2019)
COFFEE BREAK Saturday, December 21, 2019 East Oregonian C5 DEAR ABBY Husband keeps close tabs on wife following overdose Dear Abby: My 47-year-old I’m afraid if she finds out she will go daughter is an alcoholic. A year ago, ballistic. I don’t know whether or not she took several benzodi- to tell her, because I don’t azepine pills along with the want to do anything to make booze and overdosed. My things even worse between son-in-law found her in time them. Advice? — Fearful in and called 911. She spent five Florida days in a psych hospital to Dear Fearful: I see noth- ing to be gained by telling detox, but never went to any your daughter her husband follow-up rehab. I had been is watching her closely. She led to believe she was sober, is a woman with very serious but recently found out it was J eanne problems, and it’s a shame she not true, and my son-in-law P hilliPs didn’t follow through with for some reason decided not ADVICE more rehab after what may to tell me. The other issue is, since have been a suicide attempt. she OD’d, he keeps track of all her Your son-in-law cares about his online spending and personal emails wife. When he realized she had over- dosed, he called to get help for her. (he has all her passwords) because he That he’s monitoring her closely is not claims it’s the only way he can keep a bad thing; it means he loves her and tabs on her to find out how much she’s wants to avoid a repeat of what hap- drinking and where she goes to do it. pened. Ask him what you can do to She doesn’t know he’s doing this, and support your daughter, if anything, and take your cue from there. Dear Abby: Ever since I got mar- ried a year ago, my family has been trying to “fix” me. My sister texts me asking if I’m OK and how she can love on me better because she thinks I have no life and don’t socialize. My mom makes comments whenever I’m over about how I’m introverted, etc. Abby, I just had a baby, and I work full time. I don’t have time to go over to see them often, so they think I stay home all day long and do nothing. But it’s so far from true. I have tried talking to them about it and saying I have friends, etc. But nothing works. What do I do? — Fine As I Am Dear Fine: Because talking to your mother and your sister hasn’t helped, remember that they mean well and are trying to be helpful. Then tune them out. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Dec. 21, 1919 Several fake magazine agents who are traveling around the country were reported to have “worked” Pendleton recently. Local people are requested by local agencies and high school salesmen to buy all magazine subscriptions in Pendleton, thereby avoiding fakers and keeping the money in the city. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Dec. 21, 1969 Loading of 4,000 tons of fortified alfalfa cubes on a large ocean-going barge is scheduled to get under way Wednes- day, after which the Florence, a 7,500-ton barge, will leave Boardman for Hawaii. Construction of the underground conveyor from the cube plant to the waterfront was near- ing completion Monday. The alfalfa cubing plant of the I. M. Docken Corporation is the first industry to locate in the new Port of Morrow industrial park. Docken, the corpora- tion president, said the plant is operating three shifts and is producing approximately 160 tons of cubes daily. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Dec. 21, 1994 Gov.-elect John Kitzhaber spent about an hour of his Pendleton visit Wednesday listening to Hermiston residents tell him, in the words of irrigator Ron Baker, “We could slowly bleed to death” if the area is cut off from its water supply. Kitzhaber reaffirmed a campaign promise to even- tually give Eastern Oregon a spot on the Northwest Power Planning Council. As far as the power council goes, “The people most impacted are east of the mountains,” he said. He wants to borrow Pendleton native Mike Thorpe, Port of Portland’s executive director, for three or four months to help launch his new administration. In his way, Kitzhaber was telling Hermiston-area residents they’ll have meaning- ful access to state government at the highest level. THIS DAY IN HISTORY On Dec. 21, 1988, 270 people were killed when a terrorist bomb exploded aboard a Pam Am Boeing 747 over Lockerbie, Scot- land, sending wreckage crashing to the ground. In 1861, President Abra- ham Lincoln signed a con- gressional act authorizing the Navy Medal of Honor. In 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William T. Sher- man concluded their “March to the Sea” as they captured Savannah, Georgia. In 1891, the first bas- ketball game, devised by James Naismith, is believed to have been played at the International YMCA Train- ing School in Springfield, Massachusetts. (The final score of this experimental game: 1-0.) In 1991, eleven of the 12 former Soviet republics proclaimed the birth of the Commonwealth of Indepen- dent States and the death of the Union of Soviet Social- ist Republics. In 1995, the city of Beth- lehem passed from Israeli to Palestinian control. Today’s Birthdays: Talk show host Phil Donahue is 84. Actress Jane Fonda is 82. Actor Larry Bryggman is 81. Singer Carla Thomas is 77. Musician Albert Lee is 76. Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas is 75. Thought for Today: “It is not necessary to under- stand things in order to argue about them.” — Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, French author and dramatist (1732-1799). Universal Crossword Edited by David Steinberg December 21, 2019 ACROSS 1 “Iliad” city 5 About 9 Costa ___ 13 Alleviate 14 Gesture of indifference 16 Smell of spoiled milk, e.g. 17 Economist Smith 18 One way to cook onions 19 Primordial gunk 20 Causes a conifer to soar? 23 Went off, as a phone 24 Decorated at a bakery 25 “I’m certain I know what that bow was made of!” 32 “Nova” network 35 Ad headline 36 Luxury Honda line 37 Whiskey cocktail 39 Short-legged African beast, informally 42 TV personality Jenner 43 Piece of bacon 45 Istanbul inhabitant 47 Vanilla extract meas. 48 Lads who live in shade trees? 52 Mobile phone 53 Amount of work 56 Dave Matthews Band remix about this puzzle’s puns? 62 Thick carpet 63 ___ Lauder 64 Falafel bread 65 “Catch!” 66 Went after 67 The only perfect place 68 Loaf parts that you may eat last 69 Famous Amos 70 Education station DOWN 1 Mets, Jets or Nets 2 What picks up speed? 3 Tennis star Naomi 4 Neighbor of an Omani 5 ___ prof. 6 Former Iranian leader 7 Word before “self” or “love” 8 Jeans and a T-shirt, for one 9 Sunbathing site 10 Taylor Swift, for Swifties 11 Snug as a bug in a rug 12 Exist 15 Progressive competitor 21 Certain NCOs 22 Country great McEntire 26 “A likely story!” 27 Fictional woodcutter Baba 28 Pool measure 29 Mongolian shelter 30 Discordia’s Greek counterpart 31 Insect often mistaken for a bee 32 (Check this out) 33 Not just one 34 “No problem!” “Tree of a Kind!” by Paul Coulter sudoku answers 38 40 41 44 46 49 50 51 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 Chest protectors Stop on a crawl Gold, in Guatemala Actress Amanda Ren in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Cary of “The Princess Bride” Skeleton’s site? Like a hot rod, with “up” Comment to the audience Goes out with “Say ___” (waiter’s request) Like most clues that end with question marks Name that anagrams to “toot” Beloved Ape-like Himalayan Tug sharply Doe or sow
