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COFFEE BREAK Saturday, February 22, 2020 East Oregonian C5 DEAR ABBY Woman is trapped by guilt in an accidental friendship Dear Abby: Years ago, I was or the same hours) or taking care of friendly with a man from work who her dogs and cats while she’s away on was very close to his mom. her various work trips. She came along with us once I no longer speak to the for lunch and ended up really man, but I speak to his mother liking me. From that point on, every single day. She considers whenever he and I would get me a dear friend and is a very together for lunch, she would sensitive person with obvious tag along. abandonment issues. My prob- lem is, I have zero desire to be At one point, without my J eanne permission, he gave her my this woman’s friend. We are P hilliPs phone number, and she began very different in pretty much ADVICE calling me. A little has turned every way imaginable. I get into a lot. She contacts me together with her, respond to every day via text or phone, almost her messages, answer her calls and do always to complain about something favors for her out of guilt, not wanting in her life. She always wants to get to be yet another person who kicks her together for lunch and is constantly to the curb. asking me for favors, including rides How do I handle this? Should I con- tinue to allow her to use me for favors to work (we do not have the same job and as a sounding board for all her various complaints, or is there a way to gracefully bow out without break- ing this woman’s heart? — Walking A Fine Line in Illinois Dear Walking: A way to bow out would be to start weaning her. Do not make yourself available to the extent that you have. Screen your calls and resist the impulse to be so helpful. It’s all right to have other plans you need to attend to instead of being at her beck and call every day. This is how people distance themselves gently. The alternative would be to stop responding at all, which would be cruel. While you are no longer close to her son, contact him, tell him what has been going on and ask if he can help with this. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 22, 1920 Failure of the combination of the big Walla Walla post office safe to work tied up thousands of dollars worth of securities this week and Postmaster George B. Day, after trying in vain, finally had to get the service of an oxyacety- lene expert to drill a hole in the safe door, according to the story which leaked out today and which Mr. Day admitted. Before Mr. Day called the expert he sought to get a safe cracker from the penitentiary to open the safe, but Warden Drum was out of that brand of criminals. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 22, 1970 Jack C. Stangier, a member of a third generation family in Pendleton, died Sunday at St. Anthony Hospital. Mr. Stang- ier was named Pendleton’s First Citizen in 1958. His mother received the First Citizen Award the same year. In 1959, he received the International Rodeo Management Man of the Year Award. He had served as an International Rodeo Asso- ciation commissioner, was a past president of the Pendleton Round-Up Association and served on the Round-Up board for 12 years. Mr. Stangier served 4 1/2 years in the 13th U.S. Air Force. He was a first lieutenant with overseas duty for two years in the South Pacific and was awarded the Bronze Star. Other than his military service and higher education, Mr. Stangier resided in Pendleton all his life. Since 1957 he had operated Stangier Auto Supply. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 22, 1995 Black powder never deteriorates, said explosives expert Bob Blandford. When it dries it’s good as new. Blandford is project manager for a Virginia company hired by the Army to find and destroy unexploded ammunition in two areas of the Umatilla Army Depot, which is cleaning house and moving out for good. The depot, which Congress decided to close in 1988, has removed all its conventional ammunition as of last fall. For years, depot workers tested ammunition and exploded old or out-of-service items, such as shells, and some remain as what the Army calls “unexploded ordinance” or UXO. Blandford’s crew of 27 military veterans have been trained to recognize and handle leftover munitions. THIS DAY IN HISTORY On Feb. 22, 1980, the “Miracle on Ice” took place in Lake Placid, New York, as the United States Olym- pic hockey team upset the Soviets, 4-3. (The U.S. team went on to win the gold medal.) In 1732 (New Style date), the first president of the United States, George Washington, was born in Westmoreland County in the Virginia Colony. In 1862, Jefferson Davis, already the provisional pres- ident of the Confederacy, was inaugurated for a six- year term following his elec- tion in November 1861. In 1909, the Great White Fleet, a naval task force sent on a round-the-world voy- age by President Theodore Roosevelt, returned after more than a year at sea. In 1935, it became illegal for airplanes to fly over the White House. In 1997, scientists in Scotland announced they had succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, produc- ing a lamb named “Dolly.” (Dolly, however, was later put down after a short life marred by premature aging and disease.) In 2018, the U.S. wom- en’s hockey team won the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in South Korea, beating Canada 3-2 after a shootout tiebreaker. Thought for Today: “It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.” — President George Washington (1732-99). Universal Crossword Edited by David Steinberg February 22, 2020 ACROSS 1 Cake made with rum 5 Like most permed hair 11 Common email attachment 14 Cordon ___ 15 Legal profession, familiarly 16 Understand 17 Chimney sweep’s memoir? (Ella) 19 Favorable vote 20 First syllable of a kids’ menu game 21 Big letters in bowling 22 General MDs, to insurers 23 Motto for a Boston subway lover? (Ruth) 27 Dallas baller 28 Only partner? 29 Herculean dozen 30 Like lots of cars on lots 32 Follows, as a diet 35 County north of San Francisco 37 Forensic lab evidence 38 Hawk relative 42 Find another purpose for 45 Surface for airplane food 46 Eyeball covering 49 Bird in Liberty Mutual ads 51 Before, poetically 52 Stylish sirloin? (Ken) 56 Big disturbance 57 CPR pro 58 Key near the space bar 59 Kitchen pest 60 Get in touch with a spam generator? (Tom) 65 Call alternative, in stock trading 66 Curved, as eyebrows 67 Medical researcher’s goal 68 “Me time” destination 69 Many writing assignments 70 Youngster DOWN 1 U.K. channel 2 “Green Book” star Mahershala 3 Stooped 4 Tax cheat’s fear 5 Middle: Abbr. 6 Speech fillers 7 Change a price label 8 What you may “drop” on Valentine’s Day, with “the” 9 Scoldings 10 Help with the dishes 11 1960 film with a notorious shower scene 12 Farther below the surface 13 Celebratory meals 18 Alexa’s speaker 22 JFK’s war vessel 23 Apollo 11 org. 24 Tattoos, informally 25 Requiring lots of reassurance 26 London museum Name-Dropping by Samuel A. Donaldson sudoku answers 27 31 33 34 36 39 40 41 43 44 46 47 48 50 53 54 55 60 61 62 63 64 Saying nothing Be at the helm of Ltr. insert Turned white Sponge ball brand Steal, so to speak “Happy” songbird Examine Subjects of many school fairs Extremes of Marxism? Leftover bits Exercise that may be done with ankle weights Ray of “Goodfellas” State after Texas, alphabetically Computers with 27-inch models ___ Sketch Make a choice Carly ___ Jepsen “You there!” QBs’ goals “Mork & Mindy” planet Concert souvenir
