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East Oregonian
Saturday, January 30, 2021
DEAR ABBY
Overwhelmed new parents struggle to eat healthy food
Dear Abby: I have a close friend who
recently had a baby with serious health prob-
lems. Unfortunately, we live on opposite
sides of the country, and I can’t afford to fl y
out there. I want to help, but short of calls and
texts to let her know I’m thinking of her, I’m
out of ideas.
She’s mentioned several times that with
all the work of being a new parent plus the
extra work involved with a child with special
needs, she often doesn’t have time to prepare
healthy meals and reverts to junk food that
she can grab easily. Ordinarily, I’d bring over
a few meals to help out, but that’s impossible
to do when she’s so far away.
Restaurant gift cards would be an option,
but unfortunately she and her husband don’t
have the time to go to one. I’m hoping you
might have other ideas on how I can help out
from afar. — Puzzled About Helping
Dear Puzzled: Go online and research
and presumably on Facebook.
food delivery services in the city or
It’s awkward to ask an adult to
town where your friend lives. Some
practice good manners. Any words
businesses deliver prepared meals
of wisdom will be much appreci-
on a weekly basis. Other companies
ated. — Well-Mannered Lady in
ship boxes of wonderful fruits every
the West
month. But before doing anything,
Dear Lady: Explain to your
niece that you spend a lot of time,
ask your overwhelmed friend what
she and her husband think might be
money and effort on presenting
helpful rather than try to second-
these meals, and that you were hurt
J EANNE
guess.
and offended at their apparent lack
P HILLIPS
Dear Abby: I’d like to know if
of appreciation. It’s the truth. Do
ADVICE
there is a nice way of asking my
not preoccupy yourself with trying
niece and her boyfriend, who are in
to be nice or you will weaken the
their mid- to late-20s, not to bring
message. Some families solve this
their phones to the dinner table? I have
problem by insisting their guests place their
spent days preparing for and cooking holi-
cellphones in a basket before dinner and
day meals. The evening was less than enjoy-
reclaim them as they depart. (Just a thought!)
able for me because they were only partly
Dear Abby: My friend from church
there, and spent most of their time texting
casually mentioned that he and his wife
recently helped themselves to several buck-
ets of sand from a national park. I’m beside
myself trying to understand how they can
justify pillaging a natural resource so they
can pretend they are at the beach. It’s beyond
selfi sh and just plain wrong. What can I say
to convince them to return it? Can you help
me navigate this conversation while still
maintaining the friendship? — Shocked in
Hawaii
Dear Shocked: Start by pointing out to
your friends that there are serious penal-
ties for doing what he and his wife did. I ran
your letter by my former personal assistant,
Winni, who lives in Hawaii. She informed
me that, according to the Department of
Land and Natural Resources, stealing sand
from the beaches is not only against the law,
but also punishable with fi nes of upward of
$100,000.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 30, 1921
A county court hearing has been on today for the purpose
of determining the county circulations of the Morning
Tribune and the Freewater Times. The case was brought
by the Freewater Times with the intent of showing that it
rather than the Tribune is entitled to be named as county offi -
cial paper along with the East Oregonian. The law requires
that the two newspapers having the largest circulations in
the county be designated as the county’s offi cial newspa-
pers. H. L. Kuck, publisher of the Morning Tribune, while
on the witness stand admitted that the Tribune has been
padding its circulation statements. Among the chief points
in controversy however were whether the Freewater Times
should be allowed credit for 204 subscribers secured “for
the occasion.” The court at the conclusion of the hearing
ruled that the Freewater Times‘ special subscriptions could
not be counted and the decision was announced in favor of
the Morning Tribune. The value to a newspaper in being
designated as an offi cial county paper is chiefl y sentimental
and the big feature of the contest was the fi ght for truthful
circulation claims.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 30, 1971
Graduate student Celia Currin, of Pendleton, thinks
she’s “maybe going to make it” at Harvard Business School,
since she wasn’t asked to leave during the fi rst three weeks.
Celia wrote that she has six hours of classes and six hours
of study preparation, so this doesn’t leave her much time
for extra-curricular activity. She and another girl share a
two-room suite in the dorm, and Celia got the room with
a fi replace. She ended her note with a Celiaism. “College
hasn’t changed me a bit. I am now in love with 4,765 male
students, 14 professors, three janitors and a Dachshund
named Bruce.” (Reported by Bernice Riley, E-O Women’s
Editor.)
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 30, 1996
In Umatilla County, the home of GOP Senate candidate
Gordon Smith, the news of Smith’s defeat to Ron Wyden was
clearly a disappointment. “I think it’s a great loss for Eastern
Oregonians,” said Tim O’Hanlon, chairman of the Umatilla
County Republican Central Committee. Smith supporters
agree he ran a solid campaign but was hurt by negative adver-
tising by Wyden supporters, particularly surrounding envi-
ronmental questions at Smith’s vegetable processing plant in
Weston. However, Mike Breeden, O’Hanlon’s counterpart
in the county Democratic Party, contented Wyden’s decision
three weeks ago to abandon negative campaigning made a
signifi cant impact on a politically disillusioned electorate.
Joe Burns of Hermiston, a staunch Republican, said, “You’ve
got to give Wyden credit. He put on a tremendous campaign.”
O’Hanlon echoed Burns’ appraisal of Wyden as a campaigner.
“For a guy who fl unked the bar exam three times, he really
knows how to campaign.”
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On Jan. 30, 1948, Indian
political and spiritual leader
Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78,
was shot and killed in New
Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a
Hindu extremist. (Godse and
a co-conspirator were later
executed.)
In 1649, England’s King
Charles I was executed for
high treason.
In 1862, the ironclad USS
Monitor was launched from
the Continental Iron Works
in Greenpoint, New York,
during the Civil War.
In 1933, Adolf Hitler
became chancellor of
Germany.
In 1948, aviation pioneer
Orville Wright, 76, died in
Dayton, Ohio.
In 1968, the Tet Offensive
began during the Vietnam
War as Communist forces
launched surprise attacks
against South Vietnamese
towns and cities; although
the Communists were beaten
back, the offensive was seen
as a major setback for the
U.S. and its allies.
In 1972, 13 Roman Cath-
olic civil rights marchers
were shot to death by British
soldiers in Northern Ireland
on what became known as
“Bloody Sunday.”
In 1974, President Rich-
ard Nixon delivered what
would be his last State of
the Union address; Nixon
pledged to rein in rising
prices without the “harsh
medicine of recession” and
establish a national health
care plan that every Amer-
ican could afford.
In 1981, an estimated 2
million New Yorkers turned
out for a ticker-tape parade
honoring the American
hostages freed from Iran.
In 2005, Iraqis voted in
their country’s fi rst free elec-
tion in a half-century; Presi-
dent George W. Bush called
the balloting a resounding
success.
In 2006, Coretta Scott
King, widow of the Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr., died
in Rosarito Beach, Mexico,
at age 78.
Today’s Bi r thdays:
Actor Gene Hackman is 91.
Country singer Norma Jean
is 83. Singer Phil Collins is
70. Actor Ann Dowd is 65.
The King of Jordan, Abdul-
lah II, is 59. The King of
Spain, Felipe VI, is 53. Actor
Christian Bale is 47. Rock
musician Carl Broemel (My
Morning Jacket) is 47. Actor
Olivia Colman is 47.
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