8B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
THuRSDAY, JuLY 30, 2020
COFFEE BREAK
Man ready to move on from his erratic ex-girlfriend
DEAR ABBY: My girlfriend
and I split up, but she doesn’t
want to tell anyone or change
stuff on Facebook.
When I told her
that, for now, I just
want to be friends,
she got mad at me
for changing the
password on my
account. She can get mean and
hateful when she doesn’t get her
way, and she keeps bringing up
my past and won’t let it go.
She wants to get back together.
We have broken up and gotten
back together several times. This
time, though, I’m not sure I want
to. I love her, but I don’t know
Blue shell saves
lobster’s life
AKRON, Ohio — What
could have landed on a plate
as an entree instead landed
in a zoo.
The Akron Zoo
on Monday, July 26,
announced on its Face-
book page it adopted a rare
blue American lobster from
none other than a Red Lob-
ster restaurant in Cuyahoga
Falls, Ohio.
Employees at the restau-
rant last week discovered
the blue lobster, which
they named Clawde after
the the restaurant chain’s
mascot, and recognized the
rarity of the blue shell. Lob-
sters with blue shells occur
one in every 2 million,
according to the zoo. The
blue coloration of the shell
is the result of a genetic
anomaly. The restaurant
contacted the Monterey Bay
Aquarium in California,
which in turn reached out to
the Akron Zoo.
The Akron Zoo and
Red Lobster are conser-
vation partners with Sea-
food Watch, according to
the zoo’s post. The Mon-
terey Bay Aquarium runs
the program, which helps
consumers and businesses
choose seafood that is
how much more I can take. She
tells me she’s sorry every time she
calls me names or is mean and
thinks that it will fix
everything. When I
DEAR
told her it wouldn’t,
she threatened to
ABBY
block me if I put
“single” on my pro-
file. Please give me
some advice. I don’t think this is
healthy, and I don’t know what to
do.
— CONFUSED
DEAR CONFUSED: Listen to
your gut, which is telling you this
romance isn’t healthy. There’s a
reason the two of you have broken
up repeatedly. Your ex-girlfriend
farmed sustainably and
fished in ways to support a
healthy ocean.
The animal care staff at
the zoo retrieved Clawde
and prepared a home for
him at the zoo.
But the name did not last
long. The zoo on Tuesday
revealed the blue lobster
was a female, thus Clawde
became Clawdia.
The lobster had a few
bumps and bruises from
her journey, the Akron Zoo
also reported, and next
few months are critical for
Clawdia as she prepares for
her annual molt, “a time
that is very vulnerable for
lobsters of any color.”
Pentagon still
hunting for UFOs
WASHINGTON — The
Unidentified Aerial Phe-
nomenon Task Force is not
a classified military pro-
gram, but The New York
Times reported last week
that what it deals with is.
According to the Times
article from Thursday,
July 23, the task force con-
tinues the U.S. govern-
ment’s search for uniden-
tified flying objects. The
program operates under the
U.S. Office of Naval Intel-
ligence and showed up in
is verbally abusive and con-
trolling, and she threatens you.
Go ahead and post on your pro-
file that you are single, and if she
blocks you, so be it. The first step
to healing your wounded heart
will be to start meeting others.
Give it a try, and you will find it’s
very effective.
DEAR ABBY: There are
many videos about proper hand-
washing on the internet as well as
video clips that have been aired
on television demonstrating the
proper technique. But just about
everyone I have seen leaves the
water running the whole time they
are washing their hands. I don’t
think it is a good idea to try to
teach people, especially young
children, a technique that is so
wasteful.
There’s no reason for the
water to be running all the
time someone is washing their
hands or brushing their teeth
because that water just goes
right down the drain. While
it’s very important that every-
body wash their hands to prevent
viruses from spreading, it is also
important to recognize that water
is a precious resource. Care
should be taken not to waste it.
— ENVIRONMENTALIST
DEAR ENVIRONMEN-
TALIST: You are right, which is
why I am printing your timely
News of the weird
Image from the Akron Zoo’s Facebook page
This rare blue American lobster went from the tank of a
Red Lobster restaurant in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, last week
to a new home at the Akron Zoo.
June in the Intelligence
Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2021, which outlines
spending on the nation’s
intelligence agencies for the
coming year. According to
the spending bill, the pur-
pose of the Unidentified
Aerial Phenomenon Task
Force is “to standardize col-
lection and reporting on
unidentified aerial phenom-
enon, any links they have to
adversarial foreign govern-
ments, and the threat they
pose to U.S. military assets
and installations.”
The bill also noted the
committee’s concern with
the lack of a “unified, com-
prehensive process within
the Federal Government for
collecting and analyzing
intelligence on unidentified
aerial phenomena, despite
the potential threat.”
According to the bill,
“The committee under-
stands that the relevant
intelligence may be sen-
sitive; nevertheless, the
committee finds that the
information sharing and
coordination across the
intelligence community has
been inconsistent.”
The bill then directs
the Office of Naval Intel-
reminder. In the Southwest, where
drought is common, the impor-
tance of water conservation is a
fact of life. Because I was sur-
prised to receive a letter from
New Jersey on this subject, I went
online and learned to my surprise
that starting in 2001-02, there was
a drought that lasted 55 weeks in
your state.
Folks, because water is not
an infinite resource, be prudent.
And I’m not just suggesting you
be mindful when washing your
hands and brushing your teeth.
It’s also important to consider
when rinsing dishes and — men
— shaving once the quarantine is
lifted.
ligence to work with cer-
tain intelligence agencies to
submit a report to the “con-
gressional intelligence and
armed services commit-
tees on un-identified aerial
phenomena (also known
as ‘anomalous aerial vehi-
cles’), including observed
airborne objects that have
not been identified.”
Sen. Marco Rubio,
R-Florida, is the acting
chairman of the Senate
Select Committee on Intel-
ligence. He has said he is
concerned about reports of
unidentified aircraft over
American military bases
and it was in the govern-
ment’s interest to find out
who was responsible.
The U.S. military and
intelligent agencies have
overseen several projects to
collect and evaluate UFO
reports and information or
to dissuade the American
public from believing in
UFOs.
Poland accidentally
invades Czech
Republic
PELHRIMOVY, Czech
Republic — The Polish mil-
itary recently invaded and
for a brief stint even occu-
pied territory in the neigh-
boring Czech Republic.
The Polish military
called the whole thing a
misunderstanding.
NPR and other news
organizations reported
Polish soldiers in late
May crossed the country’s
border with Czech Republic
and mistakenly turned
away Czech citizens from
entering a church.
The incident occurred
near Pielgrzymow, a vil-
lage just across the border
from Poland, where sol-
diers assisting the country’s
border guard established
their post in the wrong
location.
NPR reported Czech
officials said their diplomats
immediately notified their
Polish counterparts about
the incident, and Poland’s
Foreign Ministry confirmed
the incident but asserted it
did not receive official noti-
fication about it.
“According to our infor-
mation, the case was dis-
cussed by the authorities
responsible for border pro-
tection on the Polish and
Czech sides,” the ministry’s
press office said in a state-
ment. “In the spirit of good
Polish-Czech relations, we
believe that this was only a
minor misunderstanding that
was quickly cleared up.”
— EO Media Group