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The BulleTin • Tuesday, sepTemBer 21, 2021 A7
Ryder Cup
DEAR ABBY
Write to Dear Abby online at dearabby.com
or by mail at P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069
Dear Abby: I have a former
high school classmate who,
over the years, I’ve gotten
pretty close to. He has been
there for me when I was at
my lowest, and I have been
there for him as well. He lives
several hours away, but we
talked almost daily in addi-
tion to being on social media.
A few months ago I
stopped hearing from him,
and his social media profile
went dark. I had a bad feel-
ing, so I Googled him and
was shocked to see he had
been arrested! While it wasn’t
a violent crime, it was hor-
rible just the same. He has
called me several times from
prison, declaring his inno-
cence — always requesting
money. Abby, I live paycheck
to paycheck. Even if I had
extra money, I wouldn’t feel
comfortable giving it to him.
I feel hurt and used. Part
of me says I need to end the
friendship; the other part says
he needs friends right now
and it’s not my place to judge
him. I have refused to accept
his last few calls because I re-
ally don’t know what to do.
Your thoughts are appreci-
ated.
— Blindsided in Pennsylvania
Dear Blindsided: This per-
son hasn’t used you — yet.
The next time he reaches out,
accept the call. When you
do, make clear that you can
offer moral support, but you
cannot give him money be-
cause you live paycheck to
paycheck. You may not hear
from him after that. But if he
continues to ask, take a giant
step backward and recognize
this friendship has run its
course.
Dear Abby: My husband
and I have been together for
three years. He recently went
back to his home state 1,000
miles away for what I thought
would be a two-day trip to
grab some things from his
late mother’s estate. He has
been unemployed for most
of this past year due to the
pandemic, so I’m somewhat
conflicted about something
he told me when I called to
ask when he was coming
home. He said he found a
job and decided he wants to
stay there and work for some
months to save up enough
money to pay off the bulk of
our debt.
He did not consult me be-
fore making this decision. He
told me he has worked out
a COVID-safe housing ar-
rangement with his sister and
his aunt. The type of work he
will be doing there is some-
thing he could do here, where
our home is. I don’t want to
discourage him, but it baf-
fles me that he would take a
job 1,000 miles away. What
if something were to happen
to me or our animals? When
I told him I didn’t agree with
his decision, he told me I
should be happy he’s no lon-
ger unemployed. How should
I handle this?
— Far Away in Missouri
Dear Far Away in Missouri:
Your husband shouldn’t have
taken a job 1,000 miles away
without first talking with
you. That said, what’s done is
done, and you need to let this
play out. There’s nothing to
stop you from visiting. For-
tunately, you and the animals
are all doing well. If circum-
stances change, he can always
quit the job and come back.
When the time comes, wel-
come your debt-free husband
home. There will be plenty
of time for the two of you to
hash out IN PERSON what
caused him to make such a
disruptive decision if there
were similar jobs available in
your own community.
YOUR HOROSCOPE
Continued from A5
The losses over the years
have been stunning enough,
coming to European teams that
on paper were never as talented
as any American squad topped
by Woods and Mickelson.
Equally as stunning is the re-
cord of the two best American
golfers of the last quarter-cen-
tury.
While Mickelson holds the
Ryder Cup record for most
matches played (47), he also
holds the record for most
matches lost (22). Mickelson’s
winning percentage is just 46%
(7 ties), and his devotion to the
team concept has been ques-
tioned on several occasions
over the years.
Woods, meanwhile, last won
a Ryder Cup match in 2010.
He’s played in eight of them,
and the last time he was on a
winning team was when he was
dominating everything in golf
in 1999.
In his last Ryder Cup while
reasonably healthy, Woods
went 0-3-1 in 2012. He likely
finished his Ryder Cup career
with an 0-4 mark in France in
2018, where Europe romped to
a win that was surprising if only
because not much resistance
was put up on the other side.
Just how bad is his overall
record? A journeyman named
J.B. Holmes has been on more
winning Ryder Cup teams than
Woods, whose Ryder Cup ca-
reer will be remembered more
for missed opportunities than
great performances.
Why couldn’t Woods and
Mickelson win big in the Ry-
der Cup when they’ve won big
everywhere else? That’s a ques-
tion that vexed Ryder Cup cap-
tains over the years who spent
long restless nights trying to
figure out how to match their
talents to various teammates in
the team matches.
They lost with teammates
both good and bad. They lost
in best ball and lost in alternate
shot. They even lost in singles,
most disastrously when Mick-
elson was beaten in 2002 on
the final day at The Belfry by
Phillip Price, then No. 119 in
the world, as the U.S. lost by a
point.
And those in golf remem-
ber well the disastrous pair-
ing of the two in 2008 when
they melted down almost be-
fore they reached the first tee.
The idea, according to captain
Hal Sutton, was to steamroll
the Euros with the game’s top
two players, but it didn’t take
long for the plan to go horribly
awry.
Woods and Mickelson lost
their first best ball match, then
more famously were beaten in
alternate shot when Mickel-
son sliced a shot so far left that
Woods briefly covered his eyes
and ended up taking an un-
playable in a 1-up loss.
Now both are out of the
lineup — Mickelson for the
first time since his Ryder Cup
debut a quarter-century ago
— and the U.S. brings a young
but extremely talented team
to Whistling Straits instead.
While Woods remains home
in Florida, Mickelson will be
an assistant captain, tooling
around in a golf cart and cheer-
ing his countrymen on.
The torch has been passed,
and it won’t be returned. Mick-
elson is 50, and aside from his
improbable win in the PGA
Championship earlier this year,
is past his competitive prime,
while Woods was injured so
badly in his car crash that
he may never hit a shot that
counts again.
Hard to believe it was 22
years ago that Woods and
Mickelson were on the winning
team at Brookline in a U.S. fi-
nal day comeback so stirring
that both probably saw lots of
Ryder Cup glory in their future.
“I never knew how good it
feels to win the Ryder Cup,”
Woods said afterward.
Incredibly, he hasn’t had the
feeling since.
By Georgia Nicols
Serena Morones/ for The Oregonian
Stars show the kind of day you’ll have
Oregon Ducks QB Anthony Brown battles the rain and Stony Brook Seawolves in a nonconference game at Autzen Stadium in Eugene on Saturday.
DYNAMIC | POSITIVE | AVERAGE | SO-SO | DIFFICULT
MOON ALERT: There are no restrictions to shopping or important deci-
sions today. The Moon is in Aries.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR TUESDAY, SEPT. 21, 2021: You are
energetic, friendly and always witty. You love mysteries and are a skilled and
original communicator. You are also confident in your ability to put your own
spin on things. This is an excellent year for you, because it’s a time of achieve-
ment and recognition. You might get a promotion, an award or acknowl-
edgement of your successful efforts. Bravo!
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
For the next four weeks, you need more sleep. In your chart, the Sun is
opposite your sign, which is as far away from you as it can get all year, and the
Sun is your source of energy. You will focus more on partners, spouses and
close friends. Tonight: You win!
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
You will work hard to get better organized in the next four weeks,
because you want to be on top of your game — plus healthier and more en-
ergetic. Yes, it’s time to turn over a new leaf. Tonight: Make an effort.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
Grab every opportunity to play and have fun in the next four weeks,
including taking a vacation. Enjoy sports events, fun activities with kids and
the entertainment world. Grab every chance to express your creative talents!
(TikTok, here I come.) Tonight: Enjoy good friends.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
Focus on home, family and your private life in the next four weeks.
Many of you will interact more with a parent. Home redecorating and im-
provements, plus dealing with increased chaos and activity will demand
your attention. Tonight: You are noticed.
Ducks
Continued from A5
As Oregon moves up in the
polls and becomes the Pac-12’s
only hope for a College Foot-
ball Playoff bid, who are the
Ducks?
“I feel like we’re a team that’s
not complacent and knows
that we can be better and we’re
chasing perfection,” McKinley
said. “That’s probably where
this team is at right now.”
Is the Oregon offense that
out-schemed, out-coached
and out-played Ohio State the
true version of UO, when the
playbook is wide open and key
personnel isn’t being reined
in? Or are the struggles to
protect Brown against Fresno
State, which no longer looks
anywhere near as worrying as
two weeks ago, or lowly Stony
Brook a cause for concern en-
tering Pac-12 play?
“We weren’t satisfied with to-
day’s win, but the mentality is
up there,” running back Travis
Dye said. “At the beginning, the
first half it was a lot choppy. We
played down to their level and
we need to figure out how to
not do that in the beginning of
the game. Second half we came
back, we brought it back up to
our level a little bit.
“But there’s nothing satisfy-
ing about this win right now.
We know what we can do. We
know what we should have
done when we came in here
and we didn’t get it done in the
first half.”
Oregon’s defense mustered
just one sack and four tack-
les for loss on Saturday, albeit
with most of the two-deep of
the front seven on the sideline.
That will surely change once
Kayvon Thibodeaux, Bradyn
Swinson, Mase Funa, Adrian
Jackson Jr. and Keith Brown
are all back at full strength. But
should depth of talent be an is-
sue in preventing pass rush and
penetration in the backfield
against an FCS team that had
eight players who played in the
FBS previously?
“There was way too many
yards,” nickel safety Bennett
Williams said. “I don’t think we
were initially winning the line
of scrimmage like we wanted
to and sometimes with a lot of
young guys in there it takes a
little bit to get the wheels go-
ing. But we hit our groove and
we came out in the second half
and really in the locker room
it was telling them, ‘Let’s put it
to them. Let’s put this thing out
of doubt, out of question and
let’s go show them that we are
the most physical team out here
and they don’t want to come
back to Autzen and ever play
here again.’”
Last week, Cristobal said
how the Ducks approached all
they do would “determine if
our trajectory points to us be-
ing a great football team or just
being a good football team.”
After Saturday’s game Cris-
tobal said he liked the approach
throughout week, while also
noting both inconsistent play
and “bright spots” from what
was still a 48-7 win.
“What’s not good enough in
defeat,” Cristobal said last Mon-
day, “certainly cannot be good
enough in victory as well.”
The Ducks can’t compromise
their standards if they intend
to remain on the national stage
for the next several months.
Ella Thorsett (fourth, 18:50.50)
and Barrett Justema (fifth,
18:51.97) to help the Summit
girls cross-country team win
the team title at the annual
meet. The Storm finished 39
points ahead of second-place
finisher Ida B. Wells.
The Summit boys finished
third at the Northwest Clas-
sic, with Jackson Keefer lead-
ing the way with a ninth-place
finish (15:54.81). Ridgeview’s
Finn Anspach finished sec-
ond in the race with a time of
15:38.56.
one final tune-up against La
Salle Prep on Thursday.
Girls soccer
With a 9-1 win on Satur-
day on the road against Sandy,
Bend High girls soccer has
pushed its winning streak to
four games since its open-
ing-season loss. During the
streak, the Lava Bears have
outscored their opponents 20-
1. The Lava Bears open con-
ference play next Tuesday after
Football
Ridgeview football played
in its second overtime game of
the year Saturday, but the sec-
ond time did not go as well as
the first as the Ravens fell to
Hood River Valley in an Inter-
mountain Conference game,
28-27.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
The pace of your days will accelerate in the next four weeks because of
tasks, errands and short trips, plus increased reading, writing and studying.
You’ll enjoy socializing and will express yourself with intensity and enthusi-
asm! Tonight: Travel plans.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Your focus on money, cash flow, earnings and possessions will increase
in the next four weeks. You will spend more, especially on beautiful things.
Fortunately, you will attract money to you. You also will think about your
values. Tonight: Accept a favor.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
The Sun is in your sign for the next four weeks, which is your chance to
recharge your batteries for the rest of the year. This happens once a year and
makes it easy for you to attract people and favorable situations to you. (It’s an
excellent time to buy wardrobe treasures.) Tonight: Cooperate.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Your personal year is coming to an end, but your new year will not
begin until your birthday. Therefore, the next four weeks are a time of limbo.
Use this window of time to think about what you want for your new year
ahead. Define some goals, because they will help you achieve what you
want. Tonight: Get organized.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
You will enjoy increased popularity in the next four weeks, talking to
younger people, creative people and perhaps being active in a physical com-
petition with others. This is an excellent time to share your dreams for the
future, because someone’s feedback will help you. Tonight: Have fun!
Preps
Continued from A5
Cross-country
At the site of the state cham-
pionship meet on Saturday,
Summit’s Teaghan Knox
crossed the finish line first at
the Northwest XC Classic at
Eugene’s Lane Community
College with a time of 17:53.40.
Her teammates Maggie Wil-
liams finished third (18:33.67),
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
The Sun will be at high noon in your chart for the next four weeks,
casting you in a flattering spotlight. This happens only once a year, and when
it does, people are impressed with you, even if you don’t do anything special.
Use this time to advance your agenda and make your pitch! Tonight: Relax at
home.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Grab every chance to travel and explore your horizons in the next four
weeks, because you want stimulation! You also want to learn more. This is an
excellent time to take a course or go back to school. Explore opportunities in
publishing, the law, medicine and the media. Tonight: Talk to others.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
The next four weeks will be particularly passionate and intense for
you. You will be passionate about everything, including romance. Keep your
pockets open, because you can attract gifts, favors and money to you. It’s a
most fortunate time! Tonight: Check your finances.
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