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September 21, 2012
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Roseburg woman’s joke makes Reader’s Digest

Five years ago, longtime Reader’s Digest subscriber Becky O’Neill submitted a humorous anecdote about her daughter to the magazine. “My teenage daughter is not the most knowledgeable Catholic,” O’Neill’s anecdote read. “After my husband bought me a gorgeous cross pendant, Michelle gushed, ‘It looks like something the Pope’s wife would wear!’ ” Convinced Reader’s Digest had decided to pass on her submission, the 71-year-old Roseburg resident was pleasantly surprised when she found out in August the magazine intended to print it. The anecdote appears in the October edition of Reader’s Digest. “It was exciting,” O’Neill said. “My heart jumped when …

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