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Page 8C East Oregonian COFFEE BREAK Saturday, January 23, 2016 DEAR ABBY Tomboy’s unhappiness may be start of gender change Dear Abby , Must Kad a Eig ¿gKt and the church. There are a number of churches in my area, but I feel guilty with my best friend. Her name is attending one when I don’t believe in “Alex.” There was a lot of cursing. The argument was about her the same things as the other members. wanting to be transgender. I didn’t My family always taught me to be agree with it, and she got mad at me. considerate of the beliefs of the people Alex is a tomboy. Today she cut her around me, and it seems dishonest to hair short — too short for my taste — go to a service and listen to prayers and she keeps complaining about how my heart doesn’t embrace. Jeanne I’d still like to attend church. Have she hates being a girl. She hates her Phillips you any suggestions for what might period and is afraid of having breasts. Advice be a good course of action? Should It has started to annoy me. A lot. I go to church or stay home? — Alex and I have been friends since kindergarten, and I’m scared our friendship Unorthodox In Ohio Dear Unorthodox: You don’t have to stay may end. I don’t know if all this sounds childish, but please help. I don’t want to lose home. Instead, explore a denomination that has no dogma or creed. One in particular, my best friend. — Vegas Girl Dear Vegas Girl: If you really want to keep Unitarian Universalism, has been mentioned Alex as your best friend, go online and start before in this column. Unitarian Universalists believe in the researching what it means to be transgender. She may hate her female characteristics dignity and worth of every human being, and because she feels trapped in the wrong body. encourage and support others in following Being transgender is much more compli- their personal spiritual paths. If you would cated than cutting one’s hair and being a like more information, visit www.uua.org. Dear Abby: The mother of a friend tomboy. What’s going on with your friend isn’t a frivolous decision. Alex is going to recently passed away. I wanted to send a nice need understanding and emotional support plant to the funeral home and was shocked at during this process, and if you can’t stand how much it cost to have a small plant deliv- ered. Is it a “no-no” to buy a beautiful plant beside her, you WILL lose your best friend. Dear Abby: I was raised in the Christian and deliver it to the funeral home yourself? faith by my pastor parents. As I reached my — Budget-Minded Dear Budget-Minded: If it’s a “no-no,” I early teens, I realized that those beliefs didn’t really ¿t, and I gradually stopped attending never heard about it. If having the plant deliv- church. I stayed away all through college. ered would stretch your budget, by all means 0y time away only solidi¿ed that, in terms of take it over before the viewing. It’s the thought that counts, and your wish to commemorate belief, Christianity wasn’t for me. After I graduated this year, I realized I the death of your friend’s mother is thoughtful missed the community and ritual of the faith and beautiful. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 23-24, 1916 The week-end chinook, which swept away practically all of the previous snow and caused high water damage, was succeeded last night by a snow storm that has continued well through the day. Pendleton people awoke with surprise this morning to ¿nd a ¿ve-inch blanket of snow over everything. The melting snow Saturday and Sunday caused creeks to overÀow and torrents to sweep down gulches. The principal damage was along Wild Horse creek, the Àood-waters washing out both the railroad and the macadam so that all traf¿c has been suspended since Saturday night. Torrents of water swept down the gullies near Saxe, Havanna and Blakely and the macadam road was swept into Wild Horse creek in several places. It has been impossible for cars or other vehicles to cross these washouts and the road will practically be impassable until it is repaired. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 23-24, 1966 Two cousins are hospitalized in Heppner with injuries received in an unusual acci- dent Saturday night. Mike Davidson, 16, grandson of Mabel Davidson, Ione, and Tom Davidson, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Davidson, Arlington, both sustained back injuries. They were struck by a car driven by Bruce Rigby, Heppner, while walking along the highway a mile north of Heppner. Rigby was blinded by lights of a parked car when he rounded a corner. The parked car was one of three that had stopped to aid a fourth vehicle. Rigby’s auto also struck a car owned by Jack Henigan, 20, Arlington. Damage was light. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 23-24, 1991 A hulking concrete bridge, in storage since it was purchased 17 years ago to cross McKay Creek in Pendleton, will soon provide a sturdier path for truck traf¿c on Stage Gulch Road about 15 miles west of town. The channel of the gulch, dry throughout most of the year, was altered to ¿t the 7-foot-long bridge, which Umatilla County bought for $16,000 in 1973. Use of the concrete bridge was halted when attorney John Struve, who became the bridge namesake in the 1980s, led successful legal arguments all the way to the Oregon Court of Appeals. Struve, who lives in one of a dozen or so residences on the west side of McKay Creek, argued that the bridge violated federal Àood-plain restrictions. THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today is the 23rd day of 2016. There are 33 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 23, 1516, King Ferdinand II of Aragon, who with his late queen consort, Isabella of Castile, sponsored the ¿rst voyage of Christopher Columbus in 192, died in Madrigalejo, Spain. On this date: In 1789, Georgetown University was established in present-day Washington, D.C. In 1845, Congress decided all national elec- tions would be held on the ¿rst Tuesday after the ¿rst Monday in November. In 1933, the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the so-called “Lame Duck Amendment,” was rati¿ed as Missouri approved it. In 1944, Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (“The Scream”) died near Oslo at age 80. In 1950, the Israeli Knesset approved a resolu- tion af¿rming Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In 1960, the U.S. Navy-operated bathyscaphe Trieste carried two men to the deepest known point in the Paci¿c Ocean, reaching a depth of more than 35,000 feet. In 1964, the 2th Amend- ment to the United States Constitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, was rati¿ed as South Dakota became the 38th state to endorse it. In 1989, surrealist artist Salvador Dali died in his native Figueres, Spain, at age 8. In 1995, the Supreme Court, in McKennon vs. Nashville Banner Publishing Co., ruled that companies accused of ¿ring employees illegally could not escape liability by later ¿nding a lawful reason to justify the dismissal. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Jeanne Moreau is 88. Actress Chita Rivera is 83. Actor-director Lou Antonio is 82. Jazz musician Gary Burton is 73. Actor Gil Gerard is 73. Actor Rutger Hauer is 72. Rhythm-and- blues singer Jerry Lawson is 72. Sen. Thomas R. Carper, D-Del., is 69. Singer Anita Pointer is 68. Actor Richard Dean Anderson is 66. Rock musician Bill Cunningham is 66. Rock singer Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) is 63. Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is 63. Princess Caroline of Monaco is 59. Singer Anita Baker is 58. Reggae musician Earl Falconer (UB0) is 57. Actress Gail O’Grady is 53. Actress Mariska Hargitay is 52. Rhythm-and-blues singer Marc Nelson is 5. Actress Tiffani Thiessen is 2. Rock musician Nick Harmer (Death Cab for Cutie) is 1. Christian rock musician Nick DePartee (Kutless) is 31. Singer-ac- tress Rachel Crow is 18. Thought for Today: “It’s not what you are, it’s what you don’t become that hurts.” — Oscar Levant, pianist-composer-actor (1906-1972).
