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Saturday, March 13, 2021
East Oregonian
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DEAR ABBY
Time and technology change communication between twins
Dear Abby: My twin sister moved to
another state years ago. We always kept in
close contact through telephone calls. But
since the invention of caller ID, call wait-
ing, cellphones, texting, etc., things have
changed.
Examples: She’ll cut off a conversation
to answer another nonemergency call. She
frantically texts that she needs to talk right
now, then doesn’t call and won’t answer
when I try to call her. She doesn’t return
calls or texts for days.
When we do talk, she complains nonstop,
and if I try to chime in about what’s happen-
ing in my life, she cuts off the conversation.
Also, we have a two-hour time difference,
so when she does call, it’s either super late
or the dinner hour. If I can’t talk long, she
gets mad and blocks me for days.
I don’t want to be the etiquette police, but
something is off. Advice? — Just About to build a new home out in the country on
Had It in Illinois
property I own.
Dear Had It: Has your twin
If I do, my family, which needs
always been this self-centered and
a better place to live, could live in
rude, or is it relatively new behav-
my current house. But I’m worried
ior? Do not blame advances in
about the physical and emotional
technology for it. Accept that she
toll it will take on my husband and
may have a low level of tolerance
me to improve the wooded prop-
for frustration and little interest in
erty. I also worry about issues
what is going on in your life.
like potential dementia living
nearly 30 miles from town in the
If I were you, the next time she
J eanne
blocks you, do not repeatedly try to
country.
P hilliPs
reach her. Wait until she calls back.
No matter how much I weigh
ADVICE
If you haven’t already taken this
the pros and cons, I can’t reach a
up with her directly, you should,
decision whether to build or not.
because her phone manners are atrocious.
Because of our ages, it’s now or never. Can
Dear Abby: My husband and I are you please help me decide? — Stumped
elderly. We live in a renovated shack I inher- About the Future
ited from my family. The neighborhood is
Dear Stumped: Allow me to offer a third
degrading, and I’m trying to decide whether alternative. You described your husband and
yourself as elderly and expressed concern
about the physical and emotional toll build-
ing a new home far from town could cause.
It might make more sense to consider selling
your current home and/or the rural property
and using the money to buy a place in town
in a neighborhood that isn’t degrading and
is near medical facilities should you and
your husband need them. At this point in
your lives, the last thing you need is stress
and isolation.
Dear Readers: This is my annual
reminder to all of you who live where
daylight saving time is observed: Don’t
forget to turn your clocks forward one hour
tonight at bedtime. Daylight saving time
begins at 2 a.m. tomorrow. It’s a ritual I love
because it signals the coming of spring, and
with it longer, brighter days and warmer
weather.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 13, 1921
A record crowd visited the Pendleton Automotive Show at
Happy Canyon yesterday afternoon and evening to view the
scores of cars and trucks on display in the big pavilion. Never in
the four years history of the show has the crowd been so large,
hundreds of Pendleton and Umatilla county people seeing the
display. Not alone do the cars and trucks attract attention: the
working exhibits claim crowds of spectators and much interest
is shown in shop work appliances, demonstrations of weld-
ing, repair work, etc. Music by Sawyers’ six-piece orchestra
is a pleasing feature. Local automobile men who have gone to
great expense to present the show to the public say that they
feel repaid for the efforts because of the interest manifested.
Never before, they state, have people shown such enthusiasm
and there is a bright prospect for many sales during the three
days. The crowd this afternoon is large and tomorrow, the final
day, gives promise of being an added success.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 13, 1971
Gordon Keith Spearman Jr., 24, Hermiston, was fatally
injured in combat action in Vietnam March 10, according to
word received here by his parents, who live on Locust Road.
The Hermiston soldier had written his parents in a letter
received Friday, March 12, that he had less than 30 days left on
his tour of duty in Vietnam. His parents received word of his
death Saturday. He was a 1965 graduate of Hermiston High
School. Spec. 5 Spearman was a member of the Army’s 75th
Rangers, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. He was
evacuated from the combat zone to military medical facilities
and died the same day he was wounded.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 13, 1996
Donald Sampson’s keynote speech Saturday at an environ-
mental law conference in Eugene poignantly brought home the
significance of salmon to the country’s native people. Sampson,
board of trustees chairman for the Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, described the magical moment
a salmon jumped from the water during his young son’s first
fishing experience. That moment helped the boy recognize his
relationship with the fish and with his grandfathers, uncles and
cousins, Sampson said. The audience of more than 300 profes-
sionals and citizens at the “Contract with the Earth” Conference
applauded Sampson’s 9-year-old daughter, Ashley, who joined
her father and shared her feelings on the plight of salmon. She
said people should respect the salmon as they respect humans,
reminding the audience that the salmon gives its life so people
can live. And she added, “If we were in a mess like they are,
they would help us.”
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On March 13, 1933, banks
in the U.S. began to reopen
after a “holiday” declared by
President Franklin D. Roos-
evelt.
In 1639, New College was
renamed Harvard College for
clergyman John Harvard.
In 1781, the seventh planet
of the solar system, Uranus,
was discovered by Sir William
Herschel.
In 1862, President Abra-
ham Lincoln signed a measure
prohibiting Union military
officers from returning fugi-
tive slaves to their owners.
In 1925, the Tennessee
General Assembly approved
a bill prohibiting the teach-
ing of the theory of evolution.
(Gov. Austin Peay signed the
measure on March 21.)
In 1934, a gang that
included John Dillinger and
“Baby Face” Nelson robbed
the First National Bank in
Mason City, Iowa, making off
with $52,344.
In 1938, famed attorney
Clarence S. Darrow died in
Chicago.
In 1947, the Lerner and
Loewe musical “Brigadoon,”
about a Scottish village that
magically reappears once
every hundred years, opened
on Broadway.
In 1954, the Battle of Dien
Bien Phu began during the
First Indochina War as Viet
Minh forces attacked French
troops, who were defeated
nearly two months later.
In 1969, the Apollo 9 astro-
nauts splashed down, ending
a mission that included the
successful testing of the Lunar
Module.
In 1996, a gunman burst
into an elementary school
in Dunblane, Scotland, and
opened fire, killing 16 children
and one teacher before killing
himself.
In 2013, Jorge Bergoglio of
Argentina was elected pope,
choosing the name Francis; he
was the first pontiff from the
Americas and the first from
outside Europe in more than
a millennium.
In 2018, President Donald
Trump abruptly dumped Secre-
tary of State Rex Tillerson —
via Twitter — and moved CIA
Director Mike Pompeo from
the role of America’s spy chief
to its top diplomat.
Today’s Birthdays: Jazz
musician Roy Haynes is 96.
Songwriter Mike Stoller is
88. Singer-songwriter Neil
Sedaka is 82. R&B/gospel
singer Candi Staton is 81.
Opera singer Julia Migenes is
72. Actor William H. Macy is
71. Comedian Robin Duke is
67. Actor Dana Delany is 65.
Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D.,
is 64. Rock musician Adam
Clayton (U2) is 61. Jazz musi-
cian Terence Blanchard is
59. Actor Christopher Collet
is 53. Rock musician Matt
McDonough (Mudvayne) is
52. Actor Annabeth Gish is
50. Actor Tracy Wells is 50.
Rapper-actor Common is
49. Rapper Khujo (Goodie
Mob, The Lumberjacks) is
49. Singer Glenn Lewis is 46.
Actor Danny Masterson is 45.
Actor Noel Fisher is 37. Sing-
ers Natalie and Nicole Albino
(Nina Sky) are 37. Actor Emile
Hirsch is 36. Olympic gold
medal skier Mikaela Shiffrin
is 26. Tennis star Coco Gauff
is 17.
CHURCH
Featured this Week:
DIRECTORY
Community Worship
Our Lady of Angels
Catholic Church
565 W. HERMISTON AVE.
Iglesia Católica Nuestra
Señora de los Ángeles
565 W. HERMISTON AVE.
First United
Methodist
Church
Pendleton
210 NW 9th St. Pendleton Oregon
(Peace Lutheran Church)
Sunday worship 8:30pm
541-276-2616
Open Hearts,
Open Minds, Open Doors
Patty Nance, pastor
Redeemer
Episcopal
Church
241 SE Second St. Pendleton
(541)276-3809
www.pendletonepiscopal.org
St. Johns
Episcopal Church
Join Us On Our Journey With Jesus.
Join us on ZOOM 9:00 AM Sunday
Email: chuckb@eotnet.net for link
N.E. Gladys Ave & 7th, Hermiston
PH: 567-6672
We are an all inclusive Church
who welcomes all.
The Salvation Army
Center for Worship & Service
Sunday Worship Service
9:30 - Sunday School
10:30 - Worship Service
Wednesday Bible Study
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5:30 Family Fellowship Meal • 6:00 Bible Study
Community
Presbyterian
Church
PENDLETON
LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH
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M-F Morning Prayer at . 7:00
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All Are Welcome
COME AS YOU ARE
150 SE Emigrant
(541) 276-3369
Sunday Mornings
1st Service: 8:30am
2nd Service: 10:30am
Includes Children’s Services
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
-Presbyterian Church (USA)-
201 SW Dorion Ave.
Pendleton
www.pendletonpresbyterian.com
ONLINE and IN-PERSON SERVICES
S U N D AYS
541.276.1894
Worship Service on
Facebook
10:00 am Sundays
Open Hearted...
Open Minded
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712 SW 27TH ST.
www.pendletoncog.com
love God, love people, and make disciples who make disciples
FAITH LUTHERAN
CHURCH
in Mission for Christ LCMC
Sunday Worship.........9:00 AM
Bible Study......10:15 AM
Red Lion Hotel
( Oregon Trail Room )
108 S. Main St.
Pendleton
Sunday at 10:30am
PendletonFaithCenter.com
“A Come as
You are Church”
OPEN HEARTS – OPEN DOOR
www.graceandmercylutheran.org
Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m. (Nursery Provided)
Fellowship, Refreshments & Sunday School
Check Out our Facebook Page or
Website for More Information
541-289-4535
Pastor Weston Walker
Grace and Mercy Lutheran Church, ELCA
(First United Methodist Church)
191 E. Gladys Ave. / P.O. Box 1108
Hermiston, Oregon 97838
14 Martin Drive,
Umatilla, OR
922-3250
Worship: 10 AM
Sunday School at 11:30
Solid Rock
Community Church
140 SW 2nd St Hermiston, OR 97838
541-567-6937
Worship Service: 11:00AM
Sunday School: 9:45
Pastor Wilbur Clark
Sunday Service: 9am & 6pm
Tuesday Kingdom Seekers: 7pm
Wednesday Bible Study: 7pm
Also Live Stream at PendletonFirst.com
SundayEvenings
Celebrate Recovery: 6:00
We offer: Sunday School • Sign Language
Wednesday Evenings
Interpreters • Nursery • Transportation • & more!
Family Night: 6:00 pm
Pastor Dan Satterwhite
541.377.4252
417 NW 21st St. • Pendleton, OR 97801
www.facebook.com/
PendletonLighthouseChurch
Pendleton First Assembly of God
1911 SE Court Ave. PO Box 728
541.276.6417 pendletonfirst.com
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Audra Workman 541-564-4538
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