COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, March 20, 2021
East Oregonian
A9
DEAR ABBY
Roommate with benefi ts is attracted to man’s friend
Dear Abby: I have this dilemma. I’m a
woman in my 40s with a good job, and I’m
told I am a good catch. About six months ago,
I moved in with a man I will call Peter. It started
as a roommate situation, but then became
friends with benefi ts. We have both agreed we
are not a couple.
The problem is Peter has a friend, “Reggie.”
I like Reggie, and he likes me. We have hung
out as a group several times. To the best of my
knowledge, Reggie has no idea Peter and I are
FWBs.
Reggie recently asked me out to dinner as a
date. I can see myself having a real relationship
with him, but don’t know how Peter will react.
Should I accept the invitation? I mean, it’s just
one date. Also, should I mention it to Peter? —
F.W.B. in the South
Dear F.W.B.: You and Peter have agreed
that you are not a couple. Accept Reggie’s off er
Dear Considering: I’m glad you wrote.
and be upfront with Peter about it. The only This is something that should be discussed
thing that might change would be that
further with your husband to make
Peter will have to fi nd another friend
sure you are on the same page, and
with benefits because the sexual
also with your OB-GYN.
aspect of your relationship with him
If your intention is that your chil-
may be over.
dren grow up together, this is some-
thing that should have happened
Dear Abby: I have a 22-year-old
years ago. As it stands, the 10-year
daughter from my fi rst marriage and
a 9-year-old son with my husband
age diff erence will mean your son
of 12 years. My husband is 57, and
will be grown and gone while your
JEANNE
I just turned 41. I would like to have
younger child is still at home.
PHILLIPS
A doctor with a specialty in genet-
another baby, mainly because I want
ADVICE
my 9-year-old son to have someone
ics could be helpful as you gather
to grow up with. We have no other
information. It is important that you
family. It’s just him and girl cousins, ages 9 and understand what precautions might be wise to
5. Can you please advise me if my husband and take before making this decision.
I are OK or too old to have one more child? —
Dear Abby: I care a lot about what friends,
Considering in the West
family — even the general public — do with
their money. Specifi cally, I promote the bene-
fi ts of owning a home, but I suspect my eff orts
to educate them may need a more loving
approach. I just don’t want people I care about
to throw their money away to their landlords.
Do I need to be more loving and supportive vs.
educating? — Community Helper in Mich-
igan
Dear Helper: People usually have good
reasons for renting instead of buying. If you
keep repeating your advice and it’s falling on
deaf ears, it’s fair to conclude your message
isn’t being appreciated. A saying widely
attributed to Albert Einstein is, “Insanity is
continuing to repeat an action over and over
again but expecting diff erent results.” You can
volunteer to serve as an adviser, but only if
these individuals want to make a change and
ask for your help.
DAYS GONE BY
From the East Oregonian
100 years ago
March 20, 1921
A vivid portrayal of the coming of missionaries to the
Oregon country, bringing the gospel to the Indians, was given
last night in the pageant, “Seeking the White Man’s Book of
Heaven,” presented by Tutuilla Indians and local people at the
Presbyterian church for the benefi t of the Christian Endeavors
Societies at Tutuilla and Pendleton. The pageant, which was
well presented, was greeted by a large audience. An interest-
ing feature of the pageant was the Flathead Indian’s speech
delivered at St. Louis in 1832, which was repeated by Parson
Motanic, prominent Umatilla Indian. The speech was read
years ago before the Presbytery when an appeal was made
for the sending of a missionary to the Umatilla Indians. The
interpretation of the famous speech began: “I come to you
over the trail of many moons, from the setting sun. ... My
people sent me to get the ‘White Man’s Book of Heaven.’ You
made my feet heavy with gifts and my moccasins will grow
old carrying them, yet the book is not among them.” Rev. J.
M. Cornelison answered this appeal and his work among the
Indians has been notable.
50 Years Ago
March 20, 1971
In the business directory it may be listed as Campbell’s
Chevron Station, but in the Helix area it’s known as “Camp-
bell’s Corner.” It was about 40 years ago that Henry Camp-
bell entered business on the corner with a service station and
a garage. The small facility is now loaded to the hilt with all
types of merchandise, and two 70-year-old enameled spittoons
sit at each end of the eight chairs lined up against the wall for
those who might elsewhere be termed as loafers. They are
not loafers at Campbell’s Corner. The chairs are occupied by
the town’s citizenry and ranchers who come to town to fi nd
out what’s going on, or are waiting for the wife and kids who
may be attending some kind of church or school activity. It’s
farming time out on the ranch, and any glamor about being a
cowboy on a western ranch is rubbing off fast and the conver-
sation and warmth of Campbell’s Corner looks mighty good
to the guy wearing lots of clothes and heavy boots.
25 Years Ago
March 20, 1996
As a general rule, you can’t get a 7-year-old to sit still for
a moment. Brandon Caswell is no exception. A fi rst-grader
at Sherwood Heights school, Brandon is always on the go.
School, swimming, whiffl e-ball, horsing around with his
brothers — and, now, wrestling. What makes Brandon diff er-
ent from his peers is that he was born without legs below the
knees. His parents say that doesn’t slow him down a bit. With
the help of prosthetic legs, he plays football, baseball and
enjoys roller skating and recently began skiing. “He has no
fear,” his mother, Joy Caswell, says. After Pendleton High
School wrestling coach Dale Freeman saw Brandon swim-
ming at the Round-Up Athletic Club, he gave his parents a
videotape to watch of a wrestler with the same condition who
fi nished second at state, and Brandon has been wrestling ever
since in the Pendleton Wrestling Club. He placed fourth in his
fi rst meet, second in the next meet and fi rst in the third meet.
The next weekend he won all three matches for fi rst place.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On March 20, 1995, in
Tokyo, 12 people were killed,
more than 5,500 others sick-
ened when packages contain-
ing the deadly chemical sarin
were leaked on fi ve separate
subway trains by Aum Shin-
rikyo cult members.
In 1413, England’s King
Henry IV died; he was
succeeded by Henry V.
In 1727, physicist, math-
ematician and astronomer
Sir Isaac Newton died in
London.
In 1815, Napoleon Bona-
parte returned to Paris after
escaping his exile on Elba,
beginning his “Hundred
Days” rule.
In 1854, the Republican
Party of the United States
was founded by slavery
opponents at a schoolhouse
in Ripon, Wisconsin.
In 1922, the decom-
missioned USS Jupiter,
converted into the fi rst U.S.
Navy aircraft carrier, was
recommissioned as the USS
Langley.
In 1933, the state of Flor-
ida electrocuted Giuseppe
Zangara for shooting to
death Chicago Mayor Anton
J. Cermak at a Miami event
attended by President-elect
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the
presumed target, the previ-
ous February.
In 1952, the U.S. Senate
ratified, 66-10, a Security
Treaty with Japan.
In 1976, kidnapped news-
paper heiress Patricia Hearst
was convicted of armed
robbery for her part in a
San Francisco bank holdup
carried out by the Symbi-
onese Liberation Army.
(Hearst was sentenced to
seven years in prison; she
was released after serving 22
months, and was pardoned in
2001 by President Bill Clin-
ton.)
In 1985, Libby Riddles
of Teller, Alaska, became
the fi rst woman to win the
Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race.
In 2004, hundreds of
thousands of people world-
wide rallied against the U.S.-
led war in Iraq on the fi rst
anniversary of the start of
the confl ict. The U.S. mili-
tary charged six soldiers with
abusing inmates at the Abu
Ghraib prison.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Hal Linden is 90. Former
Canadian prime minister
Brian Mulroney is 82. Blues
singer-musician Marcia Ball
is 72. Movie director Spike
Lee is 64. Rock musician
Adrian Oxaal (James) is 56.
Actor Paula Garcés is 47.
Actor Bianca Lawson is 42.
Actor Ruby Rose is 35.
CHURCH
Featured this Week:
Sunday Mornings
1st Service: 8:30am
2nd Service: 10:30am
Includes Children’s Services
Also Live Stream at PendletonFirst.com
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
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
Redeemer
Episcopal
Church
241 SE Second St. Pendleton
(541)276-3809
www.pendletonepiscopal.org
SundayEvenings
Celebrate Recovery: 6:00
Wednesday Evenings
Family Night: 6:00 pm
Pendleton First Assembly of God
1911 SE Court Ave. PO Box 728
541.276.6417 pendletonfirst.com
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
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
COME AS YOU ARE
150 SE Emigrant
(541) 276-3369
St. Johns
Episcopal Church
Join Us
Us
Join
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.
Sunday Service: 9am & 6pm
Tuesday Kingdom Seekers: 7pm
Wednesday Bible Study: 7pm
We offer: Sunday School • Sign Language
Interpreters • Nursery • Transportation • & more!
Pastor Dan Satterwhite
541.377.4252
417 NW 21st St. • Pendleton, OR 97801
www.facebook.com/
PendletonLighthouseChurch
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