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East Oregonian
Saturday, May 8, 2021
DEAR ABBY
Veteran feels used by friend demanding her discount
Dear Abby: While shopping with a friend
recently, I was put in an awkward situation
in regard to a store discount. Having served
in the military, I qualify for a discount at
that particular store. She was aware of that
discount, and while she was at the checkout
lane, she yelled at me, “Hey, you! What’s
your phone number for your military
discount?”
We are both retired and living on one
income, although I am married and live on
my husband’s pension. She’s retired from a
job in the medical fi eld, owns her home and
shows up conveniently at friends’ homes for
coff ee and food.
I was so dumbfounded at her request for
the number that I gave it to her. I’m uncom-
fortable going shopping with her now. I
haven’t addressed it with her, and I have understood and would force him to call them
tried to avoid any shopping trips with her on holidays, birthdays and special occasions.
since that incident. It feels like she’s
We divorced after he had an aff air.
stealing my valor since my husband
It was ugly at the start, but we are
and I served in the military. Am I
civil now.
too easily off ended? — Retired in
Following the divorce, COVID
and some bad decisions on his part,
Alaska
Dear Retired: I’m glad you
he has lost everything. He’s now
homeless and lives in his car or
mentioned valor in your letter
because it’s time for you to summon
at motels. The other day he came
up some more. Unless you want this
to me desperate. I took him out of
JEANNE
person to continue taking advan-
the cold for a while, fed him and
PHILLIPS
tage of you, set her straight. She is
dropped him off at a friend’s. I
ADVICE
not entitled to the discount, and you
then reached out to his family to
must learn to refuse if and when she
tell them about how bad he is doing.
puts you in that position again.
I didn’t even get to tell them before they cut
Dear Abby: My ex-husband always had a me off saying they have washed their hands
diffi cult relationship with his family. I never of him because of his bad decisions.
My ex isn’t perfect, but although he never
did anything to his family like he did to me,
they are punishing him for that. Should I
reach out to them again and tell them he
needs them now more than ever, or should I
just let it go like he told me to years ago? —
Ex With A Heart
Dear Ex: If you think it will soften their
hearts, contact them once more and tell them
that you have forgiven him for the hurt he
caused you and suggest they stop punish-
ing him for it. However, it’s entirely possible
that some of your ex’s other bad decisions
may have aff ected his relatives. If that’s the
case, let the matter drop. Remember, there’s
a diff erence between being softhearted and
softheaded, and he must solve his own prob-
lems without you being dragged back in.
DAYS GONE BY
From the East Oregonian
100 Years Ago
May 8, 1921
Of the local people who made the trip to the Snake river
bridge yesterday high honors for the most thrilling adventure
belong to Lou Pinson and those with him in his Oldsmobile
Eight. As the Pinson car glided into the city of Burbank a
traffi c offi cer drew his pistol and commanded a halt. As the
car was traveling slowly there was speculation as to why the
gatling gun was unlimbered and those in the rear seat of the
car advanced the theory the traffi c man was suspicious of Dr.
I.U. Temple who was riding in the front seat with Mr. Pinson.
However it developed that the offi cer merely wished to guide
the party along the proper route to the bridge and they were
allowed to proceed.
50 Years Ago
May 8, 1971
Jerry Towne fi red a no-hitter at Ione yesterday as the
league-leading Weston Tigers polished off the Cardinals 7-0.
The contest was Ione’s last of the season. In a rare mound
appearance, the Tigers’ senior hurler, Towne, was in complete
command of the game, fanning eight and allowing two bases
on balls. Opposing pitcher Dick Snider went the distance for
Ione. He whiff ed 13 and walked three, but Weston rapped him
for seven hits and forced the Cards into fi ve errors. The Tigers’
Rod Bonifer had a pair of singles for the game’s top stick eff ort.
25 Years Ago
May 8, 1996
Morning came early this morning for Matt Humbert and
Gary Nowell. Humbert, a Weston-McEwen High School soph-
omore, started his day by running fi ve-eighths of a mile down
a state road east of Auburn, Wash., carrying the Olympic
torch. At the end of his one kilometer, he tilted his torch’s
fl ame to light the one Nowell carried. Nowell, an ordained
minister who works with people with autism at Bethphage
Mission in Pendleton, ran a similar distance, then passed
the fl ame to another runner. A celebration planned to honor
the fl ame and the games it represents when it makes a stop
at Pendleton’s historic train depot will include the Pendleton
High School Jazz Band, a proclamation from Mayor Bob
Ramig and food.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On May 8, 1984, the
Soviet Union announced it
would boycott the upcoming
Summer Olympic Games in
Los Angeles.
In 1541, Spanish explorer
Hernando de Soto reached
the Mississippi River.
In 1660, the British
Parliament moved to restore
the monarchy by declaring
that Charles II had been the
country’s lawful king since
the execution of his father,
Charles I, in 1649.
In 1846, the fi rst major
battle of the Mexican-Amer-
ican War was fought at Palo
Alto, Texas; U.S. forces led
by Gen. Zachary Taylor were
able to beat back Mexican
forces.
In 1886, Atlanta pharma-
cist John Pemberton began
selling the original version
of Coca-Cola, which he’d
invented.
In 1915, Regret became
the first filly to win the
Kentucky Derby.
In 1945, President Harry
S. Truman announced on
radio that Nazi Germany’s
forces had surrendered, and
that “the fl ags of freedom fl y
all over Europe.”
In 1958, Vice President
Richard Nixon was shoved,
stoned, booed and spat upon
by anti-American protesters
in Lima, Peru.
In 1973, militant Amer-
ican Indians who had held
the South Dakota hamlet of
Wounded Knee for 10 weeks
surrendered.
In 1978, David R.
Berkowitz pleaded guilty
in a Brooklyn courtroom to
murder, attempted murder
and assault in connection
with the “Son of Sam” shoot-
ings that claimed six lives
and terrifi ed New Yorkers.
(Berkowitz was sentenced
to six consecutive life
prison terms.)
In 1987, Gary Hart,
dogged by questions about
his personal life, including
his relationship with Miami
model Donna Rice, withdrew
from the race for the Demo-
cratic presidential nomina-
tion.
In 1993, the Muslim-led
government of Bosnia-Her-
zegovina and rebel Bosnian
Serbs signed an agreement
for a nationwide cease-fi re.
In 1996, South Africa
took another step from
apartheid to democracy by
adopting a constitution that
guaranteed equal rights for
Blacks and whites.
Today’s Bi r thdays:
Naturalist Sir David Atten-
borough is 95. Singer Toni
Tennille is 81. Actor James
Mitchum is 80. Country
singer Jack Blanchard is 79.
Jazz musician Keith Jarrett
is 76. Actor Mark Blankfi eld
is 73. Singer Philip Bailey
(Earth, Wind and Fire) is
70. Rock musician Chris
Frantz (Talking Heads) is
70. Rockabilly singer Billy
Burnette is 68. Rock musi-
cian Alex Van Halen is 68.
Actor David Keith is 67.
Actor Raoul Max Trujillo
is 66. Sports commenta-
tor/former NFL coach Bill
Cowher is 64. New York
City Mayor Bill de Blasio
is 60. Actor Melissa Gilbert
is 57. Rock musician Dave
Rowntree (Blur) is 57. Coun-
try musician Del Gray is 53.
Rock singer Darren Hayes is
49. Singer Enrique Iglesias
is 46. Blues singer-musician
Joe Bonamassa is 44. Actor
Matt Davis is 43. Singer
Ana Maria Lombo (Eden’s
Crush) is 43. Actor Elyes
Gabel is 38. Actor Domhnall
Gleeson is 38. Actor Julia
Whelan is 37. Actor Nora
Anezeder is 32.
CHURCH
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Community Worship
Our Lady of Angels
Catholic Church
565 W. HERMISTON AVE.
Iglesia Católica Nuestra
Señora de los Ángeles
565 W. HERMISTON AVE.
St. Johns
Episcopal Church
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PH: 567-6672
We are an all inclusive Church
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PENDLETON
LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH
Sunday Service: 9am & 6pm
Tuesday Kingdom Seekers: 7pm
Wednesday Bible Study: 7pm
We offer: Sunday School • Sign Language
Redeemer
Episcopal
Church
241 SE Second St. Pendleton
(541)276-3809
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Center for Worship & Service
Sunday Worship Service
9:30 - Sunday School
10:30 - Worship Service
Interpreters • Nursery • Transportation • & more!
Wednesday Bible Study
Pastor Dan Satterwhite
541.377.4252
5:30 Family Fellowship Meal • 6:00 Bible Study
Sunday Mornings
COME AS YOU ARE
1st Service: 8:30am
2nd Service: 10:30am
417 NW 21st St. • Pendleton, OR 97801
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PendletonLighthouseChurch
150 SE Emigrant
(541) 276-3369
Includes Children’s Services
201 SW Dorion Ave.
PendletonPresbyterian.com
Worship Services On Facebook
10:00am Sundays
Facebook.com/PendletonPresbyterian
108 S. Main St.
Pendleton
Sunday at 10:30am
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
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“A Come as
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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
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ONLINE and IN-PERSON SERVICES
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Sunday Worship.........9:00 AM
Bible Study......10:15 AM
Red Lion Hotel
( Oregon Trail Room )
Community
Presbyterian
Church
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
Also Live Stream at PendletonFirst.com
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
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