COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, May 15, 2021
East Oregonian
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DEAR ABBY
Mixed signals frustrate best friends who wants more
why you should put her fi rmly in your friend would you go about writing something on
zone. Stop the hugging and snuggling and this topic without off ending someone? —
move on, so you can fi nd someone
Wondering in Michigan
who reciprocates your feelings.
Dear Wondering: What you
(Absence has been known to make
have in mind is practical. If you have
the heart grow fonder.) Perhaps
a relationship with these relatives,
when she realizes that you are capa-
why not bring some of these ques-
ble of moving on, her feelings for
tions up in normal conversation? (I
you will change. However, if they
assume you know where they were
don’t, you will have lost nothing but
born.) To ask when people gradu-
ated from high school or college isn’t
more heartache.
JEANNE
Dear Abby: Recently, my
intrusive. What year someone was
PHILLIPS
married isn’t classifi ed information
dear mother-in-law passed away.
ADVICE
While writing her obituary, it was
either. If you simply start talking,
a challenge to hunt down accurate
you may fi nd out much of the infor-
dates and family information. Many family mation you are after.
members chimed in with confl icting informa-
P.S. If your relatives are willing to make the
tion. To prevent this confusion in the future, eff ort to write down their own stories, it could
would it be tactless to ask relatives for some be compiled into a precious family history.
of this information ahead of time? If so, how
Dear Abby: Our family just got back from
Dear Abby: I’m a lesbian. There’s a girl I
have liked for a little over a month. We are like
best friends. When I told her I was attracted
to her, she basically friend-zoned me, which
hurt. Then she told a mutual friend she was
considering being “friends with benefi ts” with
me, and I got excited. Well, she changed her
mind again because she was afraid it would
be awkward.
I still have a crush on her, but I value our
friendship. We spend so much time together,
and things are easy but also challenging
because I just want to grab her and kiss her.
We snuggle all the time, and she gives me
hugs every day (we live in the same dormi-
tory). I want to make out with her. These
mixed signals are killing me. What do I do?
— Dazed & Confused in Florida
Dear Dazed: You’re right. This young
woman is giving you mixed signals. That’s
a perfect vacation, which included, in addition
to my husband and me, my three adult sons,
their wives, two grandchildren and my mom.
My husband and I paid to rent a house, and we
all chipped in for food.
When we returned, my sister called and
said she was jealous, and she wants to be
included next time. I love my sister, but that
would very much change the dynamics of our
vacation. Is it selfi sh to not want to include
her? Is there anything I can say or do to ease
the hurt? Due to COVID, we are no longer
hosting holidays or other celebrations as we
normally do. — Big Family Up North
Dear Big Family: Your sister has a right
to her feelings. However, that does not obli-
gate you to change your family vacation plans
to suit her. Because you appear to have trou-
ble saying no, tell her you will think about it,
which is true and doesn’t obligate you.
DAYS GONE BY
From the East Oregonian
100 Years Ago
May 15, 1921
Paul Bowman of Echo was shot in the legs, with a shotgun,
by E.F. Sommers about 9 o’clock last evening. The shooting
which has some elements of mystery is reported as due to the
fact Bowman had been peeping into the home of Mrs. J.T.
Bell whose husband died two weeks ago. Early in the evening
a man was seen peeping into a window of the Bell home but
Mrs. Bell did not recognize the man. Later the performance
was repeated and Sommers who lives across the street was
called upon. With shotgun in hand Sommers called upon the
man to stop and when the man started to run Sommers fi red.
The injured man is about 40 years of age and is married. He
is being cared for at his home in Echo.
50 Years Ago
May 15, 1971
Only one member of Pilot Rock’s starting lineup failed to
get a hit as the Rockets lashed 13 base raps in a fi ve-inning
14-3 win over Umatilla’s Vikings Friday. Five Pilot Rock
stickmen each had a pair of safeties, including pitcher Bill
Quaempts, who crashed a home run and had two RBIs. Dennis
Cook, Robin Roehlke, Terry Tolar and Dale Bonando each
collected two hits also. Quaempts allowed four hits, three runs
and fanned seven without giving up a free pass. His team-
mates backed him up with errorless play in the fi eld.
25 Years Ago
May 15, 1996
The win against La Grande Tuesday was the last for Bull-
dog coach Rob Phillips, who had decided a few weeks ago
that his eight-year coaching stint would end at the conclu-
sion of the season. Phillips said it was because of attitudes.
“Over the years, the coaches in Hermiston, in general, haven’t
been treated very well. I’ve seen eight coaches basically lose
interest in coaching, because of the way the were treated,”
he said. “In my experience here, all of the coaches that have
been attacked, have been attacked on a personal level that has
nothing to do with the X’s and O’s of the game.” He said he
had lost the desire to continue.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On May 15, 1970, just
after midnight, Phillip Lafay-
ette Gibbs and James Earl
Green, two Black students
at Jackson State College in
Mississippi, were killed as
police opened fire during
student protests.
In 1602, English naviga-
tor Bartholomew Gosnold
and his ship, the Concord,
arrived at present-day Cape
Cod, which he’s credited with
naming.
In 1918, U.S. airmail
began service between
Washington, D.C., Philadel-
phia and New York.
In 1948, hours after
declaring its independence,
the new state of Israel was
attacked by Transjordan,
Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Leba-
non.
In 1954, the Fender Stra-
tocaster guitar, created by
Leo Fender, was officially
released.
In 1963, Weight Watch-
ers was incorporated in New
York.
In 1967, the U.S. Supreme
Court, in its unanimous In re
Gault decision, ruled that
juveniles accused of crimes
were entitled to the same
due process aff orded adults.
American realist painter
Edward Hopper died in New
York at age 84.
In 1968, two days of
tornado outbreaks began in
10 Midwestern and Southern
states; twisters were blamed
for 72 deaths, including 45 in
Arkansas and 18 in Iowa.
In 1972, Alabama Gov.
George C. Wallace was shot
and left paralyzed while
campaigning for president in
Laurel, Maryland, by Arthur
H. Bremer, who served 35
years for attempted murder.
In 1975, U.S. forces
invaded the Cambodian
island of Koh Tang and
captured the American
merchant ship Mayaguez,
which had been seized by the
Khmer Rouge. (All 39 crew
members had already been
released safely by Cambo-
dia; some 40 U.S. servicemen
were killed in connection
with the operation.)
In 1988, the Soviet Union
began the process of with-
drawing its troops from
Afghanistan, more than
eight years after Soviet forces
entered the country.
In 2000, by a 5-4 vote,
the U.S. Supreme Court
threw out a key provision of
the 1994 Violence Against
Women Act, saying that rape
victims could not sue their
attackers in federal court.
In 2015, a jury sentenced
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death
for the 2013 Boston Mara-
thon bombing that killed
three and left more than 250
wounded.
Today’s Bir thdays:
Actor-singer Anna Maria
Alberghetti is 85. Counter-
culture icon Wavy Gravy is
85. Former U.S. Secretary
of State Madeleine Albright
is 84. Singer Lenny Welch
is 83. Actor-singer Lainie
Kazan is 79. Actor Gunilla
Hutton is 79. Actor Chazz
Palminteri is 75. Former
Health and Human Services
Secretary Kathleen Sebel-
ius is 73. Singer-songwriter
Brian Eno is 73. Actor Nich-
olas Hammond (Film: “The
Sound of Music”) is 71. Base-
ball Hall of Famer George
Brett is 68. Musician-com-
poser Mike Oldfi eld is 68.
Actor Lee Horsley is 66. TV
personality Giselle Fernán-
dez is 60. Rapper Grandmas-
ter Melle Mel is 60. Actor
Brenda Bakke is 58. Football
Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith
is 52. Actor Brad Rowe is 51.
Actor David Charvet is 49.
Actor Russell Hornsby is 47.
Rock musician Ahmet Zappa
is 47. Olympic gold medal
gymnast Amy Chow is 43.
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St. Johns
Episcopal Church
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Sunday Service: 9am & 6pm
Tuesday Kingdom Seekers: 7pm
Wednesday Bible Study: 7pm
We offer: Sunday School • Sign Language
Redeemer
Episcopal
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241 SE Second St. Pendleton
(541)276-3809
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Sunday Worship Service
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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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150 SE Emigrant
(541) 276-3369
Includes Children’s Services
201 SW Dorion Ave.
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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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Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m.
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Sunday Worship.........9:00 AM
Bible Study......10:15 AM
Red Lion Hotel
( Oregon Trail Room )
Community
Presbyterian
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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
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Celebrate Recovery: 6:00
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Family Night: 6:00 pm
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1911 SE Court Ave. PO Box 728
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