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East Oregonian
Saturday, May 22, 2021
DEAR ABBY
Sibling still wrestles with lingering eﬀ ects of abuse
Dear Abby: I had a horrible childhood
with a mean mother who berated and took her
issues out on me. I also had an older brother
who enjoyed making fun of me and embar-
rassed me in front of others to get his kicks.
He still never misses an opportunity to pull
a “gotcha.”
I was raised at a time when child abuse was
considered making a kid tough. What it did
to me was break me down emotionally. Does
PTSD ever go away, or do I have to live with it
to the end? — Just Getting By in New York
Dear Just Getting By: I’m sorry for the
abuse to which you were subjected. PTSD
does not go away on its own, and you do not
have to “live with it.” Distance yourself as
much as possible from your bully brother.
You can ﬁ nd the help you need by asking your
physician or insurance company to refer you
to a licensed psychotherapist who specializes He’s a wealthy man, but stingy. I think my
in patients with PTSD. You won’t be
husband and his sister are obsessed.
the ﬁ rst person to do “couch time”
What do you think? I’m so tired of
after an abusive childhood. Trust me
this. I don’t want him staying at
on that.
my house. I need privacy! Help! —
Dear Abby: My father-in-law
Over It in Tennessee
has spent every Friday night with
Dear Over It: Your husband
my husband and me for two years,
and his sister appear to be devoted
ever since my mother-in-law passed
to their father. Either that, or they
away. My husband spends every
may anticipate a big payday once
JEANNE
their wealthy parent expires. More
Tuesday evening with him at his
PHILLIPS
than privacy, you may need a break.
house. My sister-in-law is build-
ADVICE
ing a room onto her house for him
Arrange to spend some of those
to live in (he is selling his house).
Friday nights with women friends,
My husband and sister-in-law call him two and perhaps his presence will be less onerous.
or three times a day.
Dear Abby: We welcomed new neighbors
Abby, my father-in-law is healthy and still and allowed them to use our garbage can until
drives. He never pays for any food — my they got one, and gave them a bottle of wine
husband and sister-in-law buy all his food. and a housewarming card. We also oﬀ ered to
let them use our downstairs bathroom until
the contractor ﬁ nished theirs. No one else on
the block did anything for them. Nothing.
They then invited a neighbor and his
wife over for drinks and didn’t invite us. My
husband says I shouldn’t be oﬀ ended by this.
I certainly would have had the neighbors who
had welcomed me over ﬁ rst. What do you
think? — Snubbed in the South
Dear Snubbed: I think you and your
husband are more than neighborly. I also
think you are blessed with common sense,
something your new neighbors may lack. My
advice is to let this unfortunate incident slide
without holding a grudge. Take the high road
and move on. Nothing positive will come of
allowing this to fester. Whether the couple is
worth knowing better will become apparent
with time.
DAYS GONE BY
From the East Oregonian
100 Years Ago
May 22, 1921
The citizens of Echo were again shocked by a tragic death
Saturday evening. Thomas McCormack, son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. McCormack, lassoed a wild horse Saturday evening, at
the home of Mrs. Mannie Pedro, on Butter Creek and while
attempting to put a noose on the horse’s nose, in some manner
the horse reared, causing the noose to slip on Mr. McCor-
mack’s left hand, when the horse whirled, kicked him in the
head and then dragged him over a rocky hillside for about two
hundred feet. Death was almost intantaneous.
50 Years Ago
May 22, 1971
Everett Jones — one of the best saddle bronc riders in
the nation — scored the only qualifying ride Friday as the
Blue Mountain Community College Rodeo got underway.
Jones scored a 71 for the only qualifying saddle bronc ride in
Friday’s opening performances. Jones is probably the leading
saddle bronc rider in the county, but oﬃ cial standings will
not be known until sent through from Texas, where they are
recorded. Jones and Paul DuPont, who grabbed the opening
day lead in steer wrestling, leave the Timber Wolves in good
shape, according to the school’s rodeo club advisor Riley
Freeman.
25 Years Ago
May 22, 1996
The David Douglas Scots vented 20 years of softball frus-
tration on Hermiston Tuesday afternoon and ended the Bull-
dogs’ season with a 7-5 victory in the sub round of the state
Class 4A playoﬀ s. The Scots, playing in the program’s ﬁ rst-
ever state playoﬀ game, looked like an experienced group of
post-season veterans for most of the afternoon and build a
6-2 lead before holding back a Hermiston rally for the ﬁ nal
margin of victory. For Hermiston, the loss gave the Bulldogs
another early exit from the state playoﬀ s after high expecta-
tions early in the season.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On May 22, 2017, a
suicide bomber set off an
improvised explosive device
that killed 22 people at the
end of an Ariana Grande
concert in Manchester,
England.
In 1813, composer Rich-
ard Wagner was born in
Leipzig, Germany.
In 1915, the Lassen Peak
volcano in Northern Califor-
nia exploded, devastating
nearby areas but causing no
deaths.
In 1939, the foreign minis-
ters of Germany and Italy,
Joachim von Ribbentrop and
Galeazzo Ciano, signed a
“Pact of Steel” committing
the two countries to a mili-
tary alliance.
In 1960, an earthquake of
magnitude 9.5, the strongest
ever measured, struck south-
ern Chile, claiming some
1,655 lives.
In 1962, Continental
Airlines Flight 11, en route
from Chicago to Kansas
City, Missouri, crashed after
a bomb apparently brought
on board by a passenger
exploded, killing all 45 occu-
pants of the Boeing 707.
In 1964, P resident
Lyndon B. Johnson, speak-
ing at the University of Mich-
igan, outlined the goals of his
“Great Society,” saying that
it “rests on abundance and
liberty for all” and “demands
an end to poverty and racial
injustice.”
In 1967, a fire at the
L’Innovation department
store in Brussels killed 322
people. Poet and playwright
Langston Hughes died in
New York at age 65.
In 1968, the nuclear-pow-
ered submarine USS Scor-
pion, with 99 men aboard,
sank in the Atlantic Ocean.
(The remains of the sub were
later found on the ocean ﬂ oor
400 miles southwest of the
Azores.)
In 1969, the lunar module
of Apollo 10, with Thomas P.
Staﬀ ord and Eugene Cernan
aboard, ﬂ ew to within nine
miles of the moon’s surface
in a dress rehearsal for the
ﬁ rst lunar landing.
In 1992, after a reign last-
ing nearly 30 years, Johnny
Carson hosted N BC’s
“Tonight Show” for the ﬁ nal
time (Jay Leno took over as
host three days later).
In 2011, a tornado devas-
tated Joplin, Missouri,
with winds up to 250 mph,
claiming at least 159 lives
and destroying about 8,000
homes and businesses.
In 2018, Stacey Abrams
won Georgia’s Democratic
guber natorial primar y,
making her the ﬁ rst woman
nominee for Georgia gover-
nor from either major party.
(Abrams, seeking to become
the nation’s ﬁ rst Black female
governor, was defeated in
November by Republican
Brian Kemp.)
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Michael Constantine is 94.
Conductor Peter Nero is
87. Actor-director Richard
Benjamin is 83. Actor Frank
Converse is 83. Former CNN
anchor Bernard Shaw is 81.
Actor Barbara Parkins is
79. Retired MLB All-Star
pitcher Tommy John is 78.
Songwriter Bernie Taupin is
71. Actor-producer Al Corley
is 66. Sen. Lisa Murkow-
ski, R-Alaska, is 64. Singer
Morrissey is 62. Actor
Ann Cusack is 60. Coun-
try musician Dana Williams
(Diamond Rio) is 60. Rock
musician Jesse Valenzuela
is 59. Actor Mark Christo-
pher Lawrence is 57. R&B
singer Johnny Gill (New
Edition) is 55. Rock musi-
cian Dan Roberts (Crash
Test Dummies) is 54. Actor
Brooke Smith is 54. Actor
Michael Kelly is 52. Model
Naomi Campbell is 51.
Actor Anna Belknap is 49.
Actor Alison Eastwood
is 49. Singer Donell Jones
is 48. Actor Sean Gunn is
47. Actor A.J. Langer is 47.
Actor Ginnifer Goodwin is
43. R&B singer Vivian Green
is 42. Actor Maggie Q is 42.
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