COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, August 28, 2021
East Oregonian
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DEAR ABBY
Family’s help with child care comes at a steep cost
grands,” I don’t consider accepting
ent ideas about things than Mommy
it the least bit hypocritical. Your
and Daddy do. Then reinforce that
children are too young to know any
they are smart, honest, good and
any other virtues you would like to
former presidents, and are not likely
to place any importance on what
implant in their little heads.
your parents say about them.
Dear Abby: I am married to
I do, however, take issue with
a man from an affluent family. I
love my in-laws and enjoy hosting
planting the idea in a little girl’s
head that she is a “ditz” and that her
dinners for them. My gay brother-
JEANNE
in-law, “Karl” — who is my favor-
only goal in life should be to marry
PHILLIPS
anyone. Your daughter is growing
ite person in the group — is seeing
ADVICE
up in a very diff erent world than the
a guy, “Warren,” who is 30 years
one your mother was raised in. These
younger. Their relationship is on and
days, girls are expected to follow their own off . Warren usually shows up when it’s conve-
path, get an education, work and become inde- nient or when he wants money.
pendent. Marriage, if it happens, comes later.
My problem is, when I invite the
You and your husband should tell your family, Karl always asks if he can bring
children (in an age-appropriate way) that his boyfriend. Each time Warren shows
their grandparents love them, but have diff er- up, I become anxious because he has no
Dear Abby: I am a mother of four (soon to
be fi ve) young children. It is exhausting. My
husband helps as much as he can, but some-
times we both need a break. My parents off er
to watch the kids. The problem is, my parents
and I have opposite political and world views.
Sometimes they’ll say things to my children
like, “You’re such a ditzy girl, you better fi nd a
good husband!” Or call a former president “the
devil.” My husband and I have very diff erent
opinions than they do, and we worry about
their infl uence on our children. But, honestly,
sometimes we need their help. I don’t think
they can keep their opinions to themselves,
but I don’t want them anywhere near my kids,
either. Is it hypocritical to accept their help?
— Diff erent Views in New Jersey
Dear Diff erent: Because you need their
help and they are willing to babysit “the
social graces. At all. He cuts people off at
the buff et line, picks through pieces of meat
on the serving platter looking for the “best”
cut and acts like he hasn’t eaten for days. I
want to continue inviting Karl, so should I
be honest and say, “Please do not bring your
boyfriend,” or stop hosting family dinners?
— Anxious in California
Dear Anxious: If you invite Karl and tell
him not to bring Warren, the chances are
he will refuse your future invitations. What
you might do, however, is mention to him
that his boyfriend’s social graces could use
some “polishing,” and note what he does at
the buff et. It’s possible that he “acts like he
hasn’t eaten for days” because you are such a
terrifi c cook he can’t keep himself from scarf-
ing. Or maybe it has been a while since he’s
had a square meal.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
Aug. 28, 1921
Opening of the Columbia
River Highway from Pend-
leton to Astoria, with the
exception of a time sched-
ule eff ective where paving
between The Dalles and
Hood River, will be an event
of Labor Day September
5, if the present schedule
to complete the rock work
between the Deschutes River
and The Dalles is main-
tained. Telephonic communi-
cation between state highway
division engineer Scott at
The Dalles and the Eastern
Oregon Auto Club estab-
lished the fact that two shifts
of men are working at rush
speed to blast away the last
pillar of rock standing in the
way of a completed highway.
50 Years Ago
Aug. 28, 1971
Approximately 125 of the
Hermiston school instruc-
tional staff who went to work
after Aug. 15 will revert to
their 1970-71 salary sched-
ule as the result of the 90-day
federal wage freeze, Rich-
ard Scott, school superinten-
dent, said today. Classifi ed
employes, primarily aides and
cooks, who went to work after
Aug. 15 will be paid on their
1970-71 schedule, Others,
primarily administrators and
a few teachers who went to
work before Aug. 15, will be
on the new schedule, Scott
said. The superintendent
said a preliminary assessment
would indicate that teachers
in general will lose 5/24ths
of their increment and raise,
or 5/24ths of $550, during
the 90-day period. Scott esti-
mated the amount the district
will withhold or save from
originally anticipated fi gures
in the 90-day freeze period is
$14,739.
25 Years Ago
Aug. 28, 1996
Two suspects have been
charged in the kidnapping
and robbery of an 83-year-
old Hermiston woman and
police are still looking for
a third suspect. Hugh G.
Hill IV, 20, of Veneta, a
town near Eugene, and a
14-year-old Eugene girl
were charged with kidnap-
ping, robbery and unautho-
rized use of a motor vehicle.
Hermiston Police believe
the third suspect, Timo-
thy L. Harville, 20, is in the
Eugene area. The kidnapping
and robbery charges stem
from an Aug. 13 incident in
which the victim was asked
by one of the suspects for a
ride from Payless.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On August 28, 1963,
more than 200,000 people
listened as the Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr. delivered his
“I Have a Dream” speech in
front of the Lincoln Memo-
rial in Washington, D.C.
In 1609, English sea
explorer Henry Hudson and
his ship, the Half Moon,
reached present-day Dela-
ware Bay.
In 1941, Japan’s ambas-
sador to the U.S., Kichisa-
buro Nomura, presented a
note to President Franklin D.
Roosevelt from Japan’s prime
minister, Prince Fumimaro
Konoye, expressing a desire
for improved relations.
In 1955, Emmett Till, a
Black teen from Chicago,
was abducted from his
uncle’s home in Money,
Mississippi, by two white
men after he had supposedly
whistled at a white woman;
he was found brutally slain
three days later.
In 1964, two days of
race-related rioting erupted
in North Philadelphia over a
false rumor that white police
offi cers had beaten to death a
pregnant Black woman.
In 1968, police and anti-
war demonstrators clashed
in the streets of Chicago as
the Democratic National
Convention nominated
Hubert H. Humphrey for
president.
In 1988, 70 people were
killed when three Italian
stunt planes collided during
an air show at the U.S. Air
Base in Ramstein, West
Germany.
In 1996, the troubled
15-year marriage of Britain’s
Prince Charles and Prin-
cess Diana offi cially ended
with the issuing of a divorce
decree.
In 2005, New Orleans
Mayor Ray Nagin ordered
everyone in the city to evac-
uate after Hurricane Katrina
grew to a monster storm.
In 2009, the Los Ange-
les County coroner’s offi ce
announced that Michael
Jackson’s death was a homi-
cide caused primarily by the
powerful anesthetic propofol
and another sedative, loraz-
epam.
In 2013, a military jury
sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan
to death for the 2009 shooting
rampage at Fort Hood that
claimed 13 lives. On the 50th
anniversary of Martin Luther
King Jr.‘s “I Have a Dream”
speech at the Lincoln Memo-
rial, President Barack Obama
stood on the same steps as he
challenged new generations
to seize the cause of racial
equality.
In 2017, f loodwaters
reached the roof lines of
single-story homes as Hurri-
cane Harvey poured rain on
the Houston area for a fourth
consecutive day; thousands
of people had been rescued
from the fl ooding.
In 2018, a white former
police officer, Roy Oliver,
was convicted of murder
for fatally shooting a Black
15-year-old boy, Jordan
Edwards, while fi ring into a
car packed with teenagers in
suburban Dallas; Oliver was
sentenced the following day
to 15 years in prison.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Sonny Shroyer is 86. Actor
Marla Adams is 83. Actor
Ken Jenkins is 81. Former
Defense Secretary William S.
Cohen is 81. Actor David Soul
is 78. Former MLB manager
and player Lou Piniella is
78. Actor Barbara Bach is
75. Actor Debra Mooney is
74. Singer Wayne Osmond
(The Osmonds) is 70. Actor
Daniel Stern is 64. Olym-
pic gold medal fi gure skater
Scott Hamilton is 63. Actor
John Allen Nelson is 62.
Actor Emma Samms is 61.
Actor Jennifer Coolidge is 60.
Movie director David Fincher
is 59. Actor Amanda Tapping
is 56. Country singer Shania
Twain is 56.
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Our Lady of Angels
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Iglesia Católica Nuestra
Señora de los Ángeles
565 W. HERMISTON AVE.
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Episcopal Church
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Ave & Us
7th, Hermiston
541-567-6672
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Solid Rock
Community Church
140 SW 2nd St Hermiston, OR 97838
PENDLETON
LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH
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
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Redeemer
Episcopal
Church
541-567-6937
241 SE Second St. Pendleton
(541)276-3809
www.pendletonepiscopal.org
Worship Service: 11:00AM
Sunday School: 9:45
Pastor Wilbur Clark
Sunday Holy Communion: 9am
Wednesday Holy Communion: Noon
M-F Morning Prayer 7am on Zoom
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Sunday Worship.........9:00 AM
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Red Lion Hotel
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OPEN HEARTS – OPEN DOOR
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Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m. (Nursery Provided)
Fellowship, Refreshments & Sunday School
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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
Also Live Stream at PendletonFirst.com
Community
Presbyterian
Church
14 Martin Drive,
Umatilla, OR
922-3250
Worship: 10 AM
Sunday School at 11:30
The Salvation Army
Center for Worship & Service
Sunday Worship Service
9:30 - Sunday School
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Wednesday Bible Study
5:30 Family Fellowship Meal • 6:00 Bible Study
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150 SE Emigrant
(541) 276-3369
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Family Night: 6:00 pm
Pendleton First Assembly of God
1911 SE Court Ave. PO Box 728
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