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East Oregonian
Saturday, January 8, 2022
DEAR ABBY
Mixed signals abound after long separation
DEAR ABBY: I have been talking to my
ex-boyfriend of more than 22 years. We have a
grown son. We are now in our 50s and talking
and texting again. I still love him, and I want
a relationship with him, but I’m not sure he
wants me back. I don’t know if he’s interested
in me or just being friendly.
Can you help? At the end of our last phone
call he said, “It’s been a long time. Twenty-two
years. We are both diff erent people now. I
don’t know if it could be like it was then,” and
we said goodnight.
Should I wait for him to text me back? I
don’t even know if he’s dating someone.
He didn’t say. Please help. — SECOND
CHANCE IN THE EAST
DEAR SECOND CHANCE: Continue
talking to your ex and let this scenario play out
further. Is he initiating these calls and texts,
or are you? If it’s him, that’s a hopeful sign.
I may have done some peculiar things in
Yes, it is true you are both diff erent
my time, but I have never put vomit
people now — but that can be a plus.
on someone’s desk. How should I
With the passage of time, you both
respond? — FLABBERGASTED
may have mellowed and matured. If
IN IOWA
the discussions continue, you will
DEAR FLABBERGASTED:
fi nd out soon enough if he’s involved
There can be various reasons for a
with someone or interested in getting
dog having an upset stomach besides
back together. And remember, if he’s
having consumed table scraps. Spen-
just being “friendly,” the son you
cer should be checked by a veterinar-
JEANNE
share is a good reason for keeping
ian to be sure there isn’t something
PHILLIPS
that friendship going.
else going on. As to your wife putting
ADVICE
DEAR ABBY: My wife is very
vomit on your desk, well, since you
protective of our dog, “Spencer.” I
asked — I wouldn’t blame you if you
agree with her that Spencer should not receive made it plain that SHE is in the doghouse.
table food. Yesterday, my wife put a large pile
DEAR ABBY: When someone gives a
of dog vomit on my desk. She said it “proves” gift to someone, shouldn’t it be opened in the
I have been feeding Spencer. Her accusation presence of the giver? My 12-year-old daugh-
ter ran cross country, and after the season
is not true.
ended, there was a banquet. At the banquet,
several kids approached the coach and gave
him cards. We gave him a gift certifi cate.
When my daughter gave him the envelope,
he laid it down with the other cards and said,
“thanks.” I think he should have opened it
and read the contents while my daughter was
standing there (my daughter would have been
so pleased). What do you think? — LISA IN
COLORADO
DEAR LISA: Once a gift is given, it
belongs to the receiver to do with as he or she
pleases. Your daughter’s coach was under
no obligation to open the envelope in your
daughter’s presence. If he recognized the
envelope contained more than good wishes,
he may have wanted to spare the other athletes
embarrassment if they could not aff ord to be
as generous as your family.
DAYS GONE BY
100 years ago — 1922
Rumors emanating from subterranean sources which made
claims that Chief W. R. Taylor and Bob Sinclair were recently
arrested at The Dalles on a charge of drunkedness or for carry-
ing intoxicating liquor across country have been proved to be
without foundation to the satisfaction of R. I. Keator, district
attorney. The story of the alleged arrest of the two men at The
Dalles has persisted since late last fall. After the report had
been brought to the attention of the district attorney with a
request that the truth or falsity of the report be ascertained in
the interest of law enforcement, Keator conducted a personal
investigation. “It doesn’t make much diff erence about what has
been said in Pendleton,” Jinks Taylor said, “because people
know me here. But the report was telephoned to Milton and
to Walla Walla and was spread there. Lots of people in those
districts believed the report, and I certainly would like to get
acquainted with the man responsible for starting it.”
50 years ago — 1972
While cats roam at will in Pendleton, Fido does not enjoy
any such freedom. Pendleton voters said at an election Nov.
3, 1964, that they didn’t want dogs wandering the streets.
Since the leash law went into eff ect, there have been fewer
complaints about dogs, but that doesn’t mean all dogs are
staying home. The city’s dog control offi cer delivered to the
Pendleton Veterinary Clinic, which serves as the city dog
pound, 134 dogs last year. An unknown number of other dogs
were picked up by police offi cers. If a dog is licensed or its
owner is otherwise known, the offi cers often will return the
dog to its home and issue a citation. In 1971 city police issued
101 citations and 102 warnings to owners of dogs running
loose. Unlicensed dogs are taken to the pound, which reports
that only 10 per cent are impounded are reclaimed by their
owners, and only 15 to 20 dogs a year are sold. The balance
of the canines are put to sleep permanently.
25 years ago — 1997
Snow, snow, snow, and more snow. That was the theme
for the last days of December. And despite the near blizzard
conditions, snowplows were nowhere to be found. The lack
of street plowing resulted in hazardous driving conditions
and sometimes impassable city streets. Yet, this was not the
result of disregard on behalf of our city managers. Simply put,
it’s a matter of business. With the infrequency of severe snow
accumulation, the City Council has come to the conclusion
that the cost and maintenance of a snowplow would not be
economically feasible. “We may have owned a snowplow once
in the early ’60s, but I’m not even sure about that. I’ve been
here 29 years and I’ve never seen one,” said Jerry LeGore of
the city’s Public Works Department. Most residents seem to
have resigned themselves to the fact that unplowed roads are
just a way of life in this neck of the woods.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On Jan. 8, 1964, Pres-
ident Lyndon B. Johnson,
in his State of the Union
address, declared an “uncon-
ditional war on poverty in
America.”
In 1867, the U.S. House
of Representatives joined
the Senate in overriding Pres-
ident Andrew Johnson’s veto
of the District of Columbia
Suff rage Bill, giving Black
men in the nation’s capital
the right to vote.
In 1912, the African
National Congress was
founded in Bloemfontein,
South Africa.
In 1918, President Wood-
row Wilson outlined his
Fourteen Points for last-
ing peace after World War
I. Mississippi became the
fi rst state to ratify the 18th
Amendment to the Consti-
tution, which established
Prohibition.
In 1935, rock-and-roll
legend Elvis Presley was
born in Tupelo, Mississippi.
In 1982, American Tele-
phone and Telegraph settled
the Justice Department’s
antitrust lawsuit against it by
agreeing to divest itself of the
22 Bell System companies.
In 1994, Tonya Hard-
ing won the ladies’ U.S.
Figure Skating Champion-
ship in Detroit, a day after
Nancy Kerrigan dropped
out because of the clubbing
attack that had injured her
right knee. (The U.S. Figure
Skating Association later
stripped Harding of the title.)
In 1998, Ramzi Yousef,
the mastermind of the 1993
World Trade Center bomb-
ing, was sentenced in New
York to life in prison without
the possibility of parole.
In 2008, Sen. Hillary
Rodham Clinton powered to
victory in New Hampshire’s
2008 Democratic primary
in a startling upset, defeat-
ing Sen. Barack Obama
and resurrecting her bid for
the White House; Sen. John
McCain defeated his Repub-
lican rivals to move back
into contention for the GOP
nomination.
In 2011, U.S. Rep. Gabri-
elle Giff ords, D-Ariz., was
shot and critically wounded
when a gunman opened fi re
as the congresswoman met
with constituents in Tucson;
six people were killed, 12
others also injured. (Gunman
Jared Lee Loughner was
sentenced in Nov. 2012
to seven consecutive life
sentences, plus 140 years.)
In 2016, Joaquin “El
Chapo” Guzman, the world’s
most-wanted drug lord, was
captured for a third time in
a daring raid by Mexican
marines, six months after
walking through a tunnel to
freedom from a maximum
security prison.
In 2020, Iran struck
back at the United States for
killing Iran’s top military
commander, fi ring missiles
at two Iraqi military bases
housing American troops;
more than 100 U.S. service
members were diagnosed
with traumatic brain inju-
ries after the attack. As Iran
braced for a counterattack,
the country’s Revolutionary
Guard shot down a Ukrainian
jetliner after apparently
mistaking it for a missile;
all 176 people on board were
killed, including 82 Iranians
and more than 50 Canadians.
Five years ago: “La La
Land” won seven Golden
Globe Awards, including
best motion picture, comedy
or musical, while “Moon-
light” was recognized as
best movie drama; Meryl
Streep, accepting a lifetime
achievement award, criti-
cized President-elect Donald
Trump without mentioning
him by name.
One year ago: Twitter
said it was banning Trump
from its platform, citing
“risk of further incitement of
violence.” Sen. Lisa Murkow-
ski of Alaska became the fi rst
Republican senator to call for
Trump’s resignation. House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said
she had spoken to the chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff about preventing Trump
from initiating military
actions or a nuclear strike;
she said the situation of “this
unhinged President could
not be more dangerous.” A
video tribute to Alex Trebek
closed the day’s episode
of “Jeopardy,” the last one
Trebek taped before pancre-
atic cancer claimed his life in
November.
Today’s Bir thdays:
Singer Shirley Bassey is
85. Singer Juanita Cowart
Motley (The Marvelettes) is
78. Actor Harriet Sansom
Harris is 67. Actor Michelle
Forbes is 57. Actor Maria
Pitillo is 56. Reggae singer
Sean Paul is 49. Actor Amber
Benson is 45. Actor Scott
Whyte is 44. Actor Sarah
Polley is 43. Actor Gaby
Hoff man is 40. Actor Cynthia
Erivo is 35.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
First Christian
Church
The Salvation Army
COME WORSHIP
WITH US AT THE
COUNTRY
CHURCH
215 N. Main • Pendleton
10:30 - Worship Service
Sundays at 11:00am
In Person worship Sundays
at 11:00am
5:30 Family Fellowship Meal • 6:00 Bible Study
32742 Diagonal Rd.
Hermiston, OR
Office Phone: 541-276-5358
Hours: M-F 9:00am-1:00pm
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
www.facebook.com/
PendletonLighthouseChurch
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
(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)
Center for Worship & Service
Sunday Worship Service
9:30 - Sunday School
Wednesday Bible Study
COME AS YOU ARE
150 SE Emigrant
(541) 276-3369
FAITH LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Our Lady of Angels
Catholic Church
565 W. HERMISTON AVE.
Iglesia Católica Nuestra
Señora de los Ángeles
565 W. HERMISTON AVE.
in Mission for Christ LCMC
Sunday Worship.........9:00 AM
Bible Study......10:15 AM
Red Lion Hotel
( Oregon Trail Room )
Redeemer
Episcopal
Church
241 SE Second St. Pendleton
(541)276-3809
www.pendletonepiscopal.org
PendletonPresbyterian.com
Sunday Holy Communion: 9am
Wednesday Holy Communion: Noon
M-F Morning Prayer 7am on Zoom
Worship Services On Facebook
10:00am Sundays
All Are Welcome
Community
Presbyterian
Church
14 Martin Drive,
Umatilla, OR
922-3250
Worship: 10 AM
Sunday School at 11:30
201 SW Dorion Ave.
Facebook.com/PendletonPresbyterian
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
St. Johns
Episcopal Church
N.E. Gladys Join
Ave & Us
7th, Hermiston
541-567-6672
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CONGREGATION
ON OUR JOURNEY WITH JESUS
Services 9:00am Sundays
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541-564-4538 or email aworkman@eastoregonian.com