COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, January 22, 2022
East Oregonian
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DEAR ABBY
Boyfriend’s ‘chatty’ habit makes girlfriend jealous
DEAR ABBY: I’ve been going out with
this guy for a couple of months. The problem
is, he has to always talk to every woman he
sees — from a two-second conversation to a
several-minute conversation. He doesn’t even
know 99% of them.
When we go to a store, I feel like I’m
invisible. He’ll walk away from me and
start talking to women. I don’t trust him
completely because sometimes he fl irts or
says something that could be taken in a sexual
way, and I worry that one of these women
could take it like he’s interested in her.
I don’t want to break up with him. I love
him. But I feel I have reason to be jealous. I
wish I was the only girl for him. Please give
me advice. — NOT NUMBER ONE IN
PENNSYLVANIA
DEAR NOT NUMBER ONE: If you
I know she reads your column. I hope
have discussed this with him and it persists, she reads this and realizes this sounds like
her and takes the hint. What do
listen to your intuition. If he loved
you, he would not be chatting up
you think is the best way to handle
other women. If a man makes you
this situation? — ALWAYS THE
feel like you are not No. 1, get rid of
TAXI
him before he destroys your self-es-
DEAR ALWAYS: Your friend
teem.
may be an avid “Dear Abby” reader,
DEAR ABBY: We have a neigh-
but what if — heaven forbid —
bor who likes to go out with us to
she misses the column today and
the casinos, restaurants and vari-
doesn’t see your letter? The “best”
JEANNE
ous other places. This is doing her
way to handle this would be for you
PHILLIPS
a favor, but she never contributes
to take the bull by the horns and
ADVICE
toward the transportation. When we
address the problem directly with
go out with other couples, we alter-
her.
nate driving or help to pay for fuel. All we get
DEAR ABBY: My 4-year-old grandson,
from her is, “Thank you. Let me know when “Johnny,” is obsessed with all things mili-
tary. Everything he picks up is a pretend gun,
you’re going next time.”
sword or blaster. I know we played cowboys
and Indians as kids, pointing sticks or our
hands and shouting “Pow! You’re dead!” and
none of us turned into shooters. But today’s
climate is more violent. Johnny has already
gotten into trouble at preschool for pointing
and making shooting noises. Is there anything
we can do to discourage this behavior? Does
he need professional help? — UNCLEAR
IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR UNCLEAR: Because Johnny has
gotten into trouble for pretending to play with
guns, his parents should explain to him why
it is not OK to do that at school. Unless there
is something going on with your grandson
that you omitted from your letter, he should
not need professional intervention for acting
like a normal boy.
DAYS GONE BY
100 years ago — 1922
Hubert M. Berry, alias H. C. Charlton, and his partner
Ray Boyce have confessed to having robbed two houses in
Pendleton and they are also wanted at Baker. They will be
prosecuted in Pendleton. According to a story from the Port-
land Telegram, Berry is well-known there to the younger set
in society and also to the police, who know him as the “beer
bottle bandit.” Berry gained considerable notoriety when
he struck H. H. Vines, an aged pawnbroker, over the head
with a beer bottle. Later he feigned insanity and was sent
to the asylum. The proximity to the real “nuts” was more
than he could stand, and he admitted that he was sane. He
was returned to the Multnomah county jail and was paroled
by Circuit Judge Gatens on the promise that he would be a
“good boy” and go to sea. Pendleton is a long way from the
sea.
50 years ago — 1972
“Anyone who ever ate any of the excellent food and expe-
rienced the good times at the Rieth Hotel when it was really
going will never forget it,” said Deno Vichas, son of George
Vicas who built the historic building in 1917. But those times
are no more. Now the building is being used for pleasure
boat construction. Last September, Vichas rented the build-
ing for his widowed mother in Minnesota to Larson and
Moore, Inc., a local boat making company. “The building is
strong and solid and still quite usable,” he said. His father
emigrated from Greece in 1906 and worked for the railroad
until he bought a dairy in Reith. He later sold that business
to build the hotel. At that time the Union Pacifi c Railroad
crews changed in Rieth and the need for lodging caused the
business to grow. After prohibition ended, George Vichas
opened the Silver Dollar night club, and his steaks grew
to great popularity among the Pendleton area residents. In
1950, Union Pacifi c moved its division station to Hinkle and
took most of the business away. When George Vichas retired
in 1960, the hotel, restaurant and bar closed. Deno Vichas
came to Pendleton last June to attend his PHS 25th reunion
and decided to fi nd a renter for the old hotel building with
hopes of bringing new life to the once active community.
25 years ago — 1997
Hermiston offi cials see dealing with unexpected growth
and the vast unknowns of Measure 47 as the top priorities for
1997. Hermiston’s population grew by more than 400 people
in 1996, to slightly more than 11,000. Much more growth is
expected as projects such as the Wal-Mart distribution center
in Hermiston, a state prison in Umatilla and an incinerator
at the Umatilla Chemical Depot move forward. To prepare
for that growth, one of the city’s major projects for 1997 is to
build a three-million-gallon water reservoir on the Hermis-
ton Butte. The $3.75 million project will be fi nanced through
the sale of reverse bonds, which do not require a vote of the
people and are paid off by future water revenues.
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U.S. Supreme Court, in
its Roe v. Wade decision,
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constitutional right to abor-
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In 1901, Britain’s Queen
Victoria died at age 81 after
a reign of 63 years; she was
succeeded by her eldest son,
Edward VII.
In 1938, Thornton Wild-
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performed publicly for the
fi rst time in Princeton, New
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In 1944, during World
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Kennedy compound at
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setts, at age 104.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY
First Christian
Church
The Salvation Army
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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
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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
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7th, Hermiston
541-567-6672
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