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East Oregonian
Saturday, February 5, 2022
DEAR ABBY
Former spouses ready to try again after 16 years
DEAR ABBY: I reconnected with my
ex-husband, “Liam,” a year ago, 16 years
after our divorce. (We hadn’t seen or talked
to each other during that time.) He’s remar-
ried with four kids; I am single with two
kids. We got married when we were young,
but we’re now in our early 40s. We know
what we want or don’t want in a partner, and
know what we will/won’t put up with, etc.
Liam is still legally married, and I have
been single for a year. He and his wife have
been separated almost two years. We have
been intimate, which I feel has brought
us closer together. We are very compati-
ble. We get along well, have the same reli-
gious beliefs and we’re both vegetarians.
We had a long talk about our future a few
days ago and whether we should try to get
back together. Both of us feel the same way.
We’re still very much in love with each other
offl oading his current missus, he needs
after all these years.
Should we try to get back together when to consult an attorney who specializes
the time is right, or should we
in family law so he will be fully
leave the past behind us and let it
prepared for the battle that’s sure
go? Any advice is greatly appreci-
to lie ahead.
ated. — SECOND CHANCE IN
DEAR ABBY: I had substance
GEORGIA
abuse problems in the past. I have
DEAR SECOND CHANCE:
been in a rehabilitation program
No one can decide for you whether
for a while now, and have been
you and Liam should try to recon-
sober for more than a year. I would
cile “when the time is right” —
like to continue my sobriety and
JEANNE
which I assume means when he is
feel I could stay sober from drugs
PHILLIPS
divorced from his current wife. I
and still drink socially. My family
ADVICE
can off er this advice: As appeal-
is against me drinking at all, even
ing as the idea may seem right now,
though alcohol is plentiful at their
do not do it until you have had joint coun- holiday get-togethers. They also don’t want
seling with a licensed marriage and family me socializing with friends who drink at
therapist to resolve any lingering issues that all, even if these friends don’t use other
“might” crop up.
substances. I should mention I am of legal
Also, if Liam is really contemplating drinking age.
How can I convince my family that I
will stay off drugs while drinking socially?
I know they want what’s best for me, but I
don’t want to feel left out of family events
or have to end friendships, which feels
extreme. — RESPONSIBLE SOCIAL
DRINKER
DEAR RESPONSIBLE: While your
family is well-intentioned, I agree their
thinking they can maintain your sobriety
“for” you by deciding what you may and
may not drink on their premises is extreme.
And the decision of who you can safely
socialize with should be made by you.
This is an important subject you should
discuss with your sponsor or the adminis-
trators of your substance abuse rehabilita-
tion program. Please don’t wait to do it. Not
knowing you personally, I cannot — and
should not — advise you further than this.
DAYS GONE BY
100 years ago — 1922
H. M. Berry and Ray C. Boyce, his partner, were given
sentences of fi ve years each this morning in circuit court by
Judge Gilbert W. Phelps. The two young men, charged with
larceny, escaped from the county jail Saturday morning after
sawing their way through bars and battering their way through
the ceiling and getting into the court room above. To make
their getaway from the circuit court room was a simple matter
of walking downstairs, the doors from the court room ordi-
narily never being locked. They had only 12 hours of freedom
before they were captured by a posse of offi cers. A new metal
saw, a window weight taken from the casing, and a cell door
which was used as a ladder were the instruments used by the
pair of men in their dash for freedom.
50 years ago — 1972
While Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality
and the Umatilla County Road Department are studying a
proposal for a meat packing plant and adjacent feedlot north-
east of Hermiston, opponents of the plant’s location are busy
circulating petitions against the plant. Earl Johnston told
the Umatilla County Court last week he plans to construct
a 35-job, $400,000 meat packing plant and was asking the
court to construct an access road to the plant site. When Hugh
Burney, who lives at the junction of Columbia Lane and Diag-
onal Road, learned of the proposal he started a move to block
the plant. Burney says the facility would defl ate the value of
the property in the area. He tried to reason with Johnston not
to infringe upon his neighbors, but Johnston, according to
Burney, maintained there would be no odor from the feedlot
or the plant.
25 years ago — 1997
The Beavers are going to be a little more fun to watch for
the next few years. This morning Pendleton standout Kyle
Rosselle signed a letter of intent to play football for Oregon
State and new Head Coach Mike Riley this fall. Rosselle
gained a lot of attention when he was named Intermountain
Conference Defensive Player of the Year for his eff orts as a
defensive end. He also made the second team on off ense as a
tight end. Rosselle has been one of the most highly recruited
players to come out of Pendleton. A partial list of schools that
wanted him for their football program include: Yale, Cornell,
Stanford, Boise State and Cal-Poly. Stanford wanted to fl y him
down on an offi cial visit, but Rosselle would have had to miss
two basketball games. As the starting center for the Bucks,
he said he didn’t want to do that. The Stanford recruiter was
going to make the trip to Pendleton but he got stuck in the
snow in Colorado, so Rosselle met with Riley instead.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
In 1811, George, the
Prince of Wales, was named
Prince Regent due to the
mental illness of his father,
Britain’s King George III.
In 1917, the U.S. Congress
passed, over President Wood-
row Wilson’s veto, an act
severely curtailing Asian
immigration.
In 1918, during World
War I, the Cunard liner SS
Tuscania, which was trans-
porting about 2,000 Amer-
ican troops to Europe, was
torpedoed by a German
U-boat in the Irish Sea with
the loss of more than 200
people.
In 1922, the fi rst edition
of Reader’s Digest was
published.
In 1937, President Frank-
lin D. Roosevelt proposed
increasing the number of
U.S. Supreme Court justices;
the proposal, which failed in
Congress, drew accusations
that Roosevelt was attempt-
ing to “pack” the nation’s
highest court.
In 1971, Apollo 14 astro-
nauts Alan Shepard and
Edgar Mitchell stepped onto
the surface of the moon in the
fi rst of two lunar excursions.
In 1973, services were
held at Arlington National
Cemetery for U.S. Army
Col. William B. Nolde, the
last offi cial American combat
casualty before the Vietnam
cease-fi re took eff ect.
In 1983, former Nazi
Gestapo official Klaus
Barbie, expelled f rom
Bolivia, was brought to Lyon
(lee-OHN’), France, to stand
trial. (He was convicted and
sentenced to life in prison —
he died in 1991.)
In 1993, President Bill
Clinton signed the Family
and Medical Leave Act,
granting workers up to 12
weeks unpaid leave for
family emergencies.
In 1994, white separatist
Byron De La Beckwith was
convicted in Jackson, Missis-
sippi, of murdering civil
rights leader Medgar Evers in
1963, and was immediately
sentenced to life in prison.
(Beckwith died Jan. 21, 2001
at age 80.)
In 2008, Maharishi
Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the
Beatles who introduced the
West to transcendental medi-
tation, died at his home in the
Dutch town of Vlodrop; he
was believed to be about 90.
In 2014, CVS Caremark
announced it would pull
cigarettes and other tobacco
products from its stores.
Today’s Bir thdays:
Tony-winning playwright
John Guare (gwayr) is 84.
Financial writer Jane Bryant
Quinn is 83. Actor David
Selby is 81. Singer-song-
writer Barrett Strong is
81. Football Hall of Famer
Roger Staubach is 80. Movie
director Michael Mann is 79.
Rock singer Al Kooper is 78.
Actor Charlotte Rampling
is 76. Racing Hall of Famer
Darrell Waltrip is 75. Actor
Barbara Hershey is 74. Actor
Christopher Guest is 74.
Actor Tom Wilkinson is 74.
U.S. Energy Secretary Jenni-
fer Granholm is 63. Actor-co-
median Tim Meadows is 61.
Actor Jennifer Jason Leigh
is 60. Actor Laura Linney
is 58. Rock musician Duff
McKagan (Velvet Revolver)
is 58. World Golf Hall of
Famer Jose Maria Olazabal
is 56. Actor-comedian Chris
Parnell is 55. Rock singer
Chris Barron (Spin Doctors)
is 54. Singer Bobby Brown
is 53. Actor Michael Sheen
is 53. Actor David Chisum
is 52. Country singer Sara
Evans is 51. Country singer
Tyler Farr is 38. Actor-singer
Darren Criss is 35. Actor
Alex Brightman is 35. Actor
Henry Golding is 35. Rock
musician Kyle Simmons
(Bastille) is 34. Actor Jeremy
Sumpter is 33. Drummer
Graham Sierota (Echosmith)
is 23.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
First Christian
Church
(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)
215 N. Main • Pendleton
In Person worship Sundays
at 11:00am
Office Phone: 541-276-5358
Hours: M-F 9:00am-1:00pm
The Salvation Army
Center for Worship & Service
Sunday Worship Service
9:30 - Sunday School
10:30 - Worship Service
Wednesday Bible Study
5:30 Family Fellowship Meal • 6:00 Bible Study
COME AS YOU ARE
150 SE Emigrant
(541) 276-3369
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
Our Lady of Angels
Catholic Church
FAITH LUTHERAN
CHURCH
in Mission for Christ LCMC
Sunday Worship.........9:00 AM
Bible Study......10:15 AM
565 W. HERMISTON AVE.
COME WORSHIP
WITH US AT THE
COUNTRY
CHURCH
ONLI NE and I N-PERSON SERVI CES
|
712 SW 27TH
www.pendletoncog.com
love God, love people, and make
disciples who make disciples
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!
Sundays at 11:00am
32742 Diagonal Rd.
Hermiston, OR
St. Johns
Episcopal Church
N.E. Gladys Join
Ave & Us
7th, Hermiston
541-567-6672
JOIN OUR INCLUSIVE
CONGREGATION
ON OUR JOURNEY WITH JESUS
Services 9:00am Sundays
In-person or streaming on
Facebook or Zoom
565 W. HERMISTON AVE.
S U N D A Y S | 8 : 3 0 A M & 10:00 A M
541.276.1894
Red Lion Hotel
( Oregon Trail Room )
Iglesia Católica Nuestra
Señora de los Ángeles
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
401 Northgate, Pendleton
401 Northgate, Pendleton
Celebration
of Worship
Celebration
of Worship
Sundays 10:00 am
Youth:
0-6th
grade
Midweek
Service
Midweek Service
Wednesdays 6:00 pm
Overcomer’s
Outreach
Youth: 0-6th
grade
’ High
Jr./Sr.
Pastor Sharon Miller
541-278-8082
www.livingwordcc.com
Pastor Sharon Miller
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