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A10 COFFEE BREAK East Oregonian Saturday, February 12, 2022 DEAR ABBY New mom doesn’t take kindly to MIL’s unwelcome opinions DEAR ABBY: I’m married to a wonder- ful husband and I am a new mom to an 11-week-old beautiful baby boy. I am fortunate to have 12 weeks of maternity leave, after which my baby will be start- ing day care. This decision was very diffi - cult, but necessary. I enjoy my career, and my husband has a good career as well. My parents still work full time, and his parents are too old (in my opinion) to safely watch their grandbaby while also keeping him engaged. My mother-in-law, “Ella,” is sometimes very rude, and we have never seen eye to eye. Four days ago, my in-laws and other family came to visit the baby. When the topic of day care came up, Ella said, “Babies in day care cry and no one picks them up.” She also said, “He’s going to be sick and miserable all the time.” Abby, I am furious about her comments. since Ella said what she did, I have been on As if I don’t already have enough anxi- edge with him. I think he should stand up for ety over sending my baby to day care. I me, but he doesn’t want to rock the boat. Am ignored her because I didn’t want I being too extreme by not allowing to cause a scene in front of the other Ella to see her grandson? — DAY family members. I know she said it CARE MOM IN PENNSYLVA- because she’s mad she’s not going NIA DEAR DAY CARE MOM: You to be watching him. She has made nasty comments in the past about have a wonderful husband, but part other stuff , which I always let go. of the package is his mother, who I told my husband he needs to has a big mouth and poor judgment stick up for me and tell her she about what comes out of it. While I JEANNE needs to cut it out, but he wants me sympathize with your predicament, PHILLIPS to ignore her comments as he has it occurs to me that your dislike of ADVICE his entire life. I told him either he or her is coloring your thinking in this we need to tell her we will no longer instance. Rather than take it out on tolerate her nasty remarks or she’s no longer your husband, develop a thicker skin where seeing her grandson. Ella is concerned. Of course she should be My husband hates confrontation in allowed to visit her grandchild. Remember general, but especially with his mother. Ever above all, YOU are the mother and YOU get to make the decisions about your son’s care. DEAR ABBY: I need help! I don’t know how to tell my wife of 21 years that her breath smells awful. I really miss our passionate kissing. I just can’t get past the smell of her breath. How can I tell her without hurting her feelings? — AT ARM’S LENGTH IN LOUISIANA DEAR AT ARM’S LENGTH: For the sake of your marriage, speak up. Telling someone their breath is “strong” should not cause embarrassment. (I would certainly want to know!) There can be more than one reason for halitosis. Could it be her diet? Is she drinking enough water? Does she need to make an appointment with her dentist for a checkup? If none of those things helps, she should consult her physician to make sure her bad breath isn’t a symptom of something serious. DAYS GONE BY 100 years ago — 1922 That the congestion which has prevailed in the motor vehicle division of the department of state at Salem has been cleared up is information divulged in a letter received by vari- ous offi cers of the city of Pendleton and Umatilla county from Sam A. Krozer, secretary of state. As a result of the ability of the division to take care of applications for motor licenses as rapidly as they are received, Pendleton’s Traffi c Offi cer Turner announced today that all drivers whose cars are not provided with 1922 licenses will be arrested and subject to a fi ne. 50 years ago — 1972 Umatilla County Assessor Rod Esselstyn expects a healthy increase in the county’s assessed valuation as a result of a change in classifi cation of many mobile homes. Mobile homes more than eight feet in width as of Jan. 1 are now classed as real property rather than designated as a trailer. It makes no diff erence whether they are really mobile any more. “We have found lots of them so far,” Esselstyn said, “but we aren’t sure we will fi nd them all unless the owners tell us about them.” A penalty would be levied if the homes are not listed on the tax rolls. He said no totals have been taken on the mobile homes his appraisers have counted so far, “but if we were to pick up 3,000 of them at an average valuation of $3,000, that would add $9 million to the county’s tax rolls.” 25 years ago — 1997 We are living in the most dangerous spot in the world. That’s the impression that 11-year-old Alicia Engelhard of Hermiston got from a CBS News “Eye on America” broad- cast. She couldn’t sleep, her mind fi lled with the thoughts of deadly nerve gas fi ltering into her family’s Sunshine Lane home. Spurred by growing concerns, she went with her parents to the depot to get some answers. They met with the depot’s commander and public aff airs offi cer and were taken to the Emergency Operations Center, where the staff ran a model worst-case scenario. According to Alicia’s father, the demon- stration showed that even if there were a concentrated off -post release, lethal doses of agent would not make it as far as the residential areas of Hermiston. The “Eyes on America” broad- cast showed a map outlining the area at risk from an accident at the depot, refl ected by a circle extending a 195-mile radius from the depot. The edge came within reach of Portland and Spokane, and close to Seattle and Boise. THIS DAY IN HISTORY In 1554, Lady Jane Grey, who had claimed the throne of England for nine days, and her husband, Guildford Dudley, were beheaded after being condemned for high treason. In 1909, the National Associat ion for t he Advancement of Colored People was founded. In 1912, Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, abdi- cated, marking the end of the Qing Dynasty. In 1914, groundbreaking took place for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (A year later on this date, the cornerstone was laid.) In 1973, O peration Homecoming began as the first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam confl ict took place. In 1983, composer-pia- nist Eubie Blake, who wrote such songs as “I’m Just Wild About Harry” and “Memo- ries of You,” died in Brook- lyn, New York, five days after turning 100. In 1999, the Senate voted to acquit President Bill Clin- ton of perjury and obstruc- tion of justice. In 2000, Charles M. Schulz, creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip, died in Santa Rosa, California, at age 77. In 2002, former Yugo- slav president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial in The Hague, accused of war crimes (he died in 2006 before the trial could conclude). In 2006, figure skater Michelle Kwan eff ectively retired from competition as she withdrew from the Turin Olympics due to injury (she was replaced on the U.S. team by Emily Hughes). Snowboarder Shaun White beat American teammate Danny Kass to win the Olympic gold medal. In 2019, Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was convicted in New York of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation; a jury whose members’ identities were kept secret as a secu- rity measure had deliber- ated for six days. (Guzman is serving a life sentence at the federal supermax prison facility in Florence, Colo- rado.) In 2020, Holland Amer- ica Line said a cruise ship, the MS Westerdam, which had been barred from dock- ing by four governments because of fears of the coro- navirus, would arrive the next day in Cambodia. In Japan, offi cials confi rmed 39 new cases on a cruise ship that had been quarantined at Yokohama, bringing the total number of cases on the Diamond Princess to 174. Today’s Bir thdays: Movie director Costa- Gavras is 89. Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Russell is 88. Actor Joe Don Baker is 86. Author Judy Blume is 84. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is 80. Country singer Moe Bandy is 78. Actor Maud Adams is 77. Actor Cliff DeYoung is 76. Actor Michael Iron- side is 72. Rock musician Steve Hackett is 72. Rock singer Michael McDonald is 70. Actor Joanna Kerns is 69. Actor Zach Grenier is 68. Actor-talk show host Arsenio Hall is 66. Actor John Michael Higgins is 59. Actor Raphael Sbarge is 58. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is 57. Actor Christine Elise is 57. Actor Josh Brolin is 54. Singer Chynna Phillips is 54. Rock musician Jim Cree- ggan (Barenaked Ladies) is 52. Actor Jesse Spencer is 43. Rapper Gucci Mane is 42. Actor Sarah Lancaster is 42. Actor Christina Ricci is 42. Actor Jennifer Stone is 29. Actors Baylie and Rylie Cregut (TV: “Raising Hope”) are 12. CHURCH DIRECTORY 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 Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church Redeemer Episcopal Church 565 W. HERMISTON AVE. 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 First Christian Church 565 W. HERMISTON AVE. 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 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 (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) Iglesia Católica Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles Center for Worship & Service Sunday Worship Service 9:30 - Sunday School Wednesday Bible Study COME AS YOU ARE 150 SE Emigrant (541) 276-3369 St. Johns Episcopal Church N.E. 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