COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, March 5, 2022
East Oregonian
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DEAR ABBY
Hardworking wife fi nally ready to hit the bricks
DEAR ABBY: I have been married to
“Arthur” for 50 years. There have been
many problems in our marriage, and we
even separated a couple times. I had kids
to raise and never enough money to break
it off completely. Over the last 13 years,
my husband has been so-called “unable to
work” and on disability. I have worked to
keep us afl oat, while he eats and sleeps and
has gained 100 pounds.
My mother passed away this year, and I
will inherit money after my siblings and I sell
her house. Would it be ridiculous for me to
move out and get my own apartment? I am
very unhappy living with Arthur, and he can
make it on his own Social Security, which
I helped him to maximize. — REALLY
NEEDS A CHANGE
DEAR REALLY NEEDS: The ques-
tion you are asking is a legal one. Laws vary
depending upon where you live. Before about us, and I got the impression they felt
making any changes, you need to discuss this threatened. I know they shared it with their
with an attorney to determine what
son. We are hurt. — THE BIG
the fi nancial implications are for
PICTURE IN THE EAST
you if you should divorce Arthur.
DEAR BIG PICTURE: Your
Do it now, before your mother’s
fear of being “erased by omis-
estate is settled.
sion” may be valid. Because
DEAR ABBY: My daughter and
you mentioned that your daugh-
her husband have created online
ter doesn’t notice, talk privately
with her and tell her that you and
family albums. My son-in-law
takes most of the pictures. When we
her father are hurt because of the
JEANNE
visit, he rarely takes any pictures of
discrepancy. Unless you do, the
PHILLIPS
our side of the family, but he always
situation won’t change. While
ADVICE
takes pictures of his own family.
you’re at it, ask if you can upload
My daughter doesn’t seem to care
your own photos to the albums.
or notice that we are absent from the albums. And continue making non-photo memories
I’m afraid that in years to come, our with your grandchildren, as you have been
grandchildren will look at those albums and doing.
DEAR ABBY: I recently purchased some
think we weren’t there. The other grandpar-
ents once said that the grandkids always talk eyeglasses that my wife totally hates. The
frames are round and somewhat retro in
style. I have received compliments on them
from friends and co-workers. The rub is,
my wife has told me she doesn’t want me
wearing them, and that by wearing them I’m
disrespecting her, disregarding her feelings
and, by extension, not caring about her.
I am feeling very controlled not being
able to wear the glasses I like. I love her, but
I think I’m “old enough” to make my own
personal choices. By the way, I never tell her
what she may or may not wear, as I feel that
is her personal choice as well. Am I wrong to
wear them? — SEEING RED IN WASH-
INGTON
DEAR SEEING RED: No, you are not
“wrong.” Your wife is wrong to equate your
choice in eyewear with your regard for her.
From where I sit, it looks like an attempt to
fi ght dirty. Don’t fall for it.
DAYS GONE BY
100 years ago — 1922
A recreation map, setting for the attractions of the Umatilla
National Forest, is to be published by the forestry depart-
ment. The map is the fi rst published since the Umatilla and
Wenaha forests consolidated. It will be in the nature of a
pamphlet and will be attractively illustrated. In addition to
advertising the forest, the pages will be devoted to the Pend-
leton Round-Up. This section, which is being arranged by
the Round-Up publicity agent, will carry an article on the
Round-Up, a panoramic view of the big show and a picture of
Ray Bell astride a bucking broncho.
50 years ago — 1972
It wasn’t a major cattle drive by television standards and the
drovers do not work at the job full time — but it does demon-
strate the value of the horse to the cattle industry. Echo cattle-
man Bob Spike moved about 200 cows and calves down the
east Echo cutoff road off of Interstate 80N Saturday morning
to his ranch west of Echo. An innovation to keep the cattle on
the paved highway was one man ahead of the cattle who would
dump some hay on the pavement, toot the horn of the pickup,
and the cattle soon got the message and “trailed beautifully.”
The only casualty in the cattle drive was the report of a big
cow putting a dent in a Cadillac as it passed through the herd.
Occasionally a cow and calf would move off the beaten path
into a nearby fi eld and part-time cowboys (having a lot of fun)
would move the cattle back onto the trail.
25 years ago — 1997
Bucky, Pendleton High School’s mascot, could be perma-
nently sidelined. But the students aren’t letting the mascot be
sent out to pasture without a fi ght. Students and faculty alike
are debating the issue with passion in class, at lunch, and over
cellular phones. “He’s an ugly nag that doesn’t represent us,”
Pendleton High School Principal Jim Krout said of Bucky.
“We need to go back to something who will represent the
Buckaroos — a cowboy or a cowgirl.” Prior to Bucky, Pend-
leton High School didn’t have a mascot, according to Vickie
Read, student council adviser. “There used to be a gal who
would paint her horse green and ride around the Round-Up
arena every time we scored a touchdown. But insurance issues
nixed that.” The issue over Bucky arose because he’s losing
his hair. Read secured $600 from the Buck Boosters to buy
a newly groomed hide for the mascot, but without Krout’s
signature on the purchase order, the PHS student council
cannot shine up their beloved Bucky’s coat. But the person
inside the suit this year, freshman Rudy Uhlman, said if the
mascot is changed they will have to fi nd another pardner for
the part. And as sophomore Joe McCullough eloquently said,
“It’s what’s on the inside that counts.”
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
In 1849, Zachary Taylor
was inaugurated as the
12th president of the United
States. (The swearing-in was
delayed by a day because
March 4 fell on a Sunday.)
In 1868, the impeachment
trial of President Andrew
Johnson began in the U.S.
Senate, with Chief Justice
Salmon P. Chase presiding.
Johnson, the fi rst U.S. pres-
ident to be impeached, was
accused of “high crimes
and misdemeanors” stem-
ming from his attempt to
fi re Secretary of War Edwin
M. Stanton; the trial ended
on May 26 with Johnson’s
acquittal.
In 1933, in German
parliamentary elections, the
Nazi Party won 44 percent
of the vote; the Nazis joined
with a conservative nation-
alist party to gain a slender
majority in the Reichstag.
In 1946, Winston Chur-
chill delivered his “Iron
Curtain” speech at West-
minster College in Fulton,
Missouri, in which he said:
“From Stettin in the Baltic,
to Trieste in the Adriatic, an
‘iron curtain’ has descended
across the continent, allow-
ing police governments to
rule Eastern Europe.”
In 1953, Soviet dictator
Josef Stalin died after three
decades in power.
In 1963, country music
performers Patsy Cline,
Cowboy Copas and Hawk-
shaw Hawkins died in the
crash of their plane, a Piper
Comanche, near Camden,
Tennessee, along with pilot
Randy Hughes (Cline’s
manager).
In 1970, the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons went into effect
after 43 nations ratifi ed it.
In 1979, NASA’s Voyager
1 space probe fl ew past Jupi-
ter, sending back photo-
graphs of the planet and its
moons.
In 1982, comedian John
Belushi was found dead of
a drug overdose in a rented
bungalow in Hollywood; he
was 33.
In 1998, NASA scien-
tists said enough water was
frozen in the loose soil of
the moon to support a lunar
base and perhaps, one day, a
human colony.
In 2004, Martha Stew-
art was convicted in New
York of obstructing justice
and lying to the government
about why she’d unloaded
her Imclone stock just
before the price plummeted;
her ex-stockbroker, Peter
Bacanovic, also was found
guilty in the stock scandal.
(Each later received a fi ve-
month prison sentence.)
In 2020, Palestinian offi -
cials closed the Church of
the Nativity in Bethlehem
over fears of the corona-
virus. Officials ordered a
cruise ship with 3,500 people
aboard to stay back from
the California coast until
passengers and crew could
be tested; a traveler from its
previous voyage died of the
coronavirus.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Paul Sand is 90. Actor James
B. Sikking is 88. Actor Fred
Williamson is 84. Actor
Samantha Eggar is 83. Actor
Michael Warren is 76. Actor
Eddie Hodges is 75. Singer
Eddy Grant is 74. Rock
musician Alan Clark (Dire
Straits) is 70. Actor-come-
dian Marsha Warfi eld is 68.
Magician Penn Jillette is
67. Actor Adriana Barraza
is 66. Actor Talia Balsam is
63. Rock singers Charlie and
Craig Reid (The Proclaimers)
are 60. Pro Football Hall of
Famer Michael Irvin is 56.
Actor Paul Blackthorne is
53. Rock musician John Frus-
ciante is 52. Singer Rome is
52. Actor Kevin Connolly is
48. Actor Eva Mendes is 48.
Actor Jill Ritchie is 48. Actor
Jolene Blalock is 47. Model
Niki Taylor is 47. Actor
Kimberly McCullough is 44.
Actor Karolina Wydra is 41.
Singer-songwriter Amanda
Shires is 40. Actor Domi-
nique McElligott is 36. Actor
Sterling Knight is 33. Actor
Jake Lloyd is 33. Actor Micah
Fowler is 24.
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241 SE Second St. Pendleton
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Community
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Church
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Umatilla, OR
922-3250
Worship: 10 AM
Sunday School at 11:30
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Church
(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)
215 N. Main • Pendleton
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at 11:00am
Office Phone: 541-276-5358
Hours: M-F 9:00am-1:00pm
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Pastor Weston Walker
Grace and Mercy Lutheran Church, ELCA
(First United Methodist Church)
191 E. Gladys Ave. / P.O. Box 1108
Hermiston, Oregon 97838
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St. Johns
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Iglesia Católica Nuestra
Señora de los Ángeles
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
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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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Solid Rock
Community Church
140 SW 2nd St Hermiston, OR 97838
541-567-6937
Worship Service: 11:00AM
Sunday School: 9:45
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