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East Oregonian
Saturday, April 2, 2022
DEAR ABBY
There’s plenty to chew on after dinner with in-law
Dear Abby: I once hosted a holiday dinner
for which I had made a ham and a turkey with
all the sides and three diff erent pies. I even
made a special mince pie for one of the guests.
The guests — my brothers-in-law, my brother
and his family of four and his mother-in-law
— all showed up carrying empty Tupperware.
At the end of the day, all I had left was dirty
dishes.
The same family then invited me and my
husband for a holiday dinner. My husband
wasn’t feeling well and couldn’t go. When I
asked my sister-in-law if I could take a plate
home for him, she said, “Nope! If he doesn’t
want to come to the house, he can’t have any
of the food.” Yes, Abby, she was serious.
My sister-in-law cooks the meat she
received as a gift from her employer, and
the rest of the guests prepare the sides and
desserts. I never go empty-handed. At the
end of the meal, she transfers any leftovers these greedy folks to put away their Tupper-
to their own Tupperware and gives us back ware and help with the dishes, you can’t blame
the cleaned bowls. If I ask for a
them for assuming you don’t mind
little of something to take home, she
being imposed upon in this way.
protects her leftovers like they were
As to the sister-in-law who
her children.
refused to allow you to bring any
What’s your take on leftovers?
of her food to your sick husband, I
Is asking for a little fruit salad off
wouldn’t blame you if you chose not
limits? Is relieving your host of the
to grace her table again after telling
burden of storing all of their left-
her the reason why.
Dear Abby: I am an adopted
overs out of line? Are there rules
JEANNE
of etiquette here? — Hoping For A
17-year-old high school senior, and
PHILLIPS
Sandwich Later
I live with four people who all have
ADVICE
a disability. I want to move out when
Dear Hoping: If you would like
the living, breathing defi nition of
I’m 18 if I am able to. I have several
presumptuous guests and ungracious hosts, older brothers and sisters, but they each have
look no further than your in-laws’ contact fi le. a family to take care of. My oldest brother is
The fault, however, may not lie solely with in his 60s, and my youngest in his 40s.
them. If this has happened more than once
I don’t want to seem selfi sh for wanting
and you cannot summon the courage to tell to live independently, but I don’t know how
to tell them. I don’t know how to tell them
anything because, in the past, they haven’t
listened to me. If you have any advice on
how to tell them, I would be very grateful. —
Nervous Girl In New York
Dear Nervous Girl: I wish you had
mentioned when you will be turning 18,
because at that point you will be legally enti-
tled to live wherever you wish, and your
parents and siblings will HAVE to “listen to
you.”
Because you are determined to move, it
is crucial that you start preparing now. You
will need to fi nd a job so you can aff ord a
security deposit and pay for rent, food, etc.
You may also have to fi nd roommates until
you can aff ord a place that is all your own.
A counselor at school may be able to guide
you, particularly if you plan to continue
your education.
DAYS GONE BY
100 years ago — 1922
The Umatilla county women who have been picked to serve
as jurors during the April term of court are sticking to their
fi rst decision not to serve, as expressed to newspapers when
the venire was drawn, is what the sheriff ’s offi ce is fi nding.
A dozen of the 19 women drawn have balked when it comes
to the duty of jury service, and Deputy Sheriff Jake Marin is
getting cold feet about the chances of securing women to serve
on such cases as the recent law says they must help decide. “It
looks to me as if we will have to draw one venire after another
at this rate,” Sheriff Houser declared this morning.
50 years ago — 1972
A call was issued today for volunteers to clear debris at
Three-Mile Dam on the Umatilla River. The debris is blocking
steelhead passage. Three-Mile Dam is located along the old
highway between Hermiston and Umatilla. Wayne MacAs-
kill, Pendleton, alerted the game commission to the problem.
Debris carried into the dam area by high waters has formed
a pool that has confused the migrating steelhead. Instead of
using the fi sh ladder on the west bank of the river, they have
been attempting to leap the dam — and falling back. MacAs-
kill said he saw as many as three steelhead in the air at a time
as they engaged in the fruitless attempts to head upstream.
Mike Golden, Pendleton district fi shery biologist for the game
commission, said it is important that the debris be cleared
away immediately before another surge of high water makes
the problem worse.
25 years ago — 1997
While police offi cials from some of the county’s east-end
communities say their towns have little or no gang activity,
Milton-Freewater freely admits it has a problem with gangs.
“They’re growing rapidly,” said Milton-Freewater Police Offi -
cer Michelle Neissl. Juvenile crime in Milton-Freewater has
almost doubled in the past three years. While much of the
activity involves graffi ti and car thefts, “we’ve had a couple
of drive-bys (shootings) and assaults,” she said. Neissl recog-
nizes close to 100 gang members, associated with four sects of
gangs, ranging in age from 11 to 25. The younger ones do the
shooting and carry the guns because they won’t be charged as
severely as older gang members, she explained. Gang activ-
ity also includes violence from a rivalry between a local gang
and one in Walla Walla, 10 miles away. The Walla Walla
and Milton-Freewater police departments have developed a
cooperative relationship to deal with the problems caused by
proximity and gang rivalry. Neissl also hopes to combat gang
infl uence with the Gang Resistance Education And Training
(G.R.E.A.T.), which she will teach to students, and she has
scheduled meetings and training with parents. In the mean-
time, Neissl hopes to see community support continue to
increase for gang prevention eff orts.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
In 1792, Congress passed
the Coinage Act, which
authorized establishment of
the U.S. Mint.
In 1865, Confederate
President Jefferson Davis
and most of his Cabinet
fl ed the Confederate capi-
tal of Richmond, Virginia,
because of advancing Union
forces.
In 1912, the just-com-
pleted RMS Titanic left
Belfast to begin its sea trials
eight days before the start of
its ill-fated maiden voyage.
In 1917, President Wood-
row Wilson asked Congress
to declare war against
Germany, saying, “The
world must be made safe
for democracy.” (Congress
declared war four days later.)
In 1982, several thou-
sand troops from Argentina
seized the disputed Falkland
Islands, located in the south
Atlantic, from Britain. (Brit-
ain seized the islands back
the following June.)
In 1986, four American
passengers, including an
8-month-old girl, her mother
and her grandmother, were
killed when a terrorist bomb
exploded aboard a TWA
jetliner en route from Rome
to Athens, Greece.
In 1992, mob boss John
Gotti was convicted in
New York of murder and
racketeering; he was later
sentenced to life, and died in
prison.
In 1995, after a work
stoppage lasting nearly
eight months, baseball
owners accepted the players’
union off er to play without a
contract.
In 2002, Israel seized
control of Bethlehem; Pales-
tinian gunmen forced their
way into the Church of the
Nativity, the traditional
birthplace of Jesus, where
they began a 39-day standoff .
In 2003, during the Iraq
War, American forces fought
their way to within sight of
the Baghdad skyline.
In 2007, in its fi rst case
on climate change, the U.S.
Supreme Court, in Massa-
chusetts v. Environmental
Protection Agency, ruled 5-4
that carbon dioxide and other
greenhouse gases were air
pollutants under the Clean
Air Act.
In 2020, the number
of confirmed coronavirus
cases worldwide passed the
1 million mark, according
to a tally by Johns Hopkins
University. The captain
of a U.S. Navy aircraft
carrier facing a coronavi-
rus outbreak was fi red after
widely distributing a memo
pleading for help; Navy
Secretary Thomas Modly
said Capt. Brett Crozier had
demonstrated “poor judg-
ment” in a crisis. (Modly
himself would resign days
later after facing a back-
lash over his harsh criticism
of Crozier in remarks to the
ship’s crew.)
Ten years ago: A gunman
killed seven people at Oikos
University, a Christian
school in Oakland, Califor-
nia. (The shooter, One Goh,
died in 2019 while serving
a life prison sentence.) The
U.S. Supreme Court ruled,
5-4, that jailers may perform
invasive strip searches on
people arrested even for
minor off enses.
Five years ago: Jason
Aldean was named enter-
tainer of the year at the
Academy of Country Music
Awards held in Las Vegas.
A’ja Wilson scored 23 points
to help coach Dawn Staley
and South Carolina win their
fi rst women’s NCAA cham-
pionship with a 67-55 victory
over Mississippi State.
One year ago: In his
fi rst call to the president of
Ukraine, President Joe Biden
underscored U.S. support for
that country, amid reports of
Russian troop movements on
Ukraine’s eastern border. A
U.S. Capitol police offi cer,
William Evans, was killed
when a man rammed a car
into offi cers at a barricade
outside the Capitol build-
ing and then emerged with
a knife; authorities shot the
suspect, who died at a hospi-
tal.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Sharon Acker is 87. Actor
Dame Penelope Keith is
82. Actor Linda Hunt is 77.
Singer Emmylou Harris is
75. Social critic and author
Camille Paglia is 75. Singer
Keren Woodward (Banan-
arama) is 61. Actor Jana
Marie Hupp is 58. Actor
Roselyn Sanchez is 49. Actor
Michael Fassbender is 45.
Actor Jaime Ray Newman is
44. Actor Bethany Joy Lenz
is 41. Actor Briga Heelan
(TV: “Great News”) is 35.
Actor Jesse Plemons is 34.
Singer Aaron Kelly (TV:
“American Idol”) is 29.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
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
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
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
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
Our Lady of Angels
Catholic Church
COME WORSHIP
WITH US AT THE
COUNTRY
CHURCH
565 W. HERMISTON AVE.
ONLI NE and I N-PERSON SERVI CES
541.276.1894
32742 Diagonal Rd.
Hermiston, OR
|
712 SW 27TH
www.pendletoncog.com
love God, love people, and make
disciples who make disciples
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
PENDLETON
LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH
401 Northgate, Pendleton
401 Northgate, Pendleton
Celebration
of Worship
Celebration
of Worship
Sundays 10:00 am
Youth:
0-6th
grade
Midweek
Service
FAITH LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Red Lion Hotel
( Oregon Trail Room )
565 W. HERMISTON AVE.
S U N D A Y S | 8 : 3 0 A M & 10:00 A M
Sundays at 11:00am
in Mission for Christ LCMC
Sunday Worship.........9:00 AM
Bible Study......10:15 AM
Iglesia Católica Nuestra
Señora de los Ángeles
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
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
To advertise in the Church Directory, please contact Audra Workman
www.livingwordcc.com
541-564-4538 or email aworkman@eastoregonian.com