COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, April 16, 2022
East Oregonian
A11
DEAR ABBY
Dad signals he may bring girlfriend to guys weekend
Dear Abby: My father, who has been
a widower for 17 years, has been dating a
woman on and off for 12 years, a couple years
after my brother and I left for college. My
brother and I have never cared for her, but
we live three hours away from them in oppo-
site directions now. We fi gure if he’s happy,
then it’s none of our business. I try not to be
rude, but I simply do not enjoy spending time
with her.
I’ve been planning an out-of-state sports
weekend with my dad and brother. I have
been looking forward to it, because with three
small kids, I have little time for these kinds of
activities. I got us all tickets and hotel rooms,
but my brother now has to skip it because of
a family medical issue.
Dad has just hinted he may bring his girl- of how you feel about his lady friend? The
friend to take my brother’s spot,
solution to your problem would be
because “she’s upset and not talking
to tell your father that while you are
to me because I didn’t take her to
pleased he has found happiness with
my brother’s son’s birthday.” I can’t
this woman, you do not enjoy her
company, which is why he doesn’t
imagine a more excruciating week-
see more of you.
end.
I told him plainly, “I expected
While you’re at it, tell him what it
this to be a ‘guys’ weekend.” But,
is about her that you cannot tolerate.
like always, he was cagey, and I’m
Then “remind” him that her pres-
JEANNE
terrifi ed he is going to show up with
ence would change the character of
PHILLIPS
his girlfriend. How can I impress
the “guys weekend,” and if he plans
ADVICE
upon him that I don’t want her to use
to bring her, he will spend the week-
my brother’s unused ticket because
end alone with her — your treat —
I do not want to spend the weekend with her? because you, too, will change your plans.
Dear Abby: In seven months, my 43-year-
— Bad Sport In Oregon
Dear Bad Sport: Is your dad unaware old son will be married for the second time.
Because of his fi ancee’s problem drinking,
I am absolutely against the marriage. I hate
the idea of going to the wedding. Should I go
anyway, and have the most miserable day of
my life? I doubt that I would be able to hide
my sadness. Or should I decline, tell my son I
wouldn’t be a good guest to have on his happy
day and wish them “all the best”? — Hesitat-
ing In Washington
Dear Hesitating: I will assume that your
son is aware of your concerns about his fi an-
cee’s drinking. Do not boycott this wedding.
If you do, you will create a wedge between
you and your daughter-in-law that could last
for decades. Plaster on a smile and attend so
you can wish them all the best in person. Then
cross your fi ngers that your wish comes true.
DAYS GONE BY
100 years ago — 1922
“It’s just a little too early to say yet.” That was the reply
given by Mrs. Jennie Evans of Freewater, one of the two
women on the fi rst mixed jury that ever served in Umatilla
circuit court when she was asked how she likes to serve as
a juror. The other woman on the fi rst jury to be drawn for
service during the April term of court is Mrs. Reta Bailey
of Milton. There were only three women called.
50 years ago — 1972
Umatilla County cattlemen want the legislature to amend
the state criminal code to provide them more protection
from rustlers. Based on a recommendation by Jack Olsen,
deputy Umatilla County district attorney, the Umatilla
County Cattlemen’s Association has proposed an amend-
ment that would “put some teeth back into the cattle theft
and other livestock theft problems.” Robert Lazinka, Pilot
Rock, association president, said the proposed change would
make the theft of domestic livestock or poultry a felony
regardless of the value of the livestock or poultry. Pres-
ently it is a felony only if the animal is valued at more than
$200. Olsen says this fails to give adequate protection to
the rancher at a time when it is needed most — when the
newborn animal is at a minimum value and most vulnera-
ble to theft. “Some of us remember when we used to hang
rustlers. At this time there is no crime of rustling or larceny
of livestock to be found in the Oregon laws, and as long as
the off ender takes a calf or other livestock that is worth less
than $200, the maximum penalty is county jail time and a
fi ne,” wrote Lazinka in a letter to C. M. Otley of Diamond,
president of the OCA.
25 years ago — 1997
Two winters ago, housing was so tight on the reserva-
tion that some families were living in their cars. But life has
changed for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation. This summer, 59 American Indian families
will move into two-story, four-bedroom houses that will
rival those of any suburban subdivision. There will be vinyl
siding, landscaped yards, dishwashers and carports. What
a diff erence a few slot machines can make. Since opening
the Wildhorse Gaming Resort in 1994, the Eastern Oregon
tribes have posted profi ts of $5 million a year. The tribes are
using their gaming profi ts to leverage grants and loans for
housing, a golf course, a cultural center and other projects.
Since 1992, the tribes’ budget has grown from $7 million to
$27 million. “We are chiseling away at that poverty we had
in the past,” says tribal chairman Don Sampson.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
In 1789, President-elect
George Washington left
Mount Vernon, Virginia,
for his inauguration in New
York.
In 1889, comedian and
movie director Charles Chap-
lin was born in London.
In 1945, In his fi rst speech
to Congress, President Harry
S. Truman pledged to carry
out the war and peace policies
of his late predecessor, Pres-
ident Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1947, the cargo ship
Grandcamp, carrying ammo-
nium nitrate, blew up in the
harbor in Texas City, Texas;
a nearby ship, the High Flyer,
which was carrying ammo-
nium nitrate and sulfur,
caught fi re and exploded the
following day; the blasts and
fi res killed nearly 600 people.
In 1963, Martin Luther
King Jr. wrote his “Letter
from Birmingham Jail” in
which the civil rights activist
responded to a group of local
clergymen who had criti-
cized him for leading street
protests; King defended his
tactics, writing, “Injustice
anywhere is a threat to justice
everywhere.”
In 1972, Apollo 16 blasted
off on a voyage to the moon
with astronauts John W.
Young, Charles M. Duke Jr.
and Ken Mattingly on board.
In 1977, Alex Haley,
author of the best-seller
“Roots,” visited the Gambian
village of Juff ure, where, he
believed, his ancestor Kunte
Kinte was captured as a slave
in 1767.
In 1996, Britain’s Prince
Andrew and his wife,
Sarah, the Duchess of York,
announced they were in the
process of divorcing.
In 2003, Michael Jordan
played his last NBA game
w it h t he Wash i ng ton
Wizards, who lost to the Phil-
adelphia 76ers, 107-87.
In 2007, in one of Amer-
ica’s worst school attacks,
a college senior killed 32
people on the campus of
Virginia Tech before taking
his own life.
In 2010, the U.S govern-
ment accused Wall Street’s
most powerful fi rm of fraud,
saying Goldman Sachs & Co.
had sold mortgage invest-
ments without telling buyers
the securities were crafted
with input from a client
who was betting on them to
fail. (In July 2010, Goldman
agreed to pay $550 million in
a settlement with the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commis-
sion, but did not admit
wrongdoing.)
In 2020, the Trump
a d m i n ist r at ion g ut ted
an Obama-era rule that
compelled the country’s coal
plants to cut back emissions
of mercury and other human
health hazards.
Ten years ago: A trial
began in Oslo, Norway, for
Anders Breivik, charged with
killing 77 people in a bomb
and gun rampage in July 2011.
(Breivik was found guilty of
terrorism and premeditated
murder and given a 21-year
prison sentence.)
Five years ago: U.S. offi -
cials said a North Korean
mediu m-range missile
exploded seconds after
launch, a high-profi le failure
that came hours before U.S.
Vice President Mike Pence
arrived in South Korea for a
visit at the start of a 10-day
trip to Asia.
One year ago: Jon Ryan
Schaffer, a member of the
far-right Oath Keepers mili-
tia group and a heavy metal
guitarist, became the first
defendant to plead guilty to
federal charges in connection
with the Jan. 6 insurrection
at the U.S. Capitol. Inte-
rior Secretary Deb Haaland
revoked a series of Trump-
era orders that promoted
fossil fuel development on
public lands and waters,
and issued a new order that
prioritized climate change
in agency decisions. Raul
Castro said he was stepping
down as Cuban Commu-
nist Party leader, leaving the
island without a Castro guid-
ing aff airs for the fi rst time in
more than six decades. Iran
began enriching uranium
to its highest-ever purity,
edging the country closer
to weapons-grade levels as
Iran tried to pressure nego-
tiators in talks on restoring
its nuclear deal with world
powers.
Today’s Bir thdays:
Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI
is 95. Singer Bobby Vinton
is 87. Denmark’s Queen
Margrethe II is 82. Basket-
ball Hall of Famer Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar is 75. Former
Massachusetts fi rst lady Ann
Romney is 73. NFL coach
Bill Belichick is 70. Rock
singer and former politician
Peter Garrett is 69. Actor
Ellen Barkin is 68. Actor
Michel Gill is 62. Secretary
of State Antony Blinken is
60. Rock musician Jason
Scheff (Chicago) is 60. Singer
Jimmy Osmond is 59. Rock
singer David Pirner (Soul
Asylum) is 58. Actor-come-
dian Martin Lawrence is 57.
Actor Jon Cryer is 57. Actor
Peter Billingsley is 51. Actor
Lukas Haas is 46. Actor-
singer Kelli O’Hara is 46.
Actor Claire Foy (TV: “The
Crown”) is 38. Figure skater
Mirai Nagasu is 29. Actor
Sadie Sink is 20.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
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32742 Diagonal Rd.
Hermiston, OR
St. Johns
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541-567-6672
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CHURCH
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Wednesday Holy Communion: Noon
M-F Morning Prayer 7am on Zoom
201 SW Dorion Ave.
712 SW 27TH
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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
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
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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
140 SW 2nd St Hermiston, OR 97838
10:30 - Worship Service
541-567-6937
Wednesday Bible Study
Worship Service: 11:00AM
Sunday School: 9:45
Pastor Wilbur Clark
5:30 Family Fellowship Meal • 6:00 Bible Study
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Community
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14 Martin Drive,
Umatilla, OR
922-3250
Worship: 10 AM
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Our Lady of Angels
Catholic Church
565 W. HERMISTON AVE.
Iglesia Católica Nuestra
Señora de los Ángeles
565 W. HERMISTON AVE.
(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)
215 N. Main • Pendleton
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Office Phone: 541-276-5358
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