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TUESDAY, MAY 25, 2021
Musician frustrated by bandmate’s lack of loyalty
DEAR ABBY: I am in a rock
band with some friends. All of us
are in our 50s and 60s. We have
been playing together for the last
three years. Last year, our bass
player joined another band (while
staying in ours) because another
friend was in it, but they broke up
because of COVID. Now that music
venues are opening up again, he has
joined yet another group.
I’m a loyal guy, and it bothers
me that he doesn’t seem as loyal to
our band. He says he can easily do
both, but for me, it causes booking
issues because the other band will be
blocking out dates that we might be
able to book. I see no other confl icts.
He even asked if I was interested in
he should be replaced with a musi-
cian you can rely on.
many years without trying to mend
the relationship. This is very hurtful
DEAR ABBY
for me, and I’m sure for others. How
DEAR ABBY: I have a friend who does one respond, if at all, to some-
feels a need to correct the behavior
thing like this?
joining the other band, too, because of others by writing letters. There
he fi gured that if he can’t be in two
are not too many businesses around
— SUFFERING IN MICHIGAN
places at once, it might as well be
town that haven’t received one of her
both of us. Should we cut our losses letters and, no doubt, others in her
DEAR SUFFERING: One does
and replace him? Loyalty is really
circle of friends have, too.
not respond. One copes by recogniz-
important to us.
After a misunderstanding for
ing that the only person this unhap-
which I apologized, I received one of py woman is punishing is herself, as
— ROCKING ON IN TEXAS them. Because she lacks understand- her circle of friends diminishes and
ing or the ability to forgive, a vitriolic businesses around town no longer
DEAR ROCKING ON: Because
diatribe came my way. In her letter, welcome her.
you feel that loyalty is paramount
she related past “unfortunate (in her
and your friend may have schedul- opinion) ill behaviors on my part for
DEAR ABBY: My wife recently
ing confl icts because of his partici-
which I should be ashamed.” Then
asked me if she could take off her
pation with the other band(s), yes,
she ended a friendship we had for
wedding ring in favor of wearing
her mother’s, which is much larger
than the one I gave her. I regard it
as a lack of respect for our marriage,
which has been under a lot of stress
for a long time. (No affairs.) I also
view it as symbolic of how much she
has fi nancially sacrifi ced being mar-
ried to me. What do you think?
— WONDERING IN THE EAST
DEAR WONDERING: I “think”
you should tell your wife it would
hurt you deeply if she follows
through, and why. I also think the
time has come for the two of you to
talk about what is “stressing” your
marriage with a licensed marriage
and family therapist.
N EWS OF THE W EIRD
Las Vegas offi cials hold
pop-up vaccine clinic at
strip club
at a topless revenue, got their
shots at the clinic along with
members of the public.
Some people who showed
up to get shots admitted they
were reluctant to get the vac-
cine but decided to go for it if it
meant visiting a strip club.
Roberto Montti, who lives
near the club, said he had been
putting off getting his shot
but realized he should get it
in order to resume his love of
traveling.
Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP
Montti said he probably
Savannah Wilkinson receives the Pfi zer vaccine from
would have gotten his shot at
Sarah Lugo, senior community health nurse with the
a more humdrum venue but
Southern Nevada Health District, during a pop-up
decided to go to the Hustler
COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club on
Club because it felt familiar.
Friday, May 21, 2021, in Las Vegas.
“I’ve been here so many —
I’ve been here a few times. ...
usual, was an unconventional nurse of the Southern Nevada Maybe 10 times, give or take,”
site for a walk-in vaccination
Health District, who monitored he said with a laugh.
clinic. But as government of-
the walk-in clinic. “It might at-
“I was going to wait, I tell
fi cials and health workers try tract some people who like the you that,” said Las Vegas
to address the slowing demand novelty of it, I suppose.”
resident Michael Myers as he
for COVID-19 vaccines, they’re
The clinic opened for several stood between a full-length
increasingly turning to creative hours Friday night, May 21,
picture of a naked woman
ways to incentivize people to
administering shots to about
and a sign promoting social
show up and get a shot.
100 people before the strip club distancing and other behaviors
“This is just another way
opened for its usual business.
to mitigate the virus spread.
to access our population,”
Several workers at the club,
Myers’ wife, Lisa Harper,
said JoAnn Rupiper, the chief including Hamner, a dancer
said he changed his mind
LAS VEGAS — Wearing a
French maid-inspired lingerie
costume and high heels, dancer
JoJo Hamner waited patiently
to get her COVID-19 vaccine
in a line that snaked past a
glittery hostess stand under a
red-light chandelier.
When it was her turn, Ham-
ner sat in a chair and held onto
a small feather duster that
completed her costume while
a nurse administered the shot
into her already-exposed arm.
Hamner then waited nearby
for the required 15 minutes of
observation, sitting with other
vaccine recipients in leather
chairs between plush purple
booths, vacant stages and
empty poles at this strip club in
Las Vegas.
“This is just the most Vegas
thing I’ve ever seen,” she said
of the experience.
Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club,
with a spinning disco ball cast-
ing rainbow colors on the walls
but more lights turned on than
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when she told him they could
both get it at the Hustler club.
“I said, ‘Flynt’s Hustler?’ She
said ‘Yeah.’ I said, ‘Oh! Let me
consider,’” Myers said with a
laugh.
“Nothing says vaccinations
like a stripper pole,” said the
couple’s friend George Stoeck-
lin, who joined them to get his
shot.
Myers, 70, said he was reluc-
tant to get the shot and wor-
ried about how fast it had been
available. But he noted his age
and said he was concerned
about his ability to spread the
virus and infect others, includ-
ing his wife.
Myers said he was disap-
pointed there were no dancers
on the stage while he got his
shot but said, “at least I got the
scope of it.”
More than 46% of the state’s
population age 12 and older
has received at least one shot of
the vaccine, but Nevada health
offi cials said a steep drop-off in
demand for shots may make
it impossible for the state to
reach a goal of vaccinating 75%
of the eligible population.
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Portland
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warmer
Periods of sun, a
shower
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shower
Warmer with
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Eugene
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La Grande
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NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Sunday
Low Sunday
High: 99°
Low: 13°
Wettest: 1.93”
64°
36°
68°
44°
67°
38°
Sunday
Trace
Month to date
0.17
Normal month to date 1.06
Year to date
1.83
Normal year to date
4.11
0.00
0.03
1.45
5.87
7.26
0.17
0.22
1.63
13.93
11.32
PRECIPITATION (inches)
HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
30%
SE at 6 to 12 mph
3.3
0.20
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Monday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
17% of capacity
92% of capacity
50% of capacity
98% of capacity
58% of capacity
89% of capacity
Grande Ronde at Troy
4020 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 107 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
102 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
201 cfs
Minam River at Minam
899 cfs
Powder River near Richland
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PHILLIPS LAKE
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BROWNLEE RES.
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EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Milder
Sunny and milder
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MCKAY RESERVOIR
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Sunshine; warmer
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THIEF VALLEY RES.
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Milder
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Corvallis
44/73
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La Grande
40/71
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Salem
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Elgin
Pendleton
The Dalles
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AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
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Baker City
Nevada offi cials have been
increasingly turning to pop-up
clinics in places like churches,
schools and senior centers —
and now strip clubs — to try to
get more shots in arms.
Las Vegas offi cials said the
Hustler Club approached them
about holding the clinic after
hosting in a similar vaccination
site at the company’s New Or-
leans location. The club offered
its own incentives to those who
show proof of vaccination: a
membership card giving them
and fi ve friends free admission,
a complimentary bottle of alco-
hol, dances from “a vaccinated
entertainer” and other perks.
Ralph James, the general
manager, said the business
thought it would be a good
chance to help the community
and get back to normal faster.
He acknowledged people may
not typically think of the strip
club as a public health partner
but said, “this gives everyone
a chance to see how clean it is
and it’s a normal business just
like any other business.”
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