A6 The BulleTin • Friday, June 4, 2021
TODAY
DEAR ABBY
Today is Friday, June 4, the 155th
day of 2021. There are 210 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On June 4, 1919, Congress ap-
proved the 19th Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution, which said
that the right to vote could not
be denied or abridged based on
gender. The amendment was
sent to the states for ratification.
In 1812, the Louisiana Territory
was renamed the Missouri Ter-
ritory, to avoid confusion with
the recently admitted state of
Louisiana. The U.S. House of Rep-
resentatives approved, 79-49, a
declaration of war against Britain.
In 1912, Massachusetts became
the first state to adopt a mini-
mum wage law.
In 1939, the German ocean liner
MS St. Louis, carrying more than
900 Jewish refugees from Ger-
many, was turned away from the
Florida coast by U.S. officials.
In 1940, during World War II,
the Allied military evacuation
of some 338,000 troops from
Dunkirk, France, ended. British
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
declared: “We shall fight on the
beaches, we shall fight on the
landing grounds, we shall fight
in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills; we shall
never surrender.”
In 1942, the World War II Battle
of Midway began, resulting in a
decisive American victory against
Japan and marking the turning
point of the war in the Pacific.
In 1972, a jury in San Jose, Califor-
nia, acquitted radical activist An-
gela Davis of murder and kidnap-
ping for her alleged connection to
a deadly courthouse shootout in
Marin County in 1970.
In 1977, the VHS home video-
cassette recorder was intro-
duced to North America by JVC.
In 1985, the Supreme Court up-
held a lower court ruling striking
down an Alabama law providing
for a daily minute of silence in
public schools.
In 1986, Jonathan Jay Pollard,
a former U.S. Navy intelligence
analyst, pleaded guilty in Wash-
ington to conspiring to deliver
information related to the na-
tional defense to Israel.
In 1989, a gas explosion in the
Soviet Union engulfed two pass-
ing trains, killing 575.
In 1990, Dr. Jack Kevorkian car-
ried out his first publicly assisted
suicide, helping Janet Adkins, a
54-year-old Alzheimer’s patient
from Portland, Oregon, end her
life in Oakland County, Michigan.
In 1998, a federal judge sen-
tenced Terry Nichols to life in pris-
on for his role in the 1995 bomb-
ing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal
Building in Oklahoma City.
Ten years ago: China’s Li Na
captured her first Grand Slam
singles title, becoming the first
tennis player from China to
achieve such a feat.
Five years ago: A day after the
death of Muhammad Ali, Pres-
ident Barack Obama said the
boxing legend “shook up the
world and the world is better for
it,” and that Ali stood with Mar-
tin Luther King Jr. and Nelson
Mandela in fighting for what
was right.
One year ago: In the first of a
series of memorials set for three
cities over six days, celebrities,
musicians and political leaders
gathered in front of George
Floyd’s golden casket in Minne-
apolis. In an incident captured
by a TV news crew, a 75-year-
old protester, Martin Gugino,
fell and hit his head on the
pavement after being pushed
backward by two police officers
in Buffalo, New York.
Today’s Birthdays: Sex therapist
and media personality Dr. Ruth
Westheimer is 93. Actor Bruce
Dern is 85. Musician Roger Ball is
77. Actor-singer Michelle Phillips
is 77. Jazz musician Anthony
Braxton is 76. Rock musician Dan-
ny Brown (The Fixx) is 70. Actor
Parker Stevenson is 69. Actor Keith
David is 65. Blues singer-musician
Tinsley Ellis is 64. Actor Eddie
Velez is 63. Singer-musician El
DeBarge is 60. Actor Julie White
is 60. Actor Lindsay Frost is 59.
Actor Sean Pertwee is 57. Former
tennis player Andrea Jaeger is 56.
Opera singer Cecilia Bartoli is 55.
R&B singer Al B. Sure! is 53. Actor
Scott Wolf is 53. Actor-comedian
Rob Huebel is 52. Comedian
Horatio Sanz is 52. Actor James
Callis is 50. Actor Noah Wyle is
50. Rock musician Stefan Lessard
(The Dave Matthews Band) is 47.
Actor-comedian Russell Brand
is 46. Actor Angelina Jolie is 46.
Actor Theo Rossi is 46. Alt-country
singer Kasey Chambers is 45.
Actor Robin Lord Taylor is 43. Rock
musician JoJo Garza (Los Lonely
Boys) is 41. Model Bar Refaeli is 36.
Olympic gold medal figure skater
Evan Lysacek is 36. Americana
singer Shakey Graves is 34. Rock
musician Zac Farro is 31.
— Associated Press
Write to Dear Abby online at dearabby.com
or by mail at P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069
Dear Abby: My wife and I
separated three months ago.
She has moved out into her
own apartment. We are not
legally separated or divorced.
She removed her wedding
ring three weeks after she left.
I want to reconcile. Whether
she does at this point, she’s
not sure. She says she isn’t
seeing anyone, nor is she in-
terested in anyone. I want to
keep wearing my wedding
ring, but because she’s not
wearing hers, I feel like an id-
iot wearing mine. What is the
proper etiquette for us?
— Can’t Let Go
Dear Cant’ Let Go: A wed-
ding ring indicates that the
person — female or male —
is unavailable for a roman-
tic involvement. When your
wife removed her ring, the
message she was sending out
is that her marriage is over
— whether you two are offi-
cially divorced or not. Now
you need to do what is com-
fortable for yourself. Because
you want to reconcile, give
her a deadline to make up
her mind whether the sepa-
ration is permanent, and sug-
gest marriage counseling to
settle your differences. After
that, if she still isn’t interested
and wants a divorce, talk to a
lawyer.
Dear Abby: I live in an af-
fluent neighborhood where
a group of us get together for
drinks, holidays, etc. But out
of seven women in the group,
only two or three are given
birthday parties every year.
The rest of us are never ac-
knowledged — not even with
a card.
I’m tired of going to cele-
brate someone else’s birthday
when mine is passed over
with no mention. This may
seem petty, but after years
of this, it has gotten old. I’ve
thought of saying something,
but I’m not sure how to ex-
press it. Or should I just keep
my mouth shut?
— Overlooked in South Carolina
Dear Overlooked: Is ev-
eryone in that group aware
of when all of the members’
birthdays are? Because you
haven’t spoken up, they may
not be. I don’t think it would
be poor form to pipe up at the
next get-together that “Jenni-
fer,” “Angelina,” “Viola” and
you also have birthdays com-
ing up and when they occur.
If none of them are acknowl-
edged after that, speak up as
a group and say humorously
that your feelings are hurt.
However, if still no effort is
made, the four or five of you
should consider celebrating
your birthdays separately.
Dear Abby: In the last
few years, a good friend has
grown increasingly radical
in his political views, which
caused a severe rupture in
our friendship. I am still hurt
by what transpired because it
turned personal at one point.
My friend has now writ-
ten an apology for his ex-
tremism and asked for my
forgiveness. I can’t help but
wonder whether, if the polit-
ical climate hadn’t changed,
he would be apologizing now.
How do I forgive my friend,
and perhaps open a path to a
renewed friendship, while I
still feel this way?
— Nervous About This
in New York
Dear Nervous: You can
(possibly) manage it by con-
centrating on the positive as-
pects of the relationship you
shared rather than dwelling
on the pain of the rupture. It
can be done. It’s called selec-
tive memory.
YOUR HOROSCOPE
By Georgia Nicols
Stars show the kind of day you’ll have
DYNAMIC | POSITIVE | AVERAGE | SO-SO | DIFFICULT
MOON ALERT: There are no restrictions to shopping or important deci-
sions today. The Moon is in Aries.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2021: You have the
charisma to be convincing and draw people to you. You are restless, versa-
tile and lovable to others. You are also trustworthy and reliable. Domestic
responsibility will be your theme this year, which is why you will be focused
on your obligations to home, friends and family. Finances and romance look
promising.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
You have a strong need to communicate lately, which might be
prompted by the fact that, once again, you’re in touch with old friends and
relatives. Nevertheless, you are restless and taking short trips. (Again?) Look
for ways to bounce your ideas off someone. Tonight: Talk to someone.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
You have money on your mind — cash flow, earnings, assets and, of
course, your possessions. In fact, you’re thinking a lot about this right now.
Today things are nicely balanced in your mind because some behind-the-
scenes news or research makes you feel better. Tonight: Watch your money.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
Today everything is pretty copacetic. The Sun is in your sign dancing
nicely with the Moon in Aries. Naturally, with Mercury retrograde taking
place in your own sign, things are frustrating. Silly errors and misplaced
items! Oy! Courage. Tonight: You’re in charge.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
Even though you’re happy to take a back seat at the moment, nev-
ertheless, Venus and Mars are both in your sign pushing you to be sociable,
friendly and physically active with others — even competitive! (Venus will
smooth all your relations with everyone.) Tonight: People notice you.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
You want to socialize with others today, especially people who are
far away or different. In part, this is because you want the stimulation of
talking to someone fascinating as well as a chance to learn something new
and expand your world. Smart choice. Tonight: Do something different.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
With the Sun still at high noon in your chart casting you in a flatter-
ing spotlight, you are unstoppable! Go after what you want, because you
look good to others, especially bosses and VIPs. Timing is everything. Make
your pitch! Tonight: You have a winning hand.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
It’s Friday and this is a great day to schmooze with everyone! Be pre-
pared to go more than halfway when dealing with others, because today the
Moon is opposite your sign. (Aries and Libra are 180 degrees opposite.) Make
sure that whatever you do is stimulating and a tad adventurous. Hmmm?
Tonight: Enjoy schmoozing.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Do yourself a favor. It’s the end of the week and the planetary energy
right now will help you finish some kind of job or project, perhaps related to
your work or some financial matters. Whatever the case, do what you can to
get this stuff off your plate. Just do it. Tonight: Tidy up things.
Dawn
Kane
collects
trash
outside
her tent
along NE
Emerson
Avenue in
Bend on
Thursday.
Ryan
Brennecke/
The Bulletin
Homeless
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Kane is one of dozens of
campers who will be moved off
Emerson Avenue near Bi-Mart
in the near future. The road is
home to roughly 38 camps, ac-
cording to King, and has been
growing in size since the begin-
ning of this year.
Things that can make a
campsite unsafe, according to
the administrative order, are
camps being in or near the
roadway, environmental issues
like trash or human waste, or
the “amount or seriousness”
of crime being reported by the
Bend Police. In a document
given to the council, Bend Po-
lice cite accumulation of trash
and waste, “multiple crime re-
ports taken” in the area and
a fire incident where a tent
burned down as reasons to jus-
tify moving the camp.
Outreach efforts to notify
people are slated for sometime
next week, King said. While
the administrative policy says
the city must give 72 hours no-
tice, King said the intention is
to spend longer than that doing
outreach.
“This is not a blanket state-
ment by any means to those
individuals experiencing home-
lessness. There are just certain
situations where health and
safety is a concern,” King said.
The number of unhoused
people has continued to in-
crease in Central Oregon,
bringing the issue to the fore-
front of local politics. Prelimi-
nary numbers from a Point in
Time count conducted in Jan-
uary show a 13% increase in
the population over last year —
an estimate that is likely to be
lower than reality, said Colleen
Thomas, the Deschutes County
homeless services coordinator,
in the meeting Wednesday.
The administrative policy
comes after the city received
several complaints about home-
less people around the city, and
several specifically referencing
Emerson Avenue. In a public
records request, The Bulletin re-
ceived dozens of emails sent to
the City Council complaining
about the encampments over
the past two months.
Some raised concerns about
feeling unsafe around encamp-
ments. Others cited trash and
other waste as a part of their
frustration. But above all there
was a sense of frustration about
the character of the city chang-
ing, and fears that Bend is turn-
ing into a city like Portland and
Seattle, which have large home-
less populations.
“Bend is turning into Port-
land and I want out. And I
will take my substantial prop-
erty taxes with me,” a resident
named Joan Rowe wrote to the
council in May.
But advocates for the home-
less call the new policy inhu-
mane when the city has no
place for people to go.
“If you are not willing to pro-
vide a safe place for these people
to move, you have a moral ob-
ligation to not to move them,”
Ashley Nissa, a Culver resident
who says she provides services
to homeless people in Bend,
told the council Wednesday.
Several homeless activists
called into the Wednesday
meeting irritated by the fact that
trash and waste were being used
as reasons to clear the camp
when volunteers have set up
portable toilets and offer trash
service to this area specifically
to address these issues. Some
also challenged the narrative
that people camping along the
roadway was the problem.
“They’re not the ones making
the street unsafe; it’s the 10-ton
trucks going 60 mph,” Bend res-
ident Moey Newbold said to the
council.
Some asked why the city
doesn’t just close the road to
traffic until there are enough
places for people to go. When
asked whether this was ever
considered, King said it had
not been, and that typically the
city only closes streets for short-
term things like events rather
than indeterminate closures.
A long-term closure would
require a significant public pro-
cess, he said.
The city does have several
homeless initiatives in the
works. A low barrier shelter run
by Shepherd’s House Ministries
with 70 beds opened on Tues-
day, making it Bend’s first long-
term shelter for anyone.
The city is also in the process
of purchasing the Bend Value
Inn, which will provide roughly
20 shelter beds, with money
from the state Legislature from
a program called Project Turn-
key. King also mentioned the
city is looking for publicly
owned land around the county
to create a managed camp.
In Wednesday’s meeting,
Councilor Anthony Broadman
proposed offering $1.5 mil-
lion of federal COVID-19 relief
money to Deschutes County
as a match to any money the
county would put in to get the
process of planning a managed
camp going in the next 30 days.
While homeless advocates
are supportive of the city’s ef-
forts to address homeless-
ness, the reality is there is still
no place at this point for ser-
vice providers to tell homeless
campers to go. The shelter is
a start, but only runs at night,
leaving people with nowhere to
go during the day.
“We are pushing people back
to China Hat, back to Hunnell
(Road), people are going right
back into little areas in resi-
dential areas,” Stacey Witte, the
executive director of the home-
less nonprofit REACH, said
Wednesday. “We are not taking
a problem away. We are pushing
it to another location.”
When asked why the city
couldn’t wait until more shelter
beds came online before mov-
ing campers, King said the city
has to balance looking at ways
to provide housing capacity for
homeless people and the re-
sponsibility of managing the
city’s rights of ways.
James Cook, a co-chair of the
Central Oregon Leadership Co-
alition, criticized the city for the
lack of communication about
the administrative policy before
bringing it to the council, and
compared the situation to the
city’s efforts to remove campers
on Juniper Ridge last year.
“The city announces some-
thing and then gives more time
for outreach, and then ulti-
mately goes ahead and then
pats itself on the back (for)
working with service providers,”
Cook said Tuesday.
Whenever the city does issue
notices, Kane said her plan is to
go to another camp site in Bend
she has identified.
Because of a traumatic brain
injury that happened a few
years ago, Kane said she is un-
able to work due to memory
loss and being almost com-
pletely blind. Before that, she
became homeless while run-
ning away from an abusive
spouse and while battling an
addiction, leaving her few re-
sources to find a place to live on
her own.
She hopes housing will be-
come available so she can use
her voucher, but with the price
of housing skyrocketing in
Bend, she did not appear con-
fident.
While standing by her tent
in the sweltering heat radiating
from the asphalt, Kane did issue
a warning to those who judge
people in her situation.
“Don’t ever think you’re ex-
empt,” she said. “They could
just as easily be in this spot.”
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Reporter: 541-633-2160,
bvisser@bendbulletin.com
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
It’s Friday and you’re in a playful mood! Enjoy fun times with kids,
sports activities and entertaining diversions. Ex-partners might be back in
the picture, which could complicate things — or not. Your breezy style will
probably take everything in stride. Tonight: Party and play!
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Be patient with partners and close friends, because with Mars opposite
your sign, it’s easy to be annoyed with someone. (Of course, they might be
annoying!) You’ve been working hard, which is why you want to cocoon at
home. It figures. Tonight: Relax.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
TGIF! You’ve been in party mode this week and perhaps enthused
about sports events or fun activities with kids. Romance is also looking cozy!
That’s why today you are eager to talk to others and get the latest scoop on
what’s happening. Tonight: Be friendly.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
You have been strongly focused on home and family, in part because
relatives might be in touch again. Today you are balancing money and how
to handle your possessions and keep everyone happy. Fear not, because you
will you be able to do this. Why? You bring the magic! Tonight: Entertain at
home.
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