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East Oregonian
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Swinging parents undermine
values taught to their kids
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: A short time ago, I dis-
impart.
covered my parents are “swingers.” I
Dear Abby: My husband and I
had picked up my mother’s phone to
are avid sports fans and have season
take a picture and an incoming text
tickets to several sporting events. Our
caught my attention. When I read it
seats are in the middle of a row. Be-
and investigated further, I learned the
fore we go to our seats, we check to
truth.
see which way has fewer people seat-
I don’t mind what they do with
ed so we disturb the fewest possible.
their marriage, and I respect their
We also try to leave our seats only
Jeanne
choices. However, my siblings and I Phillips during halftime or between innings
were raised in a strict Christian home.
and always apologize for disturbing
Advice
My parents taught us the opposite of
anyone.
what they are doing. Now I feel they
However, I am bothered that we
are hypocrites.
are forced to climb over certain individuals
How can they tell me to act a certain way who don’t stand up to let us by. Sometimes I
when they don’t practice what they preach? feel I’m almost bumping into the folks in the
I’m not sure if I should talk to them about it row ahead of us.
or drop this entirely. Help! — Disillusioned
Is there a rule of etiquette that states that
Daughter
people should stand to allow others to get by?
Dear Daughter: What exactly do you I don’t want to step on toes or spill drinks on
mean when you “investigated further”? If it anyone. What should I do in these situations?
means you searched the history in your moth- — Squeezed Out In Houston
er’s phone, you crossed the same line chil-
Dear Squeezed Out: Emily Post does
dren do when they search through the draw- have a rule regarding crossing in front of
ers and closets of a parent’s bedroom looking people in theaters and at sporting events. Ac-
for things that are none of their business.
cording to her, you should say, “Excuse me”
Before labeling your parents as hypo- or “Pardon me” on your way to your seat and
crites, please remember that they raised you “pass with your back to those already seat-
with basic values that are shared by the ma- ed.” (Personally, I would rather that someone
jority of people. If they have “strayed from face my navel than my posterior at eye level,
the path,” it’s their choice — and it may have but I didn’t write the rule.)
happened AFTER they taught you your good
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Bu-
Christian values.
ren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was
I think you should talk to your mother founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.
about what you did and what you found. If Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com
you do, she may have a few more lessons to or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 21, 1915
Boldly breaking in to the garage of Jack
Childreth on East Alta street early last eve-
ning, some persons of unknown identity but
presumably joyriders, stole his automobile
and drove it out of the city. Before they had
gone much over a mile, however, the car took
-
side. Mr. Childreth, who runs a blacksmith
shop on Alta street just across from the Alta
House and whose garage is just next door,
discovered the loss of his auto this morning. A
-
tion and sometime later the wrecked machine
was found by the roadside on the Wild Horse
a water-cooled car and the radiator was empty
at the time it was stolen.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 21, 1965
It’s going to cost about $60 per lot to quiet
complaints about a road leading to the top of
a hill in southeast Pendleton, the city council
BLONDIE
THE WIZARD OF ID
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
to community service, was
founded in Detroit.
On this date:
In 1793, during the
French Revolution, King
Louis XVI, condemned for
treason, was executed on the
guillotine.
In 1861, Jefferson Davis
of Mississippi and four oth-
er Southerners whose states
had seceded from the Union
resigned from the U.S. Sen-
ate.
In 1908, New York City’s
Board of Aldermen passed
an ordinance prohibiting
women from smoking in
public establishments (the
measure was vetoed by May-
or George B. McClellan Jr.,
but not before one woman,
Katie Mulcahey, was jailed
overnight for refusing to pay
In 1910, the Great Paris
Flood began as the rain-swol-
len Seine River burst its
banks, sending water into the
LUANN
ZITS
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
vice president; LoRayne Bowman, second
vice president; April Sykes, secretary; and
Harley Sager, treasurer. Chamber Manager
Claudia Hughes was presented with the Hats
Off Award for her community involvement.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
Today is the 21st day of
2015. There are 344 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Jan. 21, 1915, the
DILBERT
was told Tuesday. City engineer Tony Groh
estimated project cost at $2,100 to improve
the grade of SE Isaac between 9th and 11th.
Present grade of the hairpin turn is 17 per cent.
The road would be straightened and the grade
would be 12 per cent or less with a graveled
surface, Groh said. Property owners in the
area have complained for several months that
the road is impassable in icy weather. They
had asked the city to improve the road at its
expense.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 21, 1990
About 50 Heppner Chamber of Commerce
members and guests dined by candlelight
Tuesday — but that wasn’t the plan. A power
outage made candles a necessity for the annu-
al chamber Installation Luncheon at the Elks
Lodge. Lunch went on as scheduled thanks
STONE SOUP
BIG NATE
French capital.
In 1924, Russian revolu-
tionary Vladimir Lenin died
at age 53.
In 1937, Count Basie
and his band recorded “One
O’Clock Jump” for Dec-
ca Records (on this date in
1942, they re-recorded the
song for Okeh Records).
In 1954
submarine, the USS Nauti-
lus, was launched at Groton,
Connecticut (however, the
Nautilus did not make its
-
til nearly a year later).
In 1968, the Battle of
Khe Sanh began during the
Vietnam War. An American
B-52 bomber carrying four
hydrogen bombs crashed in
Greenland, killing one crew
member and scattering ra-
dioactive material.
In 1977, President Jimmy
Carter pardoned almost all
Vietnam War draft evaders.
In 1994, a jury in Manas-
sas, Virginia, found Lorena
Bobbitt not guilty by reason
of temporary insanity of
maliciously wounding her
husband John, whom she’d
accused of sexually assault-
ing her.
Today’s Birthdays: Ac-
tress Ann Wedgeworth is 81.
World Golf Hall of Famer
Jack Nicklaus is 75. Opera
singer-conductor Placido Do-
mingo is 74. Singer Mac Da-
vis is 73. Actress Jill Eiken-
berry is 68. Country musician
Jim Ibbotson (The Nitty
Gritty Dirt Band) is 68. Sing-
er-songwriter Billy Ocean is
65. Former U.S. Ambassa-
dor to China Gary Locke is
65. U.S. Attorney General
Eric Holder is 64. Microsoft
co-founder Paul Allen is 62.
Actor-director Robby Ben-
son is 59. Actress Geena Da-
vis is 59. Basketball Hall of
Famer Hakeem Olajuwon is
52. Actress Charlotte Ross is
47. Actress Karina Lombard
is 46. Rock musician Mark
Trojanowski (Sister Hazel)
is 45. Rock singer-songwrit-
er Cat Power is 43. Rock DJ
Chris Kilmore (Incubus) is
42. Singer Emma Bunton
(Spice Girls) is 39.
Thought for Today: “The
road to ruin is always in good
repair, and the travellers pay
the expense of it.” — Josh
Billings (Henry Wheeler
Shaw), American humorist
(1818-1885).
BY JAN ELLIOT
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE