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Tuesday, February 10, 2015 PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK East Oregonian Page 5B DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Student wants to uphold high standards while living abroad FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER GARFIELD BLONDIE BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE Dear Abby: I’m a high school stu- Would it be appropriate for me to dent who has the amazing opportunity send some kind of reminder occa- to travel to Spain for a school year as sionally so they know the account is a foreign exchange student. I know I there and growing? — Contributing am very lucky to have this opportuni- To Her Future ty to travel, but I am scared about the Dear Contributing: Yes, it’s ap- people there. propriate. You should also send your I am a Mormon, so I will have niece a summary at the end of each to uphold my standards alone in a year so she can see the progress. In Jeanne non-Mormon environment. I have Phillips addition, you might consider sending never been away from home for this the child an inexpensive small gift Advice long, and that’s hard enough as it is. or card so she’ll have something to I guess I just need some advice on open. how to be strong when I’m there. — Alone Dear Abby: In response to the letter from In Spain “David in Kentucky” (Nov. 2), the 50-year- Dear Alone: I agree that you are being old single man who was unsure what to do given an amazing opportunity to grow and with his late mother’s engagement ring, I dis- learn. If you haven’t spoken about this with agree with your answer. Yes, gems are meant your adviser, please do so. I assume you will to be enjoyed, and the ring is doing no one be living with a host family. When you get any good in a drawer, but he should NOT sell there, consider discussing your concerns with it. the parents. I am sure you will be encouraged I think David should have a man’s ring to stick to your standards and beliefs, and be made for himself with it, so he can have a respected for doing so if you remember to memento of what his dad gave his mom to also respect others who may not think exactly treasure many years ago. I wear my mom’s the way you do. and grandmother’s rings every day on my Dear Abby: My niece had a baby a year right hand, and remember them often with after graduating from high school and is now joy. — Devoted Fan In Florida raising her daughter as a single mom. After Dear Devoted Fan: Your suggestion was WKH¿UVW\HDU,WROGKHUWKDWLIWKHUHZDVDQ\- the No. 1 comment I received from readers. thing she needed to let me know, but that I Some said if David was eventually to meet would rather contribute to a college fund for the woman he wanted to marry, the stone her daughter than send her toys for gift-giv- could be removed again and reset into a la- ing holidays. dy’s ring. My niece was thrilled, so I set up a col- Another good idea several readers offered lege savings account for her daughter and is to donate the ring in his mother’s memory contribute to it monthly in lieu of birthday to a charity auction of a cause she supported. and Christmas gifts for them. However, when Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Bu- those gift-giving occasions come, I worry ren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was they may feel slighted when presents arrive founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. from me for others. My niece and I never Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com mentioned it to other family members. or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 9-10, 1915 Within the next ten days the decree and ¿QGLQJV RI WKH VWDWH ZDWHU ERDUG LQ WKH DG- judication of the water rights of all the us- ers of water from the Umatilla river and its principal tributaries will be handed down and ¿OHGZLWKWKHFRXQW\FOHUNDFFRUGLQJWRLQ- formation from well informed persons. The ¿QDODGMXGLFDWLRQZLOOQRWRQO\EHLPSRUWDQW in determining the amount of water all ap- propriators can use but will also mean that these appropriators must make use of their ZDWHU ZLWKLQ D SHULRG RI ¿YH \HDUV RU ORVH WKHLUULJKWV:KHQ¿OHGIRUUHFRUGDQ\KROG- HURIDZDWHUULJKWZKRLVQRWVDWLV¿HGZLWK the board’s decision will have thirty days in which to appeal to the circuit court and later may take appeal to the supreme court which LVWKH¿QDODXWKRULW\ 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 9-10, 1965 Snarf. It’s a new word to most of us. It be- longs in a strange world on which police and juvenile authorities opened a door last week when they investigated a break-in at a Uma- tilla County store in which the total loot was WKUHHWXEHVRIPRGHODLUSODQHJOXH6QDU¿QJLV the name a group of county youngsters use for WKH GDQJHURXV SUDFWLFH RI JOXHVQLI¿QJ7KH nine boys range in age from 16 down to 13. Only two of them were involved in the bur- glary. They named the other seven as being glue-sniffers, too. Dr. Alton Alderman, coun- W\ KHDOWK RI¿FHU VDLG WKH RUJDQLF VROYHQWV in the glue will cause permanent damage to the brain, liver and kidneys. He is obtaining from the state Health Department a movie on WKHHIIHFWVRIJOXHVQLI¿QJDQGZLOOSUHVHQWLW along with a talk to the boys and their parents in a meeting being arranged by Larry Mack, director of the county juvenile department. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 9-10, 1990 Hydrochloric acid spilled from a tanker WUXFNKDVNLOOHG¿VKLQDPLOHVWUHWFKRIWKH 1RUWK )RUN RI WKH -RKQ 'D\ 5LYHU RI¿FLDOV VDLGWRGD\2I¿FLDOVFDXWLRQHGSHRSOHQRWWR ¿VK RU HDW WKH ¿VK DORQJ D PLOH VWUHWFK RIWKHULYHUIURPLWVFRQÀXHQFHZLWK&DPDV Creek, where the accident occurred, to below Spray in Wheeler County. Biologists believe at least 3,000 gallons of the acid were spilled into Camas Creek, which feeds into the North Fork of the John Day River about 12 miles south of Ukiah. Jeannie Hammond, a spokes- woman for the Department of Environmental Quality in Pendleton, said the acid was travel- ing about seven miles every 2 1/2 hours. THIS DAY IN HISTORY DILBERT THE WIZARD OF ID LUANN ZITS BY SCOTT ADAMS BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART BY GREG EVANS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN Today is the 41st day of 2015. There are 324 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in His- tory: On Feb. 10, 1940, MGM released the animated short “Puss Gets the Boot,” the debut of Tom and Jerry (al- though in this cartoon, the cat is called “Jasper” by its owner while the mouse was dubbed “Jinx” by creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera). On this date: In 1763, Britain, Spain and France signed the Trea- ty of Paris, ending the Seven Years’ War (also known as the French and Indian War in North America). In 1840, Britain’s Queen Victoria married Prince Al- bert of Saxe-Coburg and Go- tha. In 1841, Upper Canada and Lower Canada were pro- STONE SOUP BIG NATE claimed united under an Act of Union passed by the Brit- ish Parliament. In 1933 WKH ¿UVW VLQJLQJ telegram was introduced by the Postal Telegram Co. in New York. In 1949, Arthur Miller’s play “Death of a Salesman” opened at Broadway’s Mo- rosco Theater with Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman. In 1967, the 25th Amend- ment to the U.S. Constitution, dealing with presidential dis- ability and succession, was UDWL¿HGDV0LQQHVRWDDQG1H- vada adopted it. In 196886¿JXUHVNDWHU Peggy Fleming won Amer- ica’s only gold medal of the Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble, France. In 1989, Ron Brown was HOHFWHG WKH ¿UVW EODFN FKDLU- man of the Democratic Na- tional Committee. Today’s Birthdays: Cin- ematographer Douglas Slo- combe (Film: “Raiders of the Lost Ark”) is 102. Opera singer Leontyne Price is 88. Actor Robert Wagner is 85. Rock musician Don Wilson (The Ventures) is 82. Singer Roberta Flack is 78. Rock musician Bob Spalding (The Ventures) is 68. Olympic gold-medal swimmer Mark Spitz is 65. ABC News cor- respondent George Steph- anopoulos is 54. Political commentator Glenn Beck is 51. Actress Elizabeth Banks is 41. Actress Uzo Aduba (TV: “Orange is the New Black”) is 34. Actress Emma Roberts is 24. Actress Chloe Grace Moretz is 18. Thought for Today: “Morality is moral only when it is voluntary.” — Lincoln Steffens, American journalist (1866-1936). BY JAN ELLIOT BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
