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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Colleague’s texts suggest she
has more in mind than work
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My husband is a
And, while I can remind people
handsome executive who works out
about hand-washing until the cows
of town. I’m a professional with a re-
come home, I’ll suggest instead that
sponsible job that limits my ability to
men and women who use public re-
travel.
strooms not touch the door handle
I needed to borrow his phone re-
without a paper towel — when avail-
cently and noticed that one of his
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colleagues has been texting him af-
Dear Abby: I grew up in the ’90s
ter hours. She asks if he has traveled
in
a
neighborhood where the kids re-
Jeanne
safely, tells him she misses him, how Phillips spected their neighbors. I now live in a
much she enjoys working with him —
different state and, obviously, a differ-
Advice
all with romantic emoticons. I’m con-
ent era. Neighborhood kids constantly
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use my steep driveway to ride their bi-
indicate she wants more than a work-based cycles, tricycles and scooters without asking
relationship. She’s married with kids. How permission.
should I approach this? — Worried Wife In
Am I right in thinking this is rude, because
Kentucky
in my opinion, they are trespassing? Not only
Dear Worried Wife: Because there have could I be held responsible if one of them gets
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businesslike communications, assume that ly loud and do this while my children are try-
your husband hasn’t discouraged them. Con- ing to nap. They have been asked to stop, and
front him. Tell him you feel what she’s doing I have threatened to talk to their parents, even
is a threat to your marriage, and you want it though I don’t know where they live. What do
stopped. But before you do, make copies of I do? — Frustrated Homeowner
the texts so you can confront the woman with
Dear Frustrated: Discuss this with your
them if she doesn’t stop.
insurance broker. You are correct that if one
Dear Abby: Is it OK for a man to talk of the children gets hurt on your property you
on his cellphone at the urinal in a public re- could be liable. You also need to be more pro-
stroom, or for a woman to talk on the phone active than you have been. Tell the kids they
while using the toilet in one of the stalls?
are disturbing your children who are trying to
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hands after using the restroom. — Russell In where they live and talk to the other parents. It
Richland, Wash.
would be cheaper than having to install a gate
Dear Russell: I can think of few things in front of your driveway.
more unpleasant than conversing with some-
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Bu-
one with the sound of “running water” (or ren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was
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Why anyone would do this is beyond me. It’s tact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or
very rude.
P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 18, 1915
The senior girls of the Pendleton high
school have declared for economy and sim-
plicity, this morning taking a decided stand
against elaborate and expensive graduation
gowns. A meeting was held just before noon
and, by unanimous consent, a resolution was
adopted declaring that no graduation gown
shall exceed six dollars in cost, that gloves
shall not be worn and that middie blouses
and white skirts shall be worn by all of the se-
nior girls at the class day exercises. Principal
Hampton declared it to be one of the sanest
and most sensible steps taken by a group of
students since he had been connected with the
high school.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 18, 1965
The sharp corner on Byers Avenue just
west of Main Street will be widened and Eq-
uitable Savings and Loan Association will be
permitted to offer curb teller service at its new
building, the Pendleton City Council decided
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the curb teller operation will be replaced with
new spaces in front of the building on Main
Street, with additional spaces permitted by the
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lot. Equitable dedicated to the city the land
necessary to widen Byers to 39 feet from its
present 25 feet at the corner and will pay for
the job.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 18, 1990
Legal professionals from six nations found
a slice of small-town Americana this week
in Pendleton, the smallest among U.S. cities
on a 30-day tour. Pendleton was midway be-
tween metropolitan stops on the tour, which
was sponsored by The World Affairs Council
of Oregon. Members of the contingent —
representing Zambia, Togo, Saudi Arabia, El
Salvador, Egypt and Botswana — were unani-
mous in their praise of Pendleton’s hospitality.
“I must say that, two weeks into the program,
Pendleton is one of the most satisfactory, per-
haps the most satisfactory in sense of commu-
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Byler, one of six host families in Pendleton.
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
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THE WIZARD OF ID
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BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is Ash Wednes-
day, the 49th day of 2015.
There are 316 days left in
the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Feb. 18, 1885, Mark
Twain’s “Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn” was
published in the U.S. for the
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ing published in Britain and
Canada).
On this date:
In 1546, Martin Luther,
leader of the Protestant Ref-
ormation in Germany, died
in Eisleben.
In 1564, artist Michel-
angelo Buonarroti died in
Rome, just weeks before his
89th birthday.
In 1861, Jefferson Davis
was sworn in as provisional
president of the Confederate
States of America in Mont-
gomery, Alabama.
In 1913, Mexican Pres-
ident Francisco I. Madero
and Vice President Jose Ma-
ria Pino Suarez were arrest-
ed during a military coup
(both were shot to death on
Feb. 22).
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BIG NATE
In 1930, photographic
evidence of Pluto (now des-
ignated a “dwarf planet”)
was discovered by Clyde W.
Tombaugh at Lowell Obser-
vatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
In 1953, “Bwana Devil,”
the movie that heralded the
3D fad of the 1950s, had its
New York opening.
In 1960, the 8th Win-
ter Olympic Games were
formally opened in Squaw
Valley, California, by Vice
President Richard M. Nix-
on.
In 1970, the “Chicago
Seven” defendants were
found not guilty of conspir-
ing to incite riots at the 1968
Democratic national con-
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of violating the Anti-Riot
Act of 1968 (those convic-
tions were later reversed).
In 1984, Italy and the
Vatican signed an accord
under which Roman Cathol-
icism ceased to be the state
religion of Italy.
In 2001, auto racing star
Dale Earnhardt Sr. died in a
crash at the Daytona 500; he
was 49.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
George Kennedy is 90. For-
mer Sen. John Warner, R-Va.,
is 88. Author Toni Morrison
is 84. Movie director Milos
Forman is 83. Singer Yoko
Ono is 82. Singer-songwriter
Bobby Hart is 76. Singer Irma
Thomas is 74. Singer Herman
Santiago (Frankie Lymon
and the Teenagers) is 74. Ac-
tress Jess Walton (TV: “The
Young and the Restless”) is
69. Actress Sinead Cusack is
67. Singer Randy Crawford
is 63. Rock musician Robbie
Bachman is 62. Rock musi-
cian Larry Rust (Iron Butter-
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is 61. Game show host Vanna
White is 58. Actor Matt Dil-
lon is 51. . Rapper Dr. Dre is
50. Actress Molly Ringwald
is 47. Actor Ike Barinholtz is
38. Rock-singer musician Re-
gina Spektor is 35. Roots rock
musician Zac Cockrell (Ala-
bama Shakes) is 27.
Thought for Today:
“Temperament is temper that
is too old to spank.” — Char-
lotte Greenwood, American
actress-comedian
(1893-
1978).
BY JAN ELLIOT
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE