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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, March 5, 2015
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Cereal and hot coffee are all
early-rising houseguest needs
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: A family member,
ways end with “Love you.”
“Bill,” likes to come visit in the af-
I love our conversations and the
ternoons and, because he’s not com-
fact that although she has an extreme-
fortable driving in the dark, he always
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plans to stay overnight. When he
chat with me. She uses her hands-free
does, he wakes up very early, often
phone, so I don’t worry too much
before 6 a.m.
about her being distracted. — Sheila
Bill tries to be as quiet as possible,
In Prescott, Ariz.
but we know when he is up. Our dog
Dear Sheila: You may not be
Jeanne
hears someone moving around and Phillips worried about your daughter using a
thinks it’s time to go out and eat. My
hands-free phone, but others have a
Advice
husband or I will get up to take care
different view. Read on:
of our dog, but at that point, it seems
Dear Abby: Drivers on cell-
rude to go back to bed. My husband likes to phones — even hands-free — are four times
go back to sleep, but I feel I should get up more likely to crash and hurt themselves or
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go back to sleep even though it is still very a call. Texters are 23 times more likely to
early? — To Sleep, Or Not To Sleep
crash. More than 3,000 people are killed this
Dear T.S. or N.T.S.: If you need your way each year and 300,000 to 500,000 are
sleep, go back to bed. The right amount of injured. The daughter should not be using a
sleep is important, and not getting it can ruin phone at all while driving.
one’s entire day.
How do I know the statistics? My son was
If you’re concerned about Bill not having killed by a driver on a cellphone. — Gary In
a good breakfast, before going to bed, put the Kenosha, Wis.
coffeemaker on “automatic” and show him
Dear Gary: Please accept my condolenc-
where the cereal is kept. That’s not being a es for the tragic loss of your son. You are gen-
bad hostess, and I’m sure Bill will be just erous to have written. Too often people take
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the privilege of driving for granted, forgetting
Dear Abby: My letter is in response to “A that if they don’t concentrate fully on driving,
Mom in Connecticut” (Dec. 27), who feels they place themselves and those around them
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calls her only while driving in her car.
afraid that unless the consequences are dra-
My daughter calls me almost every morn- conian, it will continue.
ing on her way to work. She calls me her
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Bu-
“commute buddy.” It gives us 10 to 15 min- ren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was
utes to catch up, vent about “stuff” on both founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.
ends of the phone, or just chat. I can tell when Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com
she arrives at work or very nearly, and we al- or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
DAYS GONE BY
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GARFIELD
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100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 5, 1915
Major Lee Moorhouse, general lover of
curios, has a new addition to his museum and
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is a prehistoric doughnut discovered recent-
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jor Moorehouse is positive because it has a
hole in the center. Otherwise the doughnut
is a rock. The hole in the doughnut is small
compared with the size of the thing and this
is considered a tribute to the prehistoric days.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 5, 1965
The cry of “fore” will soon drift across
the green fairways of the Pendleton Golf and
Country Club. Club president Fred Hill said
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still considerable work to be done to the golf
course, which was seriously damaged by a
rampaging Birch Creek. “However, all nine
fairways will be playable this weekend.” Hill
credited volunteer help in aiding the quick re-
covery of the golf course. Two large bulldoz-
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
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busy straightening the creek channel through
the country club, building up the sides so that
any future runoffs will not hurt the property.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 5, 1990
To all appearances, the state Class B boys
basketball championship Saturday shaped up
to be an anti-climax. The matchup in the Bak-
er High School gym was a classic — defend-
ing state champion Sherman County Huskies,
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against Big Sky Conference rival Condon
Blue Devils, 23-0 and ranked No. 1. The
question: How could the game top Condon’s
overtime victory over Sherman County in the
District 3B title game in Umatilla two weeks
ago? The answer: Easy. Play to a one-point
victory decided in a frantic fourth quarter
complete with four ties and eight lead chang-
es. Condon held on for a 55-54 victory as
Sherman County’s Joe Justesen hit the rim on
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ly knocked the loose ball away as the teams
battled for the rebound.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Today is the 64th day of
2015. There are 301 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On March 5, 1770, the
Boston Massacre took place
as British soldiers who’d
been taunted by a crowd of
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On this date:
In 1766, Antonio de Ulloa
arrived in New Orleans to
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Spanish governor of the Lou-
isiana Territory, where he en-
countered resistance from the
French residents.
In 1868, the Senate was
organized into a Court of Im-
peachment to decide charges
against President Andrew
Johnson, who was later ac-
quitted.
In 1933, in German par-
liamentary elections, the
Nazi Party won 44 percent
of the vote; the Nazis joined
with a conservative national-
ist party to gain a slender ma-
jority in the Reichstag.
In 1946, Winston Chur-
chill delivered his “Iron Cur-
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tain” speech at Westminster
College in Fulton, Missouri.
In 1953, Soviet dictator
Josef Stalin died after three
decades in power. Compos-
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Moscow at age 61.
In 1955, Elvis Presley
made his television debut on
“Louisiana Hayride” carried
by KSLA-TV Shreveport (al-
though audio recordings ex-
ist, there is no known video
footage of this appearance).
In 1960, Cuban news-
paper photographer Alberto
Korda took the now-famous
picture of guerrilla lead-
er Ernesto “Che” Guevara
during a memorial service
in Havana for victims of a
ship explosion. Elvis Presley
was discharged from the U.S.
Army.
In 1979, NASA’s Voyag-
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Jupiter, sending back photo-
graphs of the planet and its
moons.
In 1982, comedian John
Belushi was found dead of
a drug overdose in a rented
bungalow in Hollywood; he
was 33.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actor James Noble is 93.
Actor Paul Sand is 83. Ac-
tor James B. Sikking is 81.
Actor Dean Stockwell is 79.
Actor Fred Williamson is
77. Actress Samantha Eggar
is 76. Actor Michael Warren
is 69. Actor Eddie Hodges
is 68. Singer Eddy Grant
is 67. Rock musician Alan
Clark (Dire Straits) is 63.
Actress-comedian Marsha
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Penn Jillette is 60. Actress
Adriana Barraza is 59. Rock
singers Craig and Charlie
Reid (The Proclaimers) are
53. Rock musician John
Frusciante is 45. Singer
Rome is 45. Actor Kevin
Connolly is 41. Actress Jill
Ritchie is 41. Actress Jolene
Blalock is 40. Actress Eva
Mendes is 40. Model Niki
Taylor is 40. Actress Kim-
berly McCullough is 37.
Actor Jake Lloyd is 26.
Thought for Today:
“More tears have been shed
over men’s lack of manners
than their lack of morals.” —
Helen Hathaway, American
writer (1893-1932).
BY JAN ELLIOT
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE