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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, March 13, 2015
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Old world tradition clashes
with new world diet change
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 have been dating my
back home, and we have been trying
boyfriend, Mike, for about two years,
to revive the friendship. We have in-
and things are going great. During this
vited them to dinner three times only
time, I have become very close with
to be told: “We have commitments
his family. Both of his parents came
this week, and next week is crazy at
to the United States from Europe, and
work. Let’s try to get together next
with their culture comes his mother’s
month when things calm down.” But
traditional cooking and the need to
there was no follow-up.
make sure everyone’s bellies are full.
They do travel a lot, have small
Jeanne
I have always enjoyed her food; Phillips children and demanding jobs, so it’s
however, in the last six months I have
hard to know if the delays are real
Advice
become a vegetarian. Out of courtesy
or if they aren’t interested in being
for her, I have been making sure to
friends any longer. How much do we
eat at home before spending time at Mike’s try before feeling we’re annoying them and
house. I can see that his mother feels a bit giving up? — Back Home In Ohio
put off because I have been eating less of her
Dear Back Home: Do as your friends
food, but I feel it would be rude to ask her suggested and give them a call in a month or
for a separate meal to accommodate my diet. six weeks. If they are still unavailable, say,
What should I do? — Nervous In New En- “OK. Then the ball is in your court,” and see
gland
if they follow up. And if they don’t, then re-
Dear Nervous: Your boyfriend’s mother alize it’s time to give up. When you moved
may be put off because she doesn’t under- away, they moved on.
stand why you seem to be enjoying her cook-
Dear Abby: As a Valentine surprise, my
ing less. If you and Mike have been seeing boyfriend of two years presented me with
each other for two years, you and his mother a donation he had made in my name to his
should be able to have an honest conversa- favorite charity. I thought it was impersonal
tion with each other. TELL her you enjoy her and it hurt my feelings. Am I wrong to think
cooking, but that you have changed your diet he really doesn’t care much for me? — Rose-
and no longer eat meat, etc. If she volunteers Less In North Carolina
to prepare something else for you, it would
Dear Rose-Less: Let me put it this way,
be gracious of her. However, if she doesn’t, I your boyfriend isn’t very good when it comes
agree that it would be rude to ask her to do so. to gift selection. Many men aren’t. But more
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friends with another couple, seeing them treats you the other 364 days of the year, and
once or twice a week. Then we had to move that’s how you should judge him.
away from our hometown because of a job
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Bu-
opportunity. We tried to stay in touch, but ren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was
predictably were not as close as when we founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.
were neighbors.
Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com
A few months ago, we were able to move or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 13, 1915
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county will be much poorer than it has been
for years as a result of the freezing weather
last winter is the statement of G.W. Ellis, pio-
neer Ukiah rancher who is in Pendleton today.
During the winter Owen and Snipe creeks,
both near his place, froze solidly to the bot-
tom, he states, and when the ice thawed dead
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bers. Mr. Ellis states that in the 35 years he
has lived in the Ukiah country, the past winter
has been the driest he has known. At pres-
ent, Mr. Ellis says, there is no more water in
the mountain streams than there usually is in
June, However, he takes an optimistic view of
the situation, believing that the late rains will
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the light snows.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 13, 1965
A Norway maple will be planted at the
Pendleton swimming pool Monday in obser-
vance of the 100th birthday of the First Na-
tional Bank of Oregon. The bank is making
similar presentations in other Oregon cities.
More than 100 sugar maples are being planted
along the capitol mall in Salem by the bank.
Pendleton branch manager Robert McCurdy
will make the presentation here at 2 p.m.
Monday to Mayor Rudy Enbysk, city manag-
er Mel Gardner and Schools Supt. Ellis Neal.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 13, 1990
A body found in a ditch east of Pendle-
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that of a 76-year-old Boise taxidermist. Steve
Fogelson, deputy district attorney in Umatil-
la County, said authorities believe the man,
Delbert Andrew Koll, was abducted from his
Boise home and taxidermy business Feb. 2.
The FBI opened a kidnapping case Feb. 7 in
Boise after Koll was reported missing and still
is involved in the investigation, Mike McPh-
eters, FBI agent in Pendleton, said. Koll’s
vehicle, a 1980 Chevrolet Caprice, was taken
at the time of the abduction and has not been
recovered, Fogelson said.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
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BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is the 72nd day of
2015. There are 293 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On March 13, 1865,
Confederate President Jef-
ferson Davis signed a mea-
sure allowing black slaves
to enlist in the Confederate
States Army with the prom-
ise they would be set free.
On this date:
In 1781, the seventh
planet of the solar system,
Uranus, was discovered by
Sir William Herschel.
In 1845, Felix Mendels-
sohn’s Violin Concerto in E
Minor, Op. 64, had its pre-
miere in Leipzig, Germany.
In 1901, the 23rd Pres-
ident of the United States,
Benjamin Harrison, died in
Indianapolis at age 67.
In 1925, the Tennes-
see General Assembly ap-
proved a bill prohibiting
the teaching of the theory
of evolution. (Gov. Austin
Peay signed the measure on
March 21.)
In 1933, banks in the
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U.S. began to reopen after a
“holiday” declared by Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1947, the Lerner and
Loewe musical “Briga-
doon,” about a Scottish vil-
lage which magically reap-
pears once every hundred
years, opened on Broadway.
In 1954, the Battle of
Dien Bien Phu began during
the First Indochina War as
communist forces attacked
French troops, who were
defeated nearly two months
later.
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restaurant was opened in
Dallas by entrepreneur Lar-
ry Lavine.
In 1980, Ford Motor
Chairman Henry Ford II
announced he was stepping
down, the same day a jury in
Winamac, Indiana, found the
company not guilty of reck-
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deaths of three young wom-
en in a Ford Pinto.
In 2013, Jorge Bergoglio
of Argentina was elected
pope, choosing the name
Francis.
Today’s Birthdays: Jazz
musician Roy Haynes is 90.
Country singer Jan How-
ard is 85. Songwriter Mike
Stoller is 82. Singer-song-
writer Neil Sedaka is 76. Op-
era singer Julia Migenes is
66. Actor William H. Macy
is 65. Comedian Robin Duke
is 61. Actress Glenne Headly
is 60. Actress Dana Delany
is 59. Rock musician Adam
Clayton (U2) is 55. Jazz mu-
sician Terence Blanchard is
53. Actor Christopher Collet
is 47. Rock musician Matt
McDonough (Mudvayne) is
46. Actress Annabeth Gish
is 44. Actress Tracy Wells is
44. Rapper-actor Common
is 43. Rapper Khujo (Good-
ie Mob, The Lumberjacks) is
43. Singer Glenn Lewis is 40.
Actor Danny Masterson is
39. Actor Noel Fisher is 31.
Singers Natalie and Nicole
Albino (Nina Sky) are 29.
Thought for Today:
“Dare to err and to dream.
Deep meaning often lies in
childish plays.” — Friedrich
von Schiller, German author
(1759-1805).
BY JAN ELLIOT
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE