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Tuesday, April 7, 2015 PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK East Oregonian Page 9A DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Man who doesn’t want kids should look for another woman FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: When I turned 25, yesterday. After I had been waiting after considering it for years, I went patiently at the counter of a large de- to my doctor and told him I wanted partment store, another woman came to become sterile. I got a vasectomy up and stood beside me. The clerk two months later. I haven’t had any walked over and immediately began UHJUHWVDQGQRZDW,¶PVWLOO¿UPO\ to ring up the other woman’s pur- convinced that I don’t want children FKDVH,VDLG³,ZDVKHUH¿UVW´%RWK — ever. the clerk and the woman apologized, I started dating a woman a year but because the sale had already be- Jeanne ago, “Anita,” who told me that if she Phillips gun, the salesclerk completed it and I never had kids, she could live with it. was left waiting. Advice I felt lucky to have found someone I am angry about it. I feel stores who would be OK with no kids. should have a queue where you get in I have had a few issues with Anita. When line in order, or clerks should be instructed she gets upset from time to time, she says that WRDVN³:KRZDVKHUH¿UVW"´,GRQ¶WZDQWWR if she stays with me, she will never have kids. believe I was passed over because the other I know she cares for me deeply, but I also be- woman looked more prosperous than I do, OLHYHVKHIHHOVFRQÀLFWHGDERXWJLYLQJXSWKH but she was buying a very expensive hand- chance to be a mother. bag, while I was purchasing socks that were Do you think it’s fair for me to pursue this on clearance. How should that be handled in relationship and hope that eventually she’ll the future? — Shopper In Kentucky come to terms with not having children with Dear Shopper: If you have a complaint me? Or should I end the relationship so she about service, it should be addressed to the FDQ ¿QG VRPHRQH ZKR VKDUHV KHU GHVLUH WR store manager. A well-trained retail salesper- become a parent? I worry that if I end it, it son would have asked which of you was there PD\ WDNH \HDUV EHIRUH , ¿QG VRPHRQH ZKR ¿UVW7KHDPRXQW\RXZHUHVSHQGLQJVKRXOG shares my wish to never be a parent. — No have made no difference. Kids In Colorado Dear Abby: My wife and I travel with an- Dear No Kids: You have been upfront other couple. I furnish the vehicle and do all with Anita. She understands that you do not the driving. How should we share the expens- want children, and that you have taken steps es? — Easy Rider In Northern California to ensure it won’t happen. She’s correct that Dear Easy Rider: The other couple if she stays with you, she will never have any. should pay for half the gas and their own For both your sakes, the two of you need meals and lodging. to talk this through once and for all, because Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Bu- if Anita is ambivalent about forgoing mother- ren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was KRRGVKHGRHVQHHGWR¿QGDQRWKHUOLIHSDUW- founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. ner. And you need to let her do that. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com Dear Abby: It happened to me again or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 6-7, 1915 Major Lee Moorhouse was today made happy through being presented by Fred Lock- ley of the Oregon Journal with some very interesting relics of the Whitman massacre. They were dug up several days ago by Mr. Lockley on the site of the old immigrant house at the Whitman mission. The relics consist of DQ ROG DQG PXFK UXVWHG ¿UH GRJ D QXPEHU of pieces of broken dish of a blue and white ware, a small piece of burned wood from the building and a small piece of human bone. Mr. Lockley visited the site of the old mission a few days ago and noticing that the ground at the site of the old immigrant house was black following the rain proceeded to do a little dig- ging. He dug into the ground several feet and was fortunate in striking some relics of excep- tional interest. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 6-7, 1965 The play of children in a yard is not an in- fringement on the rights of neighboring resi- dents to enjoy the peaceful occupancy of their homes. This was the opinion offered by city attorney Gene Conklin Monday when he said the operation of a day nursery in a residential area was not a violation of the city zoning or- dinance. Conklin had been asked to give an opinion in the matter after a petition was pre- sented to the city planning commission Thurs- day protesting the operation of the Rocking Horse Ranch day nursery at 719 NW 11th St. The nursery is owned by Mrs. Rodney Hughes and has been in operation a short time. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 6-7, 1990 An inmate attempting to escape was stopped between spans of razor ribbon on the perimeter of the Eastern Oregon Correction- DO,QVWLWXWLRQ7KXUVGD\QLJKW,WZDVWKH¿UVW escape attempt since the medium-security SULVRQRSHQHGLQ%RE:ULJKW(2&,VX- perintendent, said Robert E. King’s attempted HVFDSHHQGHGZKHQDQRI¿FHUFRQIURQWHGKLP with a shotgun at about 9:45 p.m. The prison’s electronic perimeter security alarm alerted of- ¿FHUVRIWKHDWWHPSW.LQJZDVKDOWHGLQKLV escape attempt between the institution’s two 12-foot cyclone fences as he attempted to FOLPERYHUWKH¿YHFRLOVRIVWDLQOHVVVWHHOUD]RU wire in between. He was using broken pieces of a construction ladder in his foiled attempt, Wright said. 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 97th day of 2015. There are 268 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 7, 1945, during World War II, American planes intercepted and effec- tively destroyed a Japanese ÀHHW ZKLFK LQFOXGHG WKH battleship Yamato, that was headed to Okinawa on a sui- cide mission. On this date: In 1788, an expedition led by Gen. Rufus Putnam established a settlement at present-day Marietta, Ohio. In 1862, Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at WKH%DWWOHRI6KLORKLQ7HQ- nessee. In 1915, jazz sing- HUVRQJZULWHU%LOOLH+ROLGD\ also known as “Lady Day,” was born in Philadelphia. In 1927, the image and voice of Commerce Secre- tary Herbert Hoover were transmitted live from Wash- ington to New York in the STONE SOUP BIG NATE ¿UVW VXFFHVVIXO ORQJGLV- tance demonstration of tele- vision. In 1949, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ³6RXWK 3DFL¿F´ RSHQHG RQ %URDGZD\ In 1953, the U.N. Gen- HUDO $VVHPEO\ UDWL¿HG 'DJ Hammarskjold of Sweden as the new secretary-gener- al, succeeding Trygve Lie of Norway. In 1966, the U.S. Navy recovered a hydrogen bomb that the U.S. Air Force had lost in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain following a %FUDVK In 1978, President Jim- my Carter announced he was deferring development of the neutron bomb, a high-radiation weapon. In 1990, a display of Robert Mapplethorpe photo- graphs opened at Cincinna- ti’s Contemporary Arts Cen- ter, the same day the center and its director were indict- ed on obscenity charges (both were acquitted). Today’s Birthdays: Actor Wayne Rogers is 82. Media commentator Hodding Carter ,,,LV&RXQWU\VLQJHU%RE- E\ %DUH LV 5K\WKPDQG blues singer Charlie Thomas (The Drifters) is 78. Califor- QLD *RY -HUU\ %URZQ LV Movie director Francis Ford Coppola is 76. Singer Patri- FLD%HQQHWW7KH&KLIIRQVLV 68. Singer John Oates is 67. Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is 66. Singer Janis Ian is 64. Country musician John Dittrich is 64. Actor Jackie Chan is 61. College and Pro Football Hall-of- Famer Tony Dorsett is 61. Actor Russell Crowe is 51. Christian/jazz singer Mark Kibble (Take 6) is 51. Actor %LOO%HOODP\LV5RFNPX- sician Dave “Yorkie” Palmer (Space) is 50. Former foot- ball player-turned-analyst 7LNL%DUEHULV Thought for Today: “Verba movent, exempla tra- hunt.” (Words move people, examples compel them.) — Latin proverb. BY JAN ELLIOT BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
