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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, April 8, 2015 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Father’s noisy lovemaking is pain to daughter’s ears 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 the mother of an have known her longer than me, but I 18-year-old daughter. Her dad and I am FAMILY. are divorced and she lives with him. Abby, I would like to know if I We were married 20 years and I know am crazy for letting this bother me. he’s a good parent, except for one Should I let it go? I have forgiven thing. My daughter has told me her my husband, but what they are doing father and his partner sometimes en- makes it hard for me at times. What gage in very loud lovemaking when should I do? — My Heart Hurts she’s in her room, and it embarrasses Dear Heart Hurts: By now you Jeanne her. She’s shy to begin with, so she Phillips should have realized that you can’t hasn’t said anything to him. control your husband’s mother or Advice I feel angry and frustrated because sister. That they chose to continue to I don’t know if I should say some- maintain their relationship with this thing to him about it. I have suggested she woman in spite of the fact that she nearly put on some loud music or use headphones if wrecked your marriage is regrettable. she can’t bring this up with him. I think she But all this happened 18 years ago, and wants me to intercede, but I don’t feel it’s my your marriage survived it. If you can let this business to do so. Can these adults be that go, I think you should. A wise person once clueless? Please help. — Carol On The East said that we can be as happy as we choose Coast to be. Lessen your emotional dependence on Dear Carol: Yes, adults can be that “clue- your in-laws, and I predict you will be hap- less.” Her father and his partner may not real- pier. ize how much noise they make. Headphones Dear Abby,¿QGLWGLI¿FXOWWROLH7KLV and turning on loud music are good sugges- trait suits me well except in one area. When tions. But remember that clear communica- friends or family share information about tion is important in relationships both person- being ill, experiencing a death or any sort of al and professional. tragedy, almost everyone else responds with, At 18, your daughter is old enough to start “You’re in my prayers.” speaking up for herself. Encourage her to talk I am an atheist and do not claim I will pray about this problem privately with her father. for those individuals because that would be But if she can’t, then you should handle this lying. So what is the proper response when for her. prayer is off the table? — Texas Reader Dear Abby: My husband had an affair 18 Dear Reader: A proper response would years ago. We worked through it and are do- be, “I’m sorry for what you’re going ing well in our marriage. through,” “I’ll send positive thoughts for So- My question concerns my mother-in-law and-So’s recovery,” or, “How sad. I’m sorry and sister-in-law, both of whom continue to to hear it.” remain in contact with the “other woman.” Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Bu- They still worship at the same church, bought ren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was her baby gifts, etc. I have mentioned how it founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. hurts me that they are Facebook friends with Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com her, but it has fallen on deaf ears. I know they or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 8, 1915 Supt. J.A. Horn of the county poor farm and hospital is making a strong effort this year to make that institution self-sustaining and he places his faith in hogs and dairy products to turn the trick. He is not predicting that the rev- enue from the farm will pay all of the expenses EXWIHHOVFRQ¿GHQWWKDWWKHUHVXOWVZLOOEHPRUH pleasing to the taxpayer than ever before. Last year he made the farm pay all but $1700 of the cost of operating and maintenance, though he had been in control only ten months and had been at considerable expense in putting things in working order. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 8, 1965 The Umatilla County Fair Board has no- WL¿HG WKH &RXQW\ +LVWRULFDO 6RFLHW\ WKDW WKH Peace Pipe Museum building on the fair grounds in Hermiston will not be available for museum use during the month of August. D.W. Bliss, president of the historical society, said in reaction to the letter, “If we have to com- ply with this request it just means the end of our museum because it just can’t open under those conditions.” Costuming displayed in the museum is removed during the winter months because the building is unheated then and takes about a week to set up, according to Bliss. He said some old pioneering equipment stays up year round and would make removal of all dis- plays in late July take even longer than a week. The historical society had planned to open the museum about May 1. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 8, 1990 When your eyes aren’t open weird things happen. One minute, you’re with your mother crossing a road, and the next you’re in a car. But then, what’s a car? All this has happened to a 2-week-old male badger. Fred Hodgen, a volunteer with the Oregon State Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the little guy was being carried by his mother across a highway near Heppner when all the strange stuff started. Hod- gen called an area veterinarian for help in caring for the badger. He found it was like taking care of a motherless puppy. But traveling days aren’t over for the badger yet. Hodgen left Sunday to take the little fellow to Eugene’s Willamette Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. “They’ll be able to take better care of him,” said Hodgen. 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 98th day of 2015. There are 267 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 8, 1935, Presi- dent Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Emergency Re- lief Appropriations Act, which provided money for programs such as the Works Progress Administration. On this date: In 1864, the United States Senate passed, 38-6, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Con- stitution abolishing slavery. (The House of Representa- tives passed it in Jan. 1865; WKH DPHQGPHQW ZDV UDWL¿HG and adopted in Dec. 1865.) In 1904, Longacre Square in Manhattan was renamed Times Square after The New York Times. In 1913, the 17th Amend- ment to the Constitution, providing for popular elec- tion of United States senators STONE SOUP BIG NATE (as opposed to appointment by state legislatures), was UDWL¿HG 3UHVLGHQW :RRGURZ :LOVRQEHFDPHWKH¿UVWFKLHI executive since John Adams to address Congress in per- son as he asked lawmakers to enact tariff reform. In 1946, the League of Nations assembled in Gene- YDIRULWV¿QDOVHVVLRQ In 1952, President Harry S. Truman seized the Amer- ican steel industry to avert a nationwide strike. (The Su- preme Court later ruled that Truman had overstepped his authority, opening the way for a seven-week strike by steelworkers.) In 1990, The cult TV se- ries “Twin Peaks” premiered on ABC. In 1994, Kurt Cobain, singer and guitarist for the grunge band Nirvana, was found dead in Seattle from an DSSDUHQWO\VHOILQÀLFWHGJXQ- shot wound; he was 27. Today’s Birthdays: Co- median Shecky Greene is 89. Actor-turned-diplomat John Gavin is 84. Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning re- porter Seymour Hersh is 78. Former U.N. Secretary-Gen- HUDO .R¿$QQDQ LV %DV- ketball Hall-of-Famer John Havlicek is 75. “Mouseke- teer” Darlene Gillespie is 74. Singer Peggy Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) is 74. Former House Republican Leader Tom DeLay is 68. Movie director John Mad- den is 66. Rock musician Mel Schacher (Grand Funk Railroad) is 64. aRapper Biz Markie is 51. Actress Pa- tricia Arquette is 47. Rock singer-musician Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend) is 31. Thought for Today: “Computers are useless. They can only give you an- swers.” — Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist (born 1881, died this date in 1973). BY JAN ELLIOT BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
