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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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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.
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In 1904, Longacre Square
in Manhattan was renamed
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ment to the Constitution,
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to address Congress in per-
son as he asked lawmakers to
enact tariff reform.
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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.)
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ries “Twin Peaks” premiered
on ABC.
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singer and guitarist for the
grunge band Nirvana, was
found dead in Seattle from an
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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-
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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.
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swers.” — Pablo Picasso,
Spanish artist (born 1881,
died this date in 1973).
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