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Tuesday, April 21, 2015 PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK East Oregonian Page 7A DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Readers have strong views on claiming seats in church FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: May I comment on I arrive early and take my end seat your response to “Got Here First in not to be rude, but to make things as Pennsylvania” (Jan. 7), who asked convenient as possible for others. — whether someone sitting at the end of Doug B. In Milwaukee a church pew should move if someone Dear Abby: As a pastor, I believe comes and says it’s his or her “favorite JRRGEHKDYLRUVKRXOGFRPH¿UVWDQG seat”? foremost from church members who There are many reasons why respect others and don’t insist on their people remain sitting at the end of a own way. Nobody “owns” a seat in Jeanne pew: an allergy to perfumes can be Phillips the sanctuary. As creatures of habit, overwhelming if you’re sitting in the we tend to sit where we usually sit. If Advice middle of a row; claustrophobia; weak someone else happens to be there, we bladder; physical limitations; the need VLPSO\¿QGVRPHZKHUHHOVH for more leg room; and the need to use the If “Got Here” was just starting to visit that armrest to stand up and sit down. FKXUFK,¶GVXJJHVWKHVKH¿QGDPRUHFKDU- The early bird DOES get the worm and itable and hospitable congregation and leave shouldn’t be expected to give it to latecomers. those territorial folks behind. — Jeanne In Likewise, possession is nine-tenths of the law. Austin If people have a favorite seat, they should Dear Abby: How can you say that one per- arrive early to ensure they’ll get it. That’s what son, in the house of God, is more right than we do. And when someone wants to sit in the another in this situation? Is the shovee not same pew, we smile, step aside and let the per- committing the sin of coveting that seat? — son in while retaining our end seats. — Over- Missoula, Mont., Reader land Park, Kan., Attendee Dear Abby,I\RXDUH¿UVWWRDUULYHDWDQ Dear Attendee: Thank you for making empty pew, take a place in the middle. Thus your strongly stated case. When I told “Got later arrivals won’t have to climb over you. Here” to be an angel and shove over, readers It’s common courtesy! — 3DW,Q%ORRP¿HOG were quick to offer me “chapter and verse”: Mo. Dear Abby: I’m 6 feet 2 inches, weigh 350 Dear Abby+DYLQJZRUNHGLQD¿UHGH- pounds and have size 15 feet. I am not the guy partment for many years, I always sit at the you would want to have to crawl over, or have end of the pew. That way I won’t have to crawl over you in church. knock over any fellow parishioners when my When sitting at the end of the pew, I can pager goes off! — Louie In Somerset, Ohio easily step into the aisle to let people in and Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Bu- out. I also take a medication that causes me ren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was to use the restroom often and on short notice. founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Con- Again, I can easily move about without wor- tact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or rying about trampling some little old lady. 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 20-21, 1915 A few days ago Wade Blew, well know dairyman of the reservation, brought into the RI¿FHRI&RXQW\&OHUN6DOLQJDFR\RWHVFDOS and thereby hands a tale. The tale concerns a new and modern method of killing wild ani- mals. Mr. Blew is an up-to-date dairyman and delivers his milk to Pendleton in an automo- bile. He was returning home one dark eve- ning and was speeding along the road near the Sam Bittner place when the headlights on this car showed him a coyote standing in the road. More with the intention of scaring the animal than anything else, he swerved his machine directly at the brute. Instead of dodging the coyote, either blinded by the lights or affected by rabies, kept its ground and the car passed directly over it. Blew brought the scalp of the coyote and the tale of his adventure to town on the next day. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 20-21, 1965 7KH8PDWLOOD&LW\&RXQFLOH[SUHVVHGRSHQ disappointment Monday at the price offered E\ WKH 86 $UP\ &RUSV RI (QJLQHHUV IRU city-owned property needed for the John Day Dam pool. The government offered $16,000 for 73 lots comprising 20.82 acres of ground. The lots are practically devoid of improve- ments, except for a large ice house on one lot. Umatilla Mayor A.L. Draper said he per- sonally was disappointed with the offer, say- ing that it amounted to about $220 a lot. Jim &KHUU\&RUSVRI(QJLQHHUVUHDOHVWDWHQHJRWL- DWLQJRI¿FHUZKRPDGHWKHRIIHUVDLGLWZDV based on the fair market value for property in the area and each offer was backed up by the sale of three pieces of comparable land locat- ed nearby. One person at the meeting said he had lived in Umatilla for 12 years and he had never seen any lot sell for less than $300 and many have sold for as much as $1,500. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 20-21, 1990 A biologist for the Umatilla Indian Nation has been elected to the board of directors of the Native American Fish and Wildlife Soci- HW\KHDGTXDUWHUHGLQ%ORRP¿HOG&ROR'RQ Sampson, who has worked with the tribal ¿VKHULHVSURJUDPIRUHLJKW\HDUVZDVHOHFW- ed to a term on the organization that supports GHYHORSPHQW RI WULEDO JRYHUQPHQW ¿VK DQG wildlife management. 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