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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, April 22, 2015 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Girl who lost her virginity must learn to protect herself FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I’m a 17-year-old girl. Dear Condition: Gay men marry- Last weekend I lost my virginity in ing straight women is not an unheard-of the back seat of a stranger’s car. I feel phenomenon, and neither are marriag- guilty about it and I haven’t told any- es in which sex is not a part of the pic- one. I’m not sure if he has. WXUH,WFRXOGZRUNRXWZHOOLI\RX¿QG I need some advice on whether I someone with common interests and a should be making a big deal out of it, high level of compatibility — as long or just ignore it and move on. — Anx- as the lady clearly understands that you ious In Ohio are gay and doesn’t harbor the fantasy Jeanne Dear Anxious: Please don’t ignore Phillips that she can “change” you. LW <RX WUHDWHG \RXU ¿UVW WLPH OLNH LW Dear Abby: My friends often come Advice was something casual, and that is sad. to me for advice. It could be anything It IS a “big deal,” not only because of — relationship, family, self-harm or what it indicates about your level of self-es- bullying. It’s usually something I don’t know teem, but also because you don’t know wheth- how to deal with and don’t have experience er you have been exposed to an STD. Did the with. I try to say words of encouragement like, boy use a condom? “It’ll be OK. Ignore it. Think on the bright Mature girls know to protect themselves side. Don’t be so hard on yourself.” when engaging in sexual activity. It is import- I know these are things they have heard be- ant that you be checked by a gynecologist for fore and will ignore, but I don’t know what STDs and learn about effective birth control. else to say or do. These people are more out- ,I\RXGRQ¶WKDYHDGRFWRU\RXFDQFRQ¿GHLQ going than I am, so I guess it makes them tar- Planned Parenthood can help you. gets. Abby, what can I do? — D. In Kansas Dear Abby,¿QGP\VHOILQDQLQWHUHVWLQJ Dear D.: It’s all right to be encouraging, situation that I never thought could happen. but when someone asks for advice you know I’m a 43-year-old gay male who had an ex- \RX¶UHQRWTXDOL¿HGWRJLYH\RXVKRXOGEHXS- WUHPHO\GLI¿FXOWWLPHFRPLQJRXWZKHQ,ZDV front, admit it, and suggest the person talk to 19. My parents weren’t initially supportive, an adult. This is particularly important when but things did get better down the line. the problem concerns things like self-harm or I have had zero luck at any long-term gay bullying, which may need an intervention. relationships, but as I get older, my sex drive Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Bu- has diminished, and I think I’d be happy with ren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was a female companion — if sex wasn’t a factor. founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Con- What should I do? — Interesting Condition tact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. In Texas 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 22, 1915 Buffalo Vernon, noted bull-dogger of steers and buckaroo, was taken into custody by Chief Kearney last evening on a charge of violating the speed limit. This morning he entered a plea RIJXLOW\DQGSDLGD¿QHRI9HUQRQZDV the driver of the car of Dr. Barbour of Stan- ¿HOG+HUPLVWRQDQG3LORW5RFNZKLFKPDGH a wild and wobbly run up East Court street yesterday afternoon and turned a complete somersault near the Catholic church, spilling the occupants on the street. Dr. Barbour is still in St. Anthony’s hospital but will be able to leave tomorrow, the physicians report. Vernon, with true cowboy luck, escaped with no more scratches than he usually receives in bulldog- JLQJ D ORQJKRUQHG VWHHU +H KDG DSSDUHQWO\ IRUWL¿HGKLVFRXUDJHZLWKVWURQJVSLULWVEHIRUH he had given the dentist an exhibition of rough riding in a motor car. The auto, a Ford, was taken to the garage for treatment and was still bucking when it was taken into the shop. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 22, 1965 A 70-year-old sewer that lies 12 feet be- neath several downtown buildings is caus- ing problems. “It had to be cleaned 15 times last year,” Morris Temple told the city coun- cil last night. The private sewer line was in- stalled in 1896, he said, at a time when much RIWKHGRZQWRZQ5RXQG8S&LW\FRQVLVWHGRI ³ZRRGHQVKDFNV´7HPSOH6\OYLD+HVWHUDQG Chet Farris, who represented other property owners, asked the city to share in costs of re- building the line. The council, although reluc- tant to agree to city participation in the costs of the line, ordered city engineer Tony Groh to make a study. Temple pointed out that on the block in question, between Dorion and Emigrant on the block east of Main Street, he DQG0UV+HVWHURZQHQRXJKRIWKHSURSHUW\WR petition for an improvement district that would LQFOXGH&LW\+DOO 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 22, 1990 6RPHWLPH WKLV VXPPHU WKH 8PDWLOOD 6HD Explorers hope their hard work pays off. That’s when a 26-foot cabin cruiser the Scout troop has been repairing for more than a year should be ready to move up the Columbia 5LYHUIURP7KH'DOOHVWRWKH7UL&LWLHV³,W¶V like a big camper, only it’s a boat,” the troop’s VNLSSHU3DWULFN+LOOHEUDQGRI+HUPLVWRQVDLG “We can stock up and be gone for a week.” Sea VFRXWLQJ LQ WKH 8QLWHG 6WDWHV GDWHV WR 7KH8PDWLOODWURRSIRUPHGDERXWHLJKW\HDUV DJRXQGHUFLW\SROLFHRI¿FHU0LNH6WDQOH\DV a search and rescue group. Today it’s the only 6FRXWWURRSRILWVNLQGRQWKH&ROXPELD5LY- er above The Dalles. Although the troop’s six members and two leaders no longer do search and rescue for drowning victims and other serious incidents, they teach small boat han- dling and water safety and provide a service for boaters who run out of gas or are otherwise stranded on the river. 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 112th day of 2015. There are 253 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 22, 1915, the ¿UVW IXOOVFDOH XVH RI GHDGO\ chemicals in warfare took place as German forces un- leashed chlorine gas against Allied troops at the start of the Second Battle of Ypres in Belgium during World War I; thousands of soldiers are be- lieved to have died. On this date: In 1864, Congress autho- rized the use of the phrase ³,Q *RG :H 7UXVW´ RQ 86 coins. In 1889, the Oklahoma /DQG5XVKEHJDQDWQRRQDV thousands of homesteaders staked claims. In 1930WKH8QLWHG6WDWHV Britain and Japan signed the London Naval Treaty, which regulated submarine warfare and limited shipbuilding. In 1944, during World STONE SOUP BIG NATE :DU ,, 86 IRUFHV EHJDQ invading Japanese-held New Guinea with amphibious ODQGLQJV DW +ROODQGLD DQG Aitape. In 1952, an atomic test LQ 1HYDGD EHFDPH WKH ¿UVW nuclear explosion shown on live network television as a 31-kiloton bomb was dropped from a B-50 Super- fortress. In 1954, the publicly tele- vised sessions of the Senate Army-McCarthy hearings began. In 1970, millions of Americans concerned about the environment observed WKH¿UVW³(DUWK'D\´ In 2000, in a dramatic pre-dawn raid, armed immi- gration agents seized Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban boy at the center of a custody dispute, from his relatives’ home in Miami; Elian was reunited with his father at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington. Today’s Birthdays: Actor George Cole is 90. Actress &KDUORWWH 5DH LV $FWUHVV (VWHOOH +DUULV LV 6LQJHU Glen Campbell is 79. Actor Jack Nicholson is 78. Singer Mel Carter is 72. Author Jan- et Evanovich is 72. Country singer Cleve Francis is 70. Movie director John Waters is 69. Singer Peter Frampton LV 5RFN VLQJHUPXVLFLDQ Paul Carrack (Mike and the Mechanics; Squeeze) is 64. Actor Joseph Bottoms is 61. $FWRU5\DQ6WLOHVLV%DVH- ball manager Terry Francona is 56. Comedian Byron Allen is 54. Actor Chris Make- SHDFH LV 5RFN PXVLFLDQ Fletcher Dragge is 49. Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan is 49. 5RFNPXVLFLDQ6KDYR2GDG- jian (System of a Down) Thought for Today: “What’s vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.” — Hen- ry Fielding, English novelist (born this date in 1707, died in 1754). BY JAN ELLIOT BY LINCOLN PEIRCE