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Friday, May 8, 2015 PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK East Oregonian Page 7A DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Couple encounters rough seas over gift of cruise vacation FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I represented my could have been lost in translation, daughter “Stacy” and her husband as and he might have gotten his wish. their real estate agent. When any of Dear Abby: During WWII, while I my children purchase a home, I waive was overseas in the Navy, I received a my commission. My daughter knew “Dear John” letter. It was devastating, , KDG EHHQ WU\LQJ WR ¿QDQFH D WULS WR especially because I was so far away South America for my husband so he and unable to immediately respond. could complete his “bucket list.” She Do you think it is appropriate for a gave me a cruise on one of the most person to send such a letter while the Jeanne expensive cruise lines and airfare to Phillips person is far away, especially while in South America as a gift for helping the service, or should the person wait Advice with their home purchase. until the service member returns home After my husband reviewed the and say it’s over face-to-face? itinerary, he said it wasn’t the trip he had in After all these years, I have heard many mind and wanted to know if my daughter pros and cons about this question. I can think could change it. I was embarrassed to ask her of no one else with such a wealth of knowledge after receiving such a gracious gift. He became in this area to ask but you. After hearing from indignant and said if she really wanted to give \RX,ZLOO¿QDOO\SXWWKLVWRUHVW²John In him something he wanted, she wouldn’t mind Vineland, N.J. changing the trip. Dear John: A decade ago I would have said I told Stacy I couldn’t accept her gift — and DID tell someone — to wait until the because it was too much money. My husband person came home. My thinking was the news is now angry with me because he feels I am might demoralize the recipient and distract the the person at fault for the loss of the trip. Is person enough to get her/him killed. my husband right that we should request a gift I CHANGED MY MIND after hearing H[FKDQJHIURPWKHJLYHURUZDV,MXVWL¿HGIRU from service members stationed in the Middle not accepting it in light of the fact that it was East who told me I was wrong — that it’s too much money? — Just Wants Peace better to get the word while there were Dear Just Wants Peace: Your husband buddies close by who could be emotionally sounds like a handful. HE was at fault. Your supportive. They suggested that if the service mistake was allowing him to put you in the member hears the news when he gets back — middle. alone and possibly traumatized by what he or ,¶P VRUU\ \RX ¿EEHG WR \RXU GDXJKWHU she has been through — that it could make the about why you refused her generosity, because person more vulnerable to suicide. the expense had nothing to do with it. Your Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van husband’s ingratitude had everything to do Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and with it. Because the cruise didn’t suit him, HE was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. should have spoken to her and asked if the Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or itinerary could be adjusted. That way nothing P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 8, 1915 Escaped convicts from the Walla Walla penitentiary will probably give Pendleton and Umatilla county a wide berth hereafter after the experience of two of their number within the past two days. Yesterday Sheriff T.D. Taylor turned over John Jordan, a black convict, to the penitentiary guards, having picked him up at Eastland, and today he apprehended C.E. Ecker alias C.E. Nash, a parole violator from the same institution. At least the sheriff declared he is Ecker, the denial of the man to the contrary notwith- standing. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 8, 1965 A resolution expressing unanimous support for the Oregon Institute for Research and Rehabilitation — which operates Mead- owood Speech Camp near here — has been passed by the 200-member Oregon Speech and Hearing Association. Ernest Cristler, Pendleton, one of the founders of the OIRR, said the support will help the group in its fund campaigns. The camp aims at helping young- VWHUVZLWKVSHHFKRUKHDULQJGLI¿FXOWLHVDQG ZRQKLJKSUDLVHLQLWV¿UVWVHVVLRQODVWVXPPHU A building program is now underway. Cristler said volunteer workers — with shovels, axes and chain saws — are needed now. A work party is planned this weekend. The camp is located on the Reed-Hawley Mountain Road 11 miles east of Weston off Highway 204. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 8, 1990 A 16-year-old Hermiston boy who claimed he was robbed and assaulted last weekend has been charged with initiating a false report, police said. The boy told police he had been hit in the head and robbed in the area of Mike’s Market on West Hermiston Avenue, in circumstances similar to two actual incidents reported on April 28. The boy, who stayed overnight in Good Shepherd Community Hospital for observation, appar- ently had been drinking and at one time told a nurse he hadn’t been robbed, the police report said. He also was charged with illegal posses- sion of liquor by a minor and was referred to Umatilla County’s juvenile department. BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 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 128th day of 2015. There are 237 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 8, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced on radio that Nazi Germany’s forces had surrendered, and that “the ÀDJVRIIUHHGRPÀ\DOORYHU Europe.” On this date: In 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River. In 1794, Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was executed on the guillotine during France’s Reign of Terror. In 1884, the 33rd pres- ident of the United States, Harry S. Truman, was born in Lamar, Missouri. In 1915, Regret became WKH ¿UVW ¿OO\ WR ZLQ WKH Kentucky Derby. In 1921, Sweden’s Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty. In 1945, the Setif Massacre began in Algeria STONE SOUP BIG NATE as French authorities clashed with protesters celebrating the surrender of Nazi Germany and calling for freedom from colonial rule; tens of thousands of Algerians are believed to have died in weeks of violence. In 1958, Vice President Richard Nixon was shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by anti-American protesters in Lima, Peru. In 1972, President Richard Nixon announced that he had ordered the mining of Haiphong Harbor during the Vietnam War. In 1973, militant Amer- ican Indians who’d held the South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for ten weeks surrendered. In 1984, the Soviet Union announced it would boycott the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. In 1999, The Citadel, South Carolina’s formerly all-male military school, JUDGXDWHG LWV ¿UVW IHPDOH cadet, Nancy Ruth Mace. Today’s Birthdays: Comedian Don Rickles is 89. Naturalist Sir David Atten- borough is 89. Singer Toni Tennille is 75. Actor James Mitchum is 74. Country singer Jack Blanchard is 73. Jazz musician Keith Jarrett LV$FWRU0DUN%ODQN¿HOG is 67. Singer Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind and Fire) is 64. Rock musician Chris Frantz (Talking Heads) is 64. Rock- abilly singer Billy Burnette is 62. Rock musician Alex Van Halen is 62. Actor David Keith is 61. Actor Stephen Furst is 61. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is 54. Actress Melissa Gilbert is 51. Rock musician Dave Rown- tree (Blur) is 51. Country musician Del Gray is 47. Singer Enrique Iglesias is 40. Thought for Today: “A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.” — Louis Nizer, American lawyer (1902-1994). BY JAN ELLIOT BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
