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Friday, June 5, 2015 PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK East Oregonian Page 7A DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Softhearted woman just can’t say no to wannabe boyfriend FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I am 32 and need others. What you appear to need to advice on setting personal boundaries ZRUNRQLVWKHDELOLW\WRVD\QR7U\LW in my relationships. Simply put, I <RX¶OOOLNHLW have a guy friend who has feelings for Dear Abby: I’m having a hard me that I don’t have for him. We dated WLPHZLWKP\GDG+HWUHDWVPHOLNH EULHÀ\ , EURNH LW RII DQG ZH KDYH D OLWWOH NLG DQG UHIXVHV WR UHFRJQL]H continued as friends for two years. WKDW,¶PDQDGXOWZKRFDQPDNHP\ +H NQRZV ,¶P QRW LQWHUHVWHG LQ RZQ GHFLVLRQV ,W PDNHV LW GLI¿FXOW an intimate relationship with him. for us to get along, and I have been Jeanne However, he has made it clear Phillips spending less time with him because through words and behavior that he’s of it. 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Please advise me how to have a relationship with him while he is WRZRUNRQWKLV²Pushover In Vancouver, still alive and healthy. Is there anything I can Canada GRWRPDNHKLPXQGHUVWDQGKLVSHUVSHFWLYHLV Dear Pushover: The man you describe VNHZHGDQGKHQHHGVWRFKDQJHKLVEHKDYLRU" appears to be under the impression that he can — Daddy’s Girl ZHDU\RXGRZQLIKHNHHSVDWLWORQJHQRXJK Dear Daddy’s Girl: At his age, you aren’t He isn’t interested in being your “friend”; he going to change your father. Your chances of wants to be your lover. improving your relationship with him will be Because you aren’t interested in him that better if you change the way you react to what way, quit allowing him to sleep at your place. KH¶VGRLQJDQGUHDOL]HKHVD\VWKHWKLQJVKH ,IKHEHFRPHVVRGUXQNKHFDQ¶WGULYHKLPVHOI GRHVEHFDXVHLW¶VSDUWRIZKDWKHWKLQNVLVD home, get him a taxi. 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At the time of the murder Dale was on an ³DOFRKRO´GUXQNDQGZKHQDUUHVWHGWKLVDIWHU- QRRQE\6KHULII7D\ORUZDVVWLOOLQDGUXQNHQ FRQGLWLRQ 'DOH DUULYHG KRUVHEDFN DW WKH 2JLOYLH SODFH DERXW R¶FORFN ODVW HYHQLQJ according to Mr. Ogilvie who was rational this morning and made a complete statement. When Dale arrived Mrs. Ogilvie was sitting RQWKHLUSRUFKDQG0U2JLOYLHZDVLQWKHPLON house 20 feet away. Dale began quarreling with Mrs. Ogilvie and cursed her. According WRWKHROGPDQ¶VVWRU\WKHWZR³MRZHUHG´DQG Mrs. Ogilvie told Dale to go home to his wife. He then drew his revolver and shot her, the EXOOHW VWULNLQJ MXVW EHORZ WKH OHIW DUP DQG HYLGHQWO\VWULNLQJWKHKHDUW'DOHVWDWHVKHKDV no memory of the crime. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 5, 1965 Pendleton still had its diesel oil hangover WRGD\EXWFLW\ZRUNFUHZVZHUHODERULQJWR provide a remedy. City Manager Mel Gardner VDLGFUHZVDUHZRUNLQJRYHUWLPHWKLVZHHNHQG to try and clean diesel oil from the city’s water system. The oil entered the system Thursday ZKHQD8QLRQ3DFL¿FIUHLJKWFDUZLWKWZR JDOORQGLHVHORLOWDQNVMXPSHGWKHWUDFNV miles up the Umatilla River and ruptured the city’s gravity water line that runs alongside WKHWUDFNV7KHGLHVHORLOWDQNVVSLOOHGDQGWKH RLOOHDNHGLQWRWKHFLW\¶VV\VWHP*DUGQHUVDLG the three main reservoirs, two on the south hill DQGRQHRQWKHQRUWKKLOOZLOOEHÀXVKHGRXW E\6XQGD\QLJKW+HVDLGWKHÀXVKLQJRIDOO ¿UHK\GUDQWVZLOOEHJLQDVVRRQDVSRVVLEOH 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 5, 1990 Judicial decisions shouldn’t be made at the WRVVRIDFRLQ7KDW¶VWKHZRUGIURPDMXGLFLDO ethics commission investigating an allegation that District Court Judge Ralph Currin has made at least two rulings on a heads-or-tails basis. The Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability, under the auspices of the Oregon Supreme Court, will hold a public hearing at the Pendleton Red Lion Inn at 9 a.m. June 14. &RPPLVVLRQVSRNHVPDQ'DYLG.QRZOHVVDLG RQO\VL[MXGJHVKDYHEHHQVXEMHFWWRKHDULQJV on alleged violations in the commission’s 20-year history. He said penalties range from censure — a hand-slapping note of disap- proval from the state Supreme Court — to VXVSHQVLRQ RU UHPRYDO IURP RI¿FH %UDQW Medonich, a Pendleton attorney representing &XUULQVDLGWKHMXGJHGHQLHVWKHFKDUJHV 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 156th day of 2015. There are 209 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 5, 1968, Sen. 5REHUW ) .HQQHG\ ZDV assassinated in Los Angeles’ Ambassador Hotel after claiming victory in Cali- fornia’s Democratic pres- idential primary. 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