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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Thursday, June 11, 2015 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Wife of transgender husband refuses to get counseling 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: Two years ago, I came my personal beliefs. We are all staying out as male-to-female transgender. My with friends, so I can’t just head back wife has come around since then, and to my hotel room or go home. How our second child will be born before I can I excuse myself from this part of start my transition. the event without causing too much She has decided to stay with me, trouble for anyone? — Ready Not To but occasionally she tells me she isn’t Party sure if she can be married to a woman. Dear Ready Not To Party: On the other hand, she says she Because all of the bachelorettes will Jeanne doesn’t want to have to share custody Phillips be out of town and you prefer not to of our children. attend the “main event,” level with the Advice I have urged her to talk to a ther- bride about your feelings, give her your apist, because she gets a few free regrets, wish her well and stay home. sessions from her job. Because she doesn’t Dear Abby: I’m a 73-year-old man. Over like people knowing about her problems, she the years I have sometimes cried over sad, steadfastly refuses. I’m not sure what else to heartwarming stories in books or on TV, do. I won’t make her stay if she can’t handle especially those involving children. it, but I refuse to tell her I’ll give her full I have also lost several loved ones, and custody. — Living My Truth In The East although I was as sad about these losses as Dear Living: If your wife prefers, out of anyone else, I was never able to shed tears concern for her privacy, not to talk to a thera- over it. pist who’s connected with her job, that is her Why do I cry over things that don’t pertain choice. But that does not mean she shouldn’t to me or anybody in my life, but can’t when get counseling elsewhere to help her make someone I love passes away? Is something rational decisions about her future. A support wrong with me? — Tearless In Wichita group that could also be helpful to her is the Dear Tearless: Tears can be cathartic, but Straight Spouse Network (straightspouse. people react to death in different ways. Not org), which has been mentioned before in my everyone can cry on cue, even if it would be column. a relief to be able to. Sometimes there’s just a As for you, my friend, you should consult deep “ache,” like lead in one’s chest. In your a lawyer who specializes in family law and case, it may be less painful or threatening to gender issues. Lambda Legal (lambdalegal. cry over a sad movie than a funeral. When org) should be able to refer you. With help, WHDUV ¿QDOO\ FRPH XVXDOO\ RYHU VRPHWKLQJ you should be able to work out a fair and OHVV VLJQL¿FDQW WKH\ FDQ EH PRUH FRSLRXV reasonable custody arrangement, should it than one would expect because they have become necessary. been bottled up. Dear Abby: I’m attending a close friend’s Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van EDFKHORUHWWH SDUW\ DQG KDYH FRQ¿UPHG WKDW Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and having it in an adult club is “a priority” for her. was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. I’m uncomfortable with the idea of entering Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or such an establishment because it goes against P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 11, 1915 The grand jury is today investigating the PXUGHU RI 0U DQG 0UV &KDUOHV 2JLOY\ IRU which crime Lee Dale is held, but no report will probably be made upon the case before Saturday. Nine or ten witnesses are in today from the south end of the county but up until noon only two had been examined by the MXURUV-DPHV6WXEEOH¿HOGWKHPDQZKR¿UVW discovered the dead body of Mrs. Ogilvy, was WKH¿UVWSHUVRQVXPPRQHGLQWRWKHMXU\URRP and he was with the jury for a considerable WLPH7KHVHFRQGSHUVRQZDV*HRUJH&DUQHV to whom Mr. Ogilvy told his story before his death and who has in his keeping the state- ment implicating Dale which the old man had written during the night. It is said Dale will probably plead temporary insanity produced by a drug which he claims a woman in Pend- leton administered to him. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 11, 1965 $ PDQ -RE &RUSV FDPS KDV EHHQ proposed for the Pendleton area. Its tentative location would be a half-mile east of the DJHQF\RI¿FHRQWKH8PDWLOOD,QGLDQ5HVHUYD- tion, Supt. Harold Duck said today. The camp, which would bring an estimated $15,000 monthly to area businesses, would be under agency supervision. Duck emphasized that no GH¿QLWH ZRUG RQ HVWDEOLVKPHQW RI WKH FDPS has been received. The 100 young men in the camp, ages 16-21, would be supervised by a staff of about 19 men. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 11, 1990 &DOLIRUQLDQV VD\ WKH\ ZDQW LW +HUPLVWR- nians say they need it and conservationists VD\¿VKVKRXOGKDYHLW$UHDUHVLGHQWVVDLGLW ZDV ODXJKDEOH IRU /RV$QJHOHV FRXQW\ RI¿- cials to request a diversion of water from the &ROXPELD5LYHUWRVRXWKHUQ&DOLIRUQLD%XWQR one is laughing at a petition by Oregon Trout WROLVW¿YHZLOGVDOPRQUXQVRQWKH&ROXPELD DQG6QDNHULYHUVDVHQGDQJHUHG,IWKH¿VKDUH listed as endangered, water use for navigation, recreation, irrigation and power generation could be curtailed, said area water experts. That could endanger a plan by the Hermiston 'HYHORSPHQW&RUSRUDWLRQWRXVHZDWHUIURP the river to promote economic development and provide a stable water supply. 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 162nd day of 2015. 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In 1962, three prisoners at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay staged an escape, leaving the island on a makeshift raft; they were never found or heard from again. In 1963, a Buddhist monk, Thich Quang Duc, set himself D¿UH RQ D 6DLJRQ VWUHHW WR protest the government of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem. \In 1993, the U.S. 6XSUHPH &RXUW UXOHG WKDW people who commit “hate crimes” motivated by bigotry may be sentenced to extra punishment; the court also ruled religious groups had a FRQVWLWXWLRQDOULJKWWRVDFUL¿FH animals in worship services. Today’s Birthdays: U.S. 5HS &KDUOHV % 5DQJHO D-N.Y., is 85. Actor Gene :LOGHU LV &RPHGLDQ Johnny Brown is 78. Inter- national Motorsports Hall of Famer Jackie Stewart is 76. Singer Joey Dee is 75. Actress Adrienne Barbeau is 70. Rock musician Frank Beard (ZZ Top) is 66. Animal rights activist Ingrid Newkirk is 66. Rock singer Donnie Van Zant is 63. Actor Peter Bergman is 62. Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe Montana is 59. Actor Hugh Laurie is 56. 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