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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, July 8, 2015 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Woman who is HIV-positive is hiding her status from men 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: I moved away from much. my hometown 18 years ago. At the Unfortunately, he has become time, a friend of mine had found out mildly controlling and critical. Roy she was HIV-positive. Thankfully, has no children of his own, and he healthwise she’s doing well. To look doesn’t seem to realize what goes into at her you would never know. working, raising children and running We have reconnected, but I have a household. Recently, he gave me a recently learned that she had several promise ring, which I accepted. He’s relationships in the past and didn’t great with the girls and he makes me Jeanne reveal that she was HIV-positive or Phillips happy. use protection. She says she “loves” My father, however, says that Advice these men, their families and their the controlling behavior will only children. It makes me sick that she’s get worse down the road. I think it’s killing them. because Roy was laid off from work and is Someone called her doctor and he talked to having a hard time ¿nding a Mob. I’m sure her about it, but she lied and said that she had once he’s working he’ll be less focused on told them. These men have no idea! What can me. Who’s right, me or my father? — Mom be done so she quits spreading this disease? Of Two In Rhode Island — She’s Killing Them In Indiana Dear Mom Of Two: When a couple Dear S.K.T.: I ran your letter by an old and has been together for only six months, they trusted friend, Dr. Mervyn Silverman, former are usually still in what is referred to as the director of health in San Francisco. He asked “honeymoon phase.” Has Roy been Mobless me to reassure you that if your friend has since you met him? If the layoff is recent, been under treatment for HIV, her chances of then his change in behavior may be related to passing it on are far less than they were years his frustration at not being able to ¿nd another ago. He also mentioned that if these men’s Mob. wives had contracted HIV from their husbands However, your father not only has a point, and become pregnant, that their disease would he also has more experience than you do. very likely have been discovered. Pay attention to what he’s telling you. If Roy You need to talk to your friend and explain becomes increasingly controlling and critical, that this is both a health issue and one of you’ll know your father was right, and you morality. If she’s continuing to have unpro- should return that promise ring. So take your tected sex with her partners, there is still some time and please don’t rush! potential risk that she could pass along the Dear Abby: I have been a divorcee for 12 virus. So if she truly loves anyone but herself, years. I haven’t dated in more than a decade. she will get with the program and be honest I know a man who was widowed a couple of about her health status. months ago. His wife died in her sleep. I have Dear Abby: I’m a single mother of two always been interested in him. When would wonderful daughters. I have a fantastic it be appropriate to approach him? — Inter- boyfriend, “Roy,” who I met when I was ested In Chicago pregnant with my second. We have been Dear Interested: If I were you, I’d get in together for six months and I love him very line NOW. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian July 8, 1915 A. Phimister Proctor, noted New York sculptor who is now making Pendleton his home, this morning received noti¿cation that he had been awarded the gold medal for sculpture at the Panama-Paci¿c exposition at San Francisco. A number of Mr. Proctor’s works are included in the art exhibit at the exposition. In front of the art building the plaster cast of his buffalo, the bronze of which is now being installed on the Q street bridge in Washington, D.C., occupies a position to attract the attention of all fair visitors and in the art building is his mounted Indian and a number of other pieces selected for exhibition. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian July 8, 1965 A $1 million underpass on SW Emigrant to enable emergency vehicles and regular traf¿c to keep moving despite railroad traf¿c moved a step closer to reality last night. The Pend- leton City Council decided to ask the Oregon Highway Department for cooperative funds in the venture and to prepare cost estimates and engineering studies. The underpass as proposed would run from 10th to 13th on SW Emigrant under the Union Paci¿c Railroad tracks. Only streets that it would block would be the extension of SW 12th. By its action in asking for state help, the council made no commitment of ¿nancial support. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian July 8, 1990 Jon Q. Johnston must answer charges that he “pulled the trigger” in the double murder of a Brownsville couple on Lincton Mountain Road June 24. After 90 minutes of testimony at a preliminary hearing Friday afternoon, District Court Judge Richard Courson ruled that Johnston, a 26-year-old forklift operator from Milton-Freewater, will be held account- able for the deaths of George and Charmaine Meyers. Courson based his decision on evidence presented by seven witnesses — including Johnston’s girlfriend and a co-worker — called by Umatilla County District Attorney Dave Gallaher. The prelim- inary hearing for David L. Selders, who also was charged with the Meyers killings, will be scheduled at a later date. 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 189th day of 2015. There are 176 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 8, 1776, Col. John Nixon gave the ¿rst public reading of the Decla- ration of Independence, outside the State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia. On this date: In 1663, King Charles II of England granted a Royal Charter to Rhode Island. In 1853, an expedi- tion led by Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Yedo Bay, Japan, on a mission to seek diplomatic and trade relations with the Japanese. In 1889, The Wall Street Journal was ¿rst published. In 1907, Florenz Ziegfeld staged his ¿rst “Follies,” on the roof of the New York Theater. In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson received STONE SOUP BIG NATE a tumultuous welcome in New York City after his return from the Versailles Peace Conference in France. In 1947, demolition work began in New York City to make way for the new permanent headquarters of the United Nations. In 1950, President Harry S. Truman named Gen. Douglas MacArthur commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Korea. (Truman ended up sacking MacArthur for insubordination nine months later.) In 1965, Canadian Paci¿c Air Lines Flight 21, a Douglas DC-6B, crashed in British Columbia after the tail separated from the fuse- lage; all 52 people on board were killed in what authori- ties said was the result of an apparent bombing. In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford announced he would seek a second term of of¿ce. Today’s Birthdays: Singer Steve Lawrence is 80. Actor Jeffrey Tambor is 71. Ballerina Cynthia Gregory is 69. Actress Kim Darby is 68. Children’s performer Raf¿ is 67. Celeb- rity chef Wolfgang Puck is 66. Actress AnMelica Huston is 64. Writer Anna Quindlen is 63. Actor Kevin Bacon is 57. Actor Robert Knepper is 56. Rock musician Andy Fletcher (Depeche Mode) is 54. Country singer Toby Keith is 54. Rock musician Graham Jones (Haircut 100) is 54. Rock singer Joan Osborne is 53. Writ- er-producer Rob Burnett is 53. Actor Rocky Carroll is 52. Singer Beck is 45. Rock musician Jamie Cook (Arctic Monkeys) is 30. Actor Jaden Smith is 17. Thought for Today: “History must stay open, it is all humanity.” — William Carlos Williams, American author and poet (1883- 1963). BY JAN ELLIOT BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
