Friday, July 31, 2015
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East Oregonian
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DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Boyfriend reveals that his
soul mate died years ago
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I have been close
If there is one thing I have learned,
to my best friend for three years.
it is that we cannot change other
A year ago we decided to date. We
people. He doesn’t need your help; he
have a wonderful relationship on
needs someone who will accept him
almost every level. The only issue I
the way he is and love him for it.
have is that he’s reluctant to open up
Dear Abby: I am the treasurer
about his past. He is a very private
for my high school’s upcoming 50th
person, and I know it’s because of his
reunion. My senior class was large —
upbringing. This has sparked many
more than 550 students. My problem
Jeanne
debates between us that have ended Phillips is, 280 students have not responded to
less than pleasantly.
our monthly emails or newsletters.
Advice
Recently, he did open up, and
It takes a lot of time and effort
when he did, he dropped a bomb. He
to put on a reunion. We have been
asked me if I believed in soul mates, and I working on it for two years. I realize some
said yes. Then he told me about how in his classmates hated their senior year. Not all of
past there was a girl he loved very much. us had a perfect time. But would you remind
Sadly, she died. He said he sees this girl as people that a simple yes or no works well?
his soul mate, but he doesn’t think it lessens
Frankly, I don’t know why anyone would
any of his love for me.
say no, unless medical or ¿nancial issues
This was the ¿rst time he opened up to me. prevented them from attending. I don’t look
Now that it has sunk in, I’m hurt. I already like I did at 18, and neither does anyone else.
have selfcon¿dence issues, and I worry that The clique clubs are gone, and the captain
since I am not her, I’m not enough. I can’t of the football team looks just like any other
live up to a dead woman.
guy. Can you comment? — Ready For The
I always thought I could change his closed Reunion
ways, but now, knowing the cause, I fear
Dear Ready: Yes. There may be other
there is nothing I can do to help him. Maybe reasons why some graduates don’t wish to
he’s just too messed up for me. I don’t know attend their high school reunion. They live
what to do. Can someone have two soul far away, or there is no one they particularly
mates? — Not His Soul Mate
want to see.
Dear Not His Soul Mate: Please do not
Rather than work yourself into a lather, in
allow your selfcon¿dence issues to ruin your next communication to the graduates,
your relationship, because from where I sit, specify that only those who have responded
it appears you’re looking for a way to push to the invitation can be accommodated
this man away. So what if he had a romance “because the committee is making arrange-
that ended tragically? She’s dead — gone! ments for which they need an exact head
And you’re very much alive. Stop competing count.” If you don’t hear from someone, do
with her.
not plan on seeing him or her.
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
July 31, 1915
The exhibition of A. Phimister Proctor’s
“Buckaroo” and cowboy head in the Frazier
bookstore windows caused many people to
stop in admiration last evening and all day
today. Perhaps the greatest tribute yet paid
the sculptor’s latest work are the comments
of the cowboys and others familiar with
range life, for not one but admits the artist
has created a perfect representation of a
broncho buster astride an outlaw. Not only
is the action of the bucking horse faithfully
recorded in the plaster but the form of the
rider in the saddle is perfect, according to the
cowboys. “He’s ridin’ her straight up,” said
one bechapped individual, “and just look at
him throw the steel.” While being exhibited
and while making its trip across the continent,
the plaster of the “Buckaroo” is insured for
$5000. It will go by express tonight for New
York where it will be cast into bronze and Mr.
Proctor expects to have some of the bronzes
here before the 1915 Round-up.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 31, 1965
“I heard a big bang, and looked behind
me.” That was how Don Henry, of Odell,
Oregon, described his discovery of the
¿re that reduced his truck to a charred ruin
in minutes Thursday afternoon. The ¿re
occurred at 20th and SE Court. Witnesses
said Àames went over 20 feet into the air.
The truck was a total loss. Henry said he did
not know if his insurance policy includes ¿re
damage. “One door on that truck didn’t work
well. When I saw the ¿re I yelled at the guy in
the cab with me, ‘Move over, I’m getting out
of here.’” The ¿re apparently started when the
truck’s gas tank fell off and exploded. Traf¿c
was routed around the inferno by police.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 31, 1990
Some people climb mountains because
they’re there. Joe Ilie’s mountain is the
Columbia River. Ilie, 68, of Milton-Free-
water, took the plunge Sunday morning on
the Oregon side of the river above McNary
Dam and didn’t emerge from the water
until he reached Washington one hour and
55 minutes later. To be completely truthful,
Ilie said the river was a bit more swift than
he would have liked, and the temperature
kept his jaws chattering. But the adventure
was nothing new to the disabled World War
II veteran. Ilie swam the Columbia 19 years
ago on his 50th birthday in one hour and 10
minutes. It took a little longer this year, but
Ilie said it had little to do with being almost
two decades older. “I believe there was more
water going over the spillway at the dam this
time so I was ¿ghting more current,” Ilie
said. Ilie’s son, Thomas, piloted a boat that
remained alongside during the entire swim.
Ilie said there were no mishaps along the way.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
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ZITS
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is the 212th day of
2015. There are 153 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On July 31, 1715, a Àeet
of Spanish ships carrying
gold, silver and jewelry sank
during a hurricane off the
east Florida coast, scattering
most of their treasure along
the ocean Àoor. Of some
2,500 crew members, more
than 1,000 died.
On this date:
In 1777, the Marquis
de Lafayette, a 19-year-old
French nobleman, was made
a major-general in the Amer-
ican Continental Army.
In 1875, the 17th pres-
ident of the United States,
Andrew Johnson, died in
Carter County, Tennessee, at
age 66.
In 1919, Germany’s
Weimar Constitution was
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adopted by the republic’s
National Assembly.
In 1930, the radio char-
acter “The Shadow” made
his debut as narrator of the
“Detective Story Hour” on
CBS Radio.
In 1933, the radio series
“Jack
Armstrong,
the
All-American Boy,” made its
debut on CBS radio station
WBBM in Chicago.
In 1942, Oxfam Interna-
tional had its beginnings as
the Oxford Committee for
Famine Relief was founded
in England.
In
1954,
Pakistan’s
K2 was conquered as two
members of an Italian expe-
dition, Achille Compagnoni
and Lino Lacedelli, reached
the summit.
In 1964, the American
space probe Ranger 7
reached the moon, transmit-
ting pictures back to Earth
before impacting the lunar
surface.
In 1972, Democratic
vice-presidential candidate
Thomas Eagleton withdrew
from the ticket with George
McGovern
following
disclosures that Eagleton had
once undergone psychiatric
treatment.
In 1973, Delta Air Lines
Flight 723, a DC-9, crashed
while trying to land at
Boston’s Logan International
Airport, killing all 89 people
on board.
In 1989, a pro-Iranian
group in Lebanon released a
grisly videotape showing the
body of American hostage
William R. Higgins, a Marine
lieutenant-colonel, dangling
from a rope.
In 1991, President George
H.W. Bush and Soviet Pres-
ident Mikhail S. Gorbachev
signed the Strategic Arms
BY JAN ELLIOT
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE