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Friday, August 14, 2015 PEANUTS FOR BETTER OR WORSE COFFEE BREAK BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE East Oregonian Page 7A DEAR ABBY Ex-friend takes woman’s place at holiday dinners Dear Abby: I had a close friend life,” I hope you took her up on it and from middle school into adulthood. have made other friends. I also hope (I’ll call her Lacey.) We were each you don’t sit around alone when the other’s maids of honor and best friends holidays roll around. Sometimes the for years. A few years ago we had a most rewarding and loving expe- falling out. She was going through a riences and relationships we have tough time and lashed out at me. When are with the “families” we build for I tried to have a conversation with her ourselves. to tell her I didn’t like how she was Dear Abby: I was taught that Jeanne treating me, she told me to “have a Phillips punctuality is important. My husband nice life.” and I are almost always at least a few Advice Shortly after that, my youngest minutes early for everything we do. sister struck up a friendship with I realize not everyone can be — or her and insisted that my parents invite her wants to be — early. However, it seems that for Thanksgiving dinner. I told my mother I almost everyone we know is late. Sometimes wasn’t comfortable with Lacey joining our it’s ¿ve minutes, others it’s 20 to 0 minutes. family dinner, but Mother said it would be And it’s not just people we know. I was kept rude to not invite her. waiting for 25 minutes by someone who was I no longer join my family for holiday buying an item from me. dinners. Is it wrong of me to not want my Why do people think this is OK? I was family to be so friendly with someone who taught that it’s rude to keep someone waiting was unkind to me? It seems odd to me that my for you. What are your thoughts on punctu- former friend would pursue relationships with ality? my sisters and parents, and odder still that my P.S. I’m not talking about running late once parents and sisters would encourage it. Is there in a while. I’m talking about people who a positive and constructive way to address this are consistently late everywhere they go. — situation? — Discounted And Excluded In Amber In The South Nevada Dear Amber: I was raised the same way Dear Discounted: It seems odd to me, too, you were. My parents impressed upon me that that your parents would continue including it is disrespectful to keep people waiting, and Lacey at holiday dinners knowing how that if a delay is unavoidable, the person who’s uncomfortable it would make you. Of course, expecting me should be informed that I will you can’t dictate whom your sister(s) can be be late. I’m not implying that someone must friendly with, but you should explain to your make an appearance at the stroke of the hour parents how her inclusion has made you feel, — a delay of 10 or 15 minutes is understand- so they’ll understand why you are absent. able. But to keep someone waiting longer than When Lacey advised you to “have a nice that is rude, disrespectful and bad manners. 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 Aug. 14, 1915 Walter Ogilvy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ogilvy who were murdered during the spring by Lee Dale, yesterday ¿red twice at Mrs. Dale, wife of the man now in jail for the double murder, according to stories being brought in to Pilot Rock. Young Ogilvy, it is said, went to the Dale homestead above the Ogilvy place and shot the dog which is Mrs. Dales’ only companion on the place. The story has it that Mrs. Dale ran out of the back door into some timber and that Ogilvy ¿red twice in her direction. What the trouble is all about is only conjecture but that it is not an outgrowth of the double murder seems certain for Mrs. Dale has not stood by her husband. Reports come here that young Ogilvy is working for Charles Johnson, the sworn enemy of his father, and that the trouble arose over an attempt of Johnson to secure the Dale homestead. Inquiry here reveals the fact that not only Mrs. Dale but Walter Ogilvy and his sister, Elsie, came to Pendleton yesterday. Mrs. Dale wanted a warrant for Ogilvy’s arrest, and the Ogilvys asked for the arrest of Mrs. Dale, claiming she had drawn a gun upon Elsie. On account of the absence of the district attorney no action has yet been taken. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 14, 1965 A native of New Zealand who sailed halfway around the world when he was 6, only to backtrack halfway and end up here 25 years later, will be the grand marshal of the Umatilla County Fair parade, Saturday, Aug. 21. W.G. Rodda was chosen for the honor despite the fact he was all of 1 when he ¿rst arrived in Umatilla County, for his arrival date was May 1, 108. Since that time, he has served in about every department of the fair, has been fair manager and has been a member of the fair board. He is now 87. He came to Hermiston one year before the ¿rst “fair” here, a hog show, and he has missed but one fair in the intervening years. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 14, 1990 Carolyn Skoubo says she’s a loner, which makes her lifestyle easier. Although her family lives in Boardman, Skoubo travels across Umatilla County to spend the week in Adams. She has been postmaster there since February 18. She commuted from Boardman daily for the ¿rst month. Then she lived in a motor home for two months. Finally, she moved into a rental house just across the parking lot from the tiny Adams Post Of¿ce. Skoubo works 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Each Friday, she gets in her car for the trip back to Boardman, where she serves on the planning commission. In December, Skoubo and her husband, Gunnar, will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. He was born in Boardman and is “not about to leave” after so many years, Skoubo said. 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 226th day of 2015. There are 1 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 14, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced that Imperial Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II. On this date: In 1848, the Oregon Terri- tory was created. In 1900, international forces, including U.S. Marines, entered Beijing to put down the Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at purging China of foreign inÀuence. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. In 1944, the federal government allowed the manufacture of certain STONE SOUP BIG NATE domestic appliances, such as electric ranges and vacuum cleaners, to resume on a limited basis. In 1947, Pakistan became independent of British rule. In 1969, British troops went to Northern Ireland to intervene in sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics. In 1975, the cult classic movie musical “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bost- wick, had its world premiere in London. In 1995, Shannon Faulkner of¿cially became the ¿rst female cadet in the history of The Citadel, South Carolina’s state military college. (However, Faulkner quit the school less than a week later, citing the stress of her court ¿ght, and her isola- tion among the male cadets.) Today’s Birthdays: Broadway lyricist Lee Adams (“Bye Bye Birdie”) is 1. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Russell Baker is 0. Singer Buddy *reco is . College Football Hall of Famer John Brodie is 80. Singer Dash Crofts is 77. Rock singer David Crosby is 74. Country singer Connie Smith is 74. Comedian-actor Steve Martin is 70. “Far Side” cartoonist Gary Larson is 65. Basketball Hall of Famer Earvin “Magic” Johnson is 56. Rock musician Keith Howland (Chicago) is 51. Actress Halle Berry is 4. Actress Mila Kunis is 2. NFL quarterback Tim Tebow is 28. Thought for Today: “There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.” — James Thurber, American author and cartoonist (1894-1961). BY JAN ELLIOT BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
