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