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Tuesday, August 18, 2015 PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK East Oregonian Page 7A DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Woman with abortion in past is stung by man’s accusation FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: Two years ago, I met a Dear Abby ,¶P D \HDUROG gentleman, and he eventually decided man in academia, and it has been we were “soul mates.” I agreed. Over two years since my last relationship time, we shared our life stories, good ended. (Her name was “Erica.”) I DQG EDG , FRQ¿GHG WKDW ,¶G KDG DQ have always been with older women, abortion at the age of 18, which has WKHPRVWVLJQL¿FDQWRQHVEHLQJDQG haunted me all my adult life. eight years older. One ended because, Recently he was reciting a in a night of depressed, alcohol-fueled chronology of my life. When he VHOIORDWKLQJ,FKHDWHGRQKHU,GRQ¶W Jeanne got to the abortion, he said, “... and Phillips PDNHWKRVHFKRLFHVDQ\PRUH then you became a child murderer.” I have had chances to date, but Advice +LV FRPPHQW VWXQQHG PH +H ¿QGV none has drawn my interest the way nothing wrong with it. Was this total Erica did — until recently. “Angie” disrespect, or am I overreacting? — Stunned is a sweetheart with a good sense of humor. In Pennsylvania :KHQ,¶PDURXQGKHU,VWDUWIHHOLQJWZLQJHV Dear Stunned7KDW³JHQWOHPDQ¶V´UHPDUN of how Erica made me feel. was not only disrespectful, but also incredibly ,¶P VXUSULVHG E\ P\ DWWUDFWLRQ WR $QJLH insensitive and wrong. It is not against the law because she is only 19. Previous older mates to terminate a pregnancy in this country. It is a were in education as I am, and Angie is, right that many women — and men — fought ZHOO,FDQ¶W¿JXUHRXWLIWKLVLVDJHQXLQH hard to achieve. DWWUDFWLRQRULI,¶PWU\LQJWRSURYHWRP\VHOI %HFDXVHHDFKZRPDQ¶VFLUFXPVWDQFHVDUH that I can be involved with someone younger. unique, this deeply personal decision is made ,DGPLW,¶PLQWULJXHGE\WKHLGHDRIDVVXPLQJ IRUDYDULHW\RIUHDVRQV/LNH\RXUVHOIZRPHQ the role of teacher instead of student. experience a range of emotions afterward — ,GRQ¶WZDQWWRVHH$QJLHKXUWE\DPLVWDNH including feelings of sadness and anger, but in judgment on my part. Is it healthy for a also relief. For this person to have made such \HDUROG WR EH LQWHUHVWHG LQ VLJQL¿FDQWO\ an insensitive comment should be a clue that older men? Should I stop overanalyzing this he may not be your soul mate after all. and give it a try? — Mr. X In Michigan Because of stigma that, not surprisingly, Dear Mr. X,WKLQNLWGHSHQGVXSRQZKDW can cause feelings of shame, many women you mean by “it.” Young women can be choose to remain silent about their decision attracted to older men for a variety of reasons. to have an abortion. A resource that could be ,I$QJLH LV RQH RI \RXU VWXGHQWV ,¶G DGYLVH helpful to them — and to you — is Exhale against a romantic involvement until after (exhaleprovoice.org), a nonpolitical, nonjudg- she has left your class to avoid any possible mental support organization for women who accusations of favoritism or even sexual KDYHKDGDQDERUWLRQ3OHDVHFKHFNLWRXW harassment. 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. 17-18, 1915 It is considered proper road courtesy for a man, driving an empty auto, to give a lift to D SHGHVWULDQ ZKLFK KH RYHUWDNHV %XW ZKDW would you do if, after giving said lift and KDXOLQJWKHKLNHUWRWRZQKHUHIXVHGWROHDYH your car? R.E. Haynes of North Powder was driving into Pendleton this morning and noted DGXVW\SHGHVWULDQZHDU\ZLWKZDONLQJSORG- ding along the country roads. Haynes drove him to town and to the garage, but even after explaining that the car would go no farther still the man moved not. He was politely requested WR GHVFHQG EXW WKH LQHEULDWH RQH OLNHG WKH comfort of the seat. Finally the owner of the car ZDONHGWRWKHSROLFHVWDWLRQDQGH[SODLQHGKLV predicament. “Drive the car over to the station DQG,¶OOKHOSWKHPDQRXW´VDLG&KLHI&DUQH\ +D\QHVUHWXUQHGWRWKHJDUDJHFUDQNHGKLVFDU and drove it to police headquarters. The chief, ZLWKD\DQNDQGDSXOODFFRPSOLVKHGZKDWWKH RWKHU PDQ¶V ZRUGV FRXOG QRW 7KH ELEXORXV passenger descended from the car with more haste than grace and now reposes where his rest is undisturbed. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 17-18, 1965 A Umatilla teenager has been found safe LQ WKH IRUHVW VRXWK RI &DVFDGH /RFNV DIWHU spending a night in the open. Rolland Daley, 19, was reported missing Sunday morning, when KHIHOOEHKLQGWZRKLNLQJFRPSDQLRQVEHFDXVH of blisters. He was found Monday evening by DVHDUFKWHDPRQWKH5RQNHO&UHHN7UDLO7KH \RXWKZDVLQJRRGFRQGLWLRQDQGZDONHGRXWRI WKHZRRGHGDUHDIRXUPLOHVVRXWKRI&DVFDGH /RFNV6RPHSHUVRQVMRLQHGLQWKHVHDUFK 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 17-18, 1990 A school bus has been the only Umatilla &RXQW\ FDVXDOW\ RI (DVWHUQ 2UHJRQ¶V IRUHVW ¿UHV WKLV VXPPHU 7KH EXV EXUQHG ODWH ODVW ZHHNVRXWKZHVWRI-RKQ'D\VDLG'RXJ)ODWW vice president for operations of the Pendleton %XV&RPSDQ\)LUH¿JKWHUVKDYHEHHQEDWWOLQJ WZRODUJH¿UHVEHWZHHQ%XUQVDQG-RKQ'D\ which have now burned more than 20,000 acres combined. No one was near the bus ZKHQLWFDXJKWRQ¿UH%XW'HEUD/LQFROQRI Pendleton, the driver of the bus and the Pend- OHWRQ%XV&RPSDQ\¶V¿UHVXSSUHVVLRQOLDLVRQ DQG D ¿UH¿JKWHU KDG WR WDNH FRYHU IURP WKH VSUHDGLQJ ¿UH XQGHU D ¿UHSURRI FRYHU )ODWW VDLG6KHKDGGULYHQWKHEXVWRWKH¿UHOLQHIRU WKH)RUHVW6HUYLFH7KH¿UHVKLIWHGVRRQDIWHU 6KHDQGWKH¿UH¿JKWHUVSHQWDERXWIRXUKRXUV LQ WKH PDNHVKLIW VKHOWHU EHIRUH KHOS DUULYHG Flatt 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 7RGD\LVWKHWKGD\RI 7KHUHDUHGD\VOHIW in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 18, 1587, Virginia Dare became the ¿UVWFKLOGRI(QJOLVKSDUHQWV to be born in present-day America, on what is now 5RDQRNH ,VODQG LQ 1RUWK &DUROLQD +RZHYHU WKH 5RDQRNH FRORQ\ HQGHG XS mysteriously disappearing.) On this date: In 1838 WKH ¿UVW PDULQH expedition sponsored by the U.S. government set sail from Hampton Roads, Virginia; the crews traveled WKH VRXWKHUQ 3DFL¿F 2FHDQ JDWKHULQJVFLHQWL¿FLQIRUPD- tion. In 1846, U.S. forces led by General Stephen W. Kearny captured Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson issued his Proclamation of Neutrality, DLPHGDWNHHSLQJWKH8QLWHG STONE SOUP BIG NATE States out of World War I. 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