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East Oregonian
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Friday, October 2, 2015
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Caregivers for sick pets also
deserve respite from stress
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: Our family dog
would like to get to know. “Karla” and
recently passed away after a year-long
my son have been married for four
decline. I had grown up with him. He
years. My dilemma is texting. Karla
had reached the point where he needed
refuses to carry on conversations on
daily care for his body, even though
the phone or in person. Everything has
his mind was 100 percent there. Near
to be texted. When I have explained
the end, things got very bad. I got only
to her that I wanted to get to know
about four hours of broken sleep a
her better and felt that texts were
night caring for him, and no one in the
impersonal, she claimed that they are
Jeanne
family would help me. During part of Phillips all she has time for between working
his daily care routine, he had a second
and taking care of the children.
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accident all over the freshly cleaned
I don’t mind watching the children;
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I’d just like to know a day in advance
He’s gone now, and I can barely live with unless it’s an emergency. Abby, she is rude,
myself. When I think about it, I get nauseated disrespectful and treats me like a servant
and dry-heave. I literally hate myself. In my rather than a family member. Am I wrong to
book, exhaustion doesn’t give anyone the expect non-emergency things to be scheduled
right to do what I did. I’m old enough to know in advance, or is it acceptable to text and say,
better. This makes me want to change my life “Hey, I need you to watch the kids. Be here at
plans and never have another pet or have chil- noon”? — Hurt Feelings
dren — just in case. Am I right? — Lowlife
Dear Hurt Feelings: No, you’re not
In The Usa
wrong. The next time you receive a text like
Dear “Lowlife”: Please accept my the one you quoted, send one back that says,
sympathy for the loss of your beloved furry “Not available then — need more warning.
friend. While what happened is regrettable, Ask sooner next time.”
you are wrong to beat yourself up the way
Dear Abby: I am blessed to be 70 years
you are. There is something called “caregiver old and have few problems. Your column
burnout,” which I’m advising you to research. today got me wondering about something.
When caregivers are stressed and sleep-de- You answered, “For Pete’s sake...” to a
prived, mental health advisers urge them question. I just wondered, who is Pete? I have
WR¿QGUHVSLWHFDUHIRUWKHLUSDWLHQW/DFNRI heard the expression all my life and am just
sleep can cause people to react badly.
curious. — Dale In The South
If your family had been more supportive
Dear Dale: That’s a good question,
and you had had proper rest, you probably because I didn’t know where the phrase
would not have snapped. What happened came from either. “For Pete’s sake” is a mild
does not mean you are doomed to repeat this oath. According to my online research, it’s
with another pet or a child.
a cleaned-up version of what was originally
Dear Abby: I have a daughter-in-law I “For Christ’s sake.”
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
Oct. 2, 1915
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murder of Mrs. and Mrs. Charles Ogilvy was
commenced this morning, the case having
been advanced on the calendar by reason of
the settlement or continuance of other cases.
By noon today the regular jury panel, drawn
for this term of court, had been exhausted
and the case was postponed until Monday at
which time a special venire of 15 will be at
hand. Eleven jurors were passed for cause this
morning by both the defense and state and six
were excused for cause. When the twelfth
juror is passed, there will still be eighteen
peremptory challenges which may be exer-
cised, the state having six and the defense
twelve in a murder trial. Dale is accused of
the murder of Charles Ogilvy and his wife at
their ranch on California Gulch. The principal
evidence of the state is circumstantial, though
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as their assailant.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 2, 1965
Bureau of Reclamation development in
North Morrow County is drawing interest
in Washington, D.C., Morrow County Judge
Paul Jones said Thursday. Both Secretary
of the Interior Stewart Udall and Rep. Al
Ullman have expressed interest in a large
irrigation project for the area. Jones said
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Thursday to pick up all information on the
proposed developments. A group of Eastern
and Western Oregon investors announced
plans to invest $5.75 million in developing an
irrigation district and said they would need a
work force of 200-300 persons for potato and
alfalfa processing plants.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 2, 1990
The Pilot Rock Rockets have canceled a
scheduled Columbia Basin Conference high
school football game for the second week in a
row. Pilot Rock, which forfeited to Wahtonka
Friday, will forfeit to Heppner in a game
originally scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday at
Heppner. Pilot Rock is low in numbers, with
just 15 players at its last practice, Pilot Rock
coach Deacon Perkins said. Pilot Rock started
the season with 22 on the roster, but attrition’s
been high. Players are missing because of
“injuries, disciplinary kinds of things and
eligibility problems,” Perkins said. “We’re
down to playing inexperienced kids, it’s kind
of a sad state of affairs.”
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
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BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is the 275th day of
2015. There are 90 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On October 2, 1985,
actor Rock Hudson, 59, died
at his home in Beverly Hills,
California, after battling
AIDS.
On this date:
In 1780, British spy
John Andre was hanged in
Tappan, New York, during
the Revolutionary War.
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the Texas Revolution took
place as American settlers
fought Mexican soldiers
near the Guadalupe River;
the Mexicans ended up
withdrawing.
In
1890,
comedian
Groucho Marx was born
Julius Marx in New York.
In
1919,
President
Woodrow Wilson suffered a
serious stroke at the White
House that left him para-
lyzed on his left side.
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crushed the two-month-old
Warsaw Uprising, during
which a quarter of a million
people had been killed.
In 1955, the suspense
anthology “Alfred Hitch-
cock Presents” premiered on
CBS-TV.
In
1967, Thurgood
Marshall was sworn as an
associate justice of the U.S.
Supreme Court as the court
opened its new term.
In 2002, the Wash-
ington, D.C.-area sniper
attacks began, setting off
a frantic manhunt lasting
three weeks. (John Allen
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for 10 killings and three
woundings;
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if a man is honest — ask him.
If he says ‘yes’ you know
he is a crook.” — Groucho
Marx (1890-1977).
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BY LINCOLN PEIRCE