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East Oregonian
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Recent grad should mention
pregnancy during job hunt
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I am a recent nursing
ship for husbands, wives, relatives or
school graduate. My husband and I
friends of compulsive gamblers who
have a 1-year-old, and I just found out
have been affected by their loved
I’m pregnant again.
one’s problem. Its website is www.
I’d like to get a job as soon as I can.
gam-anon.org. Please check it out.
My question is, should I tell prospec-
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tive employers I’m pregnant? I don’t
Northwest and lately there has been a
want to be passed over because of
lot of news about an impending major
my “condition,” but I also don’t want
earthquake due to hit our region. We
Jeanne
to be hired and immediately inform Phillips understand it may not happen for a
them I’ll need time off when the baby
very long time, but it could also strike
Advice
comes. Am I legally or ethically obli-
soon. We are planning to move to
gated to disclose that I’m pregnant at
another part of the U.S. for our safety.
an interview? — A Nurse In Michigan
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Dear Nurse: I think you have an ethical retain my job status and seniority.
obligation to inform your prospective
The problem we see is, what do we tell
employer. However, you are not legally obli- people — friends and co-workers — about
gated to disclose that you are pregnant. If you the reason for this transfer? We don’t want to
were not hired because of your pregnancy, come off as “Chicken Little” for something
you might have a claim for discrimination. that may not occur within our lifetimes, but
And the same is true if you were retaliated we also don’t want to endanger ourselves
against for not volunteering the information.
unnecessarily. Should we just say we are
Dear Abby: My wife of 12 years, “Marie,” moving for “family reasons” or tell the truth
has a serious gambling problem. Every night, or something else? — Running Away In
she goes straight from work to the casino and Vancouver
stays there at least until 1 a.m. We both have
Dear Running Away: Living in Southern
low-paying jobs, and we can’t afford this. California, this subject comes up in conversa-
Every time I mention it she gets really mad tion periodically whenever we have a tremor.
and stalks out of the room. Not only is it an Years ago, after one of them, I met a woman
expensive habit, but I hardly ever get to see who informed me that she and her husband
her anymore. Please help. — Confused In were moving out of state for the same reason
Washington
you are doing it. (I hope she’s enjoying the
Dear Confused: It appears you are winters!)
married to a gambling addict who is in denial.
If you are not comfortable informing
That’s why it’s important to separate your people that your reason for relocating is
¿QDQFHVIURPKHUVLI\RXFDQ$ODZ\HUFDQ fear of an untimely death, I don’t think you
help you do that.
are required to. It wouldn’t be dishonest,
There is an organization that might help however, to say that you are looking for a
you called Gam-Anon. It’s a 12-step fellow- new adventure.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 26-27, 1915
“Bill” Darby, former meatcutter at the
Central market in Pendleton and who has
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France, has been wounded twice, once in the
arm and once through the thigh. However,
he is recovering and pluckily says he will
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Darby had been wounded was received here
today by James Boddy, friend and fellow
workman of the wounded soldier. Darby left
here for Canada shortly after the war started
and joined a Canadian regiment, going to the
front.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 26-27, 1965
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loader destroyed a grain storage plant on the
Ron Rew ranch on Rieth Ridge yesterday
afternoon. Around 8,000 bushels of wheat
were lost, and the 22,000 bushel building was
a total loss, said Russ McKennon, manager,
Pendleton Grain Growers. McKennon said a
PGG crew was loading grain for trucking to
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from PGG was sent to the scene, but could not
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sprayed the surrounding area to control
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both covered by insurance, said McKennon.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 26-27, 1990
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batch of locally produced crack cocaine
turned out to be ephedrine, another controlled
substance, which was discovered at a clan-
destine lab in Boardman Thursday afternoon.
Michael R. Nelson, a 32-year-old Boardman
man who was on probation for a previous
drug conviction, was arrested at his Route 1
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discovered lab equipment during a routine
visit. More arrests are expected as the inves-
tigation continues, Jeff Wallace, Morrow
County district attorney, said. The chemical
action of ephedrine is similar to adrenalin,
stimulating the nervous system, according to
medical experts.
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
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 300th day of
2015. There are 65 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Oct. 27, 1787, the
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a series of essays calling for
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States Constitution, was
published.
On this date:
In 1858, the 26th pres-
ident of the United States,
Theodore Roosevelt, was
born in New York City.
In 1880, Theodore Roos-
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Alice Lee.
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celebration of Navy Day
took place.
In 1938, Du Pont
announced a name for
its new synthetic yarn:
“nylon.”
In 1947, “You Bet Your
Life,” starring Groucho
Marx, premiered on ABC
Radio. (It later became a
television show on NBC.)
In 1954, U.S. Air Force
Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
was promoted to brigadier
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in the USAF. Walt Disney’s
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titled “Disneyland” after the
yet-to-be completed theme
park, premiered on ABC.
In 1962, during the
Cuban Missile Crisis, a
U-2 reconnaissance aircraft
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over Cuba, killing the pilot,
U.S. Air Force Maj. Rudolf
Anderson Jr.
In 1978, Egyptian Presi-
dent Anwar Sadat and Israeli
Prime Minister Menachem
Begin were named winners
of the Nobel Peace Prize
for their progress toward
achieving a Middle East
accord.
In 1980, opera star
Beverly Sills gave her last
public performance during a
farewell gala at New York’s
Lincoln Center.
In 1990, death claimed
bandleader Xavier Cugat at
age 90, author Elliott Roos-
evelt at age 80 and French
movie director Jacques
Demy (“The Umbrellas of
Cherbourg”) at age 59.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Nanette Fabray is 95.
Actor-comedian John Cleese
is 76. Author Maxine Hong
Kingston is 75. Country
singer Lee Greenwood is
73. Producer-director Ivan
Reitman is 69. Country
singer-musician Jack Daniels
is 66. Rock musician Garry
Tallent (Bruce Springsteen
& the E Street Band) is 66.
Author Fran Lebowitz is
65. Rock musician K.K.
Downing is 64. TV person-
ality Jayne Kennedy is 64.
Actor-director
Roberto
Benigni is 63. Actor Peter
Firth is 62. Actor Robert
Picardo is 62. World Golf
Hall of Famer Patty Sheehan
is 59. Country musician Jerry
Dale McFadden (The Maver-
icks) is 51. Internet news
editor Matt Drudge is 49.
Rock musician Jason Finn
(Presidents of the United
States of America) is 48.
Thought for Today:
“Happiness is a way station
between too much and too
little.” — Channing Pollock,
American author and drama-
tist (1880-1946).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE