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Thursday, January 28, 2016
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Long marriage is left in limbo
by wife’s attraction to women
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: After 27 years of
media with their tongues hanging out.
marriage, my wife told me she is
The children then mimic their moms
attracted to other women. To my
and their photos are disgusting as well.
knowledge, she has acted on this only
I would love to have photos of my
once.
children minus the slimy organ.
Every day I wonder where our rela-
Is this accepted behavior in our
tionship stands. One day she can’t see
society now? Please, can someone
herself without me; the next, she says
enlighten me as to the inspiration
we should divorce. I don’t know if I
of this repulsive action? — Closed-
Jeanne
should end this or wait to see where Phillips Mouthed In The South
it goes.
Dear Closed-Mouthed: I suspect
Advice
I will need counseling if we
it originated back in the 1970s when
divorce, but currently I can’t afford it.
Gene Simmons of Kiss licked his
Yes, I love her, but what matters most to me is way to the top of the music charts. Lately,
that she is happy. I don’t have anyone else to Miley Cyrus took up the torch and is keeping
talk to about this. Any suggestions? — Mr. D. it burning brightly. Children often stick out
In California
their tongues when they are forced to have
Dear Mr. D.: After 27 years of marriage I their picture taken or are trying to be funny,
can only imagine how shocking your wife’s but I don’t think Gene and Miley fall into that
revelation must have been for you. That she category. Quite the opposite, in fact.
is ambivalent about your marriage must be
Dear Abby: Sometimes I’ll call a close
deeply painful because you are being treated friend or business associate for lunch with the
like a yo-yo.
goal of having a quality one-on-one conversa-
The book “The Other Side of the Closet,” tion on a wide range of topics. After the lunch
by Amity Pierce Buxton, Ph.D., has been is set, more than one of them has then invited
mentioned before in my column and has other people I know, but with whom I do not
proven helpful to others in your situation. have the same quality relationship. It is not a
There is also a support group called the pleasant surprise.
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Straight Spouse Network (www.straight-
spouse.org), which offers emotional support changes the dynamic of the conversation. I
after a wife or a husband comes out as yours never say anything about it, but it bothers me.
did. Please don’t wait to read the book and Is my reaction reasonable, or should I just roll
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Dear Thwarted: Your reaction is perfectly
comforting.
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of many grandchildren and great-grandchil- should have shared your feelings with the
dren. Looking through my photo albums, I person who did it. It has happened again
can’t complain that I don’t have enough photos because you didn’t speak up. Now you will
have to warn the person you’re inviting in
of my children, but it’s a parade of tongues.
Their mothers all post photos on social advance.
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
Jan. 28, 1916
Under instructions from Mayor J. A. Best,
the big barn on Chestnut street which has
lately been used as a dance hall was yesterday
afternoon condemned for such use by the
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had been done in the upper story of the barn,
to reach which the dancers had to ascend a
narrow ladder in one end of the barn. In the
upper story two stoves had been set up and
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would have been trapped. Moreover, there
have been complaints of immoral dancing
and disorderly conduct at the dances.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 28, 1966
Over at Pilot Rock it was believed after
last Saturday’s 101-46 romp over Weston
that Jack Miller’s 33 points for the Rockets
tied a school record. But a check of the East
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reveals that Marvin Walpole, forward, scored
40 points for Pilot Rock in a 52-33 win over
Weston Friday, Feb. 11, 1944. Walpole, a
high scorer in many other games during his
prep career at Pilot Rock, thus is entitled to
the Rocket record. He presently is going to
school at the University of Oregon at Eugene
seeking his masters degree, and in recent
years has been an accountant at Roseburg.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 28, 1991
Nearly 70 people walked in a procession
through downtown Pendleton Saturday,
wearing ribbons and toting signs with
anti-war slogans. Afterwards participants
sang songs of peace and spoke against war
in the Middle East. Organizers called it the
“Peace Walk.” Participants of all ages walked
through Pendleton’s core area quietly, many
of them with their children and some with
their dogs. Organizer Charlie Briggs started
the “open mike” period by saying people
joined the walk with varying degrees of
sentiment about the war and U.S. military
involvement in the Middle East. But most
of the speakers condemned the use of force
to reach political resolutions and derided the
American people’s acceptance of violence as
a way to settle disputes.
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 28th day of
2016. There are 338 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlights in
History:
On Jan. 28, 1915,
the United States Coast
Guard was created as
President Woodrow Wilson
signed a bill merging the
Life-Saving Service and
Revenue Cutter Service.
The American merchant
vessel SS William P. Frye,
en route to England with
a cargo of wheat, became
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sunk during World War I
by a German cruiser, the SS
Prinz Eitel Friedrich, even
though the United States
was not at war.
On this date:
In 1547, England’s King
Henry VIII died; he was
succeeded by his 9-year-old
son, Edward VI.
In 1813, the novel “Pride
and Prejudice” by Jane
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anonymously in London.
In 1909, the United
States withdrew its forces
from Cuba as Jose Miguel
Gomez became president.
In 1945, during World
War II, Allied supplies
began reaching China over
the newly reopened Burma
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the Vietnam War.
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mats who had avoided
being taken hostage at their
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out of Iran with the help of
Canadian diplomats.
In 1985, the charity
supergroup USA for Africa
recorded the Michael Jack-
son-Lionel Richie song “We
Are the World” at A&M
Studios in Los Angeles.
In 1986, the space shuttle
Challenger exploded 73
seconds after liftoff from
Cape Canaveral, killing all
seven crew members.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actor Nicholas Pryor is
81. Actor Alan Alda is 80.
Actress Susan Howard is
74. Actress Marthe Keller
is 71. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen,
D-N.H., is 69. Actress-
singer Barbi Benton is 66.
Evangelical pastor Rick
Warren is 62. Former French
President Nicolas Sarkozy
is 61. Actress Harley Jane
Kozak is 59. Movie director
Frank Darabont is 57. Rock
musician Dave Sharp is 57.
Singer Sarah McLachlan is
48. DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill)
is 48. Singer Joey Fatone
Jr. (‘N Sync) is 39. Rapper
Rick Ross is 39. Singer Nick
Carter (Backstreet Boys) is
36. Actor Elijah Wood is 35.
Thought for Today: “It
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impossible, for the dream
of yesterday is the hope
of today and the reality of
tomorrow.” — Robert H.
Goddard, American rocket
engineer (1882-1945).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE