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Thursday, March 31, 2016
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Ending dog’s suffering is
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BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Dear Abby: How do I talk to
their lives, something that Sunny
my husband about putting his dog
hasn’t been able to do for a long time.
“Sunny” to sleep? My husband is the
Suggest he contact Sunny’s
most loving, caring, generous person
veterinarian and talk to him/her about
I have ever met, and I don’t know
his beloved dog’s condition, because
how to tell him it’s time to let his best
I’m pretty sure the vet will agree
friend go.
with me. Then be prepared, because
Sunny is 15 1/2 years old and can
your husband may be so bonded with
barely walk because of bad hips. The
Sunny that he will need grief coun-
Jeanne
poor thing can see only shadows and Phillips seling after his dog is no more.
is almost completely deaf. He has
Dear Readers: A group of distin-
Advice
been like this for the last two years
guished psychiatrists, the Group
and is deteriorating steadily.
for the Advancement of Psychiatry
I’m trying to be understanding and (GAP), needs help from some of you.
supportive. I bought reusable diapers when They need feedback from gay, bisexual or
Sunny could no longer control his bowels transgender people, many of whom have
and bladder. I carry him outside multiple H[SHULHQFHGFRQÀLFWVZLWKWKHLUIDLWKEHFDXVH
times a day and hold him up so he can urinate of who they are attracted to or their gender
without the diaper. I wash him regularly after identity. Many, while attempting “conver-
he soils himself. It is very sad. I keep hoping sion” treatment, experienced great emotional
he will pass on in his sleep so my husband distress, but never considered consulting a
won’t have to make the call, but he is still mental health professional because they had
clinging to life.
been discouraged from doing so by their faith
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husband because he knows I’m frustrated H[SHULHQFHG FRXOG EHQH¿W LQGLYLGXDOV ZKR
with constantly cleaning up pee and poop need help and haven’t gotten it. Your input
and washing bedding after there has been is important. It will give GAP psychiatrists
an accident. I don’t want him to think I want a broader representation of people than they
him to put the dog to sleep just because it is could get from any other source.
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Sunny’s quality of life is zero. The only this important study. The Internet address
thing he can do is eat and sleep. Is that to send your comments is mary.barber@
enough? Am I wrong? What should I say to omh.ny.gov. For those who don’t have email
my husband to put the poor animal out of his access, GAP’s mailing address is: P.O. Box
misery? — It’s Time, In Reno
570218, Dallas, TX 75357-0218. In the past,
Dear It’s Time: Your husband is doing his readers have been generous in “telling it like
best friend no favor by letting him linger this it is,” and I hope you will continue because
way. What’s going on now isn’t fair to Sunny your experiences are important. Your partici-
or to you. You might point out that dogs were pation may help to effect positive changes in
put on this earth to run and play and enjoy the treatment of patients. — Love, Abby
DAYS GONE BY
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BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
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Falling over a cliff 200 feet high, little six
year old Velma Fletcher, daughter of Robert
Fletcher, a McKay creek rancher, had a
narrow escape from death Wednesday. As it
was she sustained a fracture of the thigh bone
and a bad scalp wound besides innumerable
bruises. The cliff was not perpendicular for
the full distance, else death would have been
her fate. She rolled part of the way, bouncing
from ledge to ledge. She was brought to Pend-
leton and Dr. Hattery attended to the injuries.
She is at the hospital now and is reported to be
improving.
50 Years Ago
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Drinking is expensive, a group of young
people learned here Wednesday. “I can’t stop
you from drinking, but I can make it expen-
sive,” District Court Judge Henry Kaye said as
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arrested Tuesday night in a raid on a beer
party. The raid on a duplex 1 1/2 miles north
of Pendleton on the old Walla Walla Highway
came after neighbors complained of the noise.
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25 Years Ago
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A lone man blazes a trail through the desert
sage in anticipation others will follow. His
course traverses the rolling terrain amid basalt
buttes, rock formations, sandy berms and
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of turning Hermiston’s most distinctive
landmark — the Hermiston Butte — into
a backdrop for a cross country walking and
jogging course. He is using an old, borrowed
Ford tractor with a blade, a shovel and copious
amounts of sweat and muscle to carve out a
trail along the base of the butte. It is essentially
a community project, covering land owned by
Good Shepherd Community Hospital and the
city of Hermiston. Spomer envisions a kind
of nature park where people can walk or run
around the course. It will also double as a
training and competition course for the high
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY
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Today is the 91st day of
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President Lyndon B. Johnson
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not seek re-election.
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marking its completion.
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dance marathon, held in
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feet.
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of a movie in Wilmington,
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in Corpus Christi, Texas, by
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convicted of murder and
sentenced to life in prison.
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41, died at a hospice in
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days after her feeding tube
was removed in a wrenching
right-to-die dispute.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
William Daniels is 89. Hockey
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Howe is 88. Actor Richard
Chamberlain is 82. Actress
Shirley Jones is 82. Country
singer-songwriter John D.
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Herb Alpert is 81. Sen. Patrick
Leahy, D-Vt., is 76. Former
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D-Mass., is 76. Actor Chris-
topher Walken is 73. Former
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Actress Rhea Perlman is 68.
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McClure is 59. Alt-country
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Thought for Today: “An
optimist may see a light where
there is none, but why must the
pessimist always run to blow
it out?” — Rene Descartes,
French philosopher (born this
date in 1596, died 1650).
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