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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
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Wednesday, April 13, 2016
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
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FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
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BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I am a junior in high
took you somewhere other than what
school. Last year, a guy I have known
was agreed upon as a signal that you
for two years began showing a sexual
were willing, even though you didn’t
interest in me. I rejected his advances.
say so.
Last week, he began expressing his
Date rape happens when a fellow
interest again, letting me know he
ends up coercing or forcing a girl to
wanted to have sex. He invited me to
have sex without her consent. Unless
study — only study — but said we
a girl explicitly expresses her willing-
“might” make out.
ness to proceed, it is the responsibility
Jeanne
I was a virgin and had never even Phillips of the boy NOT to proceed.
kissed anyone before. I had just gotten
To me what happened illustrates
Advice
out of a relationship that didn’t end
how important it is for parents to
very well, so I liked the attention. I
talk to their sons and daughters about
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soon as I got in his truck, he started to feel that can have lifelong consequences for both.
me up. He took me to a semi-isolated area If you haven’t already done so, you should
and we ended up having sex. It wasn’t fun or tell your parents what happened. However, if
pleasurable. I told him he was hurting me, but you don’t feel safe doing that, tell a counselor
he didn’t stop until the third time I said it. He at school.
Dear Abby: Can you give me a complete
was very upset with me. He only cared about
list of etiquette rules for parents with divorced
me pleasuring him.
I told two of my close friends about what children? My daughter and her ex-husband
happened. One said he had essentially raped are constantly battling over issues regarding
me. The other said it doesn’t count as rape their two children. Her ex is engaged, and his
because even though I said it hurt, I didn’t soon-to-be wife gives her opinion on every-
say it forcefully enough. Abby, what do you thing to do with parenting the kids. This is
causing a continuous battle, and it isn’t good
think? — Uncertain In Illinois
Dear Uncertain: It appears you and that for the children. — Grandma In Minnesota
Dear Grandma: I will offer just one
boy had a severe breakdown in commu-
nication, which led to your being sexually “rule.” Divorced parents should remember
assaulted. He had made no secret that he that above all, what’s most important is what’s
wanted sex with you, and may have inter- best for the children and maintain consistency
preted your willingness to kiss him after he wherever possible between the households.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
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100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 13, 1916
A building ordinance, to regulate all
building work in the city, to provide for
repairs for buildings that have become
dangerous and to require the paying of fees
for building permits will be presented to the
council at an early meeting. It was suggested
last evening and the city attorney instructed to
draw up the ordinance. The suggestion grew
out of the report that the old City Livery barn
on Thompson street is in a dangerous condi-
tion. The south wall is sagging and threatens
to fall over at any time to the danger of
adjoining property. The council last evening
by resolution ordered the repair or removal
of the building at once. Recorder Fitz Gerald
state that Pendleton is the only city of which
he knows where charges are not made for
building permits.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 13, 1966
Pendleton High School will offer several
new courses next year, including Russian,
and several of its present subjects will have
a new look, Principal G. Don Fossatti told
the school board Tuesday. Fossatti said the
Senior High School Subject Committee has
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
suggested that Russian, business English,
small motor mechanics and orchestra be
added to the curriculum for the 1966-67
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be biology, with more emphasis on lab
work; business law, increased to a full year;
psychology, increased to a full year; creative
writing, increased to a full year; and general
business. A course called science survey
would be dropped.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 13, 1991
“Keeping up with the Joneses” might be
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footsteps with Alva Jones, who recently
celebrated his 100th birthday. Born March 31,
1891, Jones keeps track of current events and
exercises daily. During a recent rare hospital
stay, he soon was challenging hospital
personnel to foot races in the corridors. A
seemingly private person, Jones has outlived
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But he readily discusses the challenges of a
lifetime of farming and his participation in
World War I. “I’ve had a good life, I don’t
know why I’m still hanging around,” he
said. A large number of family members and
friends who came to share his birthday cake
heartily disagreed with that statement.
Today is the 104th day of
2016. There are 262 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On April 13, 1970, Apollo
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to the moon, was crippled
when a tank containing liquid
oxygen burst. (The astronauts
managed to return safely.)
On this date:
In 1613, Pocahontas,
daughter of Chief Powhatan,
was captured by English
Capt. Samuel Argall in the
Virginia Colony. (During
a yearlong captivity, Poca-
hontas converted to Christi-
anity and ultimately opted to
stay with the English.)
In
1742,
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performance in Dublin,
Ireland.
In 1743, the third pres-
ident of the United States,
Thomas Jefferson, was born
in Shadwell in the Virginia
Colony.
In 1861, at the start of
the Civil War, Fort Sumter
in South Carolina fell to
Confederate forces.
In 1912, the Royal Flying
Corps, a predecessor of Brit-
ain’s Royal Air Force, was
created.
In
1943,
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt dedi-
cated the Jefferson Memorial
in Washington, D.C., on the
200th anniversary of the third
American president’s birth.
In 1958, Van Cliburn of
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International Tchaikovsky
Competition for piano in
Moscow; Russian Valery
Klimov won the violin
competition.
In 1964, Sidney Poitier
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performer in a leading role to
win an Academy Award for
his performance in “Lilies of
the Field.”
In 1965, 16-year-old
Lawrence Wallace Bradford,
Jr. was appointed by New
York Republican Jacob Javits
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the U.S. Senate.
In 1975, the President of
Chad, Francois Tombalbaye,
was killed in a military coup.
In 1992, the Great
Chicago Flood took place as
the city’s century-old tunnel
system and adjacent base-
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the Chicago River.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Movie director Stanley
Donen is 92. Former Sen.
Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
R-Colo., is 83. Actor Lyle
Waggoner is 81. Actor
Edward Fox is 79. Actor
Paul Sorvino is 77. Rhythm-
and-blues singer Lester
Chambers is 76. Movie-TV
composer Bill Conti is 74.
Rock musician Jack Casady
is 72. Actor Tony Dow is 71.
Singer Al Green is 70. Actor
Ron Perlman is 66. Actor
William Sadler is 66. Singer
Peabo Bryson is 65. Band-
leader/rock musician Max
Weinberg is 65. Bluegrass
singer-musician Sam Bush
is 64. Rock musician Jimmy
Destri is 62. Singer-musician
Louis Johnson (The Brothers
Johnson) is 61. Comedian
Gary Kroeger is 59. Chess
grandmaster Garry Kasparov
is 53. Singer Lou Bega is
41. Actor-producer Glenn
Howerton is 40. Rapper/
singer Ty Dolla $ign is 34.
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the landscape of extinction,
precision is next to godliness.”
— Samuel Beckett, Irish poet
and playwright (born this
date in 1906, died 1989).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE