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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Girlfriend’s business contact
arouses man’s suspicion
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I’m a divorced man
slapped me across the face a few
dating a divorcee, “Sylvie,” who is
nights ago. He has never done that
eight years younger. I recently learned
before, and he promised he’d never
do it again. After he hit me he imme-
she had an affair before we met, and it
diately apologized, but said I was
is affecting the way I see her.
partly at fault because I had taunted
The man she had the affair with
and belittled him. I love him very
is still married. I had an affair while
much and know he would never want
I was married, and although I under-
to
hurt me.
stand how affairs can happen, I don’t
Jeanne
We’re both in our 20s and have
condone them. It took me several Phillips
expressed our devout love for each
years to forgive myself for the hurt
Advice
other. My boyfriend is the sweetest
my actions caused.
guy and truly makes me a happier
Sylvie tells me things are over
with this man, yet she continues to do busi- person, but I don’t know if I can fully trust
ness with him. In my mind she ought to ind and be in love with him after he hit me. I feel
alternative vendors to deal with. We have partly responsible for what happened that
spoken about it, and she insists no one else night, but I know I didn’t deserve to be hit.
Is my boyfriend an abuser? He has been
in our area carries or represents the product
nothing but caring and supportive and shows
line he offers.
I feel if she truly is over him, then all no other signs of being abusive. What should
communication, both personal and profes- I do? — Taken Aback Out West
Dear Taken Aback: Let me point out that
sional, should cease. It’s not that I don’t trust
Sylvie, but I believe things might reignite abusers do not start out relationships by being
between them in a weak moment. Am I being that way. But once slapping starts, it often
escalates to pushing, hitting and more serious
ridiculous? — Dazed In Wisconsin
Dear Dazed: You’re not being ridiculous, violence. One of the hallmarks of an abuser is
but the truth is you don’t completely trust blaming the victim by saying he/she deserved
Sylvie when she says the affair is history. For it, and it is a big, red warning sign.
Because you have said that your boyfriend
her to sacriice a necessary business contact
because you are insecure would be a mistake. has never shown any other signs of being
There would be inancial consequences, and abusive in your three-year relationship,
she has no guarantee that her relationship consider this incident an unfortunate one-time
occurrence. But keep your eyes wide open in
with you will progress beyond dating.
Dear Abby: My boyfriend of three years case it wasn’t.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
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BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 27, 1916
As the campaign for the election of a queen
of the Rose Festival becomes warmer, interest
in the candidacy of Miss Muriel Saling of
Pendleton continues to grow and new support
is being extended every day. This morning
Charles Keen, who has organized a new
orchestra in the city, announced that he would
open at the Eagle-Woodman hall Saturday
evening for a weekly series of parties and that
he would give half of the net proceeds of the
irst dance to the local campaign fund. The
Civic Club yesterday endorsed Miss Saling
and purchased 10,000 votes to aid in her elec-
tion. The W.C.T.U. and the parent-teachers’
association are also planning on extending
support. All of the lodges and organizations
have been asked to endorse her and aid in the
campaign in order to make it an all-Pendleton
affair.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 27, 1966
Sam Kash Kash, chairman of the Umatilla
General Tribal Council, received an invita-
tion from President Johnson to attend the
swearing in ceremony of Robert Bennett as
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
commissioner of Indian affairs Wednesday,
April 27, in the east room of the White House.
The invitation came by wire from W. Marvin
Watson, special assistant to the president,
Monday. Kash Kash replied: “Thank you for
invitation to attend swearing in ceremony of
Robert Bennett. Regret that I shall be unable to
attend. Please extend my congratulations and
best wishes for a successful administration to
Bob.” “There wasn’t enough time for me to
prepare for the trip, largely due to previous
commitments,” Kash Kash said, adding that
he and others on the council felt honored to
receive the invitation.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 27, 1991
A new, permanent population is emerging
in northern Umatilla and Morrow counties,
and area civic leaders say mainstream society
has been slow to accept it. The agricultural
economies of both counties have boomed in
the past ive years, and so has the year-round
Hispanic population. Tentative 1990 census
igures show a 556 percent increase in the
Umatilla County Hispanic population from
1980 to 1990. In Morrow County, there was a
234 percent increase in the Hispanic popula-
tion over the same period.
Today is the 118th day of
2016. There are 248 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On April 27, 1986, a
video pirate calling himself
“Captain Midnight” inter-
rupted a movie on HBO
with a printed onscreen
message protesting home
satellite de-scrambling fees.
(Captain Midnight turned out
to be John R. MacDougall of
Florida, who was ined and
placed on probation.)
On this date:
In 1521, Portuguese
explorer Ferdinand Magellan
was killed by natives in the
Philippines.
In 1791, the inventor of
the telegraph, Samuel Morse,
was born in Charlestown,
Massachusetts.
In 1822, the 18th pres-
ident of the United States,
Ulysses S. Grant, was born in
Point Pleasant, Ohio.
In 1865, the steamer
Sultana, carrying freed Union
prisoners of war, exploded
on the Mississippi River near
Memphis, Tennessee; death
toll estimates vary from
1,500 to 2,000.
In
1891,
Russian
composer Sergei Prokoiev
was born in present-day
Ukraine.
In 1925, the song “Yes,
Sir! That’s My Baby” by
Walter Donaldson and Gus
Kahn was published by
Irving Berlin, Inc. of New
York.
In 1938, King Zog I
of the Albanians married
Countess Geraldine Apponyi
de Nagy-Apponyi.
In 1941, German forces
occupied Athens during
World War II.
In 1967, Expo ‘67 was
oficially opened in Montreal
by Canadian Prime Minister
Lester B. Pearson.
In 1973, Acting FBI
Director L. Patrick Gray
resigned after it was revealed
that he’d destroyed iles
removed from the safe of
Watergate conspirator E.
Howard Hunt.
In 1982, the trial of John
W. Hinckley Jr., who had
shot four people, including
President Ronald Reagan,
began in Washington. (The
trial ended with Hinckley’s
acquittal by reason of
insanity.)
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Anouk Aimee is 84.
Rock musician Jim Keltner
is 74. Rhythm-and-blues
singer Cuba Gooding is 72.
Singer Ann Peebles is 69.
Rock singer Kate Pierson
(The B-52’s) is 68. Rhythm-
and-blues singer Herbie
Murrell (The Stylistics) is
67. Actor Douglas Sheehan
is 67. Rock musician Ace
Frehley is 65. Pop singer
Sheena Easton is 57. Actor
James Le Gros is 54. Rock
musician Rob Squires
(Big Head Todd and the
Monsters) is 51. Singer
Mica Paris is 47. Actor
David Lascher is 44. Actress
Maura West is 44. Actress
Sally Hawkins is 40. Rock
singer Jim James (My
Morning Jacket) is 38. Rock
musician Patrick Hallahan
(My Morning Jacket) is 38.
Rock singer-musician Travis
Meeks (Days of the New) is
37. Rock singer-musician
Patrick Stump (Fall Out
Boy) is 32.
Thought for Today:
“Fear not those who argue
but those who dodge.” —
Dale Carnegie, American
writer-lecturer (1888-1955).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE