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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Mom who wanders at night
could be ill or just nosy
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My mom lives with
getting into a relationship, so I’d brush
off his advances.
me and my hubby. Recently I found
out that she walks around at night
After six years, I realized he was
because she hears noises or is restless
a good man who would do anything
— and puts her ear on our bedroom
for me, so I decided to go on a date.
door, too!
The date led to marriage, but now, ive
I was shocked. I think this is a
years later, we are divorced because I
complete invasion of my privacy, and
realized we were better off as friends
I was embarrassed to no end. I now
rather than spouses.
Jeanne
avoid getting intimate with my hubby, Phillips
He was OK with the divorce and
and he has no idea why.
moving out because he knew I would
Advice
I have to be sensitive about what
be happier, and he wanted me to be
I say to Mom because she underwent
happy. Now that he’s gone, I am sad
surgery recently and she has lot of medical that I have lost my friend. I miss the friendship
issues. How should I handle this? — No Noise we once had, and I’m heartbroken. It feels like
For Ms. Nosy
I have suffered a death. Can you please help
Dear No Noise: The irst thing you should me? I’m not sure what to do. — Lost Out
do is tell your husband why you have been West
avoiding intimacy. If you don’t, he may think
Dear Lost: In a sense, you HAVE suffered
it has something to do with him or the way a death — the death of your marriage. Give
you feel about him, and that’s neither true nor yourself time to grieve.
fair.
If you thought that after divorcing your
Your mother’s wandering around at night husband you could go back to being friends
may be nosiness, or it could be insomnia or as though the marriage never happened, you
other medical issues. Her inability to sleep were unrealistic. From his perspective, he has
should be mentioned to her doctor so the cause been rejected on a very basic level. In order
can be determined. If you’re correct that it’s to get past it, he may need time and distance
nosiness, then it should be handled irmly — from you. That’s understandable.
by you and your husband — and some other
In the meantime, stay busy with friends
living arrangement for her should be made.
and projects because that will give you less
Dear Abby: I have read your column since time to brood. If you’re not exercising, start
I was a little girl. Now, at 35, I need your now. Regular exercise can help to lessen
advice.
depression. However, if your sadness persists,
For years, a friend of mine was in love with discuss it with a licensed psychotherapist so it
me. I didn’t want to ruin the friendship by doesn’t become chronic.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 25, 1916
The delinquency of ifteen year old Frances
Hodges, formerly of this city, was charged to
her mother yesterday in a Portland court by a
jury. After deliberating but 30 minutes a jury
in Judge Morrow’s court late yesterday found
Mrs. Will Hodges guilty of contributing to
the delinquency of her 15-year-old daughter,
Frances, in that she permitted her to frequent
public dances and all-night restaurants, associ-
ating with men of doubtful character. The case
is said to be the irst ever tried in Oregon in
which an attempt was made to ix the respon-
sibility of a parent for a child’s downfall. The
decision is, in the opinion of attorneys, an
important one in that it will affect the status of
all parents with regard to their responsibility
before the law for their children’s actions.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 25, 1966
A ground party late Monday brought out the
bodies of four Eastern Oregon College students
who perished in the crash of a light plane on a
mountain ridge in the rugged Pearson Creek
area about 26 miles south of Pendleton. The
crash occurred sometime around noon Sunday
as the four, Michael Ervin, 18, of Pilot Rock,
Jerry Kreizenbeck 20, of Enterprise, the pilot,
Aaron Hove, 19, of The Dalles and Don
Johnson, 28, Madras, were returning from
Corvallis to La Grande. They were about 15
minutes from their destination when the crash
occurred. The wreckage was almost impos-
sible to spot from the air as the plane hardly
touched a tree. The wreckage might never
have been spotted, as searchers were combing
a wide area from La Grande to The Dalles, if
it had not been for Harold (Bud) Nielsen of
Pendleton, a pilot himself, who was picnicking
in the general vicinity of the crash Sunday and
thought he heard an airplane in trouble.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 25, 1991
A lottery —the irst required since 1982
— is scheduled at 9 a.m. June 10 to decide
which students will be able to enter the
two-year nursing program offered at Blue
Mountain Community College. As many as
55 students may be eligible for 27 spots in the
associate degree program, said Pat Loughary,
dean of college and student services. The
lottery is necessary, Loughary said, because
more students are expected to qualify for the
program than the school is allowed to accept.
The circumstances and lottery were explained
to students in a meeting Tuesday night.
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
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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 146th day of
2016. There are 220 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On May 25, 1916, the
Chicago Tribune published
an interview with Henry
Ford in which the automobile
industrialist was quoted as
saying, “History is more or
less bunk. It’s tradition. We
don’t want tradition. We want
to live in the present and the
only history that is worth a
tinker’s dam is the history we
make today.”
On this date:
In 1787, the Constitu-
tional Convention began
at the Pennsylvania State
House (Independence Hall)
in Philadelphia after enough
delegates had shown up for a
quorum.
In 1810, Argentina began
its revolt against Spanish
rule with the forming of the
Primera Junta in Buenos
Aires.
In 1935, Babe Ruth hit his
last three career home runs
— nos. 712, 713 and 714 —
for the Boston Braves in a
game against the Pittsburgh
Pirates. (The Pirates won,
11-7.)
In 1946, Transjordan
(now Jordan) became a
kingdom as it proclaimed its
new monarch, Abdullah I.
In 1959, the U.S. Supreme
Court, in State Athletic
Commission v. Dorsey,
struck down a Louisiana law
prohibiting interracial boxing
matches. (The case had been
brought by Joseph Dorsey Jr.,
a black professional boxer.)
In 1961, President John
F. Kennedy told Congress: “I
believe that this nation should
commit itself to achieving
the goal, before this decade
is out, of landing a man on
the moon and returning him
safely to the earth.”
In 1968, the Gateway
Arch in St. Louis was
dedicated by Vice President
Hubert Humphrey and Inte-
rior Secretary Stewart Udall.
In 1977, the irst “Star
Wars” ilm (retroactively
designated “Episode IV: A
New Hope”) was released by
Twentieth Century Fox Film
Corp.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Ann Robinson is 87.
Former White House news
secretary Ron Nessen is 82.
Author W.P. Kinsella is 81.
Country singer-songwriter
Tom T. Hall is 80. Actor
Sir Ian McKellen is 77.
Country singer Jessi Colter
is 73. Actress-singer Leslie
Uggams is 73. Movie director
and Muppeteer Frank Oz is
72. Actress Karen Valentine
is 69. Actress Jacki Weaver
is 69. Rock singer Klaus
Meine (The Scorpions) is 68.
Actress Patti D’Arbanville is
65. Playwright Eve Ensler is
63. Actress Connie Sellecca
is 61. Rock singer-musician
Paul Weller is 58. Sen. Amy
Klobuchar, D-Minn., is 56.
Actor-comedian Mike Myers
is 53. Actor Matt Borlenghi
is 49. Actor Joseph Reitman
is 48. Actor-comedian Jamie
Kennedy is 46. Actress
Octavia Spencer is 46. Actor
Cillian Murphy is 40.
Thought for Today:
“History is something that
never happened, written by
someone who wasn’t there.”
— Author unknown.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE