Page 10A East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Friday, May 27, 2016 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Give thanks on Memorial Day during moment of remembrance FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER GARFIELD BLONDIE BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE Dear Abby: My mother died in Dear Abby: Americans are at their best when they unite around a noble her sleep last year at our home. She purpose. On Memorial Day, that was 97. We cleaned the carpets and purpose is the National Moment of repainted the room, removed the Remembrance. On that day, all Amer- hospital bed and replaced it with a icans are asked to pause wherever brand-new one. they are at 3 p.m. local time to honor We recently asked some friends to our fallen. stay overnight at our house, and they In 1971, No Greater Love, a patri- called back to ask if they would be Jeanne otic organization, was founded by a Phillips staying in the room Mama had died woman named Carmella LaSpada. in. We have a second guest room, Advice It initiated the National Moment of although it’s smaller and so is the Remembrance in 1997, which was bed (full, not a queen). They seemed later established by Congress in 2000. The hesitant. Moment is observed by thousands of Ameri- After the call I found myself feeling cans at Major League Baseball games across offended. I keep thinking that if the shoe the country. was on the other foot, would they shut down For more than 40 years, the AFL-CIO, a room of their home if someone had died North American trade unions, ironworkers, there? We have had other houseguests who sheet metal, air, rail and transportation didn’t mind staying in the room. workers along with No Greater Love have These people are supposed to arrive soon. honored our fallen, our troops, our veterans Should we arrange for them to stay at a hotel? and their families. Our union members are — Feeling Offended proud to support the National Moment of Dear Feeling: Please don’t take their Remembrance. reaction as a personal insult. Many people are As one nation under God, we should squeamish about staying in a room in which join together to honor those who died for someone has died. I see no reason to banish our freedom — each one an American these people to a hotel during their visit. Call treasure. — Eric Dean, General President, them back, offer them the smaller guest room International Association Of Bridge, and enjoy their visit. Structural, Ornamental And Reinforcing Dear Abby: I’m a 77-year-old man. I Iron Workers am not currently involved with a woman, Dear Mr. Dean: I am aware of the loyal but I have had two marriages and numerous and generous support the unions have given serious affairs. I’d like to know how it became to No Greater Love and the families who the man’s responsibility to put the toilet seat have lost beloved family members in wars down. Women seem to believe it is written in and military conlicts. For that I thank you. law, a rule by Emily Post or one of the Ten Readers, it is my sincere hope that you will Commandments. — Flushed In Florida take a moment from your busy day to join us Dear Flushed: It’s all of the above. at 3 p.m. in honoring our fallen military men And I think I know why you have had two and women on Memorial Day, Monday, May marriages, numerous serious affairs and are 30. — Love, Abby not currently involved. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 27, 1916 To establish a wheat cleaning and grading plant in Pendleton for the purpose of cleaning wheat to be shipped east in bulk is being actively discussed in farmers union circles and it is said that tentative plans for such an establishment are likely to be carried out. If the enterprise is carried through it will mean an important new industry for Pendleton and that a large part of the wheat of the inland empire will be shipped east via Pendleton and here cleaned and graded in transit. The plan contemplated at present calls for the use of the property on East Webb street, owned by the Farmers Union. The property provides trackage arrangements with both railroads and is adapted to the purpose of a cleaning plant. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 27, 1966 Catherine Sue Etter, 17, has been named recipient of a $4,000 Georgia-Paciic Founda- tion scholarship. Miss Etter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Etter, Pilot Rock, graduated in her class of 52 with high honors. Her accu- mulative grade point average was 4.0. She was given a special service award and chosen Girl of the Year on May 20, and also named Future Homemaker of America for 1965-66. She plans to attend Oregon State University this fall where she will enter with scholarship honors. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 27, 1991 Excitement is in the air at Lincoln and West Hills elementary schools. Learning about France has been made fun. Students can be heard saying “bonjour!” and “oui, oui!” The parents of the students, and others in Pendleton, have caught on to the excitement. What prompted this keen interest in a foreign language and country? That’s easy. Seventeen ifth graders and three advisers from Melun, France, have been in Pendleton since May 15, visiting as many places as possible. The students have stayed with the families of children attending West Hills and Lincoln schools. The Association French American Classes arranged the visit, with the help of Susan DeMarsh, principal of the two schools. The visit has provided an opportunity for the children to exchange cultural experiences and has fostered interest in foreign language study. THIS DAY IN HISTORY DILBERT THE WIZARD OF ID LUANN ZITS BY SCOTT ADAMS BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART BY GREG EVANS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN Today is the 148th day of 2016. There are 218 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights in History: On May 27, 1941, the British Royal Navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off France with a loss of some 2,000 lives, three days after the Bismarck sank the HMS Hood with the loss of more than 1,400 lives. Amid rising world tensions, Pres- ident Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed an “unlimited national emergency” during a radio address from the White House. On this date: In 1896, 255 people were killed when a tornado struck St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois. In 1929, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. married Anne Morrow in Englewood, New Jersey. In 1933, the Chicago World’s Fair, celebrating “A Century of Progress,” ofi- cially opened. Walt Disney’s Academy Award-winning animated short “The Three Little Pigs” was irst released. In 1935, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, unanimously struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act, a key compo- nent of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” legislative program. In 1936, the Cunard liner RMS Queen Mary left England on its maiden voyage to New York. The irst Aer Lingus light took place as a de Havilland Dragon carried ive passen- gers from Dublin to Bristol, England. In 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California, was opened to pedestrian trafic (vehicles began crossing the next day). Today’s Birthdays: Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Herman Wouk is 101. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is 93. Former FBI Director William Sessions is 86. Actress Lee Meriwether is 81. Musician Ramsey Lewis is 81. Actor Louis Gossett Jr. is 80. Rhythm-and-blues singer Raymond Sanders (The Persuasions) is 77. Actor Bruce Weitz is 73. Singer Siouxsie Sioux (The Creatures, Siouxsie and the Banshees) is 59. Comedian Adam Carolla is 52. Rock musician Sean Kinney (Alice In Chains) is 50. Actor Jack McBrayer is 43. Rapper Andre 3000 (Outkast) is 41. Rapper Jadakiss is 41. Thought for Today: “Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.” — Chuang-Tzu, Chinese essayist (c.369-c.286 B.C.) PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE