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Tuesday, May 31, 2016 PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK East Oregonian Page 7A DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Gay man doesn’t welcome attention from female friend FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I’m a 51-year-old gay female because you relate better to male. I have a sweet, dear friend I’ll men. During this truth session you call “Samantha” who is slightly older. should also say that her demon- strations of affection and apparent The problem is, she wants more than need for emotional and physical friendship. She insists on spending closeness make you uncomfortable. time with me and calls me daily. She (It’s surprising she hasn’t picked up hugs me repeatedly when she goes to on it by now because of your body leave, and kisses my neck or cheek — language.) whichever she can get to. Jeanne The alternative is to end this friend- Samantha has touched me in a way Phillips ship without giving her an explana- that makes me uncomfortable. She Advice tion. Either way, expect Samantha to places herself so her body touches be hurt and disappointed, but if you my hand or arm. When she does, I quickly remove it. She says I remind her explain that being gay is simply part of who of her brother, but I’m not feeling a sibling you are and has no bearing on her, she may relationship here. She invites herself over and be less so. Dear Abby: The year I graduated from gets mad if I tell her I have other plans. I don’t think I should have to discuss my high school I witnessed a horriic car acci- orientation with anyone — including her. It dent that claimed the lives of ive of my is my personal business. I have never done classmates. Since then, I have been involved anything to make Samantha think I have an in two accidents (I was in the passenger seat interest in her. I have spoken to her and made both times) and a number of close calls. This it clear that I’m not interested in a relation- has caused me to develop extreme anxiety ship with her. I have told her not to stop by about driving — both as the driver and as a without calling irst. If she calls and I don’t passenger. I work 50 miles from where I live. Every answer, she still shows up at my door saying she called. What can I do? — End Of My day is stressful because of the drive. Moving is not an option. Is there anything I can do to Rope In Virginia Dear End Of Your Rope: You have help my anxiety? — Too Many Close Calls Dear Too Many: Treatment for your two choices. Because she is a “dear friend,” the irst would be to make an exception in problem is available. Consult your physician Samantha’s case and level with her about and ask for a referral to a psychologist who the fact that you’re homosexual and have specializes in patients who suffer from no interest in a close relationship with any phobias. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 30-31, 1916 Sheriff Tillman D. Taylor, president of the Round-Up will be King Joy of the Portland Rose Festival. This afternoon he accepted the honor from the publicity committee of the Commercial association which was empow- ered by the Rose Festival association to select the man to share with Queen Muriel the throne of Rosaria. Because of his position as head of the Round-Up, because of his popu- larity at home and over the state and because of other qualities which made him peculiarly itted for the position of honor, Sheriff Taylor has from the irst been the choice of the committee. However, considerable dificulty was encountered in gaining his consent to act, his natural modesty making him hesitant about accepting a position that would make him at once the representative of Pendleton, Umatilla County and the Round-Up and one of the chief igures of Portland’s annual festival. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 30-31, 1966 Rieth Elementary School will cease to exist following the end of school this year. And the 46 youngsters, who will transfer to Pendleton schools next fall, have been having a last ling as an independent school. Three separate excursions have taken place, inanced by a $25 gift to each room by the Rieth PTA. The 18-member group had $105 left in the treasury this month, and since the PTA will be discontinued, it was decided to give the money to the pupils for ield trips. The ifth and sixth graders voted to make an automobile excursion to Maryhill Museum. The third and fourth grade children chose an exciting excursion by airplane! They were transport to Walla Walla by car, where they visited the Whitman Mission and had a picnic in Pioneer Park. Then they boarded a plane at Walla Walla Airport for the light to Pend- leton. A train ride was the treat for the irst and second graders. They went to La Grande from the depot at Pendleton. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 30-31, 1991 Senior tradition, both formal and informal, was carried out once again by the Pendleton High School Class of ‘91 as it approached and carried out graduation ceremonies. Among other traditions, Pendleton seniors give gag gifts to administrators and faculty during the ceremonies. Wednesday night, Principal James Krout was given a Mickey Mouse ishing pole, alluding to his preference for the term “Mickey Mousing around” when chastising students, and Bob McMillan, assis- tant principal and activities director, received some protective underwear from seniors Chanda Windham and Tom Demianew. The senior T-shirt has traditionally bemoaned 12 years of public school education or exulted in the termination of those 12 years. This year’s T-shirt carries the names of the graduating seniors, and the statement, “The end of a 12 year depression.” 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 152nd day of 2016. There are 214 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 31, 1916, during World War I, British and German leets fought the naval Battle of Jutland off Denmark; there was no clear-cut victor, although the British suffered heavier losses. On this date: In 1790, President George Washington signed into law the irst U.S. copyright act. In 1889, some 2,200 people in Johnstown, Penn- sylvania, perished when the South Fork Dam collapsed, sending 20 million tons of water rushing through the town. In 1910, the Union of South Africa was founded. In 1935, movie studio 20th Century Fox was created through a merger of the Fox Film Corp. and Twentieth Century Pictures. In 1941, “Tobacco Road,” a play about an impoverished Southern family based on the novel by Erskine Caldwell, closed on Broadway after a run of 3,182 performances. In 1961, South Africa became an independent republic as it withdrew from the British Commonwealth. In 1962, former Nazi oficial Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel a few minutes before midnight for his role in the Holocaust. In 1977, the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, three years in the making, was completed. In 1985, 88 people were killed, more than 1,000 injured, when 41 tornadoes swept through parts of Penn- sylvania, Ohio, New York and Ontario, Canada, during an 8-hour period. In 1994, the United States announced it was no longer aiming long-range nuclear missiles at targets in the former Soviet Union. Today’s Birthdays: Actor-director Clint East- wood is 86. Singer Peter Yarrow is 78. Former Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite is 77. Sing- er-musician Augie Meyers is 76. Actress Sharon Gless is 73. Football Hall-of-Famer Joe Namath is 73. Broadcast journalist/commentator Bernard Goldberg is 71. Actor Tom Berenger is 66. Actor Gregory Harrison is 66. Actor Julio Oscar Mechoso is 61. Actor Kyle Secor is 59. Rapper DMC is 52. Actress Brooke Shields is 51. Actor Colin Farreall is 40. Rock musician Scott Klopfenstein (Reel Big Fish) is 39. Rock musician Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy) is 36. Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is 30. Thought for Today: “The future is no more uncertain than the present.” — Walt Whitman, American poet (born this date in 1819, died 1892). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
