Tuesday, May 31, 2016
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East Oregonian
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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