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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
DEAR ABBY
Woman with secret fantasies
hesitates before sharing them
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I am in a happy rela-
How do I get over my feelings and
tionship with a wonderful man. Our
convince him to be in our child’s life?
life is great together and I wouldn’t
Or are my feelings justiied and I’m
just being a protective mother? —
want it any other way. I have one
Protective Mother
issue, however. I like to look at lesbian
Dear Protective Mother: What
porn maybe a few times a week. I
a sad letter. It would be interesting
don’t actually want to be with another
to know how much of his abusive
woman — it’s just a fantasy of mine.
behavior
was a result of his depres-
Is this wrong? Should I tell my
Jeanne
boyfriend? I don’t know if I’m making Phillips sion and PTSD. But if you think that a
mentally and physically abusive man,
too much out of this, or if there are
Advice
who has changed his phone number
other women out there who are in the
and done his best to get out of touch
same situation. — Curious In Texas
Dear Curious: Books have been written with you, is a suitable father igure for a child,
about the many varied sexual fantasies you are kidding yourself.
You will, however, have a chance to make
women have. Yours is not unusual, and
you shouldn’t feel guilty about it. Nothing him live up to his inancial responsibilities to
compels you to share your fantasy with your the baby if you discuss this with an individual
boyfriend unless you feel a need to. (But if who is in a position to help you — an attorney.
you do, don’t be shocked if he inds it a turn- Don’t wait; start the conversations now.
Dear Abby: When I visited my sister 15
on, because many men also fantasize about
years ago, my brother-in-law tried to rape
women having sex together.)
Dear Abby: I’m four months pregnant by me. He was drunk and my sister was out with
my ex-boyfriend. We ended our relationship her friends. I have not revealed this to my
six months ago but continued to see each family or my sister, who is emotionally and
other for sex. He’s in the Army and has been inancially dependent on him.
My niece is now 20 years old and in
diagnosed with depression and PTSD. At irst
he was my knight in shining armor, but after college. I feel I should tell her what her dad
I moved into his house, he become mentally did to me and warn her to be careful. What
do you think? — Never Forgetting In Penn-
and physically abusive.
He is now in a new relationship. He sylvania
Dear Never Forgetting: Frankly, I think
changed his phone number and hasn’t
checked on me or our baby in weeks. I want that if your brother-in-law was going to
him to have a relationship with his child, but assault his daughter, it would have happened
every time I look at him I see a liar, a manip- already, and you should have told your
ulator and an abuser who doesn’t care about family what he tried to do to you at the time
it occurred.
either of us.
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
June 8, 1916
Signed by many merchants and citizens
a petition was presented to the council last
evening asking for an ordinance for the
licensing of professional peddlers. The
proposed ordinance draws a distinction
between the professional peddler and the
farmer or producer who sells his fruit, vege-
tables, butter, eggs or other products from
house to house. The petitioners also made it
plain that they had no objection to this class
of peddling. However, they declare that the
professional peddler is unfair competition to
the stores who pay taxes, rent and are called
upon to make many contributions to public
enterprises. Moreover, they declared that the
professional peddlers, or many of them, are
not honest with the consumers, selling them
short weight and inferior products and then
moving on to another city.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 8, 1966
An Irrigon Boy Scout was one of 64 people
nationally who were cited by the National
Court of Honor of the Boy Scouts of America
for saving a life and other meritorious action.
On Jan. 4, 1966, Charles McKenzie, First
Class Scout, was credited with saving the life
of his four-year-old brother, Danny, who had
accidentally set his tee shirt on ire. Charles
credited his Boy Scout irst aid training with
helping him to react quickly in saving his
brother’s life. Young Danny’s shirt caught
ire in the kitchen of the family home when
he leaned over a gas stove burner to see what
was cooking in a pot on top of the burner. He
ran screaming from the kitchen with lames
covering the upper portion of his body.
Charles picked up his brother and carried him
outside, rolling him in water in the driveway.
Charles then extinguished the remaining
lames with his hands. Danny was treated for
second and third degree burns at Umatilla
Hospital and at a Portland hospital.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 8, 1991
Umbarger Ranches once was typical of
old-style western cattle outits, but that was
before a new era dawned and the family oper-
ation rode into the present. The 62-year-old
Pendleton ranch today sadly has lost some
of its western lair, Dave Umbarger said of
his 5,000-ace ranch. One thing Umbarger
wouldn’t trade now, however, is his farm’s
national ranking by the Beef Improvement
Federation as the top commercial beef
producer. Umbarger Ranches of Pendleton,
managed by Dave and Sandy Umbarger, was
honored in May at the federation’s annual
meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Helping in the
running of the operation are the Umbargers’
children Steve, John and Julie.
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 160th day of
2016. There are 206 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlights in
History:
On June 8, 1966, the stron-
gest of a series of tornadoes
struck the Topeka, Kansas,
area, killing 17 people.
A merger was announced
between the National and
American Football Leagues,
to take effect in 1970.
On this date:
In A.D. 632, the prophet
Muhammad died in Medina.
In 1845, Andrew Jackson,
seventh president of the
United States, died in Nash-
ville, Tennessee.
In 1864, Abraham Lincoln
was nominated for another
term as president during the
National Union (Republican)
Party’s convention in Balti-
more.
In 1912, the ballet
“Daphnis et Chloe” was
premiered by the Ballets
Russes in Paris.
In 1915, U.S. Secretary of
State William Jennings Bryan
resigned over what he viewed
as
President
Woodrow
Wilson’s overly bellicose
attitude toward Germany
following the sinking of the
RMS Lusitania.
In 1948, the “Texaco
Star Theater” made its debut
on NBC-TV with Milton
Berle guest-hosting the irst
program. (Berle was later
named the show’s permanent
host.)
In 1972, during the
Vietnam War, an Associated
Press photographer captured
the haunting image of
9-year-old Phan Thi Kim
Phuc as she ran naked and
severely burned from the
scene of a South Vietnamese
napalm attack.
In 1978, a jury in Clark
County, Nevada, ruled the
so-called “Mormon will,”
purportedly written by the
late billionaire Howard
Hughes, was a forgery.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Former irst lady Barbara
Bush is 91. Actor-comedian
Jerry Stiller is 89. Actress
Millicent Martin is 82. Actor
James Darren is 80. Actor
Bernie Casey is 77. Singer
Nancy Sinatra is 76. Singer
Chuck Negron is 74. Musi-
cian Boz Scaggs is 72. Author
Sara Paretsky is 69. Actress
Sonia Braga is 66. Actress
Kathy Baker is 66. Country
musician Tony Rice is 65.
Rock singer Bonnie Tyler is
65. Actor Grifin Dunne is 61.
“Dilbert” creator Scott Adams
is 59. Actor-director Keenen
Ivory Wayans is 58. Singer
Mick Hucknall (Simply
Red) is 56. Musician Nick
Rhodes (Duran Duran) is 54.
Rhythm-and-blues
singer
Doris Pearson (Five Star) is
50. Rapper Kanye West is 39.
Thought for Today:
“Love hath no physic for a
grief too deep.” — Robert
Nathan, American author
and poet (1894-1985).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE