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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Wife’s man of her dreams is
angered by men in her books
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I’m happily married
your husband should quit reading your
books.
to the man of my dreams. We met
Dear Abby: My son chose his
after I had gone through a particularly
dificult breakup, and I often credit
cousin, “Tim,” as best man for his
him with “saving” me. We’ve been
wedding. Tim gave a speech about
together 15 years and have two beau-
how my son was like a little brother
tiful children.
to him and mentioned some of the
While we both have professional
pranks he would play on my son. It
careers, I also write romance novels
was extremely funny, but the reality is
Jeanne
as a hobby and side business. With Phillips that the pranks were quite cruel.
every book authors write, a tiny part of
My nephew got very drunk at
Advice
their lives sneaks into their characters,
the wedding, and while my son was
storyline, etc. When my husband reads
dancing with his new bride, a inal
my novels — as he does often — he becomes prank was pulled. Tim approached my son
sullen, withdrawn and angry. He can’t seem to from behind and gave him a huge “wedgie,”
understand that 99 percent of what I’ve written which tore my son’s expensive wedding pants
is iction. He’s convinced that everything I apart. My son was very angry. His new bride
write is somehow linked to an old boyfriend appeared shocked, and it was a terrible ending
or actual events.
to an otherwise beautiful wedding.
This is causing hurt feelings and resentment
My sister promised me that Tim would
from both of us. Should I give up writing, or “make it right.” It’s now four weeks later, and
should he learn to deal with it? — Happily I have learned that my son immediately apolo-
Ever After
gized to his cousin for his reaction (which was
Dear Happily Ever After: It’s a fact that understandable). Tim did not apologize and
talented writers have active fantasy lives. has not accepted any accountability. I thought
Authors who come to mind would be Mary perhaps his wedding gift would cover the cost
Shelley, who created “Frankenstein,” Anne of the pants, but my son says it was less than
Rice and her vampires, E.L. James, who the cost of the thank-you gift my son and his
shared her S&M fantasies with the world — wife gave my nephew.
and countless male authors including John le
My sister and her son are frugal, and she
Carre, Daniel Defoe and William Shakespeare. now says that her son needs to save his money.
(Obviously, Ian Fleming did not do everything Any suggestions other than Judge Judy? —
that his character, James Bond, did.)
Wedding Wedgie
Ideally, your husband — the man of
Dear W.W.: Only this: In the interest of
your dreams — should be able to tell you if family harmony, step back and stay out of it.
something bothers him without sulking. And Your nephew appears to have poor judgment,
if he trusts you, he should be able to accept but how your son and his bride choose to
that what you are writing is iction. If that’s not handle what happened is their problem, not
the case, rather than your giving up writing, yours.
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 20-21, 1916
The plat of the town of Doris, adjoining
Rieth, was presented to the county court
yesterday by Geo. Geanakopolus, owner
of the property. The assessor and county
surveyor had already approved it. The town
is laid out in business and residence lots, and
there are streets named for Judge Marsh, W.
Bollons, J.P. O’Brien and J.W. Morrow. The
town takes its name from the owner’s place
of nativity in Greece and several streets bear
Grecian names, such as Apollo and Delphi.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 20-21, 1966
Faulty wiring in one of the wires than ran
along the bowling alleys from the pinsetter
to the scorer’s bench was tentatively listed
today as the cause of the Round-Up Lanes
ire. The June 5 ire destroyed the 16-lane
bowling alley. Pendleton Fire Chief
William (Blackie) Batchelor said today
that following investigation by the state
ire marshal and himself, they are assuming
the ire was caused due to faulty wiring in
one of the alleys. He said the investigation
will continue. Batchelor said there is some
structural damage to the walls, which are all
that remain of the building.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 20-21, 1991
Umatilla County’s youth detention and
treatment program has received a national
award for its approach to rehabilitating
juvenile offenders. The National Association
of Counties achievement award is given to
counties throughout the country that have
developed innovative programs for meeting
local problems. The Northeast Oregon
Regional Youth Center it the bill, according
to the association. The center is a combined
security detention and short-term residential
treatment program for juveniles who have
had problems with the law, school and in
many cases, drugs and alcohol. “It is set
up to help young people who have failed
every community program they’ve been in,”
Bruce Kinsch, the program’s director, said.
“We’re looking at providing them with the
groundwork necessary for them to move on
to treatment centers in the community.”
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 173rd day of
2016. There are 193 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On June 21, 1964, civil
rights workers Michael
H. Schwerner, Andrew
Goodman and James E.
Chaney were slain in
Philadelphia,
Mississippi;
their bodies were found
buried in an earthen dam
six weeks later. (Forty-one
years later on this date in
2005, Edgar Ray Killen,
an 80-year-old former Ku
Klux Klansman, was found
guilty of manslaughter; he
was sentenced to 60 years in
prison.)
On this date:
In 1788, the United States
Constitution went into effect
as New Hampshire became
the ninth state to ratify it.
In 1913, Georgia “Tiny”
Broadwick became the irst
woman to parachute from an
airplane as she jumped over
Los Angeles.
In 1932, heavyweight
Max Schmeling lost a title
ight rematch in New York
by decision to Jack Sharkey,
prompting
Schmeling’s
manager, Joe Jacobs, to
exclaim: “We was robbed!”
In 1942, German forces
led
by
Generaloberst
(Colonel General) Erwin
Rommel
captured
the
Libyan city of Tobruk during
World War II. (Following
his victory, Rommel was
promoted to Field Marshal;
Tobruk was retaken by the
Allies in November 1942.)
In 1982, a jury in
Washington, D.C., found
John Hinckley Jr. not guilty
by reason of insanity in
the shootings of President
Ronald Reagan and three
other men.
In
1985,
scientists
announced that skeletal
remains exhumed in Brazil
were those of Nazi war crim-
inal Josef Mengele.
In 1989, a sharply divided
Supreme Court ruled that
burning the American lag
as a form of political protest
was protected by the First
Amendment.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Composer Lalo Schifrin is
84. Actor Bernie Kopell is
83. Actor Monte Markham is
81. Songwriter Don Black is
78. Actress Mariette Hartley
is 76. Comedian Joe Flaherty
is 75. Rock singer-musician
Ray Davies (The Kinks) is
72. Actress Meredith Baxter
is 69. Actor Michael Gross
is 69. Rock musician Joe
Molland (Badinger) is 69.
Rock musician Don Airey
(Deep Purple) is 68. Country
singer Leon Everette is 68.
Rock musician Joey Kramer
(Aerosmith) is 66. Writer-di-
rector Lana Wachowski is 51.
Rapper/producer Pete Rock
is 46. Rock musician Mike
Einziger (Incubus) is 40.
Actor Chris Pratt is 37. Rock
singer Brandon Flowers is 35.
Britain’s Prince William is 34.
Pop singer Rebecca Black is
19. Nolan Wattenburger is 2.
Thought for Today: “He,
who will not reason, is a bigot;
he, who cannot, is a fool; and
he, who dares not, is a slave.”
— William Drummond, Scot-
tish writer (1585-1649).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE