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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, July 8, 2016
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Wife questions care received
at out-of-town walk-in clinic
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: On a recent trip out
(having chest pains, muscle weakness,
of state, my husband became ill. The
trouble speaking), an emergency room
is better than an urgent care because
hotel we stayed in referred us to a
more expertise and testing are avail-
nearby urgent care walk-in clinic.
able onsite.
The nurse took his blood pressure,
Dear Abby: We are a married male
which was very high. The “doctor”
couple. It is always awkward to use the
never took his temperature or
word “husband” when I’m referring to
mentioned the high blood pressure to
or asked about my spouse, because
us. He prescribed six drugs and we
Jeanne
went on our way. My husband was Phillips heterosexuals seem to think that if I
have a “husband,” then that makes me
happy; I was not.
Advice
a “wife.” Nope!
When we returned home, I looked
I have started using “husband” and
up the doctor’s name on the internet.
Actually, he was a physician’s assistant, not a not “partner” because we are legally married
medical doctor. Abby, what should people do and have been together for 18 years. Lesbians
if they become sick while traveling? — Trav- seem to have no trouble using “wife” when
referring to each other. Why then does there
eling Medical Emergency
Dear T.M.E.: You have asked an excellent seem to be a problem with male couples using
question, one that may help many other people. “husband and husband” without it seeming
It is always wise when you travel to bring awkward for heterosexuals?
I have experienced this problem many
along a list of any medications you’re taking
and a copy of your medical records. Medical times, and so have other male couples we
records are online these days and can be know. Is there another term that’s better than
emailed to you upon request. A lot of health “husband”? — Perplexed In Phoenix
Dear Perplexed: You could use the word
insurance companies offer a 24-hour service
to call for a referral to a physician in whatever “spouse,” but using the word “husband” is
preferable. (“Partner” may be appropriate, but
locale you happen to be.
Physician assistants are standard in many in my opinion, it does not accurately describe
areas of the country as long as they are super- your status as a married person.) People may
vised by a physician — and in your husband’s be jolted to hear married male couples refer
case, there should have been an M.D. on the to each other as husband because same-sex
premises. You, as the consumer, have a right marriage is still new in many areas of the
to ask questions. It would not have been out country.
Personally, I think you should use the word
of line to inquire about the certiication of the
person who was treating your husband, or to “husband” and be conident in doing so. The
more you do, the greater the opportunity for
ask to see the supervising M.D.
If the medical emergency is dire, take no the larger population to become accustomed to
chances and call 911. If someone is really sick hearing it used.
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
July 8, 1916
H.W. Collins, well known local grain man
and warehouse owner, has completed the
purchase of the six Umatilla county ware-
houses owned by the Kerr-Gifford company
and also makes the important announcement
that he is actually preparing for the opening of
a cleaning plant here to clean and grade wheat
to be shipped to the east from the northwest
this summer. Mr. Collins has purchased a
large warehouse from F.E. Judd. It is located
on East Webb street and has connection with
both railroads. The machinery is now being
installed and the cleaning plant will be in
readiness for use in a short time. The plant
will be owned and conducted personally by
Mr. Collins. It is the intention to run crews
both night and day and about 30 men will be
employed during the season.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 8, 1966
Pilot Rock’s name appears on the jacket
of a new record album. In the list of 11
singers of the album “Joy is Like the Rain” is
Sister M. Judith Doherty of Pilot Rock. The
Medical Mission Sisters of Philadelphia, Pa.,
started a year ago to sing among themselves
a group of songs written by one of the sisters,
Sister Miriam Therese Winter. Gradually,
more and more people heard about them and
began to ask for copies. As a result, 12 of the
songs under the title “Joy is Like the Rain”
were released by Avant Garde Records Inc.
of New York this week.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 8, 1991
Pamela Kuhn has known since she was
5 that she wanted to be the greatest singer
in the world. She hasn’t reached that goal
yet. But she’s getting closer. The Boardman
graduate, who has been pursuing an opera
career in Europe since 1978, scored a
breakthrough this summer when she landed
a starring role with the Milwaukie Opera.
The diminutive 38-year-old classical singer
has also auditioned for the Baltimore Opera
and is optimistic that she’ll be offered a
position there as well. She knew it would
take a long time to get established when she
moved to London about 13 years ago. She
also knew that to make it as a classical singer
in America, she irst had to prove herself in
Europe where there is a greater awareness
and appreciation of opera.
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 190th day of
2016. There are 176 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On July 8, 1947, an
object crashed onto a ranch
in Roswell, New Mexico; a
local newspaper, the Roswell
Daily Record, reported that
the nearby U.S. Army Air
Field had recovered a “lying
saucer,” but oficials said
it was actually a weather
balloon. To this day, however,
there are those who believe
what fell to Earth was an
alien spaceship that carried
extra-terrestrial beings.
On this date:
In 1663, King Charles II
of England granted a Royal
Charter to Rhode Island.
In 1776, Col. John Nixon
gave the irst public reading
of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, outside the State
House (now Independence
Hall) in Philadelphia.
In 1889, The Wall Street
Journal was irst published.
In 1891, Warren G.
Harding married Florence
Kling DeWolfe in Marion,
Ohio.
In 1907, Florenz Ziegfeld
staged his irst “Follies,” on
the roof of the New York
Theater.
In
1919,
President
Woodrow Wilson received a
tumultuous welcome in New
York City after his return
from the Versailles Peace
Conference in France.
In
1950,
President
Harry S. Truman named
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
commander-in-chief
of
United Nations forces in
Korea. (Truman ended up
sacking MacArthur for
insubordination nine months
later.)
In
1965,
Canadian
Paciic Air Lines Flight 21,
a Douglas DC-6B, crashed
in British Columbia after
the tail separated from the
fuselage; all 52 people on
board were killed in what
authorities said was the result
of an apparent bombing.
In 1975, President Gerald
R. Ford announced he would
seek a second term of ofice.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Singer Steve Lawrence is 81.
Actor Jeffrey Tambor is 72.
Ballerina Cynthia Gregory is
70. Actress Kim Darby is 69.
Actress Jonelle Allen is 68.
Children’s performer Rafi is
68. Celebrity chef Wolfgang
Puck is 67. Actress Anjelica
Huston is 65. Writer Anna
Quindlen is 64. Actor Kevin
Bacon is 58. Actor Robert
Knepper is 57. Rock musi-
cian Andy Fletcher (Depeche
Mode) is 55. Country singer
Toby Keith is 55. Rock
musician Graham Jones
(Haircut 100) is 55. Rock
singer Joan Osborne is 54.
Writer-producer Rob Burnett
is 54. Actor Rocky Carroll
is 53. Actor Corey Parker
is 51. Actor Lee Tergesen is
51. Singer Beck is 46. Rock
musician Jamie Cook (Arctic
Monkeys) is 31. Actor Jaden
Smith is 18.
Thought for Today:
“America is not just a power,
it is a promise.” — Nelson A.
Rockefeller, American politi-
cian and businessman (born
this date in 1908, died 1979).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE