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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, July 13, 2016 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Sex education should begin before kids start to experiment FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I know you provide a Dear Abby: I have observed booklet to help teens with questions (and experienced) that people won’t about sex. But when should I talk to tell you about a husband’s or wife’s my son or give him a copy? He will LQ¿GHOLW\ZKLOH\RXDQG\RXUVSRXVH turn 9 soon. I know that is young, but are together. However, they WILL kids today are exposed to so much so reveal it after the divorce or death. early. — Kristen In Maryland What purpose does that serve? Dear Kristen: You’re absolutely If people don’t want to get right; they are. They also mature involved, then allow me to make a Jeanne earlier than children of previous gener- Phillips suggestion: Send an unsigned letter ations. That’s why it is so important in the mail with no return address. Advice for parents — and guardians — to There are also phone features that begin discussing subjects like alcohol, let a person place an anonymous drugs, sex and family values well before their call. Call the workplace of the cheated-on children start experimenting. So talk to your spouse if you don’t have his or her cellphone son now. Do not be shocked if he tells you he number. However you can, give the person has already heard it all from contemporaries. as much information as you know. If you do, If he has, ask him to tell you what he knows, maybe a marriage can be saved, or a spouse because what he heard may be inaccurate, won’t have to deal with an STD. Do you have and it will give you a chance to correct any an opinion, Abby? — Strictly Anonymous misinformation. Dear Strictly Anonymous: People who My booklet “What Every Teen Should feel compelled to tell others something “for Know” can help to start the conversation. It their own good” should closely examine their KDV EHHQ GLVWULEXWHG LQ GRFWRUV¶ RI¿FHV DQG motives before doing it. Unsigned letters with by educators and religious leaders, as well no return address are usually sent by cranks DVSDUHQWVOLNH\RXZKRPD\¿QGLWXQFRP- trying to target someone they want to hurt, fortable to discuss these topics with their chil- or to destroy a marriage. If someone takes dren. It can be ordered by sending your name it upon him- or herself to notify a spouse and address, plus check or money order for about a mate’s cheating, that person should $7 (U.S. funds), to Dear Abby Teen Booklet, be honest enough to state who he/she is. If P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. people can’t do that, they should mind their Shipping and handling are included in the own business. SULFH%HIRUHJLYLQJ\RXUVRQWKHERRNOHW¿UVW While some wives — or husbands — may read it yourself. The more information you EHLJQRUDQWDERXWWKHLUVSRXVH¶VLQ¿GHOLW\WKH can provide, the better prepared your son will truth is that many already do know something be to make informed choices in the future. is wrong, but are not yet ready to deal with it. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE DILBERT THE WIZARD OF ID LUANN ZITS BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian July 13, 1916 Acting upon a petition signed by the Tallman Drug Co., Koeppen Bros., and the Red Cross Drug Store, the city council last evening passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of ethyl alcohol by drug stores except upon the written prescription of a physician. This ordinance is designed to check the KHDY\WUDI¿FLQDOFRKROZKLFKKDVUHVXOWHG from the provision in the prohibition law making it possible to secure alcohol upon DQDI¿GDYLWWKDWLWZDVLQWHQGHGIRUH[WHUQDO XVH'UXJJLVWVDQGRI¿FHUVKDYHEHHQDZDUH that men have not hesitated to perjure themselves in order to secure the alcohol for internal use and the big majority of cases of LQWR[LFDWLRQKDYHUHVXOWHGIURPWKLVWUDI¿F 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian July 13, 1966 “I wore a blister on my toe at the Smith- sonian Institute, I got lost in the subway in New York City, and I forgot to wear my white gloves when I shook hands with President Johnson.” Those were a few of the minor crises Regina Gamble, presidential scholar, lived through during her recent trip to the nation’s capital. The Arlington High School graduate had a memorable experience during her ten days in Washington, D.C., and New York City. More than 70 students earning the citation were housed in dormi- tories at Georgetown University and were escorted on a grand tour of Washington, to all the shrines and government buildings. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian July 13, 1991 The cleanup of soil contaminated by leaking petroleum tanks at the former Harris Furniture Company site has been halted because of the potential for an explosion, D VWDWH RI¿FLDO VDLG :HGQHVGD\ %UXFH Hammond, director of the Eastern Oregon RI¿FHRIWKH'HSDUWPHQWRI(QYLURQPHQWDO 4XDOLW\LQ3HQGOHWRQVDLGRI¿FLDOVIURPWKH Seventh-day Adventist Church, which owns the land, have been asked to continue moni- toring fumes and to develop a safety plan. The Pendleton Fire Department is being kept informed of the situation, Hammond said. THIS DAY IN HISTORY BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE BY SCOTT ADAMS BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART BY GREG EVANS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN Today is the 195th day of 2016. There are 171 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 13, 1793, French revolutionary writer Jean- Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, who was executed four days later. On this date: In 1787, the Congress of the Confederation adopted the Northwest Ordinance, which established a govern- ment in the Northwest Terri- tory, an area corresponding to the eastern half of the present-day Midwest. In 1863, deadly rioting against the Civil War mili- tary draft erupted in New York City. (The insurrection was put down three days later.) In 1939, Frank Sinatra PDGH KLV ¿UVW FRPPHUFLDO recording, “From the Bottom of My Heart” and “Melancholy Mood,” with Harry James and his Orchestra for the Brunswick label. In 1955, Britain hanged Ruth Ellis, a 28-year-old former model and night- club hostess convicted of killing her boyfriend, David Blakely (to date, Ellis is the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom). In 1960, John F. Kennedy won the Democratic pres- idential nomination on the ¿UVW EDOORW DW KLV SDUW\¶V convention in Los Angeles. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson nomi- nated Thurgood Marshall to be U.S. Solicitor General; 0DUVKDOO EHFDPH WKH ¿UVW black jurist appointed to the post. (Two years later, Johnson nominated Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court.) In 1972, George McGovern received the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Miami Beach. In 1977, a blackout lasting 25 hours hit the New York City area. In 1978, Lee Iacocca was ¿UHG DV SUHVLGHQW RI )RUG Motor Co. by chairman Henry Ford II. In 1985, “Live Aid,” an international rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney, took place to raise money for Africa’s starving people. Today’s Birthdays: Game show announcer Johnny Gilbert (TV: “Jeop- ardy!”) is 92. Actor Patrick Stewart is 76. Actor Robert Forster is 75. Actor Harrison Ford is 74. Singer-guitarist Roger McGuinn (The Byrds) is 74. Actor-come- dian Cheech Marin is 70. Actress Daphne Maxwell Reid is 68. Actress Didi Conn is 65. Singer Louise Mandrell is 62. Rock musi- cian Mark “The Animal” Mendoza (Twisted Sister) is 60. Actor-director Cameron Crowe is 59. Tennis player Anders Jarryd is 55. Rock musician Gonzalo Martinez De La Cotera (Marcy Play- ground) is 54. Comedian Tom Kenny is 54. Country singer-songwriter Victoria Shaw is 54. Actor Steven R. McQueen is 28. Thought for Today: “If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disap- points, possibility never.” — Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (1813-1855). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
