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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, July 21, 2016
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Husband wants long-lost
sister to remain that way
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My husband and
sister contacts your husband again,
his sister had a rough childhood in
you will have to tell him what you
foster care. Long story short, they
did. He may have wanted to protect
lost contact for 10 years — until now.
his privacy. As long as she doesn’t,
She found us on Facebook and was
I think you should keep your mouth
desperate to know if she had found her
shut.
brother or not. My husband ignored
Dear Abby: My 18-year-old
her. He isn’t sure he ever wants to
daughter has just inished school.
rebuild a relationship with her.
She now wants to take a gap year and
Jeanne
I know that’s his decision to make, Phillips work to save enough to travel over-
and if he doesn’t want her in his life,
seas. The problem is, she’s so eager to
Advice
that’s ine. But I couldn’t live with
get away from home that she wants to
myself if I ignored her, too. I just
move to another city to work.
wanted her to know she could stop looking
I have advised her that staying home
and wondering if her brother is still alive. and working will allow her to save more to
So I told her. She was grateful to have some travel, and she would have to pay for her
closure and know that he is doing well, and food, accommodation and transportation, and
she reassured me that she wouldn’t contact would have little left over to save to travel.
him again unless he reaches out to her. Even She got upset with me and could not under-
if they never talk again, I think she deserved stand why I wouldn’t want to pay her rent or
to know she had found him.
support her. Am I being unreasonable saying
Now I feel guilty for going behind his that she should pay her own way if she moves
back and meddling in things that aren’t my out of the home? — Mom In Johannesburg,
business. But I can’t imagine spending my South Africa
whole life searching for a family member,
Dear Mom: If anyone thinks that an atti-
when someone could have been honest with tude of entitlement is strictly a problem in the
me and given me peace of mind. Did I make United States, your letter should banish that
a terrible mistake, and should I come clean notion. What you told your daughter makes
to my husband about what I did? — Feeling perfect sense. If she wants independence, she
Guilty In Georgia
should be prepared to accept the responsi-
Dear Feeling Guilty: You failed to bility for living that way.
mention the reason for your husband’s
I would, however, encourage you to
ambivalence about re-establishing a relation- continue the dialogue with her so you can
ship with his sister. Now that she has found understand why she feels the need to live
you on Facebook, she can follow his whole apart from you, on the chance that a compro-
life, unless you block her. Whether you made mise might be possible. I’m sure it would be
a terrible mistake remains to be seen. If the enlightening.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 21, 1916
That the bathing suit will soon be the
national costume at Helix is indicated by
reports reaching here as to the popularity of
the swimming pool, just established there.
The pool was used for the irst time yesterday
and one patron was so enthused he went into
the pool six times during the day, according
to William Morrison. It is planned to have the
formal opening of the Natatorium on Sunday.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 21, 1966
A 21-gun salute, with each shot from a
different gun, is possible for persons unknown
who stole 26 pistols recently. They will,
however, have to purchase ammunition. They
neglected to take the shells kept for the guns.
The 26 guns were part of a 100-gun collection
of Irvin Rauch, rancher near Lexington. The
burglary was discovered when the family
returned from an event in Heppner. Hunting
riles, with scopes, other riles and pistols were
not touched by the burglars. Ammunition, kept
in a different location in the home, apparently
was not found. All the guns in the collection
were usable and in good condition, Rauch
said. State police are investigating the theft.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 21, 1991
A Boise contractor began work this week
on Hermiston High School’s new gymnasium,
cafeteria and classroom complex. A dozen
trees have been leveled and storage sheds and
a greenhouse removed along West Highland
Avenue to make way for the 60,000-square-
foot addition, the school district’s irst major
construction project in a dozen years. The
addition is to be inished by next summer.
Remodeling some parts of the old high school
has been scheduled for the summer of 1992.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
BLONDIE
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
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 203rd day of
2016. There are 163 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On July 21, 1861, during
the Civil War, the irst Battle
of Bull Run was fought at
Manassas, Virginia, resulting
in a Confederate victory.
On this date:
In 1773, Pope Clement
XIV issued an order
suppressing the Society
of Jesus, or Jesuits. (The
Society was restored by Pope
Pius VII in 1814.)
In 1816, Paul Reuter,
founder of the British news
agency bearing his name,
was born in Kassel, Hesse,
Germany.
In 1925, the so-called
“Monkey Trial” ended in
Dayton, Tennessee, with
John T. Scopes found guilty
of violating state law for
teaching Darwin’s Theory of
Evolution. (The conviction
was later overturned on a
technicality.)
In
1930,
President
Herbert Hoover signed an
executive order establishing
the Veterans Administration
(later the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs).
In 1944, American forces
landed on Guam during
World War II, capturing it
from the Japanese some
three weeks later. The Demo-
cratic national convention
in Chicago nominated Sen.
Harry S. Truman to be vice
president.
In 1959, the NS Savannah,
the irst nuclear-powered
merchant ship, was chris-
tened by irst lady Mamie
Eisenhower at Camden, New
Jersey.
In 1961, Capt. Virgil
“Gus” Grissom became the
second American to rocket
into a sub-orbital pattern
around the Earth, lying
aboard the Liberty Bell 7.
In 1972, the Irish
Republican Army carried
out 22 bombings in Belfast,
Northern Ireland, killing
nine people and injuring 130
in what became known as
“Bloody Friday.”
In 1973, Israeli agents
in Lillehammer, Norway,
killed Ahmed Bouchikhi, a
Moroccan waiter, apparently
mistaking him for an oficial
with Black September, the
group that attacked Israel’s
delegation at the 1972
Munich Olympics and killed
11 athletes.
In 1980, draft registration
began in the United States for
19- and 20-year-old men.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Singer Kay Starr is 94.
Movie director Norman
Jewison is 90. Former
Attorney General Janet Reno
is 78. Actor David Downing
is 73. Actor Leigh Lawson
is 73. Actor Wendell Burton
is 69. Singer Yusuf Islam
(formerly Cat Stevens) is 68.
Cartoonist Garry Trudeau is
68. Actor Jamey Sheridan
is 65. Rock singer-musician
Eric Bazilian (The Hooters)
is 63. Comedian Jon Lovitz
is 59. Actor Lance Guest is
56. Actor Matt Mulhern is
56. Comedian Greg Behrendt
is 53. Rock musician Koen
Lieckens (K’s Choice) is
50. Soccer player Brandi
Chastain is 48. Rock singer
Emerson Hart is 47. Rock-
soul singer Michael Fitzpat-
rick (Fitz and the Tantrums)
is 46. Actress Alysia Reiner
is 46. Country singer Paul
Brandt is 44. Christian rock
musician Korey Cooper
(Skillet) is 44. Actress Ali
Landry is 43. Actor Josh
Hartnett is 38. Rock musician
Will Berman (MGMT) is 34.
Actor Rory Culkin is 27.
Thought for Today:
“Suspense is worse than
disappointment.” — Robert
Burns, Scottish poet (born
1759, died this date in 1796).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE