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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, July 29, 2016
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Mom ights feelings of guilt
over son being an only child
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
Dear Abby: I am the mother of a
the kind of relationship you fantasize
13-year-old son, my only child. For
about. While some do, many do not.
the past 10 years I have been living
Please consider carefully what I
with mounting guilt over the fact
have said and search your heart. And
that he doesn’t have a sibling. It’s not
if you still think you are guilty of
because my husband and I haven’t
any sin of omission, discuss it with a
tried, we have. But fertility issues took
licensed psychotherapist.
us down an empty road, and adoption
Dear Abby: Last year I found out
discussions were just that — discus-
my
husband borrowed $3,500 from
Jeanne
sions.
our
savings account and gave it to
Phillips
I can’t tell you how many times
a female co-worker. When I asked
Advice
our son has said he wishes he had a
where the money had gone, he lied to
sibling. Every time, it’s like a knife in
me.
my heart and the guilt surges back. I think
It has been more than a year and the
about the future and how he will have no co-worker hasn’t repaid the money. She
brother or sister to share life with or lean comes up with cockamamie excuses, but has
on when something happens to my husband plenty of money to buy gifts for her grandkids
or me. Although I have always felt blessed and new clothes for herself. When I contacted
to have him, I can’t escape these feelings. her about it, she called human resources on
Sometimes I feel like I have failed him my husband! He said no one at work likes her
horribly.
and she has a lot of personal problems.
It’s worth noting that my son is a happy,
Our marriage has been rocky, and we need
well-adjusted child. He has good peer this money back. What’s really going on
relationships in school, is close to me and here? How do I get her to start paying back
my husband and has hobbies and friends he the money? I have reached the end of my rope
enjoys spending time with. My love for him and my husband is no help whatsoever. He
is endless, and I pray that he will forgive me gets mad whenever I ask about the money.
someday for not being able to give him what Some advice, please? — Needs The Money
he has so deserved. — Sad Mom In Ohio
Dear Needs The Money: Stop asking
Dear Sad Mom: Take a step back, stop your husband about the money. It should be
self-lagellating and ask yourself how many clear by now that the woman he gave it to has
times your son may have also asked for a no intention of repaying it. As to her not being
puppy. You say you have raised a happy, liked at the ofice, HE must have liked her or
well-adjusted son. That’s an accomplish- he wouldn’t have forked over all that dough.
ment that should ill you with pride. Not
Because your marriage is “rocky,” I’m
being able to give birth to another child recommending that you seek couples coun-
is not something you should feel guilty seling. Perhaps with the help of a mediator
about or need forgiveness for, and neither your husband will be able to be completely
is refraining from adopting “so your son truthful with you. That’s essential because
would have a sibling.” Not all siblings have good marriages are based on trust.
DAYS GONE BY
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 29, 1916
Who stole three riles from the cabin of
John C. Zoler near Duncan and why didn’t the
robber take the rest of the arsenal, while he
was at it? This is a question puzzling Zoler and
some of his friends who had “shooting irons”
stored at his place. The robbery occurred
on the day of the freight train pile up near
Duncan and while Zoler and Ashley Follette,
who was staying with him, were helping with
the wreck. Zoler was formerly a government
hunter and is now engaged in trapping. He is
also deputy game warden and since the robber
showed a preference for the Zoler guns it is
believed that possibly the theft was committed
by a personal enemy who knew as to the
ownership of the guns.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 29, 1966
A storage building and a two-wheel trailer
caught ire Tuesday on the Joe Stuart ranch on
Loop Road near Hermiston. The blaze started
from a nearby trash ire. The ire was discov-
ered by state police oficer Ross Patrick,
who radioed the alarm to the Hermiston Fire
Department. Prior to the arrival of the iremen,
Patrick moved the trailer to safety and
protected the repair shop with a garden hose.
Fire Chief Bob Russell said a major property
loss was averted by the police oficer’s action.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 29, 1991
A ire Sunday night gutted a landmark
home at 102 Washington Street, just off the
west end of Main, in Weston. Fireighters
were on the scene until well after midnight
as the ire continued to burn in the upstairs
bedrooms of the “gorgeous Victorian house”
occupied by Lois Bertilino and her family,
said Opal Barnett, a city councilwoman and
ire commissioner. The house is less than a
block away from the ire hall and volunteers
were able to arrive within about three minutes.
However, the house was heavily involved in
lames. The occupants escaped injury and the
family pets were reportedly rescued.
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
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 211th day of
2016. There are 155 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On July 29, 1976, the irst
of eight shootings ascribed to
the serial killer known as “Son
of Sam” occurred on a street
in The Bronx, New York, as
a gunman killed 18-year-old
Donna Lauria and wounded
her friend, 19-year-old Jody
Valenti. (In a yearlong reign of
terror, the shooter also known
as the “.44 Caliber Killer”
would claim ive more lives
and wound six more people
until the arrest of David
Berkowitz, who is serving a
life prison sentence.)
On this date:
In 1588, the English
attacked the Spanish Armada
in the Battle of Gravelines,
resulting in an English victory.
In 1890, artist Vincent van
Gogh, 37, died of an appar-
ently self-inlicted gunshot
wound in Auvers-sur-Oise,
France.
In 1900, Italian King
Humbert I was assassinated
by an anarchist; he was
succeeded by his son, Victor
Emmanuel III.
In 1914, transcontinental
telephone service in the U.S.
became operational with
the irst test conversation
between New York and San
Francisco.
Massachusetts’
Cape Cod Canal, offering a
shortcut across the base of
the peninsula, was oficially
opened to shipping trafic.
In 1921, Adolf Hitler
became the leader (“fuehrer”)
of the National Socialist
German Workers Party.
In 1948, Britain’s King
George VI opened the
Olympic Games in London.
In 1958, President Dwight
D. Eisenhower signed the
National Aeronautics and
Space Act, creating NASA.
In 1967, an accidental
rocket launch aboard the
supercarrier USS Forrestal in
the Gulf of Tonkin resulted
in a ire and explosions that
killed 134 servicemen.
In 1975, President Gerald
R. Ford became the irst U.S.
president to visit the site of
the Nazi concentration camp
Auschwitz in Poland.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Comedian “Professor” Irwin
Corey is 102. Former Sen.
Nancy Kassebaum-Baker
is 84. Actor Robert Fuller is
83. Former Sen. Elizabeth
H. Dole is 80. Actor David
Warner is 75. Actress Roz
Kelly is 74. Rock musician
Neal Doughty (REO Speed-
wagon) is 70. Actor Mike
Starr is 66. Documentary
maker Ken Burns is 63.
Style guru Tim Gunn (TV:
“Project Runway”) is 63.
Rock singer-musician Geddy
Lee (Rush) is 63. Rock
singer Patti Scialfa (Bruce
Springsteen and the E Street
Band) is 63. Country singer
Martina McBride is 50. Actor
Wil Wheaton is 44. Rhythm-
and-blues singer Wanya
Morris (Boyz II Men) is 43.
Hip-hop DJ/music producer
Danger Mouse is 39.
Thought for Today: “Man
must rise above the Earth —
to the top of the atmosphere
and beyond — for only thus
will he fully understand the
world in which he lives.” —
Socrates, Greek philosopher
(469 B.C.-399 B.C.)
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE