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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Friday, August 5, 2016 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Man’s cold reaction to wife’s miscarriage adds to her pain FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE If this continues to cause prob- Dear Abby: My husband, “Rob,” and I are at odds and your response lems in your marriage, perhaps your may affect whether we stay together clergyperson (if you have one) or a or not. I had a miscarriage a week ago. marriage counselor can help you get I was only seven weeks pregnant, but the message across to your husband. it was still something real for me. Dear Abby: When I invited a My husband’s niece’s birthday was family member and her family for over the weekend. I made it clear that dinner, she asked what I was serving. I didn’t want to drive (three hours!) When I told her, she said, “My kids Jeanne and be around people after what Phillips won’t eat that,” so I ended up making happened. When he told me it didn’t a different meal that met with her Advice matter, that it was his niece’s birthday, approval. I lost it on him. After driving him to It was annoying, and I thought she his sister’s, I left and drove myself home. was very rude. I can’t imagine saying some- He says I’m overreacting and said that I thing like that to someone who is preparing was OK with it earlier in the week. I explained food for me. how hurt I was that he’d insist on going and This is a family member, so I can’t just also that he couldn’t stand up for me and write them off, but do you have any witty explain that I was too emotional and upset to responses should this happen again? — attend her birthday. He can’t grasp why I’m Disgusted In California so hurt by this. AM I overreacting, and am I Dear Disgusted: I agree it’s rude for crazy for feeling the way I feel? — Feeling guests to ask a host what will be served, Down In The South unless there are allergy issues to be consid- Dear Feeling Down: I’m sorry for your ered. As far as what to say to your relative, loss. You’re not overreacting and you’re not I have a couple of suggestions. Neither one crazy. However, some people are unable is “witty.” to grasp how deeply a miscarriage in the The irst is: “Fine. Bring food your kids early months of a pregnancy can affect the will eat or I’ll thaw them some frozen pizza.” mother-to-be psychologically and physically. Or, if you’re feeling brave, say: “I’m serving Unfortunately, Rob appears to be one of them. (blank), so hire a baby sitter. That way, the You didn’t mention whether you told your kids can have what they’re used to and we’ll sister-in-law why you didn’t feel up to cele- have an enjoyable adult evening.” brating, but if you didn’t, you should have P.S. It is not child abuse for parents to because she probably would have understood introduce children to different foods by and let you off the hook. You also should have telling them to taste it because they might stayed home, not driven six hours round-trip like it. And if they don’t, they won’t be to drop Rob off in your fragile condition. forced to eat it. That’s how they learn. 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 Aug. 5, 1916 Two mammoth turnips are being shown at the Hermiston Creamery Co.’s ofice this week. They were grown by A. Boslar on his ranch six miles from Hermiston, and are of the purple top variety. The larger of the two measures 30 1-4 inches in diameter and weighs eight pounds. The other one is smaller, but large at that measuring 20 1-2 inches and weighing ive pounds. Mr. Boslar raised quite a patch of these turnips this year and fed them to his cattle and hogs, which he says are extremely fond of them, and thrive well upon them. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 5, 1966 First business to close down because of the realignment of the old Oregon trail (180N) around Pendleton will be a seven-unit motel operated by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stover adjacent to their home at 2204 S.W. Emigrant Ave. Today will be the inal day of operation of the motel, provided with electric kitchens 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 and family units, and quite attractive, it is said, among the traveling diabetics who have to prepare their own meals and also like to stop near hospital facilities. The new highway by-pass will take out a business they had looked upon as a retirement venture and one which they have been operating since 1949. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 5, 1991 Wishing for a new kitten helped Brynnen Manning, a Hermiston 10-year-old, create a watercolor painting that was a national winner in the 1991 Relections Cultural Arts Contest. Brynnen’s prize-winning painting is now at the Umatilla County Fair in Thompson Hall, accompanied by another prize — a irst-place ribbon in the fourth to sixth grade division. The theme for the Relections Contest, sponsored by the Parent Teacher Association, was “If I Had a Wish.” Brynnen, who has two older cats, wished for a kitten, and painted her entry “Cat of My Dreams.” The painting was chosen as one of ive state winners and was sent to the national competition in New Orleans, where it received honorable mention. Today is the 218th day of 2016. There are 148 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 5, 1966, the Beatles’ “Revolver” album was released in the United Kingdom on the Parlophone label; it was released in the United States three days later by Capitol Records. (Songs included “Eleanor Rigby” and “Yellow Submarine,” which were also issued as a double A-side single on Aug. 5 and 8.) On this date: In 1864, during the Civil War, Union Adm. David G. Farragut led his leet to victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama. In 1884, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal was laid on Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor. In 1924, the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie” by Harold Gray made its debut. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the National Labor Board, which was later replaced with the National Labor Relations Board. In 1936, Jesse Owens of the United States won the 200-meter dash at the Berlin Olympics, collecting the third of his four gold medals. In 1953, Operation Big Switch began as remaining prisoners taken during the Korean War were exchanged at Panmunjom. In 1957, the teenage dance show “American Bandstand,” hosted by Dick Clark, made its network debut on ABC-TV. In 1962, actress Marilyn Monroe, 36, was found dead in her Los Angeles home; her death was ruled a probable suicide from “acute barbiturate poisoning.” South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was arrested; it was the beginning of 27 years of imprisonment. In 1974, the White House released transcripts of subpoenaed tape recordings showing that President Richard Nixon and his chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, had discussed a plan in June 1972 to use the CIA to thwart the FBI’s Watergate investiga- tion; revelation of the tape sparked Nixon’s resignation. Today’s Birthdays: Actor John Saxon is 80. College Football Hall of Famer and former NFL player Roman Gabriel is 76. Country song- writer Bobby Braddock is 76. Actress Loni Anderson is 71. Actress Erika Slezak is 70. Rock singer Rick Derringer is 69. Actress Holly Palance is 66. Singer Samantha Sang is 63. Rock musician Eddie Ojeda (Twisted Sister) is 61. Actress-singer Maureen McCormick is 60. Rock musician Pat Smear is 57. Author David Baldacci is 56. Actress Tawney Kitaen is 55. Actress Janet McTeer is 55. Country musician Mark O’Connor is 55. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Patrick Ewing is 54. Actor Jonathan Silverman is 50. Country singer Terri Clark is 48. Retired MLB All-Star John Olerud is 48. Rock musician Eicca Toppinen (Apocalyp- tica) is 41. Thought for Today: “For life: It is rather a deter- mination not to be over- whelmed. For work: The truth can only be recalled, never invented.” — Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
