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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, August 11, 2016
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Handyman’s unwanted attention
ruins excitement of new job
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
There’s one family I sit for regu-
Dear Abby: About six months ago,
I started a new job I really enjoy. A
larly. I absolutely love their two dogs
handyman who does odd jobs around
and the family themselves. I stay
the building was working on the loor
anywhere from two nights to seven
in my area. He was chatty and I made
nights and work a second job on the
polite conversation, but now things
weekdays. After walking, feeding, etc.
have escalated.
is done, I have a ton of free time.
He has started contacting me on
My dilemma: I’d like my long-term
social media to the point where I had
boyfriend to stay with me for a night
Jeanne
to block him. He tries to talk to me Phillips or two on the weekends. I’m having
daily and I am feeling very uncom-
trouble iguring out how — or if — I
Advice
fortable. He’s twice my age and I have
should ask them. They have never met
no interest in him, romantically or
my boyfriend, but I have proven my
otherwise.
own trustworthiness because they keep asking
It has reached the point where I have a great me to come back.
deal of anxiety about going to work. I feel
I will go through my boss irst, but I’m
uncomfortable and intimidated. It’s especially worried that the family may be offended if I
dificult because I work alone most of the day, even ask. Should I ask, or should I just let it be
so I am nervous he might try to harm me.
since it’s part of my job? Help! — The Dog
How should I approach this without it Sitter
turning into a huge deal at work? I want to let
Dear Dog Sitter: You are in the dog-sitting
my manager know, but I’m afraid it’ll only BUSINESS, and if you want to be successful,
cause more issues and make things worse. you need to view it as such. Deinitely discuss
I’m afraid to make him mad, and afraid about this question with your employer. Because
what he might do. Any advice would be great. you are working through a company, that
— Afraid He’ll Harm Me
company could be liable for any property
Dear Afraid: Talk to your manager about loss or damage that might occur while your
this immediately. This man should not be boyfriend was staying in a client’s home with
attempting to have a personal relationship you.
with you in or out of work. He needs to be told
But if there’s any question in your mind
to stop bothering you during work hours or about how asking your clients to have your
attempting to contact you afterward, because boyfriend stay with you in their house will
if he doesn’t, he could be cited for harassment be received, don’t do it. Some families have
or lose his job.
moral values that would preclude unmarried
Dear Abby: I am 23 and a dog sitter. I work couples sleeping together under their roof.
through a company that sets up the visits and For the sake of your own credibility, please
stay overnight with different families’ dogs.
consider what I’m trying to convey to you.
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
Aug. 11, 1916
Frank Hayes, city water superintendent,
appeared before the city council last night on
behalf of the water commission, which body,
he declared, has been placed in a wrong light
by an evening paper. Mr. Hayes said that the
water commission was glad and willing to give
the city all of the water needed for lushing the
sewers, and would work in peace and harmony
with the board. The sewer committee after an
investigation decided that the sewers should be
lushed once an hour with the exception of two
or three which would require lushing twice
an hour. Mr. Hayes said that the commission
was desirous of having anyone who wished
to lush a sewer get permission from the city
water ofice before attaching onto a hydrant.
This will enable the ire chief to know what
ire hydrants are out of the running and the
length of time. The Thorn Hollow springs are
reported to be running 2,500,000 gallons of
water daily with an overlow every day in the
week with the exception of Monday.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 11, 1966
Blue Mountain Community College,
facing its fourth year, has an honorary board
member today, and there is no term ending for
his directorate post. Wednesday night Russell
Dorran of Hermiston, chairman of the college
board, presented S.E. Brogoitti of Helix, who
Aug. 1 retired from the state Board of Educa-
tion after 17 years of service, with a plaque
inscribed: “BMCC designates S.E. Brogoitti
honorary board member in appreciation of
past and future service.” Brogoitti served on
the board when the college here was founded
and has been a consistent friend of education
in all forms in this area and Oregon as a whole.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 11, 1991
The second performance of the Farm-City
Pro Rodeo was darkened by gusty winds, but
the day still turned out well for a handful of
local cowboys. Steve Currin of Heppner took
over as the leader in the calf roping event and
Troy Cunnington of Milton-Freewater posted
a solid 82 on a spinning bull named “Chili
Pepper.” Currin said the blustery conditions at
the Farm-City Pro Rodeo, which is being held
in conjunction with the Umatilla County Fair
in Hermiston, caused little or no problems for
the cowboys. “It’s nice — I’d rather have this
than 100 degrees in the shade,” Currin said
shortly after roping and tying his calf in 11.1
seconds, who just edged out Todd Vandorn
of Pendleton who is running a close second
at 11.3.
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 224th day of
2016. There are 142 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Aug. 11, 1956,
abstract painter Jackson
Pollock, 44, died in an
automobile accident on Long
Island, New York.
On this date:
In 1860, the nation’s irst
successful silver mill began
operation near Virginia City,
Nevada.
In 1909, the steamship
SS Arapahoe became the
irst ship in North America
to issue an S.O.S. distress
signal, off North Carolina’s
Cape Hatteras.
In 1934, the irst federal
prisoners arrived at Alcatraz
Island (a former military
prison) in San Francisco Bay.
In 1942, during World
War II, Pierre Laval, prime
minister of Vichy France,
publicly declared that “the
hour of liberation for France
is the hour when Germany
wins the war.”
In 1954, a formal peace
took hold in Indochina,
ending more than seven
years of ighting between the
French and Communist Viet
Minh.
In 1962, Andrian Niko-
layev became the Soviet
Union’s third cosmonaut in
space as he was launched on
a 94-hour light.
In 1975, the United
States vetoed the proposed
admission of North and
South Vietnam to the United
Nations, following the
Security Council’s refusal
to consider South Korea’s
application.
In 1984, during a voice
test for a paid political radio
address, President Ronald
Reagan joked that he had
“signed legislation that
will outlaw Russia forever.
We begin bombing in ive
minutes.”
In
2014,
Academy
Award-winning actor and
comedian Robin Williams,
63, died in Tiburon, Cali-
fornia, a suicide.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Arlene Dahl is 91.
Songwriter-producer Kenny
Gamble is 73. Rock musician
Jim Kale (Guess Who) is
73. Magazine columnist
Marilyn Vos Savant is 70.
Country singer John Conlee
is 70. Singer Eric Carmen
is 67. Computer scientist
and Apple co-founder Steve
Wozniak is 66. Wrestler-actor
Hulk Hogan is 63. Singer Joe
Jackson is 62. Playwright
David Henry Hwang is 59.
Actor Miguel A. Nunez Jr. is
57. Actress Viola Davis is 51.
Actor Duane Martin is 51.
Actor-host Joe Rogan is 49.
Rhythm-and-blues musician
Chris Dave is 48. Actress
Anna Gunn is 48. Actor
Chris Hemsworth is 33.
Rock musician Heath Fogg
(Alabama Shakes) is 32.
Thought for Today:
“Don’t wake me for the end
of the world unless it has
very good special effects.”
— Roger Zelazny, American
science-iction writer (1937-
1995).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE