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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, August 19, 2016
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Man can’t muster the energy
to join digital dating world
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I am 32 years old
mistakes.
and divorced my wife two years ago.
Dear Abby: My boyfriend and I
Although I tried dating for a bit, it was
have been dating for two years. He is
in grad school. I failed out of commu-
a brave new world of online apps and
nity college. My lack of education
proiles. It wasn’t for me, and I became
stresses me out emotionally. I love
discouraged.
him very much, and I see a future with
A year has gone by and female
him. But the idea of an architect and
friends are telling me I need to get
a community college dropout makes
back out and date. I ind the whole
Jeanne
endeavor depressing and prefer to Phillips my heart ache. He deserves someone
more on his intellectual level. He is
spend my time elsewhere and single.
Advice
originally from another state and this
They say my decision to stay single
is one of the reasons why I haven’t
is emotionally driven and I “deserve
met his family.
love.”
I have thought about trying to get a degree
My argument against dating is that I
wasn’t a good husband and I have no interest to become a certiied nursing assistant, but
in devoting the time or energy to date in the again there would be a gap in our professional
scary and confusing world of the web. Can levels. I’m afraid that when he does introduce
you settle this dispute so that we can stop the me to his family they will convince him he’s
back-and-forth arguments? — Divorced And better off without me. Part of me believes it’s
true.
Dateless
Please give me advice about what to do.
Dear Divorced And Dateless: I agree that
opening yourself up to strangers can be scary. I don’t want to lose him, but at the same
If you are not interested in meeting women on time, I want him to be happy. — Unequal In
the internet, I won’t force you, even though Wisconsin
Dear Unequal: I can’t help but wonder
that’s how many — although not all — rela-
if you have ever spoken with someone who
tionships start these days.
Because that’s not your cup of tea, there does career counseling. Some universities and
are other ways to meet nice women, among community colleges have extension divisions
them getting out and participating in activities that offer it. Part of the counseling involves
you enjoy or volunteering for a cause you aptitude testing, which could help you deter-
believe in. Of course, that necessitates being mine what you would be good at.
Being a nursing assistant is a respectable
open to having a relationship with someone
and believing you deserve one. From the tone career that involves responsibility and people
of your letter, I’m not sure you’re there yet. skills. If you feel drawn to it, then that’s what
Not having been a good husband the irst time you should pursue, and you should not feel
is no excuse if you have learned from your embarrassed or have a need to apologize for it.
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. 19, 1916
While the committee appointed at the last
stockholder meeting to investigate possible
locations for the 1916 Happy Canyon was
not ready to report owing to the absence
from town of W.L. Thompson, J.R. Raley
stated that he had been told that the block on
West Webb street on which the Oregon Feed
Yard now stands is available. It is owned by
the Northern Paciic, which company, it is
reported, does not wish to lease the ground
longer for livery stable purposes. Mr. Potter,
the proprietor, it is said, is willing to sell his
buildings. The location is only a few blocks
from Main and only a block from the O.-W.
R. & N. depot. There seems to be a general
sentiment for building permanently to avoid
the waste of money attendant upon rebuilding
each year. Some are for rebuilding the old
pavilion for one more year, either of wood or
canvas.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 19, 1966
A 20-acre forest ire in Meacham
Canyon about 18 air miles from here was
brought under control today by a 100-man
ire ighting crew. The ire was discovered
Thursday about seven miles from where the
creek empties into the Umatilla River. Fire
ighters said it was “going at a good clip”
when they arrived. Meacham Canyon is the
route the Union Paciic Railroad uses to cross
over the Blue Mountains to La Grande. A
50-man crew from the railroad helped ight
the ire. The Umatilla National Forest Service
had about 50 men on the ire too, including
13 from the Walla Walla Ranger District, 10
from the Dale and 25 from the Pendleton
District. The ire apparently started along the
railroad tracks in the steep, rugged canyon
and the railroad crews found they couldn’t
handle it alone, so called the forest service.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 19, 1991
A state of emergency declared in the
Soviet Union may change the travel plans
for a local Seventh-day Adventist pastor.
Dr. Duane McKey of the Pendleton church
had planned to participate in a series of
evangelistic meetings in Leningrad. He was
scheduled to leave Sunday and travel through
Moscow on his way to Leningrad, and return
on Sept. 25. McKey said this morning that
he wasn’t sure yet if the developments in
the Soviet Union would thwart the church’s
“Operation Bear Hug” in Leningrad. But
public meetings could be canceled under the
state of emergency. The pastor said a Pend-
leton couple now visiting Magadon, Siberia,
may not be aware of the ousting of Soviet
President Mikhail Gorbachev — unless they
are listening to American radio broadcasts.
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 232nd day of
2016. There are 134 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Aug. 19, 1991, Soviet
hard-liners stunned the world
by announcing that President
Mikhail S. Gorbachev had
been removed from power.
(The coup attempt collapsed
two days later.)
On this date:
In A.D. 14, Caesar
Augustus, Rome’s irst
emperor, died at age 76 after
a reign lasting four decades;
he was succeeded by his
stepson Tiberius.
In 1812, the USS Consti-
tution defeated the British
frigate HMS Guerriere off
Nova Scotia during the War
of 1812, earning the nick-
name “Old Ironsides.”
In 1814, during the War of
1812, British forces landed at
Benedict, Maryland, with
the objective of capturing
Washington, D.C.
In 1918, “Yip! Yip!
Yaphank,” a musical revue
by Irving Berlin featuring
Army recruits from Camp
Upton in Yaphank, New
York, opened on Broadway.
In 1934, a plebiscite
in Germany approved the
vesting of sole executive
power in Adolf Hitler.
In 1936, the irst of a
series of show trials orches-
trated by Soviet leader Josef
Stalin began in Moscow
as 16 defendants faced
charges of conspiring against
the government (all were
convicted and executed).
In 1942, during World
War II, about 6,000 Canadian
and British soldiers launched
a disastrous raid against
the Germans at Dieppe,
France, suffering more than
50-percent casualties.
In 1964, The Beatles
opened their irst full-ledged
U.S. tour as they performed
at San Francisco’s Cow
Palace.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
L.Q. Jones is 89. Actress
Debra Paget is 83. USTA
Eastern Tennis Hall of Famer
Renee Richards is 82. Former
MLB All-Star Bobby Rich-
ardson is 81. Actress Diana
Muldaur is 78. Rock musician
Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind
Faith) is 77. Singer Johnny
Nash is 76. Actress Jill St.
John is 76. Rock singer Ian
Gillan (Deep Purple) is 71.
Former President Bill Clinton
is 70. Tipper Gore is 68.
Rock musician John Deacon
(Queen) is 65. Actor John
Stamos is 53. Actor Matthew
Perry is 47. Country singer
Clay Walker is 47. Rapper Fat
Joe is 46. Actor Peter Mooney
is 33. Rapper Romeo is 27.
Thought for Today:
“Don’t worry about people
stealing your ideas. If your
ideas are any good, you’ll
have to ram them down
people’s throats.” — Howard
H. Aiken, American computer
pioneer (1900-1973).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE