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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Friday, October 21, 2016 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Family never learns to let up on criticism of career choice FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I grew up the third of There are several reasons why four children. Both my older brothers friends drop you when your spouse chose to go into engineering (the ield dies. One is fear of their own mortality. my father is in). I rocked the boat Another is perhaps the husband (or and opted to go into education. All wife) was the social one. Or the during college and after, my parents women are afraid you are going to continued to tell me I had chosen the steal their husband. wrong career and would never have I was hurt at irst, but then I real- any money. ized they were not true friends. I now Jeanne Ten years later, I’m still getting Phillips have new friends who are widowed, constant comments about my career divorced or married, and I’m enjoying Advice choice and inancial status. They make every minute we share. — Joy In little jabs like, “... but we know you Nevada can’t afford it,” and, “Is this too expensive for Dear Joy: I am glad for you. Many readers you?” which echo at family gatherings to the wrote to share their experiences and their point that neither my husband nor I want to be thoughts on that letter. Some suggested that there. friends may not invite the woman because We both work hard and, while we might they don’t want her to feel like a “third wheel,” struggle, we never ask for inancial assis- but advised “Lonely” to speak up and tell them tance. How can I get my family to stop these that, indeed, she WOULD like to be included. comments? They’re hurtful. — Educator In Others thought people assume a widow is The Midwest emotionally needy, so they don’t want to be Dear Educator: You are being picked on involved with her. not only because of your career choice and its Some readers also wondered how often salary level, but also the fact that you didn’t “Lonely” and her husband had invited single fall into line as your siblings did and do what women to join them for a meal, weekend outing your parents wanted. or evening event while he was still alive. The Much as we might wish to, we cannot answer to that question could provide insight. dictate the behavior of others. If you have A majority of those who wrote agreed told your family their comments bother you with me that it’s important that “Lonely” and they persist, you will have to focus on cultivate new interests, and along with them, the importance of the ield you chose and the new friends. One reader’s church formed contribution to society you are making. And a group for widows that includes monthly attend those family gatherings less often. lunch outings at different restaurants. Another Dear Abby: “Lonely Widow in Ft. Myers, suggested that “Lonely’s” senior center friends Fla.” (May 16) asked why friends ignore a should start inviting each other out for various woman when she becomes a widow. I expe- entertainment options. She should also be rienced the same thing when I was widowed encouraged to meet people in different loca- at 50. tions, or even consider moving for a fresh start. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 21, 1916 As the hunting season draws to a close, Deputy Game Warden Tonkin is taking increased precautions to guard against viola- tions. Anticipating that some hunters, who have been out of luck, may not hesitate at the close of the season to shoot a doe, he is requiring all hunters with deer meat in their possession to furnish satisfactory proof of the sex of the animal. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 21, 1966 It costs $56 and a 30-day jail sentence to kick out a door in the Umailla County Courthouse. That’s what Raymond John Hinkle, 21, Pendleton, found out in District Judge Henry Kaye’s court Tuesday. Hinkle attacked the door early Tuesday when he was being brought to the jail on a trafic charge by state police. Judge Kaye suspended the jail sentence and ordered Hinkle to pay $56 for repairing the door. The charge was damaging prison property. On the trafic charge, driving while suspended, Hinkle was given a 10-day suspended jail sentence. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 21, 1991 Heppner city oficials have avoided cutting services during the irst year of Measure 5 by dipping into the city’s cash reserve. The city council recently voted unanimously to use $43,263 from an estimated $101,000 cash carryover to fund services that otherwise would have to be cut to accommodate a loss in property tax revenue. Heppner will receive $63,763 less in property tax revenue this year than last, thanks to the Measure 5 property tax limitation. That reduction earned Heppner the dubious honor of being ranked third hardest hit of any city in the state. 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 295th day of 2016. There are 71 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 21, 1966, 144 people, 116 of them chil- dren, were killed when a coal waste landslide engulfed a school and some 20 houses in Aberfan, Wales. On this date: In 1797, the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, also known as “Old Ironsides,” was christened in Boston’s harbor. In 1805, a British leet commanded by Adm. Horatio Nelson defeated a French-Spanish leet in the Battle of Trafalgar; Nelson, however, was killed. In 1892, schoolchildren across the U.S. observed Columbus Day (according to the Gregorian date) by reciting, for the irst time, the original version of “The Pledge of Allegiance,” written by Francis Bellamy for The Youth’s Companion. In 1917, members of the 1st Division of the U.S. Army training in Luneville, France, became the irst Americans to see action on the front lines of World War I. In 1941, superheroine Wonder Woman made her debut in All-Star Comics issue No. 8, published by All-American Comics, Inc. of New York. In 1944, during World War II, U.S. troops captured the German city of Aachen. In 1959, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opened to the public in New York. In 1960, Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon clashed in their fourth and inal presidential debate in New York. In 1971, President Richard Nixon nominated Lewis F. Powell and William H. Rehnquist to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Both nominees were conirmed.) In 1985, former San Francisco Supervisor Dan White — who’d served ive years in prison for killing Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights advocate — was found dead in a garage, a suicide. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Joyce Randolph is 92. Author Ursula K. Le Guin is 87. Rock singer Manfred Mann is 76. Musi- cian Steve Cropper (Booker T. & the MG’s) is 75. Singer Elvin Bishop is 74. TV’s Judge Judy Sheindlin is 74. Actor Everett McGill is 71. Musician Lee Loughnane (Chicago) is 70. Actor Dick Christie (TV: “The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 68. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is 67. Actress LaTanya Richardson Jackson is 67. Musician Charlotte Caffey (The Go-Go’s) is 63. Movie director Catherine Hardwicke is 61. Actress-author Carrie Fisher is 60. Singer Julian Cope is 59. Rock musician Steve Lukather (Toto) is 59. Actor Ken Watanabe is 57. Actress Melora Walters is 56. Rock musician Che Colovita Lemon is 46. Rock singer-musician Nick Oliveri (Mondo Generator) is 45. Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West is 36. Thought for Today: “Happiness is not a horse; you cannot harness it.” — Russian proverb. PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
