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East Oregonian
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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