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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Secret baptism for baby
is scheme that’s all wet
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
Dear Abby: My niece has a
who have housekeepers — beware.
1-year-old son. Neither my niece nor
We “might” be doing a sociological
the baby’s father is religious, and they
study on how people treat the help.
have chosen not to have the baby
Wasn’t there a movie about that? Be
baptized. My sister, the baby’s grand-
kind to each other, people! — The
mother, while not wanting to impose
Help
her beliefs on the parents, comes
Dear Help: What you have
from a generation when even couples
experienced isn’t a problem faced
who were not demonstrably religious
only by housekeepers. It is something
Jeanne
usually had their baby baptized.
Phillips that many service industry workers
I know it would comfort my sister
encounter all too often. Perhaps it
Advice
to know this ancient ceremony had
happens because some people were
been performed. Since my sister
never taught that inside the uniform is
watches the little boy at her house, would it be a person with real feelings, and that everyone
wrong for us to organize an informal baptism deserves to be treated with respect.
— just holy water and a couple of prayers?
Dear Abby: After a year together, my
We don’t feel we need to have an officiant of boyfriend recently proposed. We plan to wed
any religion present and, of course, we would in two years. During this time, he intends
not tell the baby’s parents. Would this be to move into my home so we can save for
the wedding. My parents, however, are
appropriate? — Mortified In Montana
Dear Mortified: No, it would not. If you completely against our living together before
were sure that it would be, you wouldn’t have we get married.
written to me about it. My advice is not to
Abby, I’m 30 years old and so is my fiancé.
do ANYTHING like this behind the parents’ I own my own home and my boyfriend
backs, because if you do, there will be hell currently rents. My parents are very tradi-
to pay. Consider this: Not all denominations tional and may not help with the wedding if
baptize their members as infants.
we move in together. We can’t afford to pay
Dear Abby: Please post my message for for much if we don’t do it and save. On top of
people to be more considerate and nonjudg- that, we are excited to start our lives together.
mental about their “help.” I am a housekeeper Do I honor my parents’ wishes or do what I
by choice. I have office skills, massage feel is right for me and my fiance? — Rock
therapy skills and many talents, but I have And A Hard Place
noticed that clients seem to have a precon-
Dear Rock And A Hard Place: You and
ceived idea of who I am.
your fiancé are both 30, which means you are
I am not someone who is money-driven. well into adulthood. Don’t you think it’s time
I am also not uneducated. I am a person who for you both to start becoming and thinking
enjoys helping others, no matter what I may like independent adults? By that I mean
be doing. What I do for a living is not who I deciding which is more important to you —
am.
living your lives the way your parents want,
I have been treated disrespectfully. People or the way you want.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 2-3, 1917
Though a chinook and warm rain has
almost entirely melted the snow in and about
Pendleton, other parts of the county were
visited with a different brand of weather.
In the mountains there has been a heavy
snowfall during the past two days and in
the north and east ends of the county a hard
windstorm yesterday piled up the snow in
great drifts, blocking traffic for a time on
both rail and highway. Between Athena and
Weston yesterday the wind piled the snow in
such a drift that one of the Walla Walla-Pend-
leton trains was stuck for several hours. It is
reported that from Adams on the highways
are piled five and six feet deep with snow in
some places, making auto traffic out of the
question.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 2-3, 1967
New Year’s babies in both Pendleton and
Hermiston checked in early Jan. 1, and both
were boys! The first baby born in Pendleton
arrived at 5:50 a.m. at St. Anthony Hospital,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Barkley of Mission.
In Hermiston the first baby was born at Good
Shepherd Hospital at 8:23 a.m. New Years
Day, to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Zemke. For being
the first baby of the year in Pendleton the
Barkley boy won over 25 prizes. The child,
named Leslie Paul, is the seventh for the
Barkleys. Young Alex Lynn, the first child for
the Zemkes, earns over 19 prizes in the East
Oregonian’s first baby contest for the West
End.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 2-3, 1992
Little environmental damage is expected
from the spill of about 4,500 gallons of diesel
fuel into a canyon on Cabbage Hill Tuesday.
The spill occurred at about 6:45 a.m. after a
semi-truck hauling 9,500 gallons if diesel fuel
veered off the eastbound lanes of Interstate 84
and plunged 100 feet into a ravine. The driver,
Russell Nally of Milton-Freewater, was not
injured, but one tanker trailer ruptured and
spewed its contents into a gully. The diesel
fuel flowed into an adjoining canyon that
typically carries runoff water into Patawa
Creek. Little runoff water was present in the
canyon, which helped aid the containment
within one-half mile of Patawa Creek.
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 third day of
2017. There are 362 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Jan. 3, 1967, Jack
Ruby, the man who shot and
killed Lee Harvey Oswald,
the accused assassin of Pres-
ident John F. Kennedy, died
in a Dallas hospital.
On this date:
In 1521, Martin Luther
was excommunicated from
the Roman Catholic Church
by Pope Leo X.
In 1777, Gen. George
Washington’s army routed
the British in the Battle of
Princeton, New Jersey.
In 1870, groundbreaking
took place for the Brooklyn
Bridge.
In 1892, J.R.R. Tolkien,
author of the “Lord of the
Rings” trilogy, was born in
Bloemfontein, South Africa.
In 1911, the first postal
savings banks were opened
by the U.S. Post Office.
(The banks were abolished
in 1966.)
In 1938, the March of
Dimes campaign to fight
polio was established by
President Franklin D. Roos-
evelt, who himself had been
afflicted with the crippling
disease.
In 1946, William Joyce,
the pro-Nazi radio propa-
gandist known as “Lord
Haw-Haw,” was hanged
at Wandsworth Prison in
London for high treason.
In 1947, congressional
proceedings were televised
for the first time as viewers
in Washington, Philadel-
phia and New York got to
see some of the opening
ceremonies of the 80th
Congress.
In 1959, Alaska became
the 49th state as President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
signed a proclamation.
In 1977, Apple Computer
was incorporated in Cuper-
tino, California, by Steve
Jobs, Steve Wozniak and
Mike Makkula Jr.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Dabney Coleman is 85. Jour-
nalist-author Betty Rollin is
81. Hockey Hall-of-Famer
Bobby Hull is 78. Sing-
er-songwriter-producer Van
Dyke Parks is 74. Musician
Stephen Stills is 72. Rock
musician John Paul Jones
(Led Zeppelin) is 71. Actress
Victoria Principal is 67.
Actor-director Mel Gibson is
61. Actress Shannon Sturges
is 49. Actor John Ales is 48.
Jazz musician James Carter is
48. Contemporary Christian
singer Nichole Nordeman
is 45. Musician Thomas
Bangalter (Daft Punk) is 42.
Actor Jason Marsden is 42.
Actress Danica McKellar is
42. Actor Nicholas Gonzalez
is 41. Actress Kate Levering
is 38. NFL quarterback Eli
Manning is 36.
Thought for Today: “If
people never did silly things,
nothing intelligent would
ever get done.” — Ludwig
Wittgenstein,
Austrian
philosopher (1889-1951).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE