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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Ex-husband who drives drunk
should be taken off the road
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: A few months ago I
come up. While I have never had any
left my husband after a long marriage,
desire for children, I’m becoming
mostly due to his drinking. He often
more open to the idea. My parents
insisted on getting behind the wheel
divorced when I was young, so I have
while drunk, and I was uncomfortable
a fear of being a single mom. Kirk
about it, although I repeatedly begged
grew up never knowing his father, so
him not to do it.
he has always wanted to take on that
Since our split he has been drinking
role.
much later at his favorite bar. Where
Kirk is a wonderful, loving
Jeanne
he used to come home about 8, he Phillips husband, but when he’s tired, he
now stays until 10 or 11. He recently
doesn’t always handle things well.
Advice
had an accident on his way home
We have two dogs, and when they
from the bar, but managed to get away
bother Kirk during the night or when
before the police arrived.
he wants to be left alone, he gets frustrated.
Part of me wants to contact the police and I’m wondering if this is an example of how
report it because I would feel horrible if he he would be if we were to have a baby.
hurt someone and I had done nothing to stop
I have discussed my concerns with him;
it. I admit there are also selfish reasons I’d like he says it would be different because it
to see him picked up. My concern is that he’ll would involve a child, not a pet. I love my
find out I turned him in. Any suggestion on dogs dearly and feel they should have their
what to do? — Nervous In North Carolina needs met as children do, no matter the
Dear Nervous: Your husband is a menace circumstances. Is it possible that Kirk will be
on the road, and unless something is done to different with our child, or is this how he’ll
stop him, he may kill somebody. I say this react when he’s disturbed in the middle of the
not only because it is common sense, but night? — Looking Toward The Future
also because the daughter-in-law of a friend
Dear Looking: That depends upon how
of mine was the victim in a terrible accident Kirk reacts when he becomes “frustrated.”
caused by a man who was blind drunk. She Most adults are mature and rational enough
was the only survivor; two others died. Her to differentiate between an animal’s need
injuries are extensive and traumatic, and it for attention and a small child’s, and react
may take years for her to fully recover.
appropriately.
So, please, put aside your personal issues.
However, since you are approaching this
For the safety of the community, turn him in. rationally in advance of becoming pregnant,
If his car was damaged, you would not be the it might quiet your fears if you and Kirk were
only person who is aware of it.
to join some parenting classes together. Your
Dear Abby: “Kirk” and I have been OB/GYN might be able to tell you where to
together for 10 years, married for five. We’re locate one. Or go online and do a web search
nearing our 30s, and the idea of a child has on parenting classes in your area.
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
Jan. 9-10, 1917
Chief No Shirt of the Walla Wallas
called a council at his place yesterday for
the purpose of arousing opposition to the
proposal to divide the tribal lands among
the children of present allottees and, while
he and Captain Sumpkin led a spirited
argument against the plan, champions of it
were equally as vigorous and, as a result, it is
anticipated that at least 50 more adult Indians
will sign the petitions asking for the division
of the lands. Between 75 and 100 signed at
the recent council held at the agency. No
Shirt, however, is not ready to admit defeat.
He expects to take the train tomorrow for
Washington, D.C., to take up personally with
the Indian bureau the matter and to attempt
to block the plans of the advocates.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 9-10, 1967
An Irrigon man survived a gruesome
accident Sunday after he fell from a tree and
was speared through the abdomen on a steel
fence post. Frank Shade, 26, was said to be
in good condition this morning at St. Anthony
Hospital in spite of the fact the fence post went
completely through his body touching several
vital organs, including the heart. Shade was
brought to the hospital with part of the post still
sticking through him. It was removed during
surgery. Shade was trimming a tree around 8
a.m. Sunday when he tumbled. Neighbors and
Perry Pummel, Irrigon policeman, released
Shade a short time later by sawing through the
post. It took about 15 minutes to do this and
Shade was reported to have been conscious
during the ordeal.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 9-10, 1992
The safety council for the Oregon Trucking
Association met in an emergency session
Wednesday to address a series of weather-re-
lated accidents on Cabbage Hill, the infamous
Interstate 84 pass through the Blue Mountains
east of Pendleton. John Sallak, vice president
and director of safety for the association,
which represents companies employing some
30,000 truck drivers in Oregon, said safety
directors from several large fleets gathered to
talk about “what we could do as an industry
to address the problems at Cabbage.” Three
people have died in two Cabbage Hill acci-
dents in the last two weeks. Oregon State
Police attributed both accidents to excessive
speed by truckers, in addition to dense fog and
icy road conditions.
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 10th day of
2017. There are 355 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlights in
History:
On Jan. 10, 1967, Pres-
ident Lyndon B. Johnson,
in his State of the Union
address, asked Congress to
impose a surcharge on both
corporate and individual
income taxes to help pay for
his “Great Society” programs
as well as the war in Vietnam.
That same day, Massachu-
setts Republican Edward W.
Brooke, the first black elected
to the U.S. Senate by popular
vote, took his seat.
On this date:
In 1776, Thomas Paine
anonymously
published
his influential pamphlet,
“Common Sense,” which
argued for American inde-
pendence from British rule.
In 1861, Florida became
the third state to secede from
the Union.
In 1870, John D. Rocke-
feller incorporated Standard
Oil.
In
1917,
legendary
Western frontiersman and
showman William F. “Buffalo
Bill” Cody died at his sister’s
home in Denver at age 70.
In 1920, the League of
Nations was established as
the Treaty of Versailles went
into effect.
In 1946, the first General
Assembly of the United
Nations convened in London.
The first manmade contact
with the moon was made as
radar signals transmitted by
the U.S. Army Signal Corps
were bounced off the lunar
surface.
In 1947, the musical
fantasy “Finian’s Rainbow,”
with music by Burton Lane
and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg,
opened on Broadway.
In 1957, Harold Macmillan
became prime minister of
Britain, following the resigna-
tion of Anthony Eden.
In 1984, the United States
and the Vatican established
full diplomatic relations for
the first time in more than a
century.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Opera singer Sherrill Milnes
is 82. Blues artist Eddy
Clearwater is 82. Rock sing-
er-musician Ronnie Hawkins
is 82. Baseball Hall of Famer
Willie McCovey is 79. Movie
director Walter Hill is 77.
Actor William Sanderson
is 73. Singer Rod Stewart is
72. Rock singer-musician
Donald Fagen (Steely Dan)
is 69. Boxing Hall of Famer
and entrepreneur George
Foreman is 68. Rock musi-
cian Scott Thurston (Tom
Petty and the Heartbreakers)
is 65. Singer Pat Benatar is 64.
Singer Shawn Colvin is 61.
Rock singer-musician Curt
Kirkwood (Meat Puppets) is
58. Rock singer Brad Roberts
(Crash Test Dummies) is 53.
Rapper Chris Smith (Kris
Kross) is 38.
Thought for Today: “In
order to go on living one
must try to escape the death
involved in perfectionism.”
— Hannah Arendt, American
author and historian (1906-
1975).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE