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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Wife who escaped abusive
marriage must not go back
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Dear Abby: In the beginning
with her. (She would never have told
of our marriage there was physical
me on her own.)
abuse and marital rape. I stayed
Our sex life has decreased more
anyway. Over the years we had two
and more over the last few months.
children. My husband, “Seth,” and I
She barely speaks to me now and
don’t communicate because he has
spends most of her time on Face-
refused to talk about any issues we
book. She refuses to discuss our
have. During the last few years, my
relationship, and I suspect she may
youngest son has also become physi-
be looking for someone new or has
Jeanne
cally abusive to me.
Phillips already found him.
I tried to leave many times but
I just don’t get it. I love her. We
Advice
failed until last December when,
have been married for nine years.
because I had a heart attack, I finally
Please help me to understand. —
moved in with family. I did it for the sake of Feeling Lonely
my health and my sanity.
Dear Feeling Lonely: Your wife may
Seth now wants to talk about our issues. not want to discuss your relationship, but
He suggested that I come back home. He has sometimes it’s the things people least want to
several medical problems, so I was taking talk about that most need to be. If you haven’t
care of all the household chores and working already, tell your wife you have noticed the
two jobs. My children will not help with the changes in her behavior and in your level of
chores unless I scream and yell for hours.
intimacy, and you miss it. Tell her you love
I no longer love my husband. He wants her and feel your marriage is threatened.
to romance me and try to make me love him
If she still doesn’t want to discuss your
again. He is also very controlling. He feels I relationship, tell her it’s time the two of
“owe” him a chance to prove that he loves me you go see a marriage and family therapist
and can change. Am I wrong for leaving and together. What you were told may be no more
letting go? I’m very confused. — Letting Go than a flirtation, but if it’s more than that, it’s
In Florida
better you know sooner rather than later. I
Dear Letting Go: You owe this man abso- hope your wife will agree, but if she doesn’t,
lutely nothing! If you allow Seth the chance then for your own sake, get some counseling
to romance you into coming back to take care without her.
of him, you will wind up exactly where you
Dear Abby: Do you field more questions
started.
from unmarried couples living together than
Your son abuses you because that is what from married couples? I can only judge from
he saw his father doing — and you allowed what is printed. — Inquisitive In Virginia
it. If you stand your ground now, it will show
Dear Inquisitive: That’s an interesting
your son that abuse is not to be tolerated. I question. Frankly, I have never broken down
hope you will teach him that lesson because it the letters into categories like “married” or
is an important one for him to learn.
“cohabiting.” Many people live together
Dear Abby: Four months ago my wife before marriage today, but eventually prog-
started wearing more makeup, perfume and ress to formalizing their relationship. Others
trying new things with her hair. It began after do not. Married or not, their relationship
she was promoted to store manager. Recently, questions interest me, or I wouldn’t print
I found out that someone has been flirting them.
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 11, 1917
After investigating the heavy losses of
horses in the Cold Springs country north of
Pendleton, Dr. W.H. Lytle, state veterinarian
who was here yesterday, pronounced the
causes for the losses as two, a mould or
fungus poisoning and poisoning by lupine.
The latter weed is ascribed as the reason for
most of the horses dying and Dr. Lytle has left
with the farmers directions for combatting
the action of the poison. More than 25 head
of valuable horses have been lost within the
past few weeks. George Hess alone has lost
11, Jack Wickman has lost eight head and
has two others sick and Joe Snyder has lost
five head and has two others sick. Dr. Lyle
discovered the weed lupine in the pastures of
practically all the places where horses have
been lost and also ascertained that all of the
animals had been allowed to forage.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 11, 1967
Pendleton firemen were plenty burned
up last night, but it wasn’t because they got
too close to a fire, it was because someone
is tripping the alarm box on NW 15th in
Sergeant City near the high school. This was
the second run on a false alarm to that area in
three days. Not knowing what type of call it
was and not wanting to take any chances, the
fire department dispatched two trucks and 18
men to the scene. Fire Chief William (Blackie)
Batchelor said that malicious false alarms
can tie up men and equipment who might
be needed elsewhere and could possible be
needed at the home of the party who turned
in the alarm. Tripping alarm boxes for this
purpose is punishable by 180 days in jail and
a $500 fine if convicted.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 11, 1992
A Port of Umatilla committee is refining
plans for a regional water system that would
use a large well along the Columbia River
and 2-million-gallon tank on Umatilla Butte.
As proposed, the first phase of the Northwest
Umatilla County Regional Water System
would cost an estimated $3.5 million, Byron
Grow of the Port of Umatilla said. In the
system, water would run from the well to a
chlorination plant and then be moved several
miles to Umatilla Butte, a high point between
Hermiston and Umatilla in the vicinity of
Cooney Lane. The idea appears to be the
cheapest way to add industrial and municipal
capacity to the Hermiston area, he said.
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 11th day of
2017. There are 354 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Jan. 11, 1927, the
creation of the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences was proposed
during a dinner of Holly-
wood luminaries at the
Ambassador Hotel in Los
Angeles.
On this date:
In
1861,
Alabama
became the fourth state to
withdraw from the Union.
In 1908, President Theo-
dore Roosevelt proclaimed
the Grand Canyon National
Monument (it became a
national park in 1919).
In 1935, aviator Amelia
Earhart began an 18-hour
trip from Honolulu to
Oakland, California, that
made her the first person to
fly solo across any part of
the Pacific Ocean.
In 1964, U.S. Surgeon
General Luther Terry issued
“Smoking and Health,” a
report which concluded
that “cigarette smoking
contributes
substantially
to mortality from certain
specific diseases and to the
overall death rate.”
In 1966, Swiss artist
Alberto Giacometti, 64, died
in Chur.
In 2003, calling the death
penalty process “arbitrary
and capricious, and there-
fore immoral,” Illinois Gov.
George Ryan commuted the
sentences of 167 condemned
inmates, clearing his state’s
death row two days before
leaving office.
Today’s Birthdays: The
former prime minister of
Canada, Jean Chretien, is
83. Actor Mitchell Ryan is
83. Actor Felix Silla is 80.
Movie director Joel Zwick
is 75. Country singer Naomi
Judd is 71. World Golf Hall
of Famer Ben Crenshaw is 65.
Singer Robert Earl Keen is 61.
Actress Phyllis Logan is 61.
Musician Vicki Peterson (The
Bangles) is 59. Rock musician
Tom Dumont (No Doubt) is
49. Musician Tom Rowlands
(The Chemical Brothers) is
46. Actor Marc Blucas is 45.
Actress Amanda Peet is 45.
Thought for Today:
“Finish each day and be
done with it. You have done
what you could.” — Ralph
Waldo Emerson, American
essayist, poet and philoso-
pher (1803-1882).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE