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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, January 25, 2017 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Wife wonders if counseling will help husband mature FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I’m having a hard except my granddaughter and the time deciding if I should forgive my baby that is coming. I don’t know husband or tell him enough is enough. what to make of their conduct. I feel In the year since our wedding, he like hanging up on them, or telling became infatuated with one of my them off and being done with them. bridesmaids to the point of telling They are never going to experience her — and me — that he loved her. He being great-grandmothers themselves. also flirted with women online, lied Could they be jealous or angry that to my face about it, and asked for and this happened? Please tell me how to Jeanne received nude pictures from a “friend” Phillips handle it. Their health isn’t good, so if and an ex. I cut them off, it could be forever. — Advice We have been in counseling for Perplexed In Pennsylvania about a month now, but we’re moving Dear Perplexed: Your sisters soon, and I’m not sure I want to move with could be jealous or angry, as you suspect. him, even though he now says he wants to fix They could also be judgmental and trying things. We have a small child together, which to “punish” your granddaughter for being affects my decision. What should I do? — pregnant and unwed by ignoring her. Not Sure In New Hampshire I don’t blame you for feeling angry, and Dear Not Sure: It appears that the man possibly hurt, for the way they are behaving. you married was not mature enough to make You’re entitled. But the question you must that commitment. That the two of you are answer for yourself is, would you be better off now in counseling and he wants to make with or without those “sweethearts” in your things work is hopeful. However, considering life? Only you can answer that one. what has been going on for the past year, I can Dear Abby: I have been dating my understand your serious doubts. Because you boyfriend for nine months, and for the first already have a counselor helping you to work time, at 28, I can say I know what love is. on your marriage, I think you should take Marriage is in the future, which brings me to your question to — and your cues from — the my question. How and when do I tell him I person with whom you are working. was adopted? — East Coast Girl Dear Abby: I am going to be a great-grand- Dear East Coast Girl: Frankly, I’m mother soon, and I’m very excited about it. surprised this hasn’t already been discussed I didn’t think I would live to experience this as part of your getting to know each other. great joy. My beautiful granddaughter is not You are acting like having been adopted is married to the baby’s father, but is a mature some kind of guilty secret, and it’s not. Tell and loving person. your boyfriend in a quiet environment in Although her immediate family is which you can discuss it, preferably when supportive, the extended family is not and you’re having dinner and when you both feel refuses to acknowledge it. My sisters will call relaxed and comfortable, so you can answer me and talk about anything and everything any questions he may ask you. 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. 25, 1917 Whether the Northern Pacific train is more dangerous to auto traffic than it is endan- gered by it is a question given the council to consider. Last evening one of the councilmen recommended that the N.P. Co. be ordered to install a bell at the East Court street crossing as a warning sign. H.G. Blydenstein, who chance to be present, volunteered the infor- mation that the public needs protection more from automobiles who use East Court as a speedway than it does from the N.P. train. Councilman Phelps, thereupon, declared that some steps should be take to safeguard the N.P. train from the speeding autos. “One of these days an auto is going to knock that train off the track,” he said, and, thereupon at the suggestion of Councilman Taylor, the police were notified to enforce the traffic ordinance to the end that the N.P. “cannonball” be protected from danger. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 25, 1967 Wiry, short Hack Bloom, 67, his mouth full of shiny horseshoe nails, said, “Black- smiths have got to be short and strong nowadays.” Because there is a shortage of men who know how to properly shoe a horse, Bloom has started an informal school for young men. He showed Ed Robbins, 23, Stanfield, how to lift the mare’s foot, put the shoe in place and drive the first nail home. “People will pay their horseshoe bill before they pay their grocery bill,” Bloom said. “It’s a good business. I haven’t lost $200 in 50 years.” 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 25, 1992 The team of Ruth Schwartz, Cody Neddo and Jamie Luisi has won SAIL’s fourth annual spelling bee in Hermiston. In compe- tition Thursday, the team beat 19 others for the title by correctly spelling “dinghy,” a small boat. The team also correctly spelled trousseau and entrepreneur, among others, on the way to the title. Schwartz was the adult member of the team. Cody Neddo is a sixth grader and Jamie Luisi an eighth grader. SAIL, or Support Achievement in Learning, sponsored the event for the third year. 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 25th day of 2017. There are 340 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 25, 1947, gang- ster Al Capone died in Miami Beach, Florida, at age 48. On this date: In 1533, England’s King Henry VIII secretly married his second wife, Anne Boleyn, who later gave birth to Elizabeth I. In 1890, reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) of the New York World completed a round-the-world journey in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes. The United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus, Ohio. In 1915, America’s first official transcontinental telephone call took place as Alexander Graham Bell, who was in New York, spoke to his former assistant, Thomas Watson, who was in San Francisco, over a line set up by American Telephone & Telegraph. In 1924, the first Winter Olympic Games opened in Chamonix, France. In 1936, former Gov. Al Smith, D-N.Y., delivered a radio address titled “Betrayal of the Democratic Party” in which he fiercely criticized the New Deal policies of Pres- ident Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1945, the World War II Battle of the Bulge ended as German forces were pushed back to their original positions. Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first community to add fluoride to its public water supply. In 1955, the Soviet Union formally ended its state of war with Germany. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy held the first presidential news conference to be carried live on radio and television. In 1971, Charles Manson and three women followers were convicted in Los Angeles of murder and conspiracy in the 1969 slayings of seven people, including actress Sharon Tate. Today’s Birthdays: Country singer Claude Gray is 85. Movie director Tobe Hooper is 74. Actress Leigh Taylor-Young is 72. Actress Jenifer Lewis is 60. Actress Dinah Manoff is 59. Country musician Mike Burch (River Road) is 51. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kina is 48. Actress China Kantner is 46. Actress Ana Ortiz is 46. Drummer Joe Sirois (Mighty Mighty Boss- tones) is 45. Musician Matt Odmark (Jars of Clay) is 43. Actress Mia Kirshner is 42. Actress Christine Lakin is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singer Alicia Keys is 36. Actor Michael Trevino is 32. Pop musician Calum Hood (5 Seconds to Summer) is 21. Actress Olivia Edward (TV: “Better Things”) is 10. Thought for Today: “There is no such uncer- tainty as a sure thing.” — Robert Burns, Scottish poet (1759-1796). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
