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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