Tuesday, February 14, 2017
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
East Oregonian
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DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Less is more than enough
when Mom walks in the nude
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I am 26 years old, and
A beer or two is OK with me, Abby,
my mother still walks around naked
considering the stresses he deals with
in front of me with no warning. I’ve
at work. What worries me is that he
told her several times that it makes me
feels the need to hide the cans from
uncomfortable, but she seems not to
me after I told him he doesn’t have
take me seriously. In her culture (she’s
to. Does this mean he has a bigger
not from the U.S.), walking around
problem that needs to be addressed?
naked is no problem. But I’m tired of
Please help! — Unsure In Virginia
seeing her breasts unexpectedly.
Dear Unsure: Yes, he does. Your
Jeanne
I’m all about positive body Phillips fiancé apparently feels guilty about
image, but it’s strange to me to see a
his nightly beer drinking, which
Advice
62-year-old woman’s breasts. Am I
is why he hides the evidence. The
the one who has an issue? I’m open to
two of you need to have a serious
any advice or recommendations. — ‘Nudie’s’ conversation about it, preferably BEFORE
Daughter In Houston
the wedding.
Dear Daughter: It appears you are,
Dear Abby: There is a reaction that some-
indeed, the one who has the issue. If you’re times happens when my daughter and I meet
seeing your mother walk around in a state of someone new that really frosts me. When
undress, I’m guessing that, although you are someone says, “You look like sisters,” I want
an adult, you are still living under her roof. In to say, “Baloney!” In the first place, we do
her house, she has the privilege of making the NOT look like sisters — our 22-year differ-
rules, not you. If she is comfortable walking ence is very obvious. I know the speakers
around au naturel, you will either have to think they are flattering me, but what they are
accept it or move out. The choice is yours.
really doing is making my daughter think she
Dear Abby: A while ago I noticed that my looks older. Please ask your readers to stop
fiancé had been hiding empty cans of beer and think before making such fake-flattery
from me. After I go to sleep (he is a night comparisons. — Baloney In Colorado
owl and I usually end up going to sleep first),
Dear Baloney: I can ask my readers to
he goes to the store and buys a can or two refrain from saying it, but please explain to
of beer. But instead of throwing the empty your daughter that the compliment is meant
cans out, he hides them. When I accidentally for you, indicating that you look young for
discovered his hiding place, I told him he your age — not that she looks old for hers.
didn’t have to hide them from me. Now,
Dear Readers: I deeply appreciate the
every once in a while I check the same spot, relationship I have with you. You make my
and I have noticed that he has been hiding life a joy. Please allow me to wish you all a
them again.
Happy Valentine’s Day. — Love, Abby
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
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BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 13-14, 1917
The memory of Abraham Lincoln was
eulogized last night at the Lincoln Day
banquet held in the dining room of the Hotel
Pendleton and which was attended by sixty
or more representative citizens. It was the
second such banquet held and it was proposed
last evening to make it an annual affair and to
form a Lincoln Society under whose auspices
the event would be held. Five speakers were
introduced at the close of the very tasty
menu, by W.E. Brock, toastmaster, and they
eloquently told of the life, the virtues and the
achievements of the man who has universally
come to be regarded as the great American.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 13-14, 1967
A thorny problem of zoning a six-block
strip along Main Street in Milton-Freewater
appears at long last to have been solved. The
zoning problem was whether to have the
strip, located between two business districts,
zoned commercial or residential. Monday the
Milton-Freewater City Council approved a
compromise proposal that would preserve the
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
status quo, permitting both commercial and
residential development in the area which
runs from 3rd Street to 9th Street along Main.
The compromise proposal, first submitted
by the planning commission, would permit
existing commercial establishments to expand
to adjacent property, but would not allow new
commercial establishments to develop in the
middle of a block.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 13-14, 1992
Children under 16 will no longer be
tolerated on the streets of Hermiston after 10
p.m. as the city cracks down on vandalism
and theft. Juveniles will be taken to the police
station to wait for a trip home from their
parents, unless they have legitimate excuse
to be out, police chief Grant Asher said. The
curfew, which will be enforced though satu-
ration patrols, is the city’s contribution to a
growing community effort to stop vandalism,
Asher said. For the past two weekends,
the Hermiston School District has fielded
late-night patrols and shifted custodial work
schedules to combat more than $35,000 in
losses from vandals and thieves since the first
of the school year.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Today is the 45th day of
2017. There are 320 days left
in the year. This is Valentine’s
Day.
Today’s Highlights in
History:
On Feb. 14, 1967, Aretha
Franklin recorded her cover
of Otis Redding’s “Respect”
at Atlantic Records in New
York. The Turtles’ single
“Happy Together” was
released on the White Whale
label.
On this date:
In 1778, the American
ship Ranger carried the
recently adopted Stars and
Stripes to a foreign port for
the first time as it arrived in
France.
In 1849, President James
K. Polk became the first U.S.
chief executive to be photo-
graphed while in office as he
posed for Matthew Brady in
New York City.
In 1859, Oregon was
admitted to the Union as the
33rd state.
In 1903, the Department
of Commerce and Labor was
established. (It was divided
into separate departments
of Commerce and Labor in
1913.)
In 1912, Arizona became
the 48th state of the Union as
President William Howard
Taft signed a proclamation.
In 1929, the “St. Valen-
tine’s Day Massacre” took
place in a Chicago garage as
seven rivals of Al Capone’s
gang were gunned down.
In 1941, the Carson
McCullers novel “Reflec-
tions in a Golden Eye,”
previously serialized, was
published in book form by
Houghton Mifflin.
In 1962, first lady Jacque-
line Kennedy conducted a
televised tour of the White
House in a videotaped
special that was broadcast on
CBS and NBC (and several
nights later on ABC).
In 1979, Adolph Dubs, the
U.S. ambassador to Afghani-
stan, was kidnapped in Kabul
by Muslim extremists and
killed in a shootout between
his abductors and police.
In 1989, Iran’s Ayatollah
Khomeini called on Muslims
to kill Salman Rushdie,
author of “The Satanic
Verses,” a novel condemned
as blasphemous.
Today’s Birthdays: TV
personality Hugh Downs is
96. Actor Andrew Prine is 81.
Country singer Razzy Bailey
is 78. Former New York City
Mayor Michael Bloomberg
is 75. Jazz musician Maceo
Parker is 74. Movie director
Alan Parker is 73. Journalist
Carl Bernstein is 73. Former
Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H.,
is 70. TV personality Pat
O’Brien is 69. Magician
Teller (Penn and Teller) is
69. Cajun singer-musician
Michael Doucet (Beausoleil)
is 66. Actor Ken Wahl is 60.
Opera singer Renee Fleming
is 58. Actress Meg Tilly is 57.
Pro Football Hall of Famer
Jim Kelly is 57. Singer-pro-
ducer Dwayne Wiggins is
56. Actress Sakina Jaffey is
55. Actor Enrico Colantoni is
54. Actor Simon Pegg is 47.
Rock musician Kevin Baldes
(Lit) is 45. Rock singer Rob
Thomas (Matchbox Twenty)
is 45.
Thought for Today: “I
am living on hope and faith
... a pretty good diet when the
mind will receive them.” —
Edwin Arlington Robinson,
American poet (1869-1935).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE