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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, February 17, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Grandpa foils kids’ vegetarian
diet with fast food chicken
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I have been a vege-
human being because I don’t want
tarian for 12 years. My husband has
my personal space infringed upon by
been one on and off for five years.
an aggressive animal.
I thought our children, 7 and 3, had
I would never allow my children
never had meat in their lives.
to behave similarly around guests. If
I recently found out that my father-
I knew people were uncomfortable
in-law has been feeding them chicken
with my children climbing on them,
nuggets from fast food. I was, and still
as a polite host, I would ask my chil-
am, very upset about it. It has been six
dren to leave that person alone. To me
Jeanne
months and I haven’t talked to him Phillips it seems this is a mutual respect issue.
since and no longer let my kids go
Am I wrong? — Dog Encounters
Advice
over there without my husband. He
Dear Dog Encounters: No,
texted me an apology that seemed
you’re not wrong. People have had
very sarcastic and made me even angrier.
scratches on their legs and items of clothing
Everyone says I need to get over it, but no ruined because a dog jumped on them. The
one has confronted him about it. This has put problem is that some dog owners identify
a strain on my relationship with my husband. so strongly with their pet that they lose the
Can you please advise me on what to do ability to distinguish between it and them-
selves — and take anything they perceive as
next? — Furious In The South
Dear Furious: Text messages are, by a rejection personally.
definition, terse. Accept the apology you
While a guest may be technically on a
were given and move forward.
dog’s turf, that doesn’t mean the guest should
That said, however, continue to insist be fair game. Considerate hosts control their
that your children be under their father’s dog until it has calmed down enough to be
supervision when they visit their grandfather properly introduced.
because his judgment is questionable, and he
Dear Abby: I have a 19-year-old grand-
has already shown that when they are with daughter who has three tattoos and now a
him, your wishes will not be enforced.
ring in her nose. Any suggestions as to what
Dear Abby: I have had a few negative I might say to her to stop the destruction? —
encounters with dog owners who invited me Granddad In New Orleans
to their home and became upset because I
Dear Granddad: Whether your grand-
pushed their pet away when it tried to jump/ daughter is “destroying” herself is a matter
lick/nudge me (although I do it gently). of opinion. Obviously, she doesn’t think so.
While I understand I am entering the dog’s That’s why I’m advising you to say nothing
territory, I think it’s inconsiderate when pet beyond “I love you” to her because she is
owners not only refuse to restrain their pets, now an adult and responsible for the choices
but also imply that I’m somehow a lesser she makes.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 17, 1917
To prepare the government’s side of the
appeal to the state supreme court from the
decision of Judge Phelps determining the rela-
tive rights of the Pendleton Roller Mills and
the Indians of the Umatilla reservation to the
water of the Umatilla river, Robert R. Rankin,
assistant United States district attorney, came
up this morning from Portland. The mills
claim a right to 1,000 feet of water a minute
by virtue of an act of congress. The govern-
ment contended that the Indians’ right is prior
because of a treaty made by the government,
and contends further that the action of congress
merely gave to the milling company a license.
Judge Phelps upheld the prior right of the
Indians but held that their right was limited
by actual use, a limitation which the federal
attorneys claim he had no right to legislate on.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 17, 1967
You’ll have to believe Curtis Platt’s
fish story — he had a state policemen as a
witness. The Stanfield grocer was drifting a
lure through a run into a pool on the Umatilla
River just below Stanfield Sunday and not
having any luck. Then Ross Patrick, game
enforcement officer, came into sight. About
the same time a steelhead finally made up
its mind and whacked Platt’s lure. But the
steelhead leaped and the lure flew free, for a
split second, only to dig into the fish’s broad
tail. You can imagine the battle. It took Platt a
while to beach the steelhead but land it he did.
And Patrick saw the whole thing.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 17, 1992
In the shade of a peach tree on a partially
graveled road in Irrigon around 1918, Pend-
leton Round-Up visitors found a novelty.
Scrumptious melons straight from the field
could be purchased in the only fruit stand
in the region. It was a sensational success
for entrepreneurs Batie Rand and his father,
George. Batie Rand, now 91 years old, has a
lot of memories about Irrigon. He moved there
in 1904 as a young boy, and he and his wife,
Mabel, owned a ranch there until they moved
to Hermiston several years ago. His keen
memory, and the fact he’s the oldest living
pioneer of Irrigon, has given him an unofficial
reputation as the city’s historian.
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
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 48th day of
2017. There are 317 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Feb. 17, 1947, the
Voice of America began
broadcasting in Russian to the
Soviet Union.
On this date:
In 1815, the United States
and Britain exchanged the
instruments of ratification for
the Treaty of Ghent, ending
the War of 1812.
In 1863, the International
Red Cross was founded in
Geneva.
In 1897, the forerunner
of the National PTA, the
National
Congress
of
Mothers, convened its first
meeting in Washington.
In 1913, the Armory Show,
a landmark modern art exhibit,
opened in New York City.
In 1925, the first issue of
The New Yorker magazine
(bearing the cover date of
Feb. 21) was published.
In 1933, Newsweek
magazine was first published
under the title “News-Week.”
In 1944, during World
War II, U.S. forces invaded
Eniwetok Atoll, encountering
little initial resistance from
Imperial Japanese troops.
(The Americans secured the
atoll less than a week later.)
In 1959, the United States
launched Vanguard 2, a
satellite that carried meteoro-
logical equipment.
In 1964, the Supreme
Court, in Wesberry v. Sanders,
ruled that congressional
districts within each state
had to be roughly equal in
population.
In 1972, President Richard
M. Nixon departed the White
House with his wife, Pat, on a
historic trip to China.
In 1986, Johnson &
Johnson
announced
it
would no longer sell over-
the-counter medications in
capsule form, following the
death of a woman who had
taken a cyanide-laced Tylenol
capsule.
In 1996, world chess
champion Garry Kasparov
beat IBM supercomputer
“Deep Blue,” winning a
six-game match in Philadel-
phia (however, Kasparov lost
to Deep Blue in a rematch in
1997).
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actor Hal Holbrook is 92.
Actor-comedian
Barry
Humphries (aka “Dame
Edna”) is 83. Country
singer-songwriter
Johnny
Bush is 82. Actress Christina
Pickles is 82. Football Hall-
of-Famer Jim Brown is 81.
Actress Brenda Fricker is 72.
Actress Rene Russo is 63.
Actor Richard Karn is 61.
Actor Lou Diamond Phillips
is 55. Basketball Hall of
Famer Michael Jordan is
54. Actor-comedian Larry,
the Cable Guy is 54. TV
personality Rene Syler is
54. Movie director Michael
Bay is 53. Singer Chante
Moore is 50. Rock musician
Timothy J. Mahoney (311) is
47. Actress Denise Richards
is 46. Rock singer-musician
Billie Joe Armstrong (Green
Day) is 45. TV personality
Paris Hilton is 36. Actor
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is
36. Singer-songwriter Ed
Sheeran is 26.
Thought for Today: “A
healthy attitude is contagious
but don’t wait to catch it from
others. Be a carrier.” — Tom
Stoppard, Czech-born British
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE