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Page 8B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Tuesday, February 21, 2017 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Wife whose husband fights dirty may need a clean break FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: Because I had a friends with a bachelor for 30 years. promiscuous past prior to getting Over the past year we have had a married, it was understandable that problem with him that is seriously my husband and I have gone through straining our friendship. When he some rough patches. It’s been three uses the bathroom in our home, he years since our wedding, and he still leaves a terrible mess. There’s urine can’t let it go sometimes. A recent all over the toilet and a large puddle argument just escalated into his calling on the bathroom floor. The last time me a whore and stupid. We have a he was here, it was obvious he had Jeanne beautiful little girl together, so it’s not Phillips stepped in it and tracked it around as like I can just up and go whenever I he left the room! I’m extremely upset Advice want. and angry. When is enough, enough? Where In addition, it’s obvious he doesn’t is the point that I can give in to the thought wash his hands, as the sink and soap are that I can’t do it anymore? Or is this just bone-dry. I don’t want him to come over what marriage is? We have already done anymore. My husband wants me to be more counseling, and it just made it worse. I feel forgiving. We’re both too embarrassed to say really alone, so can you please give me some anything to him. Should we stop being his feedback? — Rough Patch friend, or have a frank talk? He is oblivious Dear Rough Patch: If your husband knew and continues to contact us and wants to visit. about your promiscuous past when he married We either put him off or try to arrange to meet you, he has no right to throw it at you when him elsewhere. It is becoming unbearable. — he’s angry. That’s fighting dirty, and it never Disgusted In Louisiana resolves the issue at hand. You are neither Dear Disgusted: It would be a shame to a whore nor stupid, and this is NOT what throw away a 30-year friendship without marriage is supposed to be. Good husbands trying to save it. Could there be a physical build their partner’s self-esteem; they don’t problem that has caused this change in your undercut it the way yours is doing, because longtime friend — a bladder problem, or one it is abusive. with his eyesight? Since the counseling you had didn’t work, You are all adults, and longtime friends you must now decide whether you need to should be able to speak frankly with each try again with a different therapist or talk to a other. Because your husband is closer to him lawyer. If I were living like this, I know what I than you are, he’s the one who needs to talk to would do, but the only person who can decide him “man to man” and point out the fact that what’s best for you and your daughter is you. there is a problem and then ask what might Dear Abby: My husband and I have been be wrong. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 20-21, 1917 Getting away from control a freight train on the Great Northern, 30 cars long, made a mad dash down the mountain near Tyee early this mozrning according to reports received here. The train went into the ditch at the conclusion of its run with the result three men are missing. It is not known whether they are buried in the debris or were thrown off, or jumped, while the train was in motion. Because of the wreck the great Northern passenger business is today being routed via the Northern Pacific from Spokane to Seattle. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 20-21, 1967 A The Dalles man’s car locked horns with a truckload of apples on Highway 30 Saturday morning and he received a traffic violation citation and multiple cuts for his troubles. Kenneth H. Edwards, 32, ran into the rear of a truck carrying a load of apples, driven by Johnny Lynn Harris, 43, of Yakima, Wash., on Highway 30 near Rew Elevator, police said. Edwards’ vehicle was lodged under the bed of the truck and the two vehicles proceeded together down the highway to a turnoff before they could be freed. Edwards was cited for violation of the basic rule. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 20-21, 1992 The Umatilla County Commissioners have informally agreed to be “sponsors” for repair of a levee damaged by heavy runoff last spring. But the commissioners are asking that Ukiah residents form a water control district to care for the Camas Creek drainage in the future. Commissioners Bill Hansell and Emile Holeman discussed repairing the damaged levee with about 25 Ukiah residents Tuesday. Representatives from the Corps of Engineers, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the U.S. Forest Service and the Umatilla Tribes also attended. THIS DAY IN HISTORY BLONDIE DILBERT THE WIZARD OF ID LUANN ZITS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE BY SCOTT ADAMS BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART BY GREG EVANS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN Today is the 52nd day of 2017. There are 313 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 21, 1947, inventor Edwin H. Land publicly demonstrated his Polaroid Land camera, which used self-developing film to produce a black & white photograph in 60 seconds. On this date: In 1513, Pope Julius II, who commissioned Michel- angelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, died nearly four months after the project was completed. In 1613, Mikhail Romanov, 16, was unanimously chosen by Russia’s national assembly to be czar, beginning a dynasty that would last three centuries. In 1885, the Washington Monument was dedicated. In 1916, the World War I Battle of Verdun began in France as German forces attacked; the French were able to prevail after 10 months of fighting. In 1945, during the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima, the escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea was sunk by kamikazes with the loss of 318 men. In 1958, the USS Gudgeon (SS-567) became the first American submarine to complete a round-the-world cruise, eight months after departing from Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. In 1965, black Muslim leader and civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom in New York by assassins identified as members of the Nation of Islam. (Three men were convicted of murder and imprisoned; all were eventu- ally paroled.) In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon began his historic visit to China as he and his wife, Pat, arrived in Beijing. In 1986, Larry Wu-tai Chin, the first American found guilty of spying for China, killed himself in his Virginia jail cell. In 1992, Kristi Yamaguchi of the United States won the gold medal in ladies’ figure skating at the Albertville Olympics; Midori Ito of Japan won the silver, Nancy Kerrigan of the U.S. the bronze. In 1997, a bomb exploded at The Otherside Lounge, a gay and lesbian nightclub in Atlanta, injuring five people. (Eric Rudolph later admitted targeting the club.) Today’s Birthdays: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is 93. Fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy is 90. Movie director Bob Rafelson is 84. Actor Gary Lockwood is 80. Actor-di- rector Richard Beymer is 78. Actor Peter McEnery is 77. U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is 77. Film/music company executive David Geffen is 74. Actress Tyne Daly is 71. Actor Anthony Daniels is 71. Tricia Nixon Cox is 71. Former Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, is 70. Rock musician Jerry Harrison (The Heads) is 68. Actress Christine Ebersole is 64. Actor William Petersen is 64. Actor Kelsey Grammer is 62. Country singer Mary Chapin Carpenter is 59. Actor Kim Coates is 59. Actor Jack Coleman is 59. Actor Christopher Atkins is 56. Actor William Baldwin is 54. Country singer Eric Heatherly is 47. Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt is 38. Comedian-actor Jordan Peele (TV: “Key and Peele”) is 38. Actress Ellen Page is 30. Actress Sophie Turner is 21. Thought for Today: “Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.” — Spanish proverb. PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
