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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Daughter’s identity as asexual
is not welcomed by her mom
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I have recently started
father tried to strangle me in a
disclosing to close friends and family
drunken rage one night, I took her
that I am asexual (someone who expe-
and left. Years later, we are on good
riences no sexual attraction to any
terms. I have legal custody. He sends
person). For the most part they have
financial support and visits about
been supportive, but my mother and
once a month. My finances, however,
one of my friends are having trouble
are not great.
accepting it. I have told them I do not
Because we are not in touch with
want children and that I am repulsed
his
extended family, I was surprised
Jeanne
by the thought of sexual intercourse, Phillips when he told me his sister wants
but my mother acts like if I don’t have
Jenna to be a flower girl in her desti-
Advice
children, I won’t be as welcome. She
nation wedding. I’m not comfortable
even suggested that I could marry a
sending her alone with her father
gay man, so sex wouldn’t be an issue. And my because of his history of alcohol abuse (which
friend continues to pressure me into dating, his sister is unaware of). I am not financially
saying I “just haven’t met the right one yet.”
able to take her myself.
Abby, I have no clue how to maintain
Is there a solution I’m overlooking? Am
contact with them, as they seem unwilling to I callous for thinking she just wants a cute
let my sexual identity be my business. — An child as an accessory to her wedding party?
Ace In A Hole
— Mother Of The Flower Girl
Dear Ace: Your sexual identity became
Dear Mother: Without knowing your
their business the minute you told them former partner’s sister, it would be unfair
you were asexual. The problem is that your of me to guess her reason for wanting your
friend and your mother do not understand daughter in her wedding. However, if your
what asexuality is — and many people don’t. ex is still drinking, you are absolutely right
Please tell your mother for me that marrying that Jenna should not be traveling with him.
a gay man is not the answer because HE may Perhaps he would be willing to pay for both
want a sex life, something to which he is of you to be there.
entitled, by the way. As to your friend, she’s
Dear Abby: I have an interesting question
well-meaning I’m sure, but misguided.
for you. Is it sexual harassment if a female
You are who you are. You’re not going supervisor at work calls a male employee
to change, and you should not be punished “Honey”? — Peter In South Carolina
for it. Please try not to be defensive because
Dear Peter: If that’s all there is to it, I
this is your chance to educate. Answer their doubt it would be considered sexual harass-
questions with patience and kindness and ment. However, if you are the employee
do not let yourself be bullied or emotionally being called “Honey,” because it bothers you,
blackmailed into doing anything you are not tell your employer privately that it makes
comfortable with.
you uncomfortable and you prefer being
Dear Abby: After my daughter Jenna’s addressed by your given name.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 22, 1917
That spring is yet a thing somewhat distant
was evidenced by a heavy snow which started
yesterday afternoon about 3 o’clock and
continued for several hours. Snow fell this
morning and there was no indication of a let up.
The barometer of Major Lee Moorhouse read
as low as 28.26 which foresages a continued
storm. Farmers were in the midst of plowing
and will be forced to discontinue operations
for some time. Stockmen are reported to be
laying in a supply of fodder.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 22, 1967
The Harlem Globetrotters put on their
court show before a packed house at the
Pendleton National Guard Armory last night
with accompanying vaudeville acts including
a juggling act, a trampoline exhibition, table
tennis exhibition, a high wire act and a plate
balancing act. The one act that didn’t make it
was the one the crowd was looking for, espe-
cially with so many little leaguers in atten-
dance. Leroy (Satchel) Paige, the legendary
baseball pitcher, was unable to appear. He had
to leave town earlier in the afternoon because
of an illness in his family.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 22, 1992
For Edna “Hootie” McClintock a simple
coffee cup can mean wondrous things —
shapes, designs and, most importantly, colors.
Hootie is blind. The last time Hootie actually
saw colors she was in her early 20s. “I was
looking at a calendar with a train on it and
I saw this flash of light. I lost my sight after
that.” Her coffee cup collection is spread
throughout her home on shelves, cupboards
and an elaborate cup tree. When she gets a cup,
she has a person describe it and then she files it
away in a place where she can remember. The
collection that was started on a whim in 1973
does not sit idle. Every day she uses a different
cup. And she has other home occupations that
keep her busy. She muses that it would be nice
to live in Portland again for no other reason
but to have her 200 channel scanner working
at full capacity in a busy city.
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 53rd day of
2017. There are 312 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Feb. 22, 1732 (New
Style date), the first president
of the United States, George
Washington, was born in
Westmoreland County in the
Virginia Colony.
On this date:
In 1862, Jefferson Davis,
already the provisional
president of the Confed-
eracy, was inaugurated for a
six-year term following his
election in Nov. 1861.
In 1892, “Lady Wind-
ermere’s Fan” by Oscar
Wilde was first performed
at London’s St. James’
Theater.
In 1909, the Great White
Fleet, a naval task force
sent on a round-the-world
voyage by President Theo-
dore Roosevelt, returned
after more than a year at sea.
In
1924,
President
Calvin Coolidge delivered
the first radio broadcast
from the White House as he
addressed the country over
42 stations.
In 1935, it became illegal
for airplanes to fly over the
White House.
In 1940, the 14th Dalai
Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was
enthroned at age four in
Lhasa, Tibet.
In 1959, the inaugural
Daytona 500 race was held;
although Johnny Beau-
champ was initially declared
the winner, the victory was
later awarded to Lee Petty.
In 1980, the “Miracle
on Ice” took place in Lake
Placid, New York, as the
United States Olympic
hockey team upset the
Soviets, 4-3. (The U.S. team
went on to win the gold
medal.)
In 1987, pop artist Andy
Warhol died at a New York
City hospital at age 58.
In 1997, scientists in
Scotland announced they
had succeeded in cloning an
adult mammal, producing
a lamb named “Dolly.”
(Dolly, however, was later
put down after a short life
marred by premature aging
and disease.)
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Paul Dooley is 89. Actor
James Hong is 88. Movie
director Jonathan Demme is
73. Actor John Ashton is 69.
Actress Miou-Miou is 67.
Actress Julie Walters is 67.
Basketball Hall of Famer
Julius Erving is 67. Actress
Ellen Greene is 66. Former
Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., is
65. Former White House
adviser David Axelrod is 62.
Actor Kyle MacLachlan is
58. World Golf Hall of Famer
Vijay Singh is 54. Actress-co-
median Rachel Dratch is 51.
Actor Paul Lieberstein is 50.
Actress Jeri Ryan is 49. Actor
Thomas Jane is 48. TV host
Clinton Kelly is 48. Actress
Tamara Mello is 47. Actress-
singer Lea Salonga is 46.
Actor Jose Solano is 46. Inter-
national Tennis Hall-of-Famer
Michael Chang is 45. Singer
James Blunt is 43. Actress
Drew Barrymore is 42.
Thought for Today: “It
is infinitely better to have a
few good men than many
indifferent ones.” — Pres-
ident George Washington
(1732-1799).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE