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PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, February 24, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Daughters blame mom’s fiancé
for breaking up her marriage
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My fiancée and I plan
the guy who rebuilt an antique truck
to be married next year. I met her after
from the ground up, if you go to any
she left her husband because he had
car show featuring restored cars, you
cheated on her twice. She refuses to
can’t help but admire the time, energy,
tell her daughters that she left their dad
skill and commitment some men put
because he cheated, so I am doomed
into a restoration. These can be works
to be the “bad guy” for eternity. They
of art.
think I’m “the man who stole Mama
Balance is very important to a
from Daddy.” Her youngest (age 25)
successful
marriage. Before a wife
Jeanne
thinks I’m the devil incarnate and is Phillips complains about too much time
unbelievably rude to me, no matter
spent in the “cave” (and not all do
Advice
who is around. I’m thinking marriage
complain), she should consider the
will be hell because she and her
upside. He is safe, he’s not blowing
mother interact every day. What am I to do? family money in a bar or at a blackjack table,
— Blameless In The South
and he’s not chasing other women. And he
Dear Blameless: This is not a question just may be creating something unique that
of what “you” should do. It’s a question of will give him great pride and satisfaction. —
what you and your fiancée should do together. Paul In Wisconsin
Dear Paul: When I put the question about
While it may not be necessary for her to tell
her adult daughters that their father was a “garaged husbands” out to my readers, they
cheater, and that’s the reason she left him, she were forthcoming with their views. The
should definitely call a family meeting and responses — predominantly from men, but
clear the air by telling them that you were not also some of their wives — were overwhelm-
the reason the marriage ended. She should ingly positive.
also insist that you be treated with respect —
While the theory of spending too much
if not affection.
time in the garage as a result of being “frozen
However, if she’s unwilling to do that, out of the bedroom” was raised, most readers
then you should seriously consider calling off affirmed the value of having separate time
the wedding because a marriage under those from a spouse — as long as it is only “spare”
conditions would be miserable for you. Her time. Wives wrote that it enables them to
daughters would guarantee it.
catch up on reading, shopping, a project with
Dear Abby: This is in response to the kids or grandkids, or watch a favorite TV
“Another Husband in Oregon” (Sept. 3) who show or movie.
wondered about the “man cave” behavior he
Both spouses extolled the results produced
had observed in his neighbors. I can tell you in the “cave” — restored vintage cars, wood-
from personal experience that the appeal of working items and various repairs. Visiting
spending long hours working on mechanical is permitted, and there’s learning to be had
things in a garage or workshop in total for the kids. And, as a number of readers
solitude is strong for many men. Regarding reminded us, “At least you know where he is.”
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
Feb. 24, 1917
The first case brought in Umatilla county
under the provision of the new bone-dry law
which makes drunkenness a state offense
punishable in the state courts was filed this
morning when Chief of Police Gurdane swore
to a complaint in the justice court against
Herman Peters, former saloonman. His fine
was $10 and costs, making a total of $16.20.
Peters was arrested yesterday afternoon on
Main street by the chief as he got into an auto.
According to the officer he was too drunk
to be permitted to drive a car. As he got into
the car, he turned toward Chief Gurdane who
was standing near by and contemptuously
wiggled his fingers from his nose, according
to the chief. This provoked the latter to place
him under arrest and escort him to the police
station.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 24, 1967
A planned switchover of electrical service
in a large area east of Pendleton ran into trouble
last night and early this morning causing
people in that region to be without power for a
total of about two hours. Affected were people
in the Mt. Hebron, Riverside, Umatilla River,
Meacham and Reservation areas serviced by
Umatilla Electric Coop. Dave Boothman, line
superintendent for Umatilla Electric, said the
trouble occurred when a bypass switch on a set
of regulators failed to open and a set of circuit
breakers failed to stay closed. The power
switch was part of a normal switching proce-
dure to de-energize the Pendleton Bonneville
substation to allow the BPA crews to perform
maintenance work at the substation.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 24, 1992
Sharon Gwenevere Byers of Hermiston
was among winners in the recent Miss Oregon
National Teen-Ager Pageant at Umpqua
Community College, Roseburg. Byers, 17,
received the pageant’s top citizenship award.
She is the daughter of Kim M. Richardson of
Hermiston. She earned a trophy and a $20,000
tuition scholarship to Eckerd College in St.
Petersburg, Fla. Byers also will be considered
for one of 15 regional tuition scholarships,
$16,000 each, and two $24,000 national
awards. She was among top 10 finalists in the
senior division, ages 16-18.
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 55th day of
2017. There are 310 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Feb. 24, 1942, the
SS Struma, a charter ship
attempting to carry nearly
800 Jewish refugees from
Romania to British-man-
dated Palestine during World
War II, sank in the Black Sea
off Turkey after it was torpe-
doed by a Soviet submarine;
all but one of the refugees on
board perished.
On this date:
In 1582, Pope Gregory
XIII issued an edict outlining
his calendar reforms. (The
Gregorian Calendar is the
calendar in general use
today.)
In 1868, the U.S. House of
Representatives impeached
President Andrew Johnson
following his attempted
dismissal of Secretary of War
Edwin M. Stanton; Johnson
was later acquitted by the
Senate.
In 1912, the American
Jewish women’s organiza-
tion Hadassah was founded
in New York City.
In 1920, the German
Workers Party, which later
became the Nazi Party, met in
Munich to adopt its platform.
In 1938, the first nylon
bristle toothbrush, manufac-
tured by DuPont under the
name “Dr. West’s Miracle
Toothbrush,” went on sale.
In 1955, the Cole Porter
musical “Silk Stockings”
opened at the Imperial
Theater on Broadway.
In
1966,
Kwame
Nkrumah, the first president
of Ghana, was overthrown
in a military coup while he
was visiting Beijing; he was
replaced by Joseph Arthur
Ankrah.
In 1975, the Congres-
sional Budget Office, charged
with providing independent
analyses of budgetary and
economic issues, began oper-
ating under its first director,
Alice Rivlin.
In 1992, Nirvana lead
singer Kurt Cobain married
Hole lead vocalist Courtney
Love in Hawaii.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actor-singer
Dominic
Chianese is 86. Movie
composer Michel Legrand
is 85. Opera singer-director
Renata Scotto is 83. Singer
Joanie Sommers is 76.
Former Sen. Joseph Lieb-
erman, I-Conn., is 75. Actor
Barry Bostwick is 72. Actor
Edward James Olmos is
70. Singer-writer-producer
Rupert Holmes is 70. Rock
singer-musician
George
Thorogood is 67. Actress
Debra Jo Rupp is 66. Actress
Helen Shaver is 66. News
anchor Paula Zahn is 61.
Baseball Hall of Famer
Eddie Murray is 61. Country
singer Sammy Kershaw is
59. Actor Mark Moses is
59. Actress Beth Broderick
is 58. Singer Michelle
Shocked is 55. Actor Billy
Zane is 51. Rock musician
Matt McGinley (Gym Class
Heroes) is 34.
Thought for Today:
“Be kind to unkind people
— they need it the most.” —
Ashleigh Brilliant, English-
born American writer.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE