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Friday, March 3, 2017 PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK East Oregonian Page 9A DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ After years of pinching pennies couple has cause to celebrate FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: Our house will soon introvert. I find myself accusing him, be paid off. My husband and I would and he tells me I need to stop it. He like to have a party to celebrate, but reassures me that I’m the only woman we’re not sure if we should. he loves and wants in his life. None of our friends are anywhere I don’t want to destroy our close to paying off their mortgages. wonderful marriage. I consider myself We made the choice to drive old cars attractive. I need to stop letting my while our friends all have beautiful lack of self-confidence get the best of new ones, and we were genuinely me. Please help. — Insecure In Ohio Jeanne happy for them each time they proudly Phillips Dear Insecure: I wish I could wave showed them off. a magic wand and make your feelings Advice I’m a stay-at-home mom, and I am magically disappear, but I can’t. The our friends’ emergency contact for answer to your problem lies in finding their kids at school. They have taken amazing out the cause of your deep-seated insecurity, vacations, and we have enjoyed their stories because that’s what triggers your jealousy. and photographs. We used the time and money Until you do, nothing will change. A licensed trips would have cost to stay home and work mental health professional can help you get to on projects around the house. We haven’t the root of it and provide the tools to deal with envied them; we just had different goals. it. Your physician should be able to refer you Should we celebrate this — just the two of to someone who is qualified. us, or with our friends? — Different Goals In Dear Abby: I’ve been with my husband New Mexico for five years, but we’ve been married only for Dear Different Goals: True friends cele- a year. He told me a few months ago that his brate each other’s victories. With no more ex-girlfriend said he is the father of her child. mortgage to pay, you and your husband will We did a home DNA test and it showed he now be able to enjoy some of the things your is not the father. In spite of that, my husband friends have been enjoying all these years. insists he still wants to take care of the child. While some couples would prefer to mark I don’t know what to do. Please help. — the occasion with a special dinner at a nice Thrown In New York restaurant, if you’re inclined to do otherwise, Dear Thrown: It appears that what your then throw a party. You deserve it. husband wants is to maintain a close tie to Dear Abby: I have been married to a the child’s mother, because that is what will wonderful man for 38 years. The issue is that happen if he takes financial responsibility sometimes I get insanely jealous. It isn’t an for her child. Tell your husband you want to everyday occurrence, but I become insecure discuss this with the help of a professional because I feel my husband is too attractive to mediator, preferably a marriage counselor. If other women. he refuses, talk to an attorney because you My husband is very outgoing and I am an may be needing one. 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 March 3, 1917 Miss Grace Hoch, Pendleton high school girl, was last night awarded $12,000 as damages for personal injuries sustained last May when the false storefront of The Peoples Warehouse fell upon her. The jury returned a verdict in her favor and against all of the four defendants, The Peoples Warehouse, Gibson & Cole, Dickson Estate and city of Pendleton. Each is equally liable and the plaintiff can collect the full amount of the verdict against any one of them. As late as yesterday noon the attorney for the plaintiff offered to compro- mise the case for $10,000, according to an authoritative report. Three of the defendants were willing to make such a compromise, it is said, agreeing to pay $2,500 each but the fourth, Gibson & Cole, refused to contribute more than $500. Therefore, the efforts to compromise fell through. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian March 3, 1967 An offer by Eastern Oregon ranchers to lease agricultural rights on the Boeing Co. land near Boardman has been reported by State Treasurer Robert Straub. He said the offer was for $100,000 a year plus one fourth of the net income of the annual crop. The Oregonian in Portland said Boeing had declined either to confirm or deny that it talked with Orville Cutsforth, a rancher from Morrow County, about the offer. “But his veracity is unquestioned and there is little doubt that such an offer has been made, and refused,” the newspaper said. Boeing pays Oregon $80,000 a year for the 100,000-acre tract in Morrow County. Democrats in the Oregon Legislature say this amount is too low. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian March 3, 1992 Jon Q. Johnston, the Milton-Freewater man who last month admitted his guilt in the 1990 double murder on Weston Mountain, this morning was sentenced to spend at least 60 years in prison. Circuit Court Judge J. Burdette Pratt, following a day and a half of testimony, sentenced the 27-year-old John- ston to consecutive life terms, each carrying a 30-year mandatory minimum. Pratt, from Nyssa, made his decision after hearing more than eight hours of testimony from relatives and friends of George and Charmaine Meyers of Brownsville, whose bodies were found along Lincton Mountain Road on June 24, 1990, and from witnesses called on Johnston’s behalf. 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 62nd day of 2017. There are 303 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 3, 1931, “The Star-Spangled Banner” became the national anthem of the United States as Presi- dent Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution. On this date: In 1845, Florida became the 27th state. In 1849, the U.S. Depart- ment of the Interior was established. In 1887, Anne Sullivan arrived at the Tuscumbia, Alabama, home of Captain and Mrs. Arthur H. Keller, to become the teacher for their deaf and blind 6-year-old daughter, Helen. In 1913, more than 5,000 suffragists marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., a day before the presidential inau- guration of Woodrow Wilson. In 1923, Time magazine, founded by Briton Hadden and Henry R. Luce, made its debut. In 1945, the Allies fully secured the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese forces during World War II. In 1959, the United States launched the Pioneer 4 spacecraft, which flew by the moon. Comedian Lou Costello died in East Los Angeles three days before his 53rd birthday. In 1960, Lucille Ball filed for divorce from her husband, Desi Arnaz, a day after they’d finished filming the last episode of “The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show” (“Lucy Meets the Mustache”) on Arnaz’s 43rd birthday. In 1974, a Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport in Paris, killing all 346 people on board. In 2002, voters in Swit- zerland approved joining the United Nations, abandoning almost 200 years of formal neutrality. Today’s Birthdays: Socialite Lee Radziwill is 84. Singer-musician Mike Pender (The Searchers) is 76. Movie producer-director George Miller is 72. Actress Hattie Winston is 72. Singer Jennifer Warnes is 70. Actor-director Tim Kazurinsky is 67. Singer-musician Robyn Hitchcock is 64. Actor Robert Gossett is 63. Rock musician John Lilley is 63. Actress Miranda Richardson is 59. Rock musician John Bigham is 58. Radio personality Ira Glass is 58. Olympic track and field gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee is 55. Former NFL player and College Football Hall of Famer Herschel Walker is 55. Rapper-actor Tone Loc is 51. Actress Jessica Biel is 35. Thought for Today: “Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.” — Maxim Gorky, Russian writer (1868- 1936). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE