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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, March 10, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Woman’s younger boyfriend
hides her from his family
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I’m 51 and my
Dear Baffled: You do not have
boyfriend is 43. We’ve been dating
to respond. The Bible was a gift for
for eight months, living together for
your daughter, and the “privilege”
five. We met at work a few months
of acknowledging it, ignoring it or
before we started dating. We get along
regifting it is hers. What I do not
great and never argue, but he won’t let
recommend is allowing your sister’s
me meet his family.
gift choice to become an argument
He has never been married and
about your family’s values.
has no children. He sees his mom
Dear Abby: I’ve recently
Jeanne
and brother sometimes for dinner and Phillips rekindled an old romance with a
such, but because his mom doesn’t
wonderful guy. Only one thing mars
Advice
have any grandchildren and I can’t
our relationship. When we go out to
give her any, he said he’s not ready to
eat, we don’t carry on a conversation
tell her about me. Does this make sense? — past occasional chitchat. The problem may be
Outsider In Louisiana
that while he’s a speedy eater, I’m slow. I feel
Dear Outsider: If, after eight months of bad about not being able to talk and chew fast
dating and living together for five, you still enough to keep up, so he finishes well before
haven’t met his family, he has no intention me and ends up waiting quite a while until I
of introducing you — ever. Your inability to polish off my meal.
give his mother grandchildren has nothing
Can you offer any suggestions on how to
to do with it. You are a human being, not come to a compromise where dinner isn’t a
a broodmare, and the excuse he’s giving race to the finish line, but an experience full
you makes no sense. Picture this scenario: of laughter and discussion? — Slower In
“Hey, Ma, this is ‘Becky’ and she’s fertile!” California
Puh-leeze!
Dear Slower: Yes, but it may involve
Dear Abby: My sister, who is very making the meal even longer. If there’s a
religious, sent my gay daughter a Bible with topic you would like to explore with him,
her name engraved on it for Christmas, even put down your fork, swallow your food and
though we told her — after she asked for speak up. In Europe it’s common for people
suggestions — that a gift card would be more to linger over their meal and communicate
appropriate. We are not religious, by the way. with each other. This practice not only fosters
My wife and I feel strange about it, as if deeper relationships, but there are also health
my sister is trying to tell us something like, benefits to eating slowly. Because you’re a
“Your gay daughter needs religion.” How couple, you should feel comfortable enough
should we respond to this? — Baffled In The to ask him to slow down so your conversation
East
can flow more easily.
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 10, 1917
A storm that has been brewing in police
and council circles for the past several months
broke this morning with the suddenness and
violence of a tempest. It was precipitated by
the resignation of Chief of Police Gurdane
who stated to the council that he could no
longer serve under Mayor J.A. Best. Before
the storm ended charges and counter-charges
were hurled, the lie was passed, threats were
made of startling revelations and, it is said,
only the presence of more pacific members
prevented physical encounters. The end is not
yet. According to authoritative report, there
will in all probability be another outbreak at
the next regular meeting of the council when,
it is said, Mayor Best will be asked to resign as
chairman of the police committee. In the event
of his resignation or removal, it is not unlikely
that the council will reinstate Chief Gurdane.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 10, 1967
Rep. Al Ullman is quietly laying the
groundwork for what could become the
biggest irrigation project in Oregon. The lands
in question lie in eastern Oregon along the
south bank of the Columbia River between
Pendleton and The Dalles. The south bank
project, as Ullman refers to it, could involve
irrigation of anywhere from 100,000 to
300,000 acres by his estimate. The only
Northwest irrigation project that exceeds that
in size is the massive Columbia Basin project
in central Washington state connected with
Grand Coulee Dam. The basic idea behind the
south bank project would be pumping water
onto the land directly from the Columbia
River.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 10, 1992
A Hermiston man charged last October
with the attempted murder of a 7-month-old
boy has avoided prison time with a negotiated
plea. Michael S. Buckles, 27, pleaded guilty
March 3 to one count of second-degree
assault and was sentenced to three years
probation following a recommendation from
prosecutors. In exchange for the guilty plea,
charges of attempted murder, another count of
second-degree assault, criminal mistreatment
and child neglect were dismissed. Nancy
Kerns, assistant district attorney in Pendleton,
said the decision to accept Buckles’ plea was
in part based on a request from the baby’s
mother, the Umatilla woman Buckles was
living with at the time of they incident, who
“requested a sentence where he could get
probation and treatment.”
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 69th day of
2017. There are 296 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On March 10, 1848, the
U.S. Senate ratified the Treaty
of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which
ended the Mexican-American
War.
On this date:
In 1629, England’s King
Charles I dissolved Parlia-
ment; he did not call it back
for 11 years.
In 1785, Thomas Jefferson
was appointed America’s
minister to France, succeeding
Benjamin Franklin.
In
1876, Alexander
Graham Bell’s assistant,
Thomas Watson, heard Bell
say over his experimental
telephone: “Mr. Watson —
come here — I want to see
you” from the next room of
Bell’s Boston laboratory.
In 1927, the Sinclair
Lewis novel “Elmer Gantry”
was published by Harcourt,
Brace & Co.
In 1933, a magnitude 6.4
earthquake centered off Long
Beach, California, resulted in
120 deaths.
In 1949, Nazi wartime
broadcaster Mildred E.
Gillars, also known as “Axis
Sally,” was convicted in
Washington, D.C., of treason.
(She served 12 years in
prison.)
In 1952, Fulgencio Batista
once again became leader of
Cuba in a bloodless coup that
deposed President Carlos Piro
Socarras.
In 1973, the Pink Floyd
album “The Dark Side of the
Moon” was first released in
the U.S. by Capitol Records
(the British release came
nearly two weeks later).
In 1987, the Vatican issued
a 40-page document on scien-
tific techniques involving
procreation,
condemning
such practices as surrogate
motherhood, test-tube births
and cloning.
In 1993, Dr. David Gunn
was shot to death outside a
Pensacola, Florida, abortion
clinic. (Shooter Michael
Griffin is serving a life
sentence.)
Today’s Birthdays: Talk
show host Ralph Emery is
84. Actor Chuck Norris is
77. Actor Richard Gant is 73.
Rock musician Tom Scholz
(Boston) is 70. Former
Canadian Prime Minister
Kim Campbell is 70. TV
personality/businesswoman
Barbara Corcoran (TV:
“Shark Tank”) is 68. Actress
Shannon Tweed is 60.
Actress Sharon Stone is 59.
Rock musician Jeff Ament
(Pearl Jam) is 54. Music
producer Rick Rubin is 54.
Britain’s Prince Edward is
53. Actor Jon Hamm is 46.
Rapper-producer Timbaland
is 45. Rock musician Matt
Asti (MGMT) is 37. Actor
Thomas Middleditch (TV:
“Silicon Valley”) is 35.
Country singer Carrie Under-
wood is 34. Actress Olivia
Wilde is 33.
Thought for Today:
“There is no tyranny so
despotic as that of public
opinion among a free
people.” — Donn Piatt,
American journalist (1819-
1891).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE