Thursday, March 16, 2017
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
East Oregonian
Page 7A
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Dad’s dumpster-diving habit
causes his family concern
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
Dear Abby: I have an issue with
past its nutritional peak, and they may
my father and don’t know where to
risk a food-borne illness if it wasn’t
turn. Dad is in his early 80s and —
stored properly.
aside from poor eyesight — he’s in
Dear Abby: My 9-year-old
good health. I’m concerned because
daughter has several friends whom
he has developed an unusual habit. He
we love and who are good buddies for
likes to look through the dumpsters
her. However, the rules in their homes
behind the grocery store.
are different from those at ours. One
Initially he told me it was to get old
friend in particular, “Sarah,” eats a lot
Jeanne
produce for compost in his garden. Phillips of junk food and watches more TV
But I have learned that he eats some of
than we allow. When my daughter
Advice
the things he finds. I have tried telling
asks why she can’t have chips and ice
him this is dangerous. He could cut
cream after school, or why we watch
himself digging through the trash or get food movies only on weekends, I remind her that
poisoning. He refuses to listen and insists that good food and exercise make her healthy, and
what he is doing is safe. (He is NOT forced with less TV she does better in school.
to do this out of economic necessity. He has
I’m not interested in critiquing Sarah or
enough money to buy groceries.)
her family, who are lovely people we really
The situation has become critical because like. However, I do want to make the connec-
he is now planning to cook something he tion between unhealthy lifestyle choices
found in the dumpster for a family gathering. and possible consequences because this is a
I told him not to do it. If he does prepare food subject we’ll keep revisiting as my daughter
from the trash, I told him he must let people grows up.
know where it came from, so they can make
I have been trying to say things like,
an informed decision about whether to eat it. “Everyone makes their own decisions. This is
Abby, please help. — Grossed Out
why we do it this way,” but at 9, my daughter
Dear Grossed Out: If you can’t convince sees things as pretty black or white. If our
your father to disclose to relatives that the way is right, then their way must be wrong.
food he’s serving may have come from a I’m totally failing at subtlety. Is there a better
dumpster, YOU should alert them to that approach that I could take to talking about this
possibility.
without invoking comparisons? — Lifestyle
P.S. A worldwide trend I heard about Choices In South Dakota
recently is something called “freeganism.”
Dear Lifestyle Choices: Do not attempt
(The term is derived from a cross between to debate this with your 9-year-old. If
“free” and “vegan.”) Freegans “rescue” food your daughter argues with you about your
from behind markets to share among them- parenting style, tell her that different fami-
selves to combat food waste, and in Paris, lies have different standards and that you
France, there’s even a restaurant that serves are doing what you think is right for yours.
food procured this way for a reduced fee.
Period. If she needs more of an explanation,
Caveat emptor: People who consume this then fall back on the message you have been
food should be aware that the food may be sending her, and in time she will understand.
DAYS GONE BY
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 16, 1917
An attempt to grind up dynamite in a
sausage grinder almost proved fatal to the
fifteen year old son of G.S. Long, Birch creek
farmer. Evidently there was a percussion cap
connected with the dynamite which caused
an explosion. The boy’s face was fearfully
burned and it is considered miraculous that he
escaped death. According to the story brought
in to Pendleton, the boy had found a cache
of several sticks of dynamite and, under the
impression that if ground it could be used to
charge an old gun, had proceeded to grind
it in a sausage grinder. When the explosion
happened there was only a small amount in
the grinder but the remainder in a dish along-
side also exploded. Only the fact that most of
it was not confined probably saved the boy
from more serious injury or death.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 16, 1967
A special woodworking machine,
suggested and designed by Umatilla Army
Depot personnel, has produced a first-year
saving of $8,700 over the device it replaced,
according to depot statistics. The electrically
powered machine simultaneously cuts five
recessed scallops into lengths of lumber
which cushion artillery shell propellant
charges while in transit. Five thousand board
lengths generate from it in an eight-hour
shift, compared with only 1,200 boards per
shift produced by a spindle box column drill
used previously to cut two scallops at a time.
The $2,500 cost of fabricating the prototype
mechanism by depot machine shop employes
was quickly amortized, and drawings of the
device have been sent to higher Army head-
quarters for possible use at other ammunition
depots.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 16, 1992
Pendleton High School cheerleaders travel
in style. They cruised in a limousine to the
state Class 4A boys basketball tournament in
Portland. Woody Clark, owner of Woodpecker
Truck in Pendleton, donated the limousine’s
use. Cheerleader adviser Margaret Osborne
served as chauffeur and chaperone. They
cheered on the basketball team on Wednesday
and Thursday, and then cheered for Pendleton
High wrestlers at their state championship
meet. Later that evening, the rally squad
cruised Portland in the limousine.
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 75th day of
2017. There are 290 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On March 16, 1802,
President Thomas Jefferson
signed a measure authorizing
the establishment of the U.S.
Military Academy at West
Point, New York.
On this date:
In A.D. 37, Roman
emperor Tiberius died; he
was succeeded by Caligula.
In 1517, the 12th and final
session of the Fifth Lateran
Council of the Catholic
Church took place in Rome,
almost five years after the
council began.
In 1751, James Madison,
fourth president of the United
States, was born in Port
Conway, Virginia.
In 1792, Sweden’s King
Gustav III was shot and
mortally wounded during
a masquerade party by a
former member of his regi-
ment (he died 13 days later).
In 1926, rocket science
pioneer Robert H. Goddard
successfully tested the first
liquid-fueled rocket at his
Aunt Effie’s farm in Auburn,
Massachusetts.
In 1935, Adolf Hitler
decided to break the military
terms set by the Treaty of
Versailles by ordering the
rearming of Germany.
In 1945, during World
War II, American forces
declared they had secured
Iwo Jima, although pockets
of
Japanese
resistance
remained.
In 1968, during the
Vietnam War, the My Lai
Massacre of Vietnamese
civilians was carried out by
U.S. Army troops; estimates
of the death toll vary between
347 and 504.
In 1974, the Grand Ole
Opry House opened in Nash-
ville with a concert attended
by President Richard Nixon
and his wife, Pat.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Comedian-director
Jerry
Lewis is 91. Country
singer Ray Walker (The
Jordanaires) is 83. Movie
director Bernardo Berto-
lucci is 76. Game show
host Chuck Woolery is 76.
Singer-songwriter Jerry Jeff
Walker is 75. Country singer
Robin Williams is 70. Actor
Erik Estrada is 68. Actor
Victor Garber is 68. Country
singer Ray Benson (Asleep
at the Wheel) is 66. Blue-
grass musician Tim O’Brien
(Hot Rize; Earls of Leicester)
is 63. Rock singer-musician
Nancy Wilson (Heart) is 63.
Rapper-actor Flavor Flav
(Public Enemy) is 58. Actor
Judah Friedlander is 48.
Rock musician Wolfgang
Van Halen is 26.
Thought for Today:
“Until we lose ourselves
there is no hope of finding
ourselves.” — Henry Miller,
American author (1891-
1980).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE