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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Abused wife wants to escape
but is afraid to be on her own
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
Dear Abby: I’ve been married to
had a baby girl, our first. We both
my second husband for 14 years. He’s
work full-time, but my husband is
a great provider, but mentally and
gone nights and weekends and I’m
emotionally abusive.
the primary parent at home with our
I want to leave him, but I’m scared
daughter.
to live on my own. We both work, but
Something has been bothering me
he makes a lot of money — which
since my daughter came along. My
I do not — so I guess you can say,
in-laws have never once told me I’m
financially I’m comfortable. But I’m
doing a good job as a mother. I’m
Jeanne
miserable. I’m so unhappy I have Phillips critiqued every time they come over,
tried to take my life.
whether it be that her hands are too
Advice
He wanted us to be swingers and
cold, her room is too warm or her
I finally gave in, and now it’s all
nails are too “sharp.”
I hear about. I don’t want to do it, but he
They compliment my husband repeatedly,
doesn’t care what I want. His kids are mean and he’s the first to give all the credit to me,
and disrespectful. We have no kids together but I feel like they don’t think I’m doing a
(which I want but can’t have, and he won’t good job and it makes me feel bad. Am I
adopt).
being too sensitive? — Criticized All The
I feel like I’m wasting my life. I’m 43. I Time
had to have emergency surgery and almost
Dear Criticized: It is possible that in
didn’t make it, and he resented me for it. Why making these comments, your in-laws
can’t I leave him? Why am I so scared? I have are simply trying to be helpful. Instead of
no other family. — Wasting Away In The regarding them as criticism, take them under
South
consideration.
Dear Wasting Away: You said it yourself:
However, if your hurt feelings persist, you
You are scared to live on your own. Some — or your husband — should point out to his
people are afraid of the unknown, and you parents that in trying to be helpful, they have
appear to be one of them. Because your forgotten to be supportive, and mention some
husband has been coercing you into having of the things you are doing right.
sex with other men, I recommend you contact
Dear Readers: Today, I’m proud to
a support organization such as RAINN announce the launch of an exciting new
(www.rainn.org); its toll-free phone number scholarship program for aspiring young
is 800-656-HOPE (4673). Someone there can writers. The Dear Abby College Columnist
guide you in making an escape plan.
Scholarship Program and Contest, adminis-
I also urge you to talk about this with an tered by the National Society of Newspaper
attorney, because you should not be penniless Columnists Education Foundation, will
if you leave. What your husband has been recognize and encourage the work of under-
doing is a form of spousal abuse, and between graduates writing bylined columns for their
you and me, it shouldn’t take more than five college newspapers. For more information
seconds of self-evaluation to conclude that about the contest, visit dearabby.com/
you would be better off without him.
scholarship/interview, or submit an entry at
Dear Abby: My husband and I recently dearabby.com/scholarship. — Abby
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 29, 1917
Pendleton Aerie No. 28, Fraternal Order
of Eagles, is coming to the front with a
display of practical patriotism. Not only has
a call been issued for a general participation
in the patriotic parade Thursday evening by
the membership of the lodge, but the lodge
has passed resolutions pledging itself to take
care of the dues and keep in good standing
all members who may enlist and be called
to the front during the present crisis with
Germany. The aerie now has a membership
of considerably more than 300 active men of
the community and is constantly growing.
It is expected that a number of the younger
members will soon be offering their services
to their county should the need arise.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 29, 1967
A Union Pacific Railroad brakeman
suffered a broken leg in a freak accident
Tuesday evening while switching in the Pend-
leton yard. J.W. Powell, 59, of Pendleton was
taken to St. Anthony Hospital shortly after
8 p.m. for treatment of a compound fracture
of his left leg. A Union Pacific official said
that Powell was connecting a car to a switch
engine and was adjusting the air hose when it
broke loose and cracked into his leg. The air
hose was under 90 pounds pressure.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 29, 1992
The rich, sandy loam in Stanfield accom-
modates acre after acre of potatoes, water-
melons, corn and wheat. It produces tomatoes,
peas, carrots and peppers. And now, a Dutch
family is convinced, it will yield fields of
lilies as well. Jerry Vandersolm, whose father
started bulb farming in the Netherlands more
than 60 years ago, came to America in 1980
and started growing lilies near Woodland,
Wash. Four years ago, Vandersolm contracted
with farmers in the Stanfield-Hermiston area
to try lilies as a rotation crop with wheat
and corn. And although yields weren’t up to
par, he recognized the region’s potential for
producing marketable bulbs. Vandersolm
has hired Shawn Pinney, who last year found
himself out of a job when Oregon Bulb
Farms, producer of 60 percent of the nation’s
flower bulbs, declared bankruptcy for the
second time.
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 88th day of
2017. There are 277 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On March 29, 1867,
Britain’s Parliament passed,
and Queen Victoria signed,
the British North America
Act creating the Dominion
of Canada, which came into
being the following July.
On this date:
In 1638, Swedish colo-
nists settled in present-day
Delaware.
In 1790, the tenth presi-
dent of the United States, John
Tyler, was born in Charles
City County, Virginia.
In 1792, Sweden’s King
Gustav III died, nearly two
weeks after he had been shot
and mortally wounded by an
assassin during a masquerade
party.
In 1912, British explorer
Robert Falcon Scott, his
doomed expedition stranded
in an Antarctic blizzard after
failing to be the first to reach
the South Pole, wrote the last
words of his journal: “For Gods
sake look after our people.”
In 1936, German Chan-
cellor Adolf Hitler claimed
overwhelming victory in a
plebiscite on his policies.
In 1943, World War II
rationing of meat, fats and
cheese began.
In 1951, Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg were convicted
in New York of conspiracy
to commit espionage for the
Soviet Union. (They were
executed in June 1953.)
In 1962, Jack Paar hosted
NBC’s “Tonight” show
for the final time. (Johnny
Carson debuted as host the
following October.)
In 1992, Democratic
presidential front-runner Bill
Clinton acknowledged exper-
imenting with marijuana “a
time or two” while attending
Oxford University, adding, “I
didn’t inhale and I didn’t try
it again.”
Today’s
Birthdays:
Author Judith Guest is
81. Former British Prime
Minister Sir John Major is
74. Comedian Eric Idle is
74. Composer Vangelis is
74. Basketball Hall of Famer
Walt Frazier is 72. Singer
Bobby Kimball (Toto) is 70.
Actor Bud Cort is 69. Actor
Brendan Gleeson is 62. Actor
Christopher Lawford is 62.
Pro and College Football
Hall of Famer Earl Campbell
is 62. Actress Marina Sirtis is
62. International Gymnastics
Hall of Famer Kurt Thomas
is 61. Actor Christopher
Lambert is 60. Comedi-
an-actress Amy Sedaris is 56.
Rock singer-musician John
Popper (Blues Traveler) is
50. Actress Lucy Lawless is
49. Country singer Regina
Leigh (Regina Regina) is 49.
Thought for Today: “To
silence criticism is to silence
freedom.” — Sidney Hook,
American philosopher and
author (1902-1989).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE