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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Thursday, March 30, 2017 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Graciousness is key to the art of accepting a compliment FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I’m a young man a rather nasty way why he doesn’t in my mid-20s, and I have a deeper just go get a job, and I’m beginning voice than my stature would typi- to think that my parents share her cally suggest. Close friends even get sentiment. thrown off when I talk to them if they He already feels guilty and worth- haven’t seen me in a while. I’m fairly less for not being able to provide for happy with it, and people often ask if our family. It’s coming to the point I do radio or voice acting. I run into where I just want to get away from problems, though, when strangers them and cut off contact. Should I Jeanne comment on it. Phillips address the issue or just let it go? — If someone says, “Wow, has Sick In The South Advice anyone ever told you that you have Dear Sick: By all means address a great voice?” or something of that the issue. What your sister did was nature, my first impulse is to make a joke both cruel and out of line. Ask your parents about it. If I’m not quick enough on my if those are their sentiments as well, because feet, however, I often catch myself saying you are concerned they might be. something like, “Yeah, I get that a lot,” or, “I If they are having doubts about your know,” both of which sound egotistical, and husband’s physical problems, offer to share I feel embarrassed afterward. Is there a way medical information that proves his health to acknowledge the compliment that doesn’t problems are all too real. Because your come off so pretentious? — Not Quick On parents have been helping out financially, it My Feet might help to clear the air. Dear Not Quick: Yes, accept the compli- Dear Abby: My son just got some devas- ment graciously by saying, “Thank you.” tating news. He found out that the son he has Dear Abby: My husband has been sick raised for 20 years isn’t his. We will always and unable to work for several years due to a love the young man regardless. The thing is, debilitating illness. He has been home taking how do we help our son to overcome losing care of the kids while I have been working a child we all thought was his? — Heart- full-time. We have lost everything because broken In Texas of the financial burden of his illness. I am Dear Heartbroken: Regardless of who very grateful to my parents for helping us contributed the sperm that fertilized the egg financially during this tough time. that became your grandson, the person your Unfortunately, I believe some of my son raised IS his son. The bond is there. Your family think my husband is faking his son is the only father he has ever known. illness. This is hurtful since they have known If you move forward from there and don’t him for a long time (we’ve been married deviate from that path, you should all be able 12 years). My sister recently asked him in to deal with this in a positive manner. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE DILBERT THE WIZARD OF ID LUANN ZITS BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian March 30, 1917 Pendleton gave the world to know last evening that she is patriotic and preparing. Her evidence was the largest parade ever held in the city and the biggest demonstration of patriotism since the outbreak of the Span- ish-American war. Fully five thousand people gathered on the streets at 7 o’clock for the parade and most of that number formed in the line of march. Main street was literally a mass of humanity. The Oregon and Alta theaters could not begin to accommodate the crowd that turned out for the demonstration. Both were filled to capacity and hundreds were turned away from the doors. Both meetings were enthusiastic ones and did much toward arousing Pendletonians to a sense of the impending danger and to the need of prepa- ration to meet it. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian March 30, 1967 The Mod Look is the “in” look for Pendleton schools, or at least one Pendleton THIS DAY IN HISTORY BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE BY SCOTT ADAMS BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART BY GREG EVANS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN school. Last week, kindergarten youngsters at Washington Grade School entered a new type of educational building that had been erected in less than a week. The classroom, constructed by Modulux Inc., of Bellevue, Wash., is a new concept in school buildings, the portable classroom. It is a complete class- room, with air conditioning, blackboards and even a clock. A portable classroom could be the answer to the problems of overcrowded schools or districts with shifting school popu- lations. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian March 30, 1992 The odor of onions in Umatilla is beginning to smell like paychecks and tax dollars to area residents who fear Haas Foods will move to another state. Haas Foods’ recent announce- ment that it may move to Washington if odor control measures are too costly has spurred an outpouring of support in the community. Many people have signed a petition showing they endorse the continued operation and expansion of the onion and garlic processing plant at the Port of Umatilla. Today is the 89th day of 2017. There are 276 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million (the rough equivalent of $125 million today), a deal ridiculed by critics as “Seward’s Folly.” On this date: In 1822, Florida became a United States territory. In 1870, the 15th Amend- ment to the U.S. Consti- tution, which prohibited denying citizens the right to vote and hold office on the basis of race, was declared in effect by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. Texas was readmitted to the Union. In 1923, the Cunard liner RMS Laconia became the first passenger ship to circle the globe as it arrived in New York. In 1945, during World War II, the Soviet Union invaded Austria with the goal of taking Vienna, which it accomplished two weeks later. In 1959, a narrowly divided U.S. Supreme Court, in Bartkus v. Illinois, ruled that a conviction in state court following an acquittal in federal court for the same crime did not constitute double jeopardy. In 1964, John Glenn withdrew from the Ohio race for the U.S. Senate because of injuries suffered in a fall. The original version of the TV game show “Jeopardy!” hosted by Art Fleming, premiered on NBC. In 1975, as the Vietnam War neared its end, Commu- nist forces occupied the city of Da Nang. James Ruppert, 41, killed 11 members of his family at his mother’s home in Hamilton, Ohio, on Easter Sunday. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John W. Hinckley, Jr.; also wounded were White House press secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and a District of Columbia police officer, Thomas Delahanty. Today’s Birthdays: Game show host Peter Marshall is 91. Actor John Astin is 87. Actor-director Warren Beatty is 80. Rock musician Graeme Edge (The Moody Blues) is 76. Rock musician Eric Clapton is 72. Actor Justin Deas is 69. Actor Paul Reiser is 60. Rap artist MC Hammer is 54. Singer Tracy Chapman is 53. Actor Ian Ziering is 53. TV personality Piers Morgan is 52. Actress Donna D’Errico is 49. Singer Celine Dion is 49. Actor Mark Consuelos is 46. Actress Bahar Soomekh is 42. Actress Jessica Cauffiel is 41. Singer Norah Jones is 38. Actress Fiona Gubel- mann is 37. Actress Katy Mixon is 36. Actor Jason Dohring is 35. Country singer Justin Moore is 33. Actress Tessa Ferrer is 31. Country singer Thomas Rhett is 27. Thought for Today: “Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.” — Benjamin N. Cardozo, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1870-1938). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
