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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Wife in sexless marriage
is looking for a way out
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 have been married for
I’m not sure how I should feel about
three years. We are both retired. Five
this. I’m writing for opinions from you
months after the wedding, my husband
and others. I can’t turn to my friends
let me know that he wasn’t interested
because I don’t want this to become
in having sex anymore. We no longer
small-town gossip. — Painted In
share a bedroom. He’s overweight,
New Jersey
not in the best of health, and refuses to
Dear Painted: You asked for an
change his diet or exercise.
opinion, so here’s mine. Frankly, I’m
I feel like I am living with a very
surprised it has taken you 10 years
Jeanne
nice male friend. Other than the lack Phillips to notice this. Because your husband
of affection, he isn’t a bad person and
enjoys painting his toenails, look the
Advice
he pays all the bills. I did state clearly
other way and don’t obsess about it.
to him before we were married what I
We all have quirks, and what he’s
was looking for in a husband, and he agreed doing is harmless.
to everything I said. Although I am lonely, I
P.S. I have it on good authority that he isn’t
would never cheat on him.
the only man who does it.
I have been thinking about an exit plan. We
Dear Abby: I am estranged from my
pray every night and attend church together. son because he changed his last name when
He refuses to consider any type of marriage he married. He did it over my objection.
counseling. I’m not stressed, but I know I must Reportedly, his wife’s parents tried to dissuade
get out of here. Any suggestions on how to them from doing it, too. The explanation we
save this marriage? — The Exit Plan
were given was “they need to have the same
Dear Exit: The answer to your question is last name to feel like a family.” I suppose our
no. You made clear to your husband that sex last name was not acceptable, although they
in a marriage was important to you. You say claimed they had nothing against it.
he “agreed to everything.” Because that was
I tried to compromise and suggested my
not the truth and you were misled, consult son use a hyphenated name. They agreed to it,
an attorney to find out if the marriage can be but changed their minds after the wedding. I
annulled.
suspect that their reason was they want their
Dear Abby: My husband and I have been children to have a different last name than ours.
married for 10 years. We are both in our 50s.
What is your take on this? Am I overre-
Six months ago, I found him with nail polish acting by wanting to have nothing to do with
on his toes. When I asked him about it, he them? — Mom Of Another Name
explained that it started in his 20s when a
Dear Mom: Yes, you are overreacting. If
girlfriend painted his toes, and he liked it. He you keep this up, your grandchildren will miss
has been painting his toes ever since. He said out on a loving grandma. It is possible that
he doesn’t wear polish all the time, but he does your son and his wife preferred a name that
it for himself and he likes how it looks. I asked was less ethnic or easier to spell. Hyphenating
if he was a cross-dresser, and he assured me names can create problems — especially if it
he isn’t.
continues into the next generation.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 5, 1917
Jack Robinson and Darr Phelps, who
easily quality for the 45 Club, and who
cherish the fond belief that they are still in
their youth, are out with a defi to all golfers
in the city with the single exception of
Brooke Dickson. Having clubbed the gutta
percha pellets about the course consistently
for the past few years they are just conceited
enough about their playing to believe that
they can defeat any other pair of players
in Pendleton, always with the exception of
Dickson, and offer to wager anything from a
golf ball up to a steam laundry and plumbing
shop that they can come out victors in a
foursome.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 5, 1967
A 14-year-old Hermiston boy, Kenneth
Bush, lost all four fingers and the thumb
of his left hand in a lawn mower accident
Sunday afternoon. The youth was riding the
mower on the lawn of his parents’ home,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bush, when he said the
machine “bucked” with him. He was in
surgery at Good Shepherd Hospital an hour
and a half. Kenneth is an outstanding junior
high school athlete, and during the recent
wrestling season won all his matches.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 5, 1992
Two years ago when Brent Carroll started
teaching at Weston-McEwen High School,
28 students were enrolled in six traditional
agriculture-related classes. Today, with an
innovative curriculum that advances an
international vision of economic, marketing
and environmental issues, more than half the
student body — 84 students — are partici-
pating in agricultural courses that use nearby
fields and streams as a practical classroom.
Instead of the standard vocational-ag
courses that focused on animals, plants and
shop, the Weston-McEwen ag curriculum
now includes business and economics,
natural resource management, international
marketing, building and construction, horti-
culture and greenhouse management.
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 95th day of
2017. There are 270 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On April 5, 1792, Pres-
ident George Washington
cast his first veto, rejecting
a congressional measure for
apportioning representatives
among the states.
On this date:
In 1621, the Mayflower
sailed from Plymouth Colony
in present-day Massachusetts
on a monthlong return trip to
England.
In 1867, the original
version of the poem “Curfew
Must Not Ring Tonight” was
written by 16-year-old Rose
Hartwick (later Thorpe)
under the title “Bessie and
the Curfew.”
In 1887, Anne Sullivan
achieved a breakthrough as
her 6-year-old deaf-blind
pupil, Helen Keller, learned
the meaning of the word
“water” as spelled out in the
Manual Alphabet. British
historian Lord Acton wrote
in a letter, “Power tends to
corrupt, and absolute power
corrupts absolutely.”
In 1915, Jess Willard
knocked out Jack Johnson in
the 26th round of their fight
in Havana, Cuba, to claim
boxing’s world heavyweight
title.
In 1925, a tornado
estimated at F-3 intensity
struck northern Miami-Dade
County, Florida, killing five
people.
In
1933,
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt signed
an executive order creating
the Civilian Conservation
Corps and an anti-hoarding
order that effectively prohib-
ited private ownership of
gold.
In 1955, British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill
resigned his office for health
reasons. Democrat Richard J.
Daley was first elected mayor
of Chicago, defeating Repub-
lican Robert E. Merriam.
In 1976, reclusive billion-
aire Howard Hughes died in
Houston at age 70.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Movie producer Roger
Corman is 91. Former U.S.
Secretary of State and former
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff Colin Powell is
80. Country singer Tommy
Cash is 77. Actor Michael
Moriarty is 76. Pop singer
Allan Clarke (The Hollies)
is 75. Writer-director Peter
Greenaway is 75. Actor
Max Gail is 74. Actress Jane
Asher is 71. Singer Agnetha
Faltskog (ABBA) is 67.
Actor Mitch Pileggi is 65.
Singer-songwriter Peter Case
is 63. Rock musician Mike
McCready (Pearl Jam) is 51.
Country singer Troy Gentry
is 50. Singer Paula Cole is
49. Country singer Pat Green
is 45. Rapper-producer
Pharrell Williams is 44.
Rapper/producer Juicy J is
42. Country singer-musician
Mike Eli (The Eli Young
Band) is 36.
Thought for Today:
“I know too much and not
enough.” — Allen Ginsberg
(1926-1997).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE