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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, April 13, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Eligible woman bemoans
the hordes of clueless men
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: Could you explain
Sometimes she acts like herself, but
to me why, as a species, men are so
other times she gives me and another
blind and stupid? There are millions of
friend the silent treatment and the
smart, funny, sweet, attractive — even
cold shoulder. Is she a friend worth
sexy — eligible women to whom men
keeping? — Concerned Friend In
do not give a second glance, or even
Alabama
acknowledge that these wonderful
Dear Concerned: You won’t know
women exist. Then, these clueless
what’s causing Belle to act the way she
guys moan about how they can’t find
is unless you ask her directly. There
Jeanne
a good woman, can’t find love, have a Phillips may be more going on in her life than
hard time getting sex, etc., when there
you are aware of that has nothing to
Advice
are scores of potentially awesome part-
do with you. If she’s doing it because
ners right under their noses! Why don’t
she’s hurt and you weren’t at fault,
men ever grow up? Even men in their 40s, 50s clear the air so she knows it. But understand
and 60s suffer from the same stupidity about that the time to be a friend is when somebody
the dating scene as teenage boys. I repeat: needs one.
WHY?! — Eligible Lady In Alabama
Dear Abby: Three years ago, I lost my wife
Dear Eligible: Coupling up can be compli- of 32 years. Every month, on the anniversary
cated these days, because many variables can of her death, I buy flowers for my house to
come into play. Individuals of both sexes can honor her.
be addicted to a “type” they fantasize about,
I am now engaged to a wonderful woman.
chase the illusion of eternal youth by pursuing She understands that I will always grieve for
unsuitable partners and/or be commit- the wife I lost, and she has always shown
ment-phobic.
respect for the way I show my grief. My
That said, you might have better luck with question is, should I stop buying flowers to
men if you didn’t stereotype them, because honor my first wife once my fiancée and I get
some of them are encountering the same married and move into a house of our own?
problems you are. And believe me, they are I want her to know that she holds the No. 1
mystified, too.
place in my heart. — Time To Move On In
Dear Abby: I am a 12-year-old girl who Pennsylvania
has a lot of friends at school, but lately there
Dear TTMO: I’m glad you asked.
has been some tension coming from one of Although the sentiment behind those flowers
them. “Belle” missed an event that was very is beautiful, I do not think it would be appro-
important to her. She’s usually easygoing, priate for you to bring flowers for your late
but since then she hasn’t been herself, and wife into the home you will share with your
it’s starting to worry some of us. We have next one. If you feel the need to honor your
tried everything from talking about her first wife, place flowers on her grave on her
favorite topic to trying to write a song for her. birthday.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 13, 1917
George Baird of Ritter had a bit of expe-
rience last Thursday, which he does not care
to have again. During the thaw of last week
snow, slush and ice came down a little slope
in a wall six feet high, washing away his
woodshed, two or three cords of wood, the
yard fence and two cows, drowning one of the
cows. The water rushed through the house,
coming in at the back door while Mr. Baird
and son went out the front door and ran up
the hill. Fortunately Mr. Baird’s family were
in Long Creek at the time.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 13, 1967
A federal Mutual Help Housing plan that
could result in many residents of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation moving into new homes
has been launched. Under the plan, federal
subsidies and contributions of land, labor and
material can result in low income families
becoming owners of the three-bedroom
homes. The program is a cooperative effort
of the Housing Assistance Administration,
the Public Health Service and the Bureau
of Indian Affairs. At its next session, April
21, the housing authority will outline basic
requirements for applicants and expects to
have a comment from the tribal governing
board on whether it would make land avail-
able for a housing project.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 13, 1992
Vandals ruined a road grader, a logging
skidder and did extensive damage to Forest
Service property south of Pilot Rock after
taking the heavy logging equipment on a joy
ride last week. The incident occurred about
20 miles south of Pilot Rock, near the head
of Pearson Creek. The vandals apparently
drove the vehicles over several miles of Forest
Service lands, damaging signs and fences,
hitting trees, and damaging creek beds, said
Tom Carter, owner of Carter Logging in Baker
City. “They drove the grader into the creek and
got it stuck. Then they took the skidder and let
it roll itself down into a pond, and it totally
submerged.” Carter owns the grader, valued
at $160,000. The skidder, owned by Doug
Robertson of Weston, is valued at $25,000.
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
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 103rd day of
2017. There are 262 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On April 13, 1742,
“Messiah,” the oratorio by
George Frideric Handel
featuring the “Hallelujah”
chorus, had its first public
performance in Dublin,
Ireland.
On this date:
In 1613, Pocahontas,
daughter of Chief Powhatan,
was captured by English
Capt. Samuel Argall in the
Virginia Colony. (During
a yearlong captivity, Poca-
hontas converted to Christi-
anity and ultimately opted to
stay with the English.)
In 1743, the third pres-
ident of the United States,
Thomas Jefferson, was born
in Shadwell in the Virginia
Colony.
In 1861, at the start of
the Civil War, Fort Sumter
in South Carolina fell to
Confederate forces.
In 1917, American busi-
ness tycoon James “Diamond
Jim” Brady, known for his
jewelry collection as well as
his hearty appetite, died in
Atlantic City, New Jersey, at
age 60.
In
1943,
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt dedi-
cated the Jefferson Memorial
in Washington, D.C., on the
200th anniversary of the third
American president’s birth.
In 1953, “Casino Royale,”
Ian Fleming’s first book as
well as the first James Bond
novel, was published in
London by Jonathan Cape
Ltd.
In 1964, Sidney Poitier
became the first black
performer in a leading role to
win an Academy Award for
his performance in “Lilies of
the Field.”
In 1970, Apollo 13,
four-fifths of the way to the
moon, was crippled when
a tank containing liquid
oxygen burst. (The astronauts
managed to return safely.)
In 1997, Tiger Woods, at
age 21 years and 3½ months,
became the youngest player
to win the Masters Tourna-
ment by a record 12 strokes at
Augusta National Golf Club.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Movie director Stanley
Donen is 93. Former Sen.
Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
R-Colo., is 84. Actor Lyle
Waggoner is 82. Actor
Edward Fox is 80. Actor Paul
Sorvino is 78. Rhythm-and-
blues singer Lester Chambers
is 77. Movie-TV composer
Bill Conti is 75. Rock musi-
cian Jack Casady is 73. Actor
Tony Dow is 72. Singer
Al Green is 71. Actor Ron
Perlman is 67. Actor William
Sadler is 67. Singer Peabo
Bryson is 66. Bandleader/
rock musician Max Weinberg
is 66. Bluegrass singer-mu-
sician Sam Bush is 65. Rock
musician Jimmy Destri is
63. Comedian Gary Kroeger
is 60. Singer Lou Bega is
42. Actor-producer Glenn
Howerton is 41. Rapper/
singer Ty Dolla $ign is 35.
Thought for Today:
“The excursion is the same
when you go looking for
your sorrow as when you
go looking for your joy.”
— Eudora Welty, American
author (born this date in
1909, died 2001).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE