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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, April 14, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Mother can give baby clothes
away or donate for tax break
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My friend recently
Dear Chrissy: Other readers
had a baby and could really use my
suggested letter writing (and a person-
daughter’s old clothes, as our girls
alized video message) as potential
are only a year apart and I have
solutions to this problem. Read on for
saved practically everything. But it
a sampling of other comments:
will cost a considerable amount to
Dear Abby: Perhaps the mom
ship several boxes, and I could use
should identify a relative or family
the extra money myself if I sold the
friend to be aware of this issue and
clothes at a tag sale. Would I be cheap
ready to step in and provide some
Jeanne
if I asked that when my friend is done Phillips support if needed. If the children and
with them, she donate the clothes to
this person are alerted beforehand,
Advice
a charity and send me back the tax
they will know whom to turn to in
donation forms? — Wants To Know
case Mom predeceases her husband.
In Connecticut
Each child may wish to designate his or her
Dear Wants To Know: First, a gentle own source of support, but the purpose of
reminder that once a gift is given, it belongs this exercise is to reassure the mother that her
to the recipient. And yes, I believe you kids will not be alone. — Maura In Oregon
WOULD come across as cheap. Either give
Dear Abby: This woman needs to know
the clothes out of the goodness of your heart, that it’s OK for her husband to be hard-nosed
knowing you will reap rewards beyond the about death. While he SHOULD be more
sympathetic to the feelings of others, he
financial — or donate them yourself.
Dear Abby: “Full of Feeling in Arizona” wasn’t raised that way. His way of handling
(Jan. 21) wrote about her husband lacking it is to put up a wall. Some people don’t have
sympathy, and was worried he may not be the same depth of feelings as others. Mine are
there emotionally for her children in the event much more matter-of-fact than my friends’.
of her dying before he does. Your answer But I can appreciate that we all grieve in
to her was to “outlive him,” which had me different ways. — David In Michigan
rolling in laughter.
Dear Abby: That woman’s husband
Perhaps another idea might be to write could have Asperger’s syndrome, a type of
letters to her children NOW. A heartfelt letter high-functioning autism. These individuals,
taking family members through the loss of although accomplished and intelligent in
their mom (from their mom) or dad (from many areas, have difficulty processing
their mom who has already passed) may be empathy. It makes them seem uncaring. This
very comforting to some. Or several letters condition makes interaction between spouses
for different occasions could be a beautiful extremely frustrating and difficult. It’s worth
gift. Just a thought. — Chrissy In California considering. — Audrey In Pennsylvania
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
April 14, 1917
After today there will be but two boys left
in the senior class of the high school because
of the war situation. Those who have not
gone out as guards for the railroad or other
property have enlisted in various branches
of the army or navy. Their absence will not
interfere with their graduation inasmuch
as the school board has decided to take
their present grades as their final standing.
Dewey Gervais, high school correspondent
for the East Oregonian, and Ralph Hargett
spent their last day at the school today, both
intending to enlist tomorrow in the navy.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 14, 1967
The first annual Pendleton Round-Up
Motorcycle Trial, a test of rider and machine
against an obstacle course, will be held
here this Sunday. The trail will be held on a
hillside north of Lindell’s Auto Salvage yard,
located in east Pendleton near the mouth
of Wildhorse Creek. Labeled as an English
trials, not a race, the event is an obstacle
course for motorcycles including water,
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
steep hills, gullies and natural barriers. The
course will be divided into sections and each
section will have a clearly marked entrance
and exit. An official observer will watch each
contestant as he attempts to drive through
these stretches and will grade him on his
performance. Riders will be judged only on
the number of times they put a foot down,
stop, fall, or leave a section other than at its
exit.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 14, 1992
Hermiston resident Lynda Chandler
received a new lung today in the first
transplant of its kind performed in Oregon.
Chandler, 50, received a new lung after eight
hours of surgery that began about 1 a.m. Her
physicians said she is doing well and should
make a full recovery. Chandler was diag-
nosed in April 1991 with pulmonary fibrosis
in her left lung. The condition scarred her
lung and had made any exertion impossible,
requiring her to rely on continuous oxygen.
A Pendleton native, Chandler moved to
Hermiston in 1963. She worked as manager
of Montgomery Ward, spending 17 years
with the company.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Today is Good Friday, the
104th day of 2017. There are
261 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On April 14, 1865, Pres-
ident Abraham Lincoln was
shot and mortally wounded
by John Wilkes Booth during
a performance of “Our
American Cousin” at Ford’s
Theater in Washington.
On this date:
In 1775, the first Amer-
ican society for the abolition
of slavery was formed in
Philadelphia.
In 1828, the first edition of
Noah Webster’s “American
Dictionary of the English
Language” was published.
In 1912, the British liner
RMS Titanic collided with
an iceberg in the North
Atlantic at 11:40 p.m. ship’s
time and began sinking. (The
ship went under two hours
and 40 minutes later with the
loss of 1,514 lives.)
In 1935, the “Black
Sunday”
dust
storm
descended upon the central
Plains, turning a sunny after-
noon into total darkness.
In 1939, the John Stein-
beck novel “The Grapes of
Wrath” was first published
by Viking Press.
In 1949, the “Wilhelm-
strasse Trial” in Nuremberg
ended with 19 former Nazi
Foreign Office officials
sentenced by an American
tribunal to prison terms
ranging from four to 25
years.
In 1956, Ampex Corp.
demonstrated
the
first
practical videotape recorder
at the National Association
of Radio and Television
Broadcasters Convention in
Chicago.
In 1965, the state of
Kansas hanged Richard
Hickock and Perry Smith for
the 1959 murders of Herbert
Clutter, his wife, Bonnie,
and two of their children,
Nancy and Kenyon. The
murders were detailed in the
Truman Capote non-fiction
novel “In Cold Blood.”
In 1981, the first test
flight of America’s first
operational space shuttle,
the
Columbia,
ended
successfully with a landing
at Edwards Air Force Base
in California.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Bradford Dillman is 87.
Country singer Loretta Lynn
is 85. Actress Julie Christie is
77. Retired MLB All-Star Pete
Rose is 76. Rock musician
Ritchie Blackmore is 72. Actor
John Shea is 68. Actor-turned-
race car driver Brian Forster is
57. Actor Brad Garrett is 57.
Actor Robert Carlyle is 56.
Rock singer-musician John
Bell (Widespread Panic) is
55. Actor Robert Clendenin is
53. Actress Catherine Dent is
52. Actor Lloyd Owen is 51.
Baseball Hall of Famer Greg
Maddux is 51. Rock musician
Barrett Martin is 50. Actor
Anthony Michael Hall is 49.
Actor Adrien Brody is 44.
Rapper DaBrat is 43. Actress
Sarah Michelle Gellar is 40.
Actor-producer Rob McEl-
henney is 40. Roots singer JD
McPherson is 40. Rock singer
Win Butler (Arcade Fire) is
37.
Thought for Today:
“Education ... has produced
a vast population able to read
but unable to distinguish what
is worth reading.” — George
Macaulay Trevelyan, English
historian (1876-1962).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE