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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Thursday, April 27, 2017 BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ DEAR ABBY Classmate won’t stop bullying despite pleas from her friend FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I’m writing because should respect the rules that parents I see a lot of bullying going on at set for their children because there school. One of the bullies is a friend are usually good reasons for them. of mine and I’ve asked her to stop, I also think that for your in-laws but she doesn’t listen. How I can get to ignore your wishes as they have through to her so she understands that been doing is disrespectful, and your she’s hurting someone’s feelings? husband should consider that before She treats people like they don’t have concluding that his parents have the feelings, like they are non-human. right to ignore them. Jeanne If you can’t answer this letter, I’ll Phillips Dear Abby: A couple of months understand, but if you find the time, I ago my husband and I received a very Advice would greatly appreciate it. — Not A nice “save the date” for a wedding in Bully In Indiana August in a town nearby. There were Dear Not A Bully: People bully others for many nice photos of the engaged couple on a variety of reasons. Among them, because the card. The problem is, we have no idea they are angry and enjoy taking it out on who they are. others, because they themselves have been We called our families to ask if they had bullied, because it gives them a sense of received one too, thinking maybe it was a long-lost relative. I even went so far as power, or simply because they enjoy it. Not knowing your “friend,” I can’t guess checking social media, thinking we might what’s driving her behavior. I suggest that have friends in common, but we don’t. I’m you ask her what her reason is and after you hoping the actual invitation may offer more hear her answer, you re-evaluate whether clues, but I don’t think it will. to distance yourself from her because, with While this was clearly addressed to us, my bullies, the target can change and no one is fear is that it was intended for someone else safe. who may not be “saving the date” and it may Dear Abby: We set limits on our son’s cause some tension within their family. What screen time at home. My mother-in-law lets would be proper when the invitation arrives? him have quite a bit more screen time when Do I check “will not attend” and send it back, he visits her. My husband thinks grandparents or should I include a note with an explana- should have the right to determine everything tion? — Save The Date In Wisconsin about how they treat and care for their grand- Dear Save The Date: You are a nice children. What do you think? — Mother In person. A simple “regret that we cannot Boulder, Colo. attend” should be sufficient and by all means Dear Mother: I think grandparents include the note. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 27, 1917 Because he spoke disparagingly of the United States army, a transient who claims to have served in the army is a prisoner in the city jail awaiting action of the authorities. The incident which led to the arrest occurred in a local pool hall. Corporal Harvey was telling about the army to a number of prospective recruits when McGunes butted in to the conversation to belittle the army. His remarks are said to have been intended as a discour- agement to those contemplating enlisting. Corporal Harvey ordered him to keep quiet and upon his refusal stepped out and called Officer Hall who took the man to the police station. McGunes is indignant at his arrest. He declares he has served in the army himself and his remarks were prompted by his own experience as a soldier. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 27, 1967 Charles Cline, Heppner, lucky logger who escaped death when his cab was crushed in on him Friday, was back logging in a new truck Tuesday. Cline, who operates under contract to Crip Logging, was returning to Heppner Friday morning about 8 with a load of logs when the chain holding the cable broke on a curve about 7 miles south of Heppner on Willow Creek Road. The load shifted to the rear and slipped off the truck, tipping the truck over. It came to rest about 10 feet off the road. The cab was completely crushed. Cline was pinned in the seat with his boot caught between the door and the seat for about 40 minutes before Oris Crip, owner of Crip Logging, came on the scene. Crip managed to knock in the back of the cab, cut the boot loose from the trapped man and release him. Cline suffered only a badly bruised leg, head bumps and a cut on the back. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 27, 1992 U.S. Army Private First Class Delbert Whitmore has been decorated for his conduct under fire while serving in the Army in combat. Whitmore is 74. The Milton-Free- water resident waited nearly 50 years to find out he’d been awarded two bronze stars during World War II. The retired school custodian learned of the awards recently when he received a package in the mail from the Department of the Army in St. Louis, Mo. The package contained a certificate for the bronze star awards, and paperwork indicating which medals he had earned: The Republic of the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation Badge, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the Philippines Liberation Ribbon, the latter two being bronze star awards. 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 117th day of 2017. There are 248 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 27, 1967, Canada’s Universal and International Exhibition, also known as “Expo 67,” began a six-month run as it was officially opened in Montreal by Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. On this date: In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines. In 1822, the 18th pres- ident of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio. In 1973, Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray resigned after it was revealed that he’d destroyed files removed from the safe of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt. In 1982, the trial of John W. Hinckley Jr., who had shot four people, including President Ronald Reagan, began in Washington. (The trial ended with Hinckley’s acquittal by reason of insanity.) Ten years ago: President George W. Bush and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe threatened stronger punitive actions against North Korea if it reneged on a promise to padlock its sole nuclear reactor. Five years ago: President Barack Obama signed an order aimed at addressing growing complaints about fraudulent marketing and recruiting practices aimed at military families eligible for federal education aid under the GI Bill. One year ago: Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert was sentenced in Chicago to more than a year in prison in a hush-money case that revealed accusa- tions he’d sexually abused teenagers while coaching high school wrestling. Today’s Birthdays: Rhythm-and-blues singer Cuba Gooding is 73. Singer Ann Peebles is 70. Rock singer Kate Pierson (The B-52’s) is 69. Rhythm-and- blues singer Herbie Murrell (The Stylistics) is 68. Rock musician Rob Squires (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) is 52. Rock singer Jim James (My Morning Jacket) is 39. Neo-soul musician Joseph Pope III (Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats) is 38. Country musician John Osborne (Brothers Osborne) is 35. Actress Ari Graynor is 34. Rock singer-musician Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy) is 33. Actress Sheila Vand is 32. Actress Jenna Coleman is 31. Pop singer Nick Noonan (Karmin) is 31. Actor William Moseley is 30. Thought for Today: “Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.” — Edward R. Murrow, Amer- ican broadcast journalist (born 1908, died this date in 1965). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
