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COFFEE BREAK
Friday, May 5, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
For mom rewriting her will,
time with her kids is money
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I divorced my narcis-
Please help me, Abby. I’m at a loss
sistic husband after our children were
about what to do. — Self-Esteem
raised. Over the years, I have tried
Issues In Ohio
to have a relationship with all of my
Dear Issues: I’m glad you wrote.
children and their families.
The seeds of low self-esteem were
When I asked one of them for a
planted when you were so young you
three-day weekend with her children,
didn’t understand what was being
she texted me saying they all had a lot
done was a form of abuse. Because
going on. Then she added, “Maybe
it continued for so long, you should
Jeanne
next year.” I may not BE here next Phillips seek professional help to overcome
year!
it. It is important that you get it from
Advice
I know she may never read this, but
a licensed therapist. Your physician or
it doesn’t matter to me if it will help
your insurance company can refer you
someone who does read it. I have decided to to qualified people. Please don’t wait.
change my will. If I’m not worth my children’s
Dear Abby: Prior to meeting me, my
time, they don’t deserve my money. Your husband was in a long-term relationship with a
thoughts? — Worthless Up North
woman, “Karen,” who was also a close friend
Dear Worthless: Could it be possible that of his sisters. Their relationship and the friend-
your daughter and her family are actually ships ended due to Karen’s behavior. Years
busy? Not knowing how you raised your chil- passed, and then my husband met me.
dren, it’s hard to render an opinion, but from
Now, 10 years later, the sisters have decided
your reaction, you appear to have a troubled to befriend Karen again. This would normally
relationship with this daughter. Rather than not be an issue, but Karen is invited to all family
disinherit her, try to find out what motivated her parties and weddings. It is very uncomfortable
to text what she did so fences can be mended. for my husband and me, as we feel we don’t
If that’s not possible, then you have every right have the option to skip these events. I have
to reallocate your assets as you wish.
tried to quietly object, but I’m being painted as
Dear Abby: I have a huge problem with “immature.” Please help. — Uncomfortable
low self-esteem. For most of my life I was In Illinois
ridiculed, teased and bullied, not only by my
Dear Uncomfortable: If you and your
classmates and co-workers, but also by my husband prefer not to socialize regularly with
own family. It started when I was very young Karen, you certainly don’t have to. However,
and continued well into my early 30s. (I am your discomfort with her does not entitle you
35 now.) Because of this, I find it incredibly to insist your sisters-in-law exclude her from
difficult to date anyone.
all of their parties. Attend the ones you must,
I always seem to find it easier to talk down make the best of them, and send your regrets
about myself than to make myself happy. for the rest.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 5, 1917
“Too fat to fly,” reads a message received
this morning by friends from Hal Corby,
who recently enlisted in the aviation corps
of the navy. He has, therefore, gone into the
wireless service and expects to leave soon
for California. A card from Ray Finnell, who
enlisted at the same time, brings word that he
successfully passed the examinations.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 5, 1967
Almost 4,000 youngsters have been immu-
nized against red measles since a county-wide
campaign to stamp out an epidemic started
Monday. Dr. Alton Alderman, Umatilla
County health officer, said 490 shots were
given in Pendleton Wednesday and 307 at
Pilot Rock, for a total so far of 3,947. Some
of the inoculations were by needle, when a
shortage developed of the 50-dose vials that
fit on a new jet injector gun used for most of
the shots. The mass immunization program
moved today to Helix. The free shots are now
limited to the 1-10 age group.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 5, 1992
Increased demand for low-fat beef and
an expanded export market to Japan have
prompted Ron and Jane Baker to move Western
Meat Producers Inc. from an outdated plant in
Pasco to a new building to be constructed near
Hinkle. The Bakers, owners of C&B Livestock
in Hermiston, will need at least 50 employees
to start up the new facility in April of 1993.
Ron Baker said a more realistic employment
goal, with expected expansion over the next
few years, is 75 full-time, family-wage jobs,
although many of the skilled meat cutters
working at Pasco are expected to transfer to
the plant south of Hermiston.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
BLONDIE
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is the 125th day
of 2017. There are 240 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On May 5, 1862,
Mexican troops defeated
French occupying forces in
the Battle of Puebla.
On this date:
In 1494, during his
second voyage to the
Western Hemisphere, Chris-
topher Columbus landed in
Jamaica.
In 1821, Napoleon
Bonaparte, 51, died in exile
on the island of St. Helena.
In
1892,
Congress
passed the Geary Act,
which required Chinese in
the United States to carry a
certificate of residence at all
times, or face deportation.
In 1927, “To the Light-
house,” Virginia Woolf’s
fifth novel, was published in
London.
In 1942, wartime sugar
rationing began in the
United States.
In 1945, in the only fatal
attack of its kind during
World War II, a Japanese
balloon bomb exploded
on Gearhart Mountain in
Oregon, killing the pregnant
wife of a minister and five
children. Denmark and the
Netherlands were liberated
as a German surrender went
into effect.
In 1955, West Germany
became a fully sovereign
state. The baseball musical
“Damn Yankees” opened on
Broadway.
In 1961, astronaut Alan
B. Shepard Jr. became
America’s first space trav-
eler as he made a 15-minute
suborbital flight aboard
Mercury capsule Freedom 7.
In 1973, Secretariat won
the Kentucky Derby, the
first of his Triple Crown
victories.
In 1981, Irish Republican
Army hunger-striker Bobby
Sands died at the Maze
Prison in Northern Ireland
in his 66th day without food.
In 1987, the congres-
sional Iran-Contra hearings
opened with former Air
Force Maj. Gen. Richard V.
Secord the lead-off witness.
In 1994, Singapore
caned American teenager
Michael Fay for vandalism,
a day after the sentence was
reduced from six lashes to
four in response to an appeal
by President Bill Clinton.
In
2007:
Floyd
Mayweather Jr. beat Oscar
De La Hoya to win the
WBC 154-pound title at the
MGM Grand Garden in Las
Vegas.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Pat Carroll is 90.
Former AFL-CIO president
John J. Sweeney is 83.
Saxophonist Ace Cannon is
83. Country singer-musician
Roni Stoneman is 79. Actor
Michael Murphy is 79.
Actor Lance Henriksen is
77. Comedian-actor Michael
Palin is 74. Actor John
Rhys-Davies is 73. Rock
correspondent Kurt Loder
is 72. Rock musician Bill
Ward (Black Sabbath) is 69.
Actress Melinda Culea is 62.
Actress Lisa Eilbacher is 60.
Actor Richard E. Grant is 60.
Former broadcast journalist
John Miller is 59. Rock singer
Ian McCulloch (Echo and
the Bunnymen) is 58. NBC
newsman Brian Williams is
58. Rock musician Shawn
Drover (Megadeth) is 51. TV
personality Kyan Douglas
is 47. Actor Henry Cavill is
34. Soul singer Adele is 29.
Rhythm-and-blues
singer
Chris Brown is 28.
Thought for Today: “It
is quite true what philos-
ophers say: that Life must
be understood backwards.
But that makes one forget
the other assumption: that it
must be lived forwards.” —
Soren Kierkegaard, Danish
philosopher (born this date
in 1813, died 1855).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE