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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Tuesday, May 9, 2017 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Woman wonders if opposites can move beyond attraction FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I have been in a Dear Opposites Attract: Oppo- two-year relationship with a man sites often attract, that’s true. And, who is loving and intelligent. We depending upon the people involved, have talked about marriage since the it can lead to successful marriages. beginning. I have traditional values, However, couples in a solid rela- while he doesn’t believe the institution tionship need to be able to commu- of marriage is necessary. nicate honestly with each other, and This would be a second marriage your gentleman friend appears not to for both of us. Our children are grown, be capable of doing it fully, which is Jeanne so having kids doesn’t factor into this Phillips not a good sign. If you plan on taking decision. He says he’s willing to marry this relationship to the next level, Advice me because he knows how important I recommend the two of you have marriage is to me. I was raised in the premarital counseling. Your church church, and living together not only makes me may offer it. Or, if he would prefer, consult a uncomfortable, but is looked down upon by licensed marriage and family counselor. my family. Dear Abby: My daughter is 3. She has For a while he wanted to wait for a few of reached the point where she notices and his financial issues to be worked out. They comments upon others’ appearance. Gener- have been, but he doesn’t seem ready to move ally, her comments are of the “that lady forward. Another issue is that while we are has a big bottom!” variety, spoken loudly compatible in most ways, we are polar oppo- and within earshot. We are working on the sites when it comes to politics and religion. It concepts of manners and tact, in addition bothers me, but he says we don’t have to agree to learning that people come in all shapes, on everything — that if we did, life would be sizes, colors, etc. boring. I feel that to have a happy relationship, In the meantime, however, have you any a couple’s essential values and morals should suggestions for how to address the subjects be similar. of her comments? I’ve offered some version He never wants to discuss political issues, of “I’m sorry, we’re still working on our and it makes things difficult and awkward. I manners,” but it seems to imply that I’m know he doesn’t feel the same as I do, but he teaching her to make her hurtful comments doesn’t want to start an argument or discus- in a quieter voice. — Embarrassed In sion. We never really fight, but sometimes I’d Kentucky like to be able to talk about what is going on Dear Embarrassed: You are over- in the world. thinking this. Children sometimes say the I’m wondering if a relationship with so darndest things. The way you’re handling many differences can survive. He does make it is just fine. I hardly think anyone will me happy, and we have a very passionate, be wounded for life because of anything a loving relationship. — Opposites Attract In 3-year-old utters. (Everything looks “big” to Washington a kid that age.) 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 May 8-9, 1917 A proposal to narrow the county roads in Umatilla county from 60 to 30 feet, donating the surplus land to farmers who in turn will cultivate the same and pay taxes on their increased acreage was made to the Council of Defense yesterday afternoon by James Sturgis, a member of the committee. The committee is understood to favor the proposal and will urge the idea upon the county as part of the move to increase production on account of the war. Estimating that there are 5000 miles of road in the county of an average width of 60 feet, Mr. Sturgis has made calculations to the effect that the farming area of the county may be increased 7500 acres by the proposed change. This is on the assumption that 2000 miles of roads traverse tillable sections. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 8-9, 1967 Purchase of Pendleton Radio Station KTIX was announced today by Juniper Broadcasting Inc., an Oregon corporation. The corporation is also the licensee of radio stations KGRL in Bend and KACI in The Dalles. KTIX is presently owned by Robert Roderick of Los Angeles. Major stockholders of Juniper Broadcasting Inc. are Robert Chandler, Bradley Fancher, Glenn Cushman and Gary Capps, all of Bend. Capps, who is president of the corporation, said the sale was subject to approval by the Federal Communication Commission. Capps also indi- cated that a survey of community needs was now being conducted to determine how KTIX could best serve the Umatilla County area. He said no changes in KTIX programming or personnel were contemplated at this time. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 8-9, 1992 The Pendleton Planning Commission has cleared the way for rezoning the former Harris Pine Mills site from “light industrial” to “central commercial.” Neither John Taylor, a real estate broker with Garton & Associates, nor the Spokane firm McCarthy Management & Development, which petitioned for the zone change, have specific plans at this time for a major development project. But a rezoning would make 68 acres of vacant commercial land available for development. The site is adjacent to existing retail businesses — Safeway and Melanie Square, among others. 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 129th day of 2017. There are 236 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 9, 1754, a political cartoon in Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette depicted a snake cut into eight pieces, each section representing a part of the American colonies; the caption read, “JOIN, or DIE.” On this date: In 1814, the Jane Austen novel “Mansfield Park” was first published in London. In 1864, Union Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick was killed by a Confederate sniper during the Civil War Battle of Spot- sylvania in Virginia. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson, acting on a joint congressional resolu- tion, signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. In 1926, Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett supposedly became the first men to fly over the North Pole. (However, U.S. scholars announced in 1996 that their examination of Byrd’s flight diary suggested he had turned back 150 miles short of his goal.) In 1936, Italy annexed Ethiopia. In 1945, with World War II in Europe at an end, Soviet forces liberated Czechoslo- vakia from Nazi occupation. U.S. officials announced that a midnight entertainment curfew was being lifted immediately. In 1951, the U.S. conducted its first thermo- nuclear experiment as part of Operation Greenhouse by detonating a 225-kiloton device on Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific nicknamed “George.” In 1961, in a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, Federal Communications Commis- sion Chairman Newton N. Minow decried the majority of television programming as a “vast wasteland.” Today’s Birthdays: Actor-writer Alan Bennett is 83. Rock musician Nokie Edwards (The Ventures) is 82. Actor Albert Finney is 81. Actress-turned-politi- cian Glenda Jackson is 81. Producer-director James L. Brooks is 80. Musician Sonny Curtis (Buddy Holly and the Crickets) is 80. Singer-musician Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield and Poco) is 73. Singer Billy Joel is 68. Rock singer-musi- cian Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick) is 67. Singer Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) is 55. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is 49. Rapper Ghostface Killah is 47. Rock musician Dan Regan (Reel Big Fish) is 40. Rock singer Andrew W.K. is 38. Thought for Today: “There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings.” — Dorothy Thompson, American journalist and author (1894-1961). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE