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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, May 10, 2017 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Mom takes needless risks following her son’s suicide FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: My fiancée has a behavior. A licensed psychotherapist death wish. She recently lost her or a suicide support group could help youngest child to suicide. She’s in a her to recognize what she’s doing and lot of pain and rarely has a good day. to get through this. Seeing others who She suffers from PTSD and relives have experienced what she has and the scene daily in her mind. who are further along in the grieving She’s a hard worker, so that helps process would be helpful. to keep her mind off things. She lives If she’s resistant to the idea, offer in an empty house with nothing there to go with her. The American Federa- Jeanne but farm animals, which she says do Phillips tion for Suicide Prevention (afsp.org) help to make her happy. can help you find resources in your Advice Abby, I’m worried because she state. does things that put her in danger, like Dear Abby: The husbands of both staying at her son’s grave alone at night for my two daughters asked for my blessing prior hours. She told me recently she’s planning to asking my girls to marry them. I felt what to go out of state to visit her other son and they did was respectful and it was very much then spend six days by herself camping and appreciated. My wife felt the same way when hiking. She also goes jogging alone late at I relayed the good news to her. night and leaves her doors unlocked. I believe this courtesy replaced what in It seems she just doesn’t care about what the “olden days” was a request for PERMIS- may happen. She says don’t worry, but I’m SION from the father rather than a blessing terrified that one day something will happen. and, in my opinion, is more appropriate. If I She’s not someone who would put up a fight. am correct in my assumption that “permis- We’re recently engaged and I care deeply sion” has evolved to “blessing,” I wonder if it about her and her safety, but I’m helpless to would have been more appropriate for them say anything because she just gets mad. I to have asked my wife and me together for don’t know what to do. Can you maybe help our blessing. Your thoughts? — Proud Papa me? — Very Concerned Fiancé In Florida Dear Proud Papa: Men asked permission Dear Fiancé: Your fiancée is in the throes of fathers to marry their daughters in “olden of grief. If she is the person who discovered days” because the daughters were considered her son’s body, she may be numb with shock property. They could not marry without their and not thinking clearly. father’s consent. Thankfully, those customs It is not unusual for people who have lost a are long gone — in western society, at least. loved one — particularly a child — to wonder Please stop second-guessing your sons- if life is still worth living and to engage either in-law, who both seem like gems to me. Many consciously or subconsciously in risk-taking couples today forgo the courtesy altogether. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 10, 1917 Frank Davis, local attorney, has received word that his brother, Fred Snow Davis, who is a freshman at the University of Pennsyl- vania, was a member of the relay team that broke the world’s record on April 28 by 3 4/5 seconds. The record was established at the annual “prep” school meet in which the U. of P. freshmen compete. Young Davis has been a member of the winning relay team for three successive years, having run in 1916 and 1915 as a member of the Mercersburg track team of which he was captain. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 10, 1967 An isolated whirlwind of tornado or cyclone proportions Friday swooped down on the new patio at the Rev. Jack Naff home at 705 S.W. 11th, Hermiston, and caused major damage. A resident of the area, Mrs. Boyd Neustel, said when it hit the patio it sounds like an “explo- sion.” The Naff family was not at home. The patio is attached to the house facing east, and has recently been completed. A bicycle parked at one end of the patio remained standing, and no other portion of the house was damaged. Wrecked in the freak wind was the fiberglass patio cover, TV antenna, steel posts that were a part of the patio framework, and the power lead-in to the house. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 10, 1992 Sandy Mayberry, a Pendleton High School counselor, was honored this week by the Associated Oregon Industries Foundation for her work in instituting a program to help students overcome drug abuse. She received a Special Achievement Award at the second annual Oregon Educational Excellence Awards banquet in Portland. She was one of 33 Oregon educators honored, and one of two to be recognized in the special achieve- ment category. The individual winners were awarded a $1,000 cash grant and a specially designed crystal apple signifying education excellence. 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 130th day of 2017. There are 235 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. On this date: In 1774, Louis XVI acceded to the throne of France. In 1775, Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys, along with Col. Benedict Arnold, captured the Brit- ish-held fortress at Ticond- eroga, New York. In 1863, during the Civil War, Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson died of pneumonia, a complication resulting from being hit by friendly fire eight days earlier during the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia. In 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured by Union forces in Irwinville, Georgia. In 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was named acting director of the Bureau of Investigation (later known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI). In 1933, the Nazis staged massive public book burn- ings in Germany. In 1940, during World War II, German forces began invading the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and France. The same day, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned, and Winston Churchill formed a new government. In 1941, Adolf Hitler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess, parachuted into Scotland on what he claimed was a peace mission. (Hess ended up serving a life sentence at Spandau Prison until 1987, when he apparently committed suicide at age 93.) In 1960, the nuclear-pow- ered submarine USS Triton completed its submerged navigation of the globe. In 1977, Academy Award-winning actress Joan Crawford died in New York. In 1994, Nelson Mandela took the oath of office in Pretoria to become South Africa’s first black president. The state of Illinois executed serial killer John Wayne Gacy, 52, for the murders of 33 young men and boys. Today’s Birthdays: Author Barbara Taylor Bradford is 84. Rhythm- and-blues singer Henry Fambrough (The Spinners) is 79. Actor David Clennon is 74. Writer-producer-director Jim Abrahams is 73. Singer Donovan is 71. Singer-song- writer Graham Gouldman (10cc) is 71. Singer Dave Mason is 71. Actor Mike Hagerty is 63. Sports anchor Chris Berman is 62. Actor Bruce Penhall is 60. Former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., is 59. Actress Victoria Rowell is 58. Rock singer Bono (U2) is 57. Rock musician Danny Carey (Tool) is 56. Actor Darryl M. Bell is 54. Play- wright Suzan-Lori Parks is 54. Model Linda Evangelista is 52. Rapper Young MC is 50. Actor Erik Palladino is 49. Rock singer Richard Patrick (Filter) is 49. Actor Lenny Venito is 48. Actor Dallas Roberts is 47. Actress Leslie Stefanson is 46. Actor-singer Todd Lowe is 45. Actor Kenan Thompson is 39. Thought for Today: “The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.” — William James, American psychologist and philosopher (1842-1910). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
