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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