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Page 8A East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Friday, May 26, 2017 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Unwitting comments from dad cause childless daughter pain FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER GARFIELD BLONDIE BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE Dear Abby: I am a 40-year-old While I still love him, I know our childless single woman. I spent relationship will never be the same several years doing various day care as before. Will I look like a fool to jobs and have great love for children, everyone if I let him come home? — but due to female health issues, I Heartbroken In Pennsylvania am unable to have my own. I have a Dear Heartbroken: How you great job and home, but cannot afford look to “everyone” is far less fertility treatments or adoption, both important than how you feel. You of which are expensive. are correct that if you reconcile, your Jeanne My fertility issues have caused Phillips relationship will never be the same. me heartbreak and many tears. My But has it occurred to you that it Advice father often comments about how might be better? disappointed he is that he has no Husbands stray for all kinds of grandchildren. Recently, he made an offhand reasons. Before you make any final decisions remark that I was “selfish” for not having had about taking him back, insist on counseling any. It upset me so much I cried for days. Dad so you can understand exactly what they is a good man, and I know he didn’t mean to were. That’s how broken marriages are be hurtful. repaired. How do I approach him about how his Dear Abby: I had friendships with both comment affected me without hurting him? of my second cousins, “Tom” and “Jane,” I don’t know how much detail to give him a brother and sister in their 60s. They have about my fertility issues. Should I just let it long been estranged from each other. Tom be and ignore him when he complains about was estranged from his parents as well. Jane not having grandkids? — Childless In Idaho was their parents’ caregiver. Dear Childless: Do not ignore this! Tell Jane called me to say their father was near your father that you are UNABLE to conceive death and thought I would want to know. because of a medical problem and exactly Then she said, “I’m not telling Tom, and I’m how his comment made you feel. You should asking you to do the same.” I told her it was also tell him you are unable to afford fertility an awkward request because I am friendly treatments or adoption because of the cost with him, too. involved, and not to raise the subject again Well, I chose to tell him. Tom called his because it is hurtful and beyond your ability mother and it went well, after years of no to remedy. Perhaps you could channel your communication. Jane has now cut me out of motherly instincts by exploring foster care her life. Was I wrong to tell her brother? — and other ways you can help children in need. Mike In Mexico Dear Abby: My husband left me for Dear Mike: Yes, I think it was wrong to another woman four months ago. We had have gone against the wishes of the daughter been married for 33 years, and my world has who had assumed the responsibility of caring been ripped apart. for her aged parents. It’s fortunate that the Now he says he wants to try to reconcile, conversation went well, because it might not and it has me feeling extremely confused. have. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 26, 1917 This morning J.C. Hoskins, well known Echo sheepman came to Pendleton and swore out a warrant for the arrest of A.D. Grieve, a small farmer near Stanfield, and his 13 year old son, Blaten, charging them with the larceny of sheep. Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakely went down to make the arrest today. According to Hoskins, Grieve now has a flock of 30 sheep and there is much reason to believe that he picked them from his neighbors’ flocks without their consent or knowledge. He is said to have secured the sheep one at a time and to have kept them concealed in his cellar until he had altered the brand. Hoskins claims to have lost a number in this manner and declares Grieve even borrowed a horse from him and used it to carry off a stolen sheep. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 26, 1967 The final go-ahead on construction of Jubilee Lake has been received and work will start as soon as equipment can be moved in. Dave Heckeroth, fisheries biologist here for the Game Commission, said Thursday representatives of the state engineer’s office approved the project this week on an inspec- tion trip. Jubilee, to be a 97-acre lake, is located on a tributary of Lookingglass Creek about 10 miles north of Tollgate in the Blue Mountains. Trout probably will be planted in the man-made lake late this year. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian May 26, 1992 Wheat growers throughout Umatilla County are reporting crop damage caused by above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation. It’s a scenario similar to past years, with one exception. “Last year it was the same thing, but then it rained and rained and rained and pulled us out of the fire,” said Lelan O’Harra, a wheat grower near Weston. Meteorologists at the National Weather Service office at the Pendleton Airport are forecasting little more than light sprinkles over the next 10 days which means below normal precipitation along with slightly higher than normal temperatures. It was estimated that mid-May rains last year made a $10 million difference to area wheat growers. Heavy rains also arrived in time to save the crop in late April 1990. 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 146th day of 2017. There are 219 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 26, 1917, a tornado in central Illinois killed 101 people, mostly in the Mattoon-Charleston area. On this date: In 1521, Martin Luther was banned by the Edict of Worms because of his reli- gious beliefs and writings. In 1868, the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal on the remaining charges. In 1897, the Gothic horror novel “Dracula” by Bram Stoker was first published in London. In 1938, the House Un-American Activities Committee was established by Congress. In 1940, Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of some 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II. In 1942, the Tule Lake Segregation Center for Japanese-American wartime internees opened in northern California. The U.S. War Department formally estab- lished the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS). Radio Tokyo boasted of recent victories in the Pacific War and declared that “the Japanese people can look forward to a triumphal march into London and a victory march in New York.” In 1954, explosions rocked the aircraft carrier USS Bennington off Rhode Island, killing 103 sailors. (The initial blast was blamed on leaking catapult fluid ignited by the flames of a jet.) In 1977, George Willig scaled the outside of the South Tower of New York’s World Trade Center; he was arrested at the top of the 110-story building. Today’s Birthdays: Sportscaster Brent Musberger is 78. Rock musician Garry Peterson (Guess Who) is 72. Singer Stevie Nicks is 69. Actress Pam Grier is 68. Actor Philip Michael Thomas is 68. Country singer Hank Williams Jr. is 68. British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is 68. Actress Margaret Colin is 59. Country singer-song- writer Dave Robbins is 58. Actor Doug Hutchison is 57. Actress Genie Francis is 55. Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is 55. Sing- er-actor Lenny Kravitz is 53. Actress Helena Bonham Carter is 51. Distance runner Zola Budd is 51. Rock musi- cian Phillip Rhodes is 49. Actor Joseph Fiennes is 47. Actor-producer-writer Matt Stone is 46. Thought for Today: “Life is a tragedy full of joy.” — Bernard Malamud, Amer- ican author (1914-1986). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
