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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