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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Family’s disapproval stops
woman from opening up
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I’m a pansexual
books, perhaps — but I doubt she
female and open about it with my
would be satisfied with that. I love
friend and also my brother. The rest of
our company as it is now. What do
my family is super Christian. I tried to
you think we should do? — Coloring
bring up the “gay” word, but they’re
For You
all against it and have strong opinions
Dear C.F.Y.: Because you love
about the subject.
your company “as it is now,” do not
I just want to feel accepted for who
hire your mother-in-law to fill a job
I am, and not keep anything from
that doesn’t need filling. To do so
Jeanne
them. I need your opinion on when Phillips would be a recipe for disaster, because
I should tell them — or should I just
getting rid of her would cause lasting
Advice
not tell them at all? Your help would
hard feelings. Instead, you and your
be appreciated. — Pansexual In The
husband should explain that “the
USA
company” doesn’t need another colorist right
Dear Pansexual: According to Wikipedia, now, and see if you can help her find a part-
the definition of pansexuality is “the sexual, time job elsewhere if she needs money or has
romantic or emotional attraction toward time to fill.
Dear Abby: We recently lost a beloved
people regardless of their sex or gender iden-
tity.” While it may be empowering for you to family member. My question is, how long
disclose this information, it should be clear do I wait before we deactivate his email
to you that your family — with the exception and Facebook accounts? Some people say
of your brother — is not open to hearing it. immediately, or wait a year. Others have said
Respect that.
to leave them active indefinitely.
However, you are free to live your life, so
Do I need to send a message to his Face-
live it and be happy. You do not need their book friends in advance? Also, would it be
approval and you shouldn’t let their approval offensive or tacky if I downloaded pictures
— or lack thereof — affect how you live.
from his Facebook account and cellphone
Dear Abby: My husband and I own a before we deactivate everything? There are
coloring business. We color unicorns and some pictures of my nieces and nephews I
rainbows and other pictures. They are beau- would like to keep. — How Long Do I Wait?
tiful and sell well.
Dear How Long: There are no hard and
Recently, my mother-in-law started fast rules covering a situation like this. Some
begging us to let her join our team. Abby, people deactivate the accounts immediately.
I’m sure she would do fine and that she could Others leave them live indefinitely. However,
color within the lines, but we do not need any you might wish to post a comment to the
help.
effect that, “For those friends who might not
My husband suggested hiring her to run know, our beloved ‘Joe’ passed away on (date
errands — to buy crayons and coloring of death).”
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 29-30, 1917
Lee Caldwell, champion of champions
bronco buster, will lead Pendleton’s rough
riding troop of cavalry. Last evening he was
the unanimous choice of his mates for captain
of Troop D, Second Squadron, O.N.G. at the
election held in the city hall. No other offi-
cers were elected, the regulations giving the
captain the power to appoint his lieutenants
and non-commissioned officers. Captain
Caldwell has as yet made no appointments
but there is a general belief that he will
appoint James F. Cooke, formerly a sergeant
in Troop A, as first lieutenant. Dell Blancett is
considered as one of the strong probabilities
for second lieutenant.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 29-30, 1967
Area lawmen and students in the police
science department at Blue Mountain
Community College had to solve a mock
murder Friday. The dastardly crime took
place near the Pendleton Lawmen’s gun club.
The mock murder was put on by BMCC and
the FBI, compete with victim, witnesses,
villain and even a nosy reporter who made
things difficult for the lawmen during their
investigation. Three teams of 11 investigators
worked on the case. The murder serves as a
final exam for BMCC student Lewis Parent
here. The investigation was a success and the
culprit arrested. State police, sheriff’s officers
and the city police department assisted in
staging the murder.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 29-30, 1992
Record-setting coach Don Requa, who
directed Pendleton High School football
teams for 36 seasons, has been named to the
Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, a source in Port-
land close to the Hall of Fame said Thursday.
Requa, who died in 1987, a year after retiring
as Pendleton coach, will be among 10 people
inducted into the Hall of Fame at its annual
banquet in Portland Aug. 1. Most of Requa’s
coaching career was spent in Pendleton,
where he led his teams to 24 Intermountain
Conference championships and 25 state
playoff appearances, advancing to the state
semifinals six times.
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
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 150th day of
2017. There are 215 days left
in the year.
On May 30, 1922,
the Lincoln Memorial in
Washington, D.C., was
dedicated in a ceremony
attended by President Warren
G. Harding, Chief Justice
William Howard Taft and
Robert Todd Lincoln.
In 1431, Joan of Arc,
condemned as a heretic, was
burned at the stake in Rouen,
France.
In 1536, England’s King
Henry VIII married his third
wife, Jane Seymour, 11 days
after the king’s second wife,
Anne Boleyn, was beheaded
for treason and adultery.
In 1883, 12 people were
trampled to death in a stam-
pede sparked by a rumor that
the recently opened Brooklyn
Bridge was in danger of
collapsing.
In 1911, the first Indy 500
took place at the Indianap-
olis Motor Speedway; the
winner was Ray Harroun,
who drove a Marmon Wasp
for more than 6 1/2 hours
at an average speed of 74.6
mph and collected a prize of
$10,000.
In 1937, ten people were
killed when police fired on
steelworkers demonstrating
near the Republic Steel plant
in South Chicago.
In 1943, during World
War II, American troops
secured the Aleutian island
of Attu from Japanese forces.
In 1958, unidentified
American service members
killed in World War II and the
Korean War were interred in
the Tomb of the Unknowns at
Arlington National Cemetery.
In 1966, NASA launched
Surveyor 1, a probe that
made a soft landing on the
moon three days later. The
Beatles single “Paperback
Writer” was released in the
United States by Capitol
Records.
In 1971, the American
space probe Mariner 9 blasted
off from Cape Kennedy on a
journey to Mars.
In 1982, Spain became
NATO’s 16th member.
In 1997, Jesse K.
Timmendequas was convicted
in Trenton, New Jersey, of
raping and strangling a seven-
year-old neighbor, Megan
Kanka, whose 1994 murder
inspired “Megan’s Law,”
requiring that communities be
notified when sex offenders
move in. (Timmendequas
received a sentence of death
that was later commuted to
life in prison after New Jersey
abolished capital punishment.)
In 2002, a solemn, word-
less ceremony marked the
end of the agonizing cleanup
at ground zero in New York,
8½ months after 9/11.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Clint Walker is 90. Actress
Ruta Lee is 82. Actor Keir
Dullea is 81. Actor Michael J.
Pollard is 78. Pro and College
Football Hall of Famer Gale
Sayers is 74. Country singer
Wynonna Judd is 53. Rock
musician Tom Morello
(Audioslave; Rage Against
The Machine) is 53. Actor
Mark Sheppard is 53. Movie
director Antoine Fuqua is
52. Actor Trey Parker is 45.
Rapper Cee Lo Green is 42.
Thought for Today:
“There is no fun in doing
nothing when you have
nothing to do.” — Jerome K.
Jerome, English author and
humorist (1859-1927).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE