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Friday, June 2, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
College student living at home
is ready to fly after graduation
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I am 21 and about to
goes out with friends and spends
graduate from college. I have lived
time with family. She’s very attrac-
at home these last four years partly
tive and has a wonderful personality.
because my dad didn’t want me to go
Her siblings, cousins and friends
away. He never said it, but he made
are all married and most of them
up reasons to make me stay at home.
have children. She wants her own
I was 17 and being manipulated and
family and has tried the usual dating
controlled. I tried to explain to him
sites, but never gets any results.
that I wanted to go away to learn
I try to keep her spirits up. Her
Jeanne
independence, but he said I wasn’t Phillips happiness is most important to me,
mature enough.
not her marital status. How can I
Advice
Now that I am about to graduate,
help her? I don’t want to keep telling
I have been offered a job with a
her the right one will come along
company in California. I am afraid to tell when she wants a boyfriend now. — Single
my parents about the news. I know that it’s Girl’s Mom In Georgia
my life, but my father is a master of psycho-
Dear Mom: Your daughter should start
logical manipulation. I want to finally get by asking her siblings, cousins and friends
away from my parents’ strict controlling and why they think she’s still single when she
financial strings and start a stress-free life of wants so much to be married. Could the
my own. How do I explain this without them solution be something as simple as tweaking
manipulating me all over again? — Soon To her profile? It may be that she needs to
Be A College Graduate
expand her interests and activities so she’ll
Dear Graduate: First, make up your be out in the community more than she is.
mind that you ARE leaving. When you tell
If her friends and co-workers aren’t
them, be sure to say how grateful you are already aware, she should ask if they know
for the love and support they have given someone nice who’s unattached. Who
you, but that you have been offered a job knows? One of them might have a cousin.
in the field for which you have studied and Professional organizations having to do
are now well-prepared enough to fly on your with her field of employment can also be
own.
fertile ground for prospecting.
Set a date to leave and do not allow
People who are visible and passionate
yourself to be dissuaded, whether because about the activities they’re involved in
of a guilt trip or any other manipulation. I’m attract positive attention, which increases
not saying it will be emotionally easy, but the likelihood of meeting someone eligible,
for your own sake, you must do it.
or meeting someone who knows someone.
Dear Abby: I have a single daughter in When all is said and done, finding Mr. Right
her early 30s. She’s active in her church, is usually a matter of luck and timing.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 2, 1917
The United States Navy wants more
aviators. Peter Swartz, in charge of the
local naval recruiting office, this morning
received notification that additional men are
wanted in the aviation department, the quota
of the Oregon division being 14. Men who
enlist in this department will be sent to the
training school at Pensacola, Fla., for 18
months training. Men of experience with gas
engines or as mechanics only are eligible.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 2, 1967
The small city park in Echo, which for
57 years has been simply known as “the
park,” was dedicated Sunday as the George
Park in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Fred T.
George who loaned the plot of ground to
the city as a park in 1910. Mrs. Al Berg, the
former Marian George, gave the park to the
city recently as a memorial to her parents. A
stone was set by the city in the center of the
park and a new flag raised at the dedication.
Fred George came to Echo in 1906 and
owned and operated a general merchandise
store until his death. Mrs. George came to
the community from Ann Arbor, Mich., as a
school teacher.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 2, 1992
Trina Sayles recently received some big
bucks to spend on her college education,
thanks to her grandmother wining a national
sweepstakes. Sayles, a former Boardman
high school student, said she was ecstatic to
learn about the $10,000 check headed her
way. Her grandmother, Ruth Sayles, entered
a “Scholarship Sweepstakes” contest spon-
sored by Libbey Glass at Pendleton’s Kmart
Store. Sayles was one of only 10 winners
nationwide. Trina is currently a sophomore
at Gonzaga University in Spokane.
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 153rd day of
2017. There are 212 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On June 2, 1897, Mark
Twain was quoted by the
New York Journal as saying
from London that “the report
of my death was an exagger-
ation.” (Twain, in London
to cover Queen Victoria’s
Diamond Jubilee for the
Journal, was responding
to a report in the New York
Herald that he was “griev-
ously ill” and “possibly
dying.”)
On this date:
In 1863, during the
Civil War, Union Maj. Gen.
William T. Sherman wrote
a letter to his wife, Ellen, in
which he commented, “Vox
populi, vox humbug” (The
voice of the people is the
voice of humbug).
In 1886, President Grover
Cleveland, 49, married
Frances Folsom, 21, in the
Blue Room of the White
House. (To date, Cleveland
is the only president to marry
in the executive mansion.)
In
1924,
Congress
passed, and President Calvin
Coolidge signed, a measure
guaranteeing full American
citizenship for all Native
Americans born within U.S.
territorial limits.
In 1941, baseball’s “Iron
Horse,” Lou Gehrig, died in
New York of a degenerative
disease, amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis; he was 37.
In 1946, Italy held a
referendum which resulted
in the Italian monarchy
being abolished in favor of a
republic.
In 1953, the coronation
of Queen Elizabeth II took
place in London’s Westmin-
ster Abbey, 16 months after
the death of her father, King
George VI.
In 1966, U.S. space probe
Surveyor 1 landed on the
moon and began transmit-
ting detailed photographs of
the lunar surface.
In
1976,
Arizona
Republic
investigative
reporter Don Bolles was
mortally injured by a bomb
planted underneath his
car; he died 11 days later.
(Prosecutors believed Bolles
was targeted because he had
written stories that upset a
liquor wholesaler.)
In
1997,
Timothy
McVeigh was convicted of
murder and conspiracy in the
1995 bombing of the Alfred
P. Murrah Federal Building
in Oklahoma City that killed
168 people. (McVeigh was
executed in June 2001.)
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress-singer Sally Kell-
erman is 80. Actor Ron Ely
is 79. Filmmaker and movie
historian Kevin Brownlow is
79. Actor Stacy Keach is 76.
Rock musician Charlie Watts
is 76. Actor Charles Haid
is 74. Movie director Lasse
Hallstrom is 71. Actor Jerry
Mathers is 69. Actress Joanna
Gleason is 67. NHL Commis-
sioner Gary Bettman is 65.
Actor Dennis Haysbert is 63.
Comedian Dana Carvey is 62.
Actor Gary Grimes is 62. Pop
musician Michael Steele is
62. Rock singer Tony Hadley
(Spandau Ballet) is 57. Actor
Liam Cunningham is 56.
Actor Navid Negahban is 53.
Singer Merril Bainbridge is
49. TV personality-producer
Andy Cohen (“The Real
Housewives” TV franchise) is
49. Rapper B-Real (Cypress
Hill) is 47. Actor-comedian
Wayne Brady is 45. Actor
Justin Long is 39. Rock
musician Fabrizio Moretti
(The Strokes) is 37. Olympic
gold medal soccer player
Abby Wambach is 37.
Thought for Today:
“Whatever it is that makes a
person charming, it needs to
remain a mystery.” — Rex
Harrison, English actor
(born 1908, died this date in
1990).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE