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Thursday, June 15, 2017 PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK East Oregonian Page 7A DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Sweethearts struggling with a 30-year age gap 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’m in my late 20s home, and the money was near his and have a male companion who car, so we asked if it might be his. We is 30-plus years older than I am. handed her the cash and told her to let We were together for a while, then us know. stopped so we could both try to find Two weeks have gone by and no someone closer to our ages. Neither of one has claimed it. Our neighbor us did, and we recently started seeing still has it in her possession, and has each other again. mentioned in passing that we should Although we are good for each spend it on toys for our kids or food/ Jeanne other and compatible in many ways, Phillips drinks at the next get-together. we are realistic that our relationship While I think these are OK ideas, Advice isn’t long-term for major reasons. (I I’m a little bitter because my husband want children; he’s happy with grand- and I found the money, and I feel we children. He wants to travel after retirement; should be the ones who get to keep it if no I’m just starting my career.) We live for the one comes forward to claim it. I don’t want moment and don’t dwell too much on the to damage the friendship we have with our future. neighbors, but I feel like we’re losing a bit. My problem is, this time I’m really falling What do you think? — Finders Keepers in love with him. Last time, I was reluctant Dear Finders Keepers: I think that before to become emotional because I was afraid of handing over the money, you should have had getting hurt. But this time, I am all in. Can your neighbor ask her husband if he had lost any good come of this? We meet each other’s any and how much. Because you didn’t do that relationship needs in the here and now, but is and they have the cash, perhaps you should the end just heartbreak? — Loving For The “remind” her that “per her suggestion,” you Moment would LOVE to spend some of it on toys for Dear Loving: It’s time for you to start your kids, and ask for some or all of it back. If compiling a list of the pros and cons of this she’s a good neighbor, she’ll agree. If not, you romance. You and this man are at different will have learned an expensive lesson. stages of life and have very different goals. If Dear Abby: I have a good friend I always you really want to have a family and a career, invite to attend parties and events. She you will have to sacrifice something for it, invariably RSVPs accepting the invitation, and that “something” may be devoting much but never shows up or explains her absence. more time to this man. Sorry, but something’s This has been going on for years and it hurts gotta give. my feelings. Do I have to keep inviting her? Dear Abby: Recently, my husband and — Colorado Hostess I were walking down the sidewalk in our Dear Hostess: Allow me to offer you some neighborhood and came across $160 in cash insight: The woman’s behavior is extremely strewn all over the ground. We picked it up, rude. “Good friends” do not treat each other and as we were doing so, our neighbor came this way. If you’re asking my permission to outside. We knew her husband had just gotten scratch her off your guest list, you have it. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 15, 1917 Adams wins the distinction of being the second town in Umatilla county to subscribe her portion of the $30,000 Red Cross fund. The general committee was notified last night that the Adams committee had not only raised $1,000, the amount assigned, but had $1,500 already on hand. Indications are that Umatilla county’s full amount will be raised before the opening date of the big drive. Athena, the first Umatilla county town to fulfill its quota, has jumped her $2,500 to $3,000. Weston has already raised $1,750 of her $2,500, Helix this morning had $2,000, Milton $1,750 and Stanfield $500 of her $800. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 15, 1967 The body of a Texas woman, Mary Ann Driggs, wanted in Umatilla County for burglary of Price’s IGA store in Milton-Free- water of $10,000 last July, is reported to be buried near Diamond Lake, Oregon. H.H. Davis, an investigator for the Dallas, Texas, district attorney’s office, said Tuesday that two persons have confirmed the death and burial of the woman. Apparently the woman died from an overdose of drugs obtained in the burglary of an Oregon drug store sometime in March. “There is no known homicide,” said Richard Courson, Umatilla County district attorney. “No body has yet been found. This is a just a report so far.” 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 15, 1992 The drought in Oregon — now in its sixth year — has touched off water shortages in some towns. But it isn’t expected to affect Pendleton’s water supply — this year. Because of a mild winter and hot, dry spring, Public Works Director Jerry Odman said Pendleton is ahead of its typical summer water usage by about three weeks. There’s no concern about city wells going dry anytime soon. But water levels in those wells are continuing to drop at a steady pace, although weekend rains undoubt- edly slowed the descent. 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 166th day of 2017. There are 199 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 15, 1775, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to appoint George Washington head of the Continental Army. On this date: In 1215, England’s King John put his seal to Magna Carta (“the Great Charter”) at Runnymede. In 1520, Pope Leo X issued a papal bull in which he threatened to excommunicate Martin Luther if he did not recant his religious beliefs, a threat that was carried out the following January. In 1836, Arkansas became the 25th state. In 1849, James Polk, the 11th president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York’s East River. In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act making the National Guard part of the U.S. Army in the event of war or national emergency. In 1944, American forces began their successful inva- sion of Saipan during World War II. B-29 Superfortresses carried out their first raids on Japan. In 1955, the United States and Britain signed a cooper- ation agreement concerning atomic information for “mutual defence purposes.” In 1967, the war film “The Dirty Dozen” was released by MGM. In 1977, Spain held its first free elections in four decades; the Union of the Democratic Center won the highest number of seats in the Congress of Deputies. In 1985, the Shiite Muslim hijackers of a TWA Boeing 727 beat and shot one of their hostages, U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem, 23, throwing him out of the plane to die on the tarmac at Beirut airport. Today’s Birthdays: Rhythm-and-blues singer Ruby Nash Garnett (Ruby and the Romantics) is 83. Rock singer-actor Johnny Hallyday is 74. Funk musician Leo Nocentelli (The Meters) is 71. Actor Simon Callow is 68. Singer Russell Hitchcock (Air Supply) is 68. Rock singer Steve Walsh is 66. Comedi- an-actor Jim Belushi is 63. Country singer Terri Gibbs is 63. Actress Julie Hagerty is 62. Actress Polly Draper is 62. Rock musician Brad Gillis (Night Ranger) is 60. Baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs is 59. Actress Helen Hunt is 54. Actress Courteney Cox is 53. Country musician Michael Britt (Lonestar) is 51. . Actor- rapper Ice Cube is 48. Actor Neil Patrick Harris is 44. Rock singer Dryden Mitchell (Alien Ant Farm) is 41. Rock musician Billy Martin (Good Charlotte) is 36. Thought for Today: “To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.” — Anatole France, French author (1844-1924). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE