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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, June 16, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Teen tells mom to stay away
during his band performances
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My 15-year-old son
have accomplished more than I ever
will be entering 10th grade. He has
thought I could (considering my
been a member of the school band
upbringing), traveled as much as I
since sixth grade. After performing in
wanted, always strived to be a good
last year’s Christmas parade, a group
husband and father, a good employer,
of the students went to a nursing home
a loyal volunteer, a supportive friend
to perform for the residents. When we
and good neighbor. I have done so
arrived, I started to get out of the car
many different things during my life
with my son so I could listen, as other
that at this point, the thrill is gone.
Jeanne
parents were doing. My son seemed Phillips
At 56, I am tired of working, tired
surprised that I was going to stay and
of travel, bored with my hobbies and
Advice
said he would rather I didn’t because
sick of dealing with most people in
I make him nervous. Needless to say,
general. I’m relaxed and laugh easily
I was devastated.
and have good relationships, but nothing
Now, whenever there’s a concert, festival, excites me anymore. Honestly, if the Grim
parade or football game, I stay away, Reaper tapped me on the shoulder and said,
although I love to listen and watch the band “Pack your bags; tomorrow’s the day,” I’d
play. When I don’t attend, I feel hurt all over just shrug and ask, “What time?”
again. I’m his mother. I’m at a loss as to why
I have been to the doctor. He said I’m
I make him nervous, because I have always depressed, but I don’t FEEL depressed. I think
given him positive feedback regarding any the meds he put me on made me depressed! I
performance. Should I respect his wishes and went to a couple of therapists who told me I
stay away, or go because it is what makes me don’t need therapy; I just need to find a new
happy? — Missing The Show In Michigan “spark.” So what’s a person to do? Must I
Dear Missing The Show: Have you keep wallowing through the days waiting for
ASKED your son why your presence makes the end? Am I the only person who feels this
him nervous when he performs? His answer way? — Wallowing In The North
might be enlightening. It could be something
Dear Wallowing: You are not the only
as simple as the fact that you are his mother. person who feels this way, and NO, you don’t
Sometimes teens become self-conscious have to keep “wallowing.” It appears you are
simply because a parent is present, which experiencing a plain old-fashioned midlife
may be the case with your son. That said, if crisis. Contact the psychologist with whom
you wish to attend his performances, I think you felt the most connection — or search for
you should, IF you can do it unobtrusively, another one until you do — and discuss what
preferably out of his line of sight, and refrain you are experiencing in those terms, because
from giving him feedback.
you need more help than I — or anyone —
Dear Abby: Life has me worn out. I can give you in a letter.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 16, 1917
R.E. Paddock, well known Walla Walla
traveling hardware salesman, is slightly
crippled, his Mitchell Six runabout is a wreck
and one of the recently erected Court street
flagpoles is badly bent as a result of a head-on
charge made by the car and which the pole
abruptly ended. The collision happened
sometime after midnight when Paddock
was starting for his home. The car struck the
flagpole squarely and with such force that the
concrete abutment, which was hardly dry,
was broken and scattered for a distance of
ten feet while the pole was split and broken
at the base. The pole is in the center of the
intersection of Court and College streets and
the tracks of the car show that the auto was
swerved sharply to the center of the street
about 40 feet west of the pole and then headed
straight at the pole as if the driver could not
see it.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 16, 1967
Now in temporary foster home care at the
home Mr. and Mrs. Ray Carter, Milton-Free-
water, is a three or four day old fawn. The
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
fawn, product of a weevil crew expedition
into the foothills near Weston for Lamb-
Weston by Allan Carter, the Carters’ son, was
discovered by John Lee, another member
of the crew, when Lee stepped on the fawn
and he squeaked. The fawn is being fed by
bottle, after which he promptly curls up and
goes back to sleep, according to Mrs. Carter.
Oregon State Game Commission officials are
to pick him up for transport to the children’s
section of the Portland Zoo. Apparently, the
doe had been frightened away by the crew or
had abandoned the fawn.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 16, 1992
A new manufacturing plant that makes
conveyance system parts used in food
processing and agriculture has opened at
Hermiston. Noffsinger West Manufacturing
Inc. is a joint venture between Noffsinger
Manufacturing of Greeley, Colo., and A&M
Supply of Hermiston. A 7,000-square-foot
addition has been built onto A&M Supply’s
building on North Highway 395 to accommo-
date the plant, which may employ up to 15
to 20 people in the first year. Mike and Phil
Arterburn operate A&M Supply, which has
been selling related parts for the past 10 years.
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 167th day of
2017. There are 198 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On June 16, 1967, the
three-day Monterey Interna-
tional Pop Music Festival, a
major event of the “Summer
of Love,” opened in northern
California; among the featured
acts were Jefferson Airplane,
The Who, the Grateful Dead,
the Jimi Hendrix Experience,
Janis Joplin, Otis Redding
and Ravi Shankar.
On this date:
In 1567, Mary, Queen
of Scots, was imprisoned in
Lochleven Castle in Scotland.
(She escaped almost a year
later but ended up imprisoned
again.)
In 1858, accepting the
Illinois Republican Party’s
nomination for the U.S.
Senate, Abraham Lincoln said
the slavery issue had to be
resolved, declaring, “A house
divided against itself cannot
stand.”
In 1903, Ford Motor Co.
was incorporated.
In 1933, the National
Industrial Recovery Act
became law with President
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s
signature. (The Act was later
struck down by the U.S.
Supreme Court.)
In 1942, a second
four-man team of Nazi
saboteurs landed in Florida,
three days after another group
arrived on Long Island, New
York. (The plot was foiled
when two members of the
first team agreed to betray
their comrades.)
In 1956, poets Sylvia Plath
and Ted Hughes were married
in London.
In 1963, the world’s
first female space traveler,
Valentina Tereshkova, 26,
was launched into orbit by the
Soviet Union aboard Vostok
6; she spent 71 hours in flight,
circling the Earth 48 times
before returning safely.
In 2015, real estate mogul
Donald Trump launched
his successful campaign
to become President of the
United States with a speech at
Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Eileen Atkins (TV:
“The Crown”; “Doc Martin”)
is 83. Actor Bill Cobbs is 83.
Author Joyce Carol Oates
is 79. Country singer Billy
“Crash” Craddock is 79.
Songwriter Lamont Dozier
is 76. Rhythm-and-blues
singer Eddie Levert is 75.
Actress Joan Van Ark is 74.
Actor Geoff Pierson is 68.
Rhythm-and-blues
singer
James Smith (The Stylistics)
is 67. Boxing Hall of Famer
Roberto Duran is 66. Pop
singer Gino Vannelli is 65.
Actress Laurie Metcalf is 62.
Actor Arnold Vosloo is 55.
Actor Danny Burstein is 53.
Model-actress Jenny Shimizu
is 50. Actor James Patrick
Stuart is 49. Rapper MC Ren
is 48. Actor Clifton Collins Jr.
is 47. Golfer Phil Mickelson
is 47. Actor John Cho is 45.
Actor Eddie Cibrian is 44.
Thought for Today: “Not
to know is bad. Not to want
to know is worse. Not to hope
is unthinkable. Not to care is
unforgivable.” — Nigerian
saying.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE