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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, June 21, 2017 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Gal pals can’t see positives in woman’s open marriage FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I’ve been in an extra- content, and your husband is OK with marital relationship for 10 years. My the arrangement. Don’t you think it’s husband knows, and so do my close time you stopped trying to “sell” the friends. concept of open marriage to your I love this man dearly, but neither women friends? By now it should of us want it to be full-time. I have be clear that they do not understand. children at home and don’t want to They probably never will. Most disrupt anything. We meet once or people don’t. Let it lie! twice a week. He touches base with Dear Abby: I am a first-time mom Jeanne me several times a day, and is atten- Phillips of a toddler. I suffer from (and am tive where my husband never was. being treated for) anxiety issues. Advice My husband isn’t bitter about the Abby, I am having trouble finding relationship anymore. However, my the balance on gun safety and aware- two closest friends continually say, “Well, ness in other people’s homes — especially if why lie to yourself? You know you just say my daughter will be visiting. I grew up in a you don’t want things full-time so you don’t household where my father hunted and had drive him away,” which isn’t true. We have guns in the house. However, he stored them a great thing — we travel, we have long safely in a locked cabinet and was the only discussions, and I can open up to him without one with access to the key. He also stored any repercussions, bouncing ideas and ammunition separately. thoughts off of each other without judgment Where do I draw the line? Do I ask everyone or criticism. whose house I’ll be going to whether or not But I really DON’T want this to be full- they have guns? What are the appropriate time. I enjoy it like I enjoy a good book questions? Do I ask where they are stored and and a glass of wine — not every day, but an who has access? What else should I ask? Or indulgence and a pleasure. It also feels good should I mind my own business? I know the to hear “I’m thinking of you” first thing every questions won’t be appreciated by everyone morning and the last thing every night. I am because it will seem like I am questioning flattered. their judgment. — First-Time Mom In New It feels horrible that my two best friends Jersey can’t understand that I give of myself to Dear First-Time Mom: If you start my community and my family and need asking other parents whether they have guns something that is just for me. I have reached in their homes and how they store them, your the point where I don’t want to have these questions may be off-putting. Because you discussions with my friends anymore, so I are concerned for your child’s safety, why avoid them. How can I get across to them not offer to have the kids visit your house that I’m fine and happy and content? — Just for playdates? I’m sure many of the parents For Me will be glad to have some free time, and it Dear Just: You say you are happy and shouldn’t offend anyone. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 21, 1917 While loading his .22 rifle this morning about 6:30 to kill a magpie, Leland Bittner, 11 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Bittner, who live three miles east of Pendleton, accidentally shot his 15 year old sister, Ethel, through the heel. The bullet lodged in the bone of the foot and will be removed this afternoon. A neighbor had borrowed the boy’s gun yesterday without the knowledge of the boy and left one cartridge in the magazine. The boy was just in the act of loading when the rifle was accidentally discharged. The gun was pointed at the floor but his sister, who was preparing breakfast, stepped within range just as the cartridge exploded. The wound is a bad one and may leave the girl crippled. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 21, 1967 A malfunction in electronic equipment probably caused the spilling of about 5,000 gallons of gasoline Monday at the Standard Oil Co. bulk plant about eight miles north of Pendleton on Highway 11. Jack Pelton, Walla Walla, district sales manager for Standard, said the exact cause is still being sought. He said there was no break in any pipe. Workmen diverted the overflow within minutes into another tank. “We’re in good shape now. This wouldn’t happen again in a thousand years,” Pelton said. Because Wildhorse Creek, where the spilling fuel ran, is almost dry, the gasoline collected in pools instead of running down- stream. Peyton said the pools of gasoline will either be pumped out or burned. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 21, 1992 Umatilla Indian leader Antone Minthorn will carry a message of cooperation with him to New York City next month as one of 57 Oregon delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Set for Madison Square Garden July 13-16, this convention will be the second for Minthorn, who is supporting Bill Clinton for president. In 1988, he attended the convention in Atlanta as a delegate for Jesse Jackson. 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 Wednesday, June 21, the 172nd day of 2017. There are 193 days left in the year. Summer begins at 9:24 a.m. Today’s Highlights in History: On June 21, 1942, German forces led by Generaloberst (Colonel General) Erwin Rommel captured the Libyan city of Tobruk during World War II. (Following his victory, Rommel was promoted by Adolf Hitler to the rank of Field Marshal; Tobruk was retaken by the Allies in Nov. 1942.) An Imperial Japanese submarine fired shells at Fort Stevens on the Oregon coast, causing little damage. On this date: In 1788, the United States Constitution went into effect as New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it. In 1834, Cyrus Hall McCormick received a patent for his reaping machine. In 1954, the American Cancer Society presented a study to the American Medical Association meeting in San Francisco which found that men who regu- larly smoked cigarettes died at a considerably higher rate than non-smokers. In 1963, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini was chosen during a conclave of his fellow cardinals to succeed the late Pope John XXIII; the new pope took the name Paul VI. In 1964, civil rights workers Michael H. Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James E. Chaney were slain in Philadelphia, Mississippi; their bodies were found buried in an earthen dam six weeks later. (Forty-one years later on this date in 2005, Edgar Ray Killen, an 80-year-old former Ku Klux Klansman, was found guilty of manslaughter; he was sentenced to 60 years in prison.) In 1982, a jury in Wash- ington, D.C. found John Hinckley Jr. not guilty by reason of insanity in the shootings of President Ronald Reagan and three other men. In 1989, a sharply divided Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag as a form of political protest was protected by the First Amendment. In 1997, the WNBA made its debut as the New York Liberty defeated the host Los Angeles Sparks 67-57. Today’s Birthdays: Composer Lalo Schifrin is 85. Rock singer-musician Ray Davies (The Kinks) is 73. Actress Meredith Baxter is 70. Rock musician Don Airey (Deep Purple) is 69. Country singer Leon Everette is 69. Rock musician Joey Kramer (Aerosmith) is 67. Cartoonist Berke Breathed is 60. Country singer Kathy Mattea is 58. Country musician Porter Howell is 53. Actor Michael Dolan is 52. Writer-director Lana Wachowski is 52. Country singer Allison Moorer is 45. Actress Juliette Lewis is 44. Actor Chris Pratt is 38. Rock singer Brandon Flowers is 36. Britain’s Prince William is 35. Big truck driver Nolan Wattenburger is 3. Thought for Today: “Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.” — Jean- Paul Sartre, French philoso- pher (1905-1980). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE