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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