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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Friday, June 30, 2017 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Suicide rate among older men is overlooked tragedy FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: My elderly father’s • Firearms in the house. dearest friend committed suicide SIGNS TO LOOK FOR include: yesterday. He shot himself in the head. • Lack of energy; The family wasn’t even aware that • Lack of motivation; he was depressed. Dad has lost three • Less interest in eating or getting wonderful friends this way in recent out of the house; years. He’s heartbroken thinking that • Loss of interest in activities the his buddies were secretly suffering. person once enjoyed. According to the Centers for A common mistake people Jeanne Disease Control, the rate of suicide Phillips make is thinking these things are for men 70 and older in the U.S. is happening because a person is old. If Advice more than double the overall suicide you observe a change in someone’s rate. Yet, with all of our suicide behavior, it is all right to ask the prevention efforts, this high-risk group seems person what’s going on. Keep in mind that to be ignored. people who feel connected are less likely How can we help prevent these tragedies? to harm themselves. Isolation is the enemy. What are the signs of depression in older Visit them, or take them out so they won’t men? And what can families do if they feel alone. suspect depression in “Dad,” “Gramps” or It’s also important to help seniors meet “Uncle John”? Thank you for any help you others they can relate to, particularly if their can provide. — Van In Massachusetts friends are dying off. A senior center can Dear Van: Please convey to your father provide a place to socialize and meet new how sorry I am for his loss. I think the first people. Exercise is important, too, and many thing people have to remember is that men in senior centers provide exercise facilities. general do not manifest depression the way Equally important is volunteering. Older women do because women are more open men are valuable assets to the community and about sharing their feelings. Men, particularly should be encouraged to regard themselves older men, were not raised to do that because that way. They have a lifetime of experience they were taught that expressing emotion was to offer, which should not be wasted. By “weak,” so they stay silent. And men who helping these men get and stay connected, were once breadwinners, active and vital, can you could actually be saving a life. become depressed when they retire. A final thought: As people age, they often Among the RISK FACTORS are: have physical problems that are associated • Having lost a wife or significant other; with depression. (Heart disease is one.) If you • Being alone and isolated; need advice about how to approach someone • Concern about being a burden; about your worries, an excellent resource • Substance abuse (alcohol or prescription is the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. drugs); The toll-free number is 800-273-8255. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 30, 1917 Dr. H. H. Hattery, well known Pendleton physician and city health officer, yesterday received a telegram from Washington, D.C., asking him if he would accept a call at once for service in the big Red Cross hospital in France. The position carries no compensa- tion other than expenses and at this time Dr. Hattery cannot see his way clear to accept. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 30, 1967 It was her first solo. And it was so outstanding that, combined with beauty and personality, Chris Beach was selected to represent Umatilla County at the Miss Oregon Pageant, July 5-9 at Seaside. “Chris had all the ideas,” said Rod Esselstyn, who has been working with her. “She’s combining ‘Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” and “On the Street Where You Live.’ We feel it’s a good selection because it gives her an opportunity to show off her cockney accent and the quality of her voice, too.” Although the pageant performance was her first solo appearance, Chris has taken lessons from the Ted Roy Studio and belonged to a quartet of girls, the Tea Slippers. They filled several local singing engagements during the two years they performed together. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 30, 1992 Large amounts of hazardous chlorine were released over Hermiston early this morning after a fire started in a chlorine storage building at the Hermiston High School swimming pool. No injuries were reported, but the fire and ensuing chlo- rine-contaminated cloud caused some anxious moments when it wafted over the northeast area of town about 5 a.m., Fire Marshal Pat Ward said. Police used sirens and public address systems to caution area residents the contaminated cloud can cause respiratory problems. Police and the local radio station first advised area residents to evacuate their homes, then recommend resi- dents stay inside with their windows closed and air conditioners turned off. 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 the 181st day of 2017. There are 184 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 30, 1997, the Union Jack was lowered for the last time over Govern- ment House in Hong Kong as Britain prepared to hand the colony back to China at midnight after ruling it for 156 years. On this date: In 1859, French acrobat Charles Blondin walked back and forth on a tightrope above the gorge of Niagara Falls as thousands of spectators watched. In 1865, eight people, including Mary Surratt and Dr. Samuel Mudd, were convicted by a military commission of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. (Four defendants, including Surratt, were executed; Mudd was sentenced to life in prison, but was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson in 1869.) In 1892, small frogs rained down on Moseley, England, south of Birmingham. (According to an account quoted in the U.S. Agricul- ture Department’s Monthly Weather Review for May 1917, the frogs, described as “almost white in color,” were found “scattered about several gardens” and had “evidently been absorbed in a small waterspout” during a storm.) In 1908, the Tunguska Event took place in Russia as an asteroid exploded above Siberia, leaving 800 square miles of scorched or blown- down trees. In 1917, singer, actress and activist Lena Horne was born in Brooklyn, New York. In 1936, the Civil War novel “Gone with the Wind” by Margaret Mitchell was first published by The Macmillan Co. in New York. In 1977, President Jimmy Carter announced he had decided against production of the Rockwell B-1 bomber, saying it was too costly. (However, the B-1 was later revived by President Ronald Reagan.) Today’s Birthdays: Actress Lea Massari is 84. Actress Nancy Dussault is 81. Songwriter Tony Hatch is 78. Singer Glenn Shorrock is 73. Actor Leonard Whiting is 67. Jazz musician Stanley Clarke is 66. Actor David Garrison is 65. Rock musician Hal Lindes (Dire Straits) is 64. Actor-comedian David Alan Grier is 61. Actor Vincent D’Onofrio is 58. Actress Deirdre Lovejoy is 55. Actor Rupert Graves is 54. Boxer Mike Tyson is 51. Actor Peter Outerbridge is 51. Rock musician Tom Drum- mond (Better Than Ezra) is 48. Actor Brian Bloom is 47. Actor Brian Vincent is 47. Actress Monica Potter is 46. Actress Molly Parker is 45. Actor Rick Gonzalez is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singer Fantasia is 33. Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps is 32. Thought for Today: “I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate.” — Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, English drama- tist (1855-1934). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
