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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, July 13, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Wedding date forces difficult
decision for maid of honor
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My best friend is
“mother-in-law” treatment of their
getting married next year and I am
spouses and collectively wish I’d
supposed to be the maid of honor. I
check my tongue. I meant well, but
am Jewish, and she scheduled her
my kids are right. The problem is, I’m
wedding on the first day of Passover.
afraid I can’t stop. Trying to hold my
This also means her rehearsal dinner
opinions back leaves me anxious and
will be during my family’s first Seder.
depressed.
How do I explain to her that for the
My family is pretty normal, and
first time in my life, she has broken
I don’t want to alienate anyone. But
Jeanne
my heart? It seems her family doesn’t Phillips I am having difficulty dialing back
understand that Jewish holidays are
these habits and don’t know where to
Advice
as important as theirs. She is asking
turn. — Critical Matriarch In Utah
me to choose between my beliefs, my
Dear Matriarch: When the urge
family and our friendship.
to criticize becomes overwhelming, bite your
What do I say to her, or should I just decline tongue or leave the room. The only exception
to be in her wedding? With 52 weekends in a would be if you see an impending disaster.
year, I feel like she could have found another
I’ll share with you some advice my mother
day. — Brokenhearted In Boston
gave me years ago: The most unwelcome
Dear Brokenhearted: Your friend was advice in the world is that which is unasked
under no obligation to time her wedding date for. Take it to heart and your relationship with
to avoid conflicting with your religious ritual. your adult children and their spouses may
If you are wise, you will put aside the tempta- improve.
tion to lay a guilt trip on her. Explain that you
Dear Abby: I’m planning to travel to
will be unable to be part of her wedding party another state in September and trying to save
the same way you explained it to me. Because up for the plane ticket. The issue is, I’m going
you are strictly observant, you should make during my birthday. I’d like my family to
clear to her why this religious observance help me with the cost of the trip, even if it’s
takes precedence over her wedding.
only $5 to $10, instead of buying me gifts.
Dear Abby: As my children have grown How do I go about telling them that, instead
older, I have regarded myself as matriarch of gifts, I’d prefer money without sounding
of the family, giving advice and help where ungrateful or pushy? I just would really like
I think it’s needed. Lately, though, I’m afraid help paying for my trip. — Family Help
my relationship with them may have taken
Dear Family Help: Because you would
a turn for the worse. I can’t seem to stop prefer cash to tangible gifts, a way to approach
criticizing.
this would be to confide your preference in
Recently they sat down with me and told your mother or another close relative and let
me they dread coming to visit, are sick of my that person spread the word. Good luck!
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 13, 1917
Following a conference last night between
the governor, fire marshal and adjutant general
White over the I.W.W. conditions in eastern
Oregon, White announced that a battalion
of soldiers was being organized throughout
the state for home defense. The men in the
battalion all have had previous military expe-
rience. A hundred have already enlisted. The
battalion will be ready for service by July 25.
The governor instructed the sheriffs to select
a certain number of deputies in each county
who would be prepared to act as a supple-
mentary force for the battalion. White said
the troops will be stationed in eastern Oregon
to protect the grain fields.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 13, 1967
Pendleton gave Chris Beach, the new
Miss Oregon, a warm welcome Wednesday,
about 106 degrees warm. Chris appeared
cool and refreshed despite the heat as she
rode triumphantly down Main Street waving
to the crowds that lined the street. It was her
first trip home since being crowned Miss
Oregon at Seaside Saturday and everyone
from mayor to high school chum turned out
to greet the lovely miss. The parade, which
was put together in a hurry by the Pendleton
Jaycees, was a dandy in spite of the short
notice.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 13, 1992
When a lightning bust unleashed its fury
two weeks ago over the Umatilla National
Forest, it touched off some 50 forest fires.
That’s when Ruta Glinski and Jodi Mattison,
dispatchers for the Umatilla National Forest,
went to work. Their office instantly became
the hub between the first reports of smoke
and the initial ground attack. “We’re the
ones who have to find the people who can
come in on a moment’s notice,” Mattison
said. Coinciding with the lightning bust, the
dispatch office went on a 24-hour schedule
and spent much of the next week leading
firefighters to “smokes” all across the forest.
But radio operators also occupy their time by
confirming reports of new fires, pinning down
locations, monitoring efforts to control fires
and doing the leg work when requests come
in for additional equipment and staffing.
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 194th day of
2017. There are 171 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On July 13, 1977, a
blackout hit New York
City in the mid-evening as
lightning strikes on electrical
equipment caused power
to fail; widespread looting
broke out. (The electricity
was restored about 25 hours
later.)
On this date:
In 1787, the Congress of
the Confederation adopted
the Northwest Ordinance,
which established a govern-
ment in the Northwest Terri-
tory, an area corresponding
to the eastern half of the
present-day Midwest.
In 1793, French revo-
lutionary writer Jean-Paul
Marat was stabbed to death
in his bath by Charlotte
Corday, who was executed
four days later.
In 1863, deadly rioting
against the Civil War military
draft erupted in New York
City. (The insurrection was
put down three days later.)
In 1939, Frank Sinatra
made his first commercial
recording, “From the Bottom
of My Heart” and “Melan-
choly Mood,” with Harry
James and his Orchestra for
the Brunswick label.
In 1955, Britain hanged
Ruth Ellis, a 28-year-old
former model convicted of
killing her boyfriend, David
Blakely (to date, Ellis is the
last woman to be executed in
the United Kingdom).
In 1960, John F. Kennedy
won the Democratic pres-
idential nomination on the
first ballot at his party’s
convention in Los Angeles.
In 2013, a jury in
Sanford, Florida, acquitted
neighborhood watch volun-
teer George Zimmerman of
all charges in the shooting
death of Trayvon Martin,
an unarmed black teen-
ager; news of the verdict
prompted Alicia Garza, an
African-American activist
in Oakland, California, to
declare on Facebook that
“black lives matter,” a phrase
that gave rise to the Black
Lives Matter movement.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Game show announcer
Johnny Gilbert (TV: “Jeop-
ardy!”) is 93. Actor Patrick
Stewart is 77. Actor Robert
Forster is 76. Actor Harrison
Ford is 75. Singer-guitarist
Roger McGuinn (The Byrds)
is
75.
Actor-comedian
Cheech Marin is 71. Actress
Daphne Maxwell Reid is
69. Actress Didi Conn is 66.
Singer Louise Mandrell is 63.
Rock musician Mark “The
Animal” Mendoza (Twisted
Sister) is 61. Actor-director
Cameron Crowe is 60. Tennis
player Anders Jarryd is 56.
Rock musician Gonzalo
Martinez De La Cotera
(Marcy Playground) is 55.
Comedian Tom Kenny is 55.
Country singer-songwriter
Victoria Shaw is 55. Blue-
grass singer Rhonda Vincent
is 55. Actor Kenny Johnson
is 54. Actor Ken Jeong is 48.
Rock musician Will Cham-
pion (Coldplay) is 39.
Thought for Today:
“Individuality is freedom
lived.” — John Dos Passos,
American author (1896-
1970).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE