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East Oregonian
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COFFEE BREAK
Friday, July 21, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Wife with sketchy memory
depends on husband for help
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: When my wife was
by his husband of two years,” but that
17 (she’s now 54), she was in a car
would discount the 16 years we were
accident. She and her three friends
together and would have been married
were high and drunk. She suffered
had the laws permitted it. But saying
two skull fractures, which have
that he is survived by his husband of
affected her memory. She thinks it’s
18 years seems misleading as well.
my job to remind her of things and
How can our many years together
becomes angry to the point of hitting
be honored without being misrepre-
things when I don’t do it. I feel her
sented? — Obituary Etiquette
Jeanne
schedule is her responsibility. But Phillips
Dear Obituary Etiquette: How
when I tell her that, she claims I am
about
this: He is survived by his
Advice
not being “supportive.” — Unsure In
husband and partner of 18 years.
The South
Dear Abby: I have a problem with
Dear Unsure: In successful marriages the my family that’s driving me crazy. They are
division of labor is usually “each according to Facebook snobs. I prefer not to join Facebook
his ability, each according to his need.” Your for personal reasons, and because I haven’t,
wife’s schedule should be her responsibility, they don’t keep me up to date regarding
and if your wife were irresponsible, I’d agree special events such as births, family picnics,
with you. However, because she suffered a etc. They each expect the other ones to notify
traumatic brain injury, she may be UNABLE me, and no matter how often I ask, they’ll
to be as organized as you are and NEED say, “Oh, ‘So-and-So’ was supposed to let
your help. That said, “hitting things” when you know.” It’s not like I am estranged from
she becomes frustrated is not appropriate, any of them; it’s just that they keep insisting
and she needs to find a less threatening and I should join Facebook, and I’m tired of
destructive way of venting.
hearing it. Advice? — No Social Media For
Dear Abby: Because our country’s Me
marriage laws recently changed, my partner
Dear No Social Media: There are other
and I have decided, after 16 years together, ways to communicate online than Facebook.
to be married. If something unfortunate were Are you on the internet at all? If you are, you
to happen to one of us a few years down the could be notified of events through group
road, what’s the proper way to acknowledge email, group chat or group texting. I don’t
our marriage in an obituary?
think it’s fair to expect your relatives to make
Technically, we could say, “He is survived a special effort to keep you in the loop.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 21, 1917
Having determined upon locating an
aeroplane factory somewhere in the north-
west, James K. Mills of the Mills Aeroplane
Corporation of Chicago has written to the
Pendleton Commercial association to ascer-
tain what the conditions are here for such
a factory. He inquires in his letter whether
or not there is a plant here with equipment
which could be used in the manufacture of
airplanes and what arrangements can be
made for securing possession of the same.
He wishes to locate a factory with an avia-
tion demonstration and testing field. A city
block with ample field space for testing and
demonstration purposes would be all the
space required.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 21, 1967
Plans are being made for a no-host
community picnic to be held Aug. 13 on the
school lawn in old Boardman for anyone who
ever lived here or had friends here. Since
the old town is practically non-existent, and
everything is gone except the school build-
ings and the old city hall building, this will
be the last affair held in the old Boardman.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 21, 1992
Pendleton officials are looking for a
temporary city hall. It could be five years
before a suitable, permanent site is ready
for Pendleton’s offices, so the city council
Tuesday night gave officials the go-ahead to
look for temporary rental space. Although a
special committee is investigating options for
the city’s aged buildings, officials can’t wait
the three to five years it will take before the
problem is resolved. “Given this time frame
and the fact that City Hall lacks compliance
with American Disabilities Act criteria, city
staff propose to explore an alternate tempo-
rary City Hall location,” wrote City Manager
Jon Nelson in his recommendation.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
BLONDIE
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is the 202nd day of
2017. There are 163 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On July 21, 1925, the
so-called “Monkey Trial”
ended in Dayton, Tennessee,
with John T. Scopes found
guilty of violating state law
for teaching Darwin’s Theory
of Evolution. (The convic-
tion was later overturned on
a technicality.)
On this date:
In 1773, Pope Clement
XIV issued an order
suppressing the Society
of Jesus, or Jesuits. (The
Society was restored by Pope
Pius VII in 1814.)
In 1861, during the Civil
War, the first Battle of Bull
Run was fought at Manassas,
Virginia, resulting in a
Confederate victory.
In
1930,
President
Herbert Hoover signed an
executive order establishing
the Veterans Administration
(later the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs).
In 1944, American forces
landed on Guam during
World War II, capturing it
from the Japanese some
three weeks later. The Demo-
cratic national convention
in Chicago nominated Sen.
Harry S. Truman to be vice
president.
In 1949, the U.S. Senate
ratified the North Atlantic
Treaty.
In 1955, during a summit
in Geneva, President Dwight
D. Eisenhower presented his
“open skies” proposal under
which the U.S. and the Soviet
Union would trade informa-
tion on each other’s military
facilities and allow aerial
reconnaissance. (The Soviets
rejected the proposal.)
In 1961, Capt. Virgil
“Gus” Grissom became the
second American to rocket
into a sub-orbital pattern
around the Earth, flying
aboard the Liberty Bell 7.
In 1967, actor Basil
Rathbone, remembered for
his portrayal of Sherlock
Holmes in a series of films,
died in New York at age 75.
In 1973, Israeli agents
in Lillehammer, Norway,
killed Ahmed Bouchikhi, a
Moroccan waiter, in a case of
mistaken identity, apparently
thinking he was an official
with Black September, the
group that attacked Israel’s
delegation at the 1972
Munich Olympics and killed
11 athletes.
In 1980, draft registration
began in the United States for
19- and 20-year-old men.
In 2011, the 30-year-old
space shuttle program ended
as Atlantis landed at Cape
Canaveral, Florida, after the
135th shuttle flight.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Movie director Norman
Jewison is 91. Actor David
Downing is 74. Actor
Leigh Lawson is 74. Actor
Wendell Burton is 70. Singer
Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat
Stevens) is 69. Cartoonist
Garry Trudeau is 69. Actor
Jamey Sheridan is 66.
Rock singer-musician Eric
Bazilian (The Hooters) is
64. Comedian Jon Lovitz is
60. Actor Lance Guest is 57.
Actor Matt Mulhern is 57.
Comedian Greg Behrendt
is 54. Rock musician Koen
Lieckens (K’s Choice) is 51.
White House budget director
Mick Mulvaney is 50. Soccer
player Brandi Chastain is
49. Rock singer Emerson
Hart is 48. Rock-soul singer
Michael Fitzpatrick (Fitz and
the Tantrums) is 47. Actress
Alysia Reiner is 47. Chris-
tian rock musician Korey
Cooper (Skillet) is 45. Actor
Josh Hartnett is 39. Reggae
singer Damian Marley is 39.
Rock musician Will Berman
(MGMT) is 35. Actor Rory
Culkin is 28. Actor Jamie
Waylett (“Harry Potter”
films) is 28. Figure skater
Rachael Flatt is 25.
Thought for Today:
“Success is getting what you
want; happiness is wanting
what you get.” — Ingrid
Bergman,
Swedish-born
actress (1915-1982).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE