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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Irresponsible boyfriend earns
nothing but woman’s anger
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
cafeteria for children with allergies.
Dear Abby: My boyfriend cheated
on me the whole time I was pregnant
What started to bother me was
last year. He lived in Florida, and I
the fact that because one child had
lived in Missouri. He didn’t make
allergies, treats for the other 20 kids
it back for our son’s birth like he
were prohibited — birthday cakes,
promised.
candies, cookies, anything with eggs,
Now that he’s back, he stays out
etc. This has continued into Boy
all night. He won’t get a job to help
Scouts. Again, all the children have to
support our family. He lies in bed all
go without because of this one child.
Jeanne
day, gets so drunk he can’t drive and Phillips
What is appropriate? Must all 20
doesn’t help out around the house,
kids accommodate one so he doesn’t
Advice
either. It’s obvious that I should let
feel left out, or does his mom start
him go. I’m 11 years older than he is,
teaching her child that he has allergies
and he obviously isn’t ready to grow up, even and there are foods he can’t have? They aren’t
though he’s 30.
going to make a college dorm free of peanut
I love him, but I’m tired of being treated butter. Shouldn’t he start to understand that
this way. How can I get over this? — Can’t now, or must everyone adapt to his strict diet
Let Go In Kansas City
to make him comfortable?
Dear Can’t Let Go: You say you are tired
I want to be able to make gingerbread
of being treated that way? Congratulations houses during the holiday season and have
on your burst of clarity. It has finally dawned eggnog with the kids. I understand I should
on you that you have been enabling a lazy, be grateful my child doesn’t suffer from these
ungrateful, irresponsible freeloader who has allergies, but what are the boundaries? —
no respect for you or his child.
Just Need To Know In Connecticut
This isn’t “love.” You should have realized
Dear Just: This precaution is not meant
you would be raising two children when he to be an inconvenience for you. It is meant to
didn’t care enough to show up for the birth of save lives. If you wish to create gingerbread
the baby. Do what you know you must: Kick houses and make special treats for your
him out and move on.
children and their playmates, nothing is
Dear Abby: Last year was my son’s first stopping you. But they should not be taken
year in kindergarten. A child who was allergic to school if there is any chance the classmate
to peanuts and soy, among other things, was with allergies could somehow get ahold of
in his class. Therefore, as a working mom, one of them. It’s common for children to
quick-fix peanut butter sandwiches were out trade lunches or share the components with a
of the question. The school is very cautious. friend, and one mistake could result in a trip
They actually had a separate table in the to the hospital or worse.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 26, 1917
Pendleton’s cavalry troop of rough
riding cowboys began today the process of
evolution which is destined to develop them
from raw recruits into seasoned soldiers. The
rhythmic tread of their marching feet has
been sounding upon the pavements of West
Webb and West Alta streets all day today as
the drillmasters put them through the various
movements of dismounted drill. Though they
have not yet received any equipment and still
wear their civilian clothes, the members of
the troop are now under army regulations and
will have a daily routine to perform. Guard
mount will be started this evening and all
night long sentries will walk their beats about
the four sides of Happy Canyon pavilion.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 26, 1967
In 1917, Sister Mary Ixida was one of
four young Catholic girls who took her vows
in the order of the Sisters of Saint Francis.
Three of the girls celebrated their silver
jubilee (25 years) in 1942, but only Sister
Ixida is still living to celebrate 50 years as a
sister — her golden jubilee. Sister Ixida flew
to Glenriddle, Penn., where the motherhouse
is located, to attend a High Mass for all the
jubilation sisters. “There were three diamond
jubilees for 60 years in the order,” said Sister
Ixida, “but only one was able to attend.”
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 26, 1992
Jim Harvey experienced a new feeling while
golfing recently. He watched his golf ball sail
through his windshield. Jim, a salesman for
Pendleton Ford, was accompanied by golfing
partner Pete Perkins at Pendleton Country Club.
Teeing off on the 10th hole, Jim unexpectedly
sent the ball crashing through the pickup’s
window. The ball traveled 175 yards long and
80 yards to the right to accomplish the feat.
Jim didn’t golf well after that. “It was the most
expensive game I’ve ever played,” he said.
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 207th day of
2017. There are 158 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On July 26, 2016, Hillary
Clinton became the first
woman to be nominated for
president by a major political
party at the Democratic
National Convention in
Philadelphia.
On this date:
In 1775, the Continental
Congress established a
Post Office and appointed
Benjamin Franklin its Post-
master-General.
In 1788, New York
became the 11th state to
ratify the U.S. Constitution.
In 1847, the western
African country of Liberia,
founded by freed American
slaves, declared its indepen-
dence.
In 1887, the artificial
language
Esperanto,
intended as a universal form
of communication, was
published by its creator, Dr.
L.L. Zamenhof.
In 1908, U.S. Attorney
General Charles J. Bonaparte
ordered creation of a force
of special agents that was
a forerunner of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
In 1945, the Potsdam
Declaration warned Imperial
Japan to unconditionally
surrender, or face “prompt
and
utter
destruction.”
Winston Churchill resigned
as Britain’s prime minister
after his Conservatives were
soundly defeated by the
Labour Party; Clement Attlee
succeeded him.
In
1947,
President
Harry S. Truman signed
the National Security Act,
which reorganized America’s
armed forces as the National
Military Establishment and
created the Central Intelli-
gence Agency.
In 1952, Argentina’s first
lady, Eva Peron, died in
Buenos Aires at age 33. King
Farouk I of Egypt abdicated
in the wake of a coup led by
Gamal Abdel Nasser.
In 1971, Apollo 15
was launched from Cape
Kennedy on America’s
fourth successful manned
mission to the moon.
In 1986, Islamic radicals
in Lebanon released the Rev.
Lawrence Martin Jenco, an
American hostage held for
nearly 19 months. Amer-
ican statesman W. Averell
Harriman died in Yorktown
Heights, New York, at age
94.
In 1990, President George
H.W. Bush signed the Ameri-
cans with Disabilities Act.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Jackson Five patriarch Joe
Jackson is 89. Actor Robert
Colbert is 86. Songwrit-
er-music
producer-label
executive
Fred
Foster
(co-writer of “Me and Bobby
McGee”) is 86. Actress-
singer Darlene Love is 76.
Singer Brenton Wood is 76.
Rock star Mick Jagger is 74.
Movie director Peter Hyams
is 74. Actress Helen Mirren
is 72. Rock musician Roger
Taylor (Queen) is 68. Actress
Susan George is 67. Olympic
gold medal figure skater
Dorothy Hamill is 61. Actor
Kevin Spacey is 58. Rock
singer Gary Cherone is 56.
Actress Sandra Bullock is
53. Actor-comedian Danny
Woodburn is 53. Rock singer
Jim Lindberg (Pennywise) is
52. Actor Jeremy Piven is 52.
Rapper-reggae singer Wayne
Wonder is 51. Actor Jason
Statham is 50. Actor Cress
Williams is 47. TV host Chris
Harrison is 46. Actress Kate
Beckinsale is 44. Actor Gary
Owen is 44. Rock musician
Dan Konopka (OK Go) is 43.
Thought for Today:
“Government is too big
and important to be left to
the politicians.” — Chester
Bowles, American diplomat,
businessman, author — and
politician (1901-1986).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE