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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, July 28, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Guilt mingles with grief
after boyfriend’s death
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My boyfriend died
ordered us to stop talking because we
unexpectedly a few months ago, and it
“bother” her. She wears headphones
has been a struggle to get through my
while she watches TV, but she says
sadness. We had been through a lot in
she can still hear us.
the year and a half we were dating,
Abby, when I wear headphones
including some infidelities on my part.
(even on a very low volume), it tunes
Aside from my sadness and guilt,
out almost everything. By her strong
I’m struggling with the fear that I’ll
reaction, I am assuming this woman
never live down my infidelities or be
is unusually sensitive to noise, but
Jeanne
able to make it up to him. It is clouding Phillips this is a gym, not a library. We never
the positive memories I have of him. I
monopolize the machines. I don’t
Advice
don’t know how to stop my thoughts
think I have ever been called rude
from going all over the place. Please
in any other situation, and I always
help. — Sad In Sacramento
try to be pleasant and accommodating, so I
Dear Sad: Much as we might wish to, would appreciate your thoughts. — Cheryl
none of us can change the past. I assume that In Houston
Dear Cheryl: I do have a few. When
you have now learned that it’s best to remain
faithful in your romantic relationships. That’s people work out at a shared facility, they have
a step in the right direction. The next step is to to expect there will be other people there.
resolve that in future relationships you won’t Treadmills make noise, and sometimes it’s
stray, and if you are tempted to, you will necessary to speak in a louder than normal
discuss with your boyfriend what you feel is voice in order to be heard. If the woman
missing in your relationship.
complains again, suggest she move to a tread-
As to how to disrupt the intrusive memo- mill farther away or increase the volume on
ries that keep flooding back, a technique her headphones so your conversation won’t
many people use is to REMIND themselves disturb her. However, if that doesn’t satisfy
to stay in the moment each time an unwanted her, mention that she might be happier if she
memory pops up. The technique is called worked out at a different time when the place
“mindfulness,” and it works.
isn’t as full.
Dear Abby: I am wondering what the
Dear Abby: Most everyone appears to be
rule is for socializing at the gym. I work out fighting over politics these days, and there’s
twice a week with a friend, and we usually do even in-fighting within each side. Will it ever
part of our workout on the treadmill. While stop? — Baffled In The East
we walk, we will chat. We don’t talk loudly,
Dear Baffled: Perhaps. But it won’t
and we never use offensive language. It’s just happen until people stop shouting (literally
general chit-chat about kids, work, etc.
and figuratively), decide to bring civility back
Twice, one woman (the same woman) has and start listening respectfully to each other.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 28, 1917
The weather still remains extremely warm
and all vegetation is burning up near Ukiah.
It has threatened rain several times in the last
few days, but blows over. Camas Prairie has
never experienced such a drouth in the last 35
years, according to the recollection of some
of the oldest settlers. There will not be hay
enough raised here this year to meet one third
of the local demand and stock of all kinds
will be driven out toward Pilot Rock and
Pendleton to winter.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 28, 1967
A tussle with a 35-pound chinook salmon
ended with Dan Martindale the victor. He
and Ray Silvander fished from the Wood-
land, Wash., bar on the Columbia River.
The Pendleton men often fish together, with
Silvander serving as Martindale’s eyes, since
he is blind. Martindale also caught several
steelhead while Silvander had to be satisfied
with a jack salmon.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 28, 1992
The 1249th Engineer Battalion of the
Oregon National Guard declared “war”
recently, transforming portions of the
Umatilla and Wallowa-Whitman national
forests into a battlefield. In the process of
the friendly altercation, several construction
projects were completed that will comple-
ment northeast Oregon’s part in the Oregon
Trail Sesquicentennial Celebration. “We
like these projects because they’re the only
time that we get to train,” said 1st Sgt. Scott
Michaels, whose platoon spent part of last
week clearing ground for a historic Whitman
Overlook along Meacham Creek Canyon.
While construction was under way, well out
of reach from enemy forces, other platoons
wee engaged with the enemy at the front line
— armed with laser weapons and trying to
avoid becoming listed as war casualties.
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 209th day of
2017. There are 156 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlights in
History:
On July 28, 1945, a U.S.
Army B-25 bomber flying
in heavy fog crashed into
the 79th floor of New York’s
Empire State Building, killing
all three people in the plane
and 11 people in the building.
The U.S. Senate ratified the
United Nations Charter by a
vote of 89-2.
On this date:
In 1540, King Henry
VIII’s chief minister, Thomas
Cromwell, was executed, the
same day Henry married his
fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
In 1794, Maximilien
Robespierre, a leading figure
of the French Revolution,
was sent to the guillotine.
In 1821, Peru declared its
independence from Spain.
In 1914, World War I
began as Austria-Hungary
declared war on Serbia.
In 1932, federal troops
forcibly
dispersed
the
so-called “Bonus Army” of
World War I veterans who
had gathered in Washington
to demand payments they
weren’t scheduled to receive
until 1945.
In 1959, in preparation for
statehood, Hawaiians voted to
send the first Chinese-Amer-
ican, Republican Hiram L.
Fong, to the U.S. Senate and
the first Japanese-American,
Democrat Daniel K. Inouye,
to the U.S. House of Repre-
sentatives.
In 1965, President Lyndon
B. Johnson announced he
was increasing the number
of American troops in South
Vietnam from 75,000 to
125,000 “almost immedi-
ately.”
In 1976, an earthquake
devastated northern China,
killing at least 242,000
people, according to an offi-
cial estimate.
In 1977, Roy Wilkins
turned over leadership of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People to Benjamin L. Hooks.
In 1984, the Los Angeles
Summer Olympics opened.
In 1995, a jury in Union,
South Carolina, rejected
the death penalty for Susan
Smith, sentencing her to
life in prison for drowning
her two young sons (Smith
will be eligible for parole in
2024).
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actor Darryl Hickman is 86.
Ballet dancer-choreographer
Jacques d’Amboise is 83.
Musical conductor Riccardo
Muti is 76. Former Senator
and NBA Hall of Famer Bill
Bradley is 74. “Garfield”
creator Jim Davis is 72.
Singer Jonathan Edwards is
71. Actress Linda Kelsey is
71. TV producer Dick Ebersol
is 70. Actress Sally Struthers
is 70. Actress Georgia Engel
is 69. Rock musician Simon
Kirke (Bad Company) is 68.
Rock musician Steve Morse
(Deep Purple) is 63. Former
CBS anchorman Scott Pelley
is 60. Alt-country-rock
musician Marc Perlman is
56. Actor Michael Hayden is
54. Actress Lori Loughlin is
53. Jazz musician-producer
Delfeayo Marsalis is 52.
Former hockey player turned
general manager Garth Snow
is 48. Singer Afroman is 43.
Rapper Soulja Boy is 27.
Thought for Today:
“All youth is bound to be
‘misspent’; there is some-
thing in its very nature that
makes it so, and that is why
all men regret it.” — Thomas
Wolfe, American author
(1900-1938).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE