COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, July 29, 2017
East Oregonian
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OUT OF THE VAULT
Cartoonists need to eat, too
W
hen 10-year-old
Steven Hess got
into his groove,
remembering to eat wasn’t
always at the top of his list.
But in 1969, the budding
cartoonist had already
begun a career that would
eventually bring him
national acclaim.
The son of Henry and
Betty Hess of Pendleton,
Steve began drawing at a
very young age when he
saw a little boy’s face in
a spoonful of peas. His
grandmother encouraged
him to draw what he saw,
and a passion for art was
born. “I’ll draw all day long
until I am real, real tired,
then rest,” Steve said. “I’ll
eat, of course, then start
drawing again.”
By the age of ten Steve
had created a comic strip
featuring two crickets,
Freddy the Freeloader and
his rich cousin Richy, and
the conniving Baron Von
Dudley, who was always
scheming to steal Richy’s
EO file photo
Steve Hess of Pendleton works on his comic in this
Aug. 14, 1969 EO file photo.
money, in a round-the-world
chase. “The Baron is real
mean, but not tough enough
to fight bare-handed,” Steve
said in an Aug. 14, 1969
interview with the East
Oregonian. “He sneaks
around and carries a sword.
The Baron doesn’t know
that Richy keeps his money
and treasure map in his hat.”
Steve continued to
draw comics throughout
his school years, and then
studied illustration at the Art
Center College of Design in
Pasadena, Pacific Northwest
College of Art in Portland
and the School of Visual
Concepts in Seattle.
Steve didn’t always
dream of being a cartoonist,
though. When he was
younger, he wanted to be
a comedian. And while
stand-up was never in
the cards for him, he has
made his contribution
to the world of comedy,
illustrating storyboards,
characters and backgrounds
for commercials, television
shows such as “Saturday
Night Live,” and Cartoon
Network.
Steve worked as a lead
illustrator and storyboard
artist for Bent Image Lab
and Happy Trails Animation
in Portland from the early
1990s through 2008, and is
currently helping care for
his elderly parents.
■
Renee Struthers is the
Community Records Editor
for the East Oregonian. See
the complete collection of
Out of the Vault columns at
eovault.blogspot.com
DEAR ABBY
Tapped-out dad-to-be looks for an economical push gift
Dear Abby: My wife and I
thing less materialistic, such as
are expecting our first child. A
help with baby care or money
friend of hers pulled me aside
for the child’s education.
to ask if I had already gotten my
Dear Abby: I am a
wife a “push gift.” I have never
40-year-old man. I have worked
heard of this, but apparently it’s
at my current job for two years
supposed to be something nice,
and love it, even though I earn
like jewelry, to celebrate the
only two-thirds what I did at my
birth.
prior position.
Jeanne
My problem is, I think I’m
We have already been Phillips
in love with my boss. She’s an
spending a lot of extra money to
Advice
amazing person — very sexy —
decorate a nursery. In addition,
and I can’t stop thinking about
the delivery will be costly
under our high-deductible health plan. her. The woman I loved died two weeks
Combined with the fact that my wife before I took this job, and I’m still not
just retired from her teaching job, the ready to date again. Oh, my boss is
married, so there’s no way I can hook
expenses are starting to freak me out.
In light of this, what do you think up with her.
How can I stop having feelings for
of the idea of a push gift? Have you
heard any good ideas for a low-cost my boss? Should I just quit? I attempted
but appropriate alternative? — Excited to a month ago, but she gave me a raise.
— Crushing In Minnesota
Father-To-Be
Dear Crushing: If you are crushing
Dear Excited: A push gift can be a
piece of jewelry, your first “family vaca- on your boss and fantasizing because
tion,” a piece of electronic equipment you think she’s “amazing and sexy,” I
for your wife or a piece of furniture for beg to differ with you. You ARE ready
the nursery. Some couples prefer some- to date.
You say last month you were given
a raise when you mentioned quitting. It
appears you are a valued employee at
that company. Before you jeopardize
a job you love and for which you are
being increasingly well-compensated, I
urge you to dip your foot into the dating
pool of ELIGIBLE women. Now!
Dear Abby: A friend of more than 70
years passed away out of state. When I
emailed a network of acquaintances and
asked about the cause of death, I got a
nasty response from one of them saying
my question was rude and in poor taste.
Is such a question about a friend you
haven’t seen in many years really out of
line? — Ex-Kentuckian
Dear Ex-Kentuckian: People are
naturally curious, and no, the question
isn’t rude. Often people are aware that
the deceased has been ailing and don’t
mind sharing the information. What
WOULD be in poor taste would be to
ask members of the immediate family
(his widow or children, for example)
what killed their loved one, because
discussing it in detail could be painful.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 29-30, 1917
George W. Beller of Freewater
was the holder of the first draft
number drawn from the glass bowl at
Washington, No. 258, and William N.
Royer of Pilot Rock is the holder of
the last number that affects Umatilla
county, No. 2205. This means that
Beller will be the first summoned to
appear before the local exemption
board and Royer will be the last.
Beller is a married man and has two
children. In filling out his registration
card, however, he stated he did not
claim exemption. Royer is so far
down the list that he doesn’t have to
worry whether he has grounds for
exemption.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 29-30, 1967
Umatilla County wheat growers
feel about the 1967 crop like the guy
who was all set for a big date with
his best girl and had it called off …
disappointed. Disappointing is the term
most often used to describe this year’s
Umatilla County harvest which neared
the midway mark this week. Farmers
were all set for a bumper crop about
month ago, but then hot weather hit and
turned what looked like a dandy year
into a harvest that is at best a little below
average. “Overall our crop isn’t too bad,
but we came within a month of having
a real bumper on our hands,” said Don
Cook, grain manager of Pendleton
Grain Growers.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 29-30, 1992
Confessed murderer Donald Glenn
Richardson was sentenced a second
time today for the 1990 slaying of his
wife. The 44-year-old Umatilla man was
again handed a life sentence by District
Court Judge Richard Courson, this time
with a minimum of 25 years in prison as
mandated by state statute. Richardson was
given an additional 12 months for abusing
his wife’s corpse, which will be served
consecutively. In May 1991, Courson
tried to hand Richardson a “life sentence”
after Richardson confessed to the murder.
Declaring the state’s sentencing guidelines
unconstitutional, Courson sent Richardson
to jail for the rest of his life, without
defining a minimum term he was to serve.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Today is the 210th day of
2017. There are 155 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On July 29, 1967, an
accidental rocket launch on
the deck of the supercarrier
USS Forrestal in the Gulf
of Tonkin resulted in a fire
and explosions that killed
134 servicemen. (Among the
survivors was future Arizona
senator John McCain, a U.S.
Navy lieutenant commander
who narrowly escaped with
his life.)
On this date:
In 1030, the patron saint
of Norway, King Olaf II, was
killed in battle.
In 1588, the English
attacked the Spanish Armada
in the Battle of Gravelines,
resulting in an English
victory.
In 1890, artist Vincent
van Gogh, 37, died of an
apparently
self-inflicted
gunshot wound in Auvers-
sur-Oise, France.
In 1914, transcontinental
telephone service in the U.S.
became operational with
the first test conversation
between New York and San
Francisco. Massachusetts’
Cape Cod Canal, offering a
shortcut across the base of
the peninsula, was officially
opened to shipping traffic.
In 1921, Adolf Hitler
became the leader (“fuehrer”)
of the National Socialist
German Workers Party.
In 1958, President Dwight
D. Eisenhower signed the
National Aeronautics and
Space Act, creating NASA.
In 1975, President Gerald
R. Ford became the first U.S.
president to visit the site of
the Nazi concentration camp
Auschwitz in Poland.
In 1981, Britain’s Prince
Charles married Lady Diana
Spencer in a glittering cere-
mony at St. Paul’s Cathedral
in London. (However, the
couple divorced in 1996.)
Today’s
Birthdays:
Former Sen. Nancy Kasse-
baum-Baker is 85. Actor
Robert Fuller is 84. Former
Sen. Elizabeth H. Dole is
81. Actor David Warner is
76. Actress Roz Kelly is 75.
Rock musician Neal Doughty
(REO Speedwagon) is 71.
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Actor Kevin Chapman is
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Stephen Dorff is 44. Actor
Josh Radnor is 43. Hip-hop
DJ/music producer Danger
Mouse is 40.
Thought for Today: “An
idea is not responsible for the
people who believe in it.”
— Don Marquis, American
journalist-author (born this
date in 1878, died 1937).
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