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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Thursday, August 3, 2017 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Man’s silence about past therapy distances fiancée FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER GARFIELD BLONDIE BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE Dear Abby: My fiancé and I have on the other hand, eats very healthy been together for four years. We live — almost the opposite of what she together. Recently, I was talking to does. He rarely eats anything fatty him about mental health and the bene- and uses salt sparingly. He also eats fits of therapy, which I firmly support. fruits and vegetables every day. He said he thinks it’s a waste of time. My stepmother’s weight is an When I asked why, he replied that it issue. She has several health problems hadn’t worked for him. I asked what that would improve greatly if she lost he meant by that (I wasn’t aware that weight. I would like to say something Jeanne he had ever even been in therapy), and Phillips to her about her diet, but don’t know he said he went when he was 12 or 13. how without offending her. I know Advice After that, he clammed up. He she would take it personally, and it wouldn’t discuss why he went or would make our relationship difficult. share any details at all. Normally, we can talk What should I do in this situation? — It’s A about anything. I feel like if it hadn’t been Weighty Issue important, he wouldn’t have reacted that way. Dear Weighty Issue: I think the best Since then, I have been feeling distant approach would be to talk about this with from him because of this. I’m not angry, and your father. Tell your dad you are concerned I don’t want to force him to tell me anything, because your stepmother’s weight problem is but as his future wife, I’m concerned that he affecting her health and suggest they consult a would keep his past from me. licensed nutritionist (RDN) about “tweaking” I would like for him to at least open up her diet to help her to reach her goal. Because about the basics. I want us to be close, but I the topic is sensitive, it would be better if he don’t want to invade his privacy or make him broached the subject with his wife rather than feel disrespected. Should I try and forget that you. While he’s at it, he could also suggest he said anything at all? — Torn In Georgia some light exercise activity to start her Dear Torn: No, just wait a few weeks moving. before you ask him why he reacted the way Dear Abby: How do you tell a well- he did. By then he may be better able to dressed, sophisticated woman that she has articulate it. You should be aware before you a booger or a hair hanging out of her nose? marry him of what the issue was, particularly I have encountered this problem more than if it involved depression or molestation. once, and I am embarrassed for them. — Dear Abby: Earlier this year, my step- Barb In California mother made it a goal to lose weight. So far Dear Barb: If you are in a group, take the she has made no changes in her diet to help woman aside and give her the news privately. her accomplish that goal. She eats lots of While she may be embarrassed, I’m sure she fatty foods, uses lots of salt and eats almost would also be grateful that you cared enough no fruits or vegetables. to clue her in. (The same goes for someone I feel Dad enables her because he does trailing toilet paper on her shoe, or worse, nothing to encourage her to eat healthier. He, down the back of her pants.) DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 3, 1917 The last of the 86 notices for drafted men to report for physical examinations next week were mailed out this morning by Frank Davis, clerk of the board, and there can be no more voluntary enlistments from among those noti- fied. Mr. Davis is now engaged in making up a full list of the Umatilla county numbers, the corresponding names and the order in which they were drawn. It will take over a week to make up this list which will be posted at the court house as soon as completed. In order, however, that every man drawn may known his serial number and the order in which it is drawn, the board will send out to every man whose number was drawn a card bearing the information. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 3, 1967 Val Rae Taft, mother of four young sons, and wife of a Umatilla High School music teacher, went back to college last fall after an absence of 15 years. Her “report card” from Eastern Oregon College, La Grande, shows she made the scholastic honor roll, earned a scholarship and will do some practice teaching in the Hermiston schools during the next school year. This summer Mrs. Taft is cooking in “Bud” Easton’s Grille in Umatilla to supple- ment the family’s budget for another year of college expenses. Val Rae spends the week in La Grande and returns home on the weekends to pick up the loose ends around the house. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 3, 1992 A Milton-Freewater man has been charged with arson in connection with the Mill Creek fire that burned 325 acres last week before being contained at 6 p.m. Friday. Lance E. Davis, 26, of Milton-Freewater was arrested by Oregon State Police after giving a confession Friday to the Walla Walla County Sheriff’s Department. Davis was charged with one count of first-degree arson and has been transferred to the Umatilla County Jail. David King, Oregon Department of Forestry, said Davis has a history of arson and has served jail time for those offenses. 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 215th day of 2017. There are 150 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on a voyage that took him to the present-day Americas. On this date: In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr went on trial before a federal court in Richmond, Virginia, charged with treason. (He was acquitted less than a month later.) In 1916, Irish-born British diplomat Roger Casement, a strong advocate of independence for Ireland, was hanged for treason. In 1921, baseball commis- sioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis refused to reinstate the former Chicago White Sox players implicated in the “Black Sox” scandal, despite their acquittals in a jury trial. In 1936, Jesse Owens of the United States won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics as he took the 100-meter sprint. In 1943, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. George S. Patton slapped a private at an army hospital in Sicily, accusing him of cowardice. In 1949, the National Basketball Association was formed as a merger of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League. In 1958, the nucle- ar-powered submarine USS Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater. In 1981, U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike, despite a warning from Pres- ident Ronald Reagan they would be fired, which they were. In 1987, the Iran-Contra congressional hearings ended, with none of the 29 witnesses tying President Ronald Reagan directly to the diversion of arms-sales profits to Nicaraguan rebels. Today’s Birthdays: Football Hall of Fame coach Marv Levy is 92. Singer Tony Bennett is 91. Actor Martin Sheen is 77. College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Lance Alworth is 77. Life- style guru Martha Stewart is 76. Singer Beverly Lee (The Shirelles) is 76. Rock musician B.B. Dickerson is 68. Movie director John Landis is 67. Actor Jay North (TV: “Dennis the Menace”) is 66. Country musician Randy Scruggs is 64. Rock sing- er-musician Lee Rocker (The Stray Cats) is 56. Rock singer James Hetfield (Metallica) is 54. Hip-hop artist Spinderella (Salt-N-Pepa) is 46. Country musician Jimmy De Martini (Zac Brown Band) is 41. NFL quarterback Tom Brady is 40. Pop-rock musician Brent Kutzle (OneRepublic) is 32. Thought for Today: “The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides.” — Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss critic (1821-1881). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
