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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