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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Gym client vents her anger
at bad-mouthing by trainer
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My boyfriend and I
Then she expects me to wrap them.
work out at the same gym. Over the
The icing on the cake? She’s now
past several months it has gotten back
saying I need to add bows to these
to me that one of the trainers, “Bob,”
gifts, but she doesn’t send any money
has been talking negatively about me
for the wrapping paper or bows.
to some of the other members.
I think this is very rude. My
My boyfriend works out with
daughter thinks her aunt takes the
another trainer there, and during his
time to purchase these gifts, when
workout, I approached him and his
she’s only pressing a button and that
Jeanne
trainer and expressed my anger about Phillips is it. With everyone shopping online
what Bob was doing. I said I was fed
more and more, is this a new trend,
Advice
up and that I wanted to confront him.
to have the parents wrap gifts instead
My boyfriend told me to keep
of the person giving them? — Online
my mouth shut and say nothing. He said I Gift Giving
shouldn’t take it personally, that Bob is just
Dear Online: It’s only a trend if you
being a hater. He also said the person who decide to let it become one. Feeling as you
told me shouldn’t have. I disagree. I don’t do, it’s time you had a discussion with your
think it matters how it got back to me — it sister-in-law concerning how you feel about
did!
this arrangement and what you expect from
Last week, while his regular trainer was her.
away, my boyfriend trained with Bob! I feel
Dear Abby: My wife of 55 years passed
it was disloyal, but he disagrees. He thinks I away five months ago and I am lonely. How
should just let it go. What do you think? — long should I wait before establishing a rela-
Gym Dilemma
tionship with another woman?
Dear Gym Dilemma: Because the
A certain lady and I go to church together,
bad-mouthing has happened more than once, so we are well acquainted. I never thought
talk to the manager of the gym about what’s about being with her until my wife died. She
going on. Bob may not like you, but that and my wife were friendly acquaintances.
doesn’t give him the right to make the gym
What is the right time to wait? Six months?
an unpleasant place for clients to visit. If your A year? I never thought I could be lonely.
boyfriend were loyal, he would have told Well, think again! — Ready For The Future
Bob to knock it off. And he would not have
Dear Ready: There’s no timetable for
worked out with him when his regular trainer grieving. If you feel you are ready for
was away; he would have chosen someone companionship, all you need to do is pick
else.
up the phone and call the lady you have in
Dear Abby: My sister-in-law lives in mind. To do that is not disrespectful to your
another state, so she often mails my daugh- late wife. It’s a tribute to the happiness you
ter’s gifts to us after she buys the items online. experienced being part of a couple.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 7-8, 1917
Billie McMillan, 11 years old and rather
small for his age, was cast adrift by his parents
in this city yesterday and told to make his
own living. According to his story told this
morning to Juvenile Officer John Hailey, they
brought him to Pendleton yesterday from
Adams in the horse-drawn rig in which they
are traveling through the county, set him down
here, and drove away without him, telling him
he was big enough to look out for himself.
Fortunately he fell into the hands of Mr. Hailey
this morning. The juvenile officer will care for
him while he makes a search for the unnatural
father and mother.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 7-8, 1967
State police suspected arson in a fire
Monday morning inside an abandoned
service station on Highway 30 near Barnhart.
Pendleton Grain Growers sent one truck to
the scene. Firemen were able to save part
of the building. Residents in the Sherwood
Heights area, six miles from the fire, smelled
the smoke.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 7-8, 1992
Thomas Maletta, the New Jersey long-dis-
tance truck driver who earlier this year pleaded
guilty in the murder of his ex-girlfriend, was
sentenced Thursday to spend at least 25 years
in prison. Maletta, 30, will be 55 years old
when he becomes eligible for parole in 2017,
Judge Jack Olsen said in announcing his judg-
ment. The sentence came after more than three
hours of testimony from the victim’s mother,
father and 10-year-old son, from a New Jersey
woman who claimed she was raped by Maletta
in 1987, and from Maletta himself, who other-
wise sat quietly throughout the proceeding.
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 220th day
of 2017. There are 145 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On August 8, 1974, Pres-
ident Richard Nixon, facing
damaging new revelations
in the Watergate scandal,
announced he would resign
the following day.
On this date:
In 1815, Napoleon Bona-
parte set sail for St. Helena
to spend the remainder of
his days in exile.
In
1911,
President
William Howard Taft signed
a measure raising the number
of U.S. representatives from
391 to 433, effective with
the next Congress, with a
proviso to add two more
when New Mexico and
Arizona became states.
In 1937, during the
Second Sino-Japanese War,
Japan completed its occupa-
tion of Beijing.
In 1942, during World
War II, six Nazi saboteurs
who were captured after
landing in the U.S. were
executed in Washington,
D.C.; two others who coop-
erated with authorities were
spared.
In 1945, President Harry
S. Truman signed the U.S.
instrument of ratification for
the United Nations Charter.
The Soviet Union declared
war against Japan during
World War II.
In 1953, the United
States and South Korea
initialed a mutual security
pact.
In 1963, Britain’s “Great
Train Robbery” took place
as thieves made off with 2.6
million pounds in banknotes.
In 1968, the Republican
national convention in
Miami Beach nominated
Richard Nixon for president
on the first ballot.
In 1973, Vice President
Spiro T. Agnew branded as
“damned lies” reports he
had taken kickbacks from
government contracts in
Maryland, and vowed not to
resign — which he ended up
doing.
In 1992, AIDS activist
Alison Gertz died in
Westhampton Beach, Long
Island, New York, at age 26.
In 1994, Israel and
Jordan opened the first
road link between the two
once-warring countries.
In 2009, Sonia Soto-
mayor was sworn in as the
U.S. Supreme Court’s first
Hispanic and third female
justice.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actor Richard Anderson is
91. Actress Nita Talbot is
87. Singer Mel Tillis is 85.
Actor Dustin Hoffman is 80.
Actress Connie Stevens is 79.
Country singer Phil Balsley
(The Statler Brothers) is 78.
Actor Larry Wilcox is 70.
Actor Keith Carradine is 68.
Movie director Martin Brest
is 66. Radio-TV person-
ality Robin Quivers is 65.
Percussionist Anton Fig is
64. Actor Donny Most is 64.
Rock musician Dennis Drew
(10,000 Maniacs) is 60. TV
personality Deborah Norville
is 59. Rock musician The
Edge (U2) is 56. Rock musi-
cian Rikki Rockett (Poison)
is 56. Middle distance runner
Suzy Favor Hamilton is 49.
Rock musician Tom Linton
(Jimmy Eat World) is 42.
Singer JC Chasez (‘N Sync)
is 41. Rhythm-and-blues
singer Drew Lachey (98
Degrees) is 41. Actress Jackie
Cruz (TV: “Orange is the
New Black”) is 33. Britain’s
Princess Beatrice of York is
29. Actress Bebe Wood (TV:
“The Real O’Neals”) is 16.
Thought for Today: “The
time to relax is when you
don’t have time for it.” —
Sydney J. Harris, American
journalist (1917-1986).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE