Thursday, August 10, 2017
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
East Oregonian
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DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Mom wants daughter to focus
on school, not dad’s tattoos
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My 22-year-old son
Ultimately, however, when she’s 18
is going to visit his father and get his
and an adult, she will make her own
third tattoo. I don’t like it, but I can’t
decision about getting tattooed or
control my son. He’s an adult. His
remaining ink-free.
father is retired and lives on his wife’s
Dear Abby: My brother and
pension. It is my understanding that
sister-in-law have four children, ages
they are wealthy.
11, 10, 4 and 3. They are financially
My concern is for our 14-year-old
strapped and can’t afford to take the
daughter. My ex thinks tattoos are
children to entertainment or cultural
Jeanne
cool, and when he talks to her via Phillips events because every dime is spent for
Skype, he talks about the next tattoo
essentials.
Advice
he is going to get. I’m afraid that when
I’m financially stable and child-
she’s 18, he will take her to get a tattoo
less. I take the older children to
as a bonding experience.
various activities once every month or so. I
His life is far removed from my daughter’s. don’t include the younger ones because they
He is surrounded by actors, entertainers and are unruly. I feel somewhat guilty for not
artists. Our child (hopefully) will have a including them. However, I want to continue
rich, abundant life in an ordinary way. She is doing it for the older children so they’ll be
focused on her studies and does well in school exposed to various events they couldn’t see
because of her efforts. How can I impress otherwise.
upon my not-so-confident, shy child that
Am I wrong for not wanting to be respon-
getting a tattoo is not a good idea? — Mary sible for the younger children, or should I stop
In Missouri
taking any of them out to be fair? — Trying
Dear Mary: Discouraging your daughter My Best In The South
from getting a tattoo should be part of an
Dear Trying: Explain to the parents, if you
ongoing conversation. Explain that — unlike haven’t already, that you would love to include
makeup or temporary tats — the real thing the younger children, but that you are unable
is permanent. Once it’s on, there is no going to because of their unruly behavior, which you
back. It will be there for the rest of her life are unable to control. What you’re doing is not
unless she has it professionally removed. Point “unfair”; it is wise. If you were to take all four
out that tattoo removal is not only expensive, and not be able to control them, one of the
but also painful, and her skin will not look the little ones could be seriously injured.
way it did before she got inked — she will be
Think of some other way you can make the
scarred.
younger children feel special. Perhaps taking
Hopefully, it may make her less suscep- them to a park occasionally would make them
tible to “bonding” with her father in that way. feel less left out.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 10, 1917
Out of the first 45 drafted men examined
by Dr. D.J. McFaul only eight were found
physically disabled, a ratio considerably
better than the average over the country, and
one that testifies to the high standard of eastern
Oregon manhood. While no announcement
will be made by the board until Saturday
on the names of those rejected for physical
disability, Dr. McFaul this afternoon stated
that out of the 27 examined yesterday he
rejected only six and out of the 18 examined
this morning he rejected only two. These men
are being re-examined by Dr. H.S. Garfield.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 10, 1967
A second biology lab, complete with
gas, water and power, will serve students at
Pendleton High School this fall. The conver-
sion of a math classroom and small science
room into a second separate biology lab
has been the high point of construction and
improvements at the high school this summer.
In other construction and repair in Pendleton
schools this summer, the John Murray Junior
High auditorium was remodeled to allow a
physical education and wrestling program to
be conducted there.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 10, 1992
A 14-year-old boy was walking along West
Punkin Center Road in Hermiston Saturday
about 7 a.m. when two men pulled up to him
in a car and asked if he needed a ride. The boy
accepted and was driven to a dirt road off of
West Punkin Center and robbed at knife point
of his clothes and his money, $1.10. The two
men in the car then told the victim to get out
of the car and run. The boy went to a nearby
house and called a relative.
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 222nd day of
2017. There are 143 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On August 10, 1977, postal
employee David Berkowitz
was arrested in Yonkers, New
York, accused of being “Son of
Sam,” the gunman who killed
six people and wounded seven
others in the New York City
area. (Berkowitz is serving six
consecutive 25-years-to-life
sentences.)
On this date:
In 1680, Pueblo Indians
launched a successful revolt
against Spanish colonists in
present-day New Mexico.
In 1792, during the
French Revolution, mobs in
Paris attacked the Tuileries
Palace, where King Louis
XVI resided. (The king was
later arrested, put on trial for
treason, and executed.)
In 1821, Missouri became
the 24th state.
In 1846, President James
K. Polk signed a measure
establishing the Smithsonian
Institution.
In 1874, Herbert Clark
Hoover, the 31st president of
the United States, was born in
West Branch, Iowa.
In 1921, Franklin D.
Roosevelt was stricken with
polio at his summer home
on the Canadian island of
Campobello.
In 1949, the National
Military Establishment was
renamed the Department of
Defense.
In 1962, the Herbert
Hoover Presidential Library
and Museum was dedicated
in West Branch, Iowa, on the
88th birthday of the former
president, who attended the
ceremony along with former
President Harry S. Truman.
Marvel Comics superhero
Spider-Man made his debut
in issue 15 of “Amazing
Fantasy.”
In 1969, Leno and
Rosemary LaBianca were
murdered in their Los Angeles
home by members of Charles
Manson’s cult, one day after
actress Sharon Tate and four
other people were slain.
In 1988, President Ronald
Reagan signed a measure
providing $20,000 payments
to still-living Japanese-Amer-
icans who were interned
by their government during
World War II.
In 1991, nine Buddhists
were found slain at their
temple outside Phoenix,
Arizona. (Two teen-agers
were later arrested; one was
sentenced to life in prison,
while the other received 281
years.)
In 1993, Ruth Bader
Ginsburg was sworn in as the
second female justice on the
U.S. Supreme Court.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Rhonda Fleming is
94. Singer Ronnie Spector
is 74. Actor James Reynolds
is 71. Rock singer-musician
Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is
70. Country musician Gene
Johnson (Diamond Rio) is
68. Singer Patti Austin is 67.
Actor Daniel Hugh Kelly is
65. Folk singer-songwriter
Sam Baker is 63. Actress
Rosanna Arquette is 58.
Actor Antonio Banderas
is 57. Rock musician
Jon Farriss (INXS) is 56.
Singer Julia Fordham is 55.
Journalist-blogger Andrew
Sullivan is 54. Actor Chris
Caldovino is 54. Singer
Neneh Cherry is 53. Singer
Aaron Hall is 53. Boxer
Riddick Bowe is 50. Actor
Sean Blakemore is 50.
Rhythm-and-blues singer
Lorraine Pearson (Five
Star) is 50. Singer-producer
Michael Bivins is 49. Actor-
writer Justin Theroux is 46.
Actress Angie Harmon is
45. Country singer Jennifer
Hanson is 44. Actor-turned-
lawyer Craig Kirkwood is
43. Singer Cary Ann Hearst
(Shovels & Rope) is 38.
Thought for Today:
“There is no adequate
defense, except stupidity,
against the impact of a new
idea.” — Percy Williams
Bridgeman, American scien-
tist (1882-1961).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE