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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, August 16, 2017 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Unapologetic mother continues affair with married boyfriend FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: My mother is dating look a lot younger. a married man, and this is not the first I will be turning 55 this year. I’d time. While I love her, I don’t think like to stop wearing the hairpiece what she’s doing is right. and shave my head instead because This affair has been going on for I have only a fringe of my own hair years. I tried broaching the subject left. How should I go about it without with her, but she said it’s her business getting 50,000 questions from friends and unless I’m helping to pay her and family, and what would be a good bills, I don’t have the right to give my answer when I’m asked? — Hair Jeanne opinion. It’s frustrating because she’s Phillips Today, Gone Tomorrow driving all over the state with this Dear H.T.G.T.: Removing your Advice man. She has two younger daughters hairpiece will be a statement in itself. at home and she’s rarely home with Afterward, do not be surprised if you them. receive compliments about your new look. Our entire family dislikes her lover, but Should anyone ask why you decided to do she insists on bringing him around “so we it, tell the truth. Many men with receding can get to know him.” I don’t want to judge hairlines shave their heads and look terrific. her, but it’s hard sometimes. Am I wrong for Dear Abby: My son died two months ago. trying to give her my two cents, or should I He was 51. It happened on my daughter’s mind my own business? — Disappointed In birthday. She says that her birthdays have California now stopped. Dear Disappointed: You have already Next year will be a milestone for her as given your mother your two cents and she has she will be turning 50. How in the world do discounted it. It should be apparent to you by we celebrate her 50th birthday when we will now that she has no intention of ending this be thinking about the one-year anniversary of relationship, regardless of your disapproval. her brother’s death? Some friends suggested Rather than mind your own business, we have her birthday celebration a few days because you want to do something helpful, early, which I feel is not right. Please help. — be as loving and supportive of your younger Carole In Arizona sisters as you can. From your description of Dear Carole: I’m sorry for the loss of your your mother’s behavior, they need love and son. From now on, your daughter’s birthday attention from an adult they are not receiving will likely always be bittersweet for her as from her. well as you. That’s why I think she should Dear Abby: I was divorced 23 years ago. take your friends’ suggestion and separate Before I started dating again, I got a hairpiece the two events, if possible. A small family and have worn one ever since. Some people get-together around the anniversary date of are aware that I wear a hairpiece, including your son’s death might be more appropriate my current wife of 20 years. It does make me for everyone, at least this time around. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 16, 1917 When City Attorney J. Alger Fee last evening formally resigned his position because of his appointment to the officers’ reserve camp, Mayor Best announced that Judge James A. Fee, father of the retiring city attorney, had expressed a willingness to serve without compensation provided the city would turn over the $75 a month salary to Mrs. Alger Fee for the support of herself and child in the event her husband was called to war. The proposal was received with evident pleasure and gratification by the council and a motion to appoint Judge Fee as his son’s successor on the basis mentioned was carried unanimously and enthusiastically. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 16, 1967 On a clear day, the 23 women who work for Umatilla National Forest can see the mountains as they enter their new building on SW Hailey. This is something they couldn’t do when the office was located on Main Street. How do the employees like their new location? “We like it,” they said the other day when the reporter toured the plant, with Supervisor Wright Mallery leading the way. At first, said Mallery, some of them missed the convenience of downtown shopping. “But we had to change the office hours in order to get on and off the highway out there during rush hours. We start at 7:45 and quit at 4:30.” This permits after-work shopping downtown. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 16, 1992 While nearly everyone in the Milton-Free- water area has heard of Wheat Berry Caviar, Opal Basil vinegar and Spice Dilly Beans, soon the entire nation will have the oppor- tunity to become familiar with those local products. Thanks to a Regional Strategies grant, members of the East Oregon Special- ties Co-op, Inc., will have their gourmet foods and hand-crafted items featured in the Good Catalog Company’s holiday gift issue. “There is no financial risk to the producers,” said Rebecca Buxton, director of marketing at Eastern Oregon Specialties Inc. In fact, Buxton said the producers have the possi- bility of seeing a dramatic rise in the demand for their products after the catalog is mailed out in November. BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 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 228th day of 2017. There are 137 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 42. On this date: In 1777, American forces won the Battle of Bennington in what was considered a turning point of the Revolu- tionary War. In 1812, Detroit fell to British and Indian forces in the War of 1812. In 1858, a telegraphed message from Britain’s Queen Victoria to President James Buchanan was trans- mitted over the recently laid trans-Atlantic cable. In 1937, the American Federation of Radio Artists was chartered. In 1948, baseball legend Babe Ruth died in New York at age 53. In 1954, Sports Illustrated was first published by Time Inc. In 1956, Adlai E. Stevenson was nominated for president at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. In 1967, Louis Armstrong recorded “What a Wonderful World” by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss for ABC Records. In 1977, a judge in New York ruled that Renee Richards, a male-to-female transgender, had the right to compete in the U.S. Open without having to pass a sex chromosome test. (In the opening round of the Open, Richards lost to Virginia Wade in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4). The Debby Boone recording of “You Light Up My Life” by Joseph Brooks was released by Warner Bros./Curb Records. In 1987, people world- wide began a two-day celebration of the “harmonic convergence,” which heralded what believers called the start of a new, purer age of humankind. In 1991, Pope John Paul II began the first-ever papal visit to Hungary. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Ann Blyth is 89. Actor Gary Clarke is 84. Actress Julie Newmar is 84. Actress-singer Ketty Lester is 83. Actor John Standing is 83. College Football Hall of Famer and NFL player Bill Glass is 82. Actress Anita Gillette is 81. Actress Carole Shelley is 78. Country singer Billy Joe Shaver is 78. Movie director Bruce Beresford is 77. Actor Bob Balaban is 72. Ballerina Suzanne Farrell is 72. Actress Lesley Ann Warren is 71. Actor Marshall Manesh is 67. TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford is 64. Movie director James Cameron is 63. Rock musician Tim Farriss (INXS) is 60. Singer Madonna is 59. Actor Steve Carell is 55. Country singer Emily Robison (The Dixie Chicks) is 45. Thought for Today: “In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.” — Cyril Northcote Parkinson, British historian and author (1909-1993). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
