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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Family’s tolerance of verbal
abuse is red flag for girlfriend
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My boyfriend and I
I have a strong negative reaction when
have been together for almost a year
I see people do it.
and a half. In the beginning, he kept his
When, if ever, is it appropriate
family and me apart. I thought it was
to speak to someone about this bad
because they were extremely close, but
habit? I have recently learned that it is
turns out he was doing me a favor given
actually a medical diagnosis and can
their inappropriate and cruel treatment
lead to gastric disorders. We all know
of one another.
there are many germs on our hands,
At my boyfriend’s birthday lunch,
and every time you put them in your
Jeanne
his father called his mother the worst Phillips mouth, you’re transferring them to
possible word anyone could call a
your intestinal tract. — Worried In
Advice
female. My boyfriend and his sisters
The East
didn’t seem phased by his verbal
Dear Worried: I have heard of
abuse. I worry his parents’ toxic and unloving very few nail-biters who are proud of the habit.
relationship is something he will eventually There’s a saying — not original — that if
settle for in life. Is it possible for children not you want someone to avoid you, just tell him
to emulate their parents’ example, or should I something “for his own good.” If you want a
move on? — Not In The Family
pleasant working relationship with this person,
Dear Not In The Family: Children do mind your own business and do not attempt to
not automatically follow the abysmal patterns “help” him by offering unasked-for advice.
set by their parents. However, if you and this
Dear Abby: I’m usually well-spoken
man are serious and you are contemplating a and articulate with family and close friends.
future with him, I strongly recommend that But when talking to strangers or potential
before formalizing your relationship, you seek employers, I tend to choke up and make no
premarital counseling together to avoid any sense at all. I become anxious and forget what
unpleasant surprises.
I want to say. Do you have any ideas why this
Dear Abby: I have a question about nail- happens? — Talker In The West
biting/finger chewing. We recently hired a
Dear Talker: It may happen because you
new employee who is in daily contact with the suffer from a form of social anxiety — one
public. He is a finger chewer, and his nails are shared by many people. Fortunately, there’s
bitten well below the finger tip. I am struggling help for it if you consult a mental health
with this because I had a childhood friend who professional. Because it is interfering with
chewed her fingers to the point of bleeding, and employment opportunities, you shouldn’t wait.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 21-22, 1917
A recent story relates how the government,
becoming convinced that there was a secret
wireless station somewhere in these parts, sent
out investigators who located the plant on a
high, lonesome point in the mountains near
Kamela. Three Germans were in charge, so
the story goes, and so clear was the evidence
against them that they were lined up and shot,
their bodies being buried where they fell.
Attempts to trace the story to its source places
the responsibility on a certain Walla Walla
resident who is said to be in the employ of the
government secret service. Just what the basis
for it is or whether it has any has not yet been
told. The story is repeated for what it is worth
and will make a good running mate for the one
about the mysterious aeroplanes that have been
circling over Meacham and Kamela at night.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 21-22, 1967
Lost in a $75,000 fire at Northwestern
Livestock Commission Co. Friday west of
Hermiston were the sales arena, office, cafe,
hog house, and a new horse barn and pump
shed. Hermiston Livestock Commission Co.
has offered use of its facilities for Northwest-
ern’s regular Tuesday sales. The Hermiston
Commission Company sales are held Friday
of each week. The Northwestern company is
one of the three largest livestock auctions in
the state, selling approximately 30,000 head
of cattle and horses annually. The sales arena
seats 750 people.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 21-22, 1992
Hermiston Mayor Frank Harkenrider
looked a little nervous Thursday morning
as his pickup began to strain under the load
— one ton of watermelons and cantaloupe.
Harkenrider and other city representatives
will appear in downtown Portland today to
give away Hermiston-area produce in the
second annual “Portland Tailgate Party.” Last
year, Harkenrider drove a pickup heaped with
fruits and vegetables into downtown Portland
to promote the area’s bounty of nature. In
the mid-1980s, he and others had done the
same thing to help counteract a California
watermelon pesticide scare that killed sales
for everyone that year, including Hermiston
melon growers.
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 234th day of
2017. There are 131 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On August 22, 1851, the
schooner America outraced
more than a dozen British
vessels off the English coast
to win a trophy that came to
be known as the America’s
Cup.
On this date:
In 1485, England’s King
Richard III was killed in the
Battle of Bosworth Field,
effectively ending the War of
the Roses.
In 1787, inventor John
Fitch demonstrated his
steamboat on the Delaware
River to delegates from the
Constitutional Convention in
Philadelphia.
In 1846, Gen. Stephen
W. Kearny proclaimed all of
New Mexico a territory of
the United States.
In 1910, Japan annexed
Korea, which remained
under Japanese control until
the end of World War II.
In 1922, Irish revolu-
tionary Michael Collins was
shot to death, apparently
by Irish Republican Army
members opposed to the
Anglo-Irish Treaty that
Collins had co-signed.
In 1932, the British
Broadcasting
Corp.
conducted its first experi-
mental television broadcast,
using a 30-line mechanical
system.
In 1956, President Dwight
D. Eisenhower and Vice
President Richard Nixon
were nominated for second
terms in office by the Repub-
lican National Convention in
San Francisco.
In 1968, Pope Paul VI
arrived in Bogota, Colombia,
for the start of the first papal
visit to South America.
In
1972,
President
Richard Nixon was nomi-
nated for a second term of
office by the Republican
National Convention in
Miami Beach. John Wojto-
wicz and Salvatore Naturile
took
seven
employees
hostage
at
a
Chase
Manhattan Bank branch in
Brooklyn, New York, during
a botched robbery; the siege,
which ended with Wojto-
wicz’s arrest and Naturile’s
killing by the FBI, inspired
the 1975 movie “Dog Day
Afternoon.”
In 1985, 55 people died
when fire broke out aboard
a British Airtours charter jet
on a runway at Manchester
Airport in England.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Broadcast journalist Morton
Dean is 82. Author Annie
Proulx is 82. Baseball Hall
of Famer Carl Yastrzemski
is 78. Actress Valerie Harper
is 78. Pro Football Hall of
Fame coach Bill Parcells is
76. Writer-producer David
Chase is 72. CBS newsman
Steve Kroft is 72. Actress
Cindy Williams is 70. Pop
musician David Marks is 69.
International Swimming Hall
of Famer Diana Nyad is 68.
Baseball Hall of Famer Paul
Molitor is 61. Rock musician
Vernon Reid is 59. Country
singer Collin Raye is 57.
Actress Regina Taylor is 57.
Rock singer Roland Orzabal
(Tears For Fears) is 56. Rock
musician Debbi Peterson
(The Bangles) is 56. Singer
Tori Amos is 54. Rapper
GZA/The Genius is 51.
Actor Ty Burrell is 50. Singer
Howie Dorough (Backstreet
Boys) is 44. Comedian-ac-
tress Kristen Wiig is 44. Talk
show host James Corden is
39. Rock musician Jeff Stinco
(Simple Plan) is 39.
Thought for Today:
“Works of art make rules;
rules do not make works of
art.” — Claude Debussy,
French composer (born this
date in 1862, died 1918).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE