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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Friday, August 25, 2017 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Mom’s painful past is warning to girls about teen drinking 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: I am the mother of two relationship with a man 20 years teenaged girls (13 and 15) and have younger? I rented my spare room to been debating whether to tell them a him, and over the past month, we have secret about my past. When I was in spent a lot of time together and grown high school, I made some poor deci- very close. sions. I went to a party with people He has made it clear that he’s I viewed as friends, had too much to attracted to me, and I’m attracted drink and the evening ended with my to him as well. I am afraid of what being raped by someone I thought I people may think and say, and I worry Jeanne knew. Phillips about the long term. What are your I reported it to my parents and thoughts? — Relationship Issue Advice the police, but because I couldn’t Dear Issue: I gather from your remember big parts of the evening, letter that you are 40-plus years old. I wasn’t considered credible and no one If you are still worried about what people believed me — not even my parents. My may think, refrain from doing what you’re grades dropped, my weight plummeted and considering, because people do tend to talk. the entire school knew and believed his side Since no one can predict how long the “long of the story. term” might be, my advice is to guard your I internalized everything and became a heart. Because there are no guarantees in life, shell of who I was before the incident. It was proceed with caution. years before I forgave myself for making a Dear Abby: When you are on the phone horrible mistake. Ultimately, I moved in with with someone and the call is dropped, who my grandmother several states away to finish is supposed to call who back? I spent five high school, far away from my parents and the minutes trying to call my mom back while she pain. was trying to call me. It was very frustrating; Would it be appropriate to share this story both of us kept getting voicemail. (or a redacted version) with my daughters Mom says the person who received the to help them understand the risks of teenage call should be the person who calls back. I drinking? They are at the age when they are say the person who MADE the call should surrounded by temptation and curiosity, and be the person who calls back. — Unsure In their father and I can’t shield them from every- San Diego thing. Would I be doing them a disservice by Dear Unsure: While I agree with you, not telling them? — Undecided In Nevada no rule of etiquette dictates who should Dear Undecided: You would be doing call the other person back in the event of a your daughters a favor if, along with warning dropped call. Long waits also happen when them about underage drinking, you shared a caller doesn’t realize the call has dropped your story with them. If you do, it will help and continues talking. Frankly, it has been them understand that drinking can have unin- my experience that the callback is usually tended, sometimes lifelong consequences. made by the person who can get through first. Forewarned is forearmed. And the first sentence uttered is usually, “So, Dear Abby: Is it possible to have a where were we?” DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 25, 1917 The good number of five hundred and twenty-one books and 2,651 magazines for the soldiers have been brought to the library through the kindness of generous friends in Pendleton and the county. The branch libraries as well as the central library have two depositories for these collections which have all been sorted and are now ready to be packed and shipped to army headquarters. Reports were mailed today to the committees in charge at Salem and at Madison, Wisconsin. Many of the books are first class new fiction and there were one hundred nonfiction in the lot. Only one book in the French language came in, a gilt-edged edition of the Fables de La Fontaine. Many of the soldiers are studying French and this will be much read. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 25, 1967 Chickens in the Riverside area scratch their feed nonchalantly and cackle happily. They have nothing to worry about. Because the neighborhood hawk is friendly. Clarence the chicken hawk likes gizzard, all right. But when he sees a chicken, he doesn’t realize it has a gizzard. You see, Clarence is a little naive. It’s not that he’s stupid or doesn’t have the equipment to be a bird of prey — he has sharp claws, a wicked beak, handsome wings and telescopic eye. He’s just an orphan hawk who never needed to hunt food. He’s been spoon-fed most of his life. And his master, Lynn Belers, 17, who wants to become a wildlife biologist, thinks Clarence never will become a genuine falcon. Lynn acquired Clarence about a year ago from a man who found the bird injured and almost starved. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 25, 1992 The Hermiston City Council on Tuesday cleared the way for Rivers of Love Ministry to establish a daycare center as well as a shelter for battered and pregnant women in the old hospital building next to West Park Elementary School. The hospital building has been empty for six years and, according to Kathy Fehrenbacher of Rivers of Love, has become a haven for the homeless, drug users and even satanic worshipers. Fehrenbacher said no date has been set to begin remodeling or to open the facility. Money still needs to be raised for the project, she added. 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 237th day of 2017. There are 128 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights in History: On August 25, 1967, the Beatles boarded a train in London bound for Bangor, Wales, to attend a conference on transcen- dental meditation led by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi; the visit was cut short two days later when the group got word of the death of their manager, Brian Epstein. George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, was shot to death at a shopping center in Arlington, Virginia; former party member John Patler was convicted of the killing. Actor Paul Muni, 71, died in Montecito, California. On this date: In 1718, hundreds of French colonists arrived in Louisiana, with some settling in present-day New Orleans. In 1825, Uruguay declared independence from Brazil. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an act establishing the National Park Service within the Department of the Interior. In 1921, the United States signed a peace treaty with Germany. In 1944, during World War II, Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation. Romania declared war on former ally Germany. In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a measure providing pensions for former U.S. presidents and their widows. In 1960, opening ceremonies were held for the Summer Olympics in Rome. In 1975, the Bruce Springsteen album “Born to Run” was released by Columbia Records. Today’s Birthdays: Game show host Monty Hall is 96. Actor Sean Connery is 87. Actor Page Johnson is 87. TV personality Regis Philbin is 86. Actor Tom Skerritt is 84. Jazz musician Wayne Shorter is 84. Movie director Hugh Hudson is 81. Author Frederick Forsyth is 79. Movie director John Badham is 78. Rock singer-actor Gene Simmons is 68. Rock singer Elvis Costello is 63. Movie director Tim Burton is 59. Country singer Cyrus (AKA Billy Ray Cyrus) is 56. Rock musician Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard) is 55. Rap DJ Terminator X (Public Enemy) is 51. Alternative country singer Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) is 50. Thought for Today: “No matter what accomplish- ments you make, somebody helps you.” — Althea Gibson, American tennis champion (born this date in 1927, died 2003). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
