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Tuesday, August 29, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Elderly usher’s ‘proposals’
draw reaction from readers
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: Regarding the letter
I believe the usher was just being
from “Dumbstruck in the East” (April
kind. It would be horrible if he were
22), whose 9-year-old daughter has
reported to the pastor or embarrassed
been getting “proposals of marriage”
by a flip remark. If the parents want to
from a church usher in his 70s. An old
stop his comments, they should gently
man at church said things like that to
suggest that “in today’s world his
me when I was about her age. He also
kindness might be misinterpreted.” I
was always trying to hug me. It made
don’t think we should teach children
me uncomfortable and I disliked it.
to be mean-spirited when this man
Jeanne
My mother never thought twice about Phillips spoke freely in front of the parents.
him hugging me. Years later, when
— Joan In Kentucky
Advice
I was an adult, I learned he was a
Dear Abby: I had a different reply
pedophile.
in mind for “Dumbstruck,” whose
Her parents should go directly to the young daughter is told by an elderly church
minister and let him know what is going usher that he is going to “marry” her when
on. If the parents decide to tell the usher his she grows up. Her mom could look at him and
comment is not appreciated, they should say say, “I didn’t realize you were ORDAINED,
it’s uncalled for and please stop making that but how kind of you to offer to officiate!” —
type of remark.
Anonymous In Michigan
While his comment may be harmless, you
Dear Abby: That man needs to be reported
never know for sure. — On The Side Of immediately. When I was 8, a friend of my
Caution In The Midwest
dad used to tell me all the time he wanted to
Dear Caution: Readers had various marry me. One day, when my parents weren’t
reactions to that letter. Some echoed your home, he molested me. That little girl should
sentiments, while others felt differently. Read be kept away from the usher, even if it means
on:
not going to that church. — Lynne In Cali-
Dear Abby: I am from the same gener- fornia
ation as the church usher. I was the little
Dear Abby: Next time the greeter tries the
sister who was not as attractive as my older betrothal approach on the 9-year-old, her dad
sibling. (Boys either teased or ignored me.) I should chime in, “You’ll have to get past ME
remember several elderly men complimenting first!” It’s blunt, but it gets the message across
me in a similar fashion, and although I real- and doesn’t insult the old guy. It’s just Daddy
ized I could never date or marry someone so protecting his baby girl. Done! — Practical
much older, it lifted my self-esteem.
In Maryland
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 28-29, 1917
Pendleton’s cavalry troop has made a
great hit at Campy Withycombe, according
to Corporal B.H. Inman (Rattlesnake Pete)
who arrived in Pendleton this morning on a
short furlough granted him when he informed
the officers of the illness of his wife. No
less a person than the governor of Oregon
pronounced Troop D the best troop of cavalry
on the Pacific coast, he states. “We’ve got ‘em
all cheated for officers and we’ve got the best
drilled troop there,” declares the “Rattler.”
Troop D is filled to the limit, he says, and
every day there are applications to get into
the Pendleton bunch. The other troops are
below war strength and want to recruit up
from eastern Oregon men, he says.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 28-29, 1967
If no rain occurs before midnight — and
none is predicted — today will be the 68th
consecutive day without measurable rain,
which makes it the second longest drought in
Pendleton history. Furthermore, if rain holds
off through Thursday, it would set an all-time
record, since the present record is a 70-day
drought.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 28-29, 1992
The funeral was so long mourners sent out
for coffee in the middle of entombment. The
East Central Oregon Association of Counties
— ECOAC — was laid to rest in Heppner
Thursday.
But rather than weep over its loss, members
planted a seed at the burial site. The remaining
directors of ECOAC held their final meeting
in what will become headquarters for the
Greater Eastern Oregon Development Corpo-
ration. By the time the three-hour session was
over, loose ends were tied, hands were shaken
and the organization’s last $90,000 was doled
out as severance pay and seed money for
GEODC.
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 241st day of
2017. There are 124 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On August 29, 1967, the
series finale of “The Fugi-
tive,” starring David Janssen
as a doctor on the run after
being wrongly convicted of
murdering his wife, aired
on ABC-TV, drawing an
estimated 78 million viewers.
On this date:
In 1533, the last Incan
King of Peru, Atahualpa,
was executed on orders of
Spanish conqueror Francisco
Pizarro.
In 1877, the second pres-
ident of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints,
Brigham Young, died in Salt
Lake City, Utah, at age 76.
In 1910, Korean Emperor
Sunjong abdicated as the
Japan-Korea
Annexation
Treaty went into effect.
In 1944, 15,000 American
troops of the 28th Infantry
Division marched down the
Champs Elysees in Paris as
the French capital continued
to celebrate its liberation
from the Nazis.
In 1952, the composition
4’33” (“Four Minutes, Thir-
ty-three Seconds”) by avant-
garde composer John Cage
premiered in Woodstock,
New York, as David Tudor
sat down at a piano, and, for
four minutes and 33 seconds,
played ... nothing.
In 1957, the Senate gave
final congressional approval
to a Civil Rights Act after
South Carolina Sen. Strom
Thurmond (then a Democrat)
ended a filibuster that had
lasted 24 hours.
In 1958, pop superstar
Michael Jackson was born in
Gary, Indiana.
In 1965, Gemini 5,
carrying astronauts Gordon
Cooper and Charles “Pete”
Conrad, splashed down in the
Atlantic after 8 days in space.
In 1972, swimmer Mark
Spitz of the United States
won the third of his seven
gold medals at the Munich
Olympics, finishing first in
the 200-meter freestyle.
In
1987,
Academy
Award-winning actor Lee
Marvin died in Tucson,
Arizona, at age 63.
In 1996, the Democratic
National Convention in
Chicago nominated Al Gore
for a second term as vice
president. Earlier in the day,
President Bill Clinton’s chief
political strategist, Dick
Morris, resigned amid a
scandal over his relationship
with a prostitute.
In
2005,
Hurricane
Katrina hit the Gulf Coast
near Buras, Louisiana,
bringing floods that devas-
tated New Orleans. More
than 1,800 people in the
region died.
One year ago: Huma
Abedin, a top aide to Hillary
Clinton, announced she
was separating from her
husband, Anthony Weiner,
after the former congressman
was accused in yet another
sexting scandal.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Betty Lynn (TV:
“The Andy Griffith Show”)
is 91. Sen. John McCain,
R-Ariz., is 81. Actor Elliott
Gould is 79. Movie director
Joel Schumacher is 78. TV
personality Robin Leach
is 76. Country musician
Dan Truman (Diamond
Rio) is 61. Actress Rebecca
DeMornay is 58. Supreme
Court Justice Neil Gorsuch
is 50. Actor John Hensley is
40. Actress Jennifer Landon
is 34. Actress-singer Lea
Michele is 31. Actress Char-
lotte Ritchie is 28. Actress
Nicole Gale Anderson is 27.
Rock singer Liam Payne
(One Direction) is 24.
Thought for Today:
“Don’t be ‘consistent,’ but
be simply true.” — Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Sr., Amer-
ican author (1809-1894).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE