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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Son braces for reaction
to transgender fiancée
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Dear Abby: I moved to the Philip-
“Mia,” married a little over a year ago
pines five years ago. While I was there
and moved a few hours away. They
I met “Emma.” After a few months, I
have been having trouble in their
realized I was in love with her, and last
marriage, but have been trying hard
year we became engaged. I took her to
to make it work. Mia is now pregnant,
meet my family. They loved her and
and her baby is due next month.
supported our engagement.
Over the past few months her
I’m now living in the States and
husband has been messaging me on
she’s still in the Philippines waiting
Facebook. He hasn’t said anything
Jeanne
for her visa. Emma is transgender and Phillips overtly sexual, but it is clearly flir-
I don’t know how to tell my family. I
tatious. I don’t know him well, so I
Advice
love her and know I want to spend the
either don’t respond or give one-word
rest of my life with her, but my dad is
answers.
homophobic, and I know he won’t support my
I feel what he’s doing is inappropriate, but
decision to marry a transgender woman. My I’m unsure how to proceed. He’s extremely
mother will also be disappointed because we sensitive and reactive to rejection. I’m afraid
won’t be able to have children together. I need if I confront him, I will no longer be welcome
your advice. What should I do? — Forbidden in their home. I’m also worried that if I tell
Love In Minnesota
Mia, she’ll be devastated and our friendship
Dear Forbidden Love: You say that will be ruined. Any advice would be appreci-
when you introduced Emma to your family ated. — Anonymous Reader
they liked and accepted her. Because you
Dear Anonymous: If you deal with this
did not tell them then that your fiancée was directly, your friend’s husband will likely deny
transgender, expect them to be surprised. it and become defensive and punitive. Unless
That news will bring your father face to face his flirtation becomes overtly sexual, continue
with his homophobia. As to your mother, to ignore it. Do not respond immediately to
even if Emma were not transgender, there’s his messages. If he asks you why, say you are
no guarantee that Emma would be able to busy. If you feel you must comment, keep it
bear children. In cases of infertility, couples casual, remote and brief. And always ask him
sometimes decide to adopt or employ the help to relay regards to his wife. It may remind him
of a surrogate and an egg donor.
that he’s married.
As a mature adult, the decision about whom
Dear Abby: Under what circumstances
you marry should be yours. Your parents’ do you ask your adult offspring (still living
disapproval should have nothing to do with it. at home, working, doing their own laundry,
If and when you do give them the news, be somewhat feeding themselves) to contribute
prepared for a negative reaction. However, I money toward household expenses? — Just
see no reason why you feel you must tell them Wondering In Pennsylvania
since they didn’t question her gender before.
Dear Just Wondering: At what point? I
Dear Abby: A longtime friend of mine, recommend you do it tonight!
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 30, 1917
A magical transformation of setting, as
instantaneous as the dropping of a curtain at
a theater, will transport the Happy Canyon
audiences this year all in a moment from a
mountain forest to a frontier town. The trans-
formation will be one of the biggest features
of the 1917 show and alone will be worth the
price of admission. This will only be a part of
the overture that is being prepared and which
will probably last 20 minutes. At its conclu-
sion the lights will be turned off for 30 seconds
and when turned on again they will show,
instead of the rocky mountain wall, the fronts
of the business houses of a frontier town. So
ingeniously have the mechanical devices been
worked out for making this transformation
that the change can be made with magical
suddenness. It is accomplished by two-sided
scenery, which can be reversed by the pulling
of a dozen or more cords simultaneously.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 30, 1967
The Milton-Freewater City Council
Monday spent almost two hours in a review
of the battle over who will build High Moun-
tain Sheep Dam on the Snake River. Owen
W. Hurd, Kennewick, managing director of
Washington Public Power Supply System,
made the presentation. Hurd indicated
Milton-Freewater, which owns its electric
power system, will be asked along with other
local utilities in the Northwest to help finance
efforts to get a public agency to build the dam.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 30, 1992
Some plans for Columbia River Bicen-
tennial celebrations have been sunk by the
cancellation of the highly anticipated flotilla
of replica boats to commemorate the claiming
of the Columbia River by Europeans 200
years ago. The flotilla tour was canceled by the
Oregon Historical Society on the advice of its
insurance representatives, who felt there was
too much liability in letting the ships travel
up the river, said Don Eppenbach, mayor of
Irrigon and president of the Columbia River
Heritage Association. Eppenbach called the
cancellation an ultra-conservative move on
the historical society’s part.
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 242nd day of
2017. There are 123 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On August 30, 1997,
Americans received word
of the car crash in Paris that
claimed the lives of Princess
Diana, her boyfriend, Dodi
Fayed, and their driver, Henri
Paul. (Because of the time
difference, it was August 31
where the crash occurred.)
On this date:
In 1861, Union Gen.
John C. Fremont instituted
martial law in Missouri and
declared slaves there to be
free. (However, Fremont’s
emancipation order was
countermanded by President
Abraham Lincoln).
In 1862, Confederate
forces won victories against
the Union at the Second
Battle of Bull Run in
Manassas, Virginia, and
the Battle of Richmond in
Kentucky.
In 1905, Ty Cobb made
his major-league debut as a
player for the Detroit Tigers,
hitting a double in his first
at-bat in a game against the
New York Highlanders. (The
Tigers won, 5-3.)
In 1945, U.S. Gen.
Douglas MacArthur arrived
in Japan to set up Allied
occupation headquarters.
In 1954, President Dwight
D. Eisenhower signed the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
which was intended to
promote private development
of nuclear energy.
In 1963, the “Hot Line”
communications
link
between Washington and
Moscow went into operation.
In 1967, the Senate
confirmed the appointment
of Thurgood Marshall as the
first black justice on the U.S.
Supreme Court.
In 1983, Guion S. Bluford
Jr. became the first black
American astronaut to travel
in space as he blasted off
aboard the Challenger.
In 1984, the space shuttle
Discovery was launched on
its inaugural flight.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actor Bill Daily is 90.
Actress Elizabeth Ashley is
78. Actor Ben Jones is 76.
Cartoonist R. Crumb is 74.
Olympic gold medal skier
Jean-Claude Killy is 74.
Actress Peggy Lipton is 71.
Comedian Lewis Black is
69. Actor Timothy Bottoms
is 66. Actor David Paymer
is 63. Jazz musician Gerald
Albright is 60. Actor Michael
Chiklis is 54. Music producer
Robert Clivilles is 53.
Actress Michael Michele is
51. Country musician Geoff
Firebaugh is 49. Country
singer Sherrie Austin is 46.
Rock singer-musician Lars
Frederiksen (Rancid) is 46.
Actress Cameron Diaz is 45.
Rock musician Leon Caffrey
(Space) is 44. Rock sing-
er-musician Aaron Barrett
(Reel Big Fish) is 43. Rock
musician Matt Taul (Tantric;
Days of the New) is 39.
Thought for Today: “My
son, if sinners entice thee,
consent thou not.” — Prov-
erbs 1:10.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE