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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Thursday, August 31, 2017 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Mom feels guilt for resisting her ex’s pleas to reconcile FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: My ex is a recovering Dear Happier: No, you do not. drug addict. We have a 2-year-old son You are in charge of your life now, together. I realized he was using drugs and if that gives you peace of mind when I was seven months pregnant and makes you happy, then you are and all our money was gone. under no moral or ethical obligation I stayed with him for a year after to change it. I learned about his addiction. That Please remember that you are not year was the hardest year of my life. responsible for your ex’s happiness. Choosing to leave was extremely You may always love each other, but Jeanne painful, and I still cry about it every Phillips that doesn’t obligate you. If he wants day. to “never give up,” that is his choice. Advice My ex was never the type of addict If you want to move on with your life, who nodded off, cheated or had that is your choice and your privilege. other issues; if it hadn’t been for the money Dear Abby: Can you settle a dispute between disappearing, we would have had a perfect my husband and me? Sometimes, I take it upon relationship. He finally went to rehab and myself to hand-wash my car because I enjoy seems to be doing well. He still goes to work seeing my hard work reflected in my shiny car. at a great job, pays child support now and is When I do, it sparks an argument. involved with our son, who adores him. He His view is that since he’s the man, he wants us to get back together. should be responsible for washing the car. It has been more than a year since we He says there are certain things “women just separated — and I hate to admit this, but don’t do.” I think I’m perfectly capable of I’m the happiest I have ever been. Abby, I washing my car. Should I give up and let him feel guilty about it. Even though I love him, take care of washing my car, or should I stand he broke me as a person with his lies, and I my ground? — Just As Capable don’t think I can ever trust him. I love my life Dear Capable: If you want to wash your with my son, and the thought of us living as car occasionally, it should not be grounds for a family in one house again makes me sick. I an argument. Many women do, and it’s not feel ashamed for not wanting to try, and these an issue. However, because your husband feelings are crippling. seems to find it emasculating, let me suggest I told him I want him to move on, but he that rather than argue about it you allow him says he will always love me and will never to spoil you by doing it for you from time to give up. Do I owe it to him — and our time. And when he does, if you feel compelled child — to try and work it out? — Happier to polish something, let it be your nails while Without Him he’s out there sweating in the driveway. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 31, 1917 The steamer carrying a unit of the Amer- ican Medical Corps which included Dr. Earl V. Morrow, formerly of this city, narrowly escaped destruction by a German submarine. Only the expert marksmanship of the chief gunner saved the vessel and perhaps the lives of many of those on board. This is Dr. Morrow’s second trip to the battlefields, he having been in the service of the Red Cross in Belgium two years ago. At that time he was decorated with the Order of Leopold by King Albert, of Belgium. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 31, 1967 The fireplace in Riverside High School, which has been the subject of so much controversy, was dropped from the building plans Monday night at a special meeting of the board of directors at the Lexington district office. Howard Glazier, Portland architect who drew the plans, showed board members a drawing of the proposed fireplace which was to be located in a standing wall in the student commons area. During a lengthy discussion the directors agreed that inclusion of the fireplace added greatly to the beauty of the rooms, but were also in agreement that the additional cost was more than the district should pay. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 31, 1992 What will Oregon look like in 2100? If global climate changes now under way continue, the whole state could look a lot like the rugged terrain of old western movies — scrubby bushes on sun-baked ground, say ecologists at Oregon State University. Based on the potential impact of global climate change, some Cascade Range forests might survive — at much higher elevations — but forests in the Blue Mountains in Eastern Oregon will disappear or be relegated to the mountaintops. The sagebrush drylands of Eastern Oregon would undergo serious desertification. 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 243rd day of 2017. There are 122 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 31, 1997, Prince Charles brought Princess Diana home for the last time, escorting the body of his former wife to a Britain that was shocked, grief-stricken and angered by her death in a Paris traffic accident earlier that day. On this date: In 1867, French poet Charles Baudelaire, 46, died in Paris. In 1886, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.3 devastated Charleston, South Carolina, killing at least 60 people, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In 1916, the musical revue “The Big Show,” featuring the song “Poor Butterfly” by Raymond Hubbell and John Golden, opened at New York’s Hippodrome. In 1939, the first issue of Marvel Comics, featuring the Human Torch, was published by Timely Publi- cations in New York. In 1941, the radio program “The Great Gild- ersleeve,” a spinoff from “Fibber McGee and Molly” starring Harold Peary, debuted on NBC. In 1954, Hurricane Carol hit the northeastern Atlantic states; Connecticut, Rhode Island and part of Massa- chusetts bore the brunt of the storm, which resulted in some 70 deaths. In 1965, the U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate in voting to estab- lish the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Devel- opment. In 1972, at the Munich Summer Olympics, Amer- ican swimmer Mark Spitz won his fourth and fifth gold medals in the 100-meter butterfly and 800-meter freestyle relay; Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut won gold medals in floor exercise and the balance beam. In 1986, 82 people were killed when an Aeromexico jetliner and a small private plane collided over Cerritos, California. The Soviet passenger ship Admiral Nakhimov collided with a merchant vessel in the Black Sea, causing both to sink; up to 448 people reportedly died. In 1987, the Michael Jackson album “Bad” was released by Epic Records. Today’s Birthdays: Japa- nese monster movie actor Katsumi Tezuka (“Godzilla”) is 105. Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson is 82. Actor Warren Berlinger is 80. Rock musician Jerry Allison (Buddy Holly and the Crickets) is 78. Actor Jack Thompson is 77. Violinist Itzhak Perlman is 72. Singer Van Morrison is 72. Rock musician Rudolf Schenker (The Scorpions) is 69. Actor Richard Gere is 68. Actor Stephen Henderson is 68. Olympic gold medal track and field athlete Edwin Moses is 62. Rock singer Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze) is 60. Rock musician Gina Schock (The Go-Go’s) is 60. Singer Tony DeFranco (The DeFranco Family) is 58. Rhythm-and-blues musician Larry Waddell (Mint Condi- tion) is 54. Baseball pitcher Hideo Nomo is 49. Rock musician Jeff Russo (Tonic) is 48. Singer-composer Deborah Gibson is 47. Rock musician Greg Richling (Wallflowers) is 47. Actor Chris Tucker is 45. Thought for Today: “Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess.” — Edna Woolman Chase, American fashion editor (1877-1957). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
