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East Oregonian
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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