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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, September 7, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Wife concerned about husband
talking to neighborhood kids
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I have been happily
now, males do have to be more
married to “Roger” for 20 years and
circumspect with minor children than
have two kids still at home. They
they did years ago. Frankly, that’s a
are pretty independent now, but
shame, because kids gain so much
my husband was very involved in
confidence by knowing an adult is
coaching and volunteering when they
interested in what they have to say.
were younger.
Consider staying with your husband
Sometimes when Roger and I take
during these friendly instances as a
walks, we run into children playing
“buffer.”
Jeanne
in a yard or biking up and down the Phillips
Dear Abby: My husband and
block. If they initiate conversation, I’ll
I have two homes. We summer in
Advice
smile at them and respond with a quick
Michigan and winter in Florida. To
“hi” or “nice bike” and keep walking,
save money on maintenance, I’d
but my husband will stop to chat or listen to like to sell the house in Michigan and move
what they say. I have told him not to do that permanently to Florida. My husband doesn’t
regardless of whether they seem willing. My want to be in Florida during the summer, but
fear is that an overprotective mom (like many he also does not want to be in Michigan in
of us moms) glancing out the window and the winter. He won’t make a decision, but he
seeing a middle-aged stranger talking to their leans toward living in Michigan full time.
child may assume the worst.
Because I don’t like living up north in
I know Roger loves kids, and we both the winter, I have told him I’ll be staying
sometimes miss the younger years when kids all year in Florida starting in January to see
could be more open and talk with adults, but how it is. He plans to return to Michigan. Our
times have changed. This used to happen Florida home is older, so to come out ahead
more often when we’d go swimming with financially, we would need to sell our place
our kids and other kids who were bored and in Michigan in order to buy a newer one in
not closely supervised would be looking for Florida. Any ideas on how this could be
other people playing together to join. I used settled? — Warmer Weather
to worry then that if I wasn’t there it could be
Dear Warmer Weather: Your idea about
misconstrued, although my fears never came living for a “trial year” in Florida isn’t a bad
to pass.
one. After spending a hot, humid summer
Do you agree that adults (and especially there, you might change your mind about
male adults) have to be overly cautious about relocating permanently. You state that your
engaging in any communication with an reason for wanting to sell the Michigan home
unaccompanied child? — Changing Times is you want a newer one than the place you
In The Midwest
presently own down south. Perhaps you could
Dear Changing Times: I think (regret- satisfy yourself AND your spouse by simply
tably) that the answer to your question is yes. spending some money to update the old one a
Because fears of molestation are so prevalent bit. Please consider it.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 7, 1917
Virgil Willaby, on the first draft list from
Umatilla County, cannot respond to the call
of the flag because he is now minus two
toes from one foot. The manner in which
the aforesaid toes were removed is causing
considerable conversation today but the
best and most authenticated version is that
Willaby shot off his toes while fooling with
a shot gun. Whether the affair was accidental
or otherwise is not known but his friends
take the accident theory. Willaby lives near
Athena and is engaged in farming.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 7, 1967
The residents of Ukiah, a hamlet near
Highway 395 in the Blue Mountains, drive
50 miles north to Pendleton to wash their
clothes. Last year, many laundered in Camas
Creek on the south edge of town. But this
summer there’s hardly a trickle over the rocks
that squint in the sun. Ukiah, a town with a
general store, school, tavern, several service
stations, a few other businesses, a Umatilla
National Forest ranger station, and some 100
homes, is bone dry. People drive three miles
down the road to a creek for water. Hopes for
water are up on the hill north of town, near
the school house. A large drilling rig looms
above the town. Well drillers started work
last Thursday afternoon, hoping to hit water
400 or 500 feet down in Columbia River
basalt sometime this week.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 7, 1992
Looking for a good cup of espresso?
Try Country Flowers on Main Street in
Condon — yes, Condon. The same applies
if you’re looking for a bouquet of flowers, a
soda fountain treat, children’s toys, gourmet
cooking utensils, baskets, craft materials,
collectible dolls, jewelry, knick knacks and
lace. There are literally hundreds of unique
gifts crammed — creatively and pleasingly
— into this Main Street store with the historic
front. Darla Seale leads a busy life with her
store and the White Elephant wheat ranch
near Condon, which she and her husband,
Sam, own. Seale also has four children to
keep her busy.
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
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 250th day of
2017. There are 115 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On September 7, 1927,
American television pioneer
Philo T. Farnsworth, 21,
succeeded in transmitting
the image of a line through
purely electronic means with
a device called an “image
dissector” at his San Fran-
cisco laboratory.
On this date:
In 1892, James J. Corbett
knocked out John L. Sullivan
to win the world heavyweight
crown in New Orleans in a
fight conducted under the
Marquess of Queensberry
rules.
In 1916, the Federal
Employees Compensation
Act, providing financial
assistance to federal workers
who suffer job-related inju-
ries, was signed into law by
President Woodrow Wilson.
In 1936, rock-and-roll
legend Buddy Holly was
born Charles Hardin Holley
in Lubbock, Texas.
In 1940, Nazi Germany
began its eight-month blitz
of Britain during World War
II with the first air attack on
London.
In 1964, the controversial
“Daisy” commercial for
President Lyndon Johnson’s
election campaign, featuring
a girl plucking flower petals
followed by a nuclear explo-
sion, aired on NBC-TV.
In 1967, the situation
comedy “The Flying Nun,”
starring Sally Field as a
novice nun who finds that
she can fly, debuted on ABC.
In 1977, the Panama
Canal treaties, calling for
the U.S. to eventually turn
over control of the waterway
to Panama, were signed in
Washington by President
Jimmy Carter and Panama-
nian leader Omar Torrijos.
In 1979, the Entertain-
ment and Sports Program-
ming Network (ESPN) made
its cable TV debut.
In 1996, rapper Tupac
Shakur was shot and mortally
wounded on the Las Vegas
Strip; he died six days later.
Today’s Birthdays: Jazz
musician Sonny Rollins is
87. Actor Bruce Gray is 81.
Singer Gloria Gaynor is
74. Singer Alfa Anderson
(Chic) is 71. Actress Susan
Blakely is 69. Rock musician
Dennis Thompson (MC5)
is 69. Actress Julie Kavner
is 67. Rock singer Chrissie
Hynde (The Pretenders) is
66. Rock musician Benmont
Tench (Tom Petty & the
Heartbreakers) is 64. Actor
Corbin Bernsen is 63. Actor
Michael Emerson is 63.
Pianist Michael Feinstein is
61. Singer Margot Chapman
is 60. Actress J. Smith-Cam-
eron is 60. Actor W. Earl
Brown is 54. Actor Toby
Jones is 51. Actress-co-
median Leslie Jones (TV:
“Saturday Night Live”) is 50.
Actress Evan Rachel Wood
is 30.
Thought for Today:
“Television has proved that
people will look at anything
rather than each other.” —
Ann Landers, American
advice columnist (1918-
2002).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE