Tuesday, September 19, 2017
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
East Oregonian
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DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Daughter of self-centered
mom craves a role model
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My mother is
consider doing some volunteer work
extremely self-centered. Ever since I
for seniors, perhaps at a senior citizen
can remember, everything has always
center. Your efforts will be valued,
been about her. That’s probably why
and in a short time you may begin
she and Dad split. You can’t have a
building relationships with more than
conversation with her without her
one person who can assuage your
turning it around and making it about
emptiness while you fill a need in
her.
their lives, too.
I’m 25. I just want to have a regular
Dear Abby: My sister asked if I
Jeanne
conversation with my mom without Phillips would attend a women’s conference
her somehow bringing the mood
with her. I hastily agreed, and we
Advice
down by saying she has demons to
kind of dropped it until recently. The
deal with on her own and she can’t be
conference is eight months away and
positive or happy for others.
I just found out the location and who will be
Abby, there’s nothing wrong with her! the speakers. After reviewing the informa-
She’s healthy, fit, has a wonderful job she tion, I realize I’m not all that interested in
claims to love, and friends she goes out with attending.
often and seems to have fun with. She’s out
When I told my sister, she became furious!
literally every weekend. I just don’t get why I apologized for letting her down, but I don’t
she never makes time for me or any of my want to spend hundreds of dollars to attend
siblings.
a conference I’m not that jazzed about.
I’m afraid I’ll never have that mother/ She’s still mad at me, and I don’t want to
daughter relationship. Maybe I wouldn’t dismiss her feelings, but I feel that canceling
care so much if I had another role model to eight months in advance is OK. We hadn’t
confide in, but unfortunately, I have neither purchased tickets or made hotel reservations
a mother nor a father figure in my life. My yet. Can you give me some advice? — Don’t
siblings and I have been cheated in the parent Want To Go
department — a father who left us and a
Dear Don’t Want To: Your sister may
mother who thinks only of herself. Advice? have had more in mind than just the confer-
— Lost Soul In Ohio
ence when she invited you to go with her.
Dear Lost Soul: This may be of small She may have wanted a bonding experience
comfort to you, but other readers over the as well, which may be why she has reacted
years have described situations like your so strongly.
own. I’ll share with you what I have advised
I agree that eight months in advance is
them.
sufficient notice that you want to cancel. It
Because your mother apparently feels her may smooth her ruffled feathers if you call
parenting job is finished, it’s time to build a your sister and suggest there might be some-
“family” of your own. Because you crave thing else you can do together that would be
the wisdom an older woman can provide, of greater interest to both of you.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 18-19, 1917
Detected in the act of stealing the Ford
runabout of the East Oregonian last night,
two well known Pendleton boys were pursued
and captured, but not until one of them had
drawn a .38 calibre revolver and turned upon
R.W. Fletcher, circulation manager of the
East Oregonian, who was close at his heels.
Fletcher grappled with the boy, seized the
hand that held the gun and wrenched the
weapon away from him. He marched the
boy a prisoner up town where he met Sheriff
Taylor, who took the boy in charge. They
returned to the Happy Canyon pavilion where
the car had been left. There they found the
other boy who had been over taken by M.R.
Chessman after a chase of several blocks,
which ended at the levee. The boy ran into a
wire netting which checked his flight. A third
boy made a successful getaway.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 18-19, 1967
The 56th annual Round-Up came to
a happy close Saturday afternoon with a
capacity crowd of some 16,000 persons
loudly applauding the awarding of the
all-around championship and a leg on the
Oregon Journal trophy to young Larry Mahan
of Brooks, who only the day previous had
been given the Oregon Cowboy of the Year
award by Gov. Tom McCall. It was a tremen-
dous triumph for a popular rodeo star who
also won the RCA national championship last
year and is gunning for it again.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 18-19, 1992
As cars crowd the streets and RVS over-
shadow every rentable blade of grass, many
people find their feet to be the fastest on
Round-Up week. And now that the city has
shed light on the Umatilla River Parkway
from the Round-Up Grounds to Main Street,
nighttime footing is safer and more scenic.
The city finished lighting the third section
of the parkway just in time for Round-Up
crowds, and pedestrians are already taking
advantage. The paved walkway along the
Umatilla River is now illuminated by lamps
dotting the walk from Highway 30 to Main
Street.
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 262nd day of
2017. There are 103 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On September 19, 1777,
the first Battle of Saratoga
was fought during the Revo-
lutionary War; although
British forces succeeded in
driving out the American
troops,
the Americans
prevailed in a second battle
the following month.
On this date:
In
1796,
President
George Washington’s fare-
well address was published.
In it, America’s first chief
executive advised, “Observe
good faith and justice toward
all nations. Cultivate peace
and harmony with all.”
In 1881, the 20th pres-
ident of the United States,
James A. Garfield, died 2½
months after being shot by
Charles Guiteau; Chester
Alan Arthur became presi-
dent.
In 1915, vaudeville
performer W.C. Fields made
his movie debut as “Pool
Sharks,” a one-reel silent
comedy, was released.
In 1945, Nazi radio
propagandist William Joyce,
known as “Lord Haw-Haw,”
was convicted of treason
and sentenced to death by a
British court.
In 1957, the United States
conducted its first contained
underground nuclear test,
code-named “Rainier,” in
the Nevada desert.
In 1959, Soviet leader
Nikita Khrushchev, in Los
Angeles as part of his U.S.
tour, reacted angrily upon
being told that, for security
reasons, he wouldn’t get to
visit Disneyland.
In 1970, the “Mary Tyler
Moore” show debuted on
CBS-TV.
In 1982, the smiley
emoticon was invented by
Carnegie Mellon University
professor Scott E. Fahlman,
who suggested punctuating
humorously
intended
computer messages with a
colon followed by a hyphen
and a parenthesis as a hori-
zontal “smiley face.” :-)
Today’s
Birthdays:
Author Roger Angell is 97.
Host James Lipton (TV:
“Inside the Actors Studio”)
is 91. Actress Rosemary
Harris is 90. Former Defense
Secretary Harold Brown is
90. Actor David McCallum
is 84. Singer-songwriter Paul
Williams is 77. Singer Bill
Medley is 77. Singer Sylvia
Tyson (Ian and Sylvia) is 77.
R&B singer Freda Payne is
75. Golfer Jane Blalock is
72. Singer David Bromberg
is 72. Former NFL running
back Larry Brown is 70.
Actor Jeremy Irons is 69.
Musician-producer
Nile
Rodgers is 65. College Foot-
ball Hall of Famer and former
NFL player Reggie Williams
is 63. Rock singer Lita Ford
is 59. “Tonight Show” host
Jimmy Fallon is 43. Folk-
rock singers-musicians Sara
and Tegan Quin are 37.
Thought for Today: “If
you are losing your leisure,
look out; you may be losing
your soul.” — Logan
Pearsall Smith, Anglo-Amer-
ican author (1865-1946).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE