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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, September 21, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Woman’s co-workers ridicule
her extreme aversion to blood
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I’m a 30-year-old
they are either extremely thoughtless
female who has extreme hemophobia.
and insensitive, or do it intentionally
I cannot see blood or hear people talk
to upset you or make you sick.
about anything blood-related. I pass
Raise the subject again with your
out when my blood is drawn, and I
supervisor. Explain that you don’t
cannot have a finger-prick blood test
want to look for another job and what
either. It’s even difficult for me to
they’re doing is creating the opposite
write this message.
of a friendly work environment. If
I work in an office and I have told
he still won’t intervene, consider
Jeanne
my co-workers about my problem Phillips discussing your problem with a
and asked them to please avoid the
mental health professional who
Advice
topic when I’m present. They think
specializes in phobias, because there
my request is unreasonable and that
may be a therapy that can help to
I’m just being silly. When someone brings lessen or even eliminate your condition.
up the subject, I quickly leave the room, sit
Dear Abby: I am wondering about the use
down out of earshot and put my head between of the term “fiancée.” Urban Dictionary says
my legs. Then they laugh at me. When I it is now considered a “White Trash culture”
mentioned this problem to my supervisor, he term for a long-term girlfriend. I’m beginning
said he doesn’t feel there is anything he can to hear it used more and more often by people
do about it because it’s not a subject that is I certainly would not think of as white trash.
against company policy or taboo.
Is there another way to refer to a significant
I’m just looking for some compassion other when no wedding is planned or a date
and understanding from my co-workers. I set? Do other cultures or languages have a
don’t want to have to find another job, but I word for this? — Wondering About Words
can’t keep running for cover every day, and
Dear Wondering: “Fiancée” is a word
I don’t want to pass out and injure myself. of French origin that is defined as “a woman
How can I make them see that this is a real engaged to be married.” When couples
medical problem and I’m not just looking for cohabitate with no plan to marry, the term they
attention? — Passing Out In Missouri
often use when referring to their significant
Dear Passing Out: Unless you work in a other is “partner.” Of course, our culture is
doctor’s office or a blood bank, I fail to see more liberal than some others that label those
why the subject of blood would come up on a who choose to live this way as “fornicators.”
regular basis. Because your co-workers know While other cultures may have terms for it, I
how it affects you, I can only assume that am unfamiliar with them.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 21, 1917
Recently there has been an epidemic of
bicycle thefts in Pendleton and this morning
the cache of stolen “bikes” was discovered
by Shelby Alloway, a Pendleton boy who
lost his own wheel last Sunday. While
delivering some medicine to the plant of the
Warren Construction Co. in the riverbed near
Round-Up park, he suddenly come upon 8
bicycles stacked one on top of the other. On
the bottom was his own. Others he recognized
as belonging to Everett Zuiderduin, Harry
Forshaw and Gray Bros. A vacant tent was
pitched nearby. He has reported the matter to
the police.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 21, 1967
You can even play tic-tac-toe on Blue
Mountain Community College’s new
computer. Don L. Buhman, director of
BMCC’s new data processing center, said the
capabilities of the 1130 IBM are practically
unlimited. The computer, perhaps the first
in Umatilla County, won’t be able to figure
out how to send a rocket to the moon in a
first attempt. “But we probably could do it
in six to eight passes,” joked Buhman. The
computer will aid in registration procedures
and school business, such as figuring payroll
and accounts payable, and eventually will be
used in the curriculum.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 21, 1992
When students in Judy Severin’s class take
their seats it’s a guessing game as to which
grade they’re in. In her Athena Elementary
School classroom, fourth, fifth and sixth
graders sit side by side, petty peer group
distinctions fading as quickly as September
sunlight. “I’ve had to change the way I teach
everything,” Severin said. “I’m stretching
myself as well as my students every day.”
The veteran fourth-grade teacher is one of the
first to put the state’s recommended multi-age
group classroom into practice. Although the
Legislature outlined “blended classrooms”
for first through third graders as part of its
far-reaching school reform act, Severin
believes the concept is equally attractive to
older elementary-aged children.
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 264th day
of 2017. There are 101 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On September 21,
1897, responding to a letter
from 8-year-old Virginia
O’Hanlon, the New York
Sun ran its famous editorial
by Francis P. Church that
declared, “Yes, Virginia,
there is a Santa Claus.
He exists as certainly as
love and generosity and
devotion exist, and you
know that they abound and
give to your life its highest
beauty and joy.”
On this date:
In 1792, the French
National Convention voted
to abolish the monarchy.
In 1925, the Rudolf
Friml operetta “The Vaga-
bond King” opened on
Broadway.
In 1937, “The Hobbit,”
by J.R.R. Tolkien, was first
published by George Allen
& Unwin, Ltd. of London.
In 1938, a hurricane
struck parts of New York
and New England, causing
widespread damage and
claiming some 700 lives.
In 1948, Milton Berle
made his debut as perma-
nent host of “The Texaco
Star Theater” on NBC-TV.
In 1957, Norway’s King
Haakon VII died in Oslo at
age 85. The legal mystery-
drama “Perry Mason,”
starring Raymond Burr,
premiered on CBS-TV.
In 1964, Malta gained
independence from Britain.
In 1970, “NFL Monday
Night Football” made its
debut on ABC-TV as the
Cleveland Browns defeated
the visiting New York Jets,
31-21.
In 1977, after weeks of
controversy over past busi-
ness and banking practices,
President Jimmy Carter’s
embattled budget director,
Bert Lance, resigned.
In 1987, NFL players
called a strike, mainly
over the issue of free
agency.
(The
24-day
walkout prompted football
owners to hire replacement
players.)
In 1989, Hurricane Hugo
crashed into Charleston,
South Carolina (the storm
was blamed for 56 deaths in
the Caribbean and 29 in the
United States). Twenty-one
students in Alton, Texas,
died when their school bus,
hit by a soft-drink delivery
truck, careened into a
water-filled pit.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Author-comedian
Fannie
Flagg is 76. Producer Jerry
Bruckheimer is 74. Former
Kentucky
Gov.
Steve
Beshear is 73. Musician Don
Felder is 70. Author Stephen
King is 70. Basketball Hall
of Famer Artis Gilmore is
68. Actor-comedian Bill
Murray is 67. Hall of Fame
jockey Eddie Delahoussaye
is 66. Former Australian
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
is 60. Movie producer-writer
Ethan Coen is 60. Actor-co-
median Dave Coulier is 58.
Actor David James Elliott
is 57. Actress Serena Scott-
Thomas is 56. Actress Nancy
Travis is 56. Actor Rob
Morrow is 55. Actor Angus
Macfadyen is 54. Retired
MLB All-Star Cecil Fielder
is 54. Country singer Faith
Hill is 50. Rock musician
Tyler Stewart (Barenaked
Ladies) is 50. Country singer
Ronna Reeves is 49. Actress-
talk show host Ricki Lake
is 49. Rapper Dave (De La
Soul) is 49. TV personality
Nicole Richie is 36. Rapper
Wale is 33.
Thought for Today: “I
found more joy in sorrow /
Than you could find in joy.”
— Sara Teasdale, American
author and poet (1884-1933).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE