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Thursday, September 28, 2017 PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK East Oregonian Page 7A DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Looking back, mom regrets children’s unhappy childhood FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I got pregnant very they were conceived, it was the era of young and married the father. It was shotgun weddings, and divorce was in the ’60s and things were very less common than it is today. different then. I didn’t realize my Dear Abby: A friend of mine husband simply did not like children. had to move out of her apartment I attributed it to his being in the suddenly about a week ago. She’s Marines, a Vietnam vet, etc. We had leaving the country in a few weeks never heard of PTSD, but he probably and plans to look for a new place had it. We struggled, and he was very when she returns. We told her she’s Jeanne abusive to the children, even when Phillips welcome to stay with us until then. they were small. I know this may seem a strange Advice After 17 years we divorced, but I complaint about a houseguest, but feel my children always got a raw deal. she’s TOO polite. She refuses to walk Things are so different now. Single women into the house even though I have told her are proud of being unmarried and pregnant. to let herself in or I call out “come in” when Men are taking a much more active role in she rings the doorbell. Instead, she waits until caring for their children. Every time I see a we answer the door. She asks before using father holding, feeding, smiling or interacting anything or even getting a glass of water. with his children I feel such sadness that it Abby, if this was a guest we don’t see often was never like that for us. Sometimes I have coming to visit, of course we’d be happy to fantasies where I have taken the children and attend to the person’s needs or feel obliged left. I regret very much that I didn’t. to eat meals together. But I consider this to My first husband is dead now, but I still be more of a temporary roommate situation, have these feelings of regret. Would it help to and I don’t want to feel like we have company write letters to my children telling them how every day. I feel? I would put the letters away and give My husband and I work long hours. When them to them either when I feel the time is we come home from work, we want to be lazy, right, or for them to read after my death. — lie on the sofa and order takeout if neither of Regrets In Life us feels like cooking. How do I tell her that Dear Regrets: I don’t know how old your while her consideration is appreciated, I really children are now, but if they were born in the NEED her to relax a bit and make herself at ’60s, I assume they are well into their 50s. The home? — Frustrated In California time to communicate this to them is NOW. Dear Frustrated: The way to tell her is Instead of putting your apologies in a letter, exactly the way you explained it to me — that why not say it directly? They probably need because she’s a friend, you want to dispense to hear it from you. And when you discuss with the formalities and just relax. And for her this with them, remind them that at the time to ignore your wishes would be inconsiderate. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE DILBERT THE WIZARD OF ID LUANN ZITS BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Sept. 28, 1917 Whether the government boarding school at the Umatilla agency shall be discontinued in favor of two government day schools, one at the agency and one on Tutuilla is a matter that is to be passed on by the Indians of the local reservation and others having allotments on the reserve. As the matter is understood by Major Swarzlander the majority view of the Indians will be respected but it is the desire of the Indian bureau to do away with the boarding school if possible. Supervisor Lipps who was here last spring recommended that the boarding school be abolished and in a report to the bureau declared most of the local Indians are well to do and better able than whites to keep their children in day schools. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Sept. 28, 1967 Tickets have gone on sale for an important musical event in Pendleton. The Suzuki 1967 Talent Education Tour will make its only Northwest appearance at the Vert Auditorium on Saturday, Oct. 7. Sponsored by the string THIS DAY IN HISTORY BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE BY SCOTT ADAMS BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART BY GREG EVANS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN department of Pendleton Public Schools, the ten youthful violinists and their teachers will arrive at Pendleton Airport on Thursday, Oct. 5. They will be met by around 100 string pupils from Pendleton schools, who will serenade the Japanese artists, said Shirlene McMichael, director of the string program here. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Sept. 28, 1992 In the days of the trappers and fur traders, animal pelts meant money. A similar exchange has been going on the past two years up and down the Columbia and Snake rivers, but now it’s not pelts that bring in the money — it’s fish. Ironically, the valuable fish is one previously considered worthless. For years fishermen routinely threw back squawfish, which are extremely bony. But thanks to a program sponsored by the Bonneville Power Administration, the northern squawfish has become valuable: $3 for every squawfish over 11 inches in length. The squawfish project is part of the larger salmon reclama- tion program along the hydroelectric systems on both rivers. Today is the 271st day of 2017. There are 94 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On September 28, 1892, the first nighttime football game took place in Mans- field, Pennsylvania, as teams from Mansfield State Normal and Wyoming Seminary played under electric lights to a scoreless tie. (The game was called after the first half due to hazardous conditions caused by inadequate illumi- nation; it also didn’t help that a lighting pole was located in the middle of the field.) On this date: In 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England to claim the English throne. In 1542, Portuguese navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo arrived at pres- ent-day San Diego. In 1787, the Congress of the Confederation voted to send the just-completed Constitution of the United States to state legislatures for their approval. In 1850, flogging was abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy. In 1914, the First Battle of the Aisne during World War I ended inconclusively. In 1928, Scottish medical researcher Alex- ander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first effective antibiotic. In 1939, during World War II, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a treaty calling for the parti- tioning of Poland, which the two countries had invaded. In 1958, voters in the African country of Guinea overwhelmingly favored independence from France. In 1967, Walter E. Wash- ington was sworn in as the first mayor-commissioner of the District of Columbia following his appointment by President Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1976, Muhammad Ali kept his world heavyweight boxing championship with a close 15-round decision over Ken Norton at New York’s Yankee Stadium. In 1989, deposed Phil- ippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos died in exile in Hawaii at age 72. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Brigitte Bardot is 83. Actor Joel Higgins is 74. Singer Helen Shapiro is 71. Movie writer-director-actor John Sayles is 67. Rock musician George Lynch is 63. Zydeco singer-musician C.J. Chenier is 60. Actor Steve Hytner is 58. Actress-come- dian Janeane Garofalo is 53. Country singer Matt King is 51. Actress Mira Sorvino is 50. TV personality/ singer Moon Zappa is 50. Actress-model Carre Otis is 49. Actress Naomi Watts is 49. Country singer Karen Fairchild (Little Big Town) is 48. Country musician Chuck Crawford is 44. Country singer Mandy Barnett is 42. Rapper Young Jeezy is 40. World Golf Hall of Famer Se Ri Pak is 40. Writer-pro- ducer-director-actor Bam Margera is 38. Pop-rock singer St. Vincent is 35. Rock musician Daniel Platzman (Imagine Dragons) is 31. Actress Hilary Duff is 30. Thought for Today: “A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.” — Thomas Mann, German writer (1875-1955). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
