Thursday, September 28, 2017
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
East Oregonian
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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