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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Friday, October 6, 2017 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Moving away isn’t the answer to kids’ early morning mayhem FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: Suggesting that an them. That young mom and her kids older couple (“Upset in Washington,” are the newbies. The older couple has June 13) move to a community for lived there a long, long time. people over age 55 because they’re I say yes to getting soundproof bothered by the neighbors’ children windows. And perhaps “Upset’s” playing outside early in the morning husband should have a talk with his is just one more example of how we doctor about his health-related sleep have ended up living in a world of problems. However, ultimately, the intolerance and division. parents must take responsibility for Jeanne I’m the mother of a lively Phillips their young kids instead of shoving 6-year-old boy, and I would suggest them outside for the neighbors and Advice that what really needs to happen is a unlucky drivers to deal with. Let the kind and thoughtful discussion about kids play inside at 8 a.m. how the kids can be taught to respect their P.S. Sometimes, being nice to the neighbors and play more quietly in the morn- neighbor kids and getting to know them ings. There’s no reason why a compromise one-on-one can make a challenging can’t be reached. situation better. It did for me. — Also In Communities for older adults are, in Washington my opinion, beneficial when they provide Dear Abby: In my neighborhood, the long-term care and are integrated into the landscapers arrive at 7 a.m. to mow, blow larger community and society. Places that and edge. The racket wakes everyone. The amount to self-contained towns populated answer for us was the white noise machine only by people over 55 are the product of a our daughter got us. During a nap I use it society unwilling to be compassionate about because garbage trucks and delivery vans different needs and priorities, and unaware make more noise than kids playing or the of the benefits of shared intergenerational school bus. — Ann From Sun City wisdom and enthusiasms. — Massachusetts Dear Abby: I called the police because Mommy of screaming children. After they came, Dear Mommy: Like you, many readers I never heard the screaming again. Years were against the idea of the couple being earlier in another neighborhood, cops came forced to move because of the noise. They to make kids stop the noise. I’ll repeat what offered suggestions for coping, as well as the officer told me: “Everyone is entitled to opinions about the parenting of the neighbor peace.” — Michigan Reader children. Read on: Dear Abby: There may be a local ordi- Dear Abby: When people move into a nance that there must be no noise before neighborhood, they need to try to fit in rather 9 a.m. “Upset” should check into this. — than demand the neighbors accommodate Claire In New York 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 Oct. 6, 1917 A number of the O.-W. conductors and brakemen working through Pendleton have already equipped themselves with the new electric lantern which the Union Pacific has adopted in place of the old oil lanterns. The company furnishes the batteries and globes but each trainman buys his own lantern. The new lantern is smaller but of about the same weight of the oil burners but is more handy. It will fold up so that it may be carried in a grip and can be so adjusted as to serve as a lamp for the trainman while making up his train at night. The light shines out through the lower end of the lantern and no wind can blow it out. The lantern is also water proof. The batteries will give service for two or three weeks without being recharged. It might be also added that the new lantern makes a mighty good weapon in case a trainman feels obliged to whang some prowler over the head. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 6, 1967 Fingerprints on the door knob, jimmied door casing, hot coffee pot, front and back doors open, tire tracks in the dirt. Are these clues to who did it? Who stole the ammu- nition from the Lawman’s gun club? In this simulated situation, Donald Pedigo’s police science class at Blue Mountain Community College attempted to gather evidence to pinpoint the make-believe culprit. “It gives them actual practice in the field and a chance to learn from mistakes,” says Pedigo, BMCC police science instructor the last two years after some 25 years with the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Department as a crime investigator. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 6, 1992 If Wyman Faircloth ever took a day off, his students would be quick to notice. As superintendent of the state’s smallest unified school, Faircloth is also its principal. And its cook, bus driver, maintenance worker and teacher, on occasion. “Cliques don’t last long here,” says Faircloth, of the 55 students who stretch between kindergarten and 12th grade. Indeed, while enrollment at neighboring schools swells each year, Ukiah keeps its low numbers — and likes it that way. Perched atop a rambling hillside, the tiny school looks out over the evergreen-covered Blue Mountains. A good proportion of the school’s student body is made up of children whose parents work for the U.S. Forest Service. 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 279th day of 2017. There are 86 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 6, 1927, the era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson, a feature containing both silent and sound-synchronized sequences. On this date: In 1683, thirteen families from Krefeld, Germany, arrived in Philadelphia to begin Germantown, one of America’s oldest settlements. In 1884, the Naval War College was established in Newport, Rhode Island. In 1892, British poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson died in Surrey, England, at age 83. In 1939, in a speech to the Reichstag, German Chan- cellor Adolf Hitler spoke of his plans to reorder the ethnic layout of Europe — a plan which would entail settling the “Jewish problem.” In 1949, U.S.-born Iva Toguri D’Aquino, convicted of treason for being Japanese wartime broadcaster “Tokyo Rose,” was sentenced in San Francisco to 10 years in prison (she ended up serving more than six). In 1958, the nuclear submarine USS Seawolf surfaced after spending 60 days submerged. In 1960, the historical drama “Spartacus,” starring Kirk Douglas and directed by Stanley Kubrick, had its world premiere in New York. In 1973, war erupted in the Middle East as Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel during the Yom Kippur holiday. (Israel, initially caught off guard, managed to push back the Arab forces before a cease- fire finally took hold in the nearly three-week conflict.) In 1976, President Gerald R. Ford, in his second presi- dential debate with Democrat Jimmy Carter, asserted that there was “no Soviet domina- tion of eastern Europe.” (Ford later conceded such was not the case.) In 1979, Pope John Paul II, on a week-long U.S. tour, became the first pontiff to visit the White House, where he was received by President Jimmy Carter. In 1981, Egyptian Presi- dent Anwar Sadat was shot to death by extremists while reviewing a military parade. In 1989, actress Bette Davis died in Neuilly-sur- Seine, France, at age 81. Today’s Birthdays: Broadcaster and writer Melvyn Bragg is 78. Singer Millie Small is 71. Singer-mu- sician Thomas McClary is 68. Musician Sid McGinnis is 68. CBS chief executive officer Les Moonves is 68. Rock singer Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon) is 66. Rock singer-musician David Hidalgo (Los Lobos) is 63. Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Dungy is 62. Thought for Today: “Sometimes the heart sees what’s invisible to the eye.” — Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
