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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