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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Racy texts from co-worker
cause man’s wife concern
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My husband, “Ralph,”
and I’m disgusted that he assumed
and I have been married for 30 years.
I was blushing because I liked the
He recently started receiving sexually
attention when it was the opposite! At
oriented texts from a male co-worker
the same time, I am fearful of a man
I’ll call Mike. What Ralph once read
reacting aggressively if I were to say
aloud to me saying, “He’s such a
something.
goof. Listen to this!” has now become
I was hoping you could tell me
covert reading for him.
what to say or do in order to better
Ralph and I have no secrets. Our
handle these situations in the future.
Jeanne
phones are accessible to each other, Phillips I want to be more vocal; I just don’t
so sometimes if his phone is lying
know how to be. — Blushing In
Advice
around, I’ll see things such as “Sitting
Texas
on the deck with just a towel on the
Dear Blushing: Whether you
bits and pieces. Nice breeze!” with heart eye were red with embarrassment or pale with
emojis. They are later deleted.
anger is irrelevant. You should report him
I have asked Ralph point-blank if he has to his employer to make sure he will never
feelings for Mike, which he denies. But he come to your home again.
won’t ask him to stop, either. Ralph knows
A way to protect yourself in the future
this worries me and has me questioning our might be to arrange to have someone else
relationship. I’m tempted to contact Mike present under those circumstances. If
myself, but I’m not sure if that’s the best someone behaves inappropriately during
way to proceed. Thoughts? — Baffled In St. a service call to your home, you are within
Louis
your rights to tell the person you want him to
Dear Baffled: Your husband may not have leave IMMEDIATELY, and that is what you
feelings for this co-worker, but his co-worker should have done.
appears to have some for him. Either way,
Dear Abby: I recently went to the movies
Mike’s behavior is unusual. While I don’t with a couple of friends. At the concession
think you should contact him, this is some- stand, I bought popcorn. They did not.
thing you should revisit with your husband However, as we sat down, they eyed my
because you find it threatening.
popcorn as I was munching. I didn’t offer
Dear Abby: A man came to my home them any. I figured they could have bought
today to fix a tech problem and proceeded their own if they wanted some. Should I
to hit on me. Abby, he was at least 10 years have? It’s been bothering me ever since. Was
older than me (I’m 23), and it was so unpro- I selfish? — Matinee Muncher
fessional. I was home alone, and being faced
Dear Muncher: The polite thing to do
with that situation caused me to turn red. He would have been to offer them some of your
then commented on my blushing, and I just popcorn. As to whether not doing so was
sat there saying nothing.
selfish, the answer is: “Mmmmhmmmm.”
I am berating myself for not speaking up, (I’d say it more clearly, but my mouth is full.)
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. 11, 1917
Pendleton’s crack cavalrymen are now
artillerymen. According to a dispatch in the
Portland Oregonian this morning “the iron
hand of army reorganization yesterday fell
upon the Oregon squadron and converted it
into the 148th Field Artillery.” In letters home
several of the Troop D boys have recently
written that they feared they would be turned
into artillerymen. Just what effect this change
will have upon the officers is problematical
but it seems pretty certain that they will not
remain with their present troops and artillery
officers must have a technical education. It
is probably they will be transferred. Captain
Cicero Hogan of Troop A is to have command
of an artillery supply train.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 11, 1967
Letters and records of the works of the
late Al Lamb, former mayor of Heppner
and for many years manager of Morrow
County Grain Growers, will be a permanent
collection in the University of Oregon library.
The collection is being made by Mrs. Lamb
a the request of Edward Kemp, acquisition
librarian with the university. Such collections,
he wrote, “represent the basic research tools
of advanced study.” Papers of the former
Heppnerite were, he said, desired to be used
along with other “articulate citizens who have
been responsible for substantial contributions
to recent Northwest history.” Lamb, who died
in March, 1966, was a leader in agriculture
and played an active part in political affairs.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 11, 1992
The state Department of Corrections on
Friday submitted its 1993-95 budget proposal
to the governor as expected — without any
funding for Pendleton’s medium security
prison. Although that move has been antici-
pated for weeks, the fact that Eastern Oregon
Correctional Institution is absent from the
proposal has some officials angry, employees
worried and groups calling for action. State
Sen. Scott Duff, D-Adams, said he has
already requested a copy of the corrections
budget proposal so that a local task force
can review it “and begin the battle to keep
the institution open.” Duff said that battle
will be one of his priorities, “and legislators
gauge the public’s priorities by talking to
constituents.” That appears to be exactly what
EOCI employees and community leaders are
now banking on, as groups renew strategies
to inform legislators of the impacts of closing
Pendleton’s prison.
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 284th day of
2017. There are 81 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Oct. 11, 1942, the
World War II Battle of Cape
Esperance began in the
Solomon Islands, resulting
in an American victory over
the Japanese.
On this date:
In
1779,
Polish
nobleman Casimir Pulaski,
fighting
for American
independence, died two
days after being wounded
during the Revolutionary
War Battle of Savannah,
Georgia.
In 1890, the Daughters
of the American Revolution
was founded in Washington,
D.C.
In
1910, Theodore
Roosevelt became the first
former U.S. president to fly
in an airplane during a visit
to St. Louis.
In 1932, the first Amer-
ican political telecast took
place as the Democratic
National Committee spon-
sored a program from a
CBS television studio in
New York.
In 1958, the lunar probe
Pioneer 1 was launched;
it failed to go as far out as
planned, fell back to Earth,
and burned up in the atmo-
sphere.
In 1968, Apollo 7,
the first manned Apollo
mission, was launched with
astronauts Wally Schirra,
Donn Fulton Eisele and R.
Walter Cunningham aboard.
The government of Panama
was overthrown in a mili-
tary coup.
In 1979, Allan McLeod
Cormack and Godfrey
Newbold Hounsfield were
named co-recipients of the
Nobel Prize for Medicine
for their work in developing
the CAT scan X-ray.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Earle Hyman is 91. Former
U.S. Defense Secretary
William Perry is 90. Actor
Ron Leibman is 80. Actor
Amitabh Bachchan is 75.
Country singer Gene Watson
is 74. Singer Daryl Hall (Hall
and Oates) is 71. Sen. Patty
Murray, D-Wash., is 67. Pro
and College Football Hall
of Famer Steve Young is 56.
Actress Joan Cusack is 55.
Rock musician Scott Johnson
(Gin Blossoms) is 55. Actor
Luke Perry is 51. Actress
Jane Krakowski is 49. Rapper
U-God (Wu-Tang Clan) is 47.
Actress Emily Deschanel is
41. Golfer Michelle Wie is 28.
Thought for Today:
“Life was meant to be lived,
and curiosity must be kept
alive. One must never, for
whatever reason, turn his
back on life.” — Eleanor
Roosevelt, American first
lady (born this date in 1884,
died 1962).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE