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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Married man considers affair
to replace dormant love life
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I’m in my 60s, fit,
about the problem. And that won’t
sexually able and I desire physical
happen unless you talk to her.
relations. My wife, because of health
Dear Abby: I was unhappily
issues, is no longer interested in sex. In
married years ago and conceived a
fact, it would be at least mildly painful
child by an ex-boyfriend. My son is
to her.
now 31. I divorced my husband 28
I recently met a lady my age who
years ago. He knew the baby was not
is in the same predicament. She has a
his, but claimed him as his own son.
sexual appetite; her husband does not.
He refused to do a DNA test when we
Jeanne
She hinted she would be interested in Phillips were going through the divorce. He
being “friends with benefits.” I didn’t
died a few years ago.
Advice
pursue the hint because it caught me
I am in contact with my son’s
by surprise and I wasn’t quick-witted
biological father. They look identical,
enough to follow up on it at the time.
and my grandson looks just like his father and
I am wondering if such a relationship grandfather.
is acceptable with today’s mores and the
My guilt is consuming me. I want to tell my
circumstances. No, I won’t discuss this with son that even though the dad he knew all his
my wife. It would only hurt her feelings and life is gone, he still has a chance to get to know
strain our relationship. Should I pursue the another father who is his blood. On the other
hint? — Follow Up On The Hint
hand, I don’t want to ruin my relationship with
Dear Follow Up: I would not advise my son and grandchildren, whom I love very
pursuing the “hint” — which appears to me much. How can I tell the truth without hurting
to be more of a full frontal assault — without my son and our relationship? — Righting A
thinking very carefully. The problem with Wrong
adulterous relationships is that more often than
Dear Righting: Better late than never.
not, the spouse catches on. If you think that by Your son needs to know that the man who
not talking this out with your wife you will raised him and claimed him as his own was
be sparing her feelings, you are wrong. When, not his biological father so that he can have
not if, she finds out, she will be devastated.
a complete medical history. If the birth father
As women age their bodies change, and wasn’t interested in knowing or supporting his
sex can become painful. But that can be son, he sounds more like a sperm donor than
remediated in many cases with prescription a “blood” relative to me. Do not be surprised
and other medications. It’s possible they could if your son isn’t interested in knowing more
help your wife. Of course, that’s not going to about his birth father than the information I
happen unless she talks with her OB/GYN suggested.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 25, 1917
Mrs. Susan Denck, the Pendleton woman
who has given five sons to the army, now has
her Liberty Bond. This morning she walked
into one of the banks to see if there was not
some way in which she could make a part
of the big loan that is to support the boys at
the front. She explained that the government
owed her $40 for taking care of the post office
lawn and that she would turn that in on a bond.
Before, however, she could go any further,
the banker presented her with a $50 bond, not
in charity but in generous recognition of the
shining spirit of patriotism that burns in her
mother breast.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 25, 1967
A Purple Heart medal was awarded post-
humously to Corporal David Lloyd Clark
of La Grande, Wednesday. The medal and
accompanying citation were presented to
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Clark of
La Grande, by Colonel William J. Whelan,
commanding officer of the Umatilla Army
Depot, Hermiston. Clark enlisted in the
Army 11 months ago and died on Aug. 25
of wounds received in action in Vietnam. He
was Oregon’s 148th military fatality in the
Vietnam conflict. Born in La Grande 19 years
ago, he was a 1966 graduate of Heppner High
School. His body was interred at Heppner
Masonic Cemetery Sept. 2 with graveside
military honors.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 25, 1992
A 28-year-old Newberg man was killed
early this morning after he was apparently
thrown off the top of a Chevrolet Blazer
outside of Pilot Rock. Although police reports
are still sketchy, it appears that Timothy A.
Dwight was riding on top of his vehicle,
driven by John F. Davis, 28, of Tualatin.
At about 1:30 a.m., about a mile outside of
Pilot Rock, the vehicle reportedly drove off
a gravel road with Dwight riding on top.
When the vehicle left the roadway Dwight
was thrown off. Davis and passenger Mark A.
Pohl, 27, of Beaverton transported Dwight to
St. Anthony Hospital, but Dwight died before
their arrival.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
BLONDIE
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is the 298th day of
2017. There are 67 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Oct. 25, 1854,
the “Charge of the Light
Brigade” took place during
the Crimean War as an
English brigade of more than
600 men charged the Russian
army, suffering heavy losses.
On this date:
In 1415, during the
Hundred
Years’
War,
outnumbered
English
soldiers led by Henry V
defeated French troops in
the Battle of Agincourt in
northern France.
In 1760, Britain’s King
George III succeeded his late
grandfather, George II.
In 1929, former Interior
Secretary Albert B. Fall
was convicted in Wash-
ington, D.C. of accepting
a $100,000 bribe from oil
tycoon Edward L. Doheny.
(Fall was sentenced to a year
in prison and fined $100,000;
he ended up serving nine
months.)
In 1939, the play “The
Time of Your Life,” by
William Saroyan, opened in
New York.
In 1945, Taiwan became
independent of Japanese
colonial rule.
In 1954, a meeting of
President Dwight D. Eisen-
hower’s Cabinet was carried
live on radio and television;
to date, it’s the only presi-
dential Cabinet meeting to
be broadcast.
In 1957, mob boss Albert
Anastasia of “Murder Inc.”
notoriety was shot to death
by masked gunmen in a
barber shop inside the Park
Sheraton Hotel in New York.
In 1962, during a meeting
of the U.N. Security Council,
U.S. Ambassador Adlai E.
Stevenson II demanded that
Soviet Ambassador Valerian
Zorin confirm or deny the
existence of Soviet-built
missile bases in Cuba;
Stevenson then presented
photographic evidence of the
bases to the Council.
In 1971, the U.N. General
Assembly voted to admit
mainland China and expel
Taiwan.
In 1983, a U.S.-led force
invaded Grenada at the
order of President Ronald
Reagan, who said the action
was needed to protect U.S.
citizens there.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Former American League
president Dr. Bobby Brown
is 93. Actress Marion Ross
is 89. Basketball Hall of
Famer Bob Knight is 77.
Pop singer Helen Reddy is
76. Author Anne Tyler is 76.
Rock singer Jon Anderson
(Yes) is 73. Political strategist
James Carville is 73. Singer
Taffy Danoff (Starland Vocal
Band) is 73. Rock musician
Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest)
is 70. Actor Brian Kerwin
is 68. Actor Mark L. Taylor
is 67. Movie director Julian
Schnabel is 66. Rock musician
Matthias Jabs is 61. Actress
Nancy Cartwright (TV: “The
Simpsons”) is 60. Country
singer Mark Miller (Sawyer
Brown) is 59. Rock musician
Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili
Peppers; Chickenfoot) is 56.
Rock musician Ed Robertson
(Barenaked Ladies) is 47.
Actor Craig Robinson is 46.
Pop singer Katy Perry is 33.
Singer Ciara is 32.
Thought for Today:
“Bureaucracy, the rule of no
one, has become the modern
form of despotism.” —
Mary McCarthy, author and
critic (born 1912, died this
date in 1989).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE