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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Runaway dad on dating site
is guilty of false advertising
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: Last year I had a baby
me. I like listening to his stories.
with one of my college professors. He
However, I can see our friends getting
left me 10 days before our daughter
annoyed because of his constant
was born and has never met her. I
talking. It also happens when we are
chased him through family court, and
around his family — and they usually
he gives me the bare minimum in
end up treating him badly for it.
state-ordered support.
Is there any way I can gently talk to
Recently, I spotted him advertising
him about this so he’s aware that he is
himself on a dating website as a loving
irritating people? I don’t want to hurt
Jeanne
man and describing how he loves his Phillips him, but I also don’t want him to annoy
first daughter with no mention of ours
people. I’m also afraid it may affect
Advice
(he has two other children, a girl and
his employment. His co-workers get
a boy). How do I move past this? A
that same look on their faces when
part of me is angry for her, but I’m also angry he’s talking that his family members do when
for myself. I’m in therapy, but seeing him they are annoyed with him. — Engaged To A
on a dating website describing himself as a Big Talker
good person, when in truth he’s a sociopath,
Dear Engaged: Your fiancé may have
has reopened wounds I thought had closed difficulty picking up on social cues, which
months ago. — Open Wounds
is why he doesn’t notice that others become
Dear Open Wounds: Thank you for annoyed as he drones on and on. You should
writing to me, but this is a question you should absolutely point out to him what you have
be addressing with your psychotherapist. noticed, and tell him you are concerned that it
Sometimes it takes multiple doses of “medi- may affect his employment. Then suggest he
cine” to cure an ailment, but the longer you discuss his compulsive talking with a licensed
allow this man to occupy real estate in your mental health professional. This is not to imply
head, the harder it will be for you to get on there is anything “wrong” with him, but rather
with your life. Call your therapist.
that he may benefit from professional help in
Dear Abby: I love my fiancé with all my recognizing the social cues he is missing.
heart. We have good friends and family. The
A Note To Parents Of Young Children:
problem is, my fiancé loves to talk. He talks Tonight is the night when wee witches and
A LOT.
goblins will be out trick-or-treating. Please
I’ve known this since I met him, but supervise them so they’ll be safe. Happy
because I don’t talk much, it doesn’t bother Halloween, everyone! — Love, Abby
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
Oct. 30-31, 1917
After eluding the officers of two counties
for nearly three months, Alvah and Joe
Chapman, charged with the theft of a score
or more horses, have been apprehended in
Harney county, according to word received
last night by Sheriff Taylor, who left at once
for Burns. Sheriff Taylor has been on their
trail for almost a month and only returned
Sunday from a chase of a week which took
him as far as Burns. The two men had gone
farther than he had expected and were with
a sheep outfit when arrested by Sheriff Ben
Brown. Brown wanted them for the theft of
two horses and saddles near Beulah on August
2. Their operations in this county began right
after the Round-Up. They are alleged to have
stolen two or more horses from T.P. Gilliland
of Pilot Rock, saddles, bridles and chaps from
the Westgate ranch and 17 horses from Anton
Vey. When arrested they had only four horses
with them and on these the brands had been
worked over.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 30-31, 1967
Last week Bob Spiekerman, manager
of the Pendleton Sanitary Service, awarded
retiring Pendleton fire chief Blackie Batch-
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
elor free life-time garbage service. Well, this
morning the Pendleton Sanitary Service went
to the Pendleton Fire Department to put out a
fire. Some coals were burning in the back of
the garbage truck and someone called to alert
the fire department. The truck rolled down
Court Avenue and turned right on Tenth and
into the fire station lot. Firemen were waiting
with hoses to give the truck a drive-in wash
job. It wasn’t the kind of garbage service
Spiekerman meant.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 30-31, 1992
If you’re looking for a microcosm of presi-
dential thinking this election season, morning
coffee clubs in Pendleton and Hermiston
likely are as good a place to look as any.
Hermiston Mayor Frank Harkenrider tries
to hit a couple of coffee clubs each morning,
first at Hale’s Tavern downtown — the “youth
center” — and later down the street at another
gathering. Pendleton Mayor Joe McLaughlin
is part of the 10 o’clock faithful that gathers
weekdays at the Rainbow Cafe, Pendleton’s
famous downtown eatery and watering hole.
The talk over coffee in both towns seems a
lot like that on television and newspapers
around the country — some people are
adamant in their support, other begrudging
but convinced, and others still undecided.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Today is the 304th day
of 2017. There are 61 days
left in the year. This is
Halloween.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Oct. 31, 1517, Martin
Luther sent his 95 Theses
denouncing what he saw as
the abuses of the Catholic
Church, especially the sale
of indulgences, to the Arch-
bishop of Mainz, Germany
(by some accounts, Luther
also posted the Theses on the
door of the Castle Church
in Wittenberg), marking the
start of the Protestant Refor-
mation.
On this date:
In 1795, English poet
John Keats was born in
London.
In 1864, Nevada became
the 36th state as President
Abraham Lincoln signed a
proclamation.
In 1926, magician Harry
Houdini died in Detroit of
peritonitis resulting from a
ruptured appendix.
In 1941, the Navy
destroyer USS Reuben James
was torpedoed by a German
U-boat off Iceland with the
loss of some 100 lives, even
though the United States had
not yet entered World War II.
Work was completed on the
Mount Rushmore National
Memorial in South Dakota,
begun in 1927.
In 1956, Navy Rear
Adm. George J. Dufek and
six others became the first
air travelers to set foot at the
South Pole.
In 1967, Nguyen Van
Thieu took the oath of office
as the first president of South
Vietnam’s second republic.
In 1975, the Queen single
“Bohemian
Rhapsody”
was released in the United
Kingdom by EMI Records.
In 1984, Indian Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi was
assassinated by two Sikh
(seek) security guards.
In 1992, Pope John Paul
II formally proclaimed that
the Roman Catholic Church
had erred in condemning
the astronomer Galileo for
holding that the Earth was
not the center of the universe.
In 1994, a Chicago-bound
American Eagle ATR-72
crashed in northern Indiana,
killing all 68 people aboard.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Lee Grant is 92.
Former astronaut Michael
Collins is 87. Former CBS
anchorman Dan Rather is 86.
Folk singer Tom Paxton is
80. Actor Ron Rifkin is 79.
Actress Sally Kirkland is 76.
Actor David Ogden Stiers
is 75. Actor Brian Doyle-
Murray is 72. Actor Stephen
Rea is 71. Olympic gold
medal long-distance runner
Frank Shorter is 70. TV
show host Jane Pauley is 67.
Movie director Peter Jackson
is 56. Rock singer-musician
Johnny Marr is 54. Actor Rob
Schneider is 53. Rap musician
Adrock is 51. Rap performer
Vanilla Ice (aka Rob Van
Winkle) is 50. Rock singer
Linn Berggren (Ace of Base)
is 47. Folk-rock musician
Tay Strathairn (Dawes) is 37.
Rock musician Frank Iero
(My Chemical Romance) is
36. Actress-singer Willow
Smith is 17.
Thought for Today:
“There are very few monsters
who warrant the fear we have
of them.” — Andre Gide,
French author and critic
(1869-1951).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE