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Tuesday, November 7, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Man who lost his ‘spark’
gets inspiration from readers
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
Dear Abby: I’m responding to
for a foreign language, culinary or film
“Wallowing in the North” (June 16),
appreciation course.
who has had a wonderful life and has
I’m just scratching the surface
accomplished all the goals he set out
because community colleges have
for himself at age 56, but now feels
something for everyone. I have taught
no “spark” to carry on. Abby, he’s in
in one and been an administrator. It’s
a unique position to help someone else
a wonderful place to “find” yourself,
who hasn’t had all those advantages in
whether you’re 18, 88 — or 56. —
life.
Diana In California
Jeanne
He could foster a child and enlighten Phillips
Dear Abby: If “Wallowing” is
that child about a world he/she might
truly
tired of dealing with most people,
Advice
never know without his help. Wouldn’t
he may want to begin connecting with
it spark something inside him to see a
nature. He could plant or nurture a
child’s reactions to things the writer may have garden, or install a few birdhouses and let the
experienced a hundred times and took for birds happily serenade him each day. Engaging
granted? There’s so much ugliness and anger with nature can change a person for the better
in this world. He could play a small part in and can also change the lives of those around
turning that around.
you. — Nature Lover In Pennsylvania
Or, if helping a child isn’t for him, there are
Dear Abby: I would like to suggest
many other wonderful causes to get involved “Wallowing” talk to his doctor about his
in — aiding a cancer patient in hospice, testosterone level. I did it, and it boosted my
being involved in protecting the environ- self-esteem, drive and energy. — Roger In
ment, helping a small business — the list is Oklahoma
endless and the need is so great. Any of these
Dear Abby: May I suggest he have his
endeavors could help him relight his spark. vitamin D levels checked? I, too, experienced
Finding meaning in life can be as simple as a loss of desire/passion for life when I was
extending a hand to someone who can really close to his age. Turned out, my vitamin D
use it. — Found My Spark
levels were extremely low. Once I started
Dear Found: You and many other readers taking a supplement, my interest and excite-
offered wonderful suggestions. I appreciate ment in life returned. — Been Through It In
the spirit of helpfulness in which readers Kansas City
responded, hoping to inspire the writer of that
Dear Abby: Your advice should have
letter. Read on for a sample:
included becoming active in a church, syna-
Dear Abby: Tell “Wallowing” to pick up gogue or charitable organization. Helping
a course catalog from his local community others, whether locally or on a mission trip,
college and enroll in some classes. He can take yields three results: It has a positive impact
art and learn to paint, sculpt or make ceramics; on those being helped, it increases the giver’s
study photography and learn to shoot better sense of self-worth, and it reminds us how
pictures; take woodworking and build furni- blessed we truly are. — Lover Of Life In
ture; take an American Sign Language class Texas
and volunteer to work with the deaf; or sign up
Dear Lover And Dear Readers: Amen!
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 6-7, 1917
Few indeed have been the housewives of
Umatilla county who have refused to sign the
food pledge cards. As reports come in from
the various school districts it is clearly indi-
cated that the great majority of the women are
ready and eager to aid in the conservation of
food. There have been some refusals to sign
but most of these refusals come from igno-
rance or misconception rather than through
disloyalty or selfishness. The follow-up
campaign this week will doubtless remove
the objections of most of these. Freewater
reports but four refusing to sign, one of these
giving as her reason that she could not consci-
entiously do anything to aid the war program.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 6-7, 1967
Those were not sonic booms heard in Condon
shortly after noon on Monday and Tuesday of
last week, but was the noise of dynamite being
set off at the southwest end of Condon High
School’s football field. School District No.
25 has an agreement with Schnall and Kalal
Construction Co. to move earth surrounding the
area of the football field. This earth moving is
preparatory to installation of a track and other
athletic facilities at the high school.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 6-7, 1992
Freedom of expression was called into
question this week at Pendleton Junior High
School when a group of students was disci-
plined during a rally in support of Measure
9. But principal Michael Moore said admin-
istrators warded off a potentially disruptive
situation by asking students to return to class.
With only minutes until the end of their lunch
period, about 100 ninth graders gathered on a
nearby stage to express their support for the
measure — and to criticize school adminis-
trators for removing political posters students
had tacked to their lockers, Moore said.
Students were asked to disperse and head for
class before the lunch period ended. About
half of the assembled group complied at once,
and about half of those remaining returned
to class after the 1 p.m. bell rang. Some 20
to 25 students stayed behind, however. The
possibility that a student stand-off in the
lunchroom could escalate prompted school
officials to phone police, Moore noted.
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 311th day of
2017. There are 54 days left
in the year. This is Election
Day.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Nov. 7, 1917, Russia’s
Bolshevik Revolution took
place as forces led by Vlad-
imir Ilyich Lenin overthrew
the provisional government
of Alexander Kerensky.
On this date:
In 1861, former U.S.
President John Tyler was
elected to the Confederate
House of Representatives
(however, Tyler died before
he could take his seat).
In 1867, Nobel Prize-win-
ning scientist Marie Curie
was born in Warsaw.
In 1916, Republican
Jeannette Rankin of Montana
became the first woman
elected to Congress, winning
a seat in the U.S. House of
Representatives.
In 1940, Washington
state’s original Tacoma
Narrows Bridge, nick-
named “Galloping Gertie,”
collapsed into Puget Sound
during a windstorm just
four months after opening to
traffic.
In
1944,
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt won
an unprecedented fourth term
in office, defeating Repub-
lican Thomas E. Dewey.
In 1954, the CBS News
program “Face the Nation”
premiered with Ted Koop
as host; the guest was Sen.
Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis.
In 1962, Republican
Richard Nixon, having lost
California’s
gubernatorial
race, held what he called
his “last press conference,”
telling reporters, “You won’t
have Nixon to kick around
anymore.” Former first lady
Eleanor Roosevelt, 78, died
in New York City.
In
1972,
President
Richard Nixon was re-elected
in a landslide over Democrat
George McGovern.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Evangelist Billy Graham is
99. Former U.S. Sen. Rudy
Boschwitz, R-Minn., is 87.
Actor Barry Newman is 79.
Singer Johnny Rivers is 75.
Former supermodel Jean
Shrimpton is 75. Singer-song-
writer Joni Mitchell is 74.
Former CIA Director David
Petraeus is 65. Jazz singer
Rene Marie is 62. Actor
Christopher Knight (TV: “The
Brady Bunch”) is 60. Rock
musician Tommy Thayer
(KISS) is 57. Rock musician
Greg Tribbett (Mudvayne) is
49. Actress Michelle Clunie is
48. Actor Christopher Daniel
Barnes is 45. Actors Jeremy
and Jason London are 45.
Actor Adam DeVine is 34.
Rock singer Lorde is 21.
Thought for Today:
“History is simply a piece of
paper covered with print; the
main thing is still to make
history, not to write it.” —
Otto von Bismarck, German
statesman (1815-1898).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE