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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, November 30, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Woman’s marriage deadline
may be working against her
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I am a 27-year-old
Every Christmas and birthday, my
woman who can’t seem to find a man
husband and I are generous with our
to call her own. Every time I search
gifts to them. One grandson thanks
on websites or at gyms, I can’t find
us, while the other does not even
anyone decent who lives nearby.
acknowledge the gift. I no longer
I met someone who took me to his
want to continue giving the rude twin
house in Wisconsin for the holidays,
gifts, but I don’t know if this is the
but I live in Illinois. Ever since I slept
way to deal with the problem. They
with him (on the fifth date), he has
will be 18 on their next birthday.
Jeanne
come here less often — and when he Phillips
My daughter has never corrected
does, it’s never just to see me. He also
the
problem, and I know she will
Advice
texts less often than he did and has
accuse me of favoring the kind twin.
hinted that I should see other people
What to do? — Gran In South
here in town and keep him as a backup.
Carolina
I’m desperate to find someone who will be
Dear Gran: If it were me, I’d give the
there for me. I want to be married before my grateful twin gifts worth the usual amount
30th birthday. I have tried everything, but all of money and the ungrateful one a token
the decent men nowadays are already taken present. And when your daughter accuses
or not serious about forming a relationship. you of favoritism, tell her she’s absolutely
Hope you can help. — Can’t Find A Man
right and also why you no longer felt inclined
Dear Can’t: Your problem may be your to shell out to someone who didn’t think your
desperation. When people are desperate, their generosity was worth acknowledging. It’s the
anxiety can drive people away. The idea that truth.
you must be married by the time you are 30
Dear Abby: I am 53 and constantly worry
is setting an artificial — and possibly unreal- about the future. Because my husband has
istic — goal for yourself.
had to change jobs for various reasons, we
It may be time to stop looking and begin have no money fund for retirement, and it
concentrating on building a satisfying life for isn’t offered at his current job. I worry so
yourself without help from a partner. Once much about the future that it’s keeping me
you accomplish that, you may find that both from enjoying the present. How can I stop
men and women find you more attractive to worrying like this so I can enjoy the present?
be around. I can’t guarantee that it will help Talking to a doctor is not an option as money
you to find a husband, but even if you don’t, is very tight. — Worrying Too Much
you will have a happier life. Not everyone
Dear Worrying: You didn’t mention
needs to be married.
whether you are currently employed. If you
Dear Abby: I have twin grandsons. One aren’t, a way to fix your problem might be
is kind, mannerly and thoughtful. The other to start thinking about your own earning
is rude, ungrateful and has a chip on his capacity and find a job so you can build a
shoulder.
retirement fund. It’s never too late to start.
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
Nov. 30, 1917
After the first of the year, Pendleton’s
policemen may be easily recognized on the
street by their sartorial make-up. The city
council last evening practically decided to
uniform the city policemen in order that
strangers within the city’s gates may know
them by sight. From the discussion last
evening, it seems probable that the police will
be required to furnish their own blue serge
suits while the city will furnish brass buttons
and caps or helmets. They will be required to
wear their stars on the outside of their coats.
It is argued that many people seeking a police
officer to secure information or protection are
unable to identify them in their plain clothes.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 30, 1967
The Hermiston High School building was
searched this morning by a team of city and
state police officers as the result of a bomb
threat. Principal Jack Jenkins said classes
continued this morning with minimum distur-
bance during the search. Six police officers
and Jenkins covered tunnels, storage areas and
lockers. City police received the anonymous
call about 8 a.m. this morning. The caller said
the bomb explosion was scheduled between 10
a.m. and 1 p.m. today. Jenkins said the officers
did a good job. He said five years ago students
were removed from the building twice in a
few days as the result of bomb threats.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 30, 1992
Community leaders and state officials
welcomed the “wonderful” news that Gov.
Barbara Roberts’ 1993-94 budget proposal
includes funding for Eastern Oregon Correc-
tional Institution. The proposed budget,
announced this morning in Salem, includes
full funding of $45.7 million for the medi-
um-security prison that houses more than
1,500 inmates and employs nearly 400 people
in Pendleton. The Pendleton community,
and particularly employees at EOCI, have
been anxiously waiting for this news ever
since last summer when the Department of
Corrections, responding to Roberts’ request
for a 20 percent cut, included the prison on a
list of possible closures.
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 334th day of
2017. There are 31 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Nov. 30, 1835, Samuel
Langhorne Clemens — better
known as Mark Twain — was
born in Florida, Missouri.
On this date:
In 1016, Edmund II, King
of the English, died after a
reign of seven months.
In 1782, the United States
and Britain signed prelimi-
nary peace articles in Paris
for ending the Revolutionary
War; the Treaty of Paris was
signed in Sept. 1783.
In 1803, Spain completed
the process of ceding Loui-
siana to France, which had
sold it to the United States.
In 1874, British statesman
Sir Winston Churchill was
born at Blenheim Palace.
In 1900, Irish writer Oscar
Wilde died in Paris at age 46.
In 1939, the Winter
War began as Soviet troops
invaded
Finland.
(The
conflict ended the following
March with a Soviet victory.)
In 1954, Ann Elizabeth
Hodges of Oak Grove,
Alabama, was slightly injured
when an 8-1/2-pound chunk
of meteor crashed through the
roof of her house, hit a radio
cabinet, then struck her as she
lay napping on a couch.
In 1966, the former British
colony of Barbados became
independent.
In 1977, Bing Crosby’s
final Christmas TV special,
“Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde
Christmas,” aired on CBS.
In 1982, the Michael
Jackson album “Thriller” was
released by Epic Records.
The motion picture “Gandhi,”
starring Ben Kingsley as the
Indian nationalist leader, had
its world premiere in New
Delhi.
In 1987, American author
James Baldwin died in Saint
Paul de Vence, France, at age
63.
In 1993, President Bill
Clinton signed the Brady Bill,
which required a five-day
waiting period for handgun
purchases and background
checks of prospective buyers.
Today’s
Birthdays:
G. Gordon Liddy is 87.
Country
singer-recording
executive Jimmy Bowen is
80. Movie director Ridley
Scott is 80. Movie writer-di-
rector Terrence Malick is
74. Rock musician Roger
Glover (Deep Purple) is 72.
Playwright David Mamet is
70. Actor Mandy Patinkin
is 65. Musician Shuggie
Otis is 64. Country singer
Jeannie Kendall is 63. Singer
Billy Idol is 62. Historian
Michael Beschloss is 62.
Rock musician John Ashton
(The Psychedelic Furs) is
60. Comedian Colin Mochrie
is 60. Former football and
baseball player Bo Jackson is
55. Actor-director Ben Stiller
is 52. Rock musician Mike
Stone is 48. Actress Sandra
Oh is 47. Music producer
Steve Aoki is 40. Singer Clay
Aiken is 39.
Thought for Today:
“Whenever you find that
you are on the side of the
majority, it is time to pause
and reflect.” — Mark Twain
(1835-1910).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE