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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, December 1, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Memories of molestation cloud
girl’s thoughts of the future
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I’m almost an adult
be around your children — or any
now, starting to think about having
children, for that matter.
children and a good marriage of my
Because of the seriousness of what
own. But I have a disturbing child-
happened to you, it would be a good
hood memory I have never been able
idea for you to contact R.A.I.N.N.,
to erase.
the Rape, Abuse and Incest National
When I was 6 or 7 and staying
Network. Its website is rainn.org
at my grandparents’ house, and my
and the toll-free phone number is
grandmother would go outside to
800-656-4673.
Jeanne
check the mail or water the flowers, Phillips
Dear Abby: My elderly mother
my grandfather would try to put
lost
her husband and will be moving
Advice
his hands on my private parts. He
in with me. The problem is, Mom is
wouldn’t speak a word to me EVER,
one of those people for whom nothing
even if she was around. In fact, I’m quite is ever good enough. One of my siblings
sure I never witnessed him say anything at has already informed me that Mom told her
all to anyone. But as soon as Grandma was my house, my neighborhood, my town, our
out of sight, well, that was his chance to put hospitals, etc. are not good enough for her.
his hands on me, then laugh when I tried to I’m worried that after she moves in and I hear
wiggle away.
her complain every day, I’ll lose my temper.
Recently, after I remembered those Do you have any words of wisdom for me?
episodes again, I tried to bring this up with — Dreading It In The South
my mom in order to get her support. Abby,
Dear Dreading: I sure do. Ask your
she reacted as if there was something really mother NOW, before she relocates, if what
wrong with ME or that I was lying!
your sibling said is true. And if it is, do NOT
Not surprisingly, I don’t want that man let her move into your home.
around my future children. I have no real
Dear Abby: Is it rude for someone not to
relationship with him. I know this memory cash a check you have written to them within
isn’t something I just imagined or made up a certain time period? I think it is, but maybe
“to embarrass the family.” What should I do I’m wrong. Because I keep track of my
in reference to Mom’s response? — Moving banking online and not in a traditional check-
On From The Past
book, I end up having to try to remember
Dear Moving On: In reference to your to adjust my available balance to include
mother’s response when you told her her the check’s amount. What do you think? —
father molested you when you were little, Check’s In The Mail
conclude that the same thing likely happened
Dear C.I.T.M.: I agree that it’s rude.
to her. You should also conclude that, if that’s When a canceled check does not show
the case, she knew what he was capable of and up — sometimes for months — it makes
did nothing to protect you. For that reason, reconciling the giver’s checkbook a pain in
your grandfather should not be allowed to the neck and sometimes lower.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Dec. 1, 1917
That Captain Lee Caldwell will probably
have charge of a remount station in France
as a result of the horsemanship he displayed
at Charlotte, N.C., is the declaration of
Corporal Ben H. Inman (Rattlesnake Pete)
who arrived in Pendleton yesterday from
Charlotte on a month’s furlough. The western
boys, especially those of Troop D, were
right at home in the handling of horses and
quickly claimed the attention of the officers,
Corporal Inman states, and Captain Cald-
well’s experience as a buckaroo stood him
in good stead. Stable Sergeant Frank Cable,
who had charge of the feeding of 5,000 head
of horses, also made a great reputation for
himself, “Pete” says.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Dec. 1, 1967
Law enforcement officers were searching
for a suspect in the case of the stabbing of a
woman at Apt. 5, 621 S. Main St., about 9
a.m. Wednesday, city police reported today.
Elizabeth Badroads Narcisse was taken to
St. Anthony Hospital with a stab wound
in her back between her shoulder blades.
The hospital reported the case to the police
at 9:55 a.m. Her injury is not regarded as
dangerous, and officers questioned her in
connection with the case.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Dec. 1, 1992
A clog of stranded cars closed Cabbage
Hill for two and a half hours Tuesday night,
but police and towing operators said this
morning they knew of no major accidents.
Slick, snow-packed roads caused a number
of trucks, buses and cars to spin out of control
on Interstate 84 near Meacham Tuesday
evening. Stranded cars near Hilgard forced
the freeway to close from 7:30 to 10 p.m.,
according to Oregon State Police reports.
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 335th day of
2017. There are 30 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Dec. 1, 1942, during
World War II, nationwide
gasoline rationing went into
effect in the United States;
the goal was not so much to
save on gas, but to conserve
rubber (as in tires) that was
desperately needed for the
war effort.
On this date:
In 1824, the presidential
election was turned over to
the U.S. House of Repre-
sentatives when a deadlock
developed between John
Quincy Adams, Andrew
Jackson, William H. Craw-
ford and Henry Clay. (Adams
ended up the winner.)
In
1862,
President
Abraham Lincoln sent his
Second Annual Message
to Congress, in which he
called for the abolition of
slavery, and went on to say,
“Fellow-citizens, we can not
escape history. We of this
Congress and this Adminis-
tration will be remembered
in spite of ourselves.”
In 1921, the Navy flew
the first non-rigid dirigible
to use helium; the C-7 trav-
eled from Hampton Roads,
Virginia, to Washington,
D.C.
In 1934, Soviet commu-
nist official Sergei M. Kirov,
an associate of Josef Stalin,
was assassinated in Lenin-
grad, resulting in a massive
purge.
In 1941, Japan’s Emperor
Hirohito approved waging
war against the United States,
Britain and the Netherlands
after his government rejected
U.S. demands contained in
the Hull Note.
In 1955, Rosa Parks,
a black seamstress, was
arrested after refusing to give
up her seat to a white man on
a Montgomery, Alabama,
city bus; the incident sparked
a year-long boycott of the
buses by blacks.
In 1965, an airlift of
refugees from Cuba to the
United States began in
which thousands of Cubans
were allowed to leave their
homeland.
In 1973, David Ben-Gu-
rion, Israel’s first prime
minister, died in Tel Aviv at
age 87.
In 1989, Soviet President
Mikhail S. Gorbachev met
with Pope John Paul II at the
Vatican.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Former CIA director Stans-
field Turner is 94. Actor-di-
rector Woody Allen is 82.
World Golf Hall of Famer
Lee Trevino is 78. Singer
Dianne Lennon (The Lennon
Sisters) is 78. Country musi-
cian Casey Van Beek (The
Tractors) is 75. Television
producer David Salzman is
74. Rock singer-musician
Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster
Cult) is 73. Rock musician
John Densmore (The Doors)
is 73. Actress-singer Bette
Midler is 72. Former child
actor Keith Thibodeaux
(TV: “I Love Lucy”) is 67.
Actress-comedian
Sarah
Silverman is 47. Actor-writ-
er-producer David Hornsby
is 42. Rock musician Brad
Delson (Linkin Park) is 40.
Actor Riz Ahmed (Film:
“Rogue One: A Star Wars
Story”) is 35. R&B sing-
er-actress Janelle Monae is
32. Pop-rock-rap singer Tyler
Joseph (Twenty One Pilots) is
29. Actress Zoe Kravitz is 29.
Thought for Today:
“An educated man should
know everything about
something, and something
about everything.” — Dame
C.V. Wedgwood, English
historian (1910-1997).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE