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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Husband’s long beard is hard
for wife to stomach at dinner
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My husband has a
None of these men ever help her
long, bushy, ugly beard, and although
out financially. Should I say nothing
I don’t like it, I realize he’s entitled to
and let her disappear? What happens
wear his facial hair any way he likes
to the people who depend on her? —
it. The problem is, when he eats, his
Just Her Daughter In Colorado
beard gets into his plate and in the food,
Dear Just: What happens to the
which I find nauseating. — Too Much
ADULTS who depend on your mother
Hair In Texas
is they arrange for outside assistance
Dear Too Much Hair: If your
during the time she’s in Arizona. And
Jeanne
husband’s beard is so long it drags Phillips if this is the first time in years that she
his food off his plate, the first thing
will have taken a break, you should all
Advice
you should do is suggest that he sit up
wish her well.
straighter when he’s eating. However,
Dear Abby: One of my co-workers
if he’s unwilling — or unable — to do that, constantly interrupts when I’m having a
perhaps he would consider using one hand to conversation with other people. It doesn’t seem
hold his beard aside when he’s about to take a to matter who I am speaking with or what the
forkful, or using hair clips to keep it away from subject is. She’ll interrupt in the middle of the
his food.
conversation, and everyone must stop and look
Readers, if you have suggestions to help this at her or acknowledge her.
grossed-out Texas wife, I’d love to see them.
We are in a professional environment, and
Dear Abby: My mother is a smart, inde- I feel her behavior is extremely discourteous.
pendent woman — until she gets a boyfriend. The subjects she discusses are things like
She has been dating ever since Dad died in the sandwiches her husband bought the day
1994.
before, what they had for dinner that night or
Every relationship starts out well; the guy whatever is trending at the moment. She never
seems nice. Then he moves into her house and discusses work-related issues.
things change. Mom stops thinking for herself
This happens every day and it’s disruptive.
and turns into a brainless, spineless puppet. It Would you kindly share some ideas on how
causes conflict between us because she thinks to deal with her interruptions? — Bothered
I’m selfish and trying to sabotage her relation- Office Guy
ship.
Dear Office Guy: Obviously, your
She has had her current boyfriend for two co-worker was never taught that interrupting
years. I’m 37, disabled and require some help while others are talking is rude. Because
from Mom. So do my grandparents and a it bothers you, the next time she does it, tell
family friend Mom takes care of to supplement her it’s distracting when she breaks into your
her income. The boyfriend is pushing Mom to conversations and to please stop. If she persists,
spend three to four months of the year with and other co-workers feel as you do about it,
him in Arizona, leaving those of us who need bring it to the attention of your supervisor or
her without help.
HR and let that person handle it.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 15-16, 1918
Owing to the fact he is short of blanks
required in filling out income and profit tax
returns from men of heavy earnings, William
Kennedy, deputy internal revenue collector,
who has offices at the court house during the
month is anxious to have men with incomes
under $5000 a year call on him during the
next few days so he may dispose of their
cases. All single men with incomes over
$1000 and all married men with incomes over
$2000 per year are required to make returns.
Exemptions are allowed men with children,
there being an exemption of $200 per child.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 15-16, 1968
Bows, arrows, finger gloves and more
valued at about $200 were stolen from a shed
on the Round-Up grounds near the Memorial
Armory used to store Blue Mountain Commu-
nity College archery supplies, according to
city police. The theft was reported by Don
Phillips, BMCC coach, who was informed by
James Wilson, Round-Up grounds caretaker,
that a hasp had been broken on the shed door.
Phillips said some damage also was done to
some equipment not stolen.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 15-16, 1993
Snow depths reached 15 inches in areas
of Pendleton on Thursday, one of the deepest
measurements in the snow-covered Columbia
Basin. Thursday’s snowfall varied between 1
and 5 inches depending on the area — with
Heppner the lowest at 1 inch and Hermiston,
the normal dry spot in Umatilla County,
taking the most with 5 inches of new snow.
Administrators for some Umatilla County
schools this morning decided snow condi-
tions warranted canceling classes, giving
students a four-day weekend because of the
Martin Luther King holiday Monday.
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 16th day of
2018. There are 349 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Jan. 16, 1978, NASA
named 35 candidates to fly on
the space shuttle, including
Sally K. Ride, who became
America’s first woman in
space, and Guion S. Bluford
Jr., who became America’s
first black astronaut in space.
On this date:
In 27 B.C., Caesar
Augustus was declared the
first Emperor of the Roman
Empire by the Senate.
In 1547, Ivan IV of Russia
(popularly known as “Ivan
the Terrible”) was crowned
Czar.
In 1865, Union Maj.
Gen. William T. Sherman
decreed that 400,000 acres
of land in the South would
be divided into 40-acre lots
and given to former slaves.
(The order, later revoked by
President Andrew Johnson,
is believed to have inspired
the expression, “Forty acres
and a mule.”)
In 1920, Prohibition
began in the United States
as the 18th Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution took
effect, one year to the day
after its ratification. (It was
later repealed by the 21st
Amendment.)
In 1935, fugitive gangster
Fred Barker and his mother,
Kate “Ma” Barker, were
killed in a shootout with the
FBI at Lake Weir, Florida.
In 1942, actress Carole
Lombard, 33, her mother,
Elizabeth, and 20 other
people were killed when
their plane crashed near Las
Vegas, Nevada, while en
route to California from a
war-bond promotion tour.
In 1957, three B-52’s
took off from Castle Air
Force Base in California on
the first non-stop, round-the-
world flight by jet planes,
which lasted 45 hours and
19 minutes. Classical music
conductor Arturo Toscanini
died in New York at age 89.
In 1967, Alan S. Boyd
was sworn in as the first U.S.
secretary of transportation.
In 1988, Jimmy “The
Greek” Snyder was fired as
a CBS Sports commentator,
one day after telling a reporter
for WRC-TV in Washington,
D.C., that, during the era of
slavery, blacks had been bred
to produce stronger offspring.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Author William Kennedy is
90. Author-editor Norman
Podhoretz is 88. Opera singer
Marilyn Horne is 84. Hall of
Fame auto racer A.J. Foyt is
83. Singer Barbara Lynn is
76. Country singer Ronnie
Milsap is 75. Singer Kath-
erine Anderson Schaffner
(The Marvelettes) is 74.
Country singer Jim Stafford is
74. Talk show host Dr. Laura
Schlessinger is 71. Movie
director John Carpenter is
70.
Actress-dancer-cho-
reographer Debbie Allen
is 68. Rhythm-and-blues
singer Maxine Jones (En
Vogue) is 59. Pop/rock
singer-songwriter Jill Sobule
is 59. Rock musician Paul
Webb (Talk Talk) is 56.
Actor-writer-director Josh
Evans is 47. Model Kate
Moss is 44. Actor-playwright
Lin-Manuel Miranda is 38.
Country musician James
Young (The Eli Young Band)
is 38. Rock musician Nick
Valensi (The Strokes) is 37.
Thought for Today:
“Goodwill is the only asset
that competition cannot
undersell or destroy.” —
Marshall Field, department
store founder (1834-1906).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE