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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Friday, January 19, 2018 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Man comes up short learning how to date in high school FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: At what point does a of them brought their children (ages 2 man finally give up hope of finding a to 6 years) to the Saturday afternoon mate and accept that he may end up event. alone? When I began opening my I’m 29. I never had a chance to date gifts, several of the children started in high school. My family farms, and throwing tantrums because they were when I was 14, my grandfather could not being given gifts. I thought this no longer help my dad. Dad couldn’t might be a good learning opportunity take care of things alone, so I would to gently teach the children that it was Jeanne go out and help him the minute I got Phillips not their birthday, but someone else’s home from school every day. Between special day. However, some of the Advice the farm work and keeping up with parents began insisting that I let the my studies, I had to grow up fast. I crying (and by this point, screaming) graduated with a 3.5 grade point average, but children open my gifts(!). Instead, I stopped because I had no time for dating, this part of opening gifts, put all the presents up on a my development has always been off. shelf and began serving cake and ice cream I have been set up by family and friends, and handing out balloons and other party tried meeting people in groups and on online favors. dating sites. So far, it has been to no avail. My This satisfied some of the children, but last actual date was two years ago. Friends others were still screaming. One of the tell me I’m a good guy, so I can’t figure out parents then began berating me, saying that what has gone wrong. I was “the biggest child” for not “sharing.” I never regretted helping my dad when he Needless to say, the party ended early and needed me, but I wish it hadn’t come at such with some hurt feelings. Was I wrong to not a steep social price. Am I doomed to a lonely allow small children to tear open my fragile life because I “did the right thing” when I was and expensive birthday gifts? — It’s My in high school? — Midwest Farmer Special Day Dear Farmer: A quick online search Dear Special Day: You did nothing would show you there are women who would wrong. The parents of the children who be very interested in meeting someone like were throwing tantrums were wrong. They you. Go back online and start researching should have removed their offspring until dating sites for farmers and ranchers. While they regained control of themselves rather I can’t guarantee you’ll meet your match, it than demand you allow their little angels to would be a good place to start. I wish you the tear apart your packages. Your mistake was in best and hope you will let me know I have not having an adults-only party, but after this guided you in the right direction. experience, I’m sure it’s one you won’t be Dear Abby: Recently, my friends threw making again any time soon. Those parents me a party for my 34th birthday. A number owe you an apology. 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 Jan. 19, 1918 Much interest in the county is fastened to the case of Lawrence L. Colwell, a 15-year-old Umapine boy, who is charged with the murder on May 7, 1917, of James E. Short, a farmer of the east end of the county. The shooting occurred over a horse deal between the Shorts and Colwell. Mr. Short’s son went to the field where a son-in-law of the elder Colwell was working and took the horse in question out of the harness. Mrs. Colwell and her son, Lawrence, armed themselves with a shotgun and a six shooter, then went to the Merrick place where James E. Short was looking at a piece of wheat. The boy claims to have fired the shot which killed the old man. The boy was arrested and has been in the county jail since. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 19, 1968 A former Eugene home building contractor and owner of race horses has announced that he has purchased 80 acres of land in the THIS DAY IN HISTORY BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE BY SCOTT ADAMS BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART BY GREG EVANS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN Hermiston area and will start immediately to develop a race horse training track and a horse motel. E.T. Johnson said his initial plans call for the construction of a half-mile track with a quarter-mile straightaway. The track will be equipped with a starting gate. Johnson plans the construction of three barns for a total of 90 stalls on the land he has purchased from Doris Bounds in the Westland district, approximately five miles west of Hermiston. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 19, 1993 An alternative ski run turned into an over- night adventure for two Irrigon boys who got lost in the Blue Mountains near Spout Springs ski area. Jason Brown and James Tovey, both 14, were rescued by a ski patrolman and recre- ational mountaineer Saturday night. All four spent the night in a canyon on the back side of the Tollgate area resort. They slept in sleeping bags in a snow cave and climbed out Sunday morning. The boys were reported missing at about 2 p.m. Saturday. They were reunited with their families shortly after noon the next day. Today is the 19th day of 2018. There are 346 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 19, 1953, CBS-TV aired the widely watched episode of “I Love Lucy” in which Lucy Ricardo, played by Lucille Ball, gave birth to Little Ricky. (By coincidence, Ball gave birth the same day to her son, Desi Arnaz Jr.) On this date: In 1807, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. In 1861, Georgia became the fifth state to secede from the Union. In 1867, the song “The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze” by Gaston Lyle, Alfred Lee and George Leybourne was first published in London. In 1915, Germany carried out its first air raid on Britain during World War I as a pair of Zeppelins dropped bombs onto Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn in England. In 1937, millionaire Howard Hughes set a trans- continental air record by flying his monoplane from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. In 1942, during World War II, Japanese forces captured the British protec- torate of North Borneo. A German submarine sank the Canadian liner RMS Lady Hawkins off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, killing 251 people; 71 survived. In 1955, a presidential news conference was filmed for television and newsreels for the first time, with the permission of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 1966, Indira Gandhi was chosen to be prime minister of India by the National Congress party. In 1977, President Gerald R. Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D’Aquino, an American convicted of treason for making radio broadcasts aimed at demoralizing Allied troops in the Pacific Theater during World War II. (Although she was popularly referred to as “Tokyo Rose,” D’Aquino never used that name.) Today’s Birthdays: Former U.N. Secretary-Gen- eral Javier Perez de Cuellar is 98. Actress Tippi Hedren is 88. Former PBS newsman Robert MacNeil is 87. Movie director Richard Lester is 86. Actor-singer Michael Craw- ford is 76. Actress Shelley Fabares is 74. Country singer Dolly Parton is 72. Former ABC newswoman Ann Compton is 71. TV chef Paula Deen is 71. Rock singer Martha Davis is 67. Singer Dewey Bunnell (America) is 66. Actor Desi Arnaz Jr. is 65. Comedian Paul Rodriguez is 63. Conductor Sir Simon Rattle is 63. Rock musician Jeff Pilson (Foreigner) is 60. Actor Shawn Wayans is 47. Rock singer-musician John Wozniak (Marcy Play- ground) is 47. Comedian-im- pressionist Frank Caliendo is 44. Rapper Mac Miller is 26. Thought for Today: “America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description.” — Ralph Ellison, American author (1913-1994). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE