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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, January 25, 2018
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Celibacy before marriage puts
extra urgency on setting a date
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Concerned Auntie: Better
Dear Abby: I’m a 50-year-old male
engaged to be married to my elemen-
than that, minor children should
tary school sweetheart, “Marie.” This
have a trusted and responsible adult
will be the second marriage for both
present — whether it’s a parent,
of us. We’ve been dating for six years,
another relative or the child’s agent.
three of which were a long-distance
That way, EVERYONE would be
relationship. During a time when her
protected.
mother became ill and sadly passed,
Dear Abby: My 24-year-old son,
Marie told me God had spoken to her
“Jeremy,” no longer speaks to me
Jeanne
and told her not to be sexually active Phillips because I asked him to move out. I’m
anymore until we’re married. I respect
not a fan of his girlfriend, and I’m
Advice
and want to honor her and God, but
worried about drugs. Jeremy and I
my concern is that we haven’t even
have always been super close. I am so
discussed a wedding date. The earliest could sad and I want to do what’s right for both of
still be six or eight months away. Am I wrong us. What should I do? — Trying To Do The
for feeling resentment toward Marie, and Right Thing
will this resentment create problems after
Dear Trying: I don’t know how emotion-
marriage with our bedroom life? — On Hold ally mature Jeremy is, but chronologically
In South Carolina
he’s an adult. If you suspected that he was
Dear On Hold: You and Marie have using drugs while living with you, you had
known each other for many years, and know the right to insist he be tested for them — the
each other very well in every sense. Because tests are easily obtainable — as a condition of
Marie doesn’t want to have intimate relations his continuing to live with you. However, for
again until after you are married, you should you to have based living under your roof on
not only discuss a wedding date, but also an the condition that you “liked” his girlfriend
was heavy-handed. It was wrong, and for that
elopement.
Dear Abby: My sister takes my nephews you should apologize. If you do, perhaps it
for modeling and acting assignments. They will give you a chance to mend fences.
have been in print ads, websites for clothing,
Dear Abby: We have a relative who is a
and even a movie.
terrible cook. How can we refuse her invita-
I was shocked when she told me her tions when she’s only trying to reciprocate?
6-year-old is interviewed without a parent We enjoy her company, but not her food. We
present in the room. The boy is bright, have gone out to eat, but she wants to cook
self-possessed and spirited, but still — he’s for us! What to do? — Sorry, Not Hungry
only 6. Given the recent revelations about
Dear Sorry: You have two choices. Either
industry-wide problems with child sexual be honest with her or graciously eat her food
abuse (“An Open Secret” documentary), was as infrequently as possible (and when you do,
I out of line to suggest she have a device to bring along a dish of your own to add to her
listen in and record? — Concerned Auntie
dinner).
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
Jan. 25, 1918
Mrs. Cora Colwell and her 15 year old
son, Lawrence, were last evening acquitted
of the murder of J.E. Short, the aged Lowden
rancher who was shot and killed by the boy on
the afternoon of May 7. Col. Raley scoffed at
the idea of Mrs. Colwell having been present
at the shooting, dwelling upon the testimony
showing that she had separated from the boy
and was at the home of Mrs. Ansbach when
the shooting occurred. Col. Raley, in defending
the boy who admitted shooting the old man,
declared there was no question but that Short
left the home with a loaded gun for the purpose
of intimidating the Colwells so that they
would not try to recover the horse in dispute.
He declared he did not believe that Short had
any intention of shooting the boy but that he
probably shot to one side in an effort to scare
the latter. However, he contended the boy was
perfectly justified in believing he was in danger
of being shot and in firing to protect himself.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 25, 1968
Lewis Parent, Blue Mountain Community
College police science student, checked
negatives of photos taken of a shack on Birch
Creek near Pilot Rock. Inside the shack were
ingredients and equipment for making home
brew. Parent and classmate Robert Pugsley
were with Paul Jones and Gilbert Petteys of
the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Department.
They happened upon the tar-papered shack on
a hunt for a reportedly stolen irrigation pump.
Oregon State Liquor Commission representa-
tives later arrived to investigate the place. Dick
Pileggi, 32, was in the Multnomah County Jail
in connection with the case.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 25, 1993
Two days after whistling his song of
Chinook, Old Man Winter threw back his
head, laughed and covered the region with
a new blanket of snow Friday. Certainly,
northeastern Oregon folks have shoveled more
ivory-coated sidewalks this month than in the
last several years, but the Old Man will have to
give an arctic howl and an icy stare next week
if January ’93 is to make the record books.
It’s been relatively warm compared to some
cruel stretches endured in Januarys past. For
instance, a 16-inch snowfall on Jan. 19, 1930
was followed by four straight days, Jan. 21-24,
in which the mercury plummeted to minus 26
degrees and the low temperature never crept
above minus 15.
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 25th day of
2018. There are 340 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Jan. 25, 1858, Brit-
ain’s Princess Victoria, the
eldest daughter of Queen
Victoria and Prince Albert,
married
Crown
Prince
Frederick William, the future
German Emperor and King
of Prussia, at St. James’
Palace. (The ceremony’s
tradition-setting
music,
personally selected by the
Princess Royal, included
the “Bridal Chorus” from
Richard Wagner’s “Lohen-
grin” and the “Wedding
March” by Felix Mendels-
sohn.)
On this date:
In 1533, England’s King
Henry VIII secretly married
his second wife, Anne
Boleyn, who later gave birth
to Elizabeth I.
In 1890, reporter Nellie
Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane)
of the New York World
completed a round-the-world
journey in 72 days, 6 hours
and 11 minutes.
In 1915, America’s first
official
transcontinental
telephone call took place as
Alexander Graham Bell, who
was in New York, spoke to
his former assistant, Thomas
Watson, who was in San
Francisco, over a line set up
by American Telephone &
Telegraph.
In 1924, the first Winter
Olympic Games opened in
Chamonix, France.
In 1945, the World War
II Battle of the Bulge ended
as German forces were
pushed back to their original
positions. Grand Rapids,
Michigan, became the first
community to add fluoride to
its public water supply.
In 1955, the Soviet Union
formally ended its state of
war with Germany.
In 1981, the 52 Americans
held hostage by Iran for 444
days arrived in the United
States.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Country singer Claude
Gray is 86. Actress Leigh
Taylor-Young
is
73.
Actress Jenifer Lewis is
61. Country musician Mike
Burch (River Road) is 52.
Rhythm-and-blues singer
Kina is 49. Actress China
Kantner is 47. Actress Ana
Ortiz is 47. Drummer Joe
Sirois (Mighty Mighty
Bosstones) is 46. Musician
Matt Odmark (Jars of Clay)
is 44. Actress Mia Kirshner
is 43. Actress Christine
Lakin is 39. Rhythm-
and-blues singer Alicia
Keys is 37. Actor Michael
Trevino is 33. Pop musician
Calum Hood (5 Seconds
to Summer) is 22. Actress
Olivia Edward is 11.
Thought for Today:
“Love must be learned, and
learned again and again; there
is no end to it. Hate needs no
instruction, but wants only to
be provoked.” — Katherine
Anne Porter, American
author (1894-1980).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE