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East Oregonian
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Hubby’s work-life balance isn’t
working for overburdened wife
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Dear Abby: I have been married
feel the need to get everything
two years, but my husband and I
settled. But every time I sit down
have been together for more than
to write thank-you cards, I become
10. We have a 3-year-old daughter
so anxious I find it hard to breathe.
who has needed a few extra doctor
Some family members have told me
appointments and therapy. My
thank-you cards are not expected for
husband makes it to none of these
bereavement. Can you tell me what
extra appointments, some of which
the proper etiquette and time frame
are crucial to her future. We both
is in this matter? — Has To Settle
Jeanne
work full-time, but he works six days Phillips Everything
a week.
Dear Has: Please accept my
Advice
I have started to regard him differ-
sympathy for the loss of your son.
ently because I’m doing everything
There are two ways to handle the task
for our daughter. Sometimes I feel like a of thanking those who sent flowers, food or
single parent. I don’t want my marriage to condolence letters. The first is to ask a friend
fail, but we aren’t connecting anymore. I take or another family member to help you. The
off work or switch my hours around because other is as simple as having cards printed that
I know that’s what you do for your child. He say, “The family of ____________ want to
never takes off work, yet he doesn’t think thank you for reaching out to us at this sad
twice about going golfing with his boss like time,” and signing your name. I hope this is
it’s no big deal. What do you think I should helpful for you.
do? — Wisconsin Mommy
Dear Abby: I have a close friend with
Dear Mommy: Talk to your husband. whom I often travel and attend events. She’s
You won’t be able to achieve a more equal a lovely person, but she has the odd habit
balance until you make your feelings known of singing in public — in gift shops, restau-
and discuss this with him.
rants, or any public place where music is
I’m sorry you didn’t mention what playing (and sometimes even when it’s not).
kind of job your husband has, because it’s I can’t have the radio on in the car without
an important omission. He may be doing her singing along. She has an OK voice, but
everything he can for you and his daughter. A her style is a bit operatic. How can I gently
six-day-a-week schedule doesn’t offer much tell her that her spontaneous performances
flexibility. And please don’t judge him for are inappropriate and excessive? — Not
playing golf with his boss. A lot of business is Karaoke In The East
discussed on the links, and his presence may
Dear Not Karaoke: I suspect your friend
be more compulsory than you realize.
craves attention, which is why she does it.
Dear Abby: My adult child recently Pay her the compliment she’s looking for
passed away. Although he didn’t live with by telling her how nice her voice is, but you
me, I handled the arrangements and held the would prefer she not sing when you’re out in
visitation in my home.
public together because you find it embar-
It has been only a few months, but I rassing.
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 5-6, 1918
Miss Graves’ class in English at the high
school took a lesson in criminology this
morning to see how this method of detecting
criminals would work out. After the first test,
the students were able to tell what crime the
criminal had committed. A list of words were
given the students relating to the crime. A
student was sent out of the room to steal a
pocketbook from the principal’s office. When
these words were given him he was to tell the
first word that came into his mind. Naturally,
he would tell something concerning the theft,
and from what he said the students, who did
not know what he had done, were able to tell
exactly what the crime was. His method is
often used by detectives on criminals and is
taught in many of the higher institutions.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 5-6, 1968
The exclusive Leap Year Birthday Club
had two additions in Pendleton last week. St.
Anthony and Community hospitals shared
the distinction of greeting babies on Feb.
29. Community’s birthday baby enjoys even
more status. For the little girl, Jodi Corinne, is
the hospital birthday baby. Since Community
Hospital opened its doors on Feb. 28, 1961,
the hospital auxiliary has observed the anni-
versary by presenting a gift to the baby born
on Feb. 28, or the closest date following. This
5-pound, 9-ounce infant is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Snow of Hermiston. St.
Anthony Hospital recorded the birth of a girl
to Mr. and Mrs. George W. Benzel of Weston
at 10:50 a.m. Feb. 29. She weighed 8 pounds,
9 ounces, and has been named Katherine Jo.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 5-6, 1993
A 4,100-foot bike path connecting the city
of Hermiston with the new Diagonal Road
athletic complex will be built this spring
with a $54,000 state grant. The bike path will
become the city’s first project devoted solely
to bicyclists or pedestrians, city engineer Pat
Napolitano said. Safety concerns presented
by the location of athletic fields along a state
highway prompted the city to seek the funds,
he said. Without the path, children and others
traveling to the site would be forced to ride
or walk along a section of Diagonal Road in
which cars can legally drive 55 mph.
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
On March 6, 1836, the
Alamo in San Antonio,
Texas, fell as Mexican forces
led by General Antonio
Lopez de Santa Anna
stormed the fortress after
a 13-day siege; the battle
claimed the lives of all the
Texan defenders, nearly 200
strong, including William
Travis, James Bowie and
Davy Crockett.
On this date:
In 1475, Italian artist and
poet Michelangelo was born
in Caprese in the Republic of
Florence.
In 1853, Verdi’s opera
“La Traviata” premiered in
Venice, Italy.
In 1857, the U.S.
Supreme Court, in Dred
Scott v. Sandford, ruled
7-2 that Scott, a slave, was
not an American citizen
and therefore could not sue
for his freedom in federal
court.
In 1933, a national bank
holiday declared by Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt
aimed at calming panicked
depositors went into effect.
Chicago Mayor Anton
Cermak, wounded in an
attempt on Roosevelt’s life
the previous month, died at
a Miami hospital at age 59.
In 1944, U.S. heavy
bombers staged the first
full-scale American raid on
Berlin during World War II.
In
1953,
Georgy
Malenkov
was
named
premier of the Soviet Union
a day after the death of Josef
Stalin.
In 1967, the daughter
of Josef Stalin, Svetlana
Alliluyeva, appeared at
the U.S. Embassy in New
Delhi and declared her
intention to defect to the
West. Singer-actor Nelson
Eddy, 65, died in Palm
Beach, Florida.
In 1970, a bomb being
built inside a Greenwich
Village townhouse by the
radical Weathermen acciden-
tally went off, destroying the
house and killing three group
members.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Former Federal Reserve
Chairman Alan Greenspan
is 92. Rock singer-musician
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
is 72. Actress Anna Maria
Horsford is 71. Actor-di-
rector Rob Reiner is 71. Fox
News reporter John Stossel
is 71. Sports correspondent
Armen Keteyian is 65. Actor
Tom Arnold is 59. Actor
D.L. Hughley is 54. Country
songwriter Skip Ewing is
54. Actor Shuler Hensley is
51. Actress Connie Britton
is 51. Actress Moira Kelly
is 50. Actress Amy Pietz is
49. Rock musician Chris
Broderick (Megadeth) is 48.
Basketball Hall of Famer
Shaquille O’Neal is 46.
Thought for Today: “Best
be yourself, imperial, plain
and true!” — Elizabeth
Barrett Browning, English
poet (1806-1861).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE