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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, March 23, 2018
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Words fail woman in response
to sister-in-law’s miscarriage
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My sister-in-law, a
who has two years left in the Marine
mother of four, just had a miscarriage
Corps? Or do I keep her and stay at
at five months. I have no idea what to
the job I have now and keep doing
say to her or my nieces and nephews.
what I do?
“Sorry” doesn’t seem to suffice. Her
Please give me some advice
6-year-old was ecstatic about the
because, right now, I have no one
new baby. The family is crushed. My
else to help me with this decision,
husband (her brother) was in tears,
and it’s a hard one. — Kelsea In
and I didn’t know what to say to him
New Hampshire
Jeanne
either.
Dear Kelsea: I know it’s a hard
Phillips
I have never been able to easily
decision
to make, but right now
Advice
express my emotions. In emotional
your priority must be to finish your
situations I just go blank and my
education. Start by asking around the
mind shuts down. I am always at a loss for “horse community” if someone would be
words, and I feel like it’s disconnecting me interested in buying Springtime and can give
from relationships. Any advice? — Without her a good home. Also put the word out at
Words
the stable where you have been boarding her.
Dear Without Words: When people stay Your veterinarian may also be able to offer
silent, it can be mistaken for lack of caring, you helpful suggestions. However, if they
when sometimes it happens because the can’t help you, contact a horse rescue group
emotions are so overwhelming they can’t be to find a safe home for your horse. I wish you
put into words. So why not just be honest? luck.
You don’t have to be a poet, but you do have
Dear Abby: My cousin’s son is 4 and a
to say something. Because these are your picky eater. We love to try new restaurants
in-laws, who presumably know you, I’m and cuisines. When we go out to eat, she
sure it would be appreciated if you simply sometimes brings along a PB&J for her
said, “You know I have trouble expressing child. Is this acceptable? I always feel a
my emotions, but please know how sorry I little awkward about it, but then I think the
am for your loss.”
restaurant would rather have us come with
Dear Abby: I’ve always dreamed about something he can eat rather than go to a
getting a horse, so I saved up all the money different restaurant. In her defense, she does
I earned as a kid and finally bought one a have him try the restaurant’s food before she
year ago. I named her “Springtime,” and I produces the sandwich. — Awkward Diner
love her. She’s great. But now I am ready to
Dear Awkward Diner: I think it’s
venture out into the world, and I’m forced to perfectly acceptable. Look at it this way:
make a decision. Do I give her to a loving Which is preferable — a child with his mouth
home with people who have more time to full of a PB&J sandwich he’s enjoying, or
spend with her, so I can go to college and one who’s loudly complaining that the food
move to a different state with my boyfriend, is awful and he doesn’t want to eat it?
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
March 23, 1918
The Pendleton High School girls are the
champions of Oregon for the second consec-
utive year. Last year the Pendleton basketball
girls won the Oregon championship by
defeating Oakland and Silverton and this
year they won the Eastern Oregon and the
Mid-Columbia championship, which takes in
all the towns west of here to Portland. None
of these towns have challenged the local girls
to play them and until they do the girls are
safe in saying that they are the champions of
Oregon. The only reason why the girls did not
go after the Oregon championship this year
was because of the lack of money. Last year
the school board paid their expenses but they
did not feel like asking them again this year,
according to Principal Drill.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 23, 1968
Quail delayed for a day the start of a jail
sentence here. The pet birds belong to Jared
Ellsworth White, Weston. He pleaded guilty
Wednesday in Umatilla County District Court
to unlawful possession of alcoholic liquor, a
reduction from the original charge of selling
alcohol without a license. District Judge
Richard Courson sentenced White to five
days in jail and one year’s probation. Then he
allowed White to go home to Weston to make
arrangements for the care of his pet quail,
and ordered him to report to the county jail at
1:30 p.m. today to begin serving the sentence.
White’s arrest stemmed from the discovery
by Umatilla County sheriff’s deputies of what
they said probably had been the site of a still.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 23, 1993
J.C. Penney’s was the latest target in a
string of armed robberies aimed at Pendleton
area businesses. Monday afternoon at about
1:45 p.m., a man with a gun tucked inside
his pants placed a brown paper sack on the
counter, instructing employee Sonia Smith
to fill it with cash. When she refused, he fled
the downtown J.C. Penney Co. store at 124 S.
Main St., according to police reports. But the
robber stayed long enough for Smith to come
up with a detailed description. “If you’re
approached by someone with a gun you prob-
ably should do what they tell you,” said Pend-
leton police officer Don Arbogast.“Money is
fairly easy to replace. In this case he never did
take the gun out of his pants, so that may have
made some difference.” This brings the total
to four armed robberies in the past six weeks
— the latest heist came just three days ago at
Skipper’s restaurant on Southgate. “We have
some leads but they’re pretty slim leads,” said
Arobgast.
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 82nd day of
2018. There are 283 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On March 23, 1775,
Patrick Henry delivered
an address to the Virginia
Provincial Convention in
which he is said to have
declared, “Give me liberty,
or give me death!”
On this date:
In
1792,
Joseph
Haydn’s Symphony No.
94 in G Major (known as
the “Surprise” symphony
because of an unexpected
crashing chord in the
second movement) had its
first public performance in
London.
In 1806, explorers Meri-
wether Lewis and William
Clark, having reached the
Pacific coast, began their
journey back east.
In 1914, the first
installment of “The Perils
of Pauline,” the silent film
serial starring Pearl White,
premiered in the greater
New York City area.
In 1933, the German
Reichstag adopted the
Enabling Act, which effec-
tively granted Adolf Hitler
dictatorial powers.
In 1942, the first Japa-
nese-Americans evacuated
by the U.S. Army during
World War II arrived at
the internment camp in
Manzanar, California.
In
1956,
Pakistan
became an Islamic republic.
In 1965, America’s first
two-person space mission
took place as Gemini 3
blasted off with astronauts
Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom and
John W. Young aboard for a
nearly 5-hour flight.
In 1968, UCLA defeated
North Carolina, 78-55, to
win college basketball’s
NCAA championship.
In
1973,
before
sentencing a group of Water-
gate break-in defendants,
Chief U.S. District Judge
John J. Sirica read aloud a
letter he’d received from
James W. McCord Jr. which
said there was “political
pressure” to “plead guilty
and remain silent.”
In 1998, “Titanic” tied
an Academy Awards record
by winning 11 Oscars,
including best picture,
director (James Cameron)
and song (“My Heart Will
Go On”).
Today’s
Birthdays:
Singer Chaka Khan is 65.
Actress Amanda Plummer
is 61. Actress Catherine
Keener is 59. Actress Keri
Russell is 42. Actress Nich-
olle Tom is 40.
Thought for Today: “A
man who fears suffering is
already suffering from what
he fears.” — Michel de
Montaigne, French essayist
(1533-1592).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE