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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Only child senses time has
come to leave widowed mom
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
have been conflicted about how to act
Dear Abby: I am an only child who
has lived at home all her life — 44
around the ex, whom I considered to be
years. My father recently passed away,
a good friend until this happened. I am
so now it is just Mom and me. She
tempted to lash out at him for hurting
has become extremely clingy. She is
someone we care about, but I don’t
jealous of my friends and feels I must
want to add more drama.
be with her for almost everything.
We all are in undergrad together,
What can I do?
so we see each other every day. It’s
I think I should move out, but she
getting harder not to stick up for my
Jeanne
will take it badly. Also, I’m concerned Phillips friend at this point. How do I suppress
about her health. She’s 71, diabetic and
my anger in order to be a friend to both
Advice
has a heart condition. Is this a lost cause
of them, even if the ex may not deserve
or is there hope? — Hoping In Florida
it? — Angry In The South
Dear Hoping: I agree that you should
Dear Angry: A way to do that would be to
move. It would have been better had you cut remind yourself that there are usually two sides
the umbilical cord while your father was still to a story. Bide your time and wait to see what
alive, but better late than never.
happens. Whether you want to remain friends
Are there relatives or friends who can with the “cad” will become apparent with time.
look in on your mother regularly? If there are, Remaining quiet may be the better choice,
enlist their help. She should not be allowed to particularly if the “ideal couple” decides to
become isolated and solely dependent on one reunite.
person. Look into grief support groups and
Dear Abby: I am a 60-year-old widow who
other programs for seniors in your community. wants to begin dating. I have some health prob-
If your mother needs a companion and your lems, although they are neither fatal nor limit
family finances allow it, hire someone to stay my energy. I have excellent insurance and the
with her. It’s time you had a life of your own. monetary resources for the needed treatment.
Consider it the price of your freedom.
I’m concerned that these conditions might
Dear Abby: A few months ago, one of my scare off any suitors. How upfront must I be
best friends was dumped by his long-term about them? I don’t intend to lie, but must I
boyfriend. I was shocked because everyone give an extensive medical disclosure on the
thought they were an ideal couple, and theirs first few dates? — Wants To Be Upfront
was a relationship to model all of ours after.
Dear Wants: I don’t think your first conver-
A few days ago, my friend finally felt sations should include an “organ recital.”
comfortable enough to confide that his ex However, if a relationship appears to be blos-
had cheated on him with another friend of soming into something more than social, the
ours, which was another shock. Since then, I honest thing to do would be to disclose.
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 26-27, 1918
Reaching their decision after two hours of
discussion, members of the Commercial Asso-
ciation last evening voted by a big majority to
accept the offer of the Elks Club for the merging
of the club rooms of the two organizations for
the duration of the war. The offer was made
and accepted solely as a means of economy
and conservation, the general attitude being
that it is sinful waste for the city to maintain
two club headquarters in times when the great
cry is to save. Some opposition was voiced on
the grounds that such a move might rob the
Commercial Association of some of its prestige
and cloud its identity but the greater number
present were of the opinion that the association
was losing nothing but gaining much. It was
made plain that the Elks had not fathered the
plan but that the years-old desire for better
quarters coupled with the pleas for economy
during the war had resulted in a suggestion that
had borne fruit.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 26-27, 1968
A spring snowstorm, heavily laden with the
white stuff, deposited 20 inches at Tollgate,
14 inches at Spout Springs and four inches at
Meacham the last 24 hours — and it still was
snowing at Tollgate at mid-morning today. A
Morganhill, Calif., woman suffered broken
teeth and a lacerated mouth in a two-car
accident near Deadman’s Pass on Highway 30
about 2:40 a.m. Colin K. Kough, 19, was driver
of a car that passed a tractor-truck, slid on ice
and slush, turned 180 degrees and hit the truck
she had passed head-on. Her passenger, Robert
T. Cox, 18, was not injured. And three Missouri
people escaped injury when the car in which
they were riding slid and overturned about
12:50 a.m. near Deadman’s Pass. Charles D.
Sears Sr., 22, Dora Ava Sears, 22, and Charles
D. Sears Jr. were the occupants.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 26-27, 1993
Jeanine Rieff took piano lessons as a child
from her mother, a teacher and church musi-
cian. She held on for two years. “It was my
idea to study piano, but I got tired of it,” Rieff
says. Tears dropped onto her hands while she
practiced, because she wanted to go outdoors
and play with her friends. Despite that melan-
choly introduction, Rieff continued playing
piano. She never studied voice, but has been
singing in church since age 4. And her musi-
cianship earned the $600 overall grand prize
Saturday at the Kiwanis Kapers talent show in
Pendleton. Rieff clearly impressed the judges
and audience with “I Will Always Love You,”
a Whitney Houston song from the movie “The
Bodyguard.”
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 86th day of
2018. There are 279 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On March 27, 1968,
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri
Gagarin, the first man to orbit
the Earth in 1961, died when
his MiG-15 jet crashed during
a routine training flight near
Moscow; he was 34.
On this date:
In 1513, Spanish explorer
Juan Ponce de Leon sighted
present-day Florida.
In 1625, Charles I acceded
to the English throne upon
the death of James I.
In
1794,
Congress
approved “An Act to provide
a Naval Armament” of six
armed ships.
In 1884, the first telephone
line between Boston and
New York was inaugurated.
In 1912, first lady Helen
Herron Taft and the wife of
Japan’s ambassador to the
United States, Viscountess
Chinda, planted the first two
of 3,000 cherry trees given
to the U.S. as a gift by the
mayor of Tokyo.
In 1933, Japan officially
withdrew from the League of
Nations.
In 1942, during World
War II, Congress granted
American servicemen free
first-class mailing privileges.
In 1958, Nikita Khrush-
chev became Soviet premier
in addition to First Secretary
of the Communist Party.
In 1964, Alaska was hit by
a magnitude 9.2 earthquake
(the strongest on record in
North America) and tsunamis
that together claimed about
130 lives.
In 1977, in aviation’s
worst disaster, 583 people
were killed when a KLM
Boeing 747, attempting to
take off in heavy fog, crashed
into a Pan Am 747 on an
airport runway on the Canary
Island of Tenerife.
In 1980, 123 workers died
when a North Sea floating oil
field platform, the Alexander
Kielland, capsized during a
storm.
In 1998, the Food
and Drug Administration
approved the drug Viagra,
made by Pfizer, saying it had
helped about two-thirds of
impotent men improve their
sexual function.
Ten years ago: The
Pentagon said Defense
Secretary Robert Gates had
ordered a full inventory of all
nuclear weapons and related
materials after the mistaken
delivery of ballistic missile
fuses to Taiwan.
Five years ago: Lawyers
for Colorado theater shooting
suspect James Holmes said
he would plead guilty to the
attack that killed 12 people
and serve the rest of his life
in prison to avoid the death
penalty.
Thought for Today: “A
sheltered life can be a daring
life as well. For all serious
daring starts from within.”
— Eudora Welty, American
author (1909-2001).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE