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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, April 13, 2018
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Girl feels guilty for partying
during breakup with boyfriend
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I am a 17-year-old
painstakingly scrape the unrequested
senior and have been dating the same
item off of my dinner? I don’t want to
boy for two years. A month ago, he told
waste food, and I would like my meal
me he wanted to break up “because he
prepared to my specifications. Any
needed some time to figure out what
suggestions? — Vegan In The West
he wanted.” I was devastated but
Dear Vegan: You have every
agreed. Two weeks later, he told me
right to send a meal back if it wasn’t
he was sorry and he loves me.
prepared the way you requested. You,
We are back together now, but the
as the customer, are paying for your
Jeanne
weekend after our breakup, I went to Phillips food, and you should not have to
visit a college girlfriend. We went to a
painstakingly scrape anything off it.
Advice
party and I ended up having sex with
Some people with dietary restrictions
a boy I didn’t even know. I feel guilty
carry a laminated card with them that
and unworthy. What should I do? If I tell my lists the foods they cannot eat. It is shown to
boyfriend, I’m sure I’ll lose him for good. If the chef by the server at the time your order is
I don’t tell him, I’ll always worry that he will placed. You may want to try it.
find out from someone else. — Unworthy In
Dear Abby: My husband died recently.
The Midwest
We didn’t have children. His family keeps
Dear Unworthy: You are acting like you contacting me and inviting me to lunch,
have something to feel guilty about. You movies, etc. The problem is, I have nothing
don’t. At the time you visited your college in common with them and no longer want to
girlfriend, your boyfriend had broken things spend time with them. When I make an excuse
off with you. You do not owe him an expla- to politely bow out, they suggest another date,
nation or a confession as long as you haven’t and another and another. How can I get them
given him an STD. Contact your physician to leave me alone? — Enjoying My Solitude
and be checked to be sure.
Dear Solitude: Your former in-laws mean
Dear Abby: I’m vegan and make a point well, and many would consider you fortunate
of being polite to servers in restaurants. I that they try so hard to be supportive and
carefully describe what I would like to eat remain close. Keep in mind that you are their
from their menu. Although they appear to be last tie to their son. However, because your
attentive, half the time they serve me a meal polite refusals aren’t getting through, tell
with an added touch — a scoop of sour cream them that while you appreciate their gesture,
or sprinkle of cheese on the top.
you are not lonely. In fact, you enjoy being
When it happens, is it fair to send the “alone with your memories” and you will
food back to the kitchen? Or is it better to contact them if you change your mind.
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
April 13, 1918
Pendleton has a chance to become head-
quarters for the eastern Oregon company of
state police but some effort will probably have
to be made to secure their location here inas-
much as other eastern Oregon cities are urging
their claims. There will be but one company in
eastern Oregon and only a part of the company
will be kept in each city. However, the
company officers will maintain headquarters
in one of the principal cities of this part of the
state. Deputy Sheriff Jake Marin this morning
received letters from Major Deich and Captain
Williams relative to securing recruits from this
city and county.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 13, 1968
When Bertha Anderson, 504 N.E. Despain,
woke up this morning and looked out the
window, she saw a jungle of ice. Trees were
weighed down with icicles and the ground was
white. The automatic sprinklers had not shut
off last night and the water had frozen on the
lawn, plants and trees. It was the coldest night
ever recorded on this date. The U.S. Weather
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
Bureau at the airport recorded a low of 25
degrees, breaking the record of 30. Downtown
Pendleton had a low of 20, breaking the record
of 21 in 1911.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 13, 1993
Bones and tools uncovered near Stanfield
by crews digging the line for a natural gas pipe-
line have been dated to about 240 years ago.
Several weeks ago archaeological observers on
the pipeline project spotted a bone while crews
were digging about 10 miles south of Stanfield
in the Butter Creek drainage. Paleontologists
examined the bone and further digging
revealed tools, which is when archaeologists
got involved in the site. The find is believed to
be an animal processing area used by American
Indians, said Tom Marteau, a cultural resource
specialist. Martin helps the company managing
the pipeline project, Bectell, enforce environ-
mental laws regulating the digging. More than
1,000 bones were unearthed in nine days of
digging. Most were cracked, broken and often
burned, which led researchers to conclude
it was likely the bones themselves that were
being processed, said Clay Lebow, field work
coordinator for Infotech.
On April 13, 1943, Pres-
ident Franklin D. Roosevelt
dedicated the Jefferson
Memorial in Washington,
D.C., on the 200th anniver-
sary of the third American
president’s birth.
In 1598, King Henry IV of
France endorsed the Edict of
Nantes, which granted rights
to the Protestant Huguenots.
(The edict was abrogated in
1685 by King Louis XIV,
who declared France entirely
Catholic again.)
In 1613, Pocahontas,
daughter of Chief Powhatan,
was captured by English
Capt. Samuel Argall in the
Virginia Colony. (During
a yearlong captivity, Poca-
hontas converted to Christi-
anity and ultimately opted to
stay with the English.)
In 1743, the third pres-
ident of the United States,
Thomas Jefferson, was born
in Shadwell in the Virginia
Colony.
In 1861, at the start of
the Civil War, Fort Sumter
in South Carolina fell to
Confederate forces.
In 1953, “Casino Royale,”
Ian Fleming’s first book as
well as the first James Bond
novel, was published in
London by Jonathan Cape
Ltd.
In 1964, Sidney Poitier
became the first black
performer in a leading role to
win an Academy Award for
his performance in “Lilies of
the Field.”
In 1970, Apollo 13,
four-fifths of the way to the
moon, was crippled when
a tank containing liquid
oxygen burst. (The astronauts
managed to return safely.)
In 1986, Pope John Paul II
visited the Great Synagogue
of Rome in the first recorded
papal visit of its kind to a
Jewish house of worship.
In 1992, the Great
Chicago Flood took place
as the city’s century-old
tunnel system and adjacent
basements filled with water
from the Chicago River. “The
Bridges of Madison County,”
a romance novel by Robert
James Waller, was published
by Warner Books.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Movie director Stanley
Donen is 94. Actor Paul
Sorvino is 79. Rhythm-and-
blues singer Lester Chambers
is 78. Movie-TV composer
Bill Conti is 76. Rock musi-
cian Jack Casady is 74. Singer
Al Green is 72. Actor Ron
Perlman is 68. Bandleader/
rock musician Max Weinberg
is 67. Bluegrass singer-mu-
sician Sam Bush is 66. Rock
musician Jimmy Destri is 64.
Comedian Gary Kroeger is
61. Actress Saundra Santiago
is 61. Sen. Bob Casey Jr.,
D-Pa., is 58. Chess grand-
master Garry Kasparov is 55.
Actress Page Hannah is 54.
Actress-comedian Caroline
Rhea is 54. Rock musician
Lisa Umbarger is 53. Rock
musician Marc Ford is 52.
Reggae singer Capleton is
51. Actor Ricky Schroder is
48. Rock singer Aaron Lewis
(Staind) is 46. Actor Bokeem
Woodbine is 45. Singer Lou
Bega is 43. Actor-producer
Glenn Howerton is 42. Pop
singer Nellie McKay is 36.
Rapper/singer Ty Dolla
$ign is 36. Actress Allison
Williams is 30. Actress
Hannah Marks is 25.
Thought for Today: “Go
on failing. Go on. Only next
time, try to fail better.” —
Samuel Beckett, Irish play-
wright and author (born this
date in 1906, died in 1989).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE