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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Couple disagrees on etiquette
of curating their bathroom art
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I’m a married
a print of long-stemmed flowers. If
woman in my 30s. My husband and
you know there’s a possibility some-
one will be offended while using a
I own a home, which I have deco-
rated to our taste with the exception
room that’s a “necessity,” the polite
thing to do would be to listen to your
of “my” bathroom. My husband and
husband.
I use separate bathrooms. Mine is the
Dear Abby: We invited friends
one on the main floor, which is also
over for dinner. Because they have
used by our guests.
toddlers who like to eat early, we
A few months ago, I purchased a
Jeanne
large piece of art to hang in my bath- Phillips started meal preparations accord-
ingly. One hour before they were
room. Admittedly, it is a bit provoca-
Advice
tive, but I don’t consider it to be over
to arrive, the wife canceled because
her daughter was “cranky.” She said
the top. My husband said he didn’t
care that I hung it, but when his father came she wanted to reschedule for two days later.
to visit recently, he took it down and hid it. Since the food was already prepared, we
I didn’t say anything, but I now feel he is now have leftovers that will last for days.
I don’t want to go shopping again because
embarrassed by my taste.
I’m hosting a couples baby shower in a I feel like she already stood us up, and I
few weeks, and one of the guests is very reli- know she can’t host us for now because she
gious. My husband suggests I hang the art- lives with her parents. What’s proper notice
work somewhere else or hide it for the party. when canceling a dinner date? How should
I don’t feel I should have to redecorate a we as hosts handle her request to come over
room in my own home. Am I being unrea- a different day, especially so close to the
sonable, or should I find a less provocative event? — Miffed After Dinner
piece of art to hang for our more conserva-
Dear Miffed: Because she lives with
tive guests? — Fine Art Lover
her parents, your guest could have left her
Dear Fine Art Lover: While your home cranky daughter with “Nana” and “Poppy.”
is your castle, surely you want your friends Barring illness, the “proper” time to cancel
and family to be comfortable in it while they would have been before you bought gro-
ceries for the dinner. However, with small
visit you.
Years ago, I bought an original work of art children, things do happen, so be forgiving.
by Patrick Oliphant titled “Naked Nixon,” Because she’s a good friend, put the food
which I hung over the toilet in my powder you prepared in the fridge for two days and
room. While entertaining guests I knew were serve it when she shows up. (It may taste
politically conservative, I switched it out for better after the flavors meld.)
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 7-8, 1918
Next Tuesday will make the official open-
ing of the Helix flour mill. In the afternoon,
the mill will be open to public inspection,
and Manager H.C. Caywood will explain the
operation of the plant. In the evening the first
sack of “Silver Shield” Helix-made flour will
be auctioned off, a free lunch will be served,
and dancing will finish up the affair. Saw-
yer’s orchestra of Pendleton will play for the
dancing. All the proceeds of the opening are
for the Helix Red Cross auxiliary.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 7-8, 1968
Ham and eggs — and cocktails for break-
fast? Yes, that combination is on the menu
for the lucky person who won a trip to Reno,
Nev., in a city merchants’ contest Monday
night. Perhaps even ham and eggs — and
peas — will be on the menu. Peas because
the contest was part of the Milton-Freewa-
ter pea festival that opened Monday night
with coronation ceremony and a talent show
at the Mac Hi auditorium. Many in the audi-
ence thought the sweetest little pea was Deb-
bie Artz, the little four-year-old gal acrobat
who flopped and twisted all over the stage to
the song “Moon River.” The big trophy she
won was about all she could carry for win-
ning in division one for youngsters five to
nine years old.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 7-8, 1993
The last of three men convicted of exe-
cuting Brian David Smith last November
was sentenced Thursday to spend the next
17 years and four months in prison. Nathan-
iel Miller, a 21-year-old from Umatilla, was
convicted of intentional murder and conspir-
acy to commit murder in a jury trial March
23. In addition to a 12-year-and-four-month
sentence for murder, as outlined in the state’s
sentencing guidelines, Miller was sentenced
to two five-year concurrent terms, to run
consecutively with the murder sentence, for
violating probation. It was the same 148-
month sentence given to Don C. Ball, 22, of
Hermiston, who fired the shotgun that killed
Smith near Cold Springs Reservoir east of
Hermiston on Nov. 11, 1992.
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
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 May 8, 1978, David
R. Berkowitz pleaded guilty
in a Brooklyn courtroom
to murder, attempted mur-
der and assault in connec-
tion with the “Son of Sam”
shootings that claimed six
lives and terrified New
Yorkers. (Berkowitz was
sentenced to six consecu-
tive life prison terms.)
In 1429, the Siege of
Orleans during the Hundred
Years’ War ended as English
troops withdrew after being
defeated by French forces
under Joan of Arc.
In 1794, Antoine Lavois-
ier, the father of modern
chemistry, was executed
on the guillotine during
France’s Reign of Terror.
In 1884, the 33rd pres-
ident of the United States,
Harry S. Truman, was born
in Lamar, Missouri.
In 1921, Sweden’s Par-
liament voted to abolish the
death penalty.
In 1945, President Harry
S. Truman announced on
radio that Nazi Germany’s
forces had surrendered, and
that “the flags of freedom
fly all over Europe.”
In 1958, Vice President
Richard Nixon was shoved,
stoned, booed and spat upon
by anti-American protesters
in Lima, Peru.
In 1962, the musical
comedy “A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to
the Forum” opened on
Broadway.
In 1973, militant Amer-
ican Indians who had held
the South Dakota hamlet
of Wounded Knee for ten
weeks surrendered.
In 1984, the Soviet
Union announced it would
boycott the upcoming Sum-
mer Olympic Games in Los
Angeles.
In 1996, South Africa
took another step from
apartheid to democracy by
adopting a constitution that
guaranteed equal rights for
blacks and whites.
Ten years ago: During
the 2008 race for the White
House, Sen. Barack Obama
got a front-runner’s wel-
come back at the U.S. Cap-
itol, where he was sur-
rounded on the House floor
by well-wishers calling him
“Mr. President” and reach-
ing out to pat him on the
back or shake his hand.
Five years ago: A jury
in Phoenix convicted Jodi
Arias of first-degree mur-
der in the 2008 death of her
one-time boyfriend, Travis
Alexander (Arias was later
sentenced to life in prison).
Today’s Birthdays: Nat-
uralist Sir David Attenbor-
ough is 92. Actor James
Mitchum is 77. Singer
Philip Bailey is 67. Rock
musician Alex Van Halen is
65. New York City Mayor
Bill de Blasio is 57. Singer
Enrique Iglesias is 43.
Thought for Today:
“The biggest big business in
America is not steel, auto-
mobiles, or television. It is
the manufacture, refinement
and distribution of anxi-
ety.” — Eric Sevareid, news
commentator (1912-1992).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE