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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, June 8, 2018
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Woman looks for exit ramp
out of one-way friendship
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I have a friend who
in years. Because of a multitude of
brags nonstop about her boyfriend,
health problems, she will soon have
to enter a nursing home. She cur-
her job, her new car, etc. She only
rently lives in her own home with
comes out of the woodwork every so
her dog, “Skippy,” and is facing the
often to text me things like, “Roy just
problem of what to do with Skippy
got a $13 raise at work!” I respond
when she has to move.
with wholehearted support and con-
gratulations, then don’t hear from her
Skippy has growled at people in
Jeanne
the past, including children, and has
again until days later, when I receive
another text saying something like, Phillips a brief biting history, which limits
Advice
Mom’s options and makes it impos-
“My boss said I can work any hours I
sible for her to bring the dog with
want from now on!”
her to a group nursing home. We’re
I’m not sure why she sends me
these messages. Could it be to make me jeal- unable to take Skippy on because we’re
ous of her “fairytale” lifestyle, which I’m at our legal limit, according to the laws of
not sure I believe she even truly lives?
our municipality, and we know of no one
We have no other meaningful conversa- we can place a dog with such issues with.
tion or time together, and I am growing tired Any ideas? — Needs A Home For Nippy
of texts that are solely meant to showcase her Skippy
Dear Needs: Contact the dog rescue
wins in life. I have tried to distance myself
by responding less and less and not initiat- groups in your area. Perhaps they can locate
ing conversations, but then she asks why a home for an older dog — I assume Skippy
I’m “mad” at her. I feel like I am nothing is older — in a household where there are
more than a wall she posts her accomplish- no children. It’s regrettable that your mother
ments on. I have no desire to be “friends” didn’t socialize her pet when it was a puppy,
with her anymore, but I’m not sure how to because it would have made it easier to keep
get out of it. Thoughts? — Ex-Friend In Skippy with her.
Dear Abby: I have noticed that your let-
The East
Dear Ex-Friend: Continue to respond to ter writers often assign a fictitious name to
her texts less and less frequently. If she asks the person they are writing about. I wonder
if you are mad at her, tell her you aren’t mad, why they do this. What is the purpose? —
you are busy. If she wants more detail, tell John Doe In Tampa
Dear John: I change all the names in the
her you have noticed that she has shown no
interest in what your life is like, and to you letters I print. I do this to prevent embarrass-
ment for the letter writer as well as the per-
that’s not friendship.
Dear Abby: My mother is getting up son who’s being complained about.
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
June 8, 1918
Walter McFalls and Ray McFarron have
been taken up by Sheriff T. D. Taylor on
request of La Grande authorities. The men
are being held charged with murder. The first
named was taken up by the sheriff several
days ago while the other was arrested by the
sheriff last evening and taken to La Grande
today. The men are supposed to have killed
Wm. Moore at Perry, Union county, Novem-
ber 26, 1917. Moore was an aged recluse and
eccentric, supposed to have considerable
money, and was murdered for his money. He
was strangled. When last seen McFarron and
McFalls were with the old man.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 8, 1968
Debra Ann Grant, nine-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Grant, Mil-
ton-Freewater, has been named queen of
the 17th annual East-West All-Star football
game here Aug. 14, with proceeds to go to
the Shrine Hospital of Crippled Children
in Portland. The 16 previous games have
brought about contributions of more than
$160,000 to the hospital, with A-2 and B all-
star athletes competing in the night contest
staged under the auspices of the Eastern Ore-
gon Shrine Clubs in the Round-Up stadium
in Pendleton. Between now and the day of
the game Queen Debbie, who is a patient
of the hospital, will make several personal
appearances at parades, fairs and other pub-
lic shows throughout Eastern Oregon.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 8, 1993
A Tournament of Roses Association offi-
cial says Hermiston should be proud its
school band will be marching in Pasadena
next New Year’s Day. Hermiston was chosen
to represent a five-state area after a careful
selection process, Michael Ward, the event’s
vice president, said Monday in Hermiston.
“We have bands that come out and try to be
picked for years. You have no idea the job
(band director) Mark Lane has done to get
Hermiston there,” Ward said. “He’s well
known in the industry for putting together a
sharp marching unit.” The parade typically
has about 22 bands, with 16 of them invited
from high schools representing different
areas of the U.S. or foreign countries.
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 June 8, 1968, author-
ities announced the capture
in London of James Earl
Ray, the suspected assas-
sin of civil rights leader Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
In A.D. 632, the prophet
Muhammad died in Medina.
In 1845, Andrew Jack-
son, seventh president of the
United States, died in Nash-
ville, Tennessee.
In 1917, during World
War I, Maj. Gen. John J.
Pershing, commander of
the American Expeditionary
Force, arrived in Liverpool,
England, while en route to
France; also, the 1st Expe-
ditionary Division (later the
1st Infantry Division) was
organized at Fort Jay in New
York.
In 1920, the Republi-
can National Convention
opened in Chicago; its del-
egates ended up nominat-
ing Warren G. Harding for
president.
In 1948, the “Texaco
Star Theater” made its debut
on NBC-TV with Milton
Berle guest-hosting the first
program. (Berle was later
named the show’s perma-
nent host.)
In 1953, the U.S. Supreme
Court ruled unanimously
that restaurants in the Dis-
trict of Columbia could not
refuse to serve blacks. Eight
tornadoes struck Michigan’s
Lower Peninsula, killing
126 people.
In 1967, during the six-
day Middle East war, 34
American servicemen were
killed when Israel attacked
the USS Liberty, a Navy
intelligence-gathering ship
in the Mediterranean Sea.
(Israel later said the Liberty
had been mistaken for an
Egyptian vessel.)
In 1978, a jury in Clark
County, Nevada, ruled the
so-called “Mormon will,”
purportedly written by the
late billionaire Howard
Hughes, was a forgery.
In 1998, the National
Rifle Association elected
actor Charlton Heston to be
its president.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actor-comedian Jerry Stiller
is 91. Actress Millicent Mar-
tin is 84. Actor James Dar-
ren is 82. Singer Nancy
Sinatra is 78. Singer Chuck
Negron is 76. Musician
Boz Scaggs is 74. Actor-di-
rector Keenen Ivory Way-
ans is 60. Musician Nick
Rhodes (Duran Duran) is
56. Former U.S. Rep. Gabri-
elle Giffords, D-Ariz., is 48.
Actor Mark Feuerstein is
47. Contemporary Christian
musician Mike Scheuchzer
(MercyMe) is 43. TV per-
sonality-actress
Maria
Menounos is 40. Country
singer-songwriter Sturgill
Simpson is 40. Tennis player
Jelena Ostapenko is 21.
Thought for Today:
“It is not the man who has
too little, but the man who
craves more, that is poor.”
— Seneca the Younger,
Roman statesman (circa 5
B.C.-A.D. 65).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE