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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Friday, July 13, 2018 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Crush on married boss causes heartache every day for worker FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I’m 20 years old and been married for 24 years. What do you think? — Feeling Obligated In have a job in retail. I have been work- ing here for a few years and am in a The East higher position than most associates. Dear Feeling Obligated: I think that before you take offense and I’m in a relationship with my back out, you should ask your sis- high school sweetheart, whom I truly ter-in-law why she wants to do this. love, but I am also crazy about my It could be something as simple as boss. She’s beautiful, funny, and to Jeanne variations in the height of the par- be honest, I jumped at my promotion Phillips ticipants and not weird or rude. so I could get closer to her. Advice Between you and me, unless you and I feel terrible because, while I your husband feel so strongly about love my girlfriend (she’s amazing), if I were given the chance to be with my this that you are willing to create a rift in the boss, I’d have a hard time saying no. Thank- family, you should go along with his sister’s fully, my boss is in a long-term marriage, so fantasy of her perfect day. I know in my head I have no chance, but Dear Abby: I can’t do anything for my it hurts to go on every day thinking about 70-something-year-old mom without her her. I’d hate myself if I never told her how I thanking me so much it makes me uncom- feel about her. What should I do? — Really fortable. A recent example: She moved to a new apartment, and I bought her some gift Confused In Retail Dear Really Confused: Because you are certificates as a housewarming gift. She excelling in this retail job, consider asking thanked me profusely via email when she your beautiful, funny, married boss to write received them. She thanked me again over a positive letter of recommendation for you the phone when I next spoke with her. She’s so you can find another job in retail — one thanked me at least half a dozen more times that won’t make you ache every time you — each time she uses one of them. When my sister and I paid for a trip for clock in. Dear Abby: My husband and I have been her, she bought us expensive gifts as thank- asked to be in his sister’s wedding. We said yous. The gifts cost far more than she could afford (and unfortunately, in my case, was yes, mostly out of obligation. There will be three married couples in the something I’d never use), which kind of procession. I recently learned that my sis- negated the idea of us paying for the trip. ter-in-law plans to have the couples split up I know Mom means well. Should I say and walk with others. I think it’s extremely or do anything, or just let it be? — Thanks- weird and rude, so much so that we want to Full Son In Seattle Dear Son: If you say something, you risk back out. Neither of us cares to be in a mem- ory book with us posing with other people. embarrassing your mother or, worse, hurt- It’s not that either of us is jealous; we have ing her feelings. I vote for just letting it be. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian July 13, 1918 Myron Moore, a member of the Engi- neers’ Corps, writes that he is entitled to a service chevron as it is six months since he left the United States. He explains that a silver stripe is given for serving 90 days under shell fire. The letter, which was writ- ten to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Moore, formerly of Pendleton but now of Portland, and given to Mrs. Laura D. Nash here, seems confident that the war will be over by September, 1918, and instructed his par- ents to make arrangements for him at Bos- ton Tech for the fall semester. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian July 13, 1968 Pendleton landed a major new industry today. Fleetwood Enterprises Inc., a leading manufacturer of mobile homes and travel trailers, announce its decision to build a huge new plant here. It will employ “an average of 150 persons the year around” said William W. Weide, senior vice presi- dent of Fleetwood. The annual payroll will be $750,000-$1 million. Construction of the 52,000-square-foot metal building will begin within 30 days. First production is expected in November. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian July 13, 1993 Chuck Miller gives his students credit for his selection as Oregon’s agriculture teacher of the year. “It’s based largely on student achievement,” he said. “My stu- dents had a really good year last year.” But Miller’s colleagues say his achieve- ment goes far beyond his current crop of agricultural all-stars. In his 18 years at Hermiston High School, Miller has taught two students who have earned the Ameri- can Farmer Degree award, FFA’s highest national honor, nine state proficiency win- ners and 42 who earned the rank of “state farmer.” Hermiston science teacher Jerry Carlson says Miller has built an “agri- science dynasty” at Hermiston. 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 Today is the 194th day of 2018. There are 171 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 13, 1960, John F. Kennedy won the Demo- cratic presidential nomina- tion on the first ballot at his party’s convention in Los Angeles, outdrawing rivals including Lyndon B. John- son, Stuart Symington and Adlai Stevenson. On this date: In 1787, the Congress of the Confederation adopted the Northwest Ordinance, which established a govern- ment in the Northwest Ter- ritory, an area correspond- ing to the eastern half of the present-day Midwest. In 1863, deadly rioting against the Civil War mil- itary draft erupted in New York City. (The insurrection was put down three days later.) In 1923, a sign consisting of 50-foot-tall letters spell- ing out “HOLLYWOOD- LAND” was dedicated in the Hollywood Hills to pro- mote a subdivision (the last four letters were removed in 1949).In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson nomi- nated Thurgood Marshall to be U.S. Solicitor General; Marshall became the first black jurist appointed to the post. (Two years later, John- son nominated Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court.) In 1972, George McGov- ern received the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Miami Beach. In 1978, Lee Iacocca was fired as president of Ford Motor Co. by chairman Henry Ford II. In 1985, “Live Aid,” an international rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Mos- cow and Sydney, took place to raise money for Africa’s starving people. Today’s Birthdays: Game show announcer Johnny Gilbert (TV: “Jeop- ardy!”) is 94. Actor Patrick Stewart is 78. Actor Har- rison Ford is 76. Actor-co- median Cheech Marin is 72. Actress Daphne Max- well Reid is 70. Actress Didi Conn is 67. Rock musician Mark “The Animal” Men- doza (Twisted Sister) is 62. Actor-director Cameron Crowe is 61. Tennis player Anders Jarryd is 57. Come- dian Tom Kenny is 56. Country singer-songwriter Victoria Shaw is 56. Coun- try singer Neil Thrasher is 53. Actor Ken Jeong is 49. Actor Steven R. McQueen is 30. Soul singer Leon Bridges is 29. Actress Hay- ley Erin (“General Hospi- tal”) is 24. Thought for Today: “If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the pas- sionate sense of the poten- tial, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disap- points, possibility never.” — Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (1813-1855). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
