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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