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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, August 16, 2018
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Loss of job also puts end to
man’s affair with co-worker
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: Back in 2013, a
of the children and their families. I
co-worker, “Jamie,” and I fell in
never give out my phone number,
social media or email address, and
love. Both of us were married to
I try not to let the parents ever see
other people, but everything felt per-
fect. It was a feeling I never had for
my struggle. But every once and a
anyone in my life before. Three years
while, I can’t help caring beyond
“professional.”
later, I lost my job. The day I was ter-
We just lost a beautiful little one
minated, my wife found out I had
Jeanne
who had spent a year and a half
been cheating, so I ended the affair.
I have found full-time work and Phillips receiving care off and on in the hos-
Advice
pital, and I’m heartbroken. The fam-
I’m still married, but I’m not in love
ily has asked for nurses and doctors
with my wife like I am with Jamie. I
to attend the funeral, and I really
have tried to stay in contact with her
to prove to her that I’m a better man, with want to. But how do I explain why I go to
little success. She told me I was her only some funerals and not others? — Heartbro-
ken Once Again
love, but I broke her heart.
Dear Heartbroken: You don’t have to
She doesn’t want to see me, even after
several years of my trying to prove that I am explain. I can’t imagine anyone actually
the man she fell in love with. Her husband counting the number of funerals/memo-
doesn’t know anything. She’s afraid I may rials you attend and asking a question like
break it off again. Should I continue pursu- that. However, if anyone should, say that
ing her or give up and move on? I thought you can’t attend them all because the loss of
I could handle it on my own, but I need these little angels takes such a heavy toll on
some advice. — Missing Her In Ontario, your heart. It’s the truth.
Dear Abby: My late wife passed away
Canada
Dear Missing Her: If you and Jamie two years ago. We always had a dog in our
really loved each other, you would no lon- house. He died a year ago. I now have a new
ger be married to your spouses. Having been lady love in my life, but she doesn’t want a
dumped by you once, your former lover has pet in her house. I’m dying to have another
a point. Give up and move on and you will dog, and I don’t know what to do. Please
save yourself, your wife, Jamie and her hus- advise. — Petless In Texas
Dear Petless: Eligible widowers are a
band a lot of pain.
Dear Abby: I’m a pediatric RN at a large prized commodity. If your idea of happiness
hospital. Sadly, I have seen too many young is having a house dog, find yourself a lady
children die. I have learned to keep a pro- who loves animals as you do. It shouldn’t
fessional distance, so that I can take care be difficult.
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
Aug. 16, 1918
The desire for a taste of Oregon peaches
almost caused an accident to an eastern man
today, who came though Pendleton on No.
17. He hurried to Main street and bought a
sack of fruit and reached the train just as it
started to move. He was being dragged along
and would have been hurt had not the porter
pushed him away and had the train stopped.
The sack containing the precious peaches
broke and the fruit was much enjoyed by
bystanders. The rightful owner was able to
rescue three peaches as he jumped aboard
the train and was seen eating one with rel-
ish as he left.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 16, 1968
A motorist drove along Oregon 11 at
about 15 miles an hour. When a follow-
ing car tried to pass he speeded up to 70.
Once he let the following car get even, then
matched his speed and the other car was
forced to fall back as they approached a hill.
This went on for seven miles. Finally the
motorist started throwing beer bottles from
his car. State Patrolman Virgil Grover saw
him, flagged him down and arrested him
for drunken driving. When the following
motorist came up, the arrested man said to
Grover, “Arrest this man for reckless driv-
ing. He’s been trying to race me.” The sec-
ond man turned out to be Noble Wilson, off-
duty Milton-Freewater police sergeant. In
district court in Pendleton Monday Ricardo
Rodriguez Zuniga, 21, Walla Walla, Wash.,
agreed he was the motorist who wouldn’t let
the other pass. He pleaded guilty to drunken
driving and was fined $200.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 16, 1993
Have a question about mules or wagon
trains, or life in general? Dave Collins —
the man known as Skinner — has all the
answers. And few will argue with the rugged
blacksmith who’s driving the Idaho wagon
into Morrow County today with the Oregon
Trail Sesquicentennial Wagon Train. But it
would be a safe bet to say Skinner irritates as
may people as he pleases. He’ll shoe a man’s
horse while flirting with his wife. He’ll help
fix a broken wheel on a wagon while belit-
tling the wagon train. But he won’t make
excuses, and he won’t apologize. “I get
along with the majority, but people who try
to outdo me I have a conflict with. I don’t
mean to get in the way of people’s glory, but
I expect 110 percent from myself and those
around me,” Skinner said.
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 August 16, 1987, 156
people were killed when
Northwest Airlines Flight
255 crashed while trying to
take off from Detroit; the
sole survivor was 4-year-
old Cecelia Cichan.
In 1812, Detroit fell to
British and Indian forces in
the War of 1812.
In 1861, President Abra-
ham Lincoln issued Proc-
lamation 86, which prohib-
ited the states of the Union
from engaging in commer-
cial trade with states that
were in rebellion — i.e., the
Confederacy.
In 1920, Ray Chapman
of the Cleveland Indians
was struck in the head by a
pitch thrown by Carl Mays
of the New York Yankees;
Chapman died the follow-
ing morning.
In 1948, baseball leg-
end Babe Ruth died in New
York at age 53.
In 1954, Sports Illus-
trated was first published by
Time Inc.
In 1956, Adlai E. Ste-
venson was nominated for
president at the Democratic
National Convention in
Chicago.
In 1962, The Beatles
fired their original drum-
mer, Pete Best, replacing
him with Ringo Starr.
In 1977, Elvis Presley
died at his Graceland estate
in Memphis, Tennessee, at
age 42.
In 1987, people world-
wide began a two-day cel-
ebration of the “harmonic
convergence,” which her-
alded what believers called
the start of a new, purer age
of humankind.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Ann Blyth is 90.
Actor Gary Clarke is 85.
Actress Julie Newmar is 85.
Actress-singer Ketty Lester
is 84. Actor John Standing
is 84. College Football Hall
of Famer and NFL player
Bill Glass is 83. Actress
Anita Gillette is 82. Actress
Carole Shelley is 79. Coun-
try singer Billy Joe Shaver
is 79. Actor Reginald Vel-
Johnson is 66. TV person-
ality Kathie Lee Gifford is
65. Movie director James
Cameron is 64. Singer
Madonna is 60. Actress
Angela Bassett is 60. Actor
Timothy Hutton is 58. Actor
Steve Carell is 56. Country
singer Emily Robison (The
Dixie Chicks) is 46. Coun-
try singer Ashton Shep-
herd is 32. Actor Okieriete
Onaodowan is 31. Country
singer Dan Smyers (Dan &
Shay) is 31. Actor Cameron
Monaghan is 25.
Thought for Today:
“The most persistent threat
to freedom, to the rights
of Americans, is fear.” —
George Meany (born this
date in 1894, died in 1980).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE