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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, September 19, 2018 DEAR ABBY by charles m . schulz Mom wants to shield her kids from relative’s new lifestyle FOR BETTER OR WORSE by lynn johnston B.C. by johnny hart PICKLES by brian crane BEETLE BAILEY by mort walker GARFIELD BLONDIE by jim davis by dean young and stan drake Dear Abby: A close relative has heart skipped a beat. What I’m asking is, do I settle started working in the adult indus- try. She now dresses provocatively, for the guy I’ve been dating because showing lots of skin. She has also that’s what I’m ready for? He’s a covered much of her body with tat- great guy who cares a lot about my toos and adopted the lifestyle of daughter and me. I can be a faith- ful and loving wife, which he wants. someone in that field. Our fam- ily assumes she’s “going through a Or should I let him go because my Jeanne phase” and has no idea what she’s heart truly isn’t there? Please help Phillips me, even though I don’t deserve it. really up to. Advice — Settling Doubts I have two small children I don’t Dear Settling: Warning: Heart- really want around her, but I’m not sure how to handle the situation. I don’t want break ahead. Although you say you are to tell her mom what she’s really doing, but ready for marriage and happily ever after, at the same time, I don’t want my kids think- I don’t think it’s true. I can’t warn you ing that’s how people in society are. Please strongly enough not to marry one man while help. — Nervous In New York in your heart you yearn for someone else. Dear Nervous: If you no longer want to It’s a recipe for disaster, and the collateral be around this person, no law says you have damage will be not only Mr. Six Months but to be. If your relatives ask you about your also your child. Dear Abby: I received a drunken text absence, tell them the reason. If they don’t, don’t tattle. This isn’t an emergency; rest from my son’s friend telling me my son is assured her parents will find out eventually. gay. It rambled on about their relationship. As to her being a bad influence on your I decided not to question my son about it children, take this as an opportunity for a because, if it is true, it won’t change our teachable moment about people coming relationship. It really doesn’t matter to me. in “different packaging” and not judging a They live in another state. This is a dilemma because I worry about book by its cover. Dear Abby: I’m confused and not sure this “friend” not being trustworthy. Is this what to do. I’m a 32-year-old single mom my business? Should I tell my son? What if who is a hopeless romantic. I’ve been see- he gets upset? — Taken Aback ing someone for six months. He is already Dear Taken: You should absolutely talking about marriage and a happily ever have a talk with your son about the text you received. Ask him if what the friend said after, which I am ready for. The downside is, not long after we started is true, and if it is, why you didn’t hear it dating, I met someone who makes me ques- from him. Don’t be angry or accusatory. Just tion everything. He’s someone I can’t actu- be sure to assure him how much you love ally be with because — yes, he’s married. him and that your feelings for him have not I’m disgusted with myself for allowing this changed. He may need to hear you verbal- to happen, but the minute our eyes met, my ize it. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Sept. 19, 1918 Mothers, wives, sisters and daughters of men in the service are asked and urged to participate in the patriotic section of the Westward Ho! parade Saturday. This not only applies to the women of Pendleton but to visiting women who have immediate rel- atives in the uniform of Uncle Sam, who are invited to take part in this great demon- stration of the sacrifices made by Ameri- can homes in the fight against the menace of the Hun. By a singular coincidence the trea- sury department fixed the day for a nation- wide demonstration by the women of Amer- ica on the same date as Pendleton’s annual Round-Up pageant. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Sept. 19, 1968 A man who is trying to stir up a grass roots demand to Congress for free flow of informa- tion on flying saucers will speak here Thurs- day and Friday. He is Wayne S. Aho, Eaton- ville, Wash. Aho is an Army veteran of World War II and holds the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He has lectured on unidentified flying objects since 1957. Aho says the UFOs seem to follow him on his speaking tours, which have covered a million miles. He says UFOs frequently are seen in an area after his lec- tures. He said he has seen UFOs 20 times and that the beings that pilot them “are trying to give us aid if we will receive it. … They are trying to help us prepare for cataclysmic change.” 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Sept. 19, 1993 Saddle bronc rider Clyde Longfellow of Hermiston, riding Turtle Mountain, just missed on his bid for Saturday’s finals with a 74-point ride Friday. That’s still not bad for the 51-year-old rider who is making his return to rodeo after a long absence. “I quit nine years ago because I guess I’d figured out that quitting doesn’t mean you’re going to get any younger or older,” Longfellow said after his ride. During his nine-year hiatus from rodeo, Longfellow bought a boat and spent a lot of free time fishing and he even took up downhill skiing. He returned to rodeo this year saying he missed the competition. 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 Sept. 19, 1881, the 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, died 2½ months after being shot by Charles Guiteau; Chester Alan Arthur became president. In 1777, the first Bat- tle of Saratoga was fought during the Revolutionary War; although British forces succeeded in driving out the American troops, the Amer- icans prevailed in a second battle the following month. In 1796, President George Washington’s fare- well address was published. In it, America’s first chief executive advised, “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.” In 1934, Bruno Haupt- mann was arrested in New York and charged with the kidnap-murder of 20-mont- old Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. In 1959, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, in Los Angeles as part of his U.S. tour, reacted angrily upon being told that, for security reasons, he wouldn’t get to visit Disneyland. In 1970, the “Mary Tyler Moore” show debuted on CBS-TV. In 1982, the smiley emoticon was invented by Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman, who suggested punctuating humorously intended com- puter messages with a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis as a horizontal “smiley face.” :-) In 1985, the Mexico City area was struck by a devas- tating earthquake that killed at least 9,500 people. In 1986, federal health officials announced that the experimental drug AZT would be made available to thousands of AIDS patients. Today’s Birthdays: Host James Lipton (TV: “Inside the Actors Studio”) is 92. Actress Rosemary Harris is 91. Former Defense Sec- retary Harold Brown is 91. Actor David McCallum is 85. Singer-songwriter Paul Williams is 78. Actor Jer- emy Irons is 70. Actress Twiggy Lawson is 69. TV personality Joan Lunden is 68. Rock singer Lita Ford is 60. Celebrity chef Mario Batali is 58. Actress-co- median Cheri Oteri is 56. “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon is 44. Thought for Today: “He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god; he is no part of a state.” — Aristo- tle, Greek philosopher (384 B.C.-322 B.C.). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN by dana simpson BIG NATE by lincoln peirce
