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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