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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, September 21, 2018
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Accident ends couple’s plan
to have children together
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I am 15 years older
Dear Abby: I am NOT one of those
fit, active, socially involved and sexy
than my boyfriend, “Spencer,” and
senior citizens. I had a hard childhood,
have two kids from a previous mar-
riage. Spencer and I have been living
was a busy wife and mother and, for
together for the past 10 years.
decades, worked at jobs I hated. I
I planned to have his child, but was
spent years longing for the day when I
could retire and read, read, read with-
involved in an accident and now can
out feeling guilty about taking time
no longer have kids. He blames me
Jeanne
nearly every day for having “experi- Phillips for myself.
enced life” while he hasn’t. He wants
Now that I’m retired, my baby
Advice
kids, and mine are mine — not his. He
boomer cohort seems to feel we
calls me ugly names now and is physi-
seniors should all be wonder women
cally and emotionally abusive.
and men. Worse, my millennial children seem
I love Spencer very much, and I feel deeply to agree. Is there a succinct and polite way to
hurt. It wasn’t my choice to be infertile, but he tell them all to go take a flying leap? I’m per-
truly hates me for it. I get choked and pushed fectly OK with being fat, happy and a source of
and have bruises the next day. Do I just give up entertainment for my grandchildren, who are
and leave him after so many years of harmony? — fortunately — too small to be judgmental.
This has only gotten extremely bad over the — Old-Fashioned In Ohio
Dear Old-Fashioned: Those who appear
past year. My gut says he’s involved with a girl
at work who is giving him bad advice. She’s 12 to be nagging you are well-intentioned and
years younger than he is. I have caught them concerned about you. So be polite and smile
texting and talking together in our car at his when you respond that you know they mean
job. Please help me with some advice. — Lost well, but you have worked long and hard to
finally be able to do exactly what you want to
Soul In Oregon
Dear Lost Soul: I’ll try. You should have do — which is nothing but read, read, read and
drawn the line the first time Spencer became enjoy your grandchildren.
That said, a person does not have to be
abusive. For the sake of your children — not
to mention your own safety — tell him he has Wonder Woman or Superman to devote half
to leave. That’s what he’s really trying to do, an hour five days a week to her or his health
force you to end what has become a toxic rela- by walking. You could listen to an audiobook
tionship so he won’t have to take the respon- while you do it. In addition, you could also do
sibility. Because his priority is having chil- something fun with your grandkids that incor-
dren “of his own,” he needs to move on and, porates a little bit of movement for all of you.
Just sayin’.
frankly, so do you.
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
Sept. 21, 1918
Three Round-Up directors are now serv-
ing with the American army in France. They
are First Lieutenant Fred Steiwer who won
his commission at the second training camp at
the Presidio and has been with the artillery in
France since last winter; Roy W. Ritner, who
is a captain in the Red Cross service; and Lieu-
tenant James H. Sturgis, who is also in the artil-
lery. Lieut. Sturgis enlisted in the Washington
artillery and was promoted first to sergeant and
then to a lieutenancy. All three of these men
were active Round-Up workers while here, Mr.
Ritner having served continuously from the
inception of the Round-Up until this year.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 21, 1968
An invitation to witness history next Sat-
urday at the dedication the mile-long, $448
million John Day Dam has been extended
throughout the Pacific Northwest by Charles
Baker and Andrew J. Cook, co-chairmen of
the event. Upon a signal, spillway gates will
be operated to change the flow over the spill-
way; and the navigation lock’s lower gate will
be raised to allow a tug and barge combination
to pass downstream. The barge will contain
10,000 tons of grain and will represent the larg-
est shipment ever transported along the upper
river. Waiting below the locks for passage to the
upper river will be the Pacific Inland Naviga-
tion Co. tug Tyee with a barge containing anhy-
drous ammonia. With a maximum rise of 113
feet, the John Day Dam lock is the highest sin-
gle lift navigation lock in the world.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 21, 1993
On Friday, Ed Simpson joked that he had
a reason to stick around after he qualified
for the wild horse race finals at the Pendle-
ton Round-Up. If his team hadn’t won, he
could head home to Redmond. Actually, Ed’s
wedding was scheduled Saturday morning
in Sherwood Park. Ed and Vicki Simpson
were married previously for 11 years, then
divorced for six years. They renewed their
relationship in January, and they chose the
Round-Up to repeat their vows. Ed and Vicki
first met at a rodeo in Rawlins, Wyo. They
knew family and rodeo friends all would be
gathered here. The couple’s children, Laurie,
14, and Eddy, 6, also watched the remarriage.
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. 21, 1981, the
Senate unanimously con-
firmed the nomination of San-
dra Day O’Connor to become
the first female justice on the
Supreme Court.
In 1792, the French
National Convention voted to
abolish the monarchy.
In 1893, one of America’s
first horseless carriages was
taken for a short test drive in
Springfield, Mass., by Frank
Duryea, who had designed
the vehicle with his brother,
Charles.
In 1937, “The Hobbit,” by
J.R.R. Tolkien, was first pub-
lished by George Allen &
Unwin, Ltd. of London.
In 1938, a hurricane struck
parts of New York and New
England, causing widespread
damage and claiming some
700 lives.
In 1977, after weeks of
controversy over past busi-
ness and banking practices,
President Jimmy Carter’s
embattled budget director,
Bert Lance, resigned.
In 1983, in a speech to
the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States, Interior
Secretary James G. Watt jok-
ingly described a special advi-
sory panel as consisting of “a
black ... a woman, two Jews
and a cripple.” Although Watt
later apologized, he ended up
resigning.
In 1985, In North Korea
and South Korea, fam-
ily members who had been
separated for decades were
allowed to visit each other as
both countries opened their
borders in an unprecedented
family-reunion program.
In 1989, Hurricane Hugo
crashed into Charleston,
South Carolina (the storm was
blamed for 56 deaths in the
Caribbean and 29 in the United
States). Twenty-one students in
Alton, Texas, died when their
school bus, hit by a soft-drink
delivery truck, careened into a
water-filled pit.
In 1996, John F. Ken-
nedy Jr. married Carolyn Bes-
sette in a secret ceremony on
Cumberland Island, Georgia.
The board of all-male Vir-
ginia Military Institute voted
to admit women.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Author-comedian
Fannie
Flagg is 77. Producer Jerry
Bruckheimer is 75. Former
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear
is 74. Musician Don Felder is
71. Author Stephen King is
71. Actor-comedian Bill Mur-
ray is 68. Actor-comedian
Dave Coulier is 59. Actress
Cheryl Hines is 53. Country
singer Faith Hill is 51. Coun-
try singer Ronna Reeves is 50.
Actress-talk show host Ricki
Lake is 50. Actor Alfonso
Ribeiro is 47. Actor Luke
Wilson is 47. Actress Maggie
Grace is 35.
Thought for Today:
“All truth passes through
three stages. First, it is ridi-
culed. Second, it is violently
opposed. Third, it is accepted
as being self-evident.” —
Arthur Schopenhauer, Ger-
man philosopher (born 1788,
died this date in 1860).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE