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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, October 24, 2018 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Wife’s close friend gets too close for husband’s comfort FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: My wife, “Grace,” Dear Abby: My husband and and I have been happily married for I have been together nearly four 48 years. We’re retired and enjoy an years. When we got together, he was in the process of gaining cus- active sex life. Grace has a female tody of his daughter because his friend, “Ricky,” we have known ex abused drugs. We have raised more than 45 years. She’s a close “Arlette” ever since, and her mother friend, and they often get together is out of the picture. for lunch. Jeanne Arlette calls me Mom, and we Ricky has been an out lesbian for many years and, in the past, had Phillips have a strong bond. Her father and Advice I have a very strained marriage. We female companions. The problem separated several times because is she repeatedly asks Grace to do things on Saturday evenings. She has also he was abusive. I have been giving seri- invited her to spend the night and tells her ous thought to leaving him, but because I how much she loves her. My wife loves have no legal rights to Arlette, I stay. I lost Ricky, too, but strictly as a friend and has custody of my own daughter because of his abuse, and although my older children not encouraged her in any way. I’m not ordinarily the jealous type, but don’t care for him, they, too, have a very I’m convinced Ricky is in love with my strong bond with his daughter. I’m unhappy and I do not feel this mar- wife. I have been tempted to tell her to quit making advances, but I don’t want to cause riage can be saved. I am at a loss, though, the end of the friendship. I have told Grace thinking about leaving his daughter. She’s how I feel, and she agrees. In fact, she has only 4. How do I move on with my life told me about some of the requests Ricky knowing I won’t have a relationship with has made and she has rejected. I believe this child I consider my own? — Like My Ricky has crossed the line. What do you Own Daughter In Florida Dear Like My Own: Because of your think? — Crossed The Line Dear Crossed The Line: Your wife is husband’s history of abuse, my first sug- not responsible for the fact that her long- gestion is to contact the National Domes- time friend may be in love with her. I agree tic Violence Hotline at thehotline.org or that asking your wife to spend the night is by calling (800) 799-7233. Having lost inappropriate, but Ricky may want more custody of your own daughter because of of Grace’s time because she’s simply sin- his abuse, there is good reason to believe gle and lonely. The person to set boundaries he would abuse Arlette if she is left alone would be your wife, who needs to tell her with him. While you’re at it, consider run- friend that her Saturday nights belong to ning this scenario past a social worker who you, and as much as she loves Ricky, she’s is well versed in the ins and outs of the system. unavailable as a romantic partner. 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 Oct. 24, 1918 How fast can a man climb a tree when a mad bull dog is at his heels? This little prob- lem in mental arithmetic presented itself yesterday to Fred Peterson, of Rieth, when a savage bull dog, frothing at the mouth and showing every evidence of hydrophobia, advanced on the man with intentions that could not be doubted. Mr. Peterson, who is employed by the O.-W. R & N. Co. at Rieth ascended a tree in record time, while sev- eral men who saw the incident “sneaked up” on the animal and killed it with clubs. The owner of the dog is not known, as no one advanced to claim the pet as his. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 24, 1968 An empty safe found just off High- way 74 three miles east of Heppner Tues- day morning has local police officials puz- zled. No one has reported a safe missing in the area and surrounding law enforce- ment officers have been unable to come up with any information to solve the mystery. Morrow County Sheriff C.J. D. Bauman said the safe was found about 7:30 a.m. by a passing motorist on a grassy spot near the highway. Weight was judged at about 300 pounds. An attempt had been made to open the safe by knocking the dial off in the front. Then a blow torch had been used to cut a hole 10 inches by 16 inches in the back. All contents had been scooped out. It had to have been dumped at the area some- time during the night and one man could not have handled the safe alone, Sheriff Bauman declared. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 24, 1993 If you ask Andy Hahn about his recent trip to India, talk often turns to cows. The creatures walked the streets, held up traf- fic and were even bathed on occasion in nearby rivers. They never, however, turned up on a plate. Considered holy in the Hindu religion, cows aren’t thought of as food. But inexpensive vegetables, rice and bread formed the basis of most people’s diets on the impoverished subcontinent, Hahn said. Obesity is a rarity there — afforded by only the wealthy elite. “You can usually tell if somebody’s wealthy,” Hahn explained. “They’re usually chubbier. You want to be chubbier because that shows your wealth.” 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 Oct. 24, 1972, Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, who’d broken Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947, died in Stamford, Connecticut, at age 53. In 1931, the George Washington Bridge, con- necting New York and New Jersey, was officially dedi- cated (it opened to traffic the next day). In 1939, nylon stockings were sold publicly for the first time, in Wilmington, Delaware. In 1940, the 40-hour work week went into effect under the Fair Labor Stan- dards Act of 1938. In 1945, the United Nations officially came into existence as its charter took effect. In 1952, Republican pres- idential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower declared in Detroit, “I shall go to Korea” as he promised to end the conflict. (He made the visit over a month later.) In 1962, a naval quar- antine of Cuba ordered by President John F. Kennedy went into effect during the missile crisis. In 1980, the merchant freighter SS Poet departed Philadelphia, bound for Port Said, Egypt, with a crew of 34 and a cargo of grain; it disappeared en route and has not been heard from since. In 2005, civil rights icon Rosa Parks died in Detroit at age 92. Today’s Birthdays: Rock musician Bill Wyman is 82. Actor F. Murray Abra- ham is 79. Movie direc- tor-screenwriter David S. Ward is 73. Actor Kevin Kline is 71. Former NAACP President Kweisi Mfume is 70. Country musician Billy Thomas (Terry McBride and the Ride) is 65. Actor Doug Davidson is 64. Actor B.D. Wong is 58. Actor Zahn McClarnon is 52. Singer Michael Trent (Americana duo Shovels & Rope) is 41. Rock musician Ben Gillies (Silverchair) is 39. Sing- er-actress Monica Arnold is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singer Adrienne Bailon (3lw) is 35. Actor Tim Pocock is 33. R&B singer-rapper-actor Drake is 32. Actress Shenae Grimes is 29. Actor Ashton Sanders (Film: “Moonlight”) is 23. Olympic gold medal gymnast Kyla Ross is 22. Thought for Today: “Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge and unbear- able pity for the suffering of mankind.” — Bertrand Rus- sell, English philosopher (1872-1970). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
