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B6 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Friday, December 14, 2018 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Divorcing mom is grateful for new man’s friendship 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 year ago my ship, but the last thing you and 13-year marriage fell apart. My your children need is for you to jump from the frying pan into the husband, “Rick,” will be spend- fire. You are still a married woman. ing the next six years in prison. I Jason may be terrific — Heaven am 32 and have two boys, ages 13 sent, even — but it’s too soon to and 15. “declare” anything. The two of you The last year has been pretty are still getting to know each other, tough for all of us. I’ve been learn- J eanne and love needs time to develop. Be ing how to be both mother and P hilliPs patient and allow the relationship father to them. I am also heartbro- ADVICE to evolve gradually in its own time. ken by what he did that landed him Dear Abby: This is for delivery in prison. I have filed for divorce, drivers or anyone making a deliv- and there will be no reconciliation. ery to your house that requires a signature I never thought I would be with another or a real person to receive the item (i.e., an man. Rick is the only man I have ever been Uber driver with food). I’m 61 and have with. But over the last couple of months I very bad knees. I can’t just jump up and run have begun developing feelings for some- to the door. Today a driver knocked on my one, or at least I think I have. door and then, as I was trying to get out of “Jason” is a great man. We attend the my chair and walk to the door, he started same church, and it’s very important to me punching the doorbell repeatedly. and my family that he’s devoted to God like People with arthritis, bad knees or many we are. Jason loves my kids, and my kids other conditions can’t get there in an instant. like him a lot, too. He has also taken the Please give folks like us a minute to get to time to mentor my oldest son. Every time I the door. Someone could fall while trying see Jason I feel happier than I’ve been in a to rush and get hurt. — Not Fast Enough very long time. He is the polar opposite of in Florida Rick, and he has no idea of how strong my Dear N.F.E.: You make a good point. feelings are toward him. Delivery people sometimes become frus- Should I let Jason know what my feel- ings are? I’m confused. Could this just be trated because they have many deliveries me wanting companionship? I love being to make. A solution to your problem might be to post a small sign next to your door- his friend and would like to continue to bell that reads: Please be patient. I’ll open be. I don’t want to ruin it by revealing my the door in a minute! feelings if he doesn’t feel the same. Also, P.S. For those who are inclined, “smart” I don’t want to rush into anything. Please doorbells are available for use with a cell- advise me. — Lonely and Confused Out phone that enable you to communicate West with a delivery person at the door before Dear Lonely and Confused: There is you get there. Consider getting one. nothing wrong with wanting companion- DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Dec. 14, 1918 Pendleton Elks are going to take a partic- ular part in the reception of Roy W. Ritner, captain in the Red Cross, when he returns home next Tuesday. Ritner was exalted ruler of the lodge when he left for France and this plus the fact he was always a zealous worker for the order has inspired Elkdom to make a fuss on the occasion of his return. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Dec. 14, 1968 Freeway travel between Stanfield Junc- tion and the top of Rieth Ridge was opened Thursday afternoon but travelers not watch- ing the signs and not oriented to the new path are having problems. “The biggest problem,” said the State Highway Department “is that people just aren’t watching the signs.” The main problem is coming onto the freeway at Stanfield Junction where there used to be a leg to the east, which is now the westbound lanes. People not paying attention the signs are still coming that way, regardless of the Do Not Enter and Wrong Way signs, and are ending up in the wrong lane of traffic, said the highway department, which has people positioned at the junction trying to keep cars in the proper lanes this morning. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Dec. 14, 1993 Pendletonopoly, a board game created by Pendleton Junior High School teachers Jim Davis and Judi Emerick, is finally completed and on sale — just in time for the holidays. “It’s a better Monopoly-type game than they will have ever played before,” said Davis, who based the home-grown game on the Pendleton Round-Up. Players vie for equip- ment and horses, instead of hotels. And win- ning depends on the quality of equipment paid for during the player’s trips around the game’s perimeter. The game retails for $25 and will help teachers pay for student perks, such as cans of pop. Such low-cost incen- tives really help some students stay on track, Davis 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 Today is the 348th day of 2018. There are 17 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 14, 2012, a gun- man with a semi-automatic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then committed suicide as police arrived; the 20-year- old had also fatally shot his mother at their home before carrying out the attack on the school. On this date: In 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the first men to reach the South Pole, beating out a British expedition led by Robert F. Scott. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson vetoed an immigration measure aimed at preventing “undesirables” and anyone born in the “Asiatic Barred Zone” from entering the U.S. (Congress overrode Wilson’s veto in Feb. 1917.) In 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, ruled that Congress was within its authority to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against racial discrimination by private businesses (in this case, a motel that refused to cater to blacks). In 1985, Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took office as princi- pal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. For- mer New York Yankees out- fielder Roger Maris, who’d hit 61 home runs during the 1961 season, died in Hous- ton at age 51. In 2005, President George W. Bush defended his decision to wage the Iraq war, even as he acknowl- edged that “much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong. Today’s Birthdays: Pop singer Joyce Vincent-Wilson (Tony Orlando and Dawn) is 72. Entertainment executive Michael Ovitz is 72. Actress Dee Wallace is 70. Rock singer-musician Mike Scott (The Waterboys) is 60. Sing- er-musician Peter “Spider” Stacy (The Pogues) is 60. Actress Cynthia Gibb is 55. Actress-comedian Miranda Hart is 46. Rhythm-and- blues singer Brian Dalyr- imple (Soul For Real) is 43. Actress KaDee Strickland is 43. Actress Actress Vanessa Hudgens is 30. Rock/R&B singer Tori Kelly is 26. Thought for Today: “Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hid- den strength of the human spirit.” — Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE