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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
One nice turn grows awkward
when friend asks too much
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: About a year ago, a
and I explained to her why I chose
good friend, “Beth,” went through
them. These products protect my
identity from scammers. She says
a violent tragedy that destroyed
I’m being obsessive and worry too
her family. My husband and I
much. In today’s world, you can’t
own a small waterfront property,
be too cautious. Abby, what are
so during the months following, I
your thoughts on this? — Protect-
took Beth away for the weekend to
ing My Identity
hopefully allow her some healing
J eanne
Dear Protecting: I agree you
and emotional recovery. She then
P hilliPs
can never be too security con-
asked me to go again and, when I
ADVICE
scious. Why your sister would
couldn’t go, asked if she could go
carry 25 credit cards with her at
with her friend (whom I had met
once is surprising, and I’m not sure
but don’t know well). She asked
it’s wise. If something should happen to
again to go with her new boyfriend.
her purse — Radio Frequency ID-blocking
I agreed to both of these trips, even
wallet or not — she would be up a creek.
though this is our private vacation home.
I hope she keeps copies of her cards and
We never rent it. No one has ever used it
numbers in a separate, secure location in
without us, not even family. Now she’s ask-
ing again to use our place with her friend.
case she needs to cancel them.
I feel like a heel to refuse if we’re not
Dear Abby: A woman I know has ALS,
and I want to help. I write medical articles,
using the place, but I’m starting to feel a
so reading and explaining new research is a
little used. Is it OK for me to tell her no
useful skill I have. She has told only a small
because I am uncomfortable with her
number of friends that she has the condi-
repeated requests, or am I just a bad friend?
tion, and I learned about it by accident.
— Taken Advantage Of?
It seems silly to me to keep pretending I
Dear T.A.O.: You have been generous
don’t know when everyone else around her
to Beth. Unless you have explained it to her,
does. When I showed her a summary of a
she may not realize what a special favor you
research article on ALS, she said she didn’t
did her by letting her use your waterfront
know why I was showing it to her. As long
house. From what you have written, your
as I know anyway, I wish I could be let in
friend appears to be getting on with her
on the secret so I can be helpful. Any ideas?
life, so if you decline now it shouldn’t shat-
— Helper in California
ter her. To do so is not being a “bad friend.”
Dear Helper: Yes. You may be well
Dear Abby: Please settle this between
intentioned, but you need to back off. When
my sister and me. My sister carries about
you put your foot in the door, it was shut
25 credit cards in her purse. Recently she
firmly in your face. Now it’s time to respect
replaced the cardholder she keeps in her
her privacy.
purse. I use an RFID wallet and purse,
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
Feb. 18-19, 1919
With three citations for bravery, Captain
Fred A. Lieuallen, medical corps of Port-
land, carries one of the most distinguished
records of any army surgeon with the expe-
ditionary forces. After he had escaped
unscathed from the inferno that resulted in
his citation by General Pershing, Captain
Lieuallen, while dressing a wounded man
in the field, was severely burned by a gen-
erous splash of the liquid contained in mus-
tard gas shells. This liquid forms the deadly
gas after evaporation. It splashed over his
head, causing blindness for 19 days, loss of
his hair and severe burns.
For 70 days he was treated in hospital,
suffering agonizing pains and losing weight
until he tipped the scales at barely 100
pounds. His eyesight and hair have been
restored, and now he will rest in southern
California.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 18-19, 1969
The head coaches of Hermiston High
School’s three major sports have been
relieved of their coaching jobs as a result of
school board action Monday. The three are
Bob George, football; George DeLap, bas-
ketball; and Arnold Owens, baseball. The
teaching contract for Owens, which expires
this year, was not renewed. DeLap and
George have two years remaining on their
teaching contracts. In the past three sea-
sons the Bulldog baseball team has won 15
and lost 25 games in Intermountain League
competition, including the current season.
DeLap’s basketball teams in league play
have won 12 and lost 23 in three years.
George’s football teams have won four and
lost 16 in league competition and in 1967 he
had a winless season.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 18-19, 1994
Teachers of English, physical education
and music were among those affected by
the Hermiston School District’s announced
layoff of 15 positions for next school year.
The positions to be cut include six at the ele-
mentary level, four at the junior high, four at
the high school and one distinct-wide spe-
cial education position. Superintendent Jer
Pratton and other district office staff met
with affected teachers Thursday afternoon
to explain why the budget cuts are necessary
and how they were selected. The cuts, which
total about $448,000, represent the teaching
staff’s 4 percent share of coming cuts under
Measure 5.
TODAY 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 Feb. 19, 1968, the
children’s program “Mis-
ter Rogers’ Neighborhood,”
created by and starring Fred
Rogers, made its network
debut on National Educa-
tional Television, a fore-
runner of PBS, beginning a
31-season run.
In 1473, astronomer
Nicolaus Copernicus was
born in Torun, Poland.
In 1807, former Vice
President Aaron Burr,
accused of treason, was
arrested in the Mississippi
Territory. (Burr was acquit-
ted at trial.)
In 1846, the Texas state
government was formally
installed in Austin, with J.
Pinckney Henderson taking
the oath of office as governor.
In 1881, Kansas prohib-
ited the manufacture and
sale of alcoholic beverages.
In 1942, during World
War II, President Franklin
D. Roosevelt signed Exec-
utive Order 9066, which
paved the way for the relo-
cation and internment of
people of Japanese ances-
try, including U.S.-born cit-
izens. Imperial Japanese
warplanes raided the Aus-
tralian city of Darwin; at
least 243 people were killed.
In 1986, the U.S. Sen-
ate approved the Genocide
Convention, an interna-
tional treaty outlawing “acts
committed with intent to
destroy, in whole or in part,
a national, ethnical, racial or
religious group,”
In 1997, Deng Xiaop-
ing, the last of China’s major
Communist revolutionaries,
died at age 92.
In 2008, an ailing Fidel
Castro resigned the Cuban
presidency after nearly
a half-century in power;
his brother Raul was later
named to succeed him.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Singer Smokey Robinson
is 79. Rock musician Tony
Iommi is 71. NFL Commis-
sioner Roger Goodell is 60.
Singer Seal is 56. Actress
Jessica Tuck is 56. Actress
Millie Bobby Brown is 15.
Thought for Today:
“Look at everything as
though you were seeing it for
the first time or the last time.
Then your time on earth
will be filled with glory.”
— Betty Smith, American
author (1896-1972)
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE