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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
COFFEE BREAK
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Friday, February 22, 2019
DEAR ABBY
Sister suspects fiance caught
flirting has much more to hide
Dear Abby: My youngest sis-
to pick up the chair, he began ask-
ter started dating a man and they
ing me about my dad’s belongings.
quickly moved in together. Six
He wanted to look through Dad’s
months into their relationship she
tools and such. After making no
got pregnant and they got engaged.
attempt to contact Dad while he
Their wedding is planned for this
was alive, now that he’s gone, my
summer.
uncle had the nerve to ask to look
Recently she discovered he has
through Dad’s things?! I politely
J eanne
shut him down.
been video-chatting with someone
P hilliPs
Since then, my aunt has been
he met online. He admitted to flirt-
ADVICE
ing, apologized and promised that
bad-mouthing me all over town,
was the end of it. I have a strong
telling everyone “I dropped them”
suspicion that there have been other
and “don’t want anything to do with
them.” I suppose that’s true under the cir-
“situations” my sister is unaware of.
cumstances, but what should I say to set the
Should I express my concerns to her
record straight without appearing as the bad
and suggest postponing the wedding? Or
guy? — ”Orphan” in the South
should I keep my gut feelings to myself?
Dear Orphan: Please accept my sym-
I’m afraid she will get married and then find
pathy for the loss of your parents, and the
out what’s really going on. — Big Sister in
uncomfortable situation in which you now
Massachusetts
find yourself. Memorize the first paragraph
Dear Big Sister: Be honest with your
of your letter to me and recite it verbatim
sister. Although I suspect that your gut feel-
ings are accurate, whether she will believe it
when the subject of your relationship with
is debatable, but at least she will have been
your aunt and uncle comes up. Because it’s a
warned. If she does decide to stay with him,
small town, the message will spread quickly,
and you won’t have to repeat it often.
refrain from any “I told you so’s.” Recog-
nize that whether she marries her fiance
Dear Abby: My husband and I want to
go to Europe this summer, but we don’t want
or not, she will forever be linked with him
to take his mother along. We have taken her
because of the baby.
on two holidays over the last two years and
Dear Abby: After my mom passed away,
didn’t enjoy either one for various reasons.
my dad lived alone for three years until his
She now expects to go with us on our inter-
death. During those three years, Mom’s
national vacations, and we don’t know how
family not once made contact with him or
to tell her we prefer to go alone. Please help.
me. Dad lived in a very small town. When
— Holiday For Two
he would see Mom’s sister and her husband
Dear Holiday: What your husband
out and about in restaurants and stores, they
should say to his mother is, “Mom, my wife
would ignore him.
and I will be going to __________ for a
After Dad’s death, my aunt contacted me
few weeks in early August. We need an
asking if she could have a rocking chair that
‘adventure’ alone together, so we will not be
belonged to my mother. I agreed they could
asking you to join us.” Period!
have it. To my shock, when my uncle arrived
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 22, 1919
Omar Olinger, the owner of a small store
in the Blue mountains about 16 miles south
of Milton and near Tanks, was murdered by
an unknown party, his body being discovered
yesterday by neighbors. The store had been
pillaged and the telephone wires had been
cut. Sheriff Taylor has a man in custody under
suspicion but requests that his name be with-
held. The body of Olinger was found bur-
ied beneath a manure pile. According to one
report, A.C. Sprague and two Stark brothers,
the men who first found the body, alarmed at
not hearing or seeing Olinger for several days,
went to the store to see what was the trou-
ble. In looking around they followed tracks
through the snow which was about two feet
deep to the manure pile, where a foot of the
man was found protruding from the manure.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 22, 1969
The Oregon State Board of Health has
confirmed botulism was the cause of death of
a 76-year-old Pendleton man. The death was
believed to be the first because of botulism in
the state in 15 years. Laboratory tests showed
the food poisoning came from a pumpkin pie.
Officials said the pie was made from home-
canned pumpkin and apparently was not ade-
quately cooked. Insufficient refrigeration
may have contributed to development of the
poison, officials said. The man’s name was
not announced.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 22, 1994
A National Research Council report that
favors incineration of chemical weapons
has drawn criticism from a local citizens
advisory group. Comments from the newly
formed Chemical Demilitarization Citizens
Advisory Commission at Hermiston are
due to the Army early this week. They will
be included in a report the Army will give
Congress within 60 days. The Army plans
to spend $832 million to destroy Umatilla’s
stockpile, with construction beginning in the
mid-1990s and operation extending beyond
the year 2000.
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. 22, 1997, scien-
tists in Scotland announced
they had succeeded in clon-
ing an adult mammal, pro-
ducing a lamb named
“Dolly.” (Dolly, however,
was later put down after a
short life marred by prema-
ture aging and disease.)
In 1630, English col-
onists in the Massachu-
setts Bay Colony first sam-
pled popcorn brought to
them by a Native American
named Quadequina for their
Thanksgiving celebration.
In 1732 (New Style date),
the first president of the
United States, George Wash-
ington, was born in West-
moreland County in the Vir-
ginia Colony.
In 1862, Jefferson Davis,
already the provisional presi-
dent of the Confederacy, was
inaugurated for a six-year
term following his election
in November 1861.
In 1909, the Great White
Fleet, a naval task force sent
on a round-the-world voyage
by President Theodore Roo-
sevelt, returned after more
than a year at sea.
In 1935, it became illegal
for airplanes to fly over the
White House.
In 1959, the inaugural
Daytona 500 race was held;
although Johnny Beauchamp
was initially declared the
winner, the victory was later
awarded to Lee Petty.
In 1967, more than 25,000
U.S. and South Vietnam-
ese troops launched Opera-
tion Junction City, aimed at
smashing a Vietcong strong-
hold near the Cambodian
border. (Although the com-
munists were driven out,
they later returned.)
In 1974, Pakistan offi-
cially recognized Ban-
gladesh (formerly East
Pakistan).
In 1980, the “Mira-
cle on Ice” took place in
Lake Placid, New York, as
the United States Olympic
hockey team upset the Sovi-
ets, 4-3. (The U.S. team went
on to win the gold medal.)
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Paul Dooley is 91. Actor
James Hong is 90. Basket-
ball Hall of Famer Julius
Erving is 69. Former White
House adviser David Axel-
rod is 64. World Golf Hall
of Famer Vijay Singh is 56.
Actress-comedian Rachel
Dratch is 53. Singer James
Blunt is 45. Actress Drew
Barrymore is 44.
Thought for Today:
“Authority without wisdom
is like a heavy ax without
an edge, fitter to bruise than
polish.” — Anne Bradstreet,
American poet (1612-1672).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE