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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Man laments that his marriage
has gone to the dogs (and cats)
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Dear Abby: I’m recently mar-
it can attract other “critters,” which
ried, and in my opinion, my wife
could endanger the cats she is try-
ing to help.
has too many pets — seven inside
Dear Abby: I’m a gay man. My
dogs. She also feeds the neighbor-
hood cats, so at any given time of
sister and I are best friends. I love
day, there are 10 to 18 cats in our
her dearly. Long story short, she
front yard.
has now taken her religious beliefs
The dogs inside have no bound-
much more seriously (Christianity).
aries. They have taken over the
She’s married, with three won-
J eanne
derful children (6, 4 and 2 years
main living space. The family
P hilliPs
old) who my partner and I adore.
room sofas are filthy and destroyed,
ADVICE
They attend church every week-
so we can’t use that space either,
end, rehearse Bible verses with
and it’s a total eyesore. The carpet
their children every night and are
is gone, and there is dirt and dog
very active in their community.
hair everywhere.
My partner and I visit as often as we can
I’m at my wits’ end. I feel I have no say
to spend time with her and the kids. They
in this matter, and I’m constantly stressed
live 200 miles away, and the drive is a long
over these living conditions. I hate going
one, so we stay overnight. On our last visit,
home. I have dogs with me when I eat,
she pulled me aside and expressed how
sleep and make love. I don’t know how to
uncomfortable she and her husband have
approach her on this when she sees nothing
been feeling with the sleeping arrangement.
wrong with it. All she sees is their cuteness.
They don’t agree with us sleeping in the
— Living Like an Animal in Phoenix
same room because we are “not married.”
Dear Living: Didn’t you know about
I know it’s more than that — it is because
your wife’s love of animals while you were
we are not a straight couple. They said they
engaged? Explain to her that when you
prefer we sleep in different rooms when
married her, you didn’t realize you would
we visit them. My partner and I feel dev-
be just another occupant in her doghouse.
astated, sad and obviously blindsided. We
The living conditions you describe are not
don’t know what to do. Can you help? —
only stressful, but could also be considered
Second-Class Citizen
a health hazard.
Dear Second Class: From your descrip-
Contact the city or county and find out
tion, it’s unlikely that your sister and her
whether there are restrictions on the number
husband will become more accepting than
of animals that homeowners are allowed to
they are.
keep on their property. (I hope they have all
As I see it, you have no choice but to
been spayed or neutered!)
“turn the other cheek” and spend your
As a partner in this marriage, your
nights in a nearby hotel or motel. That may
wishes should be taken into consideration
be the sacrifice you have to make to main-
and a compromise worked out. I, too, am
tain your close relationship with the kids.
concerned about her feeding the ever-in-
creasing number of neighborhood cats,
If you and your partner eventually decide
some of which may carry diseases. One
to marry, do not be surprised if it does not
change the situation.
problem with leaving food out for strays is
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 11-12, 1919
When the pupils of the Lincoln school
pledged themselves this morning to adopt
35 French war orphans, they established
a record for speed, in the opinion of Miss
Francklyn, official speaker for the father-
less children of France who addressed the
school. “I have never seen such a splendid
spirit,” said Miss Francklyn. “I have sent in
the announcement to headquarters so that
they may see what Pendleton children are
doing.”
It is the children themselves who will
give the money for the support of the
French, says Miss Della Rush, principal of
the school. One little girl has given up the
idea of buying a ukulele, while another has
pledged herself to give up candy.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 11-12, 1969
Another marina on the Columbia River
within 10 miles of the new marina at Uma-
tilla is in the planning stage by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Port of Umatilla
Manager Walter Peters said Monday. The
possibility of such a project raised the ire of
the Port of Umatilla commissioners Mon-
day. The port and the Corps are complet-
ing construction of a new marina at Uma-
tilla. It is costing more than $500,000. The
commission learned Monday that the Corps
wants to build another marina at Hat Rock
State Park. The McNary Yacht Club, a pri-
vate organization, is located nearby.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 11-12, 1994
While Portland art circles panned a sculp-
ture of a pioneer family crafted to commem-
orate the Oregon Trail, at least nine other
Northwest cities — including Echo — have
said they’d be glad to have it.
“All kind of folks have called in saying
they’d be more than happy to take it,” said
Joyce White, development director for the
Oregon Trail Coordinating Council, which
commissioned “The Promised Land.” The
council received calls from The Dalles, Ore-
gon City, Independence, Medford, Echo, La
Grande, Baker City, Silverton, even Tum-
water, Wash.
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 March 12, 1864,
Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
assumed command as Gen-
eral-in-Chief of the Union
armies in the Civil War.
In 1912, the Girl Scouts
of the USA had its begin-
nings as Juliette Gordon
Low of Savannah, Georgia,
founded the first American
troop of the Girl Guides.
In 1914, American inven-
tor George Westinghouse
died in New York at age 67.
In
1933,
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt deliv-
ered the first of his 30 radio
addresses that came to be
known as “fireside chats,”
telling Americans what was
being done to deal with the
nation’s economic crisis.
In 1955, legendary jazz
musician Charlie “Bird”
Parker died in New York at
age 34.
In 1980, a Chicago jury
found John Wayne Gacy Jr.
guilty of the murders of 33
men and boys. Gacy was
sentenced to death; he was
executed in May 1994.
In 1993, Janet Reno was
sworn in as the first female
U.S. attorney general.
In
2003,
Elizabeth
Smart, the 15-year-old girl
who vanished from her bed-
room nine months earlier,
was found alive in a Salt
Lake City suburb with Brian
David Mitchell and Wanda
Barzee. (Mitchell is serving
a life sentence; Barzee was
released from prison in Sep-
tember 2018.)
Today’s Birthdays: Pol-
itician, diplomat and civil
rights activist Andrew
Young is 87. Actress Bar-
bara Feldon is 86. Broadcast
journalist Lloyd Dobyns is
83. Actress-singer Liza Min-
nelli is 73. Sen. Mitt Rom-
ney, R-Utah, is 72. Actor
Jon Provost (TV: “Lassie”)
is 69. Author Carl Hiaasen
is 66. Rock musician Steve
Harris is 63. Former MLB
All-Star Darryl Strawberry
is 57. CNN reporter Jake
Tapper is 50. Rock musi-
cian Graham Coxon is 50.
Country musician Tommy
Bales (Flynnville Train) is
46. Country singer Holly
Williams is 38. Actor Tyler
Patrick Jones is 25. Actress
Kendall Applegate is 20.
Thought for Today: “If
power corrupts, being out of
power corrupts absolutely.”
— Douglass Cater, Amer-
ican author and educator
(1923-1995).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE