B6 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Tuesday, April 2, 2019 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Mom objects to unsolicited advice about breastfeeding FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER Dear Abby: I am a new mother I’m tossing them. I would like to to a baby boy. Everywhere I go help cure the cancer that claimed my dad. Each plant reminds me of — the grocery store, my front a waste of money. yard, my daughter’s school — Please remind people to respect people ask, “You are breastfeed- the wishes of the family. — Griev- ing, right?” Why should it mat- ing Daughter in Wisconsin ter to strangers whether or not I’m Dear Daughter: Please accept breastfeeding my baby? It has no J eanne my sympathy for the loss of your effect on them whatsoever. It’s a P hilliPs father. Your desire to contribute to personal decision. What’s worse is ADVICE cancer research is understandable when I have formula in my shop- ping cart and someone stops to lec- considering the circumstances. It’s possible that friends and acquain- ture me about breastfeeding. tances who saw his obituary didn’t read People need to stop shaming mothers carefully through it and sent the offerings for using formula and quit asking questions on impulse. Or perhaps they did both. But that are none of their business. It’s a per- sonal choice and not up for discussion. As your comments have merit, which is why I’m printing them. long as a mother is feeding her baby, she’s Dear Abby: Why is love such a hard doing a great job. — Mind Your Own thing to find? I am a boy who often feels Business alone. I have never experienced true love, Dear MYOB: As well-meaning as even though I often meet girls I’d like to these individuals may be, I agree it is be with. What holds me back is the fear of none of their beeswax how you nour- approaching and talking to them. ish your baby. Why not give them tit for My fear puts me in despair, and I feel tat? Tell them you plan to raise your baby lonely. What would you suggest to over- without their input and you don’t appre- come these feelings so I can find happi- ciate their comments. Then walk on and ness? — Outsider in Hawaii continue your shopping. Dear Outsider: True love is usually Dear Abby: As I write this, I am shak- built on friendship. Friendships are gener- ing with frustration. My dear dad died a ally based on common interests. What are week ago. I put an obituary in the paper and the things you are interested in? online that requested in lieu of flowers to You call yourself a “boy,” so I assume please donate to two specific noncontrover- you are still in school. Consider joining sial charities. clubs and activities that are offered there, I’m sitting here surrounded by nine such as sports, drama or music. plants and bouquets of flowers! I’m so upset Churches sponsor activities for youth, as each time another one is delivered. My well. Sign up for them and you will increase house looks like a funeral parlor. I don’t your chances of making friends. have the time to take them to a hospital, so DAYS GONE BY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 1-2, 1919 Shedding boxes of “hard tack” as they made a dash for the Red Cross canteen; dis- playing the red, white and blue “A” which is the mark of the army of occupation; and wearing numerous Iron Crosses which they got from the Huns in exchange for bars of chocolate, 119 Oregon and Washington members of the 37th engineers, who were the first to cross the Rhine, passed through Pendleton today on No. 17. Perhaps the hap- piest man in the crowd of jubilant soldiers who were on the fighting front for six months was Ed Smith, Pilot Rock man who was met at the depot by 10 home town citizens. “Just as soon as I get my papers,” declared Smith, “I sure will beat it back to Pilot Rock.” 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 1-2, 1969 Helen McCune Junior High students held a memorial service yesterday for Dwight David Eisenhower. The service took place at approximately the same time as the state funeral for General Eisenhower in Wash- ington, D.C. Jay Lilly, student body presi- dent, introduced the program. The junior high orchestra, under direction of Jeannette Scott, played memorial music, including the hymn “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.” The Girls Glee and the choir presented separate groups of songs, led by Tom Cooley. Stu- dent speakers were Hank Christman, Donna Milby, Gary Barnum and Bill Hamby. The Rev. Samuel McKinney of Seattle, who is in Pendleton this week to preach at Holy Week services at First Presbyterian Church, gave the memorial address. The colors were presented by Carlos Echanis, as Dean Long played taps on the trumpet. This rite ended the 40-minute tribute to the former president. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 1-2, 1994 A new cross overlooking Heppner has been erected just in time for Easter. The 20-foot-high cross, made of steel and weigh- ing 1,500 pounds, has been placed on the high point between Hinton and Willow creeks. The original wooden structure has been replaced twice over the years since a cross was first erected there in the early 1930s. 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 April 2, 2005, Pope John Paul II died in his Vati- can apartment at age 84. In 1792, Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized establishment of the U.S. Mint. In 1863, during the Civil War, the Richmond Bread Riot erupted in the Confed- erate capital as a mob out- raged over food shortages and rising prices attacked and looted stores. In 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet fled the Confederate capi- tal of Richmond, Virginia, because of advancing Union forces. In 1912, the just-com- pleted RMS Titanic left Bel- fast to begin its sea trials eight days before the start of its ill-fated maiden voyage. In 1917, President Wood- row Wilson asked Con- gress to declare war against Germany, saying, “The world must be made safe for democracy.” (Congress declared war four days later.) In 1956, the soap operas “As the World Turns” and “The Edge of Night” pre- miered on CBS-TV. In 1968, “2001: A Space Odyssey,” the groundbreak- ing science-fiction film epic produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, had its world premiere in Washing- ton, D.C. In 1986, four American passengers were killed when a terrorist bomb exploded aboard a TWA jetliner en route from Rome to Athens, Greece. In 1992, mob boss John Gotti was convicted in New York of murder and rack- eteering; he was later sen- tenced to life, and died in prison. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Sharon Acker is 84. Actress Dame Penelope Keith is 79. Singer Emmy- lou Harris is 72. Country singer Buddy Jewell is 58. Actor Christopher Meloni is 58. Rock musician Tony Fredianelli is 50. Actress Roselyn Sanchez is 46. Country singer Jill King is 44. Actress Bethany Joy Galeotti is 38. Singer Lee Dewyze (TV: “American Idol”) is 33. Country singer Chris Janson is 33. Actor Drew Van Acker is 33. Actor Jesse Plemons is 31. Singer Aaron Kelly (TV: “Ameri- can Idol”) is 26. Thought for Today: “Never think you’ve seen the last of anything.” — Eudora Welty, American author (1909-2001). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE