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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, May 31, 2019
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Mom fears teenage son
is headed for heartbreak
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 very close to
ing disabilities or not — your
my 19-year-old son. He is kind,
son is considered to be an adult.
Part of becoming one is experi-
sweet and big-hearted. He has
encing life with all of its joys and
learning disabilities and the matu-
disappointments.
rity level of probably a 15- or
You cannot protect your son
16-year-old. Naturally, I am protec-
tive of him. He had one girlfriend
from sadness or predict how his
during his senior year, and when
relationships will turn out. Let him
J eanne
they broke up after four months,
know that you are supportive of
P hilliPs
he was beyond devastated. Since
him always. Then, when you meet
ADVICE
this woman, be warm and befriend
then he constantly talks about how
lonely he is and his desire to be in
her. Get to know her so you can
communicate with her without her
a relationship.
About a week ago, he told me he likes a
becoming defensive. You will gain nothing
by seeming hostile.
woman from his work. They went out on a
Dear Abby: About 12 years ago, I found
couple of dates and, come to find out, she’s
out my dad isn’t really my father. It didn’t
33 and has three kids (9, 7, and 8 months
change how I felt about him, and I wasn’t
old). He told me she asked him if he wanted
interested in meeting my biological father.
to be in a serious relationship or just be
Dad died a couple of weeks ago. During
friends with benefits. He told her he wanted
the memorial service, I ended my emo-
something serious, and I guess she agreed.
tional tribute to him by saying that even
Abby, this woman is taking advantage of
though he wasn’t my bio father, he was still
my son! What would a woman that age want
my “Dad,” and the love and memories I
with a kid? This is a complicated night-
mare, and I do not want my son involved
have of him mean more than any blood ties
to my bio father.
with her. I’m convinced she’s using him,
My brother and one of my sisters had
and once she is over it, she will break his
no problem with me saying this. My other
heart. It took him a long time to get over
sister, however, was very upset with me.
his high school sweetheart, and I was seri-
ously worried about his mental well-being.
She said letting church members know he
Is there anything I can do to stop this train
wasn’t my bio father was disrespectful. She
wreck?
was the only one who criticized me. Was I
I have talked to him about my concerns,
disrespectful, and was my sister correct in
chastising me? — Loved My Dad
but it didn’t accomplish anything. I told him
Dear Loved: The eulogy you gave for
I want to meet her, and they agreed. I’m
your dad was beautiful, and it came from
nervous because I know I need to refrain
the heart. It was in no way disrespectful
from telling her how I really feel. Any sug-
gestions? — Protective Mom
and you did nothing wrong. Your sister
Dear Mom: Not all romances are guar-
should not have criticized you the way she
anteed to last, as most adults find out after
did, but when there is a death in the family,
emotions sometimes run high.
they enter the dating scene. At 19 — learn-
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 31, 1919
Soldiers honorably discharged from
service since November 11, 1918, are to
receive travel pay at the rate of 5 cents per
mile to actual bona fide home or residence,
or place of original muster into the ser-
vice, at the option of the soldier, according
to word received today at the Red Cross
home service office. The local Red Cross
will have on hand blank forms of applica-
tion which include the necessary affidavit
for the additional travel allowance. This
affidavit must be accompanied by a true
copy of the soldier’s discharge certificate,
certified as such by a recruiting officer, or
the original discharge certificate, the lat-
ter to be returned with the check for the
travel pay.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 31, 1969
The Gilliam County Court wants tax-
payers to get better service in the county
courthouse. It rapped out a policy statement
this week that: forbids coffee to be made
and served during working hours; orders
the removal of the soft drink machine; and
orders storage of the civil defense radio.
“The purpose for any of us being here is to
provide statutory service to the public,” the
court said in a notice posted on both floors
of the courthouse. “For their taxes they are
entitled to reasonable, courteous and com-
petent treatment and service. There has
been a laxness in these respects. …”
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 31, 1994
Several cars were sprayed by gunfire
from a low-rider Buick Riviera Monday eve-
ning in Umatilla, but nobody was reported
hurt in the drive-by shooting. A passenger
in the maroon Buick reportedly fired sev-
eral rounds in the direction of another car,
which was near a house across from Kik’s
Driving Range on Highway 730 in Uma-
tilla, according to a Umatilla County Sher-
iff’s log. Details of the 6:45 p.m. incident
— including the number of suspects and
intended victims or a possible motive —
were unavailable from the Umatilla Police
Department this morning.
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 May 31, 1962, for-
mer Nazi official Adolf
Eichmann was hanged in
Israel a few minutes before
midnight for his role in the
Holocaust.
In 1859, the Big Ben
clock tower in London went
into operation, chiming for
the first time.
In 1889, some 2,200 peo-
ple in Johnstown, Pennsyl-
vania, perished when the
South Fork Dam collapsed,
sending 20 million tons of
water through the town.
In 1916, during World
War I, British and German
fleets fought the naval Bat-
tle of Jutland off Denmark;
there was no clear-cut vic-
tor, although the British suf-
fered heavier losses.
In 1921, a race riot
erupted in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
as white mobs began loot-
ing and leveling the black
district of Greenwood over
reports a black man had
assaulted a white woman in
an elevator; hundreds died.
In 1970, a magnitude 7.9
earthquake in Peru claimed
an estimated 67,000 lives.
In 1977, the Trans-Alaska
oil pipeline, three years in
the making despite objec-
tions from environmental-
ists and Alaska Natives,
was completed. (The first oil
began flowing through the
pipeline 20 days later.)
In 1985, 88 people were
killed, more than 1,000
injured, when 41 torna-
does swept through parts of
Pennsylvania, Ohio, New
York and Ontario, Canada,
during an 8-hour period.
In 1990, the situation
comedy “Seinfeld” began
airing as a regular series on
NBC.
In 1994, the United
States announced it was no
longer aiming long-range
nuclear missiles at targets in
the former Soviet Union.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actor-director Clint East-
wood is 89. Humanitarian
Terry Waite is 80. Actor Tom
Berenger is 69. Actor Greg-
ory Harrison is 69. Actor
Kyle Secor is 62. Actor Hugh
Dillon is 56. Rapper DMC is
55. Actress Brooke Shields is
54. Jazz musician Christian
McBride is 47. Rock musi-
cian Andy Hurley (Fall Out
Boy) is 39. Actor Curtis Wil-
liams Jr. is 32.
Thought for Today:
“They that approve a pri-
vate opinion, call it opinion;
but they that dislike it, her-
esy; and yet heresy signifies
no more than private opin-
ion.” — Thomas Hobbes,
English political philoso-
pher (1588-1679).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE