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A6 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Thursday, June 13, 2019 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Boyfriend confesses being attracted to woman’s brother 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 gay male. age. When Kevin finally leaves, am I obligated to plan a retire- My sister, “Cate,” is in what ment party for him? He has never appears outwardly to be a commit- ted relationship, but I know for a lifted a finger for anybody, and he sure doesn’t deserve a party honor- fact it isn’t. ing the fact that he sat in a chair for Her boyfriend, “Darren,” 30 years. Or should I not help plan invited me out for coffee a few days either party? — Stuck Supervisor ago, and while he was discussing Dear Stuck: Unless party-plan- some of their relationship troubles, J eanne ning is part of your job designation, he told me he isn’t sure that he’s P hilliPs you are not obligated to arrange straight. He then proceeded to say ADVICE one for Kevin if you prefer not to, he could easily see himself dating considering what a problem he has me! been for your unit. A party later I don’t know what to do. I want celebrating the welcoming of “new staff” to tell Cate, but I don’t want to wreck her would probably go over better. relationship. The other problem is, I also Dear Abby: I’ve been invited to go away feel attracted to Darren, but it’s not my place with my son’s family, and I don’t want to do to pursue him. Any advice would be help- ful. — In a Bind in New York it. I have done it before, and it never goes Dear In a Bind: Your sister’s relation- well because of my son’s mouth. I think he ship with Darren was “wrecked” the min- may have an anger issue, but if I say any- ute he told you that he isn’t certain he’s het- thing to him about it, he gets angry. I can’t erosexual and that he has his eye on you. If tolerate his language, and he says he can’t change. you and Darren were to become involved, I want to be with my grandchildren, but it would likely devastate Cate, and I don’t his mouth and his attitude make me timid recommend it. Talk to Darren and tell him and uncomfortable, and I end up wishing I it’s time to come clean with Cate. Then, if were home. I told him I was sorry I couldn’t he doesn’t, a loyal sibling should tell his sis- ter before she wastes any more time on this go and why. He says his family is happy, and boyfriend. I should just let it roll off, but I feel I have a right not to be subjected to a week of con- Dear Abby: I supervise someone I’ll stant cursing. It feels abusive. Am I wrong? call “Kevin.” He is lazy, and his work is so — Wishing It Were Different sloppy he should have been fired long ago. I Dear Wishing: If the bad language and many supervisors before me have tried is directed at another person, it is abusive to no avail to motivate him, but we work in and disrespectful. If it is used as an adjec- government, and he knows how to game the tive, it is “merely” grating and unpleasant. system. Our unit’s reputation has suffered A vacation is supposed to be a time to relax because of Kevin. For reasons beyond my and enjoy oneself. Because you feel your control, we are stuck working together. son’s language is so bad it would prevent I supervise another person who is retiring you from doing that, you should not subject soon, and I would like to help plan his retire- ment party. Kevin is also nearing retirement yourself to it. DAYS GONE BY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 14, 1919 “I was pretty securely strapped in but my arms were tired when I got out, just the same,” Manuel Friedley, councilman and school director, said this morning regarding his flight above Portland yesterday in an army biplane. Mr. Friedley was one of three Orego- nians from outside of Portland to be honored by an invitation to fly. Going up on Friday the Thirteenth didn’t faze him, Mr. Friedley said today, and once in the air things seemed as smooth as though the plane were balanced on a cloud and all below was swiftly moving. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 14, 1969 A vacationing Bellevue, Wash., family escaped with their lives but lost everything else Thursday afternoon when their car and travel trailer were destroyed by fire on Cab- bage Hill. The car, driven by Shirley Elane Keating, 30, was eastbound up the hill when a propane bottle fell between the car and trailer and stared to burn. The family escaped from the car before the gasoline tank exploded. Patrick Keating, 36, was treated for second degree burns on both feet at St. Anthony Hos- pital and released. Mrs. Keating and four chil- dren were not hurt. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 14, 1994 Two 11-year-old boys playing with matches started a fire Monday that engulfed three buildings in a ball of intense flame at a farm west of Pendleton. No one was injured and most equipment was spared, but the Tucker Farms buildings were a total loss. The mid-day blaze burned the three wooden farm buildings to the ground. The boys were play- ing in a grain elevator at Tucker Farms on Despain Gulch Road when they dropped a lit match, catching some debris on fire, accord- ing to the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Depart- ment. The boys — from Pendleton and Pilot Rock — stomped out the fire and went inside a house, but when they came back outside they noticed smoke coming from the eleva- tor, police said. The boys then called the older brother and father, who were working on the ranch, but there was nothing they could do to stop the blaze. 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 June 13, 1966, the In 1993, Canada’s Pro- Supreme Court ruled in gressive Conservative Party Miranda v. Arizona that chose Defense Minister Kim criminal suspects had to be Campbell to succeed Brian informed of their constitu- Mulroney as prime minis- tional right to consult with ter; she was the first woman an attorney and to remain to hold the post. Astronaut silent. Donald K. “Deke” Slayton In 1842, Queen Victo- died in League City, Texas, ria became the first British at age 69. monarch to ride on a train, In 1997, a jury voted traveling from Slough Rail- unanimously to give Timo- way Station to Paddington in thy McVeigh the death pen- alty for his role in the Okla- 25 minutes. In 1977, James Earl Ray, homa City bombing. The the convicted assassin of Chicago Bulls captured their civil rights leader Martin fifth professional basketball Luther King Jr., was recap- championship in seven years tured following his escape with a 90-to-86 victory over three days earlier from a the Utah Jazz in game six. Tennessee prison. In 2005, A jury in Santa In 1983, the U.S. space Maria, California, acquitted probe Pioneer 10, launched Michael Jackson of molest- in 1972, became the first ing a 13-year-old cancer sur- spacecraft to leave the solar vivor at his Neverland ranch. system as it crossed the orbit The Supreme Court warned prosecutors to use care in of Neptune. PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BIG NATE striking minorities from juries, siding with black murder defendants in Texas and California who con- tended their juries had been unfairly stacked with whites. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Malcolm McDowell is 76. Former U.N. Secre- tary-General Ban Ki-moon is 75. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is 62. Actress Ally Sheedy is 57. Actor Jamie Walters is 50. Sing- er-musician Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) is 49. Country singer Susan Haynes is 47. Actress Sarah Schaub is 36. Singer Raz B is 34. Actress Kat Dennings is 33. Actress Ashley Olsen is 33. Actress Mary-Kate Olsen is 33. Thought for Today: “There are no strangers here, only friends you have not yet met.” — William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). BY DANA SIMPSON BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
