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A12 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, June 19, 2019 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Mom of four leaves longtime boyfriend to date a teenager FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER bers of his family might feel alien- Dear Abby: I’m the mom ated and uncomfortable. of a 31-year-old daughter who I love Ted dearly, and I love recently broke up with her long- time boyfriend so she can be his family. But I feel like I will be shutting out a friend by not invit- with a 17-year-old kid. I proba- bly wouldn’t be upset if she didn’t ing him and his spouse. Should I explain the situation to my col- have sons who are 15, 14, 12 and a league or leave it alone? Is it pos- daughter, 10, who considered the sible to reach a compromise that man she broke up with their dad. J eanne will make everyone happy? — Her new love is only two years P hilliPs Loving Bride in Texas older than her oldest. I am having ADVICE Dear Bride: I think you should a hard time accepting this and so do what makes you happy. The are my grandkids. problem with trying to please I haven’t talked to my daughter everyone is that it isn’t possible. Unless about her choice because I know she’s an you want Ted’s family deciding who your adult and the bottom line is it isn’t really friendships should include in the future, my business. I do worry about how much tell Ted this person is your friend and you confusion this causes the kids. do not want him and his husband to feel I don’t know if I can accept this new hurt by being excluded. Ted’s family will “man” in her life. To tell you the truth, I adjust, which is what gracious guests are want nothing to do with him. I want to con- tinue seeing my grandchildren, though, supposed to do. which will mean I’ll have to deal with this Dear Abby: My son is in his mid-20s, person on some level. How? — Thrown and I would love to spend time with him. in New York The problem is, every time he has come to Dear Thrown: Here’s how. Be a lady. my home he has stolen things from me and pawned them. I know this to be a fact. You have a right to express your opinion I confronted him about it two years ago. privately, but when you see him, be cor- dial and do not make apparent how much I told him I love him very much but can you disapprove of the relationship. If you no longer trust him in my home. He didn’t alienate him, you will lose. The result will deny the thefts, but since then, he won’t be that you see less of him, your daugh- take my calls or respond on social media ter will be upset with you and you will see or to text messages. What’s a dad to do or not do? — Failing in Florida less of your grandkids. Dear Failing: Your son may be Dear Abby: I’m getting married soon, ashamed to face you after what he has and I want to invite a colleague I have done. All you can do is continue to reach known for years. My colleague is gay and out, tell him you love him and pray that he married. My fiance, “Ted,” is from a large, finally decides to stop hiding from you and very traditional family. When I suggested possibly from himself. You have my sym- inviting my co-worker and his husband, pathy, but you cannot force this. Ted expressed concern, stating that mem- DAYS GONE BY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 19, 1919 Playgrounds for Pendleton’s hundreds of children loom as a possibility by the summer of 1920. H.J. Taylor last night told members of the city council, other city offi- cials and news writers of a promise from Fred Walters, of Walters mill, that the city could have the strip of land owned by him along the river bank as a park to be made a playground for youngsters. The plan was received with enthusiasm. The property in question is known as Walters Island and lies between the mill race right of way and the river, just west of the Main street bridge. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 19, 1969 Fighting fires along Union Pacific right of way that have been started by UP trains is no longer a free service to the railroad by the city of Hermiston and rural fire districts in the area. Hermiston fire chief Bob Rus- sell says an agreement has been worked out with UP with the railroad paying $75 for the first fire truck called out to a right of way grass fire and $5 for each fireman. Monday Hermiston firemen answered two alarms to railroad grass fires. He said last year one fire in the area cost the railroad $1,200. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 19, 1994 Within hours of her visit to the Umatilla Indian Reservation. U.S. Energy Secre- tary Hazel O’Leary proved to tribal leaders she shares their concern about radioac- tive materials crossing reservation land. O’Leary handed them a $100,000 check to spend on emergency equipment to handle a nuclear spill. The extra cash — provided by the U.S. Department of Energy — will pay for needed equipment to furnish the Tribes’ new emergency response vehicle with such basics as detection equipment, protective suits, and one-hour oxygen packs. 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 19, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galves- ton, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over, and that all remaining slaves in Texas were free — an event celebrated to this day as “Juneteenth.” In 1868, “Tales from the Vienna Woods,” a waltz by Johann Strauss “the Younger,” was first pub- licly performed by Strauss’ orchestra. In 1917, during World War I, King George V ordered the British royal family to dispense with Ger- man titles and surnames; the family took the name “Windsor.” In 1934, the Federal Communications Com- mission was created; it replaced the Federal Radio Commission. In 1938, four dozen peo- ple were killed when a rail- road bridge in Montana collapsed, sending a train known as the Olympian hur- tling into Custer Creek. In 1944, during World War II, the two-day Battle of the Philippine Sea began, resulting in a decisive vic- tory for the Americans over the Japanese. In 1953, Julius Rosen- berg, 35, and his wife, Ethel, 37, convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, were exe- cuted at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. In 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved by the U.S. Senate, 73-27, after surviving a lengthy filibuster. In 1987, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisi- ana law requiring any public school teaching the theory of evolution to teach creation science as well. In 2017, Otto Warmbier a 22-year-old American col- lege student died in a Cin- cinnati hospital following his release by North Korea in a coma after more than a year in captivity. Today’s Birthdays: Pop singer Tommy DeVito (The Four Seasons) is 91. Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is 74. Author Sir Salman Rushdie is 72. Actress Kathleen Turner is 65. Singer-dancer-choreog- rapher Paula Abdul is 57. Actress Robin Tunney is 47. Alt-country singer-musi- cian Scott Avett (The Avett Brothers) is 43. Actress Zoe Saldana is 41. Former NBA star Dirk Nowitzki is 41. Actor Paul Dano is 35. New York Mets pitcher Jacob DeGrom is 31. Actor Gia- como Gianniotti is 30. Actor Atticus Shaffer is 21. Thought for Today: “Exuberance is better than taste.” — Gustave Flaubert, French author (1821-1880). 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