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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Mother-in-law’s nighttime attire
causes consternation
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Dear Abby: I have a wonderful
wants the benefits of being a lover
and none of the responsibility.
mother-in-law whom I love very
Have you talked with him about
much. She frequently stays over-
night in my home. I also have two
this and how it makes you feel? You
young sons.
are not “wrong” for wanting more,
My mother-in-law recently
but you are mistaken if you think
mentioned to me that she doesn’t
that being at his beck and call is
wear underwear to bed and never
the way to get the commitment he
has, including while staying at my
seems to be so unwilling to make.
J eanne
house. I’m troubled by this because
You might have better results if
P hilliPs
you quit being so available.
she wears nightgowns to bed, and
ADVICE
Dear Abby: I’m recently mar-
I’m afraid my sons might acciden-
tally see her lady parts. Also, she
ried to my second wife. We have
sleeps on my furniture like this,
a great relationship, but I feel like
and I feel it is disrespectful and unladylike.
she has a better relationship with my two
I don’t know how to say to her that, for
daughters than I do. They do everything
the sake of my furniture and my sanity, I
together, and my daughters don’t want to
do anything that includes me.
need her to wear underwear to bed when
Part of me is grateful they have such a
she stays at my house. Do I broach this
great relationship, but I’m also jealous that
subject, or am I being unreasonable? —
my relationship with them is not as good as
Proper in Ohio
hers. Should I say something? I don’t want
Dear Proper: What your mother-in-
to ruin what they have, but I feel neglected.
law wears to bed is her business, not yours.
Am I being selfish? Should I just ignore it
Unless your little boys are playing peek-
and get a hobby or something? — Envious
a-boo underneath her nightie, they won’t
in the East
notice — or care. How long is that garment
Dear Envious: I wish you had men-
anyway? If it reaches below her knees or to
tioned how old your daughters are. I see
her ankles, there should be no “bootie con-
tact” with your sofa. In the interest of fam-
nothing to be gained by not discussing this
ily harmony, I recommend you take a chill
with your wife. Parenting is not supposed
to be a contest.
pill and leave the subject alone.
Your daughters may not mean to exclude
Dear Abby: I’m in love with a man who
you, but may assume you wouldn’t be inter-
doesn’t want us to be described as any-
thing more than friends. We are together
ested in the things they are doing or discuss-
ing. (I’m thinking of things females like to
every day, and he knows I love him. We
do together.) If you let them know you’re
have sex, and I sleep over whenever possi-
ble. He wants me there all the time but with
sincerely interested in joining in some of
no status. Am I wrong for wanting more?
their activities, you may be surprised at
Will there ever be more? — Nameless in
how quickly they include you. Also, set a
Pennsylvania
standing (monthly) breakfast or lunch date
Dear Nameless: The answers to your
— just you and your daughters — so you
can spend some quality time together.
questions are no and no. Your “friend”
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 26, 1919
If the council allows the request of the
Union Oil Co. for a permit to place its oil
plant on the site it has in view, on the Bred-
ing place directly in front of St. Joseph’s
Academy, the plans for building the
$150,000 improvement to the St. Anthony’s
hospital will be entirely abandoned and the
building operations in connection with the
St. Joseph’s academy will be curbed as far
as possible. According to Mother Killian,
“We have been here for 30 years and have
made improvements. We now have prop-
erty valued at $200,000 and when our plans
for improving the hospital and school are
carried out we will have an investment of
$400,000. We feel it would be unjust to have
an oil plant placed directly in front of the
institutions.”
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 26, 1969
Bernard W. Carper, 35, of Hermiston has
been honored as pharmacist of the year by
the Oregon State Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion. Carper, a partner in Moore and Ripley
Drug, received the award Tuesday during
the association’s annual convention at Lin-
coln City. Carper, who won the Hermiston
Jaycees’ Distinguished Service Award a few
months ago, was nominated for the state
award by Jerry Sobotta, a pharmacist in a
competitive firm, the Hermiston Drug Co.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 26, 1994
Jack Dennerline hopes to be sailing the
South Pacific in his 38-foot sailboat in a year
or so. When he does, he’ll have earned the
exotic adventure. Last week, after 13 years
of work, Dennerline launched the sailboat he
built almost entirely himself. “I’ve wanted
to do this for years,” Dennerline said, sit-
ting in the deck house of the Crab Shell, the
name of his craft. “I decided to just work
on it until it gets done.” Sailing and boats
have always been a passion for Dennerline,
despite growing up in landlocked Caldwell,
Idaho. His father passed along his love of
boats and the water.
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 26, 1963, Pres-
ident John F. Kennedy vis-
ited West Berlin, where he
delivered his famous speech
expressing solidarity with
the city’s residents, declar-
ing: “Ich bin ein Berliner”
(I am a Berliner).
In 1870, the first sec-
tion of Atlantic City, New
Jersey’s Boardwalk was
opened to the public.
In 1917, the first troops
of the American Expedi-
tionary Force deployed to
France during World War I
landed in St. Nazaire.
In
1936,
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt was
nominated for a second
term of office by delegates
to the Democratic National
Convention in Philadelphia.
In 1968, President Lyn-
don B. Johnson announced
his choice of Abe Fortas to
succeed the retiring Earl
Warren as chief justice of
the United States (how-
ever, Fortas later withdrew
in the face of stiff Senate
opposition).
In 1977, 42 people were
killed when a fire sent toxic
smoke pouring through
the Maury County Jail in
Columbia, Tennessee. Elvis
Presley performed his last
concert at Market Square
Arena in Indianapolis.
In
1990,
President
George H.W. Bush went
back on his “no-new-taxes”
campaign pledge, conced-
ing that tax increases would
have to be included in any
deficit-reduction package
worked out with congres-
sional negotiators.
In 1997, the first Harry
Potter novel, “Harry Pot-
ter and the Philosopher’s
Stone” by J.K. Rowling,
was published in the United
Kingdom (it was later
released in the United States
under the title “Harry Potter
and the Sorcerer’s Stone”).
Today’s
Birthdays:
Rock singer Georgie Fame is
76. Rock singer Chris Isaak
is 63. Rock singer Patty
Smyth is 62. Writer-direc-
tor Paul Thomas Anderson
is 49. Actor Sean Hayes is
49. Retired MLB All-Star
Derek Jeter is 45. Coun-
try singer Gretchen Wilson
is 45. Actor-musician Jason
Schwartzman is 39. Actress
Aubrey Plaza is 35.
Thought for Today:
“The formula for success
is simple: practice and con-
centration then more prac-
tice and more concentra-
tion.” — Babe Didrikson
Zaharias, American athlete
and golfing Hall of Famer
(born this date in 1911, died
in 1956).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE