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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Husband with a secret past feels
compelled to share it with wife
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
Dear Abby: I have been mar-
don’t think he’s being fair. — Look-
ried 36 years to a woman who has
ing For Relief in Florida
saved my life and soul. We are both
Dear Looking: This is not a
question of fairness. It’s a question
faithful to God and to our marriage,
of quality of life. Many women have
sharing the love of our family. We
had breast reduction surgery for
are blessed in many ways — includ-
ing a great son who is self-sufficient
the reason you are contemplating
and prospering, and a daughter who
it. Your husband may have a breast
is married and takes on any chal-
fetish or possibly regard them as his
J eanne
lenge with confidence.
“property.”
P hilliPs
I recommend he accompany you
I have one guilt-filled issue I have
ADVICE
to your next doctor’s appointment
never shared with my wife. Prior
so the doctor can help him under-
to meeting her, for nearly 12 years
stand why the procedure is neces-
through my military service and
sary and what the result will be afterward.
college years, I was actively bisexual. I’m not
However, in the final analysis, your breasts
proud of this fact but learned it was more out
are yours, not his, and you should be able to
of loneliness and experimentation than need.
do with them whatever you like.
This is the only thing I have never shared
Dear Abby: What does one do in the
with my love, and I wonder if I should, as it
case of lending out DVDs and never see-
weighs heavy on my heart. It melts me when
ing them again? This happened to me at the
she says “I love you” and thanks me for shar-
start of the year. The perpetrators are mem-
ing my life with her. I have prayed to God
bers of the church I attend. One is the assis-
about this. Should I share this with my wife?
tant pastor.
— Different Person Now
When I have asked about my DVDs, the
Dear Different: I see nothing positive to
borrowers have been very vague. I think
be gained by opening this long-closed chap-
ter of your life with your wife at this late date.
those who attend one’s church should be
Because you feel the need to talk about this,
trustworthy. What do you think I should do
besides refuse to lend anything? — Miffed
do it with your spiritual adviser.
in Missouri
Dear Abby: I am a big-breasted woman
Dear Miffed: Your DVDs may have been
who is suffering because of them. My doc-
tor told me I’m a good candidate for a breast
lost, damaged or loaned to someone else who
didn’t return them. In any of those scenar-
reduction, which I am thrilled about. My
ios, the person(s) who failed to return the
problem is my husband is 100% against my
items should have offered to repay you for
having the procedure. He gets mad when I
them. That no one did reflects badly on the
bring it up and refuses to budge.
borrowers.
I’m a 65-year-old woman with arthri-
tis, which makes my back and neck pain
That said, there is nothing you can do now
even worse. How can I get him to change
besides be less generous in the future. In the
his mind? I’m the one who’s suffering, and I
meantime, continue hounding the borrowers.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 3-4, 1919
Miss Stasia P. Walsh, only Pendleton
woman who saw service overseas as a mem-
ber of a hospital unit, returned today with two
gold stripes for service as a nurse with Base
Hospital 46. This hospital unit returned some
time ago but Miss Walsh was retained for fur-
ther service. Miss Walsh was met at the train
by Pendleton friends and by a delegation of
nurses from St. Anthony’s hospital. “I can’t
tell you how happy I am to see these familiar
faces and to be back in Pendleton again,” said
Miss Walsh.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 3-4, 1969
Thirty-nine five-yard loads of dirt and silt
have been removed from the bed of Shobe
Creek so far, Heppner City Supt. Vic Gros-
hens said Wednesday. The amount was taken
from the creek above the Chase Street bridge
and one block down on Cannon Street, a dis-
tance of approximately one and one-half
blocks. There are, he said, several loads left to
be removed. Crews worked at the job Friday
and Saturday.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 3-4, 1994
The Eastern Oregon Alcoholism Founda-
tion has announced a five-year, $500,000 plan
to upgrade facilities at the Southwest Pendle-
ton location. The plans calls for the replace-
ment of aging facilities with new construction
under a four-phase plan. The foundation cur-
rently operates out of the 100-year-old Mar-
tin Gish House at 304 Southwest Hailey. The
final phase of the plan calls for the destruc-
tion of that home. Construction began in April
on a new building across the street from the
Gish House at 216 Southwest Hailey. The new
building, representing the first phase of the
upgrade plan, will house a kitchen, food stor-
age area and more office space. Foundation
officials hope the new building will be fin-
ished and usable by September.
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 July 3, 1976, Israel
launched its daring mission
to rescue 106 passengers and
Air France crew members
being held at Entebbe Air-
port in Uganda by pro-Pal-
estinian
hijackers;
the
commandos succeeded in
rescuing all but four of the
hostages.
In 1775, Gen. George
Washington took command
of the Continental Army at
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
In 1863, the three-day
Civil War Battle of Gettys-
burg in Pennsylvania ended
in a major victory for the
North as Confederate troops
failed to breach Union posi-
tions during an assault
known as Pickett’s Charge.
In 1890, Idaho became
the 43rd state of the Union.
In 1950, the first carrier
strikes of the Korean War
took place as the USS Valley
Forge and the HMS Triumph
sent fighter planes against
North Korean targets.
In 1971, singer Jim Mor-
rison of The Doors died in
Paris at age 27.
In 1979, Dan White, con-
victed of voluntary man-
slaughter in the shooting
deaths of San Francisco
Mayor George Moscone and
Supervisor Harvey Milk,
was sentenced to seven years
and eight months in prison.
(He ended up serving five
years.)
In 1987, British million-
aire Richard Branson and
Per Lindstrand became the
first hot-air balloon trav-
elers to cross the Atlantic,
parachuting into the sea as
their craft went down off the
Scottish coast.
In 1988, the USS Vin-
cennes shot down an Iran
Air jetliner over the Persian
Gulf, killing all 290 people
aboard.
In 1996, Russians went
to the polls to re-elect Boris
Yeltsin president over his
Communist
challenger,
Gennady Zyuganov, in
a runoff.
In 2013, Egypt’s first
democratically elected pres-
ident, Mohammed Morsi,
was overthrown by the mili-
tary after just one year by the
same kind of Arab Spring
uprising that had brought the
Islamist leader to power.
Today’s Birthdays: Play-
wright Tom Stoppard is 82.
Attorney Gloria Allred is 78.
Folk singer Judith Durham
(The Seekers) is 76. Rock
musician Vince Clarke
(Erasure) is 59. Actor Tom
Cruise is 57. Singer Ishmael
Butler is 50. WikiLeaks
founder Julian Assange is
48. Actor Ian Anthony Dale
is 41. Actress/comedian
Jule Klausner is 41. Actress
Olivia Munn is 39. Actress
Kelsey Batelaan is 24.
Thought for Today:
“I suppose it can be truth-
fully said that Hope is the
only universal liar who
never loses his reputation
for veracity.” — Robert G.
Ingersoll, American lawyer,
politician (1833-1899).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE