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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, July 18, 2019
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Revelation at bachelor party
throws wedding into question
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Dear Abby: My sister-in-law
commitment, not love. Sometimes
“June” is being married soon. I
I feel guilty for not going more
often.
will be the matron of honor. My
I guess I’m asking you for per-
husband, “Jake,” June’s brother,
mission to see him when I have
will be a groomsman for her fiance,
time but not every day. I also would
“Jimmy.” Not only is Jake going to
like to encourage people who have
be a groomsman, but he’s also sup-
posed to officiate.
lost faith in their spouse to make
Jake went to the bachelor party
the break before any serious illness
J eanne
a couple weeks ago and Jimmy
sets in. I have no interest in finding
P hilliPs
showed all the guys — includ-
another man, but I feel tied down
ADVICE
ing my husband — eight (!) naked
with the burden of seeing him
through to the end. — Hanging In
pictures a girl from work had tex-
There in Ohio
ted him. He asked my husband if
Dear Hanging In: Have a realistic talk
he should tell June about it before the wed-
ding or after, and Jake said he should tell
with that conscience of yours. Surely the
her right away.
two of you can reach a compromise. This
Should my husband tell June or leave it
is not the time to punish your husband for
his infidelity.
up to Jimmy, who may or may not do it?
Under the circumstances, because you
(We don’t know what his plans may be
don’t feel your husband deserves to be vis-
about the girl who sent the pictures.) —
ited daily, visit a couple of times a week
Looking For the Right Thing To Do
to ensure that he is being properly looked
Dear Looking: Jimmy may or may not
after. And if he isn’t, make it your mission
have “plans” for a fling with the woman
to ensure the situation is remedied, as you
who texted him the pictures — or it may
would want someone to do for you.
have already happened. (He could also be
Dear Abby: This is embarrassing. I am
an immature braggart, which is why he
30 and don’t drive. I have extreme anxi-
shared the photos with the other “stags” at
ety and a learning disorder that affects my
the party.) Because Jake now has concerns
visual spatial perception. I try to hide this
about Jimmy’s character, he should reiter-
ate to Jimmy that if June isn’t told before
as much as possible, but I’m worried the
she makes a lifetime commitment, he will
truth will come out. Should I disclose it to
tell her. He should also refuse to officiate at
employers? New friends? Acquaintances?
— Panicked in Pennsylvania
a wedding he fears may be a huge mistake.
Dear Panicked: If there is a medical
Dear Abby: My husband has late stage
reason for your inability to perform certain
dementia and is in a long-term care center.
tasks, your employer should be informed.
He had several affairs during our marriage,
However, I see no reason to reveal this to
and if the tables were turned, I’m sure he
acquaintances or new friends. Fewer peo-
would be involved with other women while
ple drive these days, and many of them
I was receiving care. I realize I should have
don’t because of the expense involved or
left him years ago. I visit him several times
access to public transportation.
a month but not every day. I do it out of
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 18, 1919
By August 1 the city water supply will
be entirely independent of water from the
Umatilla River, Manuel Friedly, mem-
ber of the city council, declared today. Mr.
Friedly made a trip to the head works at
Thorn Hollow last evening, accompany-
ing Water Superintendent F.B. Hays., Mrs.
Hays and City Recorder Thomas Fitz Ger-
ald. Virtually all the ditch for the extension
to Chaplish springs is dug and pipe laying is
not far behind, Mr. Friedly said. About 400
feet remain to be laid and not much more
than a week or 10 days should be required.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 18, 1969
Business is booming at the Umatilla Toll
Bridge with an all-time traffic record set
in June at 68,359 vehicles, approximately
10,000 more than a year ago, according to
Gene Hiatt, bridge manager. Ten years ago
the June count was 36,889 and the first June
the bridge was open, in 1955, the number of
vehicles crossing the bridge totaled 23,291.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 18, 1994
A helicopter trying to take off with a load
of logs crashed Sunday in remote, moun-
tainous terrain near Pearson Creek, injuring
the pilot. Rescuers hiked for about an hour
in the hot morning sun up and down ravines
and over fallen trees in order to get to Wil-
liam J. McClure and the wrecked helicop-
ter. “He’s lucky to be alive,” said Dep. Glen
Diehl, one of the first rescuers to arrive at
the scene. He called the helicopter a “brown,
mangled mess.” McClure, 50, of Seattle,
was airlifted to St. Anthony Hospital in
Pendleton approximately two hours after the
10:36 a.m. crash.
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 18, 1969, Sen.
Edward
M.
Kennedy,
D-Mass., left a party on Chap-
paquiddick Island near Mar-
tha’s Vineyard with Mary
Jo Kopechne, 28; some time
later, Kennedy’s car went off
a bridge into the water. Ken-
nedy was able to escape, but
Kopechne drowned.
In A.D. 64, the Great Fire
of Rome began, consuming
most of the city for about a
week. (Some blamed the fire
on Emperor Nero, who in
turn blamed Christians.)
In 1918, South African
anti-apartheid leader and
president Nelson Mandela
was born in the village of
Mvezo.
In 1940, the Democratic
National Convention at Chi-
cago Stadium nominated
President Franklin D. Roo-
sevelt (who was monitoring
the proceedings at the White
House) for an unprecedented
third term in office; earlier
in the day, Eleanor Roos-
evelt spoke to the convention,
becoming the first presiden-
tial spouse to address such a
gathering.
In 1944, Hideki Tojo was
removed as Japanese premier
and war minister because
of setbacks suffered by his
country in World War II.
American forces in France
captured the Normandy town
of St. Lo.
In 1984, gunman James
Huberty opened fire at a
McDonald’s in San Ysidro,
California, killing 21 peo-
ple before being shot dead
by police. Walter F. Mondale
won the Democratic pres-
idential nomination in San
Francisco.
In 1989, actress Rebecca
Schaeffer, 21, was shot to
death at her Los Angeles
home by obsessed fan Rob-
ert Bardo, who was later sen-
tenced to life in prison.
In 1990, Dr. Karl Men-
ninger, the dominant figure
in American psychiatry for
six decades, died in Topeka,
Kansas, four days short of his
97th birthday.
In 1994, a bomb hidden in
a van destroyed a Jewish cul-
tural center in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, killing 85. Tutsi
rebels declared an end to
Rwanda’s 14-week-old civil
war.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Movie director Paul Verho-
even is 81. Singer Martha
Reeves is 78. Singer Ricky
Skaggs is 65. Rock musician
John Hermann (Widespread
Panic) is 57. Actor Vin Die-
sel is 52. Dance music sing-
er-songwriter M.I.A. is 44.
Movie director Jared Hess
is 40. Actor Jason Weaver is
40. Actress Kristen Bell is 39.
Actress Priyanka Chopra is
37. Actor James Norton is 34.
Actor Travis Milne is 33.
Thought for Today:
“Kindnesses are easily for-
gotten; but injuries! what
worthy man does not keep
those in mind?” — Wil-
liam Makepeace Thackeray,
English author (born this
date in 1811, died 1863).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE