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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, July 19, 2019
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Sisters planning Europe trip
plot to leave husband behind
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Dear Abby: My son just got a
banana peel, then she should be the
job in Europe and has invited me
one to break the news to him. If she
to visit when he and his family are
needs backup, I’m sure the doctor
settled. I have never traveled out of
can explain to him why it would be
too risky for him to tag along.
the country, and I’m excited to go. I
My questions would be, how do
suggested staying at least a month,
your son and his wife feel about
and he and his wife agreed.
you bringing along an extra guest
When I told my sister, she excit-
(guests?) for a month, and if some-
edly told me she’d like to come
J eanne
thing terrible should happen to your
along. We would be very happy
P hilliPs
sister’s husband in her absence,
to have this time together because
ADVICE
could she live with the guilt?
she lives across the country, and we
Dear Abby: Years ago, when I
don’t see each other often.
was trying to get into a professional
We are in good health, but her
school, I took some classes to prepare for
husband has many health issues. He falls a
the entrance exam. It cost my dad money to
lot and has had concussions while using his
put me through the training. A few of my
walker. He coughs almost constantly, uses
classmates/friends asked me to share the
CPAP at night, takes multiple medications
training material with them. Because it was
throughout the day and needs to stop often
expensive and I was preparing for a com-
to rest and catch his breath. He also needs
petitive exam, which they were also taking,
frequent naps.
I refused.
We are all around 70, and Sis and I want
Long story short, none of us passed the
to go while we are still in good health. She
exam. We moved on and have all become
has not told Hubby about the monthlong trip
successful in life, but that incident haunts
to Europe because she knows he will want
me all these years (decades) later. I was liv-
to come. He would not be alone at home.
ing outside of the U.S. for a long time, so
Their two adult children and four grandchil-
dren live in their large home and can assist
I didn’t try to get in touch with them or
him with food, doctor appointments, etc.
discuss why I behaved the way I did. I am
We also have a brother who takes him out
likely to meet them in the near future, and I
once a week.
don’t know how to handle this if it comes up.
What do you think I should do? — Remem-
I’m thinking the best way of letting him
bering the Early Days
know the trip is out for him would be to
Dear Remembering: It is entirely possi-
have his doctor explain why it’s not advis-
ble that these individuals will not remember
able. Any other suggestions would be most
the incident. If they raise the subject, apol-
appreciated. — Europe-Bound
ogize and explain to them the reasons you
DEAR Europe-Bound: If your sis-
ter truly plans to take a monthlong trip to
were reluctant to share the material. If they
don’t mention it, then let it lie.
Europe while her husband has one foot on a
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 19, 1919
D.W. Bailey, for 35 years a practicing
attorney of this city, dropped dead yesterday
afternoon in his office in the Despain build-
ing, while conversing with a client. Heart
disease is given as the cause of his death.
It is thought that exertions while rearrang-
ing his office yesterday caused the attack, as
Mr. Bailey had been suffering from frequent
attacks of heart disease. Mr. Bailey was 62
years of age, being born April 9, 1857, in
Otoe county, Nebraska. In 1862 he crossed
the plains with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Bailey, who settled in Pendleton.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 19, 1969
John Abraham has been named win-
ner of the Charles F. Luce, Nancy Odon
Trust Grant Scholarship by the Confeder-
ated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reserva-
tion. Abraham, a member of the Walla Wal-
la-Arikara and Umatilla tribes, will attend
Yakima Valley Community College next
year. Abraham, Toppenish, Wash., is the
only Indian Eagle Scout in Washington. He
is on the planning committee at Faragut,
Idaho, for the world-wide Boy Scout Jambo-
ree. He is council chief for the Order of the
Arrow in the Granger-Toppenish area. He is
the grandson of Chief John Abraham of the
Walla Walla Tribe.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 19, 1994
When Dick Collins went to pharmacy
school more than two decades ago, all his
classmates had the same goal: to own their
own pharmacy. For Collins, the dream came
true. He and his wife took over Collins Drug
14 years ago on Main Street in Pendleton.
For the eight years before that he was a part-
ner in a pharmacy across the street. Now
he’s ready for a break. He’s closing Col-
lins Drug this week and going to work for
PayLess as a staff pharmacist. Like today’s
pharmacy school graduates who no longer
dream of owning their own place, Collins is
longing to have less responsibility and more
free time.
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 19, 1969, Apollo
11 and its astronauts, Neil
Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz”
Aldrin and Michael Collins,
went into orbit around the
moon.
In 1812, during the
War of 1812, the First Bat-
tle of Sackets Harbor in
Lake Ontario resulted in an
American victory as U.S.
naval forces repelled a Brit-
ish attack.
In 1848, a pioneering
women’s rights convention
convened in Seneca Falls,
New York.
In 1944, the Democratic
national convention con-
vened in Chicago with the
nomination of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt con-
sidered a certainty.
In 1961, TWA became
the first airline to begin
showing regularly sched-
uled in-flight movies as it
presented “By Love Pos-
sessed” to first-class passen-
gers on a flight from New
York to Los Angeles.
In 1985, Christa McAu-
liffe of New Hampshire was
chosen to be the first school-
teacher to ride aboard the
space shuttle. (McAuliffe
and six other crew members
died when the Challenger
exploded shortly after liftoff
in January 1986.)
In 1989, 111 people
were killed when United
Air Lines Flight 232, a
DC-10 which suffered the
uncontained failure of its
tail engine and the loss of
hydraulic systems, crashed
while making an emergency
landing at Sioux City, Iowa;
185 other people survived.
In 1993, President Bill
Clinton announced a policy
allowing homosexuals to
serve in the military under a
compromise dubbed “don’t
ask, don’t tell, don’t pursue.”
In 2016, Republicans
meeting in Cleveland nom-
inated Donald Trump as
their presidential stan-
dard-bearer; in brief vid-
eotaped remarks, Trump
thanked the delegates, say-
ing: “This is a movement,
but we have to go all the
way.”
Today’s
Birthdays:
Country singer Sue Thomp-
son is 93. Country sing-
er-musician
Commander
Cody is 75. Actor Peter Bar-
ton is 63. Rock musician
Kevin Haskins (Love and
Rockets; Bauhaus) is 59.
Classical singer Urs Buhler
(Il Divo) is 48. Actor Ben-
edict Cumberbatch is 43.
Actor Trai Byers is 36.
Actress Kaitlin Doubleday
(“Nashville”) is 35. Actor/
comedian Dustin Ybarra is
33. Actor Steven Anthony
Lawrence is 29.
Thought for Today: “An
optimist will tell you the
glass is half-full; the pessi-
mist, half-empty; and the
engineer will tell you the
glass is twice the size it needs
to be.” — Author unknown.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE