A12
East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, August 1, 2019
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Dad’s long disappearances
give family cause for alarm
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My father’s behav-
cult time, and that’s what I urge you
ior has been very peculiar lately. He
to do. I don’t know what your father
and Mom have been married for 45
is up to and neither do you. But if it
becomes necessary, a private detec-
years. Of course, all marriages go
tive can fill you in, I’m sure.
through ups and downs. They have
Dear Abby: I am in a loving and
had their share of health problems.
rewarding marriage. Because we
Both are doing OK but are dealing
have no children, my husband and I
with some medical issues.
are best friends who devote most of
Because of my father’s actions,
J eanne
our time to each other. My issue is
I’m afraid for my mother’s emo-
P hilliPs
tional state. He stays gone for long
with some of his habits.
ADVICE
He is kind of clumsy, and this
periods of time throughout the day
has resulted in the destruction of
and sometimes stays out until the
many things in our home — our
early morning of the next day. She
carpet (spills that can’t be cleaned), cof-
always stays up until he gets home. When
fee table (discolored from spilling a caus-
she calls or texts him, at times he doesn’t
tic material) and sofa (spilled wax and cigar
respond. I’ve also called or texted him while
burns). I know he doesn’t do this intention-
he was out. When I tried talking to him,
ally, but nonetheless, it makes me irate. And
he said he doesn’t have to explain himself.
it is constant. He apologizes for it, yet it
He’s not the best at staying on track when it
occurs repeatedly.
comes to taking care of himself. It’s like he
Is there anything I can do to change this,
is living another life.
or must I accept the incremental destruction
I’m not sure what’s going on between my
of my home? And if that’s the case, what can
parents. I just know I don’t like to see Mom
I tell myself to make me less angry about it?
treated this way because it’s disrespectful,
— Mrs. Destructo in Baltimore
and I can see she’s hurting. My relation-
ship with my father is suffering because of
Dear Mrs. Destructo: A certain amount
this. I asked him to come to family coun-
of wear and tear is normal. But your husband
seling with me, my siblings and mother. He
may be one of those people — many people
refuses. I’m praying about this. I just don’t
are — who “lives” on the sofa. Much of your
know what else we can do. Please help. —
problem might be eliminated if you made
Perplexed Daughter
sure that snacks are consumed in the kitchen
Dear Perplexed: You cannot force your
and no beverages more colorful than water
father into family counseling, but you and
are enjoyed in front of the television. If that’s
your siblings can continue to give your
not feasible, consider durable, stain-resistant
fabrics when you re-cover your sofa.
mother emotional support during this diffi-
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 1, 1919
Jerry Bronaugh, Portland attorney and
once president of the Mazamas, stopped over
night in Pendleton, en route by machine to
Yellowstone Park, accompanied by his son.
Mr. Bronaugh was quite anxious to have fel-
low motorists in Portland know that there is
sand on the road between Echo and Pendle-
ton and that he was struggling to get his car
free from it yesterday. He drove by way of
The Dalles, Olex, Ione and Echo and made
the trip here in two days. He advises his
friends to take the trip slowly if they attempt
it.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 1, 1969
Water was a scarce commodity when
the Tribal Community Hall on the Uma-
tilla Indian Reservation was destroyed by
fire Wednesday. The Pendleton Fire Depart-
ment, acting on a mutual aid call, emptied a
750-gallon pumper and a 600-gallon tanker
on the blaze. Rigs from St. Andrews Mis-
sion, the Umatilla Indian Agency and the
Pendleton Grain Growers also threw all the
water they were capable of holding at the
blaze, but could not squelch it. “We’d have
needed at least two hydrants out here to have
controlled this,” said one Pendleton fireman.
Cause of the fire is still undetermined. The
community hall was built in the early 1950s.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 1, 1994
The man convicted of trying to kill a
Stanfield police officer in February was
finally sentenced this morning to more
than 35 years in prison. Despite Damon L.
Petrie’s request that the judge give him “a
light at the end of the tunnel,” and despite
defense attorney Robert Klahn’s challeng-
ing of a pre-sentencing report, Circuit Court
Judge Robert Abrams gave Petrie 35 years
and two months in prison for attacking Stan-
field police officer Butch Parrish with a com-
mandeered patrol car. Echoing comments he
made during his trial, Petrie apologized for
injuring Parrish and said once again that his
intent was only to escape — not to kill.
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
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 August 1, 1944, an
uprising broke out in War-
saw, Poland, against Nazi
occupation;
the
revolt
lasted two months before
collapsing.
In 1714, Britain’s Queen
Anne died at age 49; she was
succeeded by George I.
In 1876, Colorado was
admitted as the 38th state.
In 1907, the U.S. Army
Signal Corps established an
aeronautical division, the
forerunner of the U.S. Air
Force.
In
1914,
Germany
declared war on Russia at
the onset of World War I.
In 1936, the Olympics
opened in Berlin with a cer-
emony presided over by
Adolf Hitler.
In 1957, the United
States
and
Canada
announced they had agreed
to create the North Ameri-
can Air Defense Command
(NORAD).
In 1966, Charles Joseph
Whitman, 25, went on an
armed rampage at the Uni-
versity of Texas in Austin
that killed 14 people, most
of whom were shot by Whit-
man while he was perched in
the clock tower of the main
campus building. (Whit-
man, who had also slain
his wife and mother hours
earlier, was finally gunned
down by police.)
In 1973, the movie
“American
Graffiti,”
directed by George Lucas,
first opened.
In 1981, the rock music
video channel MTV made
its debut.
In 1994, Michael Jack-
son and Lisa Marie Pres-
ley confirmed they’d been
secretly married 11 weeks
earlier. (Presley filed for
divorce from Jackson in Jan-
uary 1996, citing irreconcil-
able differences.)
In 2007, the eight-lane
Interstate 35W bridge, a
major Minneapolis artery,
collapsed into the Missis-
sippi River during evening
rush hour, killing 13 people.
In 2013, defying the
United
States,
Russia
granted Edward Snowden
temporary asylum, allow-
ing the National Security
Agency leaker to slip out of
the Moscow airport where
he had been holed up for
weeks.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actor Giancarlo Giannini
is 77. Blues singer-musi-
cian Robert Cray is 66. Rock
singer-musician Suzi Gard-
ner (L7) is 59. Rapper Chuck
D (Public Enemy) is 59. Rap-
per Coolio is 56. Actor John
Carroll Lynch is 56. Rock
singer Adam Duritz (Count-
ing Crows) is 55. Movie
director Sam Mendes is 54.
Actress Jennifer Gareis is 49.
Actress Tempestt Bledsoe
is 46. Actor Jason Momoa
is 40. Actress Honeysuckle
Weeks is 40. Singer Ashley
Parker Angel is 38. Actress
Taylor Fry is 38. Actor Elijah
Kelley is 33.
Thought for Today: “As
scarce as truth is, the sup-
ply is always greater than
the demand.” — ”Josh
Billings” (Henry Wheeler
Shaw), American author
(1818-1885)
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE