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A12 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Friday, August 2, 2019 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Hospital worker is stunned by stepfather’s appearance FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER Dear Abby: I saw something is 44, so we have the potential for shocking, and I need help. While many more years of marriage than they had, but I do not want to com- working at my job at a hospital, I pletely dismiss her memory. What saw the man my mother is married should I do about this? — Second to. He was there for an appoint- Wife in the Midwest ment. He did not see me, and I Dear Wife: You could honor didn’t have the courage to approach your wedding vows by wearing him because he was dressed as a J eanne matching wedding rings. As for woman. There is no mistaking it P hilliPs the “ashes” promise, talk to your was him. ADVICE husband about what his wishes I don’t know how to even begin currently are should he predecease to handle this. He has always been you. He may have changed his wonderful, especially to my mom. mind about combining his ashes with hers I am afraid if I don’t tell her, she will find — or not. If the two of you are together lon- out and be destroyed, and if I do tell her, the ger than he was with her first wife, his feel- same thing will happen. What do I do? — ings on the subject may change. Hurt and Confused Dear Abby: My son got married a lit- Dear Hurt: Talk to your mother’s hus- tle over a year ago. They have a new baby. band — who may be a cross-dresser or They are heavily in debt. He works full have gender identity issues — about the fact time plus a job on Saturday. She could work that you saw him and give him a chance to as a substitute teacher but prefers to stay at explain. Do not be surprised if he tells you home with the baby. your mother is aware that he dresses this I’m concerned about my son working so way some of the time. much. She brought indebtedness into this Dear Abby: My husband was previously marriage. She agreed to work and now she married for five years and had been wid- owed shortly before we met. He and his late doesn’t. It doesn’t seem fair to our boy. He’s wife had matching tattoo wedding bands. very kind and has a sensitive heart. Should I say something? — Concerned Mom They had agreed they’d both be cremated Dear Concerned: It may not seem fair, upon their demise and that eventually they but do not insert yourself into this situa- would be “reunited” by combining their tion. Your “boy” is now an adult, and it’s ashes after his death. important that you let him speak up for My question is, what can we do to honor himself. If you interfere — even though our marriage vows without removing the you are trying to help — you will come tattoo that will be respectful, yet com- pletely our own symbol of our vows? Sec- across as overbearing, which may cost you ondly, I’m uncomfortable with the combin- a relationship with your daughter-in-law ing of their ashes. I’m 48 years old, and he and your grandchild. DAYS GONE BY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 2, 1919 Earl Sawyer had occasion to go down to Stanfield yesterday afternoon and having learned through the newspapers that jack rabbits are a source of grief to the farmers in that vicinity, decided to take his trusty gun and exterminate the pests. Between Echo and Stanfield Sawyer stopped his car and soon was hot in pursuit of the rodents and it is told that he fired several rounds of good ammunition. While reticent to tell today how many paid the supreme sacrifice, it is reported from Stanfield that alfalfa hay is still being eaten up by unwelcome rabbits. “There was an awful flock of them,” Saw- yer said today and it was learned on good authority in spite of his efforts there still is. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 2, 1969 Tom Able’s Farmer’s Market, a mile south of Hermiston on Highway 32, lost an undetermined amount of cash, 40 watermel- ons, and cigarettes from a vending machine as the result of a break-in Tuesday night. In addition to the theft, Janey Ables, daughter of the owner, said the firm also suffered a major loss due to vandalism. One of the acts was mixing an assortment of 60 pounds of beans with Spam and onions. State police are investigating. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 2, 1994 A persuasive letter-writing campaign has finally paid off for teacher Sally Sun- din and her class of West Hills Intermedi- ate School fifth graders. ABC TV’s “Good Morning America” has agreed to visit the Round-Up city in late August. “The best lesson is be persistent,” said Sundin, already known in Pendleton for her bull- dog grip on projects that interest her. Sun- din and her class began writing about East- ern Oregon and the Pendleton Round-Up earlier last year, creating a booklet they sent along to ABC’s New York City stu- dios. Now the class, which will be sixth graders in the fall, will get a chance to say “Good Morning America” when KATU, the Portland ABC affiliate, decides on a filming date, Sundin said. 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 2, 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, seiz- ing control of the oil-rich emirate. (The Iraqis were later driven out in Operation Desert Storm.) In 1776, members of the Second Continental Con- gress began attaching their signatures to the Declara- tion of Independence. In 1876, frontiersman “Wild Bill” Hickok was shot and killed while playing poker at a saloon in Dead- wood, Dakota Territory, by Jack McCall, who was later hanged. In 1921, a jury in Chi- cago acquitted several for- mer members of the Chi- cago White Sox baseball team and two others of con- spiring to defraud the pub- lic in the notorious “Black Sox” scandal. Opera singer Enrico Caruso, 48, died in Naples, Italy. In 1922, Alexander Graham Bell, generally regarded as the inventor of the telephone, died in Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 75. In 1923, the 29th pres- ident of the United States, Warren G. Harding, died in San Francisco; Vice President Calvin Coolidge became president. In 1934, German Pres- ident Paul von Hinden- burg died, paving the way for Adolf Hitler’s complete takeover. In 1939, Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt urg- ing creation of an atomic weapons research program. President Roosevelt signed the Hatch Act, which pro- hibited civil service employ- ees from taking an active part in political campaigns. In 1980, 85 people were killed when a bomb exploded at the train station in Bologna, Italy. In 1985, 137 people were killed when Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lock- heed L-1011 Tristar, crashed while attempting to land at Dallas-Fort Worth Interna- tional Airport. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Nehemiah Persoff is 100. Actress Joanna Cassidy is 74. Actress Kathryn Har- rold is 69. Rock music pro- ducer/drummer Butch Vig (Garbage) is 64. Actress Vic- toria Jackson is 60. Actress Apollonia is 60. Actress Cynthia Stevenson is 57. Actress Mary-Louise Parker is 55. Writer-actor-director Kevin Smith is 49. Actress Jacinda Barrett is 47. Actor Sam Worthington is 43. Actor Edward Furlong is 42. Thought for Today: “A beautiful soul has no other merit than its own exis- tence.” — Friedrich von Schiller, German author (1759-1805). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
