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A12 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Thursday, August 8, 2019 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Bully in church choir prevents former member from rejoining FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I will soon be retir- right thing to do. — Right Time in ing from a lay position in my church. Florida As a former member of the choir, Dear Right Time: When your grandson asks about his mother, he I’m being urged to return to it, which should be told that she is no longer appeals to me. My problem is a mem- ber who has caused trouble in the living. As he begins asking for more past for me with lies and criticism. information, his questions should She is a very negative bully. In the be answered in an age-appropriate past, she poisoned my ability to wor- way. He does not need to hear that J eanne ship, and I want as little to do with she committed suicide until he is old P hilliPs her as possible. I’m afraid if I rejoin enough to understand what she was ADVICE the choir, the situation will continue. suffering from and how sad you and I don’t want to upset the other choir your son are that her life ended the way it did. members who are good, supportive Dear Abby: Despite gastric bypass years friends, but I no longer want to have to put up ago, my wife is still very heavy. I’m no longer with her. She’s very hard to ignore. Any sug- gestions? — Singing a New Tune in Canada attracted to her, yet she is my best friend. I Dear Singing: If you haven’t already have thought about leaving her. Our kids are grown, so I wouldn’t have to pay child sup- done so, discuss this with the priest/pastor of port. In a few years, I will be too old to pay your church. Explain how the woman’s bul- lying and rumor spreading have affected you alimony. However, even then, because where and ask for guidance. If she’s the one sour we live is so expensive, I would likely have note in the choir, it is possible she has done to move out of state. I don’t want to move out of state or lose my best friend. — Unsure in the same thing to others. the West Dear Abby: My son moved in with a Dear Unsure: Before making any deci- 22-year-old woman in 2009. She gave birth sions based on the assumption that you to a baby boy in 2010. My son, who is older, won’t have to see that your wife is provided took on the responsibility of raising the boy. for financially, discuss this with an attorney. In 2018, she walked out on them both and Because you don’t want to move away or lose wasn’t heard from again. Through public your best friend, you may have to accept that, records we found out that she had commit- ted suicide. despite her weight-loss surgery, your wife My grandson is now 9. My question is, is has serious issues with food and, because she he old enough to be told about his mother, is your best friend, love her in spite of it. Help or should my son wait until he’s older, like her as much as you can with healthy eating and an exercise routine you can do together. in his teens? I’m just wondering what’s the DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 8, 1919 “This is our last concert,” members of the Pendleton Round-Up band told Coun- cilman Henry Taylor last evening, follow- ing the concert in Pioneer Park. “Unless the Pendleton Commercial Association raises money to pay the leader and members, as it promised to do four months ago, there will be no more music from us.” This ulti- matum was not delivered as the sentiment of the entire organization, it was pointed out today. Certain of the band, numbering perhaps half, have declared themselves as through, but some of the old guard declared today that they were willing to go on through the season despite their pay being nowhere in sight. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 8, 1969 Those three enterprising Pendleton High School graduates who ramrodded YES, the Youth Employment Service, are taking their enthusiasm and talents to the East coast this fall. Dave Young, Mike Luce and Brian Doherty will attend universities in the east. Dave will enter the University of Massachu- setts at Amherst, “to find out how it is to live in New England,” he said. Mike will study liberal arts at Harvard. Brian has already invaded Washington, D.C., and is working for the FBI, said Dave. He will enter Amer- ican University in the nation’s capital, and his major will be political science, naturally. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 8, 1994 State police said Eva L. Swain, 59, Hood River, was driving a 1994 Pontiac Bon- neville on Highway 395 near Joy Lane in Hermiston when the car scraped the west curb, crossed all lanes, spun sideways, went over the east curb and up an embankment. The driver, who operates two Hermiston car dealerships, fled the scene with the help of her employees, then went to the Hermiston Airport and flew to Hood River, state police said. Swain was arrested by Oregon State Police in Hood River late Friday afternoon on charges of driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident. Police said one of Swain’s employ- ees has been cited for obstructing judicial administration and another will be cited. 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 8, 1974, Pres- ident Richard Nixon, facing damaging new revelations in the Watergate scandal, announced he would resign the following day. In 1815, Napoleon Bona- parte set sail for St. Helena to spend the remainder of his days in exile. In 1876, Thomas A. Edi- son received a patent for his mimeograph. In 1942, during World War II, six Nazi saboteurs who were captured after landing in the U.S. were exe- cuted in Washington, D.C.; two others who cooperated with authorities were spared. In 1945, President Harry S. Truman signed the U.S. instrument of ratification for the United Nations Charter. The Soviet Union declared war against Japan during World War II. In 1968, the Republi- can national convention in Miami Beach nominated Richard Nixon for president on the first ballot. In 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew branded as “damned lies” reports he had taken kickbacks from gov- ernment contracts in Mary- land, and vowed not to resign — which he ended up doing. In 2002, Saddam Hus- sein organized a big military parade and then warned “the forces of evil” not to attack Iraq as he sought once more to shift the debate away from world demands that he live up to agreements that ended the Gulf War. In 2003, the Boston Roman Catholic archdiocese offered $55 million to settle more than 500 lawsuits stem- ming from alleged sex abuse by priests. (The archdiocese later settled for $85 million.) In 2006, Roger Goodell was chosen as the NFL’s next commissioner. In 2008, China opened the Summer Olympic Games with an extravaganza of fire- works and pageantry. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Dustin Hoffman is 82. Actor Keith Carradine is 70. Rock musician Dennis Drew (10,000 Maniacs) is 62. Rapper Kool Moe Dee is 57. Middle distance runner Suzy Favor Hamilton is 51. Singer JC Chasez (‘N Sync) is 43. Rhythm-and-blues singer Marsha Ambrosius is 42. Actress Lindsay Sloane is 42. Actress Countess Vaughn is 41. Actor Michael Urie is 39. Rock musician Eric Howk (Portugal. The Man) is 38. Actress Jackie Cruz (TV: “Orange is the New Black”) is 35. Britain’s Princess Beatrice of York is 31. Actress Bebe Wood (TV: “The Real O’Neals”) is 18. Thought for Today: “It is the anonymous ‘they,’ the enigmatic ‘they’ who are in charge. Who is ‘they’? I don’t know. Nobody knows. Not even ‘they’ themselves.” — Joseph Heller, American author (1923-1999). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
