A12
East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Wife is edged out of man’s
affections by her grandson
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My husband,
to buffer himself from you. “Too
“Doug,” and I have had a long
tired” and “too busy” are excuses,
not reasons. If discussing this with
and happy marriage. We’ve raised
him doesn’t change things, then it’s
two children, both of whom are
time to talk to a marriage and fam-
doing well in life. I have much to
ily therapist — or a clergyperson,
be thankful for, but I keep having
if you have one — about what has
to remind myself of that because
been going on.
I’m having trouble adjusting to
J eanne
Dear Abby: When my husband
my changing relationship with my
P hilliPs
and I were first married, he was in
husband.
ADVICE
the Army, stationed in North Caro-
We have a grandson. The boy
lina. While we were there, his good
has become the focus of my hus-
band’s world. Because of that,
friend and Army buddy “Mac”
Doug no longer wants to do things with me.
became a close friend of mine. There was
an instant connection.
He says he has too much to do or he is too
I haven’t seen Mac since he got out. It
tired to go out, so I go to social events by
has been nine years, but we remain in touch
myself. In fact, I do everything by myself.
— texting, talking on the phone, playing
If our grandson calls, though, Doug has all
video games together.
the energy in the world.
Abby, I believe I may be in love with
I try to interact with the two of them, but
him. It’s not something that happened over-
when I do, I feel like a third wheel. Doug
night. This is something I have just come to
no longer compliments me and is rarely
realize. Do I remain friends and keep this
interested in being intimate. I have worked
secret or tell him I believe I love him? I am
hard to take good care of myself, and I try
not sure how to handle this. — Blurred
to look nice for him every day. He doesn’t
Lines in Texas
notice.
Dear Blurred Lines: What do you think
I’m actually starting to resent my grand-
son — something I never thought would
you have to gain by telling Mac you think
you’re in love with him? If he says the feel-
happen. Do I just carry on and hope things
ings are mutual, do you plan on leaving
get better? If I should talk to Doug now,
your husband? For the sake of your mar-
how do I do it without sounding petty and
riage, stop texting, talking and gaming with
immature? — Married, But Lonely
this man and concentrate on your husband.
Dear M.B.L.: Something has gone
If you keep playing with fire, your marriage
wrong with your marriage. It appears your
may wind up in ashes.
husband is using your grandson as a way
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. 20, 1919
Ray Spangle, Pendleton trapshooter,
stood at the top of Oregon entries in the
Grand American Handicap shoot with a
percentage of 96.20 for 400 registered tar-
gets. He was one of 22 men out of the total
entry list of 841 who were handicapped to
the limit, the 22 yard line. G.W. Lorimer, of
Ohio, broke 98 out of 100 birds in the Grand
American event, shooting from 18 yards.
Spangle shooting from 22 yards broke 95
out of 100, tying Jess Troeh, of Portland, and
Arnold Troeh, of Vancouver. The latter shot
from 21 yards. Frank Troeh, winner of all the
northwest shoots, made but 92 from the 22
yard line, while Jim Seavey, winner of the
state title in Pendleton last May, was able to
break only 89.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 20, 1969
Walla Walla County and the Milton-Free-
water area will be without ambulance ser-
vice effective Wednesday at 8 a.m. Gene
Duckworth of Duckworth Ambulance Ser-
vice said the firm will discontinue all ser-
vices at that time. “We don’t have enough
money to pay our help this week and we have
received no word from Walla Walla city or
county regarding our subsidy proposal,”
he said. The ambulance service recently
asked the city and county, College Place
and Milton-Freewater for an annual subsidy
of $16,000. Milton-Freewater and College
Place have indicated a willingness to partic-
ipate but so far there has been no action by
Walla Walla city or county, he said.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 20, 1994
She was 16 years old when she decided to
experiment with her first cigarette. She knew
she was old enough. But there were two
things she didn’t know. One, her mother was
watching. Two, this memorable occasion
would be a topic of discussion at the Morrow
County Fair more than 70 years later. Mabel
Allen, Boardman, was crowned Thursday
as Morrow County’s senior citizen queen.
The competition involved answering a series
of questions posed by pageant emcee Cara
Osmin. Allen’s disclosure of the cigarette
incident was her response to the question,
“What is the worst trouble you have ever
been in?” She didn’t elaborate on her pun-
ishment but did say she hasn’t smoked since.
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 20, 1986,
postal employee Patrick
Henry Sherrill went on a
deadly rampage at a post
office in Edmond, Okla.,
shooting 14 fellow work-
ers to death before killing
himself.
In 1862, the New York
Tribune published an open
letter by editor Horace Gree-
ley calling on President
Abraham Lincoln to take
more aggressive measures
to free the slaves and end the
South’s rebellion.
In 1910, a series of forest
fires swept through parts of
Idaho, Montana and Wash-
ington, killing at least 85
people and burning some 3
million acres.
In 1953, the Soviet Union
publicly acknowledged it
had tested a hydrogen bomb.
In 1955, hundreds of
people were killed in anti-
French rioting in Morocco
and Algeria.
In 1964, President Lyn-
don B. Johnson signed the
Economic Opportunity Act,
a nearly $1 billion anti-pov-
erty measure.
In 1968, the Soviet
Union and other Warsaw
Pact nations began invading
Czechoslovakia to crush the
“Prague Spring” liberaliza-
tion drive.
In 1988, a cease-fire in
the war between Iraq and
Iran went into effect.
In 1989, entertainment
executive Jose Menendez
and his wife, Kitty, were
shot to death in their Beverly
Hills mansion by their sons,
Lyle and Erik.
In 2005, Northwest Air-
lines mechanics went on
strike rather than accept pay
cuts and layoffs; Northwest
ended up hiring replacement
workers.
In 2008, a Spanish jet-
liner crashed during take-
off from Madrid, killing 154
people; 18 survived.
In 2017, actor, comic and
longtime telethon host Jerry
Lewis died of heart disease
in Las Vegas at the age of 91.
Today’s Birthdays: Writ-
er-producer-director Wal-
ter Bernstein is 100. Boxing
promoter Don King is 88.
Broadcast journalist Con-
nie Chung is 73. Rock singer
Robert Plant (Led Zeppe-
lin) is 71. TV weatherman
Al Roker is 65. Actress Joan
Allen is 63. Actor James
Marsters is 57. Rapper KRS-
One is 54. Rock musician
Brad Avery is 48. Jazz/pop
singer-pianist Jamie Cullum
is 40. Actor Ben Barnes is
38. Actress Meghan Ory is
37. Actor Andrew Garfield is
36. Actor Brant Daugherty
is 34. Actress-singer Demi
Lovato is 27.
Thought for Today:
“Justice is conscience, not
a personal conscience but
the conscience of the whole
of humanity.” — Alexan-
der Solzhenitsyn, Russian
author (1918-2008).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE