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A12 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, August 21, 2019 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Husband betrays wife’s trust by posting nude photos of her FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER GARFIELD BLONDIE BY JIM DAVIS Dear Abby: My husband and I somehow be restored. If you plan have been married 30 years. He is to stay married to him, a marriage and family therapist may be able to my high school sweetheart and my give you more insight. It would be best friend. We enjoy each other, worth your while for the two of you and I thought we had a great rela- tionship. Occasionally, we “spice to talk to someone who is licensed, and soon. up” our sex life to keep things Dear Abby: My fiance and I interesting. At his request, I have J eanne had a horrible loss this year, and sexted him a few times with the P hilliPs we’re having trouble dealing with understanding that he delete the ADVICE and working through our grief. His photos once he has viewed them. ex-wife murdered three of his four Well, the other night around children and committed suicide. 3 a.m., I heard his phone ding- We are both young and have been trying ing over and over again. He was asleep to find organizations where we can com- so, thinking it was our daughter trying to municate with other parents who have lost reach us, I looked at it. To my horror, he had their children, but a lot of group members put pictures of me on a porn site through just seem to want to one-up how tragic their an app. There were pictures of me in var- ious, unaware stages of nudity — like in loss was. Do you have any suggestions for the shower or sleeping in bed — and peo- online or in-person groups for people with ple were commenting lewd and disgusting similar experiences? It’s hard feeling so things. alone, and I’m sure there are other parents out there looking for this kind of informa- Needless to say, I feel beyond betrayed. tion. — Alone and Grieving My trust in him is broken, and I’m devas- tated at his behavior. His response is he is Dear Alone: I am sorry for the epic sorry and made a mistake. I don’t know tragedy your fiance experienced, and with what to do. I’m considering leaving him. which you are both trying to cope. An organization that may be able to help you He’s remorseful, but I don’t understand is The National Organization of Parents why he would do this. Help, please. — of Murdered Children (POMC). Founded Photo Finish in Ohio in 1978, its mission is to provide support Dear Photo Finish: You have my sym- pathy. A good husband would never do what and guidance to all survivors of homicide yours did. It was not only a gross invasion victims, while working to create a world free of murder. It seeks to make a dif- of your privacy and an act of deception, but ference through ongoing emotional sup- embarrassing and potentially dangerous if port, education, prevention, advocacy and someone views the images and recognizes awareness. To learn more, visit its website, you. What his motives were, I can’t guess. which is pomc.org, or call 888-818-7662 or Everything you’re feeling is valid. If 513-721-5683. your marriage is to survive, the trust must DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 21, 1919 Charged with leaving a camp fire burn- ing which started a 3,000 acre fire in the central part of the Wenaha forest east of Toll Gate on the Oregon side, James Ross, sheep herder for the Leeser estate, pleaded guilty this morning before Judge C.H. Marsh and was fined and severely reprimanded. Ross was brought to Pendleton today by E.N. Kavanaugh and T.M. Talbott, forest service officials who had been investigating fire conditions in the forest. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 21, 1969 Two officers of the U.S. Navy Attack Squadron 145 based at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station died in a plane accident on a routine training mission about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday on the Navy bombing range near Boardman. A Navy spokesman said the officers killed in the plane crash were the pilot, Cmdr. Richard Walls, 39, Oak Har- bor, Wash., and his bombardier-navigator, Lt. Benny Cochrun, 27, also of Oak Har- bor. The plane was an ACA Intruder. The jet was making a practice run at the time of the crash about four miles southwest of the main towner. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 21, 1994 First Presbyterian Church of Pendle- ton honored two longtime members with a recent birthday party during fellowship time after services. Morton Elder of Pend- leton celebrated his 98th birthday July 20. He joined the church in 1906. Several of his nieces and nephews attended the party. Kathreen Purchase turned 104 on July 14. She has been a church member since 1933. 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 21, 1609, Galileo Galilei demon- strated his new telescope to a group of officials atop the Campanile in Venice. In 1831, Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia result- ing in the deaths of at least 55 whites. (Turner was later executed.) In 1863, pro-Confeder- ate raiders attacked Law- rence, Kansas, massacring the men and destroying the town’s buildings. In 1911, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris. (The painting was recovered two years later in Italy.) In 1940, exiled Com- munist revolutionary Leon Trotsky died in a Mexi- can hospital from wounds inflicted by an assassin the day before. In 1963, martial law was declared in South Vietnam as police and army troops began a violent crackdown on Buddhist anti-govern- ment protesters. In 1983, the musical play “La Cage Aux Folles” opened on Broadway. In 1991, the hard-line coup against Soviet Presi- dent Mikhail S. Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Rus- sian Federation President Boris N. Yeltsin. In 1992, an 11-day siege began at the cabin of white separatist Randy Weaver in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, as government agents tried to arrest Weaver for failing to appear in court on charges of selling two illegal sawed- off shotguns; on the first day of the siege, Weaver’s teen- age son, Samuel, and Dep- uty U.S. Marshal William Degan were killed. In 1993, in a setback for NASA, engineers lost con- tact with the Mars Observer spacecraft as it was about to reach the red planet on a $980 million mission. In 1995, ABC News set- tled a $10 billion libel suit by apologizing to Philip Mor- ris for reporting the tobacco giant had manipulated the amount of nicotine in its cigarettes. Today’s Birthdays: For- mer NFL player and general manager Pete Retzlaff is 88. Actor-director Melvin Van Peebles is 87. Playwright Mart Crowley is 84. Singer Kenny Rogers is 81. Actress Patty McCormack is 74. Pop singer-musician Carl Giammarese is 72. Actress Loretta Devine is 70. NBC newsman Harry Smith is 68. Retired MLB All-Star John Wetteland is 53. Rock singer Serj Tankian (Sys- tem of a Down) is 52. Fig- ure skater Josee Chouinard is 50. Actress Carrie-Anne Moss is 49. TV personality Brody Jenner is 36. Olympic gold medal sprinter Usain Bolt is 33. Actor Maxim Knight is 20. Thought for Today: “I don’t measure Amer- ica by its achievement but by its potential.” — Shirley Chisholm, American politi- cian (1924-2005). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
