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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
COFFEE BREAK
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
Thursday, August 29, 2019
DEAR ABBY
Mom walks fine line amid
safety and fear for daughter
Dear Abby: I have two beautiful
rants she keeps her phone on the
daughters, ages 3 and 4. My concern
table and it rings, which is annoying.
She also talks on the phone in public
is that my younger daughter is very
places, making others around glance
friendly. No matter where we go,
over at her, yet she doesn’t turn it off.
she says “hi” to everyone she sees,
She spent the last 40 minutes of
strangers included. With all her pos-
itive energy, she has the type of per-
a recent 1½-hour bus trip we took,
sonality that attracts attention when
seated next to each other, on her
she walks into a room. I love her for
phone. There was a sign nearby that
J eanne
that, but I’m also worried she’s too
read, “Cellphone use unless in an
P hilliPs
friendly.
emergency situation is prohibited,”
ADVICE
Some of our neighbors are male,
and the passenger in front of us kept
and she wants to hug them and sit on
turning around to glare at her. She
their laps. This alarms me, and I’m not sure
was oblivious! I once told her I don’t talk on
what to do. With how things are nowadays,
my phone if I’m with someone. She asked me
you never know who you can trust. I don’t
how I did that and when I shut my phone off,
want to dampen her confident and upbeat
she commented, “I can’t do that”! What do
I do, Abby? — Offended in Massachusetts
disposition, but I want to teach her why it’s
Dear Offended: Your friend appears to
not OK to do this. Sometimes I wonder if she
be not only inconsiderate of you and others
does it because her father isn’t in the picture,
around her, but also addicted to her cellphone.
so when she sees an older man, she wants
Allow me to share what I would do: I would
that bond. Please help, Abby. — Protective
spend my time with friends who choose to be
in Pennsylvania
fully present when in my company.
Dear Protective: Your daughter appears
Dear Abby: How long should a new wife
to be a lovely little girl. I agree you shouldn’t
wait to be introduced to her husband’s adult
dampen her outgoing and affectionate nature.
child because the adult child doesn’t know
She should not be walking around by her-
self without supervision. Explain to her what
what to say to his young children about who
I am? — Waiting in the West
appropriate behavior is and is not. This is
Dear Waiting: You should have been
an ongoing conversation that includes more
introduced to your husband’s family long
information as she is able to understand it.
before you became the new wife, which
Ultimately, you are her parent, and you must
would have been far easier for all concerned.
determine what is appropriate in her interac-
tions with all people, regardless of gender.
What the young children should be told is: “I
Dear Abby: How do I deal with a friend
have wonderful news! ‘Pop-pop’ got married
who constantly stays on her cellphone (tex-
to a very nice lady. He was so sad when he
was by himself, and now he isn’t alone any-
ting, talking or using video chat) every time
more. Isn’t that great?” The news should be
we get together? She puts her phone on video
delivered with a big smile and maybe even
chat in the car and talks to some guy (Note:
ice cream to celebrate.
She’s already in a relationship.), and in restau-
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 29, 1919
John Paxton received a message from
Elgin Thursday saying that 500 sheep
belonging to him had been burned in a great
forest fire that is raging in that vicinity. No
accurate estimate of the amount of the loss
could be made until it was learned whether
the animals were full grown sheep or lambs.
However, it was said by many that an aver-
age mixed herd of 500 would be worth at
least $6000. Mr. Paxton’s sheep were not on
the Wenaha reserve but were on pasture near
the edge of the national forest about midway
between Elgin and Palmer Junction.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 29, 1969
Two trucks and 10 Pendleton firemen bat-
tled a leaking ammonia tanker at Farmco of
Oregon Inc. on Airport Road Thursday. A bro-
ken pipe on the tanker caused the ammonia
to leak out. As some firemen cleared ammo-
nia with water, others screwed on a connection
but the pressure was too great and the ammo-
nia burst loose. It was washed away with water
pressure. It finally dissipated and was capped.
Fireman Bart Harris and Capt. Lloyd Rhine-
hart were treated and released at St. Anthony
Hospital for blisters caused by the ammonia.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Aug. 29, 1994
While Oregon deals with a 5.9 percent
unemployment rate, the Confederated Tribes
of the Umatilla Indian Reservation wage
their own battle against unemployment num-
bers six times higher. “We want them (tribal
members) to come work for us,” said Paul
Quaempts, personnel manager. “We think in
the long run we have more to offer.” Quae-
mpts insists there are good salaried jobs and
training available for the unemployed. “We
need to let the people know we have jobs
here,” he 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 Aug. 29, 1944, 15,000
American troops of the 28th
Infantry Division marched
down the Champs Elysees
in Paris as the French capital
continued to celebrate its lib-
eration from the Nazis.
In 1814, during the War of
1812, Alexandria, Virginia,
formally surrendered to Brit-
ish military forces, which
occupied the city until Sep-
tember 3.
In 1862, the Bureau
of Engraving and Print-
ing began operations at the
United States Treasury.
In 1877, the second pres-
ident of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints,
Brigham Young, died in Salt
Lake City, Utah, at age 76.
In 1957, the Senate gave
final congressional approval
to a Civil Rights Act after
South Carolina Sen. Strom
Thurmond (then a Democrat)
ended a filibuster that had
lasted 24 hours.
In 1958, pop superstar
Michael Jackson was born
in Gary, Indiana.
In 1965, Gemini 5, carry-
ing astronauts Gordon Coo-
per and Charles “Pete” Con-
rad, splashed down in the
Atlantic after 8 days in space.
In 1966, the Beatles con-
cluded their fourth Ameri-
can tour with their last public
concert, held at Candlestick
Park in San Francisco.
In 1972, swimmer Mark
Spitz of the United States
won the third of his seven
gold medals at the Munich
Olympics, finishing first in
the 200-meter freestyle.
In
1982,
Academy
Award-winning
actress
Ingrid Bergman died in Lon-
don on her 67th birthday.
In 1996, the Democratic
National Convention in Chi-
cago nominated Al Gore for
a second term as vice presi-
dent. Earlier in the day, Pres-
ident Bill Clinton’s chief
political strategist, Dick
Morris, resigned amid a
scandal over his relationship
with a prostitute.
In 2005, Hurricane
Katrina hit the Gulf Coast
near Buras, Louisiana, bring-
ing floods that devastated
New Orleans. More than
1,800 people in the region
died.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Movie director Joel Schum-
acher is 80. Dancer-chore-
ographer Mark Morris is 63.
Country musician Dan Tru-
man (Diamond Rio) is 63.
Actress Rebecca DeMor-
nay is 60. Singer Me’Shell
NdegeOcello is 51. Rhythm-
and-blues singer Carl Mar-
tin (Shai) is 49. Actress Carla
Gugino is 48. Actress Kate
Simses is 40. Rapper A+ is
37. Actress Jennifer Landon
is 36. Actress Charlotte
Ritchie is 30. Actress Nicole
Gale Anderson is 29. MLB
pitcher Noah Syndergaard is
27. Pop singer Liam Payne
(One Direction) is 26.
Thought for Today: “Be
yourself. The world worships
the original.” — Ingrid Berg-
man (1915-1982).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE