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A12 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Tuesday, October 22, 2019 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Pregnant bride-to-be imposes a nonalcoholic party policy FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER Dear Abby: My friend “Nan” can I do? — Weary Of Listening in Maine is planning her wedding and asked Dear Weary: Your husband if I, along with our friends, would may be venting his frustration at his be bridesmaids. Fast-forward a few inability to work and provide for the months: The bride-to-be is now family, and misdirecting his anger pregnant. We’re having our first toward people he perceives as rich. get-together as a bridal party, and Has he always been this way, or is she wants us to serve only nonalco- J eanne this recent? If it’s recent, his phy- holic “mocktails” for our girls’ night P hilliPs sician may want to see and evalu- in. I asked the maid of honor if we ADVICE ate him. If it’s not, then it may be could have the option of alcohol, and time to point out that money, while she said no because that’s what the it can make the gears of life mesh bride wants. more smoothly, is no guarantee of happiness, Is it rude to drink in front of a pregnant and nobody — regardless of income — has bride? Obviously, I will honor Nan’s wishes, everything. Then tell him to stop. but I’d like a second opinion. Should this Dear Abby: My wife has a terrible habit no-alcohol policy be in effect for all pre-wed- ding events (shower, bachelorette party, etc.)? of always being early — whether it’s for a I feel we’re all adults and should be able to party, football game, picnic, reunion, etc. It has reached a point where friends and fam- make our own choices. It’s not as if we’re ily no longer tell her the correct time they going to get wasted at these things. Your want us to arrive because they don’t want her thoughts, please? — Perplexed Bridesmaid there early. Her family started it, and friends Dear Bridesmaid: In most cases, it is are following suit. Now she’s upset because not considered rude to consume alcohol in when she arrives she isn’t the first, but every- front of someone who is abstaining, although body else is happy because she’s arriving many people choose to refrain, too. In this when she is supposed to. case, the bride would not have specified that Abby, most hosts don’t want guests show- she wanted no alcohol served if she was com- ing up early because they’re still prepar- fortable with her bridal party drinking when ing, and early arrivals get in the way. Please she couldn’t join in. Her wishes should take advise my wife to respect that! — Early precedence. Bird Gets The Scorn Dear Abby: My husband is disabled and Dear Bird: If, having been given the hasn’t worked in nearly 20 years. I have wrong time to arrive by multiple hosts, it been the sole support of our family all this hasn’t dawned on your wife that what she’s time. doing hasn’t been appreciated, she isn’t going My issue is, my husband seems to have to heed anything that I could write. Polite serious problems with people he perceives people show up on time. If they arrive at the as rich. The fact that some people have more location early, they do what they need to do money than we do rankles him no end. It has to “waste” time until the appointed hour. In reached the point where the kids and I are her zeal to make an entrance, she is being really disturbed by his vitriol. In his eyes, no rude and intrusive, and if she shows up early, rich person can be a good person, and most the host should put her to work. of them don’t deserve what they have. What DAYS GONE BY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 22, 1919 Excellent response to the call for Pend- leton representatives at the dedication of Memorial Hall in Weston Thursday is being met by D. Nelson, who has charge of the trip. The highway is paved nearly to Athena and has been put in good shape between Athena and Weston by the Warren Construction Co. Several autos are promised for the jaunt and a large representation is looked for. Speeches by M. L. Watts, president of the Umatilla County Pioneers’ Association, and Harold J. Warner, president of Pendleton Post of the American Legion, feature the program. There are also musical numbers and a pic- ture show to be given in the new hall. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 22, 1969 Effective Nov. 1, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heard of Pilot Rock will take over as pub- lishers of the Heppner Gazette-Times, it is announced by Mrs. Wes Sherman, owner. For the past four months, Mrs. Sherman has carried on as publisher and editor, fol- lowing the unexpected death June 22 of her husband in Washington, D.C. Mr. and Mrs. Heard for the past four years have published the Pilot Rock News. They have sold their interests there to Mr. and Mrs. Ken Howell of South Dakota. Mrs. Sherman is retaining ownership of the Gazette-Times buildings. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 22, 1994 In recognition of Boss’s Day, Kerry Karlson has been named 1994 Boss of the Year by the Greater Hermiston Chamber of Commerce. He was nominated by all 20 of his employ- ees at N.W. Metal Fabricators Inc., which he has owned and operated since 1986. Karlson received a bottle of the chamber’s special wine, balloons, a “Boss of the Year” certificate and lunch for two at any area restaurant. Among those nominated was Al Donnelly, East Ore- gonian advertising manager. 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 Oct. 22, 1962, in a nationally broadcast address, President John F. Kennedy revealed the pres- ence of Soviet-built mis- sile bases under construc- tion in Cuba and announced a quarantine of all offensive military equipment being shipped to the Communist island nation. In 1797, French balloon- ist Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute descent, landing safely from a height of about 3,000 feet over Paris. In 1811, composer and piano virtuoso Franz Liszt was born in the Hungarian town of Raiding in pres- ent-day Austria. In 1979, the U.S. govern- ment allowed the deposed Shah of Iran to travel to New York for medical treat- ment — a decision that pre- cipitated the Iran hostage crisis. In 1981, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization was decerti- fied by the federal govern- ment for its strike the previ- ous August. In 1986, President Rea- gan signed into law sweep- ing tax-overhaul legislation. In 1995, the largest gath- ering of world leaders in history marked the 50th anniversary of the United Nations. In 1998, the government advised parents to remove the batteries from their kids’ “Power Wheels” cars and trucks, made by Fish- er-Price, because of faulty wiring that could cause them to erupt into flame. In 2001, a second Wash- ington, D.C., postal worker, Joseph P. Curseen, died of inhalation anthrax. In 2002, bus driver Con- rad Johnson was shot to death in Aspen Hill, Mary- land, in the final attack car- ried out by the “Beltway Snipers.” Today’s Birthdays: Black Panthers co-founder Bobby Seale is 83. Actress Cather- ine Deneuve is 76. Actor Jeff Goldblum is 67. Actor-co- median Bob Odenkirk is 57. Movie director Spike Jonze is 50. Former MLB player Ichiro Suzuki is 46. Rock musician Rickard (correct) Goransson (Carolina Liar) is 36. Actor Corey Hawkins is 31. Actor Jonathan Lipnicki is 29. Actress Sofia Vassilieva is 27. Actor Elias Harger is 12. Thought for Today: “A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.” — Jean de La Fontaine, French poet (1621-1695). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
