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A12 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Tuesday, January 14, 2020 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Parents oppose relationship with man of different culture 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 BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE Dear Abby: I am a 25-year-old your parents’, regardless of how college student on the verge of grad- well-meaning they are. Do not let uation. Over the past three months, I statistics rule your life because have been dating a slightly younger there are always exceptions. Let man (he’s 21). We get along well, this play out, and you will have your answer. and I thoroughly enjoy his com- pany. He has never been anything Dear Abby: My husband finds fault and makes negative comments but kind and supportive. J eanne about almost everything. He rarely My parents have an issue with P hilliPs talks to me about anything. I am the match. My boyfriend is Latino, ADVICE not happy with my life with him. I born and raised in a South Ameri- can country. He speaks and under- feel there is so much I want to do stands English well, although and explore. He is content to stay at speaking it does make him a little nervous. home, watch TV and occasionally do little I speak Spanish fluently, so when we talk projects around the house. Then it is time for TV again. to each other, he speaks in Spanish and I We are both retired. My adult kids and my speak in English, and we have no problem grandchildren are my whole life. We are all communicating. very close. My husband, on the other hand, My parents think that relationships (espe- cially marriages) are already hard enough, rarely talks to or calls his kids, even though I and adding cultural differences to the equa- encourage him to. One child no longer even tion is a dangerous gamble for my future speaks to him. Another one lives too far happiness. They strongly oppose my con- away to see him (a 10-hour drive), which is his reason for not visiting him. tinuing my relationship with him. Do you With no friends and very little family think their argument is valid? contact, I feel I am all he has. I want to run I’ve looked up statistics that say mar- riages between a Latino man and white away, but if I do, he’d be heartbroken. Sad to woman are the most likely to end in divorce say, I wouldn’t even miss him. What should I do? — Unfulfilled in Ohio (not that I’m thinking of marrying him any Dear Unfulfilled: Has your husband time soon, but one of my future goals is to be always been this way? If the answer is no, he in a happy marriage, and I realize that you may be depressed, which is something that marry who you date). The idea of ending a should be discussed with his doctor. relationship with someone I adore based on I don’t think you should leave him — statistics is upsetting to me. I’d really appre- ciate your thoughts. — Grown-Up in Utah immediately. If you want to travel and have Dear Grown-Up: You have been dating the means to do so, travel with some friends. this man for only three months. By the age The only thing you should not do is permit of 25, the decision about whom you decide yourself to become isolated because your husband is so closed off. to eventually marry should be yours, not DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 14, 1920 Mrs. Harold Frink extended a charm- ing bit of hospitality last night when mem- bers of K.K.K. were her guests for an infor- mal evening, needlework and Brunswick music being added to chatting as diversions. Mrs. Frink later served a dainty supper, her guests finding their places at a fern-centered table by tiny cards gaily decked with blue birds. The party included Miss Margaret Joerger, Miss Elizabeth Joerger, Miss Nola Childreth, Miss Thelma Childreth, Miss Vida Staggs, Miss Sybil Farley, Miss Iva Black, Miss Alma Rohrman, Miss Sophia Fikan and Miss Rita Ferguson. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 14, 1970 The Hermiston City Council took the first look at a major street improvement proj- ect Monday night that according to prelimi- nary cost estimates totals $501,586. Many of Hermiston’s streets, paved years ago, have been deteriorating rapidly in recent years due to heavier traffic. The city has been told by the state that $200,000 is available in the form of an interest-free five-year loan, based on the heavy street damage caused by last winter’s severe weather. The balance would be financed through voter approval of a con- tinuing tax levy. Last year, a vote on a con- tinuing levy for street repair and improve- ments went down in defeat in a small voter turnout. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 14, 1995 Eight highway message boards are appearing in the Hermiston and Pendleton areas to warn motorists of an emergency at the Umatilla Army Depot. The elec- tronic reader boards also will be used to warn motorists of day-to-day hazards such as icy roadways or blowing dust. The warn- ing systoem, which will eventually include 42 sirens around the depot and “tone-alert” radios for every building within a few miles of the depot, is part of the Chemical Stock- pile Emergency Preparedness Program, funded by the federal government. 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 Jan. 14, 1994, Pres- ident Bill Clinton and Rus- sian President Boris Yeltsin signed an accord to stop aim- ing missiles at any nation; the leaders joined Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk in signing an accord to dis- mantle the nuclear arsenal of Ukraine. In 1954, Marilyn Mon- roe and Joe DiMaggio were married at San Francisco City Hall. (The marriage lasted about nine months.) In 1963, George C. Wal- lace was sworn in as gov- ernor of Alabama with the pledge, “Segregation for- ever!” — a view Wallace later repudiated. In 1964, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, in a brief televised address, thanked Americans for their condolences and mes- sages of support following the assassination of her hus- band, President John F. Ken- nedy, nearly two months earlier. In 1968, the Green Bay Packers of the NFL defeated the AFL’s Oakland Raiders, 33-14, in the second AFL- NFL World Championship game (now referred to as Super Bowl II). In 1969, 27 people aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, off Hawaii, were killed when a rocket warhead exploded, setting off a fire and additional explosions. In 1970, Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their last concert together, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. In 1975, the House Inter- nal Security Committee (for- merly the House Un-Ameri- can Activities Committee) was disbanded. In 1989, President Ron- ald Reagan delivered his 331st and final weekly White House radio address, telling listeners, “Believe me, Sat- urdays will never seem the same. I’ll miss you.” Today’s Birthdays: Actress Faye Dunaway is 79. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Maureen Dowd is 68. Movie writer-direc- tor Steven Soderbergh is 57. Actress Emily Watson is 53. Actor Ward Horton is 44. Actress Emayatzy Corine- aldi is 40. Actor Zach Gil- ford is 38. Actor Jake Choi is 35. Actor Jonathan Osser is 31. Singer/guitarist Molly Tuttle is 27. Thought for Today: “If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silenc- ing mankind.” — John Stu- art Mill, English philosopher (1806-1873). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
