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B6 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 Wednesday, January 29, 2020 DEAR ABBY In his fiancee’s eyes, man’s secret life online is cheating Dear Abby: After a long rela- hearing about it. She also announced tionship, “Eric” and I plan on get- her engagement on my wedding day, ting married very soon. My problem which diverted attention away from me on my special day. is, Eric is secretive. He keeps his I went through a difficult time phone right next to him, and before because several family members he walks into the house, he sits in passed away, and Gwen was neither his car, clearing his history. I know supportive nor particularly sympa- he looks at porn, and I’m not happy J eanne thetic. Her lack of response made about it, but it’s the other things I’m P hilliPs things even harder for me. I no lon- angry and confused about. ADVICE ger feel like I can share my suc- He secretly has social media. I cesses about saving money or get- know he’s been sending pictures of ting raises, because this “friend” himself to women, and they send would be threatened by it. I almost felt Gwen pictures to him. Isn’t that cheating? I think was happy when I was struggling, because it secret phone and video calls to women is made her better than I was. cheating. I saw an image of a woman’s pri- Is it OK to let people go? Is this a real vate parts on his phone, and he told me lies friend? — Friend Or Foe in California about it. When I have confronted him about Dear F. Or F.: Gwen appears to have nei- chatting with the other women, he gets angry ther good judgment nor empathy. If those are and withdraws. One woman even sent me qualities you value in a friend, my advice their chat history, and he lied about that, too. is to look elsewhere. Friends celebrate their Abby, I love my man, but I feel he’s cheat- ing. I don’t know what else to do as there’s a friends’ successes and reach out to offer wedding soon. — Desperate For Answers comfort when they suffer losses. It is not only Dear Desperate: I have sad news for you. OK to let people like Gwen drift away, but it is also healthy. Eric isn’t “your” man. From your descrip- tion, you are sharing him with heaven only Dear Abby: My neighbor has a 17-year- old daughter. Fifteen weekdays a month she knows how many others. You already know and a boy from school come home for 30 to he has a problem with the truth. When you 50 minutes during the noon hour. (Five days tried to do something about it, he became a month she comes home by herself.) Her emotionally abusive. This is what your future mom and dad are both at work. Do you think will be if you marry him. her parents should know about the “nooners” I have only three words of advice for you, at their house? — Nosy Neighbor in North and I sincerely hope you will take them to Carolina heart: Cancel the wedding! Dear Neighbor: Yes, I do think you Dear Abby: How do you know if a friend should casually ask if they are aware of it. is actually a “frenemy”? I think my friend However, when you do, make sure not to “Gwen” may be one. sound accusatory or judgmental — just I successfully started a second career and “curious.” was doing well, but Gwen had no interest in DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 29, 1920 Membership in any Sunday school in the city, and a membership card in the Y.M.C.A., will entitle any Pendleton boy to the privileges of the local Y.M.C.A., according to plans com- pleted at Tuesday’s meeting of the board. Bona fide membership in a Sunday school is secured by enrollment and successive attendance for two Sundays. Absence for two successive Sundays thereafter cancels the eligibility. The membership card costs 25 cents. This gives free admission to scheduled games as well as the right to participate in other activities of the association. There will be indoor baseball and basketball leagues for different age groups with scheduled evening practices and match games. Supervision of the gymnasium will be required of the Sunday school making use of it on the evening in question. The gymnasium recently secured is being rapidly fitted up and members of the boys’ classes have been work- ing feverishly to get things installed in prepa- ration for the “jump off.” 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 29, 1970 Bitter winter weather in the Midwest and on the East Coast plus a recession in the building industry have taken a toll here. Lack of orders has caused reduced production at Heppner Lumber Co. Thirty-three mill workers have been laid off at Heppner and Spray, said Bruce Malcom, company man- ager. Counting chip and lumber haulers and loggers, some 60 workers will be affected by the slowdown. Heppner Lumber normally provides employment for 90 men. It har- vests salvage type lumber which previously was waste and makes mostly building studs used in home construction. It ships mainly to the Midwest, East and South. The work- ers laid off may have only a two-week vaca- tion, as “we’ll take another look at the situa- tion then,” Malcom said. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 29, 1995 Pendleton Chamber of Commerce Presi- dent Hal Bennett will consider 1995 a suc- cessful year if the chamber develops a strong marketing plan for Pendleton in light of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla’s Wild- horse Gaming Facility just east of town, and if the chamber gets a new home. In that order. Regina Troupe, the Chamber’s executive director, will be starting work in earnest on that project next month, Bennett said. A com- mittee is already working on finding a a new home for the Chamber of Commerce with more room and more parking. 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. 29, 2002, in his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush said terrorists were still threatening America — and he warned of “an axis of evil” consisting of North Korea, Iran and Iraq. In 1936, the first induct- ees of baseball’s Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in Cooperstown, New York. In 1963, the first charter members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were named in Canton, Ohio (they were enshrined when the Hall opened in September 1963). Poet Robert Frost died in Boston at age 88. In 1975, a bomb exploded inside the U.S. State Depart- ment in Washington, causing considerable damage, but injuring no one; the radical group Weather Underground claimed responsibility. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter formally wel- comed Chinese Vice Pre- mier Deng Xiaoping to the White House, following the establishment of diplomatic relations. In 1995, the San Fran- cisco 49ers became the first team in NFL history to win five Super Bowl titles, beat- ing the San Diego Chargers, 49-26, in Super Bowl XXIX. In 1998, a bomb rocked an abortion clinic in Bir- mingham, Alabama, killing security guard Robert Sand- erson and critically injur- ing nurse Emily Lyons. (The bomber, Eric Rudolph, was captured in May 2003 and is serving a life sentence.) Today’s Birthdays: Fem- inist author Germaine Greer is 81. Feminist author Robin Morgan is 79. Actor Tom Selleck is 75. Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is 66. Olym- pic gold-medal diver Greg Louganis is 60. Actress Heather Graham is 50. Actress Sara Gilbert is 45. Pop-rock singer Adam Lam- bert (TV: “American Idol”) is 38. Thought for Today: “Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.” — Hesketh Pearson, British biographer (1887-1964). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
