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A12 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Tuesday, April 21, 2020 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Teen’s graduation party plans hurt his stepmom’s feelings FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER Dear Abby: I really could use he reconnected with her, he would some outside advice. I am a step- talk about her, how she was his first mother who raised my husband’s love and he would always have a 18-year-old son, “Todd.” We have special place for her in his heart, given him a loving home. Todd’s even though she cheated on him abusive mother abandoned him at and left him. Now he has begun 16, and he has lived with us ever calling her a pet name he used to since. call me. Is this cheating, or am I J eanne overreacting? — Betrayed in Ohio I have been a caring and gener- P hilliPs Dear Betrayed: You are not ous mother to him since he was 6. ADVICE overreacting. Your husband is I have always gone out of my way involved in an emotional affair. For to make sure he feels comfortable, the sake of your marriage, it needs loved, fed, etc. So I couldn’t help to stop. If he won’t accept it from you, per- but feel slapped in the face when he told haps he will listen to his religious adviser, a me he doesn’t want to have his graduation marriage counselor or your lawyer. Do not party at our home. He said he is having it at try to fight this alone; you may need their his friend’s parents’ house. This is the same help along the way. couple who disapproved of their son spend- ing time in our home while the boys grew Dear Abby: My husband of 63 years died three years ago. He was sexually abused by up because we’re not their religion. a family friend when he was very young I don’t know how to handle this grace- fully without feeling hurt or refusing to be a and never disclosed it. He shared it with me part of it. I know this may seem childish, but some 20 years after our marriage and asked me not to tell our four children. it’s how I feel on the inside. Can you help At some point, I shared it with my grown me? — Disappointed in the Midwest daughter, but not my three grown sons. Dear Disappointed: It might help to real- ize this isn’t a personal slap in the face. His Was I wrong to do this? My daughter feels friend’s parents may have something special I should tell them, and I sort of agree. Their planned that Todd doesn’t want to miss. It relationship with their father was loving, but has nothing to do with your parenting and also strained. Should I tell them now or let it be? — Unsure in Michigan plenty to do with his level of immaturity Dear Unsure: I agree with your daugh- and perhaps the appeal of the other house. ter. Because the sexual abuse your husband (Ask him.) Please be smart and refrain from suffered may have affected the relationship making this about you, because it isn’t. he had with your sons, it might be helpful if Dear Abby: My husband has recon- nected with an ex-wife from more than 50 they understand the reason why it was the years ago. He found her on Facebook. They way it was. Sunshine on dark places can yield positive outcomes. chat every day, several times a day. Before DAYS GONE BY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 21, 1920 The Rotary Club which was organized in Pendleton yesterday will meet each Wednes- day at noon when the members gather to have luncheon downtown. The purpose of the club is to support the Commercial Asso- ciation and to aid in all civic enterprises. The membership of the club is at present limited to 25, with a representative from each com- mercial line of business in the city. Later more members will be added to the club. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 21, 1970 Oregon Gov. Tom McCall this morning cited Pendleton students for their anti-lit- ter efforts Saturday. Speaking to students at Pendleton High School, the governor lauded them and others who participated for “col- lecting a mountain of debris.” In a question and answer period, the governor covered subjects which included the 19-year-old vote. Gov. McCall said he firmly supported the May ballot measure which would give vot- ing privileges to 19-year-olds. He said it was long overdue. Comparing the proposal’s good points and drawbacks, the governor said he “found nothing but pluses.” 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 21, 1995 Helen McCune Junior High students don’t want the golden garbage can they were awarded for their part in a cleanup campaign Saturday in Pendleton. They voted to have the can placed downtown. The students are upset because they feel the sponsors of the anti-lit- ter campaign, radio station KTIX and the Jay- cees, fibbed. Youngsters had been promised “all the pop you can drink” and “free movie tickets” if they took part in the cleanup. It turns out, the students say, that after the cam- paign had ended and the work was done, it was announced that the free soft drinks would be available only at a dance many of them did not want to attend. And the free movie tickets were for a drive-in theater. Few of the students at McCune are old enough to drive. 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 April 21, 1976, clin- ical trials of the swine flu vaccine began in Washing- ton, D.C. In 1509, England’s King Henry VII died; he was suc- ceeded by his 17-year-old son, Henry VIII. In 1789, John Adams was sworn in as the first vice president of the United States. In 1816, Charlotte Bronte, author of “Jane Eyre,” was born in Thornton, England. In 1910, author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died in Redding, Connecticut, at age 74. In 1918, Manfred von Richthofen, 25, the Ger- man ace known as the “Red Baron” who was believed to have downed 80 enemy air- craft during World War I, was himself shot down and killed while in action over France. In 1930, fire broke out inside the overcrowded Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, killing 332 inmates. In 1975, with Com- munist forces closing in, South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigned after nearly 10 years in office and fled the country. In 1989, the baseball fantasy “Field of Dreams,” starring Kevin Costner, was released by Universal Pictures. In 2009, the sole survi- vor of a pirate attack on an American cargo ship off the Somali coast, on which Captain Richard Phillips was held for ransom, was charged as an adult with piracy in federal court in New York. (A prosecutor said Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse had given wildly vary- ing ages for himself before finally admitting he was 18. Muse later pleaded guilty to hijacking, kidnapping and hostage-taking and was sen- tenced to more than 33 years in prison.) In 2016, Prince, one of the most inventive and influ- ential musicians of modern times, was found dead at his home in suburban Minneap- olis; he was 57. Today’s Birthdays: Brit- ain’s Queen Elizabeth II is 94. Actress-comedian-writer Elaine May is 88. Anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean is 81. Singer-musi- cian Iggy Pop is 73. Actor Tony Danza is 69. Actress Andie MacDowell is 62. Rock singer Robert Smith (The Cure) is 61. Rapper Michael Franti (Spearhead) is 54. Actor Rob Riggle is 50. Comedian Nicole Sulli- van is 50. Former NFL quar- terback Tony Romo is 40. Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw is 37. Actor Frank Dillane is 29. Rock singer Sydney Sierota (Echosmith) is 23. Thought for Today: “I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.” — Char- lotte Bronte (1816-1855). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
