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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