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East Oregonian
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Thursday, October 22, 2020
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Changing a diaper causes
family friction at baptism
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
DILBERT
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
Strange in the East
Dear Abby: My sister-in-law
Dear Strange: What your sister-
“Brenda” often takes it upon herself
in-law did may have been fine with
to change a baby’s diaper during
her own family, but for her to have
social gatherings with family. She
changed the diaper of a child whose
never bothers to ask the baby’s par-
ents if it’s OK to do this, and they
parents she didn’t know well (and
from whom she didn’t have per-
never solicit her help. For years, I
mission!) was inappropriate. I don’t
found it a bit strange, but never said
J eanne
fault the mother for being upset.
anything to Brenda or another fam-
P hilliPs
Rather than blame her for react-
ily member.
ADVICE
ing the way she did, it’s time some-
Some time ago, my in-laws and
one explains boundaries to Miss
immediate family were at my son’s
Brenda.
baptismal party. Several babies
Dear Abby: Being bored due to the
from my wife’s side as well as my own were
quarantine, I signed up to Classmates.com
there. My wife’s relatives aren’t well-ac-
quainted with mine. Before our wedding,
to look for old friends. Moments later I
neither of our families had ever met the
received a response from a male classmate.
other.
We graduated the same year. I really don’t
remember him, although he said he remem-
During the festivities, my wife’s niece
bered me. Anyway, we started texting and
— who was still in diapers — appeared to
exchanging graduation pictures. He still
have a full load in her back side. Her par-
ents were in another room. Without inform-
lives in our hometown; I don’t. We have
ing them of the issue or asking permission,
started talking almost every day.
My problem is, we have so many things
Brenda took it upon herself to change the
in common, from family to same make of
diaper. The child’s mother walked into the
car and insurance company, I have started
room and began to loudly scold Brenda for
getting a creepy feeling. It freaked me out to
doing it without her consent. You could see
the point that I blocked him.
the mother was upset and scared, since she
He was always respectful, but for us to
did not know Brenda at all.
have so much in common made my stom-
After the party ended, my family couldn’t
ach lurch. Do you think this is possible? Or
understand why the child’s mother became
is there a chance he could be stalking me?
so upset. They thought she was some kind
— Freaked Out
of nut for reacting the way she did. I fully
Dear Freaked: It could be coinciden-
understand why the mother became upset.
tal that you have so much in common, but
Given the fact that she doesn’t know Brenda,
I would never advise anyone who had a
and that one must clean the baby’s private
gut feeling that something wasn’t right to
parts when changing a diaper, I don’t under-
stand why Brenda would take this upon
ignore it. Listen to your intuition and you
will never go wrong.
herself. What’s your opinion, Abby? —
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 22, 1920
The joint session of the Morrow and
Umatilla county teachers began yester-
day at Pendleton High School. It is esti-
mated there are 350 teachers in attendance.
Physical education as well as mental train-
ing was stressed this morning by Prof. E.
J. Klemme. He quoted statistics from army
rejections to show that the American youth
today is not getting the full benefit of devel-
opment. Mr. Klemme’s address was the
main feature of this morning’s assembly, his
topic being “The Girl Four Square.” He said
that women will soon be the superior of men
and that they will compete with men in all
things if their line of education is improved.
“The time will come when the woman will
have equal charge of the financial business
of the home and the mother and father will
be equally responsible for the training of the
boy and girl,” he said.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 22, 1970
For the first time in Umatilla County, the
potato output may top peas. Potato produc-
tion in Umatilla and Morrow counties may
total almost $5 for 1970, Umatilla County
Extension Agent Fred Hagelstein said. Pre-
liminary income estimates indicate a value
of $4.75 million on about 5,600 acres. Three
years ago, potato production in the area
was less than $1 million from 1,765 acres.
Peas have averaged $3-1/2 to $5 million a
year in Umatilla County, but for 1970 the
total may be only $3.1 million, Hagelstein
said, impacted in part by the cold spring
and hot June. The impact of potatoes upon
the area’s economy has been vigorous. “It’s
new income,” he said, springing from land
that until the advent of new irrigation sys-
tems was only marginal grazing land. Four
new potato packing plants have been built in
the last two years and each furnish jobs for
30-45 employees during a season that runs
from July into the late fall.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 22, 1995
It seems like a picture perfect match —
the Pendleton Arts Council and the Carn-
egie library building. The Pendleton City
Council agreed and approved the Arts
Council’s proposal to transform one of the
most unique buildings in town into the
Pendleton Center for the Arts. The Carne-
gie building has long been recognizable as
the Pendleton Library, but completion of
the Helen McCune remodel into a City Hall
and library will leave the Carnegie build-
ing vacant. The Arts Council envisions a
make-over for the Carnegie building into
a community cultural center. The design
was developed with collaboration with the
Oregon East Symphony. The center would
house community arts organization offices,
an art gallery, music and visual arts studios,
a community meeting room, multipurpose
classrooms, a contemporary crafts sales
area, a listening area and a cafe.
BY SCOTT ADAMS
TODAY IN HISTORY
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
On Oct. 22, 1979, the
U.S. government allowed
the deposed Shah of Iran to
travel to New York for med-
ical treatment — a decision
that precipitated the Iran
hostage crisis.
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 1883, the original
Metropolitan Opera House
in New York held its grand
opening with a performance
of Gounod’s “Faust.”
In 1962, in a nationally
broadcast address, President
John F. Kennedy revealed
the presence of Soviet-built
missile bases under con-
struction in Cuba and
announced a quarantine of
all offensive military equip-
ment being shipped to the
Communist island nation.
In 1981, the Professional
Air Traffic Controllers
Organization was decer-
tified by the federal gov-
ernment for its strike the
previous August.
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 84. Actor
Catherine Deneuve is 77.
Actor Jeff Goldblum is 68.
Movie director Spike Jonze
is 51. Former MLB player
Ichiro Suzuki is 47.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE