A14
East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, March 4, 2021
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Man’s bisexual past gnaws
at woman’s sense of trust
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Dear Abby: I am a 49-year-old
deal with this? — Dilemma in the
woman who has been in a romantic
Midwest
relationship with a good, caring man
Dear Dilemma: You have a loving
for two years. We live together, and
heart. I assume all the children live
he shows me all the time how much
together with their mother. To exclude
he loves me. We have amazing chem-
their half-sister would be logistically
istry and are very affectionate. We
difficult and cruel to a child who is
enjoy spending time together, espe-
blameless. Your son may not like
J eanne
cially outdoors.
the situation, but it is time for him to
P hilliPs
When we first started dating, he
grow up and face reality. You are the
ADVICE
told me he was bisexual and had had
only grandmother that child has ever
relationships with men. He insists I
known, so remain calm, assert your
am his true love and he is with only
right to self-determination and refuse
me now. He has never shown signs of straying,
to allow yourself to be bullied or intimidated.
but sometimes I get insecure and wonder if I
Dear Abby: Unfortunately, I am not in the
should take him at his word that he only wants
same income bracket as my family and some of
me. Should I trust him? — Wants To Be Sure
my friends. Also, I married a guy who doesn’t
in Rhode Island
like to socialize because he’s a recovering
Dear Wants: This man has been upfront
alcoholic, and he also has hearing problems.
with you. Because someone finds members
Family and friends rarely ask us to join them
of both genders attractive does not mean the
when they go out, but they never fail to call
person is incapable of monogamy. During the
and tell me all about the great time they had
and where they plan to go next. It hurts, and I
last two years, he has given you no reason to
believe he is untrustworthy, so take steps to
resent them for it. I want to be happy for them
deal with your insecurity and take him at his
and not feel the way I do. Help! — Different
in New York
word.
Dear Abby: My son and daughter-in-law
Dear Different: Your husband may have
— the parents of three minor children —
hearing problems, but your relatives appear
were divorced in 2019. Prior to their divorce,
to be tone deaf in the sensitivity department.
What they are doing is cruel.
the ex-DIL got pregnant by another man. She
Rather than compare your life to that of
has since had a little girl. My dilemma is, do I
friends and relatives who have more freedom
include the new little girl when they come to
visit Grandma? She is still my grandchildren’s
to socialize than you and your husband do, it
half-sister. As they get older and come to visit
would be more constructive to figure out what
you can do. Socialize either with others or by
me, I would feel bad leaving her out of events.
yourselves in places that don’t serve alcohol
My son is livid that I would even consider
including her. Her other grandparents refuse
and aren’t overly noisy. Ask your relatives to
to have anything to do with her. How do I
join you there — and put the ball in their court.
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 4, 1921
Urging the county court to favor construc-
tion of a good road from the Milton-Freewater
valley across the Blue mountains to Elgin a
delegation of prominent east end men is here
today. Those in the party are Hugh Murray,
mayor of Freewater, F.K. Noordhoff, Harvey
Van Slyke, F.E. Cockburn, George Miller
and C.S. Cheshire. At the present time traffic
over the mountain is obliged to rely upon the
tollgate road which is considered so inade-
quate as to be a disgrace. The east end men
want a survey made and some forestry money
secured if possible.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 4, 1971
More than 21 years ago Henry Camp-
bell, a Helix businessman, told Orvil “Red”
Cowan, “someone has to take the job.” Camp-
bell was speaking of the city marshal post.
Cowan had migrated to the Helix area from
Wyoming. He started from Texas, and worked
in construction and on ranches. Cowan is now
a fixture in Helix, and the marshal’s job has
been expanded to include other chores. He
is the fire chief, drives a school bus, works
at city maintenance jobs and is the fellow
Helix calls on for help on numerous occa-
sions. A stranger in Helix would never guess
— as Cowan shuffles into Campbell’s Corner,
wearing a big 10-gallon hat, and accompanied
by his dog, “Smoky” — that he is the town
marshal. Cowan says the police work in Helix
is “not too much. We have a good bunch of
kids that cause very little trouble.” Sometimes
his friends address the marshal as “Sheriff.”
He says some call his dog “Chester,” for a
former western television personality.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 4, 1996
Jerry and Cindy Schultz did not have to
call their travel agent to arrange their trip to
Habitat for Humanity’s 20th anniversary cele-
bration in Atlanta. The “temporarily retired”
Olympia, Wash., couple decided to walk. The
Schultzes are making the 3,000-mile trip,
“Habitrek ’96,” in an effort to raise awareness
and money for the international home-build-
ing organization. They hope to raise $200,000
for Habitat for Humanity’s Revolving Fund
for Humanity and inspire the development
of new local chapters along their path. They
crossed the Columbia at Umatilla this week
and made it as far as Power City that night.
After staying overnight at a Hermiston home,
the Schultzes walked down Highway 395 to
a gathering at McKenzie Park. The couple
became active in the organization in 1987 and
it wasn’t long before they were donating shoe
leather as well as time and labor.
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 March 4, 1933,
Franklin D. Roosevelt took
office as America’s 32nd
president.
In 1789, the Constitu-
tion of the United States
went into effect as the first
Federal Congress met in
New York. (The lawmakers
then adjourned for lack of a
quorum.)
In 1797, John Adams was
inaugurated the second presi-
dent of the United States.
In 1863, the Idaho Terri-
tory was created.
In 1964, Teamsters pres-
ident James Hoffa and three
co-defendants were found
guilty by a federal court in
Chattanooga, Tennessee, of
jury tampering.
In 1974, the first issue
of People magazine, then
called People Weekly, was
published by Time-Life Inc.;
on the cover was actor Mia
Farrow.
In 1981, a jury in Salt
Lake City convicted Joseph
Paul Franklin, an avowed
racist and serial killer, of
violating the civil rights
of two Black men, Ted
Fields and David Martin,
who’d been shot to death.
(Franklin received two life
sentences for this crime; he
was executed in 2013 for the
1977 murder of a Jewish man,
Gerald Gordon.)
In 1994, Actor-comedian
John Candy died in Durango,
Mexico, at age 43.
In 1998, the U.S. Supreme
Court ruled that sexual
harassment at work can
be illegal even when the
offender and victim are of
the same gender.
In 2015, the Justice
Department cleared Darren
Wilson, a white former
Ferguson, Missouri, police
officer, in the fatal shooting
of Michael Brown, a Black
18-year-old, but also issued
a scathing report calling for
sweeping changes in city law
enforcement practices.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Paula Prentiss is 83. Singer
Chris Rea is 70. Actor/rock
singer-musician Ronn Moss
is 69. Actor Kay Lenz is 68.
Actor Catherine O’Hara is 67.
Actor Patricia Heaton is 63.
Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., is
63. Actor Stacy Edwards is 56.
Gay rights activist Chaz Bono
is 52. Actor Jessica Heap is 38.
Actor Jenna Boyd is 28.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE