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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
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
DEAR ABBY
Boyfriend takes charge after
couple moves into his house
Dear Abby: I have been with the
less times. She ruined birthdays,
same man for almost 30 years. We
damaged other relationships — even
are not married and have no chil-
ruined my bachelorette party. I don’t
dren together. He is 15 years older
know why I still bother with her. I
than I am.
think because of our deep roots, it’s
We have been living in his house
hard to let go.
for the past seven years. I feel more
At the moment, we haven’t
like a renter than a partner in this
spoken in more than two months,
Jeanne
relationship. I give him money every
and I know she’s upset with me yet
Phillips
month, and we sleep in separate
again. Should I reach out and mend
ADVICE
rooms. He wants to control every-
the bond? Do I use this as a stepping
thing in his house, including how to
stone to start moving on? I love her,
clean, cook or what we eat. I bite my
but I know it really is a toxic rela-
lip to avoid starting a confrontation.
tionship. — Off Again in New Jersey
He is a lifelong bachelor, while I have two
Dear Off Again: Please reread the last
adult children and a couple of grandkids. I’m
sentence of your letter. Do not bother reach-
not sure how much more of this I can take.
ing out and trying to mend the breach in your
I work all day; he doesn’t. I want to leave,
relationship. You cannot fix what’s wrong
but at the same time, I care and worry about
with this old friend, but you can move on.
Her silence is giving you the opportunity.
him. What should I do? — Disillusioned in
Take it!
Illinois
Dear Disillusioned: Quit biting your
Dear Abby: My son is getting married
lip. Gather your courage and start an honest
in a couple of weeks. Due to COVID-19, he
and his fiancee are having to downsize the
conversation with your housemate in which
you tell him you have been unhappy with
list of invitees. This includes asking those
the status quo for a long time. Then outline
who have already RSVP’d “yes” and/or have
the changes that would make you happy. If
already given them a wedding gift not to
he isn’t willing to compromise, then pack
attend. Should they return the wedding gifts
your bags and leave because you will know
to those they are disinviting to the wedding?
the feelings you have for him are not mutual.
— Wondering in the South
Dear Abby: I’ve been “friends” with a
Dear Wondering: Your son and his fian-
woman for 25 years. For a time, we were best
cee should at least offer to return the gifts.
friends and did everything together, but we
Considering the reason for the downsizing,
couldn’t be more different. It caused many
some of the no-longer-invited guests may
fights and disagreements over the years. She
tell them to keep them along with their good
has deeply hurt and embarrassed me count-
wishes, while others will not.
DAYS GONE BY
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BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
March 16, 1921
Members of the Moosejaw, Canada, base-
ball team were today invited to make Pend-
leton their headquarters for spring training,
the invitation being sent by wire by the Pend-
leton Commercial Association through the
president, James H. Sturgis. Carl Waters,
formerly of Pendleton and who has played
here in Western Tri State League games, now
first baseman for the Canadian team, is in
the city and declares that the manager and
owner of the Moosejaw club is favorable to
Pendleton as the location for a training camp.
The team has been offered the free use of the
Round-Up grounds and local fans prom-
ise co-operation in securing games for the
Canadians. Should they accept the offer, they
would come to Pendleton April 10 and remain
for three weeks, playing a game each Sunday.
50 Years Ago
March 16, 1971
Wind, plus the breaking up of new farm-
land and the lack of wind erosion programs on
farms, has many of the residents of Umatilla,
northern Morrow and Gilliam counties upset.
Some of them, it was rumored at the wind
erosion meeting at Boardman Friday after-
noon, are seriously considering taking their
problem to the courts. This could pit neigh-
bor against neighbor. Most of the discussion
was aimed at large operators, most of them
absentee owners who buy raw land and in the
winter start tearing it up with plans to install
an irrigation system and produce a potato crop
TODAY IN HISTORY
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
the same year. The ideal setup for deterring
wind erosion in new development is to plant
a cover crop in the summer or fall, when the
ground is broken, and then plant the potato
crop the next spring. As a rule this timeta-
ble is not likely because of the economics of
the situation. Wind erosion is of the greatest
concern to the farmer when it blows out his
own crop, or if his neighbor’s soil is wrecking
his alfalfa crop and making his wife unhappy
with additional housekeeping chores.
25 Years Ago
March 16, 1996
Downtown Pendleton has something other
towns want: old-fashioned architecture and
charm. It’s the need to make the most of these
natural assets that has spurred the formation
of the Pendleton Downtown Revitalization
Committee. The committee, not yet out of its
infancy, has yet to outline firm goals. But its
chairman, Jim MacKenzie, is already talking
about the direction the months-old committee
will take in the months to come. A minister at
the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, MacK-
enzie draws his experience from well beyond
church walls. Before donning the collar five
years ago, he spent 16 years as a Seattle banker,
helping with the development of Seattle’s
Pioneer Square. When MacKenzie looks out on
Pendleton’s main street he views a future that
pays home to the past. “We don’t want a West-
ern theme park,” said MacKenzie, who pooh-
poohs such projects as artificial. “We want to
bring out the historic uniqueness of downtown
Pendleton” and spur a vibrant marketplace.
On March 16, 1945,
during World War II, Amer-
ican forces declared they had
secured Iwo Jima, although
pockets of Japanese resis-
tance remained.
In 18 02, P resident
Thomas Jefferson signed
a measure authorizing the
establishment of the U.S.
Military Academy at West
Point, New York.
In 1926, rocket science
pioneer Robert H. Goddard
successfully tested the first
liquid-fueled rocket at his
Aunt Effie’s farm in Auburn,
Massachusetts.
In 1935, Adolf Hitler
decided to break the mili-
tary terms set by the Treaty
of Versailles by ordering the
rearming of Germany.
In 1972, in a nationally
broadcast address, President
Richard Nixon called for a
moratorium on court-ordered
school busing to achieve
racial desegregation.
In 1984, William Buck-
ley, the CIA station chief in
Beirut, was kidnapped by
Hezbollah militants (he was
tortured by his captors and
killed in 1985).
In 1987, Massachu-
setts Gov. Michael Dukakis
announced his candidacy for
the Democratic presidential
nomination.
In 1994, figure skater
Tonya Harding pleaded
guilty in Portland, OAregon,
to conspiracy to hinder pros-
ecution for covering up an
attack on rival Nancy Kerri-
gan, avoiding jail but draw-
ing a $100,000 fine.
In 2004, China declared
victory in its fight against
bird f lu, saying it had
“stamped out” all its known
cases.
Today’s Bir thdays:
Country singer Ray Walker
(The Jordanaires) is 87. Game
show host Chuck Woolery is
80. Country singer Robin
Williams is 74. Actor Erik
Estrada is 72. Bluegrass
musician Tim O’Brien (Hot
Rize; Earls of Leicester) is
67. Rock singer-musician
Nancy Wilson (Heart) is 67.
Folk singer Patty Griffin is
57. Actor Kimrie Lewis is 39.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE