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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Overbearing boyfriend
ruins family get-togethers
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Dear Abby: We get our children
time, I have entertained the notion of
keeping it and giving it to my future
and grandchildren together twice a
year. Our oldest daughter is divorced
life partner, should I meet someone I
and, unfortunately, has a significant
care for that deeply. Your guidance
other the rest of our family cannot
would be greatly appreciated. —
stand. He’s an arrogant, competitive
Romancing the Stone
know-it-all.
Dear Romancing: Promise
We have been around him only
rings symbolize the promise of a
Jeanne
twice — the last two times the
proposal of marriage. In the case
Phillips
of your former girlfriend, it didn’t
family got together. The second
ADVICE
time was a disaster for the rest of us.
pan out. Because the two of you still
Should we tell her we don’t want to
communicate, why not mention to
her that you have the stone and ask
invite him this year, and how do we
if she would like to have it. If she says no, you
say it? Or should we not tell her? — Tenta-
tive in Florida
can always offer it to someone else, although
Dear Tentative: Talk to your daughter
I can’t promise the lady will be eager to
about this. When you do, have handy a list of
receive a souvenir of a failed relationship.
the ways he offended your family members
Dear Abby: A friend of mine has a
at the gathering. Her significant other may
70-pound dog that behaves badly. When I
be so self-centered he doesn’t realize he’s
visit her, it sprints out of the front door, bark-
being obnoxious.
ing, and jumps on my car. It has left 3½-inch-
Ask her to ask him to dial back his need to
long deep scratches on two of my vehicles.
compete, impress, cover for his own insecu-
She yells at it, and eventually the dog stops,
but not before jumping on me and leaving me
rity — whatever drives him. Then give him
muddied and snagged.
one more chance. If that fails, do not invite
This friend is due to have a baby, and I am
him again, and tell her why. You can always
sure she will be inviting me over to meet the
see your daughter separately, I assume, and
baby soon. How can I avoid further damage
so can her siblings.
Dear Abby: I had a relationship with
to my car and clothing without damaging my
friendship? — Assaulted in Austin
a wonderful woman for almost six years.
Dear Assaulted: The obvious answer is
During the course of our relationship, I
purchased a rather expensive precious stone
to find the courage to tell your friend you
— exactly what she wanted — with the intent
are willing to visit only if she confines her
of giving it to her as a promise ring. (Neither
dog so it won’t cause further damage to you
of us are fans of the institution of marriage.)
and your property. And while you are at it,
We have since gone our separate ways, but
mention that you are concerned about her
we still communicate.
baby’s safety. Her dog’s lack of discipline
Because it was purchased for her, I am
poses a distinct danger to her defenseless and
tempted to give her the stone. At the same
vulnerable little one.
DAYS GONE BY
From the East Oregonian
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
May 4, 1921
Don Chase, fireman at the Hammond mill,
recently invented an elastic fishing line, which
he claims will do away with the necessity of
using a reel, as the line lengthens or shortens
itself with the movement of the hooked fish,
25 yards of this elastic line being as good as
50 yards of the ordinary kind. Chase made
an official test of his line on Big Creek Satur-
day and aside from the fact that the line broke
when he hooked the biggest fish that ever
entered Big Creek, it worked fine.
50 Years Ago
May 4, 1971
The Pendleton School Board Monday
night approved a request to allow St. Joseph’s
Academy students to attend Pendleton public
schools on a half-day basis next year. Dr.
Donald Smith, president of the St. Mary’s
Parish Council, said there would be less
sisters available next year and it would be
necessary to hire three or four lay teachers
unless the approximately 40 students could
attend public schools. Classes at the public
schools which would be attended by the St.
Joseph’s students would include physical
education, science and art. The students still
would receive religion, English, math and
other classes at the academy.
25 Years Ago
May 4, 1996
Even though it was pretty much a given the
Hermiston was going to sweep the less-tal-
ented Mountain View Cougars in their Inter-
mountain Conference softball doubleheader
Friday afternoon, there still was a little
suspense. Questions needed to be answered.
Just how many hits could the Bulldogs get
in a row? And how many hits would pitcher
Katie Barnett surrender? The answers: 10 and
none. The Bulldogs crushed the Cougars 16-0
and 11-0 as Barnett pitched two no-hitters. It
was Barnett’s fourth and fifth no-hitters of the
season and the first time in her career she has
put up all zeroes in two games on the same day.
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 May 4, 1961, the first
group of “Freedom Riders”
left Washington, D.C., to
challenge racial segregation
on interstate buses and in bus
terminals.
In 1626, Dutch explorer
Peter Minuit landed on pres-
ent-day Manhattan Island.
In 1776, Rhode Island
declared its freedom from
England, two months before
the Declaration of Indepen-
dence was adopted.
In 1886, at Haymarket
Square in Chicago, a labor
demonstration for an 8-hour
work day turned into a deadly
riot when a bomb exploded.
In 1932, mobster Al
Capone, convicted of
income-tax evasion, entered
the federal penitentiary in
Atlanta. (Capone was later
transferred to Alcatraz
Island.)
In 1942, the Battle of the
Coral Sea, the first naval
clash fought entirely with
carrier aircraft, began in the
Pacific during World War II.
(The outcome was consid-
ered a tactical victory for
Japan, but ultimately a stra-
tegic one for the Allies.)
In 1945, during World
War II, German forces in the
Netherlands, Denmark and
northwest Germany agreed
to surrender.
In 1959, the first Grammy
Awards ceremony was held
at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Domenico Modugno won
Record of the Year and Song
of the Year for “Nel Blu
Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)”;
Henry Mancini won Album
of the Year for “The Music
from Peter Gunn.”
In 1970, Ohio National
Guardsmen opened fire
during an anti-war protest at
Kent State University, killing
four students and wounding
nine others.
In 1998, Unabomber
Theodore Kaczynski was
given four life sentences plus
30 years by a federal judge
in Sacramento, California,
under a plea agreement that
spared him the death penalty.
In 2006, a federal judge
sentenced Zacarias Mouss-
aoui to life in prison for his
role in the 9/11 attacks, tell-
ing the convicted terrorist,
“You will die with a whim-
per.”
In 2010, a Pakistani-born
U.S. citizen was charged
with terrorism and attempt-
ing to use a weapon of mass
destruction in the botched
Times Square bombing.
(Faisal Shahzad later pleaded
guilty to plotting to set off the
propane-and-gasoline bomb
in an SUV and was sentenced
to life in prison.)
Today’s Birthdays: Kath-
erine Jackson, matriarch of
the Jackson musical family,
is 91. Jazz musician Ron
Carter is 84. Irish musician
Darryl Hunt (The Pogues)
is 71. Violinist Soozie Tyrell
(Bruce Springsteen and the
E Street Band) is 64. Actor
Mary McDonough is 60.
Comedian Ana Gasteyer is
54. Actor Will Arnett is 51.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE