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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, June 3, 2021
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
After 23 years, husband reveals
a frighteningly short fuse
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Dear Abby: My husband and I
be at peace at all times. — Wants
have been together 23 years. A few
To Prepare
Dear Wants: Because you didn’t
years ago, he told a friend of his he
wasn’t in love with or attracted to
specify how many roommates you
me. I’m the same 5-foot-6-inch,
will be sharing your space with, I
will assume there are more than
135-pound woman he married.
Recently, he has become increas-
one — which may place you in the
ingly short-tempered.
minority. Be open and honest with
them about your desire for neat-
He gets angry at every driver on
Jeanne
the road, he destroyed the vacuum
ness and tidiness. They may not be
Phillips
when it stopped working and
as particular as you are, but it will
ADVICE
recently went after our 10-pound
provide you the opportunity to live
with different kinds of people. As
rescue dog for peeing when he
yelled at him. I intervened when he
to the peace and quiet you crave,
started screaming that he would kill the dog.
if adapting to each other’s schedules isn’t
He then turned on me, yelling and breaking
possible, consider heading to the library to
find the peace and quiet you need. I wish
things.
you luck.
I’ve never seen him this angry, and I am
afraid it’s escalating and he will physically
Dear Abby: I am retired, so I have free
harm the dog or me. Is it time to leave? He’s
time on my hands. Recently, while doing a
favor for a neighbor couple, I was standing
no longer the man I married. — Fearful in
on their porch when a board broke and one of
Texas
Dear Fearful: What you are describing
my legs went through up to my thigh. They
is not normal behavior. Contact your doctor
expressed concern at the time, and I told
about the drastic change in your husband’s
them I thought I was OK.
personality because it could be symptomatic
The next day, my knee and upper thigh
of a serious illness. After that, the next time
were swollen and bruised. My leg is improv-
ing each day, and for that I’m thankful. This
he presents a physical danger, call the police
and ensure your safety by leaving. And if you
happened more than two weeks ago, and I
do, take your rescue dog with you.
have not gotten a phone call or anything else
Dear Abby: I am about to start my
from these neighbors. Have people really
gotten that insensitive, or am I making a big
new college experience, but I have a few
deal out of nothing? — Old School in Geor-
concerns. I’m very picky, and I enjoy my
alone time. I like to keep my space clean and
gia
tidy, and I’m afraid my roommate(s) will be
Dear Old School: No, you are not
slobs and I’ll end up cleaning up after them. I
making a big deal out of nothing. And yes,
also need alone time so I can focus on myself
some people have become that insensitive.
to recoup after a long day. When I’m here at
The reason for your neighbors’ silence may
be lack of empathy, or it could be fear of a
home I will usually do that in my bedroom.
But if I have roommates, that will be diffi-
lawsuit. Or they may have thought it was
cult to do. I guess I’m asking how to find a
unnecessary to check further because you
happy medium so my roommates and I can
said you were OK.
DAYS GONE BY FROM THE EAST OREGONIAN
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
June 3, 1921
The Round-Up Association has its eye on
a new attraction that may be secured for the
big show this fall in the person of Frank Tret-
rowski, an employe of Penland Bros. Trans-
fer Co. The demand for his services grew out
of an incident yesterday afternoon in which
he figured as the chief thrill maker. In some
way Tretrowski lost his balance Thursday
afternoon while driving a team of mules to
a delivery wagon. He was precipitated to
the tongue of the wagon. His team became
frightened and started to run west on Court
street. He had one arm hooked over the pole
and the lines dangled through his other hand.
He was yelling to the team to stop, but they
maintained their rapid run, and he balanced
himself in his perilous position. The team
turned south on Aura street and were stopped
within the first block. No damage was done,
but onlookers expected to see Tretrowski
picked up in pieces.
50 Years Ago
June 3, 1971
Rachel Brunner, a 1970 Round-Up prin-
cess, will spend the summer in Austra-
lia because of an invitation she and other
members of the court received last year in
Cheyenne. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bauman
live on a cattle ranch 22 miles from Dingo,
TODAY IN HISTORY
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Queensland, Australia. They met the
Round-Up court last year when the Pendle-
ton group visited the Cheyenne Frontier Days.
“If any of you can ever get to Australia, be
sure to visit us,” they said. Rachel, a student
at Washington State University, wrote to the
Baumans and her mother, Barbara Brunner,
sent the Round-Up edition of the East Orego-
nian to them. “They invited me to work for
them, doing odd jobs and helping with the
cattle,” Rachel said. She realizes that it will
be winter in Australia, but the Baumans told
her they have mild weather.
25 Years Ago
June 3, 1996
A second mammoth bone has likely been
discovered on land slated to become a golf
course on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
“We took measures to protect it,” said Jeff Van
Pelt, manager of the tribal Cultural Resources
Protection Program, adding that the latest
discovery has yet to be positively identified.
Preserving the site rather than excavating is
a sensible approach, according the archae-
ologist for the State Historic Preservation
Office. As for the latest discovery, an Oregon
State University anthropologist is returning
to the reservation to study the bone, which
tribal officials came across within a week of
unearthing a four-pound hairy mammoth
tooth.
On June 3, 1989, Iran’s
spiritual leader, Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini, died.
On the same day, Chinese
army troops began their
sweep of Beijing to crush
student-led pro-democracy
demonstrations.
In 1861, Illinois Sen.
Stephen A. Douglas, the
Democratic presidential
nominee in the 1860 election,
died in Chicago of typhoid
fever; he was 48.
In 1943, Los Angeles saw
the beginning of its “Zoot
Suit Riots” as white service-
men clashed with young
Latinos wearing distinc-
tive-looking zoot suits; the
violence finally ended when
military officials declared
the city off limits to enlisted
personnel.
In 1948, the 200-inch
reflecting Hale Telescope
at the Palomar Mountain
Observatory in California
was dedicated.
In 1962, Air France Flight
007, a U.S.-bound Boeing
707, crashed while attempt-
ing to take off from Orly
Airport near Paris; all but
two of the 132 people aboard
were killed.
In 1965, ast ronaut
Edward H. White became
the first American to “walk”
in space during the flight of
Gemini 4.
In 1977, the United States
and Cuba agreed to set up
diplomatic interests sections
in each other’s countries;
Cuba also announced the
immediate release of 10
Americans jailed on drug
charges.
In 2008, Barack Obama
claimed the Democratic pres-
idential nomination, speak-
ing in the same St. Paul,
Minnesota, arena where
Republicans would be hold-
ing their national convention
in September 2008.
Today’s Birthdays: The
former president of Cuba,
Raul Castro, is 90. World Golf
Hall of Famer Hale Irwin is
76. Singer Dan Hill is 67. TV
host Anderson Cooper is 54.
Actor Vik Sahay is 50. R&B
singer Lyfe Jennings is 48.
Actor Arianne Zucker is 47.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE