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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, July 1, 2021
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Marijuana use causes longtime
friendship to go up in smoke
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Dear Abby: I recently took a
a textbook narcissist. He responded
cross-country trip to visit my preg-
just like my research showed he
nant best friend before she gives
would. He claims he has no mental
birth. She has a new fiance and soon-
issues, but I learned a lot from this
to-be stepdaughter I hadn’t met
relationship about narcissism and
before. She is 12, and we enjoyed
how to recognize abuse.
some outdoor activities together.
Narcissism is real, but most
I have a marijuana vape pen
people don’t know much about the
signs and difficult behavior. As a
I smoke occasionally to relieve
Jeanne
result of the relationship, I am now
nausea and anxiety. We both live
Phillips
in therapy. My question is, how
in states where it is legal. While
ADVICE
we were outside, I discreetly hit my
(when I’m ready) do I approach
vape pen. The stepdaughter noticed
the dating scene again so I don’t
and later asked my friend if I was
encounter an experience like this?
smoking weed. My best friend proceeded to
— Burned in Pennsylvania
get extremely mad at me for doing it in the
Dear Burned: Continue working with
presence of the girl, and she no longer wants
your therapist. By the time you are finished,
you will know what to look out for. You may
to be my friend.
also realize that there aren’t narcissists lurk-
I have apologized profusely. I have little
experience with kids, and now I’m scared
ing behind every bush. We form healthy rela-
that I have lost my best friend, who refuses
tionships by getting to know people before
to speak to me. Abby, was what I did a friend-
jumping into a live-in relationship. Abus-
ship-breaker? Was I so in the wrong, or is my
ers of both sexes try to gain an advantage
friend being extreme and overreacting? —
over their victims by chipping away at their
Former Friend in Oregon
self-esteem and making them doubt them-
Dear Friend: Your friend is not being
selves. Keep your eyes open and listen to
extreme or overreacting. You vaped in front
your intuition, and you won’t subject yourself
of the child she is going to be responsible for.
to this kind of relationship again.
Underage children should not use marijuana
Dear Abby: My wife and I have been
because it can negatively affect their still-de-
married for 35 years. She’s the best.
veloping brains. Your friend may have ended
However, for the last few years I feel like she
the friendship because she wants to teach the
fits our relationship in between her texting
girl by example to avoid people who do this.
and emails, and not the other way around.
Should I feel hurt or just roll with the times?
What you did showed extremely poor judg-
ment, and I don’t blame her.
— Neglected in Florida
Dear Abby: I dated a man for a year and
Dear Neglected: Neither one. What you
eight months. It seemed to be going great.
should do is tell your wife of 35 years that
The relationship took a turn around the eight-
she is making you feel like No. 3 on her list
month mark. I realized through thorough
of priorities. The squeaky wheel gets the
observation (we lived together) that he was
grease.
DAYS GONE BY
From the East Oregonian
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
July 1, 1921
There is no money for the McKay Creek
project this year despite the fact $225,000
had been allotted for starting operations and
though the project was authorized when the
sundry civil bill was passed on the closing
day of the last congress. This news was made
known here last evening by E.P. Dodd in a
talk at the dinner given at the Elks club to
representatives of the commercial clubs of
the county. In a phone interview this morn-
ing Project Engineer Schilling at Hermis-
ton confirmed Mr. Dodd’s report. Owing to
financial conditions funds anticipated by the
reclamation service have not materialized.
In May the allotment for the McKay project
was reduced from $225,000 to $125,000 and
it now seems hopeless that even this amount
will be forthcoming.
50 Years Ago
July 1, 1971
Does anybody love tumbleweeds? Maybe
the man who put a jingle in his head by
composing “Tumblin’ Tumbleweeds.” But
who else? Yet the tumbleweed, or Russian
thistle, doesn’t appear to be anywhere near
finding a place it’s appreciated. Maybe the
answer is to find a use for it. Three employes
of the Oregon Highway Department may have
a clue for researchers. They notice that: 1.
Tumbleweeds are numerous. 2. They give off
a lot of heat when set afire. “It must be some
kind of oil in them,” said Fred Dorn, Echo, as
he, Nathan Thorpe and Bill Faucett, Herm-
iston, burned tumbleweeds along the Echo
interchange of I-80N Wednesday. A column
of greasy smoke billowed skyward as the men
forked tumbleweeds into a fire. “Maybe you
could make them into presto logs,” Dorn said.
25 Years Ago
July 1, 1996
Steve Jonas of Hermiston is proud of his
“hot rod” of the sport helicopter field. Jonas
has worked 275 hours over the past 1½ years
on his Rotorway Homebuild. This weekend
he finished painting it a sparkly shade of root
beer in preparation for a final FAA inspec-
tion on Tuesday. “It will jump right up,” he
says. “It has more horsepower per weight ratio
than a Corvette. It weighs 934 pounds, but
will carry 510 pounds.” With a cost of about
$68,000, compared to $100,000 and up for an
FAA-approved factory-built craft, “It’s the
most affordable helicopter you can buy that’s
not certified,” he says.
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 July 1, 2015, after
more than a half-century of
hostility, the United States
and Cuba declared they
would reopen embassies in
each other’s capitals, mark-
ing a historic full resto-
ration of diplomatic relations
between the Cold War foes.
In 1863, the pivotal,
three-day Civil War Battle
of Gettysburg, resulting in
a Union victory, began in
Pennsylvania.
In 1867, Canada became
a self-governing dominion
of Great Britain as the Brit-
ish North America Act took
effect.
In 1903, the first Tour
de France began. (It ended
on July 19; the winner was
Maurice Garin.)
In 1944, delegates from
44 countries began meet-
ing at Bretton Woods, New
Hampshire, where they
agreed to establish the Inter-
national Monetary Fund and
the World Bank.
In 1946, the United States
exploded a 20-kiloton atomic
bomb near Bikini Atoll in the
Pacific.
In 1966, the Medicare
federal insurance program
went into effect.
In 1991, President George
H.W. Bush nominated federal
appeals court judge Clar-
ence Thomas to the Supreme
Court, beginning an ulti-
mately successful confir-
mation process marked by
allegations of sexual harass-
ment. Actor Michael Landon,
54, died in Malibu, Califor-
nia.
In 1997, Hong Kong
reverted to Chinese rule after
156 years as a British colony.
Actor Robert Mitchum died
in Santa Barbara, California,
at age 79.
In 2019, 15-year-old Coco
Gauff, the youngest player to
qualify at Wimbledon in the
professional era, defeated
39-year-old Venus Williams
in the first round, 6-4, 6-4.
Today’s Bir thdays:
Actor-dancer Leslie Caron
is 90. Dancer-choreogra-
pher Twyla Tharp is 80.
Rock singer-actor Deborah
Harry is 76. Rock singer Fred
Schneider (B-52s) is 70. Pop
singer Victor Willis (Village
People) is 70. Actor-co-
median Dan Aykroyd is
69. Olympic gold medal
track star Carl Lewis is 60.
Hip-hop artist Missy Elliott
is 50. Actor Liv Tyler is 44.
Actor Lea Seydoux is 36.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE