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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Friend’s constant advice
on all things is irritating
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I have a friend from college
advice you receive. If you ask the question,
I’m really close to, but they have begun an
you may find that your old friend isn’t ques-
tioning your intelligence, but simply trying
annoying habit I need help addressing. We
live more than 1,000 miles apart, and over
to be helpful.
the past six months, I’ve noticed that my
Dear Abby: My niece is getting married.
This has been a very stressful time
friend has been giving me unso-
licited advice on daily tasks that
for her family. My sister calls me
don’t concern them. At first it didn’t
in tears every night because of the
bother me. Now it’s happening three
hurtful things her daughter has said
or four times a week.
to her. Until now, they had a good
I think they mean well, but the
relationship. I know weddings can
“friendly” reminders are begin-
be a nightmare for families, even
ning to come across as condescend-
those who are close, because the
ing. Some examples: If I mention
bride can turn into a “bridezilla.” It
Jeanne
what I’m making for dinner, I’ll be
is her wedding, although my sister
Phillips
is paying for everything.
reminded to make sure the chicken
ADVICE
is cooked to the correct temperature.
Her daughter and the fiance are
I have a vacation planned, and I was
in their 30s and have well-paying
just reminded that in order to go I need to
jobs but are very happy to have my sister
have flights booked.
foot the bill. Sometimes I want to shake my
I’m afraid I may be overreacting, which
niece and tell her to grow up and show some
is why I haven’t said anything. However,
respect. Is there anything I can do to help my
these constant reminders are frustrating and
sister other than listen and be there for her?
leave me with the impression that my friend
I’m getting worried about her health because
thinks I’m stupid or incapable of taking care
of the stress, and she refuses to take care of
of myself. What’s your advice on how to
herself. — Feeling Helpless in the East
handle this? — Not A Kid And Not Stupid
Dear Feeling Helpless: I am sure you
Dear Not: A way to handle it would be
are aware that most couples in their 30s who
to ask your friend why the advice was being
have well-paying jobs foot the bill for their
offered. If you say you’re making chicken
own weddings. Your sister has created this
for dinner and you are advised to be sure
monster with her checkbook. At this point,
it’s cooked to an internal temperature of 165
the most helpful thing you can do for her is
degrees, calmly ask why the person felt it
what you have been doing — letting her vent
was necessary to say it. The same goes for
so she doesn’t blow a gasket from the pres-
your travel plans and any other unsolicited
sure.
DAYS GONE BY FROM THE EAST OREGONIAN
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
Aug. 31, 1921
Notwithstanding he has a bullet in his
brain, thought to have been inflicted by his
own hand, Adolph Anderson, about 21 years
old, was still alive this afternoon shortly
before press time. Anderson, who has been
working for Lee Savely, a prominent rancher
of Butter Creek, 6 miles west of Stanfield,
was discovered this morning shortly after 5
o’clock in one corner of the bunkhouse by his
employer. His forehead had been pierced by a
.22 calibre rifle bullet. He was fully dressed,
and the belief is expressed that he shot himself
after getting up this morning. The young
man is said to have been slightly ill during
the past few days, but he was able to keep up
his work. No reason is known why he should
have attempted his own life.
50 Years Ago
Aug. 31, 1971
The Boeing Co. was expecting its first
truckload of waste today. The waste will be
used to begin working test plots for recycling
wastes from the Portland area, Elton Weeks,
Boeing official at Boardman, said Monday.
Boeing and Columbia Processors Coopera-
tive of Portland want to dispose of most of
the metropolitan Portland area’s waste on the
100,000-acre Boardman tract where Boeing
is planning a huge irrigation development.
The test plots, covering six acres, are located
near the Boeing test stands, ten miles south
of the company’s administration building.
25 Years Ago
Aug. 31, 1996
Sprinkler splash full-tilt at shrubbery,
sod and the occasional parked car. Hallways
bear the dust of construction and the before-
school litter of books and boxes. It’s the 11th
hour for Pendleton High School, which opens
its doors Tuesday to four grades of students
after a summer of hurry-up construction.
Friday morning workers pounded away on
finishing touches that will help welcome staff
and students into a newly remodeled and
expanded high school that gleams from its
north hill perch.
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
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 Aug. 31, 1980,
Poland’s Solidarity labor
movement was born with an
agreement signed in Gdansk
that ended a 17-day-old strike.
In 1886, an earthquake
with an estimated magnitude
of 7.3 devastated Charleston,
South Carolina, killing at
least 60 people, according to
the U.S. Geological Survey.
In 1939, the first issue of
Marvel Comics, featuring the
Human Torch, was published
by Timely Publications in
New York.
In 1972, at the Munich
Summer Olympics, Amer-
ican swimmer Mark Spitz
won his fourth and fifth gold
medals in the 100-meter
butterfly and 800-meter free-
style relay; Soviet gymnast
Olga Korbut won gold medals
in floor exercise and the
balance beam.
In 1986, 82 people were
killed when an Aeromexico
jetliner and a small private
plane collided over Cerri-
tos, California. The Soviet
passenger ship Admiral
Nakhimov collided with a
merchant vessel in the Black
Sea, causing both to sink; up
to 448 people reportedly died.
In 1992, white separatist
Randy Weaver surrendered to
authorities in Naples, Idaho,
ending an 11-day siege by
federal agents that had
claimed the lives of Weav-
er’s wife, son and a deputy
U.S. marshal. (Weaver was
acquitted of murder and all
other charges in connection
with the confrontation; he
was convicted of failing to
appear for trial on firearms
charges and was sentenced
to 18 months in prison but
given credit for 14 months
he’d already served.)
In 1994, the Irish Repub-
lican Army declared a cease-
fire. Russia officially ended
its military presence in the
former East Germany and the
Baltics after half a century.
In 1996, three adults and
four children drowned when
their vehicle rolled into John
D. Long Lake in Union, South
Carolina; they had gone to
see a monument to the sons
of Susan Smith, who had
drowned the two boys in Oct.
1994.
In 1997, Prince Charles
brought Princess Diana home
for the last time, escorting
the body of his former wife
to a Britain that was shocked,
grief-stricken and angered
by her death in a Paris traffic
accident earlier that day.
Today’s Bir thdays:
Rock musician Jerry Allison
(Buddy Holly and the Crick-
ets) is 82. Actor Jack Thomp-
son is 81. Violinist Itzhak
Perlman is 76. Singer Van
Morrison is 76. Rock musi-
cian Rudolf Schenker (The
Scorpions) is 73. Actor Rich-
ard Gere is 72. Actor Stephen
Henderson is 72. Olympic
gold medal track and field
athlete Edwin Moses is 66.
Rock singer Glenn Tilbrook
(Squeeze) is 64. Rock musi-
cian Gina Schock (The
Go-Go’s) is 64. Actor Zack
Ward is 51. Golfer Padraig
Harrington is 50. Actor Chris
Tucker is 49.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE