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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Career stress impacts
family’s interactions
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I am currently without a job.
down and take a job or two in the mean-
I hesitated to inform my mother because I
time to afford it, as well as to feed your little
was sure her reaction would only add to my
family. As to your mother, who may be
stress. I was right. She constantly corners
worried because you don’t yet have a plan of
me about my efforts to find a job. I talk to
action, explain to her about seeking career
her nearly every day to keep up
counseling and she may calm down.
with how she and my stepfather are
Dear Abby: I’ve been seeing a
doing. Because she never fails to dig
man, “Carson,” on and off for about
into me about my job search prog-
five years. Last year, when I asked
ress, I now find ways to shorten our
him if we were exclusive, he quickly
conversations.
said no, so I went and slept with an ex
I can get a job or two to sustain
and became pregnant. I didn’t reach
my living expenses for the time
out to Carson because I thought the
being. However, I’m trying to hold
baby belonged to my ex, but when
out for a job or career that connects
the baby was born I quickly realized
Jeanne
to my soul passion. Working for
she might be Carson’s. When I told
Phillips
decades in a job that sustains me
him, he immediately denied she was
ADVICE
and my children is no match for the
his but still rekindled our relation-
ship. Abby, he disappears frequently
longing of my passion. (I’m still not
sure what it is.)
and doesn’t answer my calls. What should
How do I curb my mother’s pushing
I do? Leave him? Stay? I do love him. —
me for a resolution without coming off as
Hopeless Romantic in Pennsylvania
annoyed, which I am? I’m sure she wants to
Dear Hopeless Romantic: Have
express her concern, but I want support in my
your child DNA-tested. If it proves she IS
efforts without feeling condemned. Help me,
Carson’s, he should be contributing to his
please. — Annoyed in Alabama
daughter’s support. (The same goes for
Dear Annoyed: I will try. Because you
anyone else you think could be the father.)
still aren’t sure what your “soul passion” is,
It’s important that you understand this man
it’s time to find out. A place to start might
behaves the way he does because he is not
be a career counseling center (some univer-
in love with you and doesn’t care about your
sities have them). Contact one or more and
feelings. He sees other women, just as he did
inquire whether they offer career counseling
the first time around. If this is the way you
and aptitude testing. The test results will tell
want to be treated, continue this relationship.
you what you are best suited for.
If, however, you think you deserve some-
Of course, this service is not offered for
thing — anything — better, end this poor
free, which is why you might want to buckle
excuse for a romance now.
DAYS GONE BY FROM THE EAST OREGONIAN
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
Sept. 14, 1921
There’ll be no real gambling at Happy
Canyon. Though the show will have more
thrills than ever and some especially good
stunts as well as a much larger dancing space
there will be no wheel of fortune offering
really valuable merchandise to those who
try their luck. A suggestion that merchan-
dise, including Indian robes, be given was
overwhelmingly rejected by the board. It was
held it would be a mistake to allow anything
smacking of real gambling, even should the
law permit. To this end there will be many
more policemen than in the past and firm
steps will be taken to check anything that
borders on objectional conduct.
50 Years Ago
Sept. 14, 1971
First you draw a plan, then you make a
model. You get some service clubs interested,
and eventually your project gets under way.
This is the way a new “greenway” is to come
about in Milton-Freewater. A new fire station
is being built to replace the old Freewater
station, and Mayor Barney Pilger said the
city will improve the grounds between the
Community Building and the fire station.
The big lot is already seeded to grass and
shaded by trees. On a tour of the site, the
mayor related a bit of colorful history. He
pointed to a covered water pipe behind the
new fire hall. “This was a well and they had
a terrible time getting all the concrete dug out
when they were starting construction here.
This property was once privately owned,
and the well was the water supply for the
house on the lot. The owner killed his wife
and dumped her into the well, then poured
concrete into it.”
25 Years Ago
Sept. 14, 1996
Once, it was a necessity; catch a wild
horse, throw a saddle on it and put the brav-
est, or most foolhardy, on top of the 1,000-
pound animal to ride it into submission. Later,
it turned into a game among the cowboys.
Today, the wild horse race is a popular event
at the Round-Up and is growing into a full-
fledged sport in its own right. Vern Garrett
has been participating about 27 years and he’s
seen a lot of cowboys hurt over the years. He
credits the “cleaning up” of the sport for part
of its popularity. “The cowboys don’t go out
there drinking and the horses don’t win as
often.”
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 Sept. 14, 1814, Fran-
cis Scott Key was inspired to
write the poem “Defence of
Fort McHenry” (later “The
Star-Spangled Banner”) after
witnessing the American flag
flying over the Maryland fort
following a night of British
naval bombardment during
the War of 1812.
In 1812 , Napoleon
Bonaparte’s troops entered
Moscow following the
Battle of Borodino to find
the Russian city largely aban-
doned and parts set ablaze.
In 1836, former Vice
President Aaron Burr died in
Staten Island, N.Y., at age 80.
In 1861, the first naval
engagement of the Civil War
took place as the USS Colo-
rado attacked and sank the
Confederate private schooner
Judah off Pensacola, Florida.
In 1901, P resident
William McKinley died
in Buffalo, New York, of
gunshot wounds inflicted
by an assassin; Vice Pres-
ident Theodore Roosevelt
succeeded him.
In 1927, modern dance
pioneer Isadora Duncan
died in Nice, France, when
her scarf became entangled
in a wheel of the sports car
she was riding in.
In 1982, Princess Grace
of Monaco, formerly film star
Grace Kelly, died at age 52 of
injuries from a car crash the
day before; Lebanon’s presi-
dent-elect, Bashir Gemayel,
was killed by a bomb.
In 2001, Americans
packed churches and clogged
public squares on a day of
remembrance for the victims
of the Sept. 11 attacks. Presi-
dent George W. Bush prayed
with his Cabinet and attended
services at Washington
National Cathedral, then flew
to New York, where he waded
into the ruins of the World
Trade Center and addressed
rescue workers in a flag-wav-
ing, bullhorn-wielding show
of resolve.
In 2010, Reggie Bush
announced he was forfeiting
his 2005 Heisman title, citing
a scandal over improper
benefits while he was a star
running back at Southern
California; it was the first
time college football’s top
award had been relinquished
by a recipient.
Today’s Bir thdays:
Actor Walter Koenig is 85.
Basketball Hall of Fame
coach Larry Brown is 81.
Singer-actor Joey Heather-
ton is 77. Actor Sam Neill
is 74. Singer Jon “Bowzer”
Bauman (Sha Na Na) is 74.
Actor Robert Wisdom is 68.
Rock musician Steve Berlin
(Los Lobos) is 66. Coun-
try singer-songwriter Beth
Nielsen Chapman is 65.
Actor Mary Crosby is 62.
Singer Morten Harket (a-ha)
is 62. Country singer John
Berry is 62.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE