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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, May 5, 2022
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M. SCHULZ
Mom doesn’t know how
to tell son about father
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
B.C.
PICKLES
BEETLE BAILEY
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
BY MASTROIANNI AND HART
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I’m in the pro-
Dear Abby: I have a won-
cess of building my first house
derful 12-year-old son, “Oli-
down the street from my par-
ver,” who was conceived during
ents. Recently, my mom told me
a date rape at a work party. I
she wants a key so she and Dad
don’t remember much about
can have access to my house in
that night. When I found out I
case of severe weather. The lay-
was pregnant, I hoped my hus-
out and foundation of my house
band at the time was the father.
J EANNE
are sturdier than theirs. When I
When the baby came, it was ob-
P HILLIPS
told her I didn’t want anyone to
vious he wasn’t, because Oliver
ADVICE
have a key, she got really offend-
is a different race.
ed. It made me feel awful, but
We divorced when Oliver was
Abby, this is my first house, and
2. After I explained what hap-
pened, he offered to be Oliver’s “dad” if I have to give a key to someone when
because he had bonded with him — pro- I don’t want to, it defeats the purpose of
vided he would not have to pay child having my own place.
I have been living with my parents to
support. I agreed.
There have been times when Oliver and save up, and Mom has used guilt trips
his brothers have asked about his brown against me before. My sister and brother-
skin, and I have been able to dodge the in-law agree I shouldn’t give in to her. I
question. He’s getting to an age where I feel like a horrible daughter for refusing
because she’s not the type to snoop, but
don’t think I can hold off much longer.
I’m not sure what to tell him. I don’t there have been instances when I’ve been
think I want him to know he is a product in my room and she has entered without
of rape, nor do I want to throw myself knocking. Should I stick to my guns or
under the bus and say I cheated on his am I wrong? — Daughter In Dilemma
Dear Daughter: It strikes me as some-
dad. Please help. — Looking For Best
what pushy that your mother would ask
Way In Washington
Dear Looking: I fail to understand for a key to your home before it is even
why you would equate “rape” with completed. Because the house symboliz-
“cheating.” What happened wasn’t your es your independence, I don’t think you
fault, and you should feel neither guilt should hand the key over. It may make
nor shame that it happened. While I un- sense to have someone you trust be able
derstand your desire to protect Oliver, to enter if you are traveling or have a pet
you should tell him the truth. When you that needs to be walked while you are
do, be sure to emphasize how much you working. In that event, you may change
and your ex love him and how proud you your mind and see the wisdom in offer-
ing her one.
are that he is your son.
BY MORT WALKER
DAYS GONE BY
100 years ago — 1922
GARFIELD
BY JIM DAVIS
Breaking all records at the Oregon Agricul-
tural College, Miss Mildred Rogers, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Rogers of this city,
plunged 60 feet in a distance plunge at the O.
A. C. swimming tank recently. Fifty-three feet
was the best record made up to this time. Miss
Rogers, who is a freshman at the college, is a
member of the Varsity swimming team and
has won honors in various other swimming
events. While attending high school here she
was prominent as a member of the basketball
team as well as for her skills in swimming.
50 years — 1972
BLONDIE
BY DEAN YOUNG AND JOHN MARSHALL
An elderly couple, eating a picnic lunch in
Roy Raley Park, were startled Thursday when
more than 50 young people marched into the
park and started to hold an anti-war protest.
The couple stayed a few minutes and then
left. Most of the young people were students
from Blue Mountain Community College. The
BMCC student council joined with the National
Student Association in calling for a student
strike Thursday, to protest the escalation of the
Vietnam War. The young people organized at
the Union Pacific Depot at 11 a.m. With a police
escort, they marched down Main Street, then
turned on Court. The students obtained a parade
permit from city officials. At the park, students
and faculty members from BMCC spoke out
against the war, while the many young people
played frisbee, enjoyed the sunshine and passed
a petition for a marijuana referendum.
25 years ago — 1997
The communities of Pendleton and Pilot
Rock have plenty of differences. But they share
one thing — a commitment to the youth of their
communities. And that commitment has begun
to reap benefits. Leadership teams for both
Deacon Perkins’ class at Pilot Rock High and
Brian Schimel’s class at Sunridge Middle School
have been giving back to their communities.
What they are giving is their time and labor, and
sometimes combining a little blood along with
the sweat. Perkins’ class recently participated in
a blood drive while Schimel’s painted the stage at
Pioneer Park. At the start of this week, Pilot Rock
students got out their shovels and began digging
plots at the cemetery, where they are planting a
permanent flower garden. At the end of the week,
Sunridge students will take out their own shov-
els. They’re putting on a petting zoo in Pendle-
ton Grain Grower’s parking lot. The competition
between the two communities is increasing. It’s
a productive rivalry: kids competing against
another in the community service arena.
TODAY IN HISTORY
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY PARKER AND HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
On May 5, 1961, as-
tronaut Alan B. Shepard
Jr. became America’s first
space traveler as he made
a 15-minute suborbital
flight aboard Mercury
capsule Freedom 7.
In 1925, schoolteach-
er John T. Scopes was
charged in Tennessee
with violating a state law
that prohibited teaching
the theory of evolution.
(Scopes was found guilty,
but his conviction was lat-
er set aside.)
In 1942, wartime sugar
rationing began in the
United States.
In 1945, in the only
fatal attack of its kind
during World War II, a
Japanese balloon bomb
exploded on Gearhart
Mountain in Oregon, kill-
ing the pregnant woman
and five children.
In 1973, Secretariat
won the Kentucky Der-
by, the first of his Triple
Crown victories.
In 1994, Singapore
caned American teenager
Michael Fay for vandal-
ism, a day after the sen-
tence was reduced from six
lashes to four in response
to an appeal by President
Bill Clinton.
In 2009, Texas health
officials confirmed the
first death of a U.S. resi-
dent with swine flu.
In 2014, a narrowly di-
vided Supreme Court up-
held Christian prayers at
the start of local council
meetings.
In 2016, former Los
Angeles trash collector
Lonnie Franklin Jr. was
convicted of 10 counts
of murder in the “Grim
Sleeper” serial killings
that targeted poor, young
Black women over two de-
cades.
In 2020, Tyson Foods
said it would resume
limited operation of its
huge pork processing
plant in Waterloo, Iowa,
with enhanced safety
measures, more than two
weeks after closing the
facility because of a coro-
navirus outbreak among
workers. Facebook said it
had removed several ac-
counts and pages linked
to QAnon, taking action
for the first time against
the far-right conspiracy
theory circulated among
Trump supporters.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE