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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, June 9, 2022
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M. SCHULZ
Daughter doesn’t want
mother’s commentary
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
B.C.
PICKLES
BEETLE BAILEY
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
BY MASTROIANNI AND HART
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I have wrestled
Dear Abby: I am a 29-year-
with this for a year. I thought
old woman in a healthy, loving
I had a good friend. I had a
relationship with my boyfriend
pacemaker implanted, and eight
of 2 1/2 years. We talk about
months later I broke my elbow.
marriage and kids and are com-
Both times I was hospitalized.
mitted to each other. He re-
Not once did she come to see
cently bought a home, and we
me or send a card, even though
live together. My issue is with
J EANNE
she is a card lover. I overlooked
my mother. I feel she won’t be
P HILLIPS
it until my son’s death made me
happy with me until I’m married
ADVICE
rethink our friendship. She sent
and have children.
me some fruit but didn’t make
She and Dad met and were
one call to see how we were do-
married within six months, so
to her, any relationship that lasts longer ing, no visitation, nothing. She didn’t
than that without marriage or an engage- send a sympathy card either.
I now regard her as selfish, and I can
ment must not be the real deal. It has
been extremely frustrating over the past no longer bring myself to be friends
couple of years. She slips in judgmental with her. We all make mistakes, that’s
true, but three times with no support
comments all the time.
If I try to defend my life and our rela- from her is more than I can accept. I
tionship, she says I’m too defensive and now feel we weren’t friends at all. Am I
must be unhappy. If I say nothing, which wrong? We have many dear friends who
has been my approach for the past six were there when we needed them. They
months or so, her snide comments con- cried with us, consoled us, brought food,
tinue. I want a good relationship with stayed with us. Are my feelings valid?
her, but I am not sure where to go from — Abandoned In Florida
Dear Abandoned: Where feelings are
here. Marriage and kids are in our future
but not for some time. Help! — It’s My concerned, there is no “right” or “wrong.”
Sometimes people feel extremely uncom-
Life In Colorado
Dear I.M.L.: Perhaps it’s time to draw fortable about what they should say or
the line. Tell your mother you know she do when a difficult situation arises such
loves you and is concerned for your wel- as an illness, an accident or a death. That
fare, but you do not plan to marry any- your friend made herself absent when
one on her timeline. Then say, calmly, you needed her support is unfortunate.
that her comments are hurtful, and you Not knowing her, I can’t guess her rea-
need her to quit the needling, or she will son, and neither can you. So before YOU
be seeing a lot less of you. Be prepared to abandon HER, you should ask her that
question.
follow through.
BY MORT WALKER
DAYS GONE BY
100 years ago — 1922
GARFIELD
BY JIM DAVIS
After calmly enjoying a repast of several
boxes of strawberries, unknown marauderers
last evening moved a safe from the office of the
Pacific Fruit & Products Co. plant at 414 Main
street into the ante-room, piled sacks of peanuts
upon it and then blew the safe, securing for their
trouble a small amount of cash. Fingerprints,
empty strawberry boxes and the ruined safe
remain as the only evidence. The ante-room
contains sawdust and this is thought to be the
reason for moving the safe, as the sawdust, with
the sacks of peanuts, deadened the sound.
50 years ago — 1972
BLONDIE
BY DEAN YOUNG AND JOHN MARSHALL
A new fire truck has been delivered to the
Irrigon Rural Fire District. Constructed by
Western States Fire Apparatus Co. of Corne-
lius, Ore., on a 900 series Ford truck chassis,
the unit is fitted with a 1,000-gallon tank and a
1,000-gallon per minute pump. The 276 horse-
power provided by the 534 cubic-inch motor,
coupled with a two-range, four-wheel drive,
should give top performance for both house
and brush type fires, Fire Chief Don Adams
said. The truck was delivered by Ken Good and
training sessions were conducted two days by
him. The unit replaces a 1942 Chevrolet truck
with a 500-gallon tank and pump. Adams said it
brings water available on wheels to about 2,500
gallons. The purchase was financed by an eight-
year serial levy. A fire house built several years
ago will house the three units owned by the
district. The fire district was formed in 1946. It
was among the first organized in Oregon.
25 years ago — 1997
“Devotion in Motion” interweaves music
and dance to deliver a Christian message.
Gethsemane Ministries of Portland began the
program in 1994. This inter-denominational
group started by exploring the Biblical roots
of different forms of worship and praise. The
group focused on Hebrew Israeli dance, incor-
porated with Christian songs of praise. Timbrel
(tambourines) became part of the vision.
Patterns with choreography emerged from the
stories of scripture. The group grew, making
the Sons of Zion and the Daughters of Zion inte-
gral parts of the ministry. Now, Gethsemane
Ministries travels with their joyful message
and have participated in the annual “March
for Jesus.” This summer, the group will take
their message on a tour of Europe, as well. First,
however, Pendleton Faith Center is bringing this
moving program to The Salvation Army Center
at Southeast Emigrant and First Street. There
is no admission charge for this unique dance.
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 June 9, 2004,
the body of Ronald Rea-
gan arrived in Washing-
ton to lie in state in the
U.S. Capitol Rotunda be-
fore the 40th president’s
funeral.
In 1915, guitarist, song-
writer and inventor Les
Paul was born in Wauke-
sha, Wisconsin.
In 1940, during World
War II, Norway decided
to surrender to the Nazis,
effective at midnight.
In 1954, during the
Senate Army-McCarthy
hearings, Army special
counsel Joseph N. Welch
berated Sen. Joseph R.
McCarthy, R-Wis., ask-
ing: “Have you no sense
of decency, sir? At long
last, have you left no sense
of decency?”
In 1969, the Sen-
ate confirmed Warren
Burger to be the new
chief justice of the United
States, succeeding Earl
Warren.
In 1972, heavy rains
triggered record flood-
ing in the Black Hills of
South Dakota; the result-
ing disaster left at least
238 people dead and $164
million in damage.
In 1978, leaders of the
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints struck
down a 148-year-old poli-
cy of excluding black men
from the Mormon priest-
hood.
In
1983,
Britain’s
Conservatives, led by
Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher, won a decisive
election victory.
In 1986, the Rogers
Commission released its
report on the Challenger
disaster, criticizing NASA
and rocket-builder Mor-
ton Thiokol for manage-
ment problems leading to
the explosion that claimed
the lives of seven astro-
nauts.
In 1993, the science-
fiction film “Jurassic
Park,” directed by Steven
Spielberg, had its world
premiere in Washington,
D.C.
In 2020, hundreds of
mourners packed a Hous-
ton church for the funeral
of George Floyd, a Black
man whose death during
a Minneapolis arrest in-
spired a worldwide reck-
oning over racial injus-
tice.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE