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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, July 7, 2022
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M. SCHULZ
Overheard conversation
sticks in reader’s mind
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
B.C.
PICKLES
BEETLE BAILEY
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
BY MASTROIANNI AND HART
BY BRIAN CRANE
ment before choosing my ma-
Dear Abby: More than a
jor.
year ago, I heard my co-worker,
I’m confident in my plan; I
whom I consider a friend, talk-
just feel so out of the loop with
ing to another co-worker (who
my friends’ college discussions.
is a gossip) about my belly. I am
Is it OK to feel awkward during
30 pounds overweight, and al-
this transitional period? And is
though I work out regularly, I
it OK to be unsure of what I
still have this paunch from hav-
J EANNE
want to do? — Wondering About
ing had three kids. I am hurt
P HILLIPS
The Future
that she would have said any-
ADVICE
Dear Wondering: Please stop
thing, but she doesn’t know I
being so hard on yourself. You
heard her.
are far from the only young
Occasionally, I see her glance
at my stomach and I’m reminded of what adult who is unsure of what steps they
happened. It is bizarre. Why is she look- should take as they approach adulthood.
ing at my stomach or discussing it with Community college seems like a practi-
someone else? I always admired her and cal solution for you.
Dear Abby: My spouse “cancels” me,
felt she was a friend to me. Should I bring
it up next time she looks at my stomach? and I am no longer willing to accept
I’m having a hard time overcoming the feeling devalued. There has been a seri-
hurt and wonder if I’ve made a mistake ous communication breakdown. Mid-
by considering her a friend. What do you sentence of almost any topic of conver-
sation I begin, he interrupts me with, “I
think? — Soft In The Middle
Dear Soft: You caught your co-work- know already,” “You take too long” or,
er in mid-gossip. Shame on her! If you “I’m busy.” Another response is typical-
wish to tell her you heard what she said ly, “I’ve got work to do,” when, in fact,
and are very hurt by it, you are within he is reading the newspaper or just get-
your rights. Go for it, because she owes ting a cup of coffee. How do I convince
my spouse this is detrimental to our re-
you an apology.
Dear Abby: I am a senior in high lationship, or is getting through to him
school. A lot of my friends are going to even possible? — Woman Who Does Not
four-year colleges, while I’m starting at Matter
Dear Woman: What one does in a sit-
a community college. Many of them are
going far away. They know their majors, uation like this is tell the spouse the cur-
and they’re all very confident in their fu- rent situation is not tolerable, and sug-
ture plans. I can’t help but feel left out, gest counseling to save your marriage. If
even though my community college plan your spouse then refuses, you must de-
will save money and allow me to experi- cide whether to move on.
BY MORT WALKER
DAYS GONE BY
100 years ago
in the East Oregonian
GARFIELD
BY JIM DAVIS
Ralph Spearow was the best all-around
athlete at the University of Oregon in 1922,
with records of 23 feet for the board jump, 13
feet in the pole vault, and 5 feet 11 inches at
high jumping. But his distinction didn’t stop
there. Spearow won high honors carrying a
heavy course in the psychology department.
Neither did he devote all his time to his stud-
ies and athletics, for he had the support of his
family to think of also. He attended to that
by being the regular pastor of the Presbyte-
rian Church at Cottage Grove, a nearby city.
50 years ago
in the East Oregonian
BLONDIE
BY DEAN YOUNG AND JOHN MARSHALL
A year ago Glen E. Ranta, Echo, was
under fire by some of the townspeople
because of his 50 crowing roosters. The
rooster problem was eliminated and he later
admitted to the city council that it did him
a favor in eliminating the roosters. Now
Ranta is going after some farmers in the
area and the Westland Irrigation District.
In the interim between the crowing roost-
ers and Wednesday night, he ripped into the
Echo Police Department last August. Ranta
blamed farmers between Echo and the Stan-
field junction for littering the country road
with fence posts and barbed wire. Mayor
Irvine Howard said the city would write the
county road department to call attention to
the issue.
25 years ago
in the East Oregonian
Rescue teams from Mission and Pendleton
joined forces mid-day to rescue a 71-year-old
woman who was thrown from her horse at the
bottom of a deep ravine. The rescue, which
took more than two hours, involved rescuers
hiking about 200 yards into the brush-clogged
ravine in the foothills of the Blue Mountains.
Tribal police and the Tribal Quick Response
team were already at the scene when the
Pendleton Ambulance arrived. Seven rescue
members worked to remove the victim, Mari-
lyn Lieuallen, from the ravine with the aid of
the rope attached to the truck.
TODAY IN HISTORY
In 1846, U.S. annexation
In 1981, President Ronald Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
TODAY
IN HISTORY
of California was proclaimed
Reagan announced
he was in the final.
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THE WIZARD OF ID
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BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY PARKER AND HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
at Monterey
surren-
On July after
7, the
1976,
the
der
of
a
Mexican
garrison.
United States Military
In 1865,
Academy
at four
West people
Point
were
hanged
in
included female Washing-
cadets
ton, D.C. for conspiring with
for the first time as 119
John Wilkes Booth to assas-
women President
joined the
Class
sinate
Abraham
of
1980.
Lincoln: Lewis Powell (aka
In Payne),
1846, U.S.
Lewis
David annexa-
Herold,
tion
of
California
was
George Atzerodt and Mary
proclaimed
Monterey.
Surratt,
the at
first
woman to
1865, by four
people
be In
executed
the federal
were hanged in Washing-
government.
ton,
for United
conspiring
In D.C.
1898, the
States
with John
Wilkes Booth
annexed
Hawaii.
1930, construction
to In assassinate
President
began
on Boulder
Dam Lewis
(later
Abraham
Lincoln:
Hoover
Powell Dam).
(aka Lewis Payne),
In 1946,
Jimmy Carter,
21,
David
Herold,
George
married
Rosalynn
Smith,
18,
Atzerodt and Mary Sur-
in
Plains, Georgia.
ratt.
In
the United
States
In 1976,
1898,
the United
Military
Academy
at West
States annexed
Hawaii.
Point
female cadets
In included
1930, construction
for the first time as 119 women
began on Boulder Dam
joined the Class of 1980.
(later Hoover Dam).
nominating
In 1946, Arizona
Jimmy Judge
Cart-
Sandra
Day
O’Connor
to
er, 21, married
Rosalynn
become
first female
Smith, 18, the
in Plains,
Geor-
justice
gia. on the U.S. Supreme
Court.
In 1948, six female U.S.
In 1990, the first “Three
Navy
reservists
became
Tenors”
concert took
place the
as
first
women
to
be
sworn
in
opera stars Luciano Pavarotti,
to the regular
Navy.
Placido
Domingo
and Jose
In
2005,
Carreras performed terrorist
amid the
bombings
three Baths
Un-
brick
ruins of in Rome’s
derground
of
Caracalla stations
on the eve and
of the a
double-decker
bus killed
World
Cup championship.
52 In
victims
and Los
four bomb-
2010,
Ange-
ers police
in the worst
attack
on
les
charged
Lonnie
Franklin
Jr. in World
the city’s
London since
War
“Grim
Sleeper” serial kill-
II.
ings.
was
In (Franklin,
2013, Andy who
Murray
sentenced
to death
for the
became the
first British
killings
women
man in of
77 nine
years
to win and
the a
teenage
girl,
died
in
prison
in
Wimbledon title, beating
March
2020
at
the
age
of
67.)
Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5,
Andy Murray
6-4 In
in 2013,
the final.
became
the
British
Today’s first
Birthdays:
man in 77 years to win the
Musician-conductor Doc
Wimbledon title, beating
Severinsen is 95. Pulit-
2016, Micah author
John-
zer In Prize-winning
son,
a
Black
Army
veteran
David McCullough is 89.
who
in Afghanistan,
Rock served
star Ringo
Starr is
opened
fire
on
82. Comedian Dallas
Bill police,
Oddie
killing five officers in an act
is 81. Pop singer David
of vengeance for the fatal
Hodo shootings
(The Village
Peo-
police
of Black
ple)
is
75.
Country
singer
men; the attack ended with
Linda Williams
is 75. by
Ac- a
Johnson
being killed
tor
Shelley
Duvall
is
73.
bomb delivered by a police
Actor Roz Ryan is 71.
robot.
Actor
Billy
Campbell
is
Rock
Today’s
birthdays:
63. Rock
Mark
star
Ringo musician
Starr is 82.
Pop
White David
(Spin Doctors)
is
singer
Hodo (The
60. Actor
Robin
Weigert
Village
People)
is 75.
Coun-
try
singer
Linda
Williams
is
is 53.
Actor
Kirsten
Vang-
75.
Actor
Duvall
is
sness
is Shelley
50. Actor
Troy
73.
Singer-songwriter
Vonda
Garity
is 49. Olympic
sil-
Shepard
is 59. Actor
ver and bronze
medal Amy
fig-
Carlson
is Michelle
54. Actor Kwan
Jorja
ure skater
Fox
is
54.
Olympic
silver
is 42. Rapper Cassidy and
is
bronze
medal
figure
skater
40. Actor
Ross
Malinger
Michelle
is 42.
Rapper
is 38. Pop Kwan
singer
Ally
Her-
Cassidy
is
40.
Country
singer
nandez (Fifth Harmony)
Maddie Font (Maddie and
(TV: “The X Factor”) is
Tae) is 27.
29.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE