Page 6B East Oregonian COFFEE BREAK Tuesday, July 28, 2015 PEANUTS BY CHARLES M. SCHULZ DEAR ABBY Woman discovers man’s eyes aren’t wandering by accident Dear Abby: I am a 58-year-old, Dear Abby: My daughter is a twice divorced, hard-working, 29-year-old new mother. I know middle-class female. I spend most of times have changed since I was a new my time working and involved with mom, but the restrictions my daughter my three adult children. About a year has put on visiting her and my new FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON ago I started dating someone. He is 63, grandson are unrealistic. very helpful and claims he’s madly Since his birth three weeks ago, in love with me and appreciates this I have seen him only once — at the opportunity for a normal, wholesome Jeanne hospital. She has taken him on two life. Phillips outings: one where there were 10 Occasionally I’ll catch him staring Advice people and another where there were at women’s butts. It bothers me a bit, more than 100. (My grandson has but oh well, he’s a man. Last week our not yet received any of his childhood family went camping. At least a dozen times vaccinations.) I saw him position himself so that he could My daughter now says that when I visit, stare at my 40-year-old daughter’s behind. I must change into freshly washed clothes Keep in mind, my daughter dresses VERY before entering her house. She’s afraid that the conservatively, and this trip was almost all secondhand smoke will harm him. B.C. BY jeans and T-shirts. I’m not unintelligent. I have bought disin- As we were packed up and ready to head fectants to spray on myself, as well as breath home, she said she had to relieve herself and strips. I also wash my hands, arms and face headed into the bushes (this is a remote camp- before I hold him. Am I unrealistic in thinking ground). Instead of my boyfriend looking the she’s asking too much, or should I say some- other way as we all did, he stared and gawked thing to her and let her know how much she in her direction obviously trying to sneak a has hurt me? — Crying Day And Night peek! Dear Crying: I do think you should talk to Abby, I am devastated and disgusted. your daughter. What she may be trying to do Please give me your take on this. — Normal is encourage you to quit smoking. I doubt that Or Not In New York she’s doing it to be hurtful. Dear Normal: For a man to look at Her motivation may be that she knows women’s body parts is normal, but what how unhealthy smoking is and would like PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE your boyfriend did goes beyond that. For you to be around until your grandchild is well him to try to sneak a peek at your daughter into adulthood. The odds of that happening while she relieved herself indicates that he is ZLOOEHKLJKHULI\RXFDQ¿QGDZD\WRJLYH a voyeur. Now you must determine whether up tobacco. And when you do, consider he just takes advantage of an opportunity or putting all the money you save — and it will he actively seeks it out, which could present a be plenty — into an education fund for your problem in the future. grandson.

DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago away by the wall of water that resulted From the East Oregonian from heavy rain up the canyon. The water BY MORT WALKER July 27-28, 1915 destroyed the Redman home carrying parts An interesting relic of early days was RILWLQWRWKHULYHU7KHÀRRG²RQHRIWZR plowed up last week on the old James Taylor that hit this area — washed out half a mile place about one and one half miles above RI 8QLRQ 3DFL¿F 5DLOURDG LQ WKH 1ROLQ DUHD Echo, being a four and one-half pound solid and devastated county roads in Spears, Lane iron cannon ball, three and one-fourth inches and Mud Springs canyons. Redman was in in diameter. In early days Fort Henrietta stood St. Anthony’s Hospital suffering from shock just across the Umatilla river from where the and bruises along with Curtis Redman, 9, town of Echo stands. The old fort was equipt and Chris Redman, two of the couple’s four with two brass cannon which were thrown children. Bill Adams, a neighbor, is credited LQWR WKH ZHOO DQG WKH ZHOO ¿OOHG XS DW WKH with saving the lives of two of the children. time the well was abandoned by the whites 25 Years Ago in 1857, to keep them from falling into the From the East Oregonian BY JIM DAVIS hands of the Indians. A short time afterwards July 27-28, 1990 the Indians burned the fort but they did not The Pendleton Police Department will be recover the cannon and they are generally moving to new facilities at what once was supposed to still be at the bottom of the old the Western Heritage Bank building at 109 well. The exact location of which no one now S.W. Court Ave. The Pendleton City Council knows. It is highly probable that this cannon agreed to purchase the building for $160,000 EDOOZDVDWRQHWLPH¿UHGIURPRQHRIWKHROG from the Resolution Trust Corporation, the cannon. federal agency managing the Benj. Franklin 50 Years Ago Bank assets. The purchase of the building is From the East Oregonian being touted as an answer to a long-standing July 27-28, 1965 need to increase space at city hall while A young mother was swept away last also accommodating new 911 emergency QLJKWLQDÀDVKÀRRGWKDWURDUHGGRZQ6SHDUV telephone equipment that will be installed in BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE Canyon about 12 miles west Pendleton. Mrs. the police department. The police department Edwin A. Redman, about 30, was carried now is in the bottom of city hall.

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