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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Thursday, January 5, 2017 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Relative says family fundraiser has gone to the well too often FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER Dear Abby: A family member I was horrified to see one of their dogs keeps setting up fundraisers every sleeping on one of the pillows I had time she wants to buy something for made for them. When the dog woke her family. If a child needs a special up, it proceeded to scratch itself and class, she asks the relatives to pitch in then drag the hair-covered pillow to pay for it. When her husband wanted through the house. I have been asked to return to college, she brought all the to make a quilt for a disabled child extended family together to see who living at home who also has a dog that could contribute. sleeps on her bed. Jeanne She has now set up a fundraiser Phillips I no longer want to invest my time for family and friends to raise $6,000 and energy after what happened to Advice to send her teenaged daughter to an my gift. I feel unappreciated. Would expensive performing arts camp. I it be wrong to refuse the request and think this is extravagant. If they can’t afford say something about “gift abuse”? — Sew it, they should select a camp they CAN afford Perplexed In The Northwest or have the 16-year-old go out and earn the Dear Sew Perplexed: Verbalizing your money. I also think they should be saving for refusal would be undiplomatic. Regardless college rather than camp. of the fact that your hard work wasn’t This woman’s father was a preacher, and appreciated as you hoped it would be, I do sometimes I think she never got the message not recommend that you accuse the family of that fundraising is usually for charity, not for “gift abuse.” It appears they’re dealing with individuals who happen to need some cash. more important issues right now. Am I wrong to be embarrassed by what she’s Dear Abby: My husband and I have been doing, or is this a new normal? — Embar- together for 21 years. I’m extremely social, rassed In Texas while he is not. For the past six to 10 years he Dear Embarrassed: You say your rela- has become increasingly resistant to going out tive is the daughter of a preacher. There is a in public places, especially when it involves saying in the Bible, “Seek and ye shall find.” getting together with my family or friends. Another way of putting it is, “It never hurts to During last year’s holidays, I pleaded yet ask.” If you feel your relative is using others another “sudden illness” on his behalf. I feel for something that should be her responsi- he makes himself ill with anxiety so he can bility, you are free to just say no, and to do so bow out at the last minute. When I cancel without embarrassment. plans we’ve made — which is often — he Dear Abby: I’m retired and have the time generally “feels better” after we cancel. It’s to sew and quilt projects, which I give as gifts. frustrating. While I am sympathetic, I’m tired I presented a “Quilt of Valor” to my father of making excuses knowing he’s probably to honor his military service. I also gave a fine. What can I do? — Social Butterfly In sibling one of my personalized projects as a Portland, Ore. birthday gift. Dear Butterfly: I think you should go Abby, when we visited their home recently, without him, and stop making excuses. DAYS GONE BY GARFIELD BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 5, 1917 The 640 acre homestead law only went into effect Tuesday but already many applications for entry have been made in this county. Justice of the Peace Joe H. Parkes yesterday assisted nine different men to make entries and has been busy all day today with the same work. None could get 640 acres in one piece but the land office advised Mr. Parkes to accept all applica- tions until instructions from Washington were more definite. All of the land is grazing land. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 5, 1967 There was a lot of slipping and sliding on the way to work this morning, especially on Highway 395 toward Sherwood Heights in Pendleton. Cars, trucks and buses were backed up for hundreds of feet due to the icy road conditions. No serious accidents were reported. An empty school bus near Adams skidded off the road, but no one was hurt. The weatherman said the snow first started to fall at 6 a.m. while the ground was still warm, causing the snow to melt. As the temperature dropped the snow began to freeze to the road prompting the icy driving conditions. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 5, 1992 Gene Britain has been fishing for steel- head on the Umatilla River for 45 years. He drowned a few more worms Thursday in a hole west of Rieth. “This year ain’t any worse, but it could be a lot better,” he said, apparently unaware that this year already is better than last. Jim Phelps, a fisheries biologist with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, said more than 1,300 steelhead migrating up the Columbia took a left at the Umatilla in November and December. The entire count last year was just over 1,100. THIS DAY IN HISTORY BLONDIE DILBERT THE WIZARD OF ID LUANN ZITS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE BY SCOTT ADAMS BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART BY GREG EVANS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN Today is the fifth day of 2017. There are 360 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 5, 1957, Presi- dent Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed assistance to countries to help them resist Communist aggression in what became known as the Eisenhower Doctrine. On this date: In 1781, a British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Virginia. In 1895, French Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, was publicly stripped of his rank. (He was ultimately vindicated.) In 1905, the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals was incorporated in New York State. In 1925, Democrat Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming took office as America’s first female governor, succeeding her late husband, William, following a special election. In 1933, the 30th pres- ident of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, died in Northampton, Massachu- setts, at age 60. Construc- tion began on the Golden Gate Bridge. (Work was completed four years later.) In 1949, in his State of the Union address, President Harry S. Truman labeled his administration the Fair Deal. In 1953, the Samuel Beckett play “Waiting for Godot” premiered in Paris. In 1964, during a visit to the Holy Land, Pope Paul VI met with Patriarch Athenag- oras I of Constantinople in Jerusalem. In 1970, Joseph A. Yablonski, an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency of the United Mine Workers of America, was found murdered with his wife and daughter at their Clarks- ville, Pennsylvania, home. (UMWA President Tony Boyle and seven others were convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, the killings.) “All My Children” premiered on ABC-TV. In 1972, President Richard Nixon announced that he had ordered develop- ment of the space shuttle. Today’s Birthdays: Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale is 89. Actor Robert Duvall is 86. Juan Carlos, former King of Spain, is 79. Singer-musician Athol Guy (The Seekers) is 77. Talk show host Charlie Rose is 75. Actress-director Diane Keaton is 71. Actor Ted Lange is 69. Rhythm- and-blues musician George “Funky” Brown (Kool and the Gang) is 68. Rock musi- cian Chris Stein (Blondie) is 67. Actor Vinnie Jones is 52. Rock musician Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age) is 49. Rock singer Marilyn Manson is 48. Actor Bradley Cooper is 42. Actress January Jones is 39. Thought for Today: “How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.” — George Washington Carver, American educator and scientist (born 1864, died this date in 1943). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE