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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, January 16, 2015
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Losing a lung is no deterrent
for man addicted to smoking
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My husband, “Fred,”
lost a lung to cancer 14 years ago due
to smoking. He is one of the lucky
ones to survive a deadly cancer.
Even though he has only one lung,
he continues to smoke “secretly.” I
have begged, offered in-house treat-
ment, anything to get him to stop, to
no avail. What is troublesome is that
Fred is in denial. For the last several
weeks, he has blamed his coughing
and wheezing on “allergies.” He also
chews nicotine gum nonstop. It’s ex-
Dear Abby: I am a rent-paying
adult tenant who lives at home with
my mother. Mom gave a house key
to my sister and brother to be used in
the event of an emergency. On sev-
eral occasions they have used their
key to enter the house unannounced,
startling both me and Mom.
I have asked them to please either
Jeanne
knock
or use the doorbell and wait
Phillips
to be let in when dropping by unan-
Advice
nounced like anyone else would do.
My brother has graciously honored
my request. My sister thinks that because she
when he’s around me, our family and friends. was given a key she has the right to unlock
I am angry, frustrated and sad that Fred the door and come into our home whenever
has chosen cigarettes over having a chance she wants to.
to live, enjoy his grandchildren and grow
old with me. Sometimes I think he doesn’t upsetting. How can I get her to respect my
deserve to still be on this earth because he wishes and honor my privacy in my own
disregards his health after nearly dying from home? Mom agrees with me, but is reluctant
complications after his lung surgery.
to ask my sister to return the key. — Adult
Fred is loving, warm, caring and intelli- Tenant In California
gent — except when it comes to his health.
Dear Adult Tenant: Your sister may feel
What can I do short of leaving him? — Mis- that because the house technically belongs to
erable In Minnesota
your mother (in spite of the fact that you are
Dear Miserable: There is nothing more paying rent) that she doesn’t have to respect
you can do. Your husband is hopelessly ad- your wishes. Unless your mother is willing
dicted to nicotine and he’s incapable of get- to assert herself and tell your sister she feels
ting away from it.
the same way you do, and if it happens again
I doubt you are serious about leaving she wants her house key returned, the prob-
him, and I wouldn’t suggest it anyway. Try lem will continue. At this point, the ball is in
to enjoy the time you have with him, and Mom’s court.
understand that many smokers go to their
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Bu-
graves begging for cigarettes while on their ren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was
deathbeds. It’s not that he doesn’t love you founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.
or that he loves his cigarettes more. He’s Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com
HOOKED.
or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 16, 1915
Hamley & Co., local makers of harness and
saddles, were paid a high compliment when
the McCabe-Dufray Tanning Co. of Eure-
ka, California, selected them out of all their
leather customers to make the saddle which
will occupy a prominent place in the exhib-
upon the saddle today and, from a standpoint
-
est saddle ever manufactured here, Round-up
prize saddles not excepted. Without a bit of
silver or gold mountings, the saddle cost $200.
It is made out of Oak leather and is beautifully
stamped with the acorn design. Not a bit of the
stitching shows and it has several new features
of painstaking handcraft which will commend
it to saddle experts. On the fenders is stamped
the name of the company for which it was
made. The saddle will be placed on exhibition
in the windows of the company’s store tonight.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 16, 1965
George Cooper, 23, is a romantic young
man with a plan. It’s a romantic plan, but
George is also practical, so he’s pretty sure
he’ll succeed. George is in the Air Corps. He’s
been stationed almost all of his four years in
the service at Condon Radar Station. Tuesday
he will be honorable discharged. And he plans
to ride home to Yerington, Nevada on horse-
back. He’s learned to be a cowboy during his
off-duty time in this ranch community. He
two horses, a riding horse from Lee Crabtree,
Ione, and a pack animal from Norman Fro-
man, who lives near the radar station west of
Condon. George will ride southeast, through
Fossil, John Day and Burns into Nevada. It’s a
700-mile trip, and he expects to be on the road
35 or 40 days.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 16, 1990
Once the Condon Blue Devils reached full
speed, they went over, under or around every-
thing the Wheeler Falcons threw in their path
on the way to an 84-55 high school boys bas-
ketball victory Tuesday. It took the Blue Dev-
they did they ran off 12 unanswered points,
building on it the rest of the way. Condon, the
overwhelming No. 1 choice in the most recent
state Class B coaches’ poll, extended its cur-
rent season winning streak to 12 games. Its
-
ry in the state Class B third-place game.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is the 16th day of
2015. There are 349 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Jan. 16, 1865, Union
Maj. Gen. William T. Sher-
man issued Special Field
Order No. 15, which decreed
that 400,000 acres of land in
South Carolina, Georgia and
-
ed, divided into 40-acre lots
and given to former slaves.
(The order, which was later
revoked by President An-
drew Johnson, is believed to
have inspired the expression,
“Forty acres and a mule.”)
On this date:
In 1547, Ivan IV of Russia
(popularly known as “Ivan
the Terrible”) was crowned
Czar.
In 1920, Prohibition be-
gan in the United States as
the 18th Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution took effect,
one year to the day after its
-
STONE SOUP
BIG NATE
pealed by the 21st Amend-
ment.)
In 1935, fugitive gangster
Fred Barker and his moth-
er, Kate “Ma” Barker, were
killed in a shootout with the
FBI at Lake Weir, Florida.
In 1957, three B-52’s took
off from Castle Air Force Base
by jet planes, which lasted 45
hours and 19 minutes.
In 1969, two manned
Soviet Soyuz spaceships
dock in space and transfer
personnel.
In 1978, NASA named 35
shuttle, including Sally K.
Ride, who became America’s
Guion S. Bluford Jr., who
astronaut in space.
In 1991, the White House
announced the start of Oper-
ation Desert Storm to drive
Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
Today’s Birthdays: Au-
thor William Kennedy is 87.
Author-editor Norman Pod-
horetz is 85. Opera singer
Marilyn Horne is 81. Hall of
Fame auto racer A.J. Foyt is
80. Singer Barbara Lynn is
73. Country singer Ronnie
Milsap is 72. Singer Kath-
erine Anderson Schaffner
(The Marvelettes) is 71.
Talk show host Dr. Laura
Schlessinger is 68. Movie di-
rector John Carpenter is 67.
Rock musician Paul Webb
(Talk Talk) is 53. Model
Kate Moss is 41. Country
musician James Young (The
Eli Young Band) is 35. Rock
musician Nick Valensi (The
Strokes) is 34. (TV: “NCIS:
Los Angeles”) is 30.
Thought for Today: “A
fanatic is a man that does
what he thinks th’ Lord wud
do if He knew th’ facts iv th’
case.” — From “Mr. Dool-
ey’s Philosophy” by Finley
Peter Dunne, American hu-
morist (1867-1936).
BY JAN ELLIOT
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE