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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Thursday, January 29, 2015 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ :RPDQ¶VORYHIRUER\IULHQG GRHVQ¶WVSLOORYHUWRKLVVRQ FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I am in a great re- ly told me she is taking me to her lationship with a wonderful man, church where they are making pies “Kevin.” He loves me very much for the homeless. Even though this is and we get along well. I have three DQLFHDFW,GRQ¶WZDQWWREHDSDUW kids — two with special needs — RILWPDLQO\EHFDXVH,DPYHU\VK\ and Kevin loves them and treats them around new people). like his own. 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But is it fair to stay with him if Sometimes when people work together for a ,GRQ¶WORYHKLVVRQWRR"²,Q&RQÀLFW,Q ZRUWK\ FDXVH WKH\ IRUJHW DERXW WKHPVHOYHV 1RUWKHUQ&DOLIRUQLD and their insecurities. I hope you will give 'HDU ,Q &RQÀLFW: Frankly, it depends LWDWU\²LIRQO\VR\RXZRQ¶WEHJURXQGHG XSRQZKHWKHU\RXFDQOHDUQWRORYHWKHER\ Dear Abby: Our waitress in a mid-level <RXVD\\RXGRQ¶WOLNHKLP:K\QRW",VWKH chain restaurant was friendly and helpful, UHDVRQYDOLG",VKHPHDQGLVKRQHVWVSRLOHG EXWKHUWRQJXHZDVSLHUFHGZLWKDVWXG,WLP- RUWRRQHHG\"2UFRXOGLWEHWKDWKH¶VDOLYLQJ paired her speech, making her hard to under- UHPLQGHUWKDW\RXUER\IULHQGRQFHORYHGDQ- VWDQGDQGLWZDVYLVLEOHHYHU\WLPHVKHVSRNH RWKHUZRPDQ" :H DUH SUHWW\ OLEHUDO DERXW PRVW WKLQJV If your relationship is to work, you may EXWLWZDVGLI¿FXOWIRUXVWRHQMR\RXUPHDO need an attitude adjustment. Can you focus :RXOG LW KDYH EHHQ 2. IRU XV WR DVN IRU D RQ WKH SRVLWLYH TXDOLWLHV WKH ER\ KDV" 7KDW GLIIHUHQWZDLWUHVV"²3XW2II,Q7HQQHVVHH ZRXOG EH D JRRG ¿UVW VWHS ,I QRW WKHQ IRU 'HDU3XW2II: Yes. If you preferred that HYHU\RQH¶VVDNHHQGWKHUHODWLRQVKLSQRZ another server help you, it was within your Dear Abby: I am 12 and my mom is part ULJKWVWRDVNIRURQHRUDVNWREHPRYHGWRD of a church group (Unitarian). She recent- WDEOHLQDQRWKHUVHFWLRQRIWKHUHVWDXUDQW DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE <HDUV$JR )URPWKH(DVW2UHJRQLDQ Jan. 29, 1915 For nearly a quarter of a century an inmate RIWKHFRXQW\SRRUIDUPEXWQHYHUPDNLQJKLP- VHOIDEXUGHQXSRQWKHWD[SD\HUVDWDQ\WLPH O.A. Hadley is dead and the peculiar contract which he made with the county court in 1891 is thus cancelled. In that year he deeded to the county a quarter section of land situated XSRQ:HVWRQ PRXQWDLQ ZLWK WKH XQGHUVWDQG- ing that the county give him a home on the poor farm for the rest of his days. Being alone in the world and facing the decline in life, he wanted a home and companions and yet was unwilling to accept charity when he was the RZQHURISURSHUW\,QDOOWKHWLPHKHKDVEHHQ at the county farm except very recently when GHDWKZDVDSSURDFKLQJKHGLGDPDQ¶VZRUN RQWKHIDUPDQGPRUHWKDQHDUQHGKLVERDUG and lodging, according to the superintendent. +H KDG SXUFKDVHG D FHPHWHU\ ORW DW :HVWRQ DQG\HVWHUGD\WKHERG\ZDVVKLSSHGWKHUHIRU interment, the county defraying the expense of the last journey. <HDUV$JR )URPWKH(DVW2UHJRQLDQ Jan. 29, 1965 Has it ever occurred to you that there are WKRVH ZKR DUH ERWK EOLQG DQG PHQWDOO\ LOO" There are such people living as patients at Eastern Oregon State Hospital. For most men- tal patients, just as for anyone else, commu- QLFDWLRQ ZLWK WKH ZRUOG EH\RQG WKH KRVSLWDO ZDOOVLVLPSRUWDQW)RU\HDUVWKHEOLQGPHQ- WDOSDWLHQW¶VZRUOGFRQVLVWHGOLWHUDOO\RIWKRVH WKLQJV KH FRXOG IHHO ZLWK KLV ¿QJHUV RU KHDU with his ears; then things took a turn for the EHWWHU ,Q WKH IDOO RI 0UV 5REHUW 6WLP- mel, now of Bend, along with two co-workers, undertook the tedious task of learning Braille LQ KRSHV RI WHDFKLQJ LW WR WKH EOLQG SDWLHQWV 6KH ZDV DVVLVWHG DQG KHUVHOI LQVWUXFWHG E\ D KRVSLWDOSDWLHQWZKRKDYLQJEHHQEOLQGVLQFH ELUWKKDGEHFRPHDFTXDLQWHGZLWKWKHV\VWHP EHIRUHDGPLWWDQFHWRWKHKRVSLWDO2WKHUIRXQ- GDWLRQEORFNVLQWKHSURJUDPZHUH0UV-RKQ 9HQDEOHDQG0UV+DUROG<RKR0UV9HQDEOH who still works actively in the program, com- PHQWHGWKDW³ZHVLPSO\OHDUQHGWKHV\PEROV with the patients.” <HDUV$JR )URPWKH(DVW2UHJRQLDQ Jan. 29, 1990 Power company crews still were working WRGD\WRUHVWRUHSRZHUWRDUHDVNQRFNHGRXWE\ winds that peaked at 54 mph early this morn- LQJ3DFL¿F3RZHUDQG/LJKWFUHZVZHUHWU\- ing to restore electricity in the Juniper Canyon DUHDQRUWKRI3HQGOHWRQWRGD\'HQQLV0F)DU- ODQG 33/ PDQDJHU VDLG :LUHV DQG WUHHV ZHUHUHSRUWHGGRZQLQVFDWWHUHGDUHDVEXWWKH damage was not nearly as severe as that report- ed Jan. 7 when west winds peaked at 76 mph. 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