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Friday, June 12, 2015 PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK East Oregonian Page 7A DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Mom sent daughter to college and now is stuck with debt FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER GARFIELD BLONDIE BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE Dear Abby: I am a single woman stressful than you can handle, given who borrowed $80,000 to send my your other obligations. Rather than daughter to college with the under- cut her off cold turkey, give her some standing that she would take over the notice — say a week — to arrange for payments once she was professionally other transportation. Do not apologize established. She is now so “into” her or feel guilty about doing so. You have new lifestyle that she is refusing to been more generous and supportive have contact with her “poor” birth than many people would have. mother. She refuses to take responsi- P.S. You didn’t mention why she Jeanne bility for repaying the loan, which is Phillips lost her driving privileges, but if it’s in my name, and says “tough luck” to still possible for her to reapply for a Advice my stupidity. driver’s license, you should suggest This means I will have to continue it. working until I drop dead. Abby, I am 60. Is Dear Abby: My husband and I are part there any help for me? Has this happened to of a tight-knit social group. There are four other baby boomers? — Poor Birth Mother couples who get together for dinner once In Georgia or twice a week. We all decide on a theme Dear Poor: Sadly, yes it has. And no, there beforehand and bring a dish, potluck-style. isn’t help for you. Because the agreement My problem is that one of the couples will with your daughter was verbal and wasn’t put announce during dinner, “Those potatoes in writing, you don’t have a legal means to are our leftovers from three days ago,” or, force her to assume the loan payments. “We had this for dinner last night.” Dear Abby,KDYHDGLI¿FXOWVLWXDWLRQDW Is it just me, or is that gross? I always work. A co-worker lost her driver’s license prepare something fresh for these dinners, as two years ago, and I began providing her does everyone else. They are not struggling transportation. In the beginning it was occa- for money, and time isn’t the issue. Should sional, but now it’s almost daily. I don’t know I say something? I tend to ignore what they how to get out of this situation because it is bring, but I think they will notice eventually. taking a toll on me and my time. Is this something I should keep my mouth She has somewhat compensated me for shut about? Or is it bad manners to feed gas, but I have two jobs and family obliga- someone else your leftovers? — Potluck In tions that limit my time off, and I just can’t Oregon continue this taxi service. We work side- Dear Potluck: Bad manners? No. by-side at my day job. I care about her and Lacking in tact? Yes. Keep in mind that our friendship, but can no longer continue some dishes taste better the next day, after allowing her hardship to be my hardship. WKH ÀDYRUV KDYH KDG WLPH WR PHOG ,I WKH Abby, please advise how to break the news to other couples in the group feel as you do, her. — Not A Taxi Service the “offending” couple should be informed. Dear Not: Explain it to your co-worker However, if you are the only person who’s just as you have explained it to me — that turned off, then keep your mouth shut and it has become more time-consuming and continue to “pass” on what they bring. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 12, 1915 While here yesterday Col. W.F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) was photographed by Major Lee Moorhouse. The famous old scout was snapped in company with his little grandson %XIIDOR %LOO -U %DUEDUD 6WDQ¿HOG DQG Gertrude Morton, granddaughter of Major Moorhouse. This is the second time Major Moorehouse has taken the picture of Buffalo Bill, the former picture having been taken 13 years ago. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 12, 1965 Pendleton’s water restrictions are to be lifted at 3:30 p.m. today. City water super- intendent Ray Struthers said at mid-morning the work at the Thornhollow site where diesel oil leaked into the water system should be completed this afternoon. Repairs will add ¿YH PLOOLRQ JDOORQV D GD\ WR WKH ZDWHUOLQHV Struthers and city engineer Tony Groh said Thursday the diesel oil in the waterlines did not enter through holes in a rusty pipe, as claimed E\ 8QLRQ 3DFL¿F 5DLOURDG 2QH RI 83¶V refrigerator cars derailed near Thornhollow a week ago Thursday evening and diesel oil from a 1,000-gallon fuel tank spilled onto the ground over the waterlines. A few hours later homeowners began complaining to the city of foul water. The oil leaked through a concrete pipe that has been in the ground since 1913. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 12, 1990 Mushrooms may be nothing more than fungus, but they have fueled a multi-national business originating in Eastern Oregon’s back yard. Recreational and commercial pickers DUH ¿QGLQJ DQ DEXQGDQFH RI PRUHO PXVK- rooms in the Wallowa-Whitman and Malheur national forests. Some of the commercial harvest is staying within Oregon’s borders, EXWDSRUWLRQLVEHLQJVKLSSHGWRWKH3DFL¿F Rim and Canada. Horizon Air, the lone commercial airline serving Eastern Oregon out of the Pendleton Airport, has kept busy for the last month with mushroom shipments to Portland and Seattle. The airline has been shipping 1,350 to 1,500 pounds of mushroom per day, said Rick Nagy, station manager for Horizon Air. 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 163rd day of 2015. There are 202 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 12, 1965, the British government announced that The Beatles would each be made an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace later in the year; the selection sparked criticism, with some MBEs returning their medals in protest. On this date: In 1776, Virginia’s colo- nial legislature became the ¿UVWWRDGRSWD%LOORI5LJKWV In 1920, the Republican national convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated Warren G. Harding for president on the tenth ballot; Calvin Coolidge was nomi- nated for vice president. In 1942, Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl living in Amsterdam, received a diary for her 13th birthday, less than a month STONE SOUP BIG NATE before she and her family went into hiding from the Nazis. In 1956, the Flag of the United States Army was RI¿FLDOO\ DGRSWHG XQGHU DQ executive order signed by President Dwight D. Eisen- hower. In 1964, South African black nationalist Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison along with seven other people, including Walter Sisulu, for committing sabotage against the apartheid regime (all were eventually released, Mandela in 1990). In 1967, the Supreme Court, in Loving v. Virginia, struck down state laws prohibiting interracial marriages. In 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were slashed to death outside her Los Angeles home. (O.J. Simpson was later acquitted of the killings in a criminal trial, but was eventually held liable in a civil action.) Today’s Birthdays: Banker/philanthropist David Rockefeller is 100. Former President George H.W. Bush is 91. Singer Vic Damone is 87. Songwriter Richard M. Sherman is 87. Actor-singer Jim Nabors is 85. Jazz musician Chick Corea is 74. Sportscaster Marv Albert is 74. Singer Roy Harper is 74. Pop singer Len Barry is 73. Actor Roger Aaron Brown is 66. Rock singer-musician John Wetton (Asia, King Crimson) is 66. Rock musician Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) is 64. Country singer-musician Junior Brown is 63. Rock musician John Linnell (They Might Be Giants) is 56. Rapper Grand- master Dee (Whodini) is 53. Actor Michael Muhney is 40. Singer Robyn is 36. Actor Dave Franco is 30. Country singer Chris Young is 30. Thought for Today: “Adventure is not outside man; it is within.” — George Eliot, English novelist (1819- 1880). BY JAN ELLIOT BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
