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East Oregonian
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COFFEE BREAK
Friday, November 13, 2015
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Obsessive mom can’t bear her
toddler sleeping out of sight
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: When my husband
who would certainly alert you should
and I bought our house, having chil-
anyone attempt to enter your home
dren wasn’t yet on our minds. The
after you and your husband are asleep.
master bedroom is at one end of the
Dear Abby: I have a daughter who
house; the other two bedrooms are at
is now 40 years old. Until she was 17,
the opposite end.
I didn’t know she existed. She lives
Two years into our marriage we
in another state, but we talk often. I
got a surprise blessing — a baby girl.
consider us close.
She’s now 3 and still sleeping in our
Abby, I have been diagnosed with
Jeanne
room in her own toddler bed. She has Phillips cancer and may not have much time
great sleeping habits, and I don’t think
left. I’m only 56. I was 16 when I was
Advice
it would affect her to sleep in another
involved with her mother, homeless at
room.
the time and very naive. My problem
I am the problem. I can’t bear to have is, although I have wracked my brain over the
her at the other end of the house. All I can years I cannot remember actually having sex
think about are horror stories of babies and with her mother.
small children being snatched from their beds
Nevertheless, I love this person very much
(from the window) while the parents sleep. and it would break my heart (and hers) if she
What if something happens and I don’t wake wasn’t mine. Should I tell her in case she
up? This may seem ridiculous to some, but might want to track down who her father is,
it’s a real fear for me. Can you offer some if it’s not me? I don’t know how I’d approach
advice? — Paranoid Mommy In South her for a DNA test. — Urgent Dad In The
Carolina
Usa
Dear Mommy: Baby monitors (and
Dear Urgent: I’m so sorry to hear your
cameras) were invented to allay the fears of prognosis. A gentle way to discuss this would
parents who sleep apart from their little ones. be to explain that you have been diagnosed
If that isn’t reassurance enough, consider with cancer and may not have long to live.
changing all the sleeping arrangements until Tell her you love her, that in your heart she
your daughter is a bit older. Put her in one of will always be your daughter, but that you are
the bedrooms at the other end of the house, not 100 percent sure it is biologically true.
and you and your husband take the one next Explain that you are saying it not to hurt or
to hers. Have the baby monitor next to your reject her, but only so that if she is not your
bed so you can hear her if she stirs during the child she may be able to locate the person
night.
who is, and she won’t be fatherless when you
You might also consider getting a dog, are gone.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 13, 1915
Temporary provision for the newly orga-
nized boys’ club was made this morning by
the board of managers of the Commercial
association when it was decided to permit the
boys to use the billiard room of the Commer-
cial association until the present library room
in the city hall is vacated. At the same time
it was decided to sub-rent the Commercial
gymnasium to the Pendleton Athletic Club.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 13, 1965
Nita Kay Bigsby, 16, sustained slight
injuries when her car went out of control
Saturday morning on N.W. 6th Street,
jumped a curb, and came to rest against the
rear of a house. Brakes on the car apparently
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Hammons, on the fairly steep hill on N.W.
6th. The car was severely damaged, with
the gas tank ripped off, and the left side of
the vehicle crushed. Damage to the house of
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a small area of board siding near the rear door
of the dwelling. Pendleton Fire Department
dispatched a truck to the accident scene to
wash down the street and yard of the Ellison
residence, where gasoline from the broken
tank had spilled.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 13, 1990
Irvin and Alma Tucker of Athena made
86 quilts during the past year as part of
the holiday tradition. “You don’t have to
go Christmas shopping that way,” he said.
“Lots of good friends and relatives keep us
busy,” she observed. Irvin Tucker, 82, also
said cutting the pieces keeps arthritis out of
his hands. His wife, 78, likes to keep busy
by joining squares and rectangles together
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the other features polyester blend pieces and a
cotton percale sheet. Irvin Tucker’s daughter,
Beverly Mathwich of Athena, said it takes 80
quilts to supply each family member. Some
are mailed as far as Mississippi. “We’ve got
a lot of in-laws,” Irving Tucker said. “And
out-laws,” his wife added, laughing.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
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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 317th day of
2015. There are 48 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Nov. 13, 1985, some
23,000 residents of Armero,
Colombia, died when a
volcanic mudslide buried
the city.
On this date:
In
1789,
Benjamin
Franklin wrote in a letter to a
friend, Jean-Baptiste Leroy:
“In this world nothing can
be said to be certain, except
death and taxes.”
In 1849, voters in Cali-
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original constitution.
In 1909, 259 men and
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erupted inside a coal mine in
Cherry, Illinois.
In 1927, the Holland
Tunnel opened to the public,
providing access between
lower Manhattan and New
Jersey beneath the Hudson
River.
In 1937, the NBC
Symphony
Orchestra,
formed exclusively for
radio broadcasting, made its
debut.
In 1940, the Walt Disney
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animated segments set to
classical music, had its world
premiere in New York.
In
1942,
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
signed a measure lowering
the minimum draft age from
21 to 18.
In 1956, the U.S.
Supreme Court struck down
laws calling for racial segre-
gation on public city and
state buses.
In 1969, speaking in
Des Moines, Iowa, Vice
President Spiro T. Agnew
accused network television
news departments of bias
and distortion, and urged
viewers to lodge complaints.
In 1974, Karen Silkwood,
a 28-year-old technician and
union activist at the Kerr-
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plant near Crescent, Okla-
homa, died in a car crash
while on her way to meet a
reporter.
In 1982, the Vietnam
Veterans
Memorial,
designed by Maya Lin, was
dedicated on the National
Mall in Washington, D.C.
In 1995, seven people,
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were killed when a bomb
exploded at a military
training facility in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Madeleine Sherwood
is 93. Journalist-author Peter
Arnett is 81. Producer-di-
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Actor Jimmy Hawkins is 74.
Country singer-songwriter
Ray Wylie Hubbard is 69.
Actor Joe Mantegna is 68.
Actress Sheila Frazier is 67.
Actress Frances Conroy is 62.
Musician Andrew Ranken
(The Pogues) is 62. Actress
Tracy Scoggins is 62. Actor
Chris Noth is 61. Actress-co-
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is 60. Actor Rex Linn is 59.
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56. Actor Neil Flynn is 55.
Former NFL quarterback
and College Football Hall
of Famer Vinny Testaverde
is 52. Rock musician Walter
Kibby (Fishbone) is 51.
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel
is 48. Actor Steve Zahn is
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46. Writer-activist Ayaan
Hirsi Ali is 46. Actor Jordan
Bridges is 42. NBA All-Star
Metta World Peace (formerly
Ron Artest) is 36.
Thought for Today:
“I have always imagined
that Paradise will be a kind
of library.” — Jorge Luis
Borges, Argentine author
(1899-1986).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE