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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, January 6, 2016 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Woman still angry at family for ignoring childhood trauma FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER Dear Abby: At the age of 15 I was \RXUIHHOLQJV,WVKRXOGQ¶WEHGRQHLQ UDSHGE\P\¿UVWER\IULHQG,W¶VKRZ an accusatory manner, and you should ,ORVWP\YLUJLQLW\6KRUWO\DIWHUZDUG have no fear of being blamed for your I became severely depressed and UDSH,WZDVQ¶W\RXUIDXOWWKDW\RXZHUH EXOLPLF,EORFNHGP\WUDXPDXQWLO assaulted, and no one should be able to \HDUVODWHUZKHQ,KDGDÀDVKEDFN, PDNH\RXIHHOJXLOW\IRUKDYLQJEHHQ sought out a therapist and have been DYLFWLP²QRWHYHQ\RXUPRWKHU² VHHLQJKLPIRUWKHSDVWVL[PRQWKV ZKR , DP VXUH ZLOO EH VKRFNHG E\ I feel so much resentment and \RXUUHYHODWLRQ Jeanne anger toward my family for not having Phillips Dear Abby,KDYHNQRZQ³-XOLD´ KHOSHGPHWKURXJKWKLVGLI¿FXOWWLPH IRU D ORQJ WLPH 6KH ZDV P\ EHVW Advice 7KH\GLGQ¶WNQRZDERXWWKHUDSHEXW friend in high school and my maid of KRQRUZKHQ,JRWPDUULHG6KHDQGKHU WKH\ NQHZ DERXW P\ HDWLQJ GLVRUGHU DQG ,¶P VXUH WKH\ PXVW KDYH QRWLFHG P\ husband have an open relationship and 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inability to be the parent you needed while VRVKHKHDUVLWVWUDLJKWIURP\RX,IDIWHUWKDW JURZLQJXS,W¶VLPSRUWDQWWKDW\RXZRUNZLWK your refusal to participate in their bedroom \RXUWKHUDSLVWRQKRZWRWDONWRKHUDERXWDOORI DQWLFVFDXVHV³ELWWHUQHVV´WKHQVREHLW DAYS GONE BY GARFIELD BLONDIE DILBERT THE WIZARD OF ID LUANN ZITS BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 6, 1916 7RP % *XUGDQH IRUPHU FKLHI RI WKH 3HQGOHWRQSROLFHGHSDUWPHQWXQGHUWKHDGPLQ- istrations of Mayors Fee and Murphy was last evening appointed to his old position to succeed $OH[ 0DQQLQJ WKH SUHVHQW LQFXPEHQW 7KH appointment was made by the new council and PD\RUDWWKH¿UVWVHVVLRQDIWHUDFDXFXVHDUOLHU LQWKHHYHQLQJKDGGHWHUPLQHGWKDWWKHPDMRULW\ VHQWLPHQW ZDV IRU *XUGDQH 0D\RU %HVW announced at the meeting that inasmuch as no agreement could be reached on a city attorney, WKHSUHVHQWLQFXPEHQW&KDUOHV+&DUWHUKDG NLQGO\FRQVHQWHGWRDFWXQWLOKLVVXFFHVVRUZDV QDPHG,WLVVDLGWKDW0D\RU%HVWDQQRXQFHGWKDW KHDEVROXWHO\ZRXOGQRWVWDQGIRU-5R\5DOH\ city attorney under Murphy, for the reason that that attorney had been actively opposed to him during the mayoralty campaign, even though WZREDOORWVE\WKHFRXQFLOVXSSRUWHG5DOH\ 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 6, 1966 3HQGOHWRQ¿UHPHQPDGHDGUDPDWLFUHVFXH Tuesday of two elderly men from a second VWRU\ ZLQGRZ RI D EXUQLQJ SLRQHHU IDPLO\¶V home, before scores of spectators in downtown 3HQGOHWRQ7KHKRPHDW6(%\HUV$YHQXH is owned by the Cornelison-Moorhouse HVWDWH -0 ³-LPP\´ &RUQHOLVRQ IRUPHU missionary to the Indians at Tutuilla, lives on the JURXQGÀRRURIWKHWKUHHVWRU\KRXVH)LUHPHQ THIS DAY IN HISTORY BY SCOTT ADAMS BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART BY GREG EVANS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN ZKRDUULYHGRQWKHVFHQHVKRUWO\DIWHUSP TXLFNO\UHVSRQGHGZKHQ0UV+HOHQ/DUVRQD resident of the burning building, screamed that KHUHZDVDPDQLQRQHRIWKHVPRNHFORJJHG URRPVXSVWDLUV$VLVWXUQHGRXWWKHUHZHUHWZR PHQVWLOOLQVLGHZKHQ¿UHPDQ$UW+ROPHV-U climbed a ladder placed at the 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