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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Friday, January 8, 2016 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Helicopter mom turns girls’ squabbles into adult irritation FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: Do you think parents He thinks one of us should take should intervene in arguments him in and complains that we are between 10-year-olds? My daughter, a “bad family” because no one has “Amy,” was playing at a neighbor’s offered to let him live with us. None house with two other girls and they of our retirement plans were made had an argument over something with provisions for him. He is sel¿sh, stupid. The neighbor’s daughter, irritating and untrustworthy. I don’t “Kathy,” started to cry, so her mother want to spend my retirement being asked my daughter and the other girl miserable. What do I do? — Retired Jeanne to leave because they had upset Kathy. Phillips In Chicago Afterward, she called and wanted me Dear Retired: If taking your irre- Advice to punish my daughter for upsetting sponsible brother in would ensure that hers. your retirement would be miserable, I didn’t do it because I think 10-year-olds you shouldn’t do it. Your brother has lived his are old enough to make amends with each life the way he wanted, without consideration other. When Amy explained the situation, I for the consequences. If his retirement plan concluded that Kathy started to cry because was gambling that you and your siblings would she didn’t get what she wanted. The girls were support him for his poor choices, it appears playing with each other again two days later. he has lost that bet, too. As a kindness, direct This isn’t the ¿rst time this has happened, your brother to resources that help low-income but it’s annoying because they make a big seniors. deal out of it. Kathy is an only child and we Dear Abby: My husband and I decided have three children. What do you think about to go our separate ways and have ¿led for this? — Amy’s Mom In Antwerp, Belgium divorce. Although I moved out, we agreed to Dear Amy’s Mom: Hang onto your sense keep prior engagements. One of them is a trip of humor and take “Helicopter Mom’s” to Europe to visit family and friends. suggestions regarding parenting your child When we talked about traveling together, with a grain of salt. Kathy’s mother means my understanding was that it meant sitting next well, but she should stop trying to ¿ght her to each other in the car and on the plane. Now daughter’s battles for her. he is making the hotel arrangements and has Dear Abby: I have two brothers and asked me if he should book a room with two two sisters. We all earned a modest but beds or two separate rooms. This is confusing comfortable living and made plans for our and it’s making me feel awkward. How should retirement — except for one. He blew his I answer? — The Ex-Mrs. In Michigan money on cars, vacations and gambling. He Dear Ex-Mrs.: Be honest. If the idea of retired as early as possible, and because of sharing a room with your almost-ex-husband it he doesn’t get much Social Security. Now makes you uncomfortable, tell him you would prefer separate accommodations. he’s broke. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 8, 1916 The Hermiston city park, between Main street and the railroad, was Àooded Thursday morning and again last evening. With the assistance of another hard freeze and another Àooding the skaters of this city will have a rare treat, a rink in the main part of town. It will doubtless be popularized chieÀy by the busi- ness men in the mornings and early afternoons while after school hours they will give way to the boys and girls that they may have their share of the sport. A skating party has been organized by the high school aggregation for tomorrow evening at the government reserves, six miles east of town. A large ¿re will be built of sagebrush around which weinerfursts will be roasted and enjoyed. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 8, 1966 The Pendleton City Planning Commission Thursday indicated it wanted more time to think before making any decision on a contro- versial apartment housing proposal. A packed house faced the Planning Commission at a hearing to consider whether a special permit should be granted to allow the location of a $400,000 forty-unit apartment complex in a residential area near the library. Those who spoke during the hearing were overwhelmingly opposed to the location of the apartments in the area. On the other hand, at least two of the planning commission members indicated they felt an apartment complex would be putting the land to its highest and best use. The area in contention is bordered on the north by Bailey Ave., on the south by the Umatilla River and on the west by the Main Street Bridge. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 8, 1991 Robert “Bob” Koch of Pendleton and Dr. Richard Koch of Pilot Rock are distantly related. In fact, their ancestors were brothers in a German Lutheran village in Russia. Both were raised by German-speaking parents and pronounce their last name “Cook.” But the Kochs didn’t encounter each other until after Bob moved to the area in the 1960s. Ironically, they discovered the doctor’s grandfather and Bob’s great-great-grandfather were brothers from the town of Kolb (pronounced “culp”), which has since been changed to a Russian name. BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 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 eighth day of 2016. There are 358 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights in History: On Jan. 8, 1918, Pres- ident Woodrow Wilson outlined his Fourteen Points for lasting peace after World War I. Mississippi became the ¿rst state to ratify the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which estab- lished Prohibition. On this date: In 1642, astronomer Galileo Galilei died in Arcetri, Italy. In 1790, President George Washington delivered his ¿rst State of the Union address to Congress in New York. In 1815, the last major engagement of the War of 1812 came to an end as U.S. forces defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans, not having gotten word of the signing of a peace treaty. In 1863, America’s First Transcontinental Railroad had its beginnings as Cali- fornia Gov. Leland Stanford broke ground for the Central Paci¿c Railroad in Sacra- mento. (The transcontinental railroad was completed in Promontory, Utah, in May 1869.) In 1912, the African National Congress was founded in Bloemfontein, South Africa. In 1935, rock-and-roll legend Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi. In 1959, Charles de Gaulle was inaugurated as president of France’s Fifth Republic. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his State of the Union address, declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America.” In 1975, Judge John J. Sirica ordered the early release from prison of Water- gate ¿gures John W. Dean III, Herbert W. Kalmbach and Jeb Stuart Magruder. Democrat Ella Grasso was sworn in as Connecticut’s ¿rst female governor. Opera singer Richard Tucker, 61, died in Kalamazoo, Mich- igan. Today’s Birthdays: Actor-comedian Larry Storch is 93. Broadcast journalist Sander Vanocur is 88. CBS newsman Charles Osgood is 83. Singer Shirley Bassey is 79. Game show host Bob Eubanks is 78. Country-gospel singer Cristy Lane is 76. Rhythm-and- blues singer Anthony Gour- dine (Little Anthony and the Imperials) is 75. Actress Yvette Mimieux is 74. Physicist Stephen Hawking is 74. Singer Juanita Cowart Motley (The Marvelettes) is 72. Rock musician Robby Krieger (The Doors) is 70. Rock singer David Bowie is 69. Movie director John McTiernan is 65. Sing- er-songwriter Ron Sexsmith is 52. Actress Michelle Forbes is 51. Singer R. Kelly is 49. Reggae singer Sean Paul is 43. Aaactress-rock singer Jenny Lewis is 40. Actress Sarah Polley is 37. Thought for Today: “Anxiety never yet success- fully bridged over any chasm.” — *LRYDQQL5XI¿QL Italian writer (1807-1881). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
