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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Friday, June 24, 2016 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Free food and internet keep son from fully moving out FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: My 21-year-old son, Dear Abby: My 15-year-old “Evan,” recently moved out to be granddaughter has always been shy with his girlfriend. They live in a and quiet. Boys at school sometimes small apartment and cannot afford approach her to “date.” She likes one a lot beyond the basics, including really sweet boy who is kind of shy internet. They spend every moment at like she is. He held her hand for the irst time recently (she was wearing my house when they are not working. gloves) and she freaked out! Now she They use our internet, eat our food and walks around with her hands in her drink our beverages. I know this may Jeanne sound terrible, but I want my freedom! Phillips pockets when she’s around him. Why is she so afraid? She can’t I don’t feel I should be obligated Advice relax and just like him. Please tell my to give them free food and internet daughter and me how to handle this. every day, considering that they show up with new phones and new speakers in Does my granddaughter need to see a doctor? their cars. When I try to discuss it with them, — Grandma Peggy Dear Grandma Peggy: The person you they accuse me of being “mean.” They don’t should ask about the reason for her extreme comprehend why I feel taken advantage of. If they would come to visit with me reaction after that boy held her hand is your instead of just hanging around, I’d welcome granddaughter. She is either not ready to have it. But neither of them hardly speaks to me a relationship with a boy — not all teens while they’re here. How do I approach this mature at the same rate — or she may not be without making Evan and his girlfriend feel as into the young man as you think she is. If she’s comfortable the way she is, don’t completely unwelcome? — Mom Needing push her. If she indicates to you that she’s Space In Texas Dear Mom: Set some boundaries by unhappy, THAT’s the time to enlist the help telling Evan and his girlfriend a version of of a doctor or licensed mental health profes- what you have written to me. Explain that sional. Dear Abby: Should I be offended that my they’re welcome to come over once a week or twice a month — provided they act like good in-laws set up a college savings fund for my guests while they’re there. Then describe for children but didn’t allow me — only my wife them what that means, including staying off — to be an authorized signer on the accounts? the internet and leaving their new cellphones I am grateful, but I also feel slighted. Am I wrong to feel the way I do about this situa- in the car. And while you’re at it, don’t forget to tion? — Left Out In California Dear Left Out: Right or wrong, your mention that gracious guests occasionally invite their hostess OUT for a bite. That’s not feelings are your feelings. If you want to being “mean”; it’s explaining the facts of life know whether they are valid, while you are they seem to have missed while becoming the thanking them for their generosity, ask your in-laws why they arranged the fund that way. adults they are. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 24, 1916 The 11 year old son of J.N. B. Ross, a farmer living near Hermiston, died at 8 o’clock last evening of injuries received when a dynamite cap with which he was playing exploded. The accident occurred about 3 in the afternoon at the home of Duncan Campbell with whose little son the other boy was playing at the time. Several days before he had found dynamite caps along the river, evidently having been left there by government employees. Yesterday, having learned that they were explosive, he held a lighted match to one. The resulting explosion tore off one hand and terribly lacer- ated his abdomen. In that condition he walked a quarter of a mile to his home were he lost consciousness. Two physicians labored with him until his death, but it was evident from the irst that his injuries were fatal. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 24, 1966 Umatilla mayor Bud Draper said Wednesday he is “iring” a hot letter of complaint to Union Paciic oficials in Portland, with a copy going to the public utility commissioner. Mayor Draper said the switching crewmen were selecting empty boxcars out of the long line of cars that have been parked for weeks on the storage track between Umatilla and Irrigon. They moved them into Umatilla and they had the crossing blocked three hours that leads to the ire hall on the north side of the tracks. Other crossings were blocked also, Draper added. The payoff for the irate citizens, according to Mayor Draper, came when the switching crew about 10:30 tossed (said Mayor Draper) a signal fuse into the grass along the tracks, and the police called the city’s volunteer iremen. “While the train crew drank coffee in a nearby cafe the iremen had to put out a blaze they started, and there was a bunch of mad iremen,” concluded Umatilla’s mayor, who is also assistant ire chief. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian June 24, 1991 Nobody is quite sure yet where the frontier wagon came from, but archaeologists have been busy unearthing the nineteenth century treasure from its muddy tomb near Echo. Submerged in a pool of murky water and held tightly in place by soil and stones, the wagon slowly is emerging from the muck of 100 years. The archaeological dig is close to Fort Henrietta, the site of the irst framed building seen by Oregon Trail emigrants on their journey west. John Woodward, an archaeol- ogist from Mount Hood Community College in Gresham, and his students were excavating last week in several locations near the fort. 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 176th day of 2016. There are 190 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 24, 1946, Fred M. Vinson was sworn in as the 13th chief justice of the United States, succeeding the late Harlan F. Stone. On this date: In 1509, Henry VIII was crowned king of England; his wife, Catherine of Aragon, was crowned queen consort. In 1793, the irst repub- lican constitution in France was adopted. In 1880, “O Canada,” the future Canadian national anthem, was irst performed in Quebec City. In 1908, Grover Cleve- land, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, died in Princeton, New Jersey, at age 71. In 1939, the Southeast Asian country Siam changed its name to Thailand. (It went back to being Siam in 1945, then became Thailand once again in 1949.) In 1940, France signed an armistice with Italy during World War II. In 1948, Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the western allies to organize the Berlin Airlift. In 1964, AT&T inaugurated commercial “Picturephone” service between New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C. (the service, however, never caught on). In 1968, “Resurrec- tion City,” a shantytown constructed as part of the Poor People’s March on Washington, D.C., was closed down by authorities. Today’s Birthdays: Rock singer Arthur Brown is 74. Actress Michele Lee is 74. Actor-director Georg Stanford Brown is 73. Rock musician Jeff Beck is 72. Rock singer Colin Blun- stone (The Zombies) is 71. Musician Mick Fleetwood is 69. Actor Peter Weller is 69. Rock musician John Illsley (Dire Straits) is 67. Actress Nancy Allen is 66. Reggae singer Derrick Simpson (Black Uhuru) is 66. Actor Joe Penny is 60. Reggae singer Astro (UB40) is 59. Singer-musician Andy McCluskey (Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark) is 57. Actor Iain Glen is 55. Rock singer Curt Smith is 55. Actress-producer Mindy Kaling is 37. Thought for Today: “You are what you settle for.” — Janis Joplin, American blues and rock singer (1943-1970). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
