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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Booklet gives easy tutorial
on how to write a letter
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I’m a freshman in
notes for birthday, shower, wedding
college, blessed to have an internship
and holiday gifts.
in the office of a nonprofit organiza-
My letters booklet provides an
tion. As time goes by, and as trust is
assist for anyone who needs a quick
built, I am being given more responsi-
and easy tutorial. It has also proven to
bilities. One of them is writing letters
be particularly helpful for parents to
for various purposes — thank-you
use as a way to easily teach children
letters, invitations, congratulatory
how to write using proper etiquette.
letters, etc.
Dear Abby: My boyfriend and
Jeanne
When I was in high school, I was Phillips I have been together for four years.
never taught the format for how to
I love him deeply, but I have lied to
Advice
write these kinds of letters. I get
him about certain things. I feel guilty
confused about spacing and how
about it, but I can’t bring myself to
to address people with titles. It’s a shame tell him the truth because he has a temper.
that technology has left my generation so
One lie I told was that I was laid off from
clueless on how to do important stuff. Is there my previous job, but I really quit. He didn’t
a resource for letter writing available from want me quitting, but I did it for my own
you? I need it because I feel awkward always good. I was having a nervous breakdown,
having to ask other staff members. — Clue- and all I felt were negative thoughts when
I worked there. Although I found a better
less Intern In Algonquin, Ill.
Dear Intern: Judging from the high job months later, I never summoned up the
volume of mail I receive, letter composition courage to tell him the truth.
is something that many people besides you
We don’t live together. I’m 24 and he’s 26.
struggle with. I publish a booklet called “How Do you think this lack of communication is a
to Write Letters for All Occasions,” and reason to break up, or am I being too sensitive
among the topics it covers are how to address about his temper? He doesn’t abuse me, but
a senator, member of Congress, clergyperson, he won’t talk to me if he doesn’t have things
etc. It can be ordered by sending your name his way. — Unsure In The West
and mailing address, plus check or money
Dear Unsure: I’m glad you’re not living
order for $7 (U.S. funds), to Dear Abby together because if you were, your problem
Letters Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, would have serious ramifications. Your
IL 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are boyfriend may not be physically abusive, but
included in the price. Keep it in your desk he IS controlling. Subjecting you to the silent
drawer and dip into it as needed. My letters treatment is emotionally abusive, and so was
booklet also contains helpful suggestions for deciding “for” you that you should remain at
writing letters of congratulations, and letters a job that’s stressful and unpleasant.
about difficult subjects to address, such as
You may love this man deeply, but from
letters of condolence for the loss of a parent, my perspective the relationship isn’t a healthy
spouse or child, as well as warm thank-you one. If you want to end it, you are justified.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 16, 1916
Chas. Cross, 18, of Pendleton has admitted
five hold-ups in the last ten days in Portland.
He also robbed a drugstore branch postoffice,
getting a small amount of stamp money. The
government will prosecute. Cross was sent to
the reform school from Pendleton in August
1915 for robbing box cars.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 16, 1966
Frank Tubbs, Adams, is one of 15 top
U.S. farmers named to receive Ford Motor
Co.’s annual Ford Farm efficiency awards for
outstanding agricultural accomplishments.
Tubbs’ award was for wheat production on
his northeastern Oregon ranch. Tubbs has a
five-year average of 55 bushels on 700 acres.
He also grows 300 acres of barley which
yields 1 3/4 tons per acre, and 1,000 acres of
green peas that hit 1 1/2 tons per acre. Tubbs
is past president of Western Wheat Associ-
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
ates, a promotional organization made up of
farmer members from Idaho, Washington and
Oregon. He is a board member of the State
Department of Agriculture, past president of
the Oregon Wheat League, a member of the
Oregon Cattlemen’s Association, and is on
the board of directors of the Oregon-Wash-
ington Pea Growers Association.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 16, 1991
Students in Paulette Johnson’s class are
running a pint-sized business for pint-sized
customers, but the lessons they’re learning
are as big as life. Johnson’s sixth-grade
class at Rocky Heights Elementary School
sells pencils, paper and other supplies
throughout the school in a “store” that
scoots along on wheels. As part of the
district’s “Skills for Adolescence” program,
the student store helps the class learn how
to communicate, how to cope with prob-
lems and how to take responsibility while
having fun at the same time.
Today is the 321st day
of 2016. There are 45 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Nov. 16, 1966, Dr.
Samuel H. Sheppard was
acquitted in his second
trial of murdering his
pregnant wife, Marilyn, in
1954.
On this date:
In 1776, British troops
captured Fort Washington
in New York during the
American Revolution.
In 1885, Canadian rebel
leader Louis Riel was
executed for high treason.
In 1907, Oklahoma
became the 46th state of
the union.
In 1914, the newly
created Federal Reserve
Banks opened in 12 cities.
In 1933, the United
States and the Soviet
Union established diplo-
matic relations.
In 1939, mob boss Al
Capone, ill with syphilis,
was released from prison
after serving 7 1/2 years
for tax evasion and failure
to file tax returns.
In 1945, the United
Nations
Educational,
Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)
was founded at the conclu-
sion of a conference in
London.
In 1959, the Rodgers
and Hammerstein musical
“The Sound of Music”
opened on Broadway.
In 1973, Skylab 4,
carrying a crew of three
astronauts, was launched
from Cape Canaveral on
an 84-day mission.
In 1981, the Senate
confirmed Dr. C. Everett
Koop to be surgeon
general.
Oscar-winning
actor William Holden,
63, was found dead in his
Santa Monica, California,
apartment.
In 1991, former Loui-
siana governor Edwin
Edwards won a landslide
victory in his bid to return
to office, defeating State
Rep. David Duke, a former
Ku Klux Klan leader.
In 1993, President Bill
Clinton signed the Reli-
gious Freedom Restoration
Act, making it harder for
government to interfere
with religious practices.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Clu Gulager is 88. Journalist
Elizabeth Drew is 81. Blues
musician W.C. Clark is 77.
Actress Joanna Pettet is 74.
Actor Steve Railsback is 71.
Actor David Leisure is 66.
Actor Miguel Sandoval is 65.
Actress Marg Helgenberger
is 58. Rock musician Mani is
54. Country singer-musician
Keith Burns (Trick Pony) is 53.
Tennis player Zina Garrison
is 53. Former MLB All-Star
pitcher Dwight Gooden is
52. Jazz singer Diana Krall
is 52. Actor Harry Lennix
is 52. Rock musician Dave
Kushner (Velvet Revolver)
is 50. Actress Lisa Bonet is
49. Actress Tammy Lauren is
48. Rhythm-and-blues singer
Bryan Abrams (Color Me
Badd) is 47. Actress Martha
Plimpton is 46. Actor Michael
Irby is 44. Olympic gold
medal figure skater Oksana
Baiul is 39. Actress Maggie
Gyllenhaal is 39.
Thought for Today: “I
think the government solu-
tion to a problem is usually as
bad as the problem and very
often makes the problem
worse.” — Milton Friedman
(1912-2006).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE