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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, November 24, 2016
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Stocking up on staples makes
family happy for the holidays
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: With the holiday
what to give their relatives at
shopping season already here, may
Christmas. And I’m sure that your
I suggest another way to look at gift
generosity is deeply appreciated by
giving? We all want to give the perfect
your family. Thank you for writing.
gift to family members. Some gifts
Dear Abby: My husband and I
can cost a lot of money and some not.
have been dining out with another
I would like people to take a step back
couple about twice a month. We
and consider who they are buying for.
have not been able to entertain them
I stopped buying gifts for my
at our home because it is not easily
Jeanne
parents and sister 10 years ago. Phillips accessible and the man is in a wheel-
Because their money is tight, I have
chair. Over the past several months
Advice
been stocking their pantries with food
his health has declined. His mind is
and staples. I am well off enough
sharp, but his body is weakening.
financially that I have been able to fill their
The last time we met them for dinner, we
freezers with enough meat to last three couldn’t understand what he was saying, so
months or more.
his wife “interpreted.” Also, when he tries to
At Thanksgiving, my husband and I load eat, the food falls out of his mouth onto a bib
up our car and bring the meat with us. Then and from there to the floor.
my mom, sister, grandma and I go to the
Abby, we just don’t know what to do. We
grocery store and buy staples for the pantry really like this couple, but it is nauseating to
and what we need to make freezer meals. watch him eat with food falling out of his
Abby, this takes so much pressure off them.
mouth. Plus, the other patrons at the restau-
Food is expensive. So instead of buying rants are starting to stare. We look forward
Dad that new TV or sound system, or your to your advice. — People Are Starting To
sister that designer handbag, pause and take Stare
a hard look at their situation. Sometimes the
Dear People: If this couple ever needed
need for basics outweighs the desire for the understanding friends, it’s now. Because
latest and greatest gadgets. Even paying a bill you are embarrassed to be seen with them
or two can help. Or gift cards for groceries.
in a restaurant, consider bringing a take-out
I never expect presents from my family; meal to their home. Granted, watching your
all I want is for them to have some freedom friend struggle is painful. But if he’s going
in their lives from the daily worries. — New downhill as rapidly as you say, he needs your
Way Of Gifting
support more than ever, and so does his wife.
Dear New Way: I’m pleased to share your And when he’s gone, you’ll know you did the
letter with readers who may be wondering right thing.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 24, 1916
Because the city many years ago passed
an ordinance placing a prohibitive license
fee upon the selling of remedies or medicines
in a public place in Pendleton, Mr. Haley, a
representative of the Quaker remedies, will
not be able to show here as he had planned.
He asked the council last evening to set aside
the ordinance in his behalf, declaring his
business was bonafide and that he intended
placing the remedies with local drug stores.
The council, however, declined to take such
action. The ordinance, making the license fee
for such operations $50 a day, was passed at
the time that Doctor Berry, an alleged repre-
sentative of the Quaker medicine company,
got himself into disrepute here.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 24, 1966
Hungry livestock that casts eager eyes
at tender flowers and grass in Pendleton
yards had better look elsewhere. The city
council Tuesday asked the staff to draw up
an ordinance prohibiting livestock from
running at large in the city. The action came
after councilman George Winship said, “You
wake up and find a mule eating your daisies
and there’s nothing you can do about it. We
need an ordinance to protect homeowners.”
But Winship’s charge that Umatilla Country
District Attorney Richard Courson has
refused to take action was hotly denied
today.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 24, 1991
Jimmi Kaye Alexander of Milton-Free-
water has won the state Make It Yourself
With Wool contest. The competition on
Nov. 9 in Bend also found a former Heppner
woman, Kimberly Trotter of Beaverton,
capturing the alternate’s title for the senior
division, ages 18-24, just behind Alexander.
The state contest coincided with the Oregon
Sheep Growers Association annual meeting.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
BLONDIE
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
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 329th day of
2016. There are 37 days left
in the year. This is Thanks-
giving Day.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Nov. 24, 1941, the U.S.
Supreme Court, in Edwards
v. California, unanimously
struck down a California
law prohibiting people from
bringing indigent non-resi-
dents into the state.
On this date:
In 1784, Zachary Taylor,
the 12th president of the
United States, was born in
Orange County, Virginia.
In 1859, British naturalist
Charles Darwin published
“On the Origin of Species,”
which explained his theory
of evolution by means of
natural selection.
In 1865, Mississippi
became the first Southern
state to enact laws which
came to be known as “Black
Codes” aimed at limiting the
rights of newly freed blacks;
other states of the former
Confederacy soon followed.
In 1939, British Overseas
Airways Corp. (BOAC) was
formally established.
In 1944, during World
War II, U.S. bombers based
on Saipan attacked Tokyo
in the first raid against the
Japanese capital by land-
based planes.
In 1950, the musical
“Guys and Dolls,” based
on the writings of Damon
Runyon and featuring songs
by Frank Loesser, opened on
Broadway.
In 1963, Jack Ruby shot
and mortally wounded Lee
Harvey Oswald, the accused
assassin of President John F.
Kennedy, in a scene captured
on live television.
In 1969, Apollo 12
splashed down safely in the
Pacific.
In 1971, a hijacker calling
himself “Dan Cooper” (but
who became popularly
known as “D.B. Cooper”)
parachuted from a Northwest
Orient Airlines 727 over
the Pacific Northwest after
receiving $200,000 dollars
in ransom; his fate remains
unknown.
In 1974, the bone
fragments of a 3.2 million-
year-old hominid were
discovered by scientists in
Ethiopia; the skeletal remains
were nicknamed “Lucy.”
In 1985, the hijacking of
an Egyptair jetliner parked
on the ground in Malta
ended violently as Egyptian
commandos stormed the
plane. Fifty-eight people died
in the raid, in addition to two
others killed by the hijackers.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Basketball Hall of Famer
Oscar Robertson is 78.
Country singer Johnny Carver
is 76. Former NFL Commis-
sioner Paul Tagliabue is 76.
Rock drummer Pete Best is
75. Actor-comedian Billy
Connolly is 74. Former
White House news secretary
Marlin Fitzwater is 74.
Former Motion Picture Asso-
ciation of America Chairman
Dan Glickman is 72. Singer
Lee Michaels is 71. Actor
Dwight Schultz is 69. Actor
Stanley Livingston is 66.
Rock musician Clem Burke
(Blondie; The Romantics) is
62. Record producer Terry
Lewis is 60. Actor/director
Ruben Santiago-Hudson is
60. Actress Denise Crosby is
59. Actress Shae D’Lyn is 54.
Rock musician John Squire
(The Stone Roses) is 54.
Rock musician Chad Taylor
(Live) is 46. Actor/writer/
director/producer Stephen
Merchant is 42. Actor Colin
Hanks is 39.
Thought for Today:
“Gratitude can transform
common days into thanks-
givings, turn routine jobs
into joy, and change ordinary
opportunities into blessings.”
— William Arthur Ward,
American writer (1921-
1994).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE