Tuesday, January 17, 2017
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
East Oregonian
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DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Mom and ex at loggerheads
over daughter’s cellphone
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I bought my
a little help while I am recovering.
11-year-old daughter a cellphone. My
How do I let these people know that
ex does not approve. We have been
their teasing is hurtful? — Wendy In
divorced for six years, and he still
California
can’t get over it. He despises me. He
Dear Wendy: If you have been in
refuses to listen to why I want her to
a cast “many times” over the past few
have a cellphone.
years, your friends may be suffering
While I want her to be respon-
from compassion fatigue. If their
sible with it, I realize she will make
making light of your predicament is
Jeanne
mistakes — which she already has Phillips hurting your feelings, you have to tell
by being on her phone too much. (It
them so. And while you’re at it, tell
Advice
has been taken away from her once.)
them what you DO need from them.
I want her to carry the phone with her
On a slightly different note, don’t
in case of emergencies. If it is confiscated at you think it’s time to determine why you
school, her dad will no doubt tell me, “I told are so accident-prone? Is it clumsiness?
you so.”
Poor vision? Discuss this with your medical
Should I abide by his wishes and not allow provider, because he or she might advise
her to have the phone, or do you think my neurological testing, or even some sessions
points are valid? — Mom With Phone Issue with a licensed mental health professional.
Dear Mom: Wanting your daughter to Please consider this advice.
have the cellphone in case of emergency
Dear Abby: I am a healthy, somewhat
seems valid to me. If you are her custodial older lady with a reasonable appetite who
parent, I think that prerogative belongs to unfortunately sleeps alone. Consequently,
you.
I have a few toys to help me on sleepless
But I do have a question: Who took the nights. One of my biggest worries, however,
phone away from your daughter? If you did is that if I should expire and my loved ones
it because she was abusing the privilege, then discover my toy collection after my demise,
she will learn her lesson if you are consistent. they will be shocked.
If a teacher takes it away from her at school,
I don’t want to give up my toys, but I
there should be consequences and you should am worried about what my loved ones will
ensure that they are enforced.
think of me should I cease to exist before my
Dear Abby: I have an unusual problem. appetite decreases. Surely one of these days it
I’m very accident-prone. Over the past several will. But in the meantime, what happens if I
years I have been in a cast many times, some- die and they discover my secret? — Keeping
times for long periods. My friends constantly A Lid On It
tease me about it when what I’d really
Dear Keeping: What will happen? You
appreciate is a little compassion and maybe will die with a smile on your face.
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
Jan. 16-17, 1917
The first anniversary of the opening of the
Rieth terminal yards was celebrated last night
by an enthusiastic crowd of employes and
their families, assisted by a good delegation
from Pendleton. Yardmaster O.J. McKee,
acting as chairman, gave a splendid talk on
the conditions existing at the opening and
progress during the year, of improvements
and contemplated increase in facilities to be
made during the coming year. A.G. Means
followed with a good talk on community
interests as between the towns of Pendleton
and Rieth, emphasizing the fact very strongly
that what helped one likewise helped the
other.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 16-17, 1967
The Country Trader, a used furniture and
general merchandise store, was leveled by
fire of undetermined origin Sunday night.
Wind-fanned flames were so great at one
time that Highway 11 was closed because
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
they were blowing across the road. The store,
between Milton-Freewater and Walla Walla
near the Milton-Freewater drive-in theater, is
outside most fire protection districts. It was
too far gone to save when a Washington state
rural fire department arrived on the scene.
Fire fighting efforts were limited to saving
two house trailers nearby.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 16-17, 1992
Handling stairs or traversing sidewalk
grates may pose the greatest challenge for
guide-dogs-in-training. But for 4-Hers who
teach them basic obedience, bidding a tearful
farewell to the pups proves most difficult.
Evelyn Larsen oversees nine puppy raisers
through the Pendleton Proud Pups 4-H Club.
Local young people first apply with Guide
Dogs for the Blind Inc., a training center in
San Rafael, Calif. The dog may arrive in two
weeks, or six months if the waiting list is
long. Larsen ensures youngsters travel to San
Rafael for they first dog’s “graduation,” when
training ends and work begins with a visually
impaired person.
Today is the 17th day of
2017. There are 348 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Jan. 17, 1917,
Denmark ceded the Virgin
Islands to the United States
for $25 million.
On this date:
In 1893, the 19th pres-
ident of the United States,
Rutherford B. Hayes, died
in Fremont, Ohio, at age
70. Hawaii’s monarchy
was overthrown as a group
of businessmen and sugar
planters
forced
Queen
Lili’uokalani to abdicate.
In 1945, Soviet and
Polish
forces
liberated
Warsaw during World War
II; Swedish diplomat Raoul
Wallenberg, credited with
saving tens of thousands
of Jews, disappeared in
Hungary while in Soviet
custody.
In 1946, the United
Nations Security Council
held its first meeting, in
London.
In 1961, President Dwight
D. Eisenhower delivered his
farewell address in which
he warned against “the
acquisition of unwarranted
influence, whether sought or
unsought, by the military-in-
dustrial complex.”
Ten years ago: A year
after disclosure of a domestic
spying
program
that
President George W. Bush
maintained was within his
authority to operate, Attorney
General Alberto Gonzales
announced the administra-
tion had shifted its position
and would seek the approval
of an independent panel of
federal judges.
Five years ago: Italian
officials released a recording
of a furious Coast Guard
officer, Capt. Gregorio
De Falco, demanding that
Capt. Francesco Schettino,
commander of the grounded
Costa Concordia, re-board
the ship to direct its evacua-
tion after the vessel rammed
into a reef on Jan. 13.
One year ago: Ahead of
the Iowa caucuses, Demo-
crats Hillary Clinton and
Bernie Sanders engaged in
their most contentious debate
to date, tangling repeatedly in
Charleston, South Carolina,
over who was tougher on
gun control and Wall Street
and how to shape the future
of health care in America.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Betty White is 95.
Former FCC chairman
Newton N. Minow is 91.
Actor James Earl Jones is
86. Talk show host Maury
Povich is 78. Pop singer
Chris Montez is 75. Singer
Steve Earle is 62. Actor-co-
median Steve Harvey is 60.
Actor-comedian Jim Carrey
is 55. Actor Denis O’Hare
is 55. First lady Michelle
Obama is 53. Actor Joshua
Malina is 51. Singer Shabba
Ranks is 51. Rock musician
Jon Wysocki is 49. Rapper
Kid Rock is 46. Actor Freddy
Rodriguez is 42. Actress-
singer Zooey Deschanel
is 37. Singer Ray J is 36.
Actor Diogo Morgado is
36. Country singer Amanda
Wilkinson is 35. NBA
player Dwyane Wade is 35.
Folk-rock musician Jeremiah
Fraites is 31. Actor Jonathan
Keltz is 29. Actress Kathrine
Herzer is 20.
Thought for Today:
“Whether it is the best of
times or the worst of times, it
is the only time we have.” —
Art Buchwald (1925-2007).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE