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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Learn to manage anger
before exploding at kids
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
Dear Abby: I am a 23-year-old
temper so your children won’t grow
woman, and I know I should have
up thinking that verbal abuse is a
a lot more patience than I do right
normal way to handle their own
now. I’m happily married with two
emotions.
beautiful children. After work when I
Dear Abby: My 25-year-old
return home, I’m fine for the first hour
daughter suffers from Peter Pan
or so. But if my children start to get
Syndrome. Three years out of college,
loud or keep asking me to do some-
she wants to live an “extended
thing, I get extremely aggravated.
dorm” lifestyle with other young
Jeanne
My children are young and I love Phillips men/women (and their girlfriends/
them, but I should be in more control
boyfriends), instead of settling down
Advice
of my temper toward them. I feel so
and moving out with her boyfriend of
bad when I lose it and shout at them.
two years.
What can I do to improve this? — Short
She says she has “a high need for affilia-
Fuse In Georgia
tion” (she needs a lot of people around 24/7).
Dear Short Fuse: I’m glad you asked, But she also has a high need for change/
because it is important that you learn to variety and rotates roommates every two to
relieve your frustration without taking it out three years. Looking for a “mini commune”
on your children. There are healthy ways of in a crowded city like San Francisco is very
managing frustration without exploding.
difficult. What makes matters worse is that
The first is to recognize that you are she also has hobbies like sewing that require
becoming upset. Leave the room and, if your a lot of space.
husband is home, go for a walk or a short run to
Is there something wrong with this life-
help you to regain your perspective. Another style preference? And if so, how do I help
technique is to “stall” before reacting. Pause her break out of it? — Worried Dad In
for a moment and say a prayer, “Please Lord, California
don’t let me lose my temper!” before opening
Dear Dad: At 25, your daughter is an
your mouth. My booklet, “The Anger in All adult. Many people her age live communally
of Us and How to Deal With it,” contains because it’s less costly than living inde-
a number of healthy ways of dealing with pendently, and San Francisco has become so
frustration and other negative emotions. It expensive that it’s often their only option.
can be ordered by sending your name and
If she’s already living in an “extended
mailing address, plus a check or money order dorm” situation, it’s her life to live and she’ll
for $7 in U.S. funds, to Dear Abby — Anger learn lessons. If you feel compelled to offer
Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL her advice, suggest they relocate to a less
61054-0447. Shipping and handling are expensive and crowded area, which may
included in the price.
entail a longer commute, but with fewer
I hope it will be helpful to you. It’s roommates she will have more room for her
important that you get a handle on your hobbies.
DAYS GONE BY
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 18, 1917
The annual meeting the members of
the Hudson Bay Co-Operative Creamery
Company was held in the Grange hall in
Umapine Monday afternoon with a large
attendance. The meeting was held for the
purpose of hearing the secretary’s report of
the business of the creamery for the past year
and the election of two directors for two years.
The annual report shows the creamery to be
in a prosperous condition, with considerable
increase of business over that of the previous
year.
There were more than 100,000 pounds of
butter fat received during the year from which
there was approximately 125,000 pounds of
butter manufactured, considerable butter fat
was sold and a good sweet cream business
was had. Approximately $36,000 was paid to
the patrons for their product and a dividend of
8 percent will be paid the members on their
stock.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 18, 1967
Rustlers lugged off half a steer from a
Umapine feedlot Tuesday. Dee Wallace of
Milton-Freewater told the Umatilla County
Sheriff’s office he discovered a 1,000-pound
Black Angus steer butchered in the feed
lot at 8:30 a.m. The half of the carcass the
rustlers left behind was still warm. Deputy
Floyd Mendenhall said the animal was killed
with one blow from an ax and then chopped
in half, with only the hind quarters taken.
Wallace had planned to butcher the prime
two-year-old next week. Four other steers in
the feed lot were classed as “scrub” animals.
The rustlers lured the steer within range of
an ax blow with feed. The animal was not
branded.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 18, 1992
When Cathy Stolz and Dorothy Beason
opened their Chuckwagon Cafe Jan. 2,
customers found a different restaurant. Eight
windows along the front and side of the cafe
were gone, replaced by pieces of plywood.
From the outside, the restaurant appeared to
be boarded up and abandoned. The plywood
was a grim necessity, put there after someone
busted out the windows in an act of vandalism
the evening before. More recently, Hermiston
High School was besieged by vandals who
broke 116 windows, a pop machine and
other items, causing an estimated $10,000
in damages. Lately, businesses, schools and
residential areas in Hermiston have been hit
hard by vandalism. Coming so close together,
the incidents seem to indicate an unusual
problem with vandalism, but statistics indi-
cate Hermiston gets only its proportionate
share.
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 18th day of
2017. There are 347 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Jan. 18, 1967, Albert
DeSalvo, who claimed to be
the “Boston Strangler,” was
convicted in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, of armed
robbery, assault and sex
offenses. (Sentenced to life,
DeSalvo was killed in prison
in 1973.)
On this date:
In 1778, English navigator
Captain James Cook reached
the present-day Hawaiian
Islands, which he named the
“Sandwich Islands.”
In 1862, the tenth pres-
ident of the United States,
John Tyler, died in Rich-
mond, Virginia, at age 71,
shortly before he could take
his seat as an elected member
of the Confederate Congress.
In 1919, the Paris Peace
Conference, held to negotiate
peace treaties ending the
First World War, opened in
Versailles, France.
In 1993, the Martin
Luther King Jr. holiday was
observed in all 50 states for
the first time.
Five years ago: President
Barack Obama rejected
the Keystone XL project, a
Canadian company’s plan to
build a 1,700-mile pipeline
to carry oil across six U.S.
states to Texas refineries. .
One year ago: For the
first time in 17 years, civil
rights leaders gathered at the
South Carolina Statehouse
to pay homage to the Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr.
without the Confederate flag
present. Eagles co-founder
Glenn Frey, 67, died in New
York.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Comedian-singer-musician
Brett Hudson is 64. Actor-di-
rector Kevin Costner is 62.
Country singer/actor Mark
Collie (TV: “Nashville”) is
61. Actress Alison Arngrim
(TV: “Little House on the
Prairie”) is 55. Former Mary-
land Gov. Martin O’Malley
is 54. Actor Jason Segel is
37. Actor Mateus Ward is 18.
Thought for Today: “Life
is a great big canvas, and you
should throw all the paint
you can on it.” — Danny
Kaye, American entertainer
(born this date in 1913, died
1986).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE