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Tuesday, January 24, 2017 PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK East Oregonian Page 7A DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Mother-in-law’s pop-ins make angry wife pop off FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: My mother-in-law in his room playing Xbox with his has begun doing the “pop-in.” My buddies. He is loud and obviously has husband passive-aggressively hinted fun, by the sound of it. However, when that he wished he had known she he comes out for meals, he doesn’t was coming over. Her response was, communicate or answer questions “I’m your mother; I don’t need to let like, “How was school?” or “What do you know when I’m coming over.” I you think of that?” regard this as total disrespect. My fiancée and I don’t live together. She has done this plenty of times We see each other three times a year Jeanne — including popping in when I was Phillips for two to three weeks at a time. My having a dinner with my parents and fiancée says Jason acts the same way Advice children, which made her mad because whether I’m here or not. He isn’t close she and my father-in-law hadn’t been with his dad, either. invited. Is this a phase that he will grow out of, She did the pop-in again last week. My or does he need professional help? We get husband, four children and I were about to sit along, but there is never much conversation. down to a family dinner when she rang the I ask questions to encourage interaction, but doorbell. I didn’t have enough food for her and it hasn’t been successful. — Frustrated In my father-in-law, which made us all uncom- Montana fortable. She made a sarcastic comment, “Gee, Dear Frustrated: Whether Jason’s going I guess I shouldn’t have come over,” then she through a phase or not depends on whether he sat in the living room staring at us as we ate. has always had poor verbal skills and ignored I have begged my husband to say some- questions he was asked. He might be reluctant thing, but he says it would be disrespectful. to answer because he’s having problems I said it is disrespectful that she comes over socially or academically in school, or because without checking with us first. What’s your the opinions you’re asking for concern things take on this? — No Pop-Ins, Please he has never given much thought to. Dear No Pop-Ins: You have my sympathy. Boys that age are sometimes less verbal Your mother-in-law is a handful. Your than when they are older, and their dependence husband may be so cowed by his mother that on social media has contributed to it. Teens he’s afraid to assert himself. You are under who spend most of their time in the virtual no obligation to entertain anyone who pops world tend to have lower verbal abilities than in, including her. The next time she shows those who spend less. up unannounced, remind her to call first and If you and your fiancée are truly concerned, suggest that she come back some other time. she should talk about this with a counselor at Dear Abby: My fiancée has a 15-year-old Jason’s school and ask if counseling or inter- son, “Jason,” who spends countless hours vention of any kind is needed. 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. 23-24, 1917 The month of February has been designated by the National Woolgrowers’ Association as poison month. During that month every sheepman in the country will be asked to put out 500 strychnine baits on his land or range. By this concerted method it is believed that an enormous number of coyotes can be killed and hundreds of dollars worth of sheep be saved. Promises have been received from enough stockmen to make sure that the practice will be general. Strychnine capsules of three grains can be secured at any drug store at an approxi- mate cost of $15 per thousand. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 23-24, 1967 If you are a western novel fan, the name Allen Elston should ring a loud bell. He has 31 books to his credit, 14 of which are on the shelves of Umatilla County Library. This prolific writer is a visitor in Pendleton this week, doing research for a new book, the locale of which will be Umatilla County. He has been BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE BY SCOTT ADAMS BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART BY GREG EVANS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN spending his time at the library, going through dusty files and viewing microfilm copies of the East Oregonian. He is also taking notes from old files at the newspaper office. “It takes me about two weeks to compile enough notes to form a complete mental picture of a commu- nity,” said Elston in an interview. Names of prominent early-day figures are jotted down to use as background characters in the story. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 23-24, 1992 Gary Edwards feels connected to the crafts- manship of yesteryear as he completes a cedar footbridge in traditional Japanese style. Dr. Steven Neal hired Edwards, a self-employed carpenter in Pendleton, to make the bridge for a new Japanese garden in his North Hill yard. Neal didn’t provide a blueprint. The design is based on a 1988 photograph of Neal’s wife standing on a bridge in Kukuoka, Japan. Edwards examined the photo closely, sometimes with magnifying glass, before his work began. “Most of it was in my mind. I have very few sketches, and they’re just pencil sketches,” he says. THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today is the 24th day of 2017. There are 341 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 24, 1942, the Roberts Commission placed much of the blame for Amer- ica’s lack of preparedness for Imperial Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short, the Navy and Army commanders. On this date: In 1742, Charles VII was elected Holy Roman Emperor during the War of the Austrian Succession. In 1848, James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California, a discovery that led to the gold rush of ‘49. In 1908, the Boy Scouts movement began in England under the aegis of Robert Baden-Powell. In 1924, the Russian city of Petrograd (formerly St. Petersburg) was renamed Leningrad in honor of the late revolutionary leader. (However, it has since been renamed St. Petersburg.) In 1939, at least 28,000 people were killed by an earthquake that devastated the city of Chillan in Chile. In 1945, Associated Press war correspondent Joseph Morton was among a group of captives executed by the Germans at the Mauthau- sen-Gusen concentration camp in Austria. In 1961, a U.S. Air Force B-52 crashed near Goldsboro, North Carolina, dropping its payload of two nuclear bombs, neither of which went off; three crew members were killed. In 1963, a U.S. Air Force B-52 on a training mission crashed into Elephant Moun- tain in Maine; seven of the nine crew members were killed. In 1965, British statesman Winston Churchill died in London at age 90. In 1975, the extremist group FALN bombed Fraunces Tavern in New York City, killing four people. In 1989, confessed serial killer Theodore Bundy was executed in Florida’s electric chair. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Jerry Maren (Film: “The Wizard of Oz”) is 98. Cajun musician Doug Kershaw is 81. Singer-songwriter Ray Stevens is 78. Singer-song- writer Neil Diamond is 76. Singer Aaron Neville is 76. Actor Michael Ontkean is 71. Actor Daniel Auteuil is 67. Country singer-song- writer Becky Hobbs is 67. Comedian Yakov Smirnoff is 66. Actor William Allen Young is 63. Bandleader-mu- sician Jools Holland is 59. Actress Nastassja Kinski is 58. Rhythm-and-blues singer Theo Peoples is 56. Country musician Keech Rainwater (Lonestar) is 54. Obama White House budget director Shaun Donovan is 51. Olympic gold medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton is 49. Actor Ed Helms is 43. Actress Carrie Coon (Film: “Gone Girl”) is 36. Actress Mischa Barton is 31. Thought for Today: “All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth.” — Richard Whately, British theologian (1787-1863). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
