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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Thursday, February 16, 2017 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Mom of heroin addicts seeks support to battle depression FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: My daughter and come with it. How should I handle son are heroin addicts. After living this and express to her why I cannot through this hell for 11 years, I have (at this point) have another child with reached my breaking point. My her? — Hands-On Dad daughter, who just turned 18, is in jail. Dear Dad: Clearly you are not My heart is broken. Therapists, parent over your wife’s infidelity, and sessions, etc. haven’t helped. frankly, I can’t blame you. The best I’m 60 years old and should be way to get the message across to her retiring, but my retirement money would be during marriage counseling. Jeanne was all spent on rehabs, etc. I won’t Phillips Dear Abby: Several years ago I even go into the many items that were gifted one of my nephews, who was Advice stolen from me. serving in the military at the time, How do I move on? I’m so with a .38-caliber revolver that had depressed I can’t get out of bed in the morning, belonged to my uncle and reportedly had and I cry all day. I don’t want to take meds for been used during World War I. I also gave depression because drugs have caused all my his older brother a Colt .45 pistol from World misery. My marriage is falling apart too. How War II. do I carry on with this misery? — Miserable The nephew with the .38 revolver suffered In Connecticut from PTSD and died several years ago. Dear Miserable: The way to carry on is The gun went to his father. My question is, to let it go. If you haven’t heard of Nar-Anon, shouldn’t I have been asked if I wanted the you should check into it. It’s a support group revolver returned? I didn’t give it to his father for the family and friends of people who are but to him. The father has made no attempt to addicted to narcotics, based on the principles return it to me. of Al-Anon, which is for the loved ones of Abby, guns with histories are very personal alcoholics. Help is as near as your computer. to owners, and this one was doubly personal Visit nar-anon.org to find a group near you, and an antique. What should I do? — Empty and you will find that you are not as alone as Holster In Texas you feel right now. Dear Empty Holster: Technically, once a Dear Abby: Five years ago I discovered gift is given it becomes the property of the my wife had been cheating on me with an person who receives it. Because your nephew ex-boyfriend for eight years. We have two is deceased — and I’m assuming his father is young children, so we resolved our differ- his next of kin — the gun became the father’s ences and decided against divorce. property. Since the gun has emotional Now she says she wants us to have another significance to you because of its history, baby. I feel I cannot handle a pregnancy with depending upon your relationship with the her because of her infidelity. As a hands-on father, you can ask him to return it — or offer father, I would want to be part of the preg- to buy it back from him. However, there is no nancy and the complications/changes that guarantee he will agree to your request. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 16, 1917 The second day of Pendleton’s first annual automobile show is but a continuation of the success of the opener, and that means it is an unqualified success. Indeed the show is being received with a popularity that is surprising to the men who planned it. The attendance last evening was twice as large as was expected for the first night, more than 500 people entering the doors during the evening. Portland auto- mobile men, who are experienced in auto shows, declared that the people warmed up last night quicker than any opening audience they had ever seen. Cars were inspected with unfeigned interest and this interest became so keen that demonstrators were kept busy all evening explaining the merits and virtues of their cars. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 16, 1967 Thirteen Irrigon families have been carrying water to their homes for several days because the water table has lowered in the well that has been the source of their supply. Irrrigon does not have a municipal water system and private wells supply the water needs. Mayor Chet Wilson said Wednesday night that other private wells in the town have plenty of water and that he expected the Griffin well, that has gone dry, to be producing soon as the result of work that has been underway the past few days. Mayor Wilson says the city has made applications to the Farm Home Administration for a federal loan and grant to build a $70,000 municipal water system. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 16, 1992 A 20-year-old member of the Blue Moun- tain Community College rodeo team found a burnt cross nailed to his bedroom door Thursday night after receiving more than a dozen threatening phone calls from someone who identified himself as “Lucifer’s helper.” Monty Heldt, a bull rider from Canada, has a message for the caller. “If it’s a joke, cut it out. If it’s not a joke, then there’s going to be problem. None of us here likes being taken advantage of.” Heldt shares a house on Southwest 18th with two other members of the BMCC rodeo team. He says he doesn’t know anybody demented enough to carry on like this. 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 47th day of 2017. There are 318 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 16, 1862, the Civil War Battle of Fort Donelson in Tennessee ended as some 12,000 Confederate soldiers surren- dered; Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s victory earned him the moniker “Uncondi- tional Surrender Grant.” On this date: In 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur led a successful raid into Tripoli Harbor to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Phil- adelphia, which had fallen into the hands of pirates during the First Barbary War. In 1868, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was organized in New York City. In 1923, the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen’s recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt by English archaeologist Howard Carter. In 1937, Du Pont research chemist Dr. Wallace H. Carothers, inventor of nylon, received a patent for the synthetic fiber, described as “linear condensation polymers.” In 1945, American troops landed on the island of Corregidor in the Philip- pines during World War II. In 1959, Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba a month and a half after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista. In 1968, the nation’s first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, Alabama. In 1987, John Demjanjuk went on trial in Jerusalem, accused of being “Ivan the Terrible,” a guard at the Treblinka Nazi concentration camp. (Demjanjuk was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, but the conviction ended up being overturned by the Israeli Supreme Court.) Today’s Birthdays: Jazz/ pop singer/actress Peggy King is 87. Actor Jeremy Bulloch is 72. Actor William Katt is 66. Rhythm-and-blues singer James Ingram is 65. Actor LeVar Burton is 60. Actor-rapper Ice-T is 59. Actress Lisa Loring is 59. International Tennis Hall of Famer John McEnroe is 58. Rock musician Andy Taylor is 56. Rock musician Dave Lombardo (Slayer) is 52. Actress Sarah Clarke is 46. Rock musician Taylor Hawkins (Foofighters) is 45. Olympic gold medal runner Cathy Freeman is 44. Electronic dance music artist Bassnectar is 39. Rapper Lupe Fiasco is 35. Rock musician Danielle Haim is 28. Actress Elizabeth Olsen is 28. Thought for Today: “The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent friends.” — Elizabeth Bowen, Irish-born author (1899-1973). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE