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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