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Wednesday, November 22, 2017 PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK East Oregonian Page 15A DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Sister is appalled by what brother asks mom to do FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: My brother and his Fluffy, but I don’t want a cat! wife recently had their second child How do I get rid of a cat who loves through induced labor. On the delivery being at my house? I’m miserable day, my mother asked what she could because I miss my carefree life after do to help. My brother asked her to go many years of caring for others. — to his home, which is an hour away, Pet-Free In Alabama sweep and vacuum the house, change Dear Pet-Free: You have done the sheets and do the laundry because enough. If you can, figure out why they didn’t have time. Fluffy is happy with you so you can Jeanne I feel it was extremely inappro- Phillips share that information with her owner as you return her. You deserve the priate. Picking up diapers and making Advice sure the bassinet has clean sheets are carefree life you have earned. acceptable requests; cleaning the Dear Abby: My son volunteers house is not. My mother wasn’t bothered by as a chaperone for his daughters’ elementary it, but I am appalled. Am I wrong? — Stuck school field trips. Each parent volunteer is In The Middle assigned five or six children. Dear Stuck: You are entitled to your feel- Before they board the bus, my son gathers ings. However, because your mother wasn’t his group and tells them they are going to bothered by your brother’s request, my advice take a memory picture. He does it because is to stay out of it because it was none of your if a child is ever lost, he wants a photo to business. Please don’t stir the pot more than immediately show any responding police you already may have because the person who officers. His exact words to me were, “Mom, will suffer for it is you. in an emergency, I might not remember what a Dear Abby: I’m a mom who raised three child was wearing, what her backpack looked kids and now I help with the grandchildren. I like or how tall she is.” had dogs all my life until my last one died of He never tells the children the real reason old age. I was enjoying life with no respon- for taking the picture. Afterward, he just sibilities and could walk out of my house emails it to any child who wants a souvenir of without worry. the trip. — Proud Of My Son My friend, who lives in an apartment, asked Dear Proud: Congratulations for having me to keep her cat, “Fluffy,” while she was on raised a smart son. My readers will let us vacation. I gladly helped her out and carefully know if his idea is original, but it’s a good took care of her cat. Now Fluffy loves being at one, which is why I’m printing your letter. For my house and acts mean when she goes back anyone supervising a group of children, this to the apartment. The only answer was to keep could be a helpful suggestion. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 23, 1917 Because he had expressed sentiments other than patriotic, Calvin Ringer, a well- known fruit raiser living north of Freewater, was waited upon by a deputation of Freewater citizens last evening. A flag was nailed upon his house to remain there until the war is over, then Mr. Ringer was forced to salute the emblem of America and to cheer lustily for it. The deputation, which consisted of a half dozen or more prominent men, is said to have been led by two of the leading merchants. All were incensed at the sentiments which the fruit raiser, who is said to be a native of this country, had shown. When Ringer answered their knock he was asked where he wanted the flag nailed. “I don’t give a damn,” he said, but later he showed a more tractable spirit and, besides cheering for Old Glory, apologized for his pro-German statements. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 23, 1967 Operators of trailer courts in Pendleton will be asked whether they can handle the expected influx of 40 to 50 house trailers when work starts on the Pendleton section of Interstate 80 North. City Manager Rudy Enbysk told the city council Tuesday several inquiries have been received about the need for additional trailer space. A survey by the engineering department showed a total of only five spaces available now for trailers. City Engineer Howard Kraus said the city could expand its present trailer court at the airport by 11 spaces and could also develop an additional court at the airport. Enbysk said it would cost $3,825 to develop the 11 new spaces in the existing court and that this investment could be recovered in a little over a year. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 23, 1992 As a wheat grower in Umatilla County, Frank Tubbs of Adams makes his living from the land. Remarkably, the work he did in the 1950s may be making it easier now for all wheat growers. Tubbs grew up working on the family farm. After graduating from college in 1949 he returned to his rural life in Umatilla County. But Tubbs didn’t simply fade away into a quiet farm life. He was part of a pioneering effort that eventually led to formation of the Western Wheat Associates — an alliance of three Pacific Northwest states for the promotion of soft white wheat to Pacific Rim nations. BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 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 327th day of 2017. There are 38 days left in the year. This is Thanks- giving Day. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 23, 1942, during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure estab- lishing the U.S. Women’s Coast Guard Reserve, or SPARS (an abbreviation of the U.S. Coast Guard motto “Semper Paratus” — “Always Ready”). On this date: In 1765, Frederick County, Maryland, became the first colonial American entity to repudiate the British Stamp Act. In 1804, the 14th pres- ident of the United States, Franklin Pierce, was born in Hillsboro, New Hampshire. In 1889, the first jukebox made its debut in San Fran- cisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon. (The coin-operated device consisted of four listening tubes attached to an Edison phonograph.) In 1903, Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in “Rigoletto.” In 1910, American-born physician Hawley Harvey Crippen was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London for murdering his wife, Cora. (Crippen’s mistress, Ethel Le Neve, was acquitted in a separate trial of being an accessory.) In 1936, Life, the photo- journalism magazine created by Henry R. Luce, was first published. In 1945, most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, was set to expire by day’s end. In 1959, the musical “Fiorello!,” starring Tom Bosley as legendary New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, opened on Broadway. In 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed Nov. 25 a day of national mourning following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Today’s Birthdays: Former Labor Secretary William E. Brock is 87. Actress Elmarie Wendel is 89. Actor Franco Nero is 76. Actress Susan Anspach is 75. Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas is 73. Actor-comedy writer Bruce Vilanch is 70. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is 67. Singer Bruce Hornsby is 63. Former Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is 62. Actor Maxwell Caulfield is 58. Actor John Henton is 57. TV personality Robin Roberts (“Good Morning America”) is 57. Rock singer-musician Ken Block (Sister Hazel) is 51. Rock musician Charlie Grover is 51. TV personality Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is 30. Actress-singer Miley Cyrus is 25. Thought for Today: “We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposes to rob us of their companionship.” — James Harvey Robinson, American historian (1863- 1936). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE