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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Karaoke fans have more
love for singing than talent
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
Dear Abby: My wife, “Karen,”
to share or play with my child. He
loves to sing karaoke along with
lacks empathy and seeks only adult
many others, most of whom who are
attention. Because of his lack of
vocally challenged. Listening to some
socialization and outright unsafe
of them can be grueling when we
behavior, I don’t want my son around
go out. Karen knows many of these
him. Am I wrong for not wanting him
“performers,” and when they finish,
to be exposed to this behavior?
she goes and tells them what a great
My husband says it’s good for our
job they’ve done. When I asked her
little one to learn how to deal with
Jeanne
why she gives the false compliments, Phillips mean behavior, since it will make him
she said, “I don’t want to hurt their
“tough.” However, I don’t feel it’s our
Advice
feelings.”
child’s job to learn to be tough at such
Well, the same goes for Karen.
a young age. — Day Care Accepting
The other singers compliment her to the point Mommy
that she now believes she has a competi-
Dear Day Care Mommy: Perhaps your
tion-worthy voice. In reality, while her voice son should see this cousin only when they
isn’t terrible, it’s nowhere near what she will be closely supervised. Your child may
thinks it is.
learn to “toughen up” later, but at the age of
My wife is the love of my life and the nicest 2 or 3, it’s a bit premature. The child who
person I’ve ever known. I’m concerned for may be in for trouble is his cousin, because
the future if someone should ever be honest learning concepts like sharing and empathy
with her about this because, so far, no one enable children to successfully socialize with
has been. Should I tell her the truth to save others throughout their lives.
her from potential public embarrassment, or
Dear Abby: I know for a fact that gifts
should I keep my mouth shut? — Covering I have given to family members are often
My Ears
immediately given away. Should I confront
Dear Covering: Unless your wife decides them about this? I’d like to suggest that
to audition for “American Idol,” the chances instead of giving the gift away they please
of her being booed off stage are slim. You return it to me. Of course, I know I could just
don’t have to sing her praises, but I see quit giving them gifts. But I’d like for them to
nothing positive to be gained by diminishing know the reason, instead of appearing to be
her pleasure in performing. The word from stingy. Anxious for your opinion. — Anxious
here is: Keep your lip zipped.
In Fort Worth
Dear Abby: I have a wonderful, kind
Dear Anxious: This is a delicate situation,
sister-in-law I’ll call “Margaret.” Our sons but it can be handled if you’re careful not to
were born in the same year. She has chosen to cause embarrassment when you tell your rela-
keep her son home, while I am sending mine tives you know what they’ve been doing with
to day care. Both boys are toddlers now. The your gifts. Perhaps, rather than say you will
problem is, my son is socialized, while hers just quit giving them gifts, you should offer to
is not.
give them gift cards for a store they like. That
Margaret’s son is mean and unwilling way they can have something they will enjoy.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Dec. 18-19, 1917
The Storie-Ritner ranch on the reservation
this morning was the scene of a fire which
threatened for a time to destroy all of the
buildings on it. Due to assistance received
from neighbors and townspeople who were
summoned by phone, by R.W. Ritner, the
buildings were all saved. The biggest loss
was four stacks of chaff for winter feeding.
Mr. Ritner early this morning set one field
afire to burn off the stubble. The breeze
which was blowing then developed into a
stiff wind which carried the fire across a ditch
into another field where the stacks were. The
flames were headed toward the buildings
when Mr. Ritner summoned help. Fortunately
there was a whole tank of water in the barn-
yard and this proved a big aid.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Dec. 18-19, 1967
The Umatilla County Library staff has
come across a treasure in its stack of old
books. It is a first edition of James Greenleaf
Whittier’s “Snowbound,” a poem read by
generations of elementary school children
in their study of American literature. The
small volume has been on the shelves for
many years, and shows the wear and tear of
much use. It was placed in the “mend” box
by a library staff member, and it was here that
librarian Dick Joder noticed it.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Dec. 18-19, 1992
The cases of three men accused of
murdering Brian David Smith last month
were bound over to Umatilla County Circuit
Court Thursday afternoon. District Court
Judge Richard Courson said the state showed
there was enough evidence to hold Donald C.
Ball Jr., 22, of Hermiston; Steven L. DeRushe,
22, of Stanfield; and Nathaneual J. Miller, 21,
of Umatilla, to answer charges of murder.
All three are accused of conspiring to kill
Smith and carrying out the murder at the edge
of Cold Springs Reservoir. Katherine Ball,
the wife of the man accused of pulling the
trigger, told the East Oregonian that all three
men told her Smith’s death was unintentional,
but they didn’t go to police because they were
afraid they’d be “put in for life, either way.”
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 353rd day of
2017. There are 12 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Dec. 19, 1777, during
the American Revolutionary
War, Gen. George Wash-
ington led his army of about
11,000 men to Valley Forge,
Pennsylvania, to camp for
the winter.
On this date:
In 1813, British forces
captured Fort Niagara during
the War of 1812.
In 1843, “A Christmas
Carol,” by Charles Dickens,
was first published in
England.
In 1907, 239 workers died
in a coal mine explosion in
Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
In 1932, the British
Broadcasting Corp. began
transmitting overseas with its
Empire Service to Australia.
In 1946, war broke out
in Indochina as troops under
Ho Chi Minh launched
widespread attacks against
the French.
In
1957,
Meredith
Willson’s musical play “The
Music Man” opened on
Broadway.
In 1961, former U.S.
Ambassador
Joseph
P.
Kennedy Sr., 73, suffered a
debilitating stroke while in
Palm Beach, Florida.
In 1974, Nelson A.
Rockefeller was sworn in
as the 41st vice president of
the United States in the U.S.
Senate chamber by Chief
Justice Warren Burger with
President Gerald R. Ford
looking on.
In 1975, John Paul
Stevens was sworn in as an
Associate Justice of the U.S.
Supreme Court.
In 1986, the Soviet Union
announced it had freed
dissident Andrei Sakharov
from internal exile, and
pardoned his wife, Yelena
Bonner. Lawrence E. Walsh
was appointed independent
counsel to investigate the
Iran-Contra affair.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Cicely Tyson is
93. Former game show
contestant Herb Stempel
is 91. Actress Elaine
Joyce is 74. Actor Tim
Reid is 73. Paleontologist
Richard E. Leakey is 73.
Musician John McEuen is
72. Singer Janie Fricke is
70. Jazz musician Lenny
White is 68. Actor Mike
Lookinland is 57. Actress
Jennifer Beals is 54. Actor
Scott Cohen is 53. Actor
Robert MacNaughton is
51. Magician Criss Angel
is 50. Rock musician Klaus
Eichstadt (Ugly Kid Joe) is
50. Actor Ken Marino is 49.
Actor Elvis Nolasco is 49.
Pro Football Hall of Famer
Warren Sapp is 45. Actress
Alyssa Milano is 45. Actor
Jake Gyllenhaal is 37.
Thought for Today: “No
space of regret can make
amends for one life’s oppor-
tunity misused.” — From “A
Christmas Carol” by Charles
Dickens (1812-1870).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE