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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Friday, November 2, 2018 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Mom’s peaceful death leads to sibling war over her house FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER Dear Abby: My mom recently speaking terms, perhaps he can help passed away at 91. She had a great to mend fences. And hold a good thought. Sometimes time heals these life and went peacefully at home in kinds of wounds, once grief lessens bed during the night. I took charge of and people regain their perspective. her medical care and finances after Dear Abby: “Addicted in Kan- Dad died 10 years ago. sas City” (Aug. 24) asked you for After mom’s funeral, my brother secular alternatives to Alcoholics insisted he would move into her Jeanne Anonymous. There are parts of your house while he remodeled it, which could tie up the house for a year. It Phillips response that I feel need clarification. Advice First of all, AA doesn’t require made no sense to me. I am mom’s lifetime attendance at meetings. AA executor, and I felt it was unfair to me and my other brother. When I said no, he doesn’t “require” anything. (The third tra- got really angry, accused me of many mean, dition states the only requirement for mem- untrue things and announced that he dis- bership is a desire to stop drinking.) Reg- owned me. I responded that I love him and ular attendance at meetings is encouraged he will always be my brother, but it was his but certainly not a requirement. Many peo- ple continue to go to meetings one or more choice. The pain of losing my mom and my times a week, while others stop or go only brother has been awful. Now I’m working occasionally after a period of time. The other point is tougher — and perhaps to sell the house, and he interferes and is mean every step of the way. But I have to more subtle. AA encourages individuals try- move ahead and do my job. I don’t respond ing to get sober to find a “God of their own to anything negative he writes. Have you understanding,” a Higher Power, something some advice on how to repair our relation- bigger than themselves. Many agnostics and ship? Maybe if he saw it in print he would atheists get and stay sober in AA. AA is a spiritual program, not a religious realize we are family and none of this is helpful to any of us. — Double Loss In one. This can be a difficult concept for peo- ple who are just coming in (and a great rea- California Dear Double Loss: Please accept my son not to stay). That’s one of the reasons sympathy for the loss of your mother. If it’s AA encourages anyone new to attend dif- any comfort, estate problems like you’re ferent meetings, if possible, and check out experiencing aren’t all that unusual. Not other groups. In many cities there are meet- knowing your brother or the degree to ings expressly for atheists and other nonbe- which he is self-centered, I’m having trou- lievers. — Sober And Happy In Atlanta ble understanding his overreaction. Was he Dear Sober: Thank you for writing to desperate for a place to stay for a year? clarify this. However, there are different I wish you had mentioned what your programs (different strokes for different other brother thinks about this regretta- folks), which is why I also encourage any- ble situation and whether he, too, was dis- one trying to achieve sobriety to research owned. If he and your angry sibling are on and explore the alternatives. DAYS GONE BY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 2, 1918 Pendleton has a Spanish influenza hospi- tal, and the Wenaha club is the organization which has made the accommodations possi- ble. Unrestricted use of the club rooms on Court street as an emergency hospital, as well as full control of all arrangements, were granted this afternoon by the club members to the Red Cross Committee. The committee, which has been searching since yesterday for a location, is enthusiastic. “It is just what we need,” they said. The rooms are steam heated and well lighted. There is room for about 30 patients and it is planned to place two beds in a room. Miss Lorene Parker, home demon- stration agent, today volunteered her ser- vices as head of the diet kitchen of the hospi- tal. Nursing will be under the supervision of nurses from St. Anthony’s hospital. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 2, 1968 Study of the habits of America’s official bird, the eagle, was recommended by Mor- row County Livestock Growers in their annual meeting in Heppner Wednesday. The livestock growers said the eagle preys on calves and is a hazard for the stockman. To determine just how much damage he does, the group recommended a study be car- ried out on the eagle’s habits in conjunction with Oregon Sheep Producers Association. Besides cattle and sheep, the growers said game birds and animals and other wildlife suffer from the predator. The study will seek to find out how extensive this loss is. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 2, 1993 Hale and hardy Warren Jobe returned last week to visit Fossil, where he has spent most of a long life. The town turned out to observe his birthday a little early. He will turn 104 on Sunday. Jobe also took part in the 108th anniversary celebration at First Baptist of Fossil. He joined the church at age 24. He attributes his long, active life to three fac- tors — “never trying to drink a distillery dry, never using tobacco and never talking back to my wife.” Jobe continued to chop firewood until he was 103. And according to his son, Thomas, he would probably still be chopping wood. Except they don’t have a wood stove. Jobe’s jovial nature has earned him the title of “Gramps” among Fossil’s citizens. 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 On Nov. 2, 1976, former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter became the first candidate from the Deep South since the Civil War to be elected president as he defeated incumbent Gerald R. Ford. In 1783, General George Washington issued his Fare- well Address to the Army near Princeton, New Jersey. In 1889, North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states with the signing of proclama- tions by President Benjamin Harrison. In 1917, British For- eign Secretary Arthur Bal- four issued a declaration expressing support for a “national home” for the Jews in Palestine. In 1947, Howard Hughes piloted his huge wooden flying boat, the Hughes H-4 Hercules (derisively dubbed the “Spruce Goose” by detractors), on its only flight, which lasted about a minute over Long Beach Harbor in California. In 1948, President Harry S. Truman surprised the experts by winning a nar- row upset over Republi- can challenger Thomas E. Dewey. In 1950, playwright George Bernard Shaw, 94, died in Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England. In 1959, game show contestant Charles Van Doren admitted to a House subcommittee that he’d been given questions and answers in advance when he appeared on the N-B-C T-V program “Twenty-One.” In 1994, a jury in Pen- sacola, Florida, convicted Paul Hill of murder for the shotgun slayings of an abor- tion provider and his body- guard; Hill was executed in September 2003. Today’s Birthdays: Singer Jay Black (Jay and the Americans) is 80. Polit- ical commentator Patrick Buchanan is 80. Actress Ste- fanie Powers is 76. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage is 54. Wiscon- sin Gov. Scott Walker is 51. Rapper Nelly is 44. Country singer Erika Jo is 32. Thought for Today: “If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that cer- tain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.” — James Thurber (1894-1961). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE