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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