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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, November 14, 2018 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Grandmother is still waiting for thank-yous from teens FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: It seems the chil- thank-you letters for birthday gifts, dren I raised and taught to write shower gifts, wedding gifts, as well thank-you notes somehow failed to as those that arrive around holiday time. It also includes letters of con- teach their children the importance gratulations and ones that are espe- of being grateful receivers. My two cially difficult to write — includ- teenage grandchildren have never ing letters of condolence for the loss thanked me for a birthday or Christ- mas gift. I gave one of them a set of of a parent, a spouse or a child. It Jeanne personalized notepaper, but it didn’t can be ordered by sending your Phillips name, mailing address, plus check spur any action. Advice Birthdays have come and gone or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) this year, but Christmas is on the to Dear Abby Letters Booklet, P.O. way. I’m wondering what I can do Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054- to reach these young people in a meaning- 0447. (Shipping and handling are included ful manner. I’m older now and don’t know in the price.) It can be used to tailor your how much longer I’ll be around to influ- own messages. With the holiday season ence them. I recall you had a booklet that approaching and people sending gifts and addresses writing thank-you notes, among messages through the end of the year, this other subjects. Do you still have it avail- is the perfect time to be able to reply with able? — Loving Gran In Oklahoma a handwritten letter, note or well-written Dear Loving Gran: Yes, my “How to email. Because composition of letters and Write Letters” booklet is still available. And it’s because the topic of thank-you notes (or notes is not always effectively taught in the lack of them) is one of the most common the schools, my booklet can provide an complaints I get from readers. If someone easy way for parents to teach their children sends a gift or a check and it isn’t acknowl- proper etiquette — a valuable lesson that edged, the message the giver receives is that will last them a lifetime. it wasn’t appreciated, which is insulting and Dear Abby: Most of my friends are guys, and people tend to assume that I have slept hurtful. One of the main reasons people don’t with them or that we have dated, but it’s send thank-you notes is they don’t know not true. How do I answer when someone what to say, or they are afraid they will say asks, “Is this your boyfriend?” or, “Have the wrong thing. They think the note has to you guys dated?” without coming off as be long and flowery when, in fact, short and offended when I answer? — Not The Case Dear Not The Case: All you have to to the point is more effective. That’s the reason “How to Write Let- do is smile and say, “We’re not involved ters” was written. It contains samples of romantically. We’re friends.” DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 14, 1918 The Pendleton office of the Standard Oil company received notice this morning that the ban against the sale of gasoline on Sun- days has been lifted and will hereafter be permitted. This order, however, is under- stood to have no effect upon the closing of gasoline stations between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. and for the present no sales of gasoline will be permitted, according to the understanding of the Standard Oil office. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 14, 1968 The City of Hermiston’s ambulance ser- vice at the scene of a fatal two-car accident near Hermiston Nov. 4 was labeled “deplor- able” Wednesday night when Ron Baker, well known local cattle feeder, appeared before the council to complain about the length of time the accident victims were at the accident scene before being removed to Good Shepherd Hospital. Baker’s criticism of the service brought a 45-minute discus- sion from city councilmen, City Manager Tom Harper and Baker on the problems of operating an ambulance service in the city. In his concluding statement the cattleman told the council, “It would be admirable on the part of the city to study the problem.” 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 14, 1993 First grade teacher Liz Nirschl turns boiling water into clouds, crepe paper into oceans, and her students into scientists at Lincoln Elementary School. She’s also turned her talents into a national award, receiving the Presidential Award for Excel- lence in Science and Mathematics Teach- ing this week. Nirschl, 36, who has taught in the Pendleton School District for the past 13 years, is now headed for Washing- ton, D.C., where she and other top educators from 50 states will attend a formal award ceremony March 8. In addition to winning a Presidential Award, Nirschl also received $7,500 from the National Science Founda- tion to be given to her school and spent as she chooses. 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 On Nov. 14, 1970, a chartered Southern Airways DC-9 crashed while trying to land in West Virginia, kill- ing all 75 people on board, including the Marshall Uni- versity football team and its coaching staff. In 1862, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln gave the go-ahead for Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s plan to cap- ture the Confederate capi- tal of Richmond; the result- ing Battle of Fredericksburg proved a disaster for the Union. In 1889, inspired by the Jules Verne novel “Around the World in Eighty Days,” New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) set out to make the trip in less time than the fictional Phileas Fogg. (She completed the journey in 72 days.) In 1925, the first group exhibition of surrealistic paintings opened at the Gal- erie Pierre in Paris. In 1940, during World War II, German planes destroyed most of the English town of Coventry. In 1965, the U.S. Army’s first major military operation of the Vietnam War began with the start of the five- day Battle of Ia Drang. (The fighting between American troops and North Vietnam- ese forces ended on Nov. 18 with both sides claiming victory.) In 1969, Apollo 12 blasted off for the moon. In 1972, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 1,000 level for the first time, ending the day at 1,003.16. In 1986, the Securities and Exchange Commission imposed a $100 million pen- alty on inside-trader Ivan F. Boesky and barred him from working again in the securi- ties industry. In 1996, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, the senior Roman Catholic prelate in the United States and leader of Chicago’s 2.3 million Cath- olics, died at his home at age 68. Singer Michael Jack- son married his plastic sur- geon’s nurse, Debbie Rowe, in a ceremony in Sydney, Australia. (Rowe filed for divorce in 1999.) Today’s Birthdays: For- mer NASA astronaut Fred Haise is 85. Jazz musician Ellis Marsalis is 84. Com- poser Wendy Carlos is 79. Writer P.J. O’Rourke is 71. Britain’s Prince Charles is 70. Rock singer-musician James Young (Styx) is 69. Pianist Yanni is 64. Former U.S. Secretary of State Con- doleezza Rice is 64. Rapper Reverend Run (Run-DMC) is 54. Actor Patrick Warbur- ton is 54. Retired MLB All- Star pitcher Curt Schilling is 52. Rock musician Travis Barker is 43. Actress-come- dian Vanessa Bayer is 37. Thought for Today: “Adventure is not out- side man; it is within.” — George Eliot, English author (1819-1880). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
