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Page 10A East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, November 21, 2018 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Gamer kicked out of house shames dad on social media 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 23-year-old son in jail as a result of a botched rob- bery. (It was very out-of-character does not want to work and spends for him, by the way.) He had a dis- all his time playing video games. honorable discharge. After all that, He’s obsessed with them. He disre- spects my house — and me — by he started a new life and became an not cleaning his room. ideal father until his 40s when he I don’t know what to do. He’s my decided to divorce his wife of many years. son, but he is a user and feels he’s Jeanne The letters reveal a lot about him. entitled to live here. He pays no bills and blows all his money on gaming. Phillips I thought his children might like Advice this insight to their father, but my He quits every job he has. I love him younger brother thinks it would be a and kicked him out once, but he got on Facebook and told people what bad par- bad idea. If this was my father, I would like ents we are. to have these personal letters. What do you All he says is he wants to be happy. I think? — Unknown In The Midwest Dear Unknown: I’m glad you asked. think he’s out of touch with reality. He has no place to go if I kick him out. What do I Your brother’s children are all adults now. Tell them you found the letters and ask them do? — Dad Who’s Had It In Ohio Dear Dad: Your son is an adult, even if if they would like you to share them. I’m he doesn’t act like one. Give him a deadline betting the answer will be yes. Dear Readers: Tomorrow is Thanksgiv- to find another place to crash — perhaps with a roommate — and be out of there. If ing, and no Thanksgiving would be com- he says he has no money, remember that he plete without sharing the traditional prayer penned by my dear late mother: comes up with money to “blow.” Oh, Heavenly Father, It will take backbone to stand your We thank Thee for food and remember ground, but you must not make your deci- sions and live your life based on what your the hungry. We thank Thee for health and remember son will post about you on Facebook. Peo- ple often vent and exaggerate on social the sick. We thank Thee for friends and remember media. Your son is living in an altered real- ity because you have allowed it. If he isn’t the friendless. forced to stand on his own two feet, he We thank Thee for freedom and remem- ber the enslaved. never will. May these remembrances stir us to Dear Abby: After my father died, I found a box of letters my late brother sent service. That Thy gifts to us may be used for to the family when he was in the U.S. Air Force. He would have been in his 20s at the others. Amen. time. Have a safe and happy celebration, The letters mention girlfriends, the woman he did marry and the time spent everyone! — Love, Abby DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 21, 1918 In a statement issued today by the exec- utive committee of the Patriotic Service League, censure is given those who humil- iated persons of German birth or descent on the day of the victory celebration. Irre- spective of the loyalty or disloyalty of those mistreated it is pointed out by the commit- tee that the behavior was un-American. It is suggested that whenever people have evi- dence of disloyalty or lack of patriotism that they be reported to the Patriotic Ser- vice League. It is also pointed out to the victims of mob violence that the courts are open for their protection and that the league here is ready to protect people against unfair charges as well as to bring the erring to time. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 21, 1968 Wallace McCrae, president of Blue Mountain Community College, was key- note speaker, and Ernest J. Haney, rancher at LeMar Gulch, was honored for his work as a member of the Weston Chamber at Weston’s 30th annual Chamber of Com- merce Turkey Feed Wednesday night. The Rev. Mark Carmichael, pastor of the Church of the Brethren in Weston and president of the Weston Chamber, introduced Haney, presented him with a plaque in honor of his years of service to the community and said that arrangements were being com- pleted to designate a marker for Haney on the Weston-Elgin highway, which he helped spearhead. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 21, 1993 A television reenactment of the mur- der of Naomi Marie McMahill has led to the arrest of a 51-year-old man near Sac- ramento. David Connell Cox was arrested on suspicion of murder at 6:20 p.m. Friday at a private residence, Oregon State Police Sgt. Mike McCullough said. McMahill was a 14-year-old runaway whose body was dis- covered 12 years ago along Highway 74 southeast of Pilot Rock. A 10-minute seg- ment on the crime aired Tuesday on the FOX network’s “America’s Most Wanted.” Friday’s arrest came on information devel- oped by OSP, the Multnomah County Sher- iff’s Office, Oregon Department of Justice, Sacramento Police, Nevada Department of Justice and FBI. 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. 21, 1980, 87 people died in a fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state to rat- ify the U.S. Constitution. In 1927, picketing strik- ers at the Columbine Mine in northern Colorado were fired on by state police; six miners were killed. In 1931, the Univer- sal horror film “Franken- stein,” starring Boris Karl- off as the monster and Colin Clive as his creator, was first released. In 1979, a mob attacked the U-S Embassy in Islam- abad, Pakistan, killing two Americans. In 1992, a three-day tor- nado outbreak that struck 13 states began in the Hous- ton area before spreading to the Midwest and east- ern U.S.; 26 people were killed. Sen. Bob Packwood, R-Ore., issued an apol- ogy but refused to discuss allegations that he’d made unwelcome sexual advances toward 10 women over the years. (Faced with a threat of expulsion, Packwood ended up resigning from the Senate in 1995.) In 1997, U.N. arms inspectors returned to Iraq after Saddam Hussein’s three-week standoff with the United Nations over the presence of Americans on the team. In 2001, Ottilie Lund- gren, a 94-year-old resi- dent of Oxford, Conn., died of inhalation anthrax; she was the apparent last vic- tim of a series of anthrax attacks carried out through the mail system. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Marlo Thomas is 81. Actor Rick Lenz is 79. Singer Dr. John is 78. Actress Juliet Mills is 77. Basketball Hall of Famer Earl Monroe is 74. Gospel singer Steven Curtis Chapman is 56. Sing- er-actress Bjork is 53. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Troy Aikman is 52. Rock musician Alex James (Blur) is 50. Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. is 49. Football player-turned-TV personality Michael Strahan is 47. Country singer Kelsi Osborn (SHeDAISY) is 44. Pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen is 33. Thought for Today: “Never confuse motion with action.” — Ernest Hem- ingway, American author (1899-1961). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
