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B6 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Thursday, December 27, 2018 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Joining police force changes view toward brother’s drinking FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER Dear Abby: My brother is my riage, he is well aware of how it best friend. He is also an alco- affects me. I have asked him many holic. It runs in our family, and he times to please not use spray in has been addicted for years. His the house, particularly when I am home, to no avail. drinking has affected me in sev- He did it again yesterday and eral (minor) ways over the years, got angry with me when I asked but I have always taken a hands- why. He reads your column, so I off approach, knowing I can’t force know he will see your response to him to get help. J eanne my inquiry. What is your advice? Well, his drinking is starting P hilliPs — Fed Up in Florida ADVICE to affect my life in a more severe Dear Fed Up: Stop asking your way now. I joined the local police husband not to use bug spray while force. I am afraid that my broth- er’s behavior could cost me my job if I’m you are in the house. Be proactive and throw seen with him while he acts out, or if I try it out! You clearly have a severe allergy to to defend him. something in it, and for him to persist in I love my brother fiercely, and I don’t spraying while you are on the premises know what to do anymore. I feel like I need strikes me as not only selfish but also as a form of assault that’s potentially very seri- to avoid him, but I love him. Please help. — ous. Call an exterminator to have it profes- Challenged in the East sionally done. There are other, less toxic Dear Challenged: Establish some ways to get rid of pests, and you should go ground rules by explaining to your brother online and explore them. that although you love him, you cannot be Dear Abby: I asked a woman I know seen with him if he has been drinking, for professionally if she’d be interested in hav- fear it will jeopardize your job. It’s a valid ing lunch. She said she would, and we had a concern. Make clear that if he breaks the lovely lunch — until the bill came. When I law, you will be unable to intercede for him. suggested we split it, she suggested I make You are not responsible for his addic- tion or for what he does when he’s under it a business expense. I told her I couldn’t do that because it wasn’t a business lunch. the influence. I’m not saying this will be I know if you invite someone to lunch, emotionally easy for you, but you must let you pay, but I didn’t think that’s what I did. your brother suffer the consequences for his I have done this before — and since — and behavior if he acts out. everyone pays for themselves. Do I owe Dear Abby: I have severe asthma and this woman an apology? — Everyone Pays allergies, and I’m particularly sensitive to in Texas bug sprays. If I’m exposed to them, my lips Dear Everyone: Not unless she became and tongue tingle for hours. defensive. However, because you did the Every time my husband of 30 years sees inviting, you should have paid the bill. a bug or even a small ant in our house, he If you want to lunch with her again, you reaches for the bug spray and saturates the should specify, “Let’s split it.” house with it. Given the length of our mar- DAYS GONE BY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Dec. 27, 1918 No, Pendleton is not being converted into a sheep camp. Notwithstanding you may catch the loud smell of “sheep dip” as you pass along the streets, and should you pass a sheep man he is sure to be standing with a contented smile on his lips and his nose tilted in the air sniffing like a pointer that has located a China pheasant. All this smell is being caused by a measure taken in the effort to get the best of the influenza which is threatening to put the entire town on the shelf. Mayor Vaughan has ordered out the street sweepers and the large tank on the machine charged with a strong solution of sheep dip which is sprinkled on the streets as they are cleaned. This is the plan under- stood to have been used at the town of Braw- ley, Imperial Valley and was successful in stamping out the influenza epidemic in five days. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Dec. 27, 1968 A 16-year-old girl is probably black- balled on several counts from a club mem- bership she said she wanted. The girl, arrested Sunday shoplifting a fifth of Oregon grape wine from a Milton-Freewater market, told police stealing something from a store and getting by with it was a requirement for joining a club. She was released in custody of a brother until a juvenile court hearing. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Dec. 27, 1993 Bill Norris Jr. of Yuma, Ariz., pro- vided a special Christmas surprise for his mother, Imagene Norris of Pendleton — an unexpected visit from him and his fam- ily. When Imagene left Wednesday evening to work swing shift, she was all packed to visit in-laws in Northern California. She and her husband, Bill Sr., had planned to drive off early the next morning. But Bill Sr. was aware of the true holiday plans. Their daugh- ter, Linnett Preston of Pendleton, said he did a good job of weaving lies to keep the secret. Imagene arrive home from work at 12:30 a.m. Thursday. Linnett said the house was full of her offspring, including Bill Jr., his wife, Jerre, and 1-year-old son, Tyler. Bill Jr. had been in the Marine Corps since 1980. He was released from the military Dec. 15. 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 361st day of 2018. There are four days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 27, 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. President Hafi- zullah Amin, who was over- thrown and executed, was replaced by Babrak Karmal. On this date: In 1831, naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a round-the-world voyage aboard the HMS Beagle. In 1904, James Bar- rie’s play “Peter Pan: The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up” opened at the Duke of York’s Theater in London. In 1945, the World Bank and the International Mon- etary Fund were formally established. In 1968, Apollo 8 and its three astronauts made a safe, nighttime splashdown in the Pacific. In 1970, the musical play “Hello, Dolly!” closed on Broadway after a run of 2,844 performances. In 1981, composer and bandleader Hoagy Carmi- chael (“Stardust”) died in Rancho Mirage, Calif., at age 82. In 2001, Defense Sec- retary Donald H. Rumsfeld announced that Taliban and al-Qaida prisoners would be held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Today’s Birthdays: Rock musician Mick Jones (Foreigner) is 74. Actor Gerard Depardieu is 70. Jazz singer-musician T.S. Monk is 69. Singer-song- writer Karla Bonoff is 67. Rock musician David Knop- fler (Dire Straits) is 66. Actress Maryam D’Abo is 58. Country musician Jeff Bryant is 56. Actress The- resa Randle is 54. Actress Eva LaRue is 52. Wrestler and actor Bill Goldberg is 52. Musician Matt Slocum is 46. Actor Wilson Cruz is 45. Singer Olu is 45. Actor Masi Oka is 44. Actor Aaron Stanford is 42. Actress Emi- lie de Ravin is 37. Actor Jay Ellis is 37. Country singer Shay Mooney (Dan & Shay) is 27. Actor Timothee Chal- amet is 23. Thought for Today: “A dollar saved is a quarter earned.” — Oscar Levant, American composer, musi- cian, actor (born this date in 1906, died in 1972). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE