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B6 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, January 2, 2019 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Husband refuses to tell wife details of long-ago marriages FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER Dear Abby: My husband and Dear Abby: After my sister got I have been together for 34 good pregnant, she married the baby’s years. He’s a little older than I am father. They struggle financially, and was married twice before we and my family helps as much as we can, but it still isn’t enough. met while in our 20s. (They were Her husband has no high school very brief marriages.) When we diploma, and he has a criminal married, I knew about one of his record from 20 years ago, although marriages, but learned about the J eanne he hasn’t been in trouble since. He other one only much later from P hilliPs claims he has dyslexia and health his sister. I was stunned and felt ADVICE problems, but he still smokes and betrayed that he hadn’t told me, drinks. No doctor will sign off on but we worked it out. his being disabled. He isn’t moti- My husband loves to tell sto- vated enough to find a job or help my sister ries about everything he’s ever done, but with chores. She finally asked me to help he never says a word about those ear- by talking to him. lier relationships. Long ago, I asked a few How do I start a conversation with him times about what happened, and he cut me to say he needs to step up and contribute? off. My question is why, especially after We’re cordial but not close. I don’t want to our 34 years together, can’t he be straight alienate him. He has threatened to take my with me once and for all and tell me what nephew, but he has no money or place to happened? go. This man is 40 years old and lives like a I haven’t brought this up in a long time, teenager. Any advice? — Anna in Illinois but it seems like we should be able to talk Dear Anna: Your brother-in-law isn’t about it openly. I’m curious, but not in a likely to listen to you any more than he has petty way. I just wonder what happened. listened to your sister. If there are any male In the past he has said it is “none of my relatives in your family, it might be more business.” effective if he hears the message from Why is he so rude and closemouthed them. The fact that he may (or may not) about these marriages from so long ago? have dyslexia is no excuse for his lack of Should I never ask again? — Missing the motivation. Many successful people have Whole Story dyslexia and are able to thrive. Dear Missing: I am guessing the rea- Because your sister’s husband is threat- son your husband reacts the way he has ening to take their child and run, she should when you tried to talk about his first two talk to a lawyer about what steps she needs marriages is because he is ashamed about to take in order to prevent this deadbeat what happened. He may have cheated on from following through. Call your state bar his wives, or they cheated or took advan- association or contact a local law school tage of him in some way. I don’t blame you for guidance about getting low-cost or free for wanting to know your husband’s his- legal advice. She may also want to ask tory, but your marriage has worked for 34 about divorce so she doesn’t wind up sup- years, and really, how relevant is this infor- porting him forever. mation in the scheme of things? Let it go. DAYS GONE BY GARFIELD BLONDIE DILBERT BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 2, 1919 Ralph McCulley, Neil Bogert, Fred Rohrman and Byron Eldreth, four young Pendleton boys, were severely injured yes- terday afternoon by an explosion while experimenting with powder. The boys were playing along the Umatilla river near the Lee street bridge with a mixture of powder when it exploded. The bones of the right hand of the McCulley boy were broken and he may lose the first finger. The Bogert and Rohrman boys both had their hands hurt badly and the latter had powder burns on the face. Byron Eldreth’s injuries were mostly on the face and eyes, though it is not thought his eyesight will be injured. The boys mixed up the explosive themselves and were loading it in holes in a block of wood when the jar of hammering it in the holes caused it to explode. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 2, 1969 Rob Roy, Pendleton High School cho- ral director, and 20 young singers who embarked on a holiday “show biz” tour to Job Corps camps around the state the day after Christmas, will hopefully be home today. They will be home if the men and equipment sent out Monday and Tuesday by Mike Kilby, local school bus director, reached them, through the circuitous route they had to take from The Dalles, through Maupin, over the Wapinita Cut-Off to Zig Zag, on the west side of Mt. Hood. Roy and the boys and girls and the driver of their highway coach were stalled at Zig Zag Monday when snow and slush got into the motor. They found accommodations at a motel, and put in a call to Kilby for rescue equipment. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 2, 1994 A Riverside High School graduate and former Irrigon resident shot twice during a Christmas Eve convenience store holdup in North Carolina was reported in stable con- dition Tuesday. Ryan Johnson, 21, stationed at Cherry Point with the Marine Corps, was shot during a robbery at a New Bern, N.C., convenience store where his wife works as a clerk. Johnson was transferred Wednes- day to a Portsmouth, Va., naval hospi- tal. Johnson was shot once in the face and once in the back as he fell. He was taking out the garbage at Carolina Pines Fuel Mart where he was helping his wife close the store. After shooting Johnson, the assail- ant entered the store and forced Sally John- son to give him an undetermined amount of cash from the register. He then fled on foot. BY SCOTT ADAMS THIS DAY IN HISTORY THE WIZARD OF ID LUANN ZITS BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART BY GREG EVANS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN Today is the second day of 2019. There are 363 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 2, 1900, U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announced the “Open Door Policy” to facilitate trade with China. On this date: In 1792, the first classes began at Georgetown Uni- versity in Washington, D.C. In 1960, Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts launched his successful bid for the presidency. In 1967, Republican Ronald Reagan took the oath of office as the new governor of California in a ceremony that took place in Sacramento shortly just after midnight. In 1986, former baseball owner Bill Veeck, remem- bered for his well-publicized stunts and promotional gim- micks, including an explod- ing scoreboard and a midget pinch-hitter, died in Chicago at age 71. Today’s Birthdays: For- mer House Speaker Dennis Hastert is 77. Actress Gabri- elle Carteris is 58. Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is 51. Model Christy Turlington is 50. Actor Taye Diggs is 48. Actress Renee Elise Golds- berry is 48. Rock musi- cian Scott Underwood is 48. Rock singer Doug Robb (Hoobastank) is 44. Actor Dax Shepard is 44. Rhythm- and-blues singer Kelton Kessee (IMX) is 38. Pop singer-musician Ryan Mer- chant (Capital Cities) is 38. Actress Kate Bosworth is 36. Rhythm-and-blues sing- er-rapper Bryson Tiller is 26. Thought for Today: “You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.” — Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss theologian (1741-1801). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE