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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, February 21, 2019
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Son chooses to keep his social
life out of his parents’ view
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: Our 22-year-old
of his attention deficit problem.
Unless he is breaking some rule
son stays with us. He has a part-
that you and your husband have
time job and goes to school part-
set in your home, what you should
time. He is somewhat secretive. We
think is that your son is working,
don’t know his friends or where he
taking classes and trying his best
goes.
to become independent. Perhaps if
One day he brought a male
your husband is less heavy-handed
friend over and they hung out in
with his questions, your son’s atti-
our guesthouse, drinking and play-
J eanne
tude may improve.
ing video games. This went on for
P hilliPs
Dear Abby: I have been in
several hours and then the blinds
ADVICE
a relationship with someone for
closed. My husband wasn’t com-
fortable with that, so he knocked
11 months. He has custody of an
on the door and went in to talk to
8-year-old son from a previous
them. He asked the friend if he had a girl-
relationship. The mother hasn’t been in the
friend, and the friend said no — that he’s
child’s life for two years. His son knows I
bisexual. Our son then announced that he
am his father’s girlfriend and has seen us
is also bisexual.
be affectionate with each other. He has also
heard us say “I love you.”
We have only met one girl that he dated
Lately, the boy has been saying “I love
and the male friend who was over. The
you” to me, and I am torn about how to
friend did say he isn’t interested in our son,
respond. We have a good relationship, and
that they are strictly friends. I don’t think
I do care for him and his well-being, but I
my husband should have quizzed our son in
don’t know how to respond when he says
front of his friend.
this. Do I say “I love you” back because
Our son has a chip on his shoulder and an
I care for him, or should I not respond? I
“I don’t care attitude” about many things.
don’t know if he’s just mimicking what he
He blames a lot of things on his ADHD. He
sees or hears, but I also don’t want to teach
acts like he can’t multitask or concentrate
him that he shouldn’t be open about his
on what he’s supposed to do. He tries, but if
feelings. — Caught Off-Guard
he forgets to do something, he gets an atti-
tude from time to time. I don’t know what
Dear Caught: All children want to feel
loved. Because you care about the boy, give
to think. — Frustrated in Washington
him a hug and say you love him, too, and
Dear Frustrated: I can’t help but won-
always will.
der if your husband would have been as
I do have one caveat, however. If your
curious (and intrusive) if your son had been
relationship with his father doesn’t work
entertaining a woman in the guesthouse.
out, it is very important that you and the
Your son has been honest with you about
child’s dad talk to him and tell him that the
his sexual orientation. He’s an adult and
breakup has nothing to do with him, that it
should be entitled to privacy regardless of
is not his fault, and he (the boy) will always
the gender of his companion. He has also
have a special place in your heart.
been honest about his limitations because
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 21, 1919
Saving the lives of 100 men was one of
the little things which Fred Geissell, of this
city, did while in France instructing mem-
bers of the 116th Engineers in the use of hand
grenades, according to Sergeant Don Fisher,
who returned from overseas this morning.
Fred was giving instructions in grenading
when someone accidentally dropped a gre-
nade, timed to explode in two seconds, into
a box of 50 others. All the men began a use-
less flight except Geissell, who seized the
grenade and threw it to where it exploded
harmlessly. Fisher says that Geissell is now
in line for decoration for bravery.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 21, 1969
The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
will start a series of four sex education
classes for adults Tuesday, beginning in the
parish hall at 7 p.m. “As parents who have
been giving this whole matter some honest
though in the last three weeks,” commented
Father Richard L. Payne, rector of the
church, “we have concluded that we exer-
cise considerable influence on our children,
and that we need to get better prepared to do
a better job. We believe that sex education
is a part of our responsibility as Christians.”
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 21, 1994
The inmate who jumped from a third-
floor stairwell at the Eastern Oregon Cor-
rectional Institution Friday was still hos-
pitalized this morning, but a report on his
condition was unavailable. Martin Maldo-
nado, 30, is reportedly cooperating bet-
ter with hospital staff and his injuries are
not serious, according to EOCI Capt. Don
Jackson. The extent of his injuries was
unknown Friday at about 5 p.m. because
Maldonado was being uncooperative and
combative with hospital staff, according
to George Baldwin, EOCI superintendent.
Maldonado is the third inmate to jump
from a stairwell at EOCI since last June.
The other two inmates were both killed by
their jumps.
TODAY 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 Feb. 21, 1972, Pres-
ident Richard M. Nixon
began his historic visit to
China as he and his wife,
Pat, arrived in Beijing.
In 1613, Mikhail Roma-
nov, 16, was unanimously
chosen by Russia’s national
assembly to be czar, begin-
ning a dynasty that would
last three centuries.
In 1945, during the
World War II Battle of Iwo
Jima, the escort carrier USS
Bismarck Sea was sunk by
kamikazes with the loss of
318 men.
In 1958, the USS Gud-
geon (SS-567) became the
first American submarine to
complete a round-the-world
cruise, eight months after
departing from Pearl Har-
bor in Hawaii.
In 1965, black Muslim
leader and civil rights activ-
ist Malcolm X, 39, was shot
to death in New York by
assassins identified as mem-
bers of the Nation of Islam.
(Three men were convicted
of murder and imprisoned.)
In 1975, former Attor-
ney General John N. Mitch-
ell and former White House
aides H.R. Haldeman and
John D. Ehrlichman were
sentenced to prison for
their roles in the Watergate
cover-up..
In 1992, Kristi Yamagu-
chi of the United States won
the gold medal in ladies’ fig-
ure skating at the Albert-
ville Olympics.
In 2000, Consumer
advocate Ralph Nader
announced his entry into the
presidential race, bidding
for the nomination of the
Green Party.
In 2013, Drew Peter-
son, the Chicago-area police
officer who gained notori-
ety after his much-younger
fourth wife, Stacy Peterson,
vanished in 2007, was sen-
tenced to 38 years in prison
for murdering his third wife,
Kathleen Savio.
Today’s Birthdays: For-
mer Zimbabwe President
Robert Mugabe is 95. Movie
director Bob Rafelson is
86. U.S. Rep. John Lewis,
D-Ga., is 79. Actress Tyne
Daly is 73. Tricia Nixon Cox
is 73. Actor Kelsey Gram-
mer is 64. Country singer
Mary Chapin Carpenter is
61. Singer Rhiannon Gid-
dens (Carolina Chocolate
Drops) is 42. Singer Char-
lotte Church is 33. Actress
Sophie Turner is 23.
Thought for Today:
“You owe it to us all to
get on with what you’re
good at.” — W.H. Auden,
Anglo-American poet (born
this date in 1907, died 1973).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE