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B6 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Thursday, October 17, 2019 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Divorced mother gets cold shoulder at family events 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: I am a 67-year-old beneficial mentally and physically. divorced mother of five and grand- Recently, I started taking classes at a mother of eight. My marriage to new studio with lovely teachers and — mostly — great students. the father of my first four children One individual, though, seems ended 30 years ago because he was to think the class is his own social physically and emotionally abusive. event. He over-chants “ohm” and After the divorce, I managed to put moans loudly throughout the class. myself through college, and I am J eanne Would it be rude to say something now a retired teacher. I also remar- P hilliPs ried, which resulted in having one to him, or should I just find another ADVICE more child, a beautiful daughter studio? It’s gotten to the point where who is now 27. My second husband the entire purpose of relaxing and is now deceased. clearing my mind is impossible. — Mentally Drained in New Jersey My first husband remarried soon after our Dear Drained: Do not address the over- divorce, and I always supported our grown chanter directly. Instead, discuss your con- children having a close relationship with him. cerns with the teacher because you may not What hurts me deeply, though, is that when- ever there is a family event that includes all be the only participant who finds the person’s of us, my children from my first marriage act vocalizations to be a distraction. Or, consider attending another class that is held at a differ- like my youngest daughter and I don’t exist. ent hour if there is one. At the last family gathering, at my oldest Dear Abby: My best friend is having a daughter’s home, I was treated like a stranger. party and has invited my ex-boyfriend. He I felt like crying as my older children sat, ate broke up with me a few months ago and and talked with my ex-husband and his wife. already has a new girlfriend. He totally broke Abby, I have always been there for my kids, my heart, and I have been a mess ever since. through sickness and financial hardships. My She thinks it was OK to invite him, and she ex has a great deal more money to spend on knows he will most likely bring his new girl- them than I do. I suspect this may be the rea- friend to her house for the party. I told her I’m son they cater to him. How do I cope with not going if he goes, and she’s still inviting my feelings of rejection and being snubbed him! Should I stop being friends with her? by them? — Hurt Mom in the West How should I handle this? — Not OK in the Dear Hurt Mom: You aren’t going to North change the “family” dynamic at this late Dear Not OK: Because seeing your stage. Rather than sit silently, struggling to ex-boyfriend with his new girlfriend hold back the tears as your older children would be too painful for you, handle it by slather their father with attention, consider not attending the party. As to whether you socializing with them separately as often as should stop being best friends with the host- possible. ess, it appears that she may have stopped Dear Abby: I have been attending yoga being best friends with you. class for several years and find it to be very DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 17, 1919 The Weston community is somewhat stirred up over the large number of cases of smallpox that have developed here lately. It was reported Wednesday evening that there were 16 cases in town. The homes of Por- ter Graham, Walter Webb, Ben Walden, F.G. Lucas and Crist Thoeny have been ordered by the city physician, Dr. McKinney, to be quarantined. The cases have been very light so far, some of the patients not even going to bed on account of the malady. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 17, 1969 The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office recovered the body of Herbert Ramsey, 51, Wednesday, more than two weeks after the houseboat he owned sank in the Columbia River near Umatilla. Jim Cameron, a sheriff’s deputy, spotted Ramsey’s body while search- ing by helicopter. He saw the body floating in the river about one mile from Boardman, about 20 miles west of Hermiston. The body was taken to Hermiston, where a fingerprint check identified the victim as Ramsey, a hard- ware store owner in Power City. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Oct. 17, 1994 Nyssa senior James Longoria won the Pendleton Classic high school cross-coun- try boys’ title Saturday in the fastest time ever posted at the three-year-old meet. Lon- goria, who finished the 5,000-meter course in 15 minutes, 34 seconds, led the Bulldogs to second place in team standings. The pow- erful Hermiston Bulldogs came across the finish line like beads on a string in the sec- ond through fifth spots and defended their team title with 25 points. The Pendleton Bucks turned in their best performance of the season in a strong showing to take the third place trophy. 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 Oct. 17, 1979, Mother Teresa of India was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1610, French King Louis XIII, age nine, was crowned at Reims, five months after the assassina- tion of his father, Henry IV. In 1777, British forces under Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to American troops in Saratoga, New York, in a turning point of the Revolutionary War. In 1807, Britain declared it would continue to reclaim British-born sailors from American ships and ports regardless of whether they held U.S. citizenship. In 1907, Guglielmo Mar- coni began offering limited commercial wireless tele- graph service between Nova Scotia and Ireland. In 1931, mobster Al Capone was convicted in Chicago of income tax eva- sion. (Sentenced to 11 years in prison, Capone was released in 1939.) In 1933, Albert Einstein arrived in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany. In 1939, Frank Capra’s comedy-drama “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” star- ring James Stewart as an idealistic junior U.S. sena- tor, had its premiere in the nation’s capital. In 1966, 12 New York City firefighters were killed while battling a blaze in lower Manhattan. The TV game show “The Holly- wood Squares” premiered on NBC. In 1967, Puyi, the last emperor of China, died in Beijing at age 61. In 1973, Arab oil-pro- ducing nations announced they would begin cutting back oil exports to Western nations and Japan; the result was a total embargo that lasted until March 1974. In 1978, President Carter signed a bill restoring U.S. citizenship to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. In 1989, an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck Northern Cali- fornia, killing 63 people and causing $6 billion worth of damage. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Marsha Hunt is 102. Astronaut Mae Jemison is 63. Country singer Alan Jackson is 61. Movie critic Richard Roeper is 60. Movie director Rob Marshall is 59. Actor Grant Shaud is 59. Animator Mike Judge is 57. Singer Rene’ Dif is 52. Reg- gae singer Ziggy Marley is 51. Actor Wood Harris is 50. Singer Wyclef Jean is 50. Singer Chris Kirkpatrick (‘N Sync) is 48. Rapper Eminem is 47. Actress Sharon Leal is 47. Actress Felicity Jones is 36. Actor Chris Lowell is 35. Actor Dee Jay Daniels is 31. Thought for Today: “If you believe that life is worth living then your belief will create the fact.” — Arthur Miller (1915-2005). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE