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B6 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Friday, November 8, 2019 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Dinner out is unwelcome gift for couple on restricted diets FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: My companion of had offered to sell it to me and, at the time, I was interested in buy- many years and I are retired and ing it. Then I did the one thing I live a few hours away from some of never thought I would do. I found his family. When one of them plans love. Because it’s no longer just me, a visit, she always insists on taking their house won’t work for us. I was us out for a meal. She doesn’t ask if honest with my friends. They have we would like to eat out but rather been giving me the silent treatment “commands” it. Then she insists on ever since, and it’s causing prob- paying for the meal. J eanne lems at work. What is a girl to do? I enjoy cooking and visiting P hilliPs — In Love in the Midwest with family during and after meals. ADVICE Dear In Love: Recognize that I know what our dietary restrictions Rebecca and Caesar are under- are, and most restaurant meals do standably upset that what they not meet those requirements, which thought would be a quick and easy sale has include low sodium, fat and sugar and no now become more complicated. Explain to gluten. According to my companion, I’m a them again that you didn’t mean to cause good cook, and he enjoys everything I make. them a problem, but your circumstances I know I should say something, but what? changed. And if they continue to take out I need a suggestion on how to deal with the their disappointment by punishing you at situation without hurting anyone’s feelings. work, look for another job. — Thanks, But No Thanks Dear Abby: I agreed to pay for a cell- Dear T.B.N.T.: This relative may not phone for a friend’s daughter while she went mean to seem overbearing and may only to school in the U.S. She was supposed to be be trying to be nice. Thank her warmly for here for three years. Well, it is now year four, wanting to take you to dinner, but tell her and she’s planning to stay here after gradu- no. Explain that because of medical reasons, ation. How do I tell her that I am not willing both of you must strictly limit the sodium, to continue paying for her phone after grad- fat, sugar and gluten in your diet, which is uation? — Tried To Help in Texas why the two of you have decided it is “safer” Dear Tried To Help: You have several to eat at home, where you can control what choices. You can tell her parents, write to goes into your food. Then invite her to join her or call her on the cellphone you have you because you would love to see her and so generously underwritten. And after you spend time with her while she’s in town. deliver the message, you should be thanked Dear Abby: I am in a difficult situation. for your generosity not only by her but also My dear friends and bosses, “Rebecca” her parents. and “Caesar,” are selling their home. They DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 8, 1919 Wrecks of two freight trains on the line between Pendleton and La Grande today delayed all the O. W. trains in both direc- tions. One of the wrecks occurred at Perry during the night and the other early this morning near Cayuse. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 8, 1969 “How do we promote wheat in a buyers’ market?” That was the question posted to the Umatilla County Association of the Oregon Wheat Growers League Thursday by Rich- ard Baum, former Pendleton resident who is now executive secretary of Western Wheat Associates. WWA is the industry’s promo- tion arm in the Far East, chief market for the soft white wheat grown in the Pacific North- west. Although the Northwest produces only one percent of the world’s wheat, it com- mands the lion’s share of the Japanese market. Wheat growers are worried that this may not continue because world wheat supplies now far exceed demand — five billion bushels are available, demand is only 1.8 billion. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 9, 1994 Long before the votes were counted Tues- day night, the upset winner in the race for Umatilla County sheriff was feeling con- fident. “If George Foreman can win, I can win,” Gordon Campbell told a small crowd of his supporters. Campbell, a Native Ameri- can who was born and raised on the Kalispell Indian Reservation in northeast Washington, is a former chief of police for the Spokane and Umatilla Indian reservations. He said his skin color was as much an issue in the campaign as his background or his plans for the sheriff’s department. A distant second in a Septem- ber primary election, Campbell came from behind to narrowly defeat John Trumbo. TODAY IN HISTORY BLONDIE DILBERT THE WIZARD OF ID LUANN ZITS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE BY SCOTT ADAMS BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART BY GREG EVANS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN On Nov. 8, 2000, a state- wide recount began in Flor- ida, which emerged as critical in deciding the winner of the 2000 presidential election. Earlier that day, Vice Presi- dent Al Gore had telephoned Texas Gov. George W. Bush to concede, but called back about an hour later to retract his concession. In 1864, President Abra- ham Lincoln won re-elec- tion as he defeated Demo- cratic challenger George B. McClellan. In 1923, Adolf Hitler launched his first attempt at seizing power in Germany with a failed coup in Munich that came to be known as the “Beer-Hall Putsch.” In 1950, during the Korean War, the first jet- plane battle took place as U.S. Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown shot down a North Korean MiG-15. In 1960, Massachu- setts Sen. John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the presidency. In 1972, the premium cable TV network HBO (Home Box Office) made its debut with a showing of the movie “Sometimes a Great Notion.” In 1974, a federal judge in Cleveland dismissed charges against eight Ohio National Guardsmen accused of vio- lating the civil rights of stu- dents who were killed or wounded in the 1970 Kent State shootings. In 1994, midterm elec- tions resulted in Republi- cans winning a majority in the Senate while at the same time gaining control of the House for the first time in 40 years. In 2002, the U.N. Secu- rity Council unanimously approved Resolution 1441, aimed at forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face “serious consequences.” President George W. Bush said the new resolution pre- sented the Iraqi regime “with a final test.” In 2004, after a decade, the U.S. dollar was elimi- nated from circulation in Cuba. In 2016, Republican Donald Trump was elected America’s 45th president, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton in an astonishing victory for a celebrity busi- nessman and political nov- ice. Republicans kept their majorities in the Senate and House. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Norman Lloyd is 105. Singer-actress Bon- nie Bramlett is 75. Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro is 65. Rock musi- cian Pearl Thompson (The Cure) is 62. Actress Parker Posey is 51. Actress Roxana Zal is 50. Singer Diana King is 49. Rock musician Scott Devendorf (The National) is 47. Actress Gretchen Mol is 46. ABC News anchor David Muir is 46. Actress Jessica Lowndes is 31. R&B singer SZA is 30. New York Yan- kees outfielder and desig- nated hitter Giancarlo Stan- ton is 30. Singer-actor Riker Lynch is 28. Country singer Lauren Alaina is 25. Actor Van Crosby (TV: “Splitting Up Together”) is 17. Thought for Today: “Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.” — Margaret Lee Runbeck, American author (1905-1956). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
