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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Sister gets more of man’s
time than his wife and kids
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
Dear Abby: I don’t know how to
chased a second home very close to
handle this. My husband of 29 years
our son. The problem is, the home
is located within a nudist colony
spends more time with his sister and
and, therefore, we assume they
her family than he does with me and
are in fact nudists. Should this be
our children. If I say anything about
a problem for us (we are both 70),
it, he jumps all over me, defending
or should we not be concerned? —
her. He says she doesn’t have any-
Wondering in the South
one to help her. But Abby, she has
J eanne
Dear Wondering: I don’t think
two grown sons and a husband she
P hilliPs
there is anything to be worried
recently decided to divorce.
ADVICE
about. If you are concerned that
I think his relationship with his
your grandson will “see” some-
sister is weird, and other people
thing shocking, please know that he
have said they think so, too. One
can find whatever he is curious about on his
person even called it creepy. When I told
computer or cellphone. However, if you are
my husband I thought it was a weird rela-
tionship, he yelled at me. I can no longer
worried that either of you will be forced to
talk about his sister with him; it’s off limits.
view or participate in nude activities when
Please help. — Only The Wife
you visit your son, all you have to say is,
Dear Only The Wife: Has your husband
“I think we’ll stay at a nearby hotel, thank
you.”
always been close to this sister? It may be
Dear Abby: I recently attended a wed-
the reason he is spending time with her. I’m
ding and was videotaped while I was danc-
sure she wouldn’t be divorcing her husband
ing. I was shown the tape later at a fam-
if the marriage had been a bed of roses, and
ily gathering. I’m not a great dancer, and
she may need private time with her brother
I looked silly, so I asked that the video be
to help her detoxify.
deleted. Instead, it was passed around and
That said, that he spends more time with
everyone laughed and made fun of me. It
his sister than with you and the children is
was embarrassing and hurtful.
unusual. It makes me wonder about the state
My husband says I’m overreacting. Am
of your own marriage. If there is stress and
I? I said nothing and don’t intend to, but I
tension the two of you can’t resolve together,
can’t get it out of my mind. — Dancing Fool
you may need to consult a licensed marriage
in Ohio
and family therapist.
Dear Dancing Fool: Your feelings are
Dear Abby: Our 47-year-old son remar-
ried two years ago. We have a 15-year-old
your feelings. Nobody wants to be made fun
grandson from his previous marriage who
of. But you have two choices: The first is to
lives with his mom and who visits his dad
continue to stew about it. The second is to
every other weekend. We are not close with
join in the laughter, admit you don’t dance
our new in-laws, who live out of state.
like a gazelle — few people do — and let it
go. If you downplay it, it will go away.
We recently found out that they have pur-
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 8, 1920
A latest-improved Butterkist popcorn
machine was received today by the Cosy Bil-
liard Parlor from the factory at Indianapo-
lis and immediately put into operation. The
machine is operated entirely by electricity
and pops and butters corn, roasts peanuts and
has a popcorn fountain, a new display feature.
The machine represents an outlay of more
than $1000 and was installed today by W. E.
LaMonte, of Portland, Butterkist service man.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 8, 1970
An air sampling station was established
this week atop the Umatilla County Court-
house by the state Department of Envi-
ronmental Quality. The Pendleton station
is among 23 selected for a statewide air
sampling network. The knowledge will be
acquired by uniform sampling that will give
current information of the general levels of
suspended particulate matter, sulfur dioxide
and particle fallout in the 23 cities. Even-
tually, standards will be developed toward
lessening annoying air.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 8, 1995
The Pendleton Planning Commission has
endorsed the rezoning of the former Harris
Pine Mills site, a change that would set the
stage for a shopping center development. The
city council will vote on a rezone-ordinance
and Comprehensive Plan amendment at its
January meeting. The rezone would resolve
a bottleneck between private developers and
state Department of Transportation offi-
cials that stalled development for more than
two years. The site was home to Harris Pine
Furniture, at one time the top employer in
Pendleton. The factory fell silent in 1991 at
the site, between Safeway and the Umatilla
River in southwest Pendleton.
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
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 Jan. 8, 1815, the last
major engagement of the
War of 1812 came to an end
as U.S. forces defeated the
British in the Battle of New
Orleans, not having got-
ten word of the signing of a
peace treaty.
In
1918,
President
Woodrow Wilson outlined
his Fourteen Points for last-
ing peace after World War
I. Mississippi became the
first state to ratify the 18th
Amendment to the Consti-
tution, which established
Prohibition.
In 1935, rock ’n’ roll leg-
end Elvis Presley was born
in Tupelo, Mississippi.
In 1964, President Lyn-
don B. Johnson, in his
State of the Union address,
declared an “unconditional
war on poverty in America.”
In 1973, the Paris peace
talks between the United
States and North Vietnam
resumed.
In 1982, American Tele-
phone and Telegraph settled
the Justice Department’s
antitrust lawsuit against
it by agreeing to divest
itself of the 22 Bell System
companies.
In 2004, A U.S. Black
Hawk medivac helicop-
ter crashed near Fallujah,
Iraq, killing all nine soldiers
aboard.
In 2006, the first funerals
were held in West Virginia
for the 12 miners who’d died
in the Sago Mine disaster
six days earlier.
In 2008, Sen. Hillary
Rodham Clinton powered to
victory in New Hampshire’s
2008 Democratic primary
in a startling upset, defeat-
ing Sen. Barack Obama and
resurrecting her bid for the
White House; Sen. John
McCain defeated his Repub-
lican rivals to move back
into contention for the GOP
nomination.
In 2011, U.S. Rep. Gabri-
elle Giffords, D-Ariz., was
shot and critically wounded
when a gunman opened fire
as the congresswoman met
with constituents in Tuc-
son; six people were killed,
12 others also injured. (Gun-
man Jared Lee Loughner
was sentenced in Novem-
ber 2012 to seven consecu-
tive life sentences, plus 140
years.)
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actor-comedian
Larry
Storch is 97. Singer Shir-
ley Bassey is 83. Actress
Yvette Mimieux is 78.
Singer Juanita Cowart Mot-
ley (The Marvelettes) is 76.
Actress Kathleen Noone is
75. Rock musician Robby
Krieger (The Doors) is 74.
Actress Michelle Forbes is
55. Actress Maria Pitillo
is 54. Reggae singer Sean
Paul is 47. Actress-rock
singer Jenny Lewis is 44.
Actress Sarah Polley is 41.
Actress Rachel Nichols is
40. Actress Gaby Hoffman
is 38. Actress Cynthia Erivo
is 33.
Thought for Today:
“Anxiety never yet suc-
cessfully bridged over any
chasm.” — Giovanni Ruffini,
Italian writer (1807-1881).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE