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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, January 17, 2020
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Separated man is in no
hurry to file for divorce
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Dear Abby: I have been dating
remain in a holding pattern, waiting
my boyfriend for almost a year. I love
for him to do something concrete.
Some women wait for years only to
him, and we have an undeniable con-
nection I have never had with anyone
have things not work out as they had
hoped.
else. The problem is, he’s separated
Dear Abby: My sister “Dana”
but not yet divorced from his wife.
spent decades taking care of our dis-
I have a hard time moving for-
abled sister, which meant Dana and
ward in the relationship and meet-
ing his family when he hasn’t filed
her family sacrificing greatly to pro-
J eanne
vide for her care. The rest of us sib-
for divorce. He says he’s going to file,
P hilliPs
ADVICE
lings live out of town and shared
and he doesn’t seem to think it’s a big
none of the responsibility.
deal, but meeting his son and family
Our disabled sister passed away
members under these circumstances
recently, leaving an estate that is now in pro-
makes me uncomfortable. It’s almost like this
bate. I suggested to my other siblings that
is a test run to see if I’ll fit the part before he
before the estate is divided equally, we should
finalizes everything.
set aside enough for Dana and her husband to
He and his wife have been separated for
take a long-overdue and well-deserved vaca-
only a year, and I’m ready to start a family.
tion. It’s something I know Dana has been
Our timing seems off, but he treats me so well
longing for, but they won’t hear of it!
it’s hard to let him go. Should I put our rela-
I can’t believe my siblings are acting this
tionship on hold until he finalizes his divorce,
way. They say Dana can take a vacation on
or will he resent me because I’m not being sup-
portive? What if his separation is only tempo-
what she inherits, but that’s not the point.
rary, and he’s just having fun? Could I be a
While we all had free weekends and could
side chick? — Having Doubts in California
take vacations, Dana was extremely limited
Dear Having Doubts: You are asking
because our disabled sister couldn’t travel and
needed a caregiver. How do I change my sib-
intelligent questions. You have been support-
lings’ view? — Disappointed Brother
ive for quite some time now. Have the two of
Dear Brother: Your sentiments are laud-
you actually discussed getting married and
able, but there is no way to force your greedy
starting a family? If you haven’t, you should,
siblings into doing anything for Dana. It
so you have some idea of whether his sepa-
ration is temporary and what a realistic time
appears your disabled sister died without a
frame would be. Once you know what that is,
will, which could have ensured that Dana was
it couldn’t hurt to meet his son and his family,
repaid for her efforts. Your letter highlights the
if only to see how they react to you.
importance of putting last wishes in writing,
As to whether you could be this man’s side
preferably with the assistance of an attorney. I
cannot emphasize this strongly enough.
chick, it depends upon how long you plan to
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 17, 1920
Oregon wheat growers have been called to
a meeting at the Hotel Pendleton next Satur-
day to organize the Oregon unit of the North-
west Wheat Growers association recently
formed at Spokane. The proposed organiza-
tion is for the purpose of forming a marketing
association. This would be on the non-profit
cooperative basis which has been success-
ful in California. Local wheat growers know
nothing of the meeting, other than that one is
to be held. They do not know what organi-
zation stands sponsor for the proposed mar-
keting association, although it is known that
A.A. Elmore, chairman of the tri-state exec-
utive committee, is president of the Washing-
ton and Northern Idaho Farmers Union.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 17, 1970
Snow — that is the big word today in
Round-Up Country. From the Blue Moun-
tains to The Dalles, interior Oregon is covered
with white stuff. More is coming — two to
four inches of it, said the U.S. Weather Bureau.
Roads are treacherous throughout the area as
snow continues to pile up. Hermiston had eight
inches of snow today and it was still snowing
at mid-morning. Heppner reported about two
inches of snow since 8 a.m. today, for a total
depth of six or seven inches. Milton-Freewa-
ter had about six inches of the white stuff this
morning and it was still snowing.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 17, 1995
Fourteen Helix Elementary School
sixth-graders are regional winners in a state-
wide reading contest sponsored by the Port-
land Trail Blazers. “All I wanted to do was
go to a Trail Blazer game and see them play
Philadelphia,” said student Nick Parker. He
and his classmates read an average of 109.6
hours in one month in hopes of winning The
Basic Reading Fitness Program 1994 grand
prize. They almost made it. The class was
runner-up in the contest and will receive
Trail Blazer memorabilia. “We hope it’s
not just going to be key chains,” joked their
teacher, Renae Schuening. Winning the East-
ern Oregon regional title was a community
effort that included read-a-thons at students’
houses, extended hours at the school library
and adult supervisors who recorded student
time. Schuening said she hopes fund-raisers
that will start this week will earn raise enough
money so the kids can still see a Trail Blazer
game.
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. 17, 1995, more
than 6,000 people were
killed when an earthquake
with a magnitude of 7.2 dev-
astated the city of Kobe,
Japan.
In 1806, Thomas Jef-
ferson’s daughter, Martha,
gave birth to James Madi-
son Randolph, the first child
born in the White House.
In
1917,
Denmark
ceded the Virgin Islands to
the United States for $25
million.
In 1945, Soviet and Pol-
ish forces liberated Warsaw
during World War II; Swed-
ish diplomat Raoul Wallen-
berg, credited with saving
tens of thousands of Jews,
disappeared in Hungary
while in Soviet custody.
In
1961,
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
delivered
his
farewell
address in which he warned
against “the acquisition
of unwarranted influence,
whether sought or unsought,
by the military-industrial
complex.”
In 1977, convicted mur-
derer Gary Gilmore, 36,
was shot by a firing squad at
Utah State Prison in the first
U.S. execution in a decade.
In 1994, the 6.7 magni-
tude Northridge earthquake
struck Southern California,
killing at least 60 people,
according to the U.S. Geo-
logical Survey.
In 1996, Sheik Omar
Abdel-Rahman and nine
followers were handed long
prison sentences for plotting
to blow up New York-area
landmarks.
In 2001, faced with an
electricity crisis, Califor-
nia used rolling blackouts
to cut off power to hundreds
of thousands of people; Gov.
Gray Davis signed an emer-
gency order authorizing the
state to buy power.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Betty White is 98.
Actress Joanna David is 73.
Actress Jane Elliot is 73.
Singer Susanna Hoffs (The
Bangles) is 61. Actor-co-
median Jim Carrey is 58.
Former first lady Michelle
Obama is 56. Actor Naveen
Andrews is 51. Elec-
tronic music DJ Tiesto is
51. Actress-singer Zooey
Deschanel is 40. Actor Jon-
athan Keltz is 32. Actress
Kelly Marie Tran is 31..
Thought for Today:
“The only thing wrong with
immortality is that it tends
to go on forever.” — Herb
Caen, American newspaper
columnist (1916-1997).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE