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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Sitter’s pushy granddaughter
is a concern for working mom
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Dear Abby: Because my hus-
ted me back saying Drew can work
band and I work, I take our 6-month-
as much as he wants! He also said
old to a sitter several times a week.
Drew hasn’t worked full time since
he started working there.
I understand little ones tend to be
Well, Drew got mad at me and
mean sometimes — hitting, biting
left. I still love him. I thought he was
and pushing — but in this case, it’s a
my soul mate. Should I keep wish-
little different.
ing we could get back together? —
My sitter cares for her 3-year-old
Feeling Lifeless
granddaughter as well as her clients’
J eanne
Dear Feeling Lifeless: No! In a
children, and her granddaughter
P hilliPs
sense, you were taken for a ride, and
pushes the littler ones. I have seen
ADVICE
I’m not talking about four-wheel-
her push a 1-year-old down. I have
ers. Your next soul mate should be
never observed any of the other chil-
dren do it, only the granddaughter.
someone who is completely hon-
est and, preferably, fully employed. Drew is
I wouldn’t be so worried if my daughter
neither.
were 2 and could defend herself, but she’s
Dear Abby: I have been remarried for
only 6 months old. She is crawling, sitting up
four years to a wonderful man who treats me
and standing already, and I’m gravely wor-
ried the girl will harm my infant. I don’t want
like a queen. However, he and my 18-year-
my baby ending up with a head injury. What
old daughter dislike each other, which causes
can I do to try to resolve this? — Deeply
a huge amount of stress and conflict. They
Concerned in the South
fight, and I’m stuck in the middle. I don’t
Dear Deeply Concerned: Talk to the
know what I can do to resolve this problem. I
love them both with all my heart! — Desper-
sitter about your concerns. Ask if it is pos-
sible to keep the older girl separate from
ate For Peace
the younger ones, however, the only way to
Dear Desperate: I wish you had men-
tioned why your husband dislikes your
be absolutely certain your little one is safe
daughter and vice versa. Is he overbearing
would be to change babysitters.
and trying to parent her? That is your job, not
Dear Abby: I made a friend on Facebook.
his.
“Drew” and I texted through Messenger, and
Your daughter is no longer 14. At 18, she
I went to ride four-wheelers with him one
is now considered to be an adult, and because
day. We hit it off great. We started dating,
the “combatants” are both adults, they should
and he moved in with me for a few months.
act like it, be civil and refrain from turning
In the beginning, Drew didn’t mention
their disagreements into open warfare. Your
he was working only part time. After he told
mistake has been allowing yourself to be
me he had been moved to part time, I told
placed in the middle. A better solution would
him he needed to tell his boss he needed full
be to get family counseling if your daughter
time or a different job. I wrote a comment
plans to continue to live with you.
to that effect on their page, and his boss tex-
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
DILBERT
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Dec. 8, 1920
The present squeeze in the grain mar-
ket is due to the fact that no wheat is mov-
ing into the primary markets, according to
W. L. Thompson, president of the Amer-
ican National Bank, who while in town to
look after interests here told the East Ore-
gonian: “The policy of buying from hand
to mouth, for filling only immediate needs,
has to a large extent taken out of the wheat
market all the larger mills of the country.”
Mr. Thompson said farmers can help them-
selves and the grain business in general by
taking up the “Buy a Barrel of Flour” move-
ment. With the movement county, state and
nation-wide, mills would soon be obliged to
get into the wheat market for supplies and
thus would encourage the farmers to sell at
a profitable price. The farm bureau on Sat-
urday urged all its members and all farmers
in the county to get behind the movement
by buying a barrel of flour for their own use.
Households in Pendleton likewise are urged
to lay in their supplies of flour at once. A
barrel of flour constitutes but 196 pounds
and the retail price at present is around the
$10 mark.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Dec. 8, 1970
You might think of cougar hunting as
man’s work but don’t say so in front of Deb-
bie Edwards. The Pendleton girl — she’s
only 13 — bagged a cougar last week. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Edwards, Route 1. Debbie was one of the
few lucky hunters in Oregon to draw a cou-
gar tag this year. Saturday she, her father,
and neighbor Jerry Mils loaded up their
dogs and drove to the Big Canyon Creek
country about 40 miles west from Enter-
prise on a scouting trip. They had planned
to talk to ranchers and others and select an
area to hunt in later. But they found fresh
tracks across the road and turned the dogs
loose. The dogs treed a female weighing 85
pounds and Debbie killed the big cat with
shots from an M-1 carbine. This is Deb-
bie’s first year of hunting. No, she didn’t get
a buck. But with a cougar rug on the floor,
could she ask for more?
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Dec. 8, 1995
Last week’s flooding may have caused
more than water damage to area homes. It
also is suspected of contaminating the city’s
drinking water with infectious bacteria.
City officials recommended Thursday that
the public boil water for drinking or cook-
ing to lessen the threat of fecal coliform
bacteria, which was discovered in the area’s
water system a day earlier. That recommen-
dation was lifted Friday morning after city
officials announced that an extra dose of
chlorine had killed existing bacteria. Within
hours of the notification Thursday afternoon
local grocery stores were packed with cus-
tomers carting home cases of water. Bottled
water in the gallon size was snapped up and
quickly sold out at Albertson’s and Safeway
once word began spreading about the con-
tamination problem. Albertson’s grocery
manager said the water was gone before the
announcement “even hit the radio.” In the
last 20 years, this type of contamination has
happened three times, and each time it was
due to flooding.
TODAY IN HISTORY
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
On Dec. 8, 1941, the
United States entered World
War II as Congress declared
war against Imperial Japan,
a day after the attack on
Pearl Harbor.
In 1886, the American
Federation of Labor was
founded in Columbus, Ohio.
In 1949, the Chinese
Nationalist
government
moved from the Chinese
mainland to Formosa as the
Communists pressed their
attacks.
In 1991, AIDS patient
Kimberly Bergalis, who had
contracted the disease from
her dentist, died in Fort
Pierce, Fla., at age 23.
In 2012, Pakistan’s presi-
dent visited a British hospital
where a 15-year-old school-
girl, Malala Yousafzai, was
being treated after being
shot in the head by a Taliban
gunman in October.
In 2014, the U.S. and
NATO ceremonially ended
their combat mission in
Afghanistan, 13 years after
the Sept. 11 terror attacks
sparked their invasion of the
country to topple the Tali-
ban-led government.
Today’s Birthdays: Flut-
ist James Galway is 81.
Actor Mary Woronov is 77.
Actor Kim Basinger is 67.
Rock musician Phil Collen
(Def Leppard) is 63. Actor
Teri Hatcher is 56. Singer
Sinead O’Connor (AKA
Shuhada’ Davitt) is 54. Rock
singer Ingrid Michaelson is
41. Actor Hannah Ware is
38. NHL defenseman Drew
Doughty is 31.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE