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A14 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Thursday, December 31, 2020 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Jealousy creates a barrier between biological siblings FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER Dear Abby: I’m an American They do not have the right to crit- icize your political views or your man who was adopted as an infant. lifestyle, any more than you have Several years ago, I found my birth the right to criticize theirs. (And I parents. They are not from Amer- ica. My mother came here to give doubt you would.) Because you are birth and left. Sometime later she neither respected nor included, you married my father and had more have every right to back off and children. I’m in touch with the head in a different, more positive J eanne entire family, but mainly my birth direction. Frankly, I suspect you P hilliPs will feel better as soon as you do. parents. ADVICE Dear Abby: I’m a 26-year-old My biological siblings are jeal- male in a long-distance relation- ous of my success in life and make ship with my girlfriend, who is it plain they don’t approve of much 18. I love her to the moon and back, but I that I do. They also make sure I know I’m feel like she only stays with me because I not really part of the family because we can buy her things. She gets upset with me didn’t grow up together (although we are, when I don’t get them for her. She says I by blood, 100% siblings). value my mother and others before her. I deal with this the best I can, but now I love her so much, and I want to marry I’m getting flak from them because of my her. I’m a minister at a church. She thinks political views. (They saw a photo of me she should take priority before my bills and at a political fundraiser.) When my sis- ter turned 40 this year, I sent her a card, a taking care of my mother, who can barely walk. What do I do? — Uneasy in New Facebook post and a text message. I turned Jersey 50 at the same time and heard not a word Dear Uneasy: From what you have writ- from her. ten, it appears you are involved with an Although my siblings are not Ameri- cans, they feel the need to trash our coun- 18-year-old self-involved gold digger who try, our government and our way of life. I’m does seem to be with you only because of tempted to cut ties with them. There is lit- what you give her. She hasn’t yet learned (1) tle respect coming my way, and I think I’ve That a gift should be voluntary and appre- ciated, rather than extorted, and (2) the way had enough. I value your opinion, which is a man treats his mother is the way he will why I am writing to you now. treat his wife. BTW: I had an amazing set of (now Since you asked my advice, here it is: deceased) parents and wonderful siblings Close your wallet and ditch this “girl.” growing up. I just wish I had a better rela- tionship with my biological family. — Dis- Dear Readers: Well, 2020, a year like appointed and Excluded no other in recent memory, has drawn to a Dear Disappointed: Your family is the close! I join you tonight in toasting a 2021 family that raised and nurtured you. I, too, that will be less challenging for all of us. If am sorry you don’t have a better relation- you’re celebrating this evening, please take ship with these jealous, judgmental people. measures to protect your health and the safety of others. — Love, Abby You are related by blood — nothing more. DAYS GONE BY GARFIELD BLONDIE DILBERT BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Dec. 31, 1995 Auto license plates of 1920 will be as worthless as counterfeit money in the eyes of Traffic Officer William H. Lyday on and after tomorrow, except where drivers can show that they have filed with the secre- tary of state their application for the 1921 license. The new plates, green with white numerals, will be required for the coming year and all who have received theirs from Salem are urged by the officer to display them. Owing to the usual last minute rush at the secretary’s office, many who applied late will not have their plates so a receipt for the application will be accepted. Those who cannot show that they have even applied for the license are threatened with detention, as provided by the law. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Dec. 31, 1995 Better roads — those two words sum up the highlight of D.R. Cook’s 16 years as Umatilla County judge, he said Wednes- day. The county has more roads than any other county in Oregon. The total mileage, more than 3,000, keeps a road department of about 100 employees busy with main- tenance and construction projects. Nearly all the county bridges on the Umatilla and Walla Walla rivers have been replaced or improved during his 16 years. Hundreds of miles have been paved; hundred more based and graveled. Cook was honored Wednes- day by scores of fellow county employees at a reception in the courthouse. Today is Cook’s last day in office. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Dec. 31, 1995 The plans for an RV park and golf course on the Umatilla Indian Reservation are closer to becoming a reality. Tribal officials signed loan documents Dec. 15 in New Mex- ico that will provide $6.5 million earmarked for construction of an 18-hole championship course, a 100-space RV park and a conve- nience store/gas station. The tribes hope to have Winnebagoes and Streamliners pull- ing into their spaces by mid-summer and greens primed for tee off by the summer of 1997. The ultimate plan is to have a self-con- tained, complete destination resort. The RV park and golf course are two projects in the tribes’ master plan for development of 640 acres, which also holds Wildhorse Gaming Resort and the future Wildhorse Hotel and Tamustalik Cultural Institute. “When gam- bling reaches its plateau,” said David Tovey, director of the tribes’ department of eco- nomic and community development, “the tribes will be prepared to take on the com- petition with a full range of recreational ser- vices and amenities.” BY SCOTT ADAMS 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. 31, 2019, the health commission in the central Chinese city of Wuhan announced that experts were investigat- ing an outbreak of respira- tory illness and that most of the victims had visited a seafood market in the city; the statement said 27 peo- ple had become ill with a strain of viral pneumonia and that seven were in seri- ous condition. In 1879, Thomas Edison first publicly demonstrated his electric incandescent light by illuminating some 40 bulbs at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. In 1904, New York’s Times Square saw its first New Year’s Eve celebration, with an estimated 200,000 people in attendance. In 1951, the Marshall Plan expired after distribut- ing more than $12 billion in foreign aid. In 1974, private U.S. cit- izens were allowed to buy and own gold for the first time in more than 40 years. In 1999, Russian Presi- dent Boris Yeltsin announced his resignation (he was suc- ceeded by Vladimir Putin). In 2001, New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani spent his final day in office praising police, firefighters, and other city employees in the wake of 9/11, and said he had no regrets about return- ing to private life. Today’s Birthdays: TV producer George Schlat- ter is 91. Actor Sir Anthony Hopkins is 83. Actor Sir Ben Kingsley is 77. Fashion designer Diane von Fursten- berg is 74. Actor Val Kilmer is 61. Actor Gong Li is 55. Author Nicholas Sparks is 55. Olympic gold medal gymnast Gabby Douglas is 25. PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE