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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Parents clash over who should
discipline their three children
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Dear Abby: I am a single father
part of a close-knit friend group,
but my boyfriend is on the intro-
of three wonderful kids. When my
verted side. Although he is sweet
wife and I separated, we agreed to
and thoughtful, he doesn’t have
50/50 custody and a property settle-
ment. Everything went smoothly.
many friends of his own, and he
A year later, I requested, and was
tends to enjoy independent hobbies.
Since learning that my friend-
granted, full custody of my chil-
ships are very important to me, he
dren. Their mom has visitation, but
has made a huge effort with my
that’s it.
J eanne
friends and their boyfriends. In
Shortly after my separation,
P hilliPs
the past, he invited them to mov-
ADVICE
I met a woman and we became
ies, reached out and attempted to
good friends. I waited about a year
engage them in multiple ways.
before introducing her to my chil-
dren because I wanted to make sure I knew
I have watched from a distance, hop-
ing they could forge a connection, but they
her first.
ignore or avoid him, and he recently shared
Although we are not “officially” in a rela-
tionship, she has been more than willing to
his worry that they don’t like him. I don’t
blame him for thinking that, and I’m start-
step in and help with the children. In a few
ing to feel sad for him and frustrated with
instances, she has disciplined them because
my friends. At what point do I talk to them
of bad behaviors. It usually entails talking
about this? Should I just let the relationships
to them about what they did wrong and
happen organically (if they happen)? Should
some sort of consequence — loss of toys or
I interfere at all? — Torn in Texas
privileges.
Dear Torn: You didn’t mention how old
When they went to visit their mother and
you are, or how long you and your boyfriend
she heard about it, she wasn’t happy. She
have been involved. I do not think it would
called me very upset saying my friend had
be interfering to ask your friends why
no right to discipline our kids. I see noth-
ing wrong with it, but I am second-guess-
they seem unwilling to accept him. Their
answers might be enlightening.
ing myself. Some advice, please? — Con-
At some ages, circles have formed and
cerned Dad in California
it’s difficult to break in and gain acceptance.
Dear Concerned Dad: If your lady
If there is something about your boyfriend
friend’s “discipline” ever went further than
that makes them uncomfortable, it would
a talking-to, then their mother is right.
be better if you knew what it was. However,
Because you have primary custody of the
ultimately, he should socialize with you and
children, you should be the parent who lev-
ies penalties if they misbehave and a pun-
these friends at his comfort level. You may
ishment is warranted.
also need to seek out new friends and culti-
vate relationships together as a couple.
Dear Abby: I’m a very social person and
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
DILBERT
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 5, 1921
Dr. F. A. Lieuallen and Perry L. Idle-
man, local members of the state hospitaliza-
tion committee of the American Legion, left
for Walla Walla this noon in response to a
request that they meet Washington officials
of the legion and army officers in an inspec-
tion of the old Fort Walla Walla barracks as
a possible hospital site for wounded men of
the world war needing hospital treatment.
Washington legion officials have been on a
tour of the state looking after men needing
hospital treatment and looking into the facil-
ities provided former service men receiving
vocational training at the various institu-
tions in the state. The hospital proposition at
Walla Walla is understood to be for all men
of the northwest country.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 5, 1971
Sheriff’s deputies armed with shot-
guns stood guard in the cellblocks today as
cleanup started after last night’s riot in the
Umatilla County Jail on the third floor of the
courthouse. The riot raged for almost three
hours. Toilets were torn from the floor and
broken into jagged pieces, the chunks hurled
through windows. Piles of books and maga-
zines and other items were set afire and the
jail quickly filled with smoke. No deputies
or prisoners were injured, but damages will
likely run well into four figures. The inci-
dent points up a need Sheriff Roy Johnson
has spoken about for years — a need for a
jail that can handle troublesome prison-
ers. “We get men here as tough as any in
the penitentiary,” he said. He indicated the
entire design of the jail should be reexam-
ined. Some deputies have complained their
lives are endangered because of the anti-
quated design of the jail.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 5, 1996
The Umatilla County Commission-
ers have withheld their blessing on a Mil-
ton-Freewater strip club’s liquor license
application, although they admit that they
may not stop the Highway 11 club north of
town from opening or serving alcohol. “It’s
our way of sending the message we do not
approve,” said Commissioner Glenn Young-
man. “If we feel the majority of our commu-
nity is not going to approve of it, we’re not
going to approve of it.” Little Darlin’s, a pro-
posed adult tavern, would be housed in the
former Angus Roadhouse restaurant build-
ing. Next door is the Junior Show Grounds,
the site of many 4-H, FFA and other youth
activities. But when the commissioners
turned to the county’s zoning ordinances for
a way to prevent the strip club from open-
ing, they came up empty. As the local gov-
ernment entity in the unincorporated areas
of the county, the commission has a nominal
say in who is awarded liquor licenses in its
jurisdiction, but the Oregon Liquor Control
Commission can issue a license in spite of
local objections.
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 Jan. 5, 1925, Dem-
ocrat Nellie Tayloe Ross
of Wyoming took office as
America’s first female gov-
ernor, succeeding her late
husband, William, following
a special election.
In 1914, auto industrial-
ist Henry Ford announced
he was going to pay work-
ers $5 for an 8-hour day,
as opposed to $2.34 for a
9-hour day. (Employees still
worked six days a week; the
5-day work week was insti-
tuted in 1926.)
In 1943, educator and
scientist George Washing-
ton Carver, who was born
into slavery, died in Tuske-
gee, Alabama, at about age
80.
In
1957,
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower pro-
posed assistance to coun-
tries to help them resist
Communist aggression in
what became known as the
Eisenhower Doctrine.
In 1972, President Rich-
ard Nixon announced that he
had ordered development of
the space shuttle.
In 1975, “The Wiz,” a
musical version of L. Frank
Baum’s “The Wonderful
Wizard of Oz” featuring an
all-Black cast, opened on
Broadway.
In 1998, Sonny Bono, the
1960s pop star-turned-pol-
itician, was killed when he
struck a tree while skiing at
the Heavenly Ski Resort on
the Nevada-California state
line; he was 62.
In 2004, foreigners arriv-
ing at U.S. airports were
photographed and had their
fingerprints scanned in the
start of a government effort
to keep terrorists out of the
country.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actor-director Diane Keaton
is 75. Rock musician Chris
Stein (Blondie) is 71. Singer
Iris Dement is 60. Rock
musician Kate Schellenbach
(Luscious Jackson) is 55.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE