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A12 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Thursday, January 7, 2021 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Mom is pressured to teach native language to daughter FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER Dear Abby: I came to this coun- ments bother you, tell them that try 30 years ago, at 16. My parents because you don’t tell them how to were very abusive and neglectful, raise their children, you prefer they not tell you how to raise yours. so my uncle in the U.S. took me in. Dear Abby: I have a unique I have worked with therapists, and problem, and if it isn’t resolved, my mind is clear about my past. I’m afraid my marriage is going I now have a 14-year-old daugh- ter. I do not speak to her in my to end in divorce. Ten years ago, J eanne native language. It is not very good at my brother-in-law’s wedding, I P hilliPs at expressing love and caring, and was left in charge of the bar. I got ADVICE has more emphasis on strict hierar- drunk and made a fool of myself. chy and obedience. This included overtly flirting with one of the bridesmaids. I’m incredi- There are many things I cannot bly sorry about the embarrassment it caused convey in my native language. One must my wife. understand the huge cultural difference Fast-forward to today: My wife has between my native country and the U.S. In accused me of inappropriate behavior and addition, I do not want to force my daugh- ter to learn something because someone hundreds of affairs that never happened. I other than her insisted. I prefer to spend my have been faithful to her since we started resources helping her learn something she is dating. She goes through my business phone and accuses me and my professional con- interested in. tacts of sexual behavior. I have offered to If she says she wants to learn my native take a polygraph exam, but she continues to language, I’ll teach her. So far, she has accuse me of infidelity. I’m at my wits’ end, shown no interest. My friends criticize me and marriage counseling isn’t an option. — for not teaching it to her. I’m bothered by Not Fooling Around in Maine their insistence that I’m robbing my daugh- ter of the opportunity to learn it. How do Dear Not Fooling: Marriage counseling I tell them it is none of their business? — may not be an option for you and your wife, Reader in Hawaii but you should definitely consult a licensed psychotherapist. Something is not right with Dear Reader: Your daughter may not your wife. Is it possible that the wedding have asked to learn your native language incident so severely unbalanced her that she because it hasn’t occurred to her that it might has never recovered? one day be a valuable asset. I do think you What you have described is a miserable should offer to teach it to her if she’s inter- ested in knowing more about the culture existence for both of you. That it has gone that shaped her mother, because her answer unresolved for a decade is tragic. Where you might surprise you. need to go from here I cannot decide for you, but a therapist may be able to guide you. That said, because your friends’ com- 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 Jan. 7, 1921 With a thrust of a dagger into his own heart, George Francis, known to Round-Up followers as “Long George,” recently brought a highly dramatic end to a rather dramatic life. Francis had dragged his injured body a mile through snow and at a temperature of 20 degrees below zero toward civilization in hopes of receiving aid for a broken leg when the pain and cold finally crazed him and caused him to draw the knife that ended his life. Francis drove his automobile off a precipitous cliff while en route to Havre, Montana. In the killing cold and far from habitation, he began the grim fight against death. A red trail in the snow told the dramatic story to persons who found his body. Francis had once been con- victed and sentenced to prison in Montana for horse stealing. He hid out in the moun- tains for 18 months and never was brought in to serve his time. In by-gone years he brought relay strings to Round-Ups where he performed. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 7, 1971 Three prisoners at the Umatilla County Jail are on a hunger strike, refusing the bread they are offered, Sheriff Roy Johnson said. Nine prisoners at the jail were placed on diets of bread and water following a riot in which the prisoners severely damaged jail facilities. Chief Deputy Bill McPherson said the bread and water will continue to be offered to the men staging the hunger strike. Johnson commented that over the years there has been a great change in the type of prisoners handled here and at the state pen- itentiary. Prisoners are younger and tend to be more hostile toward jailers. “The old convicts weren’t like that,” he said. “They regarded the jail as their home while they were in it and didn’t want it torn apart.” The number of prisoners handled at the Umatilla County Jail has increased steadily over the years, taxing jail facilities. Umatilla County Judge C.E. Lassen after the riot said he will launch an investigation of the need for an improved jail here. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 7, 1996 The on-ramp to the bustling informa- tion-rich Internet has just become more affordable thanks to a local company of computer entrepreneurs. Oregon Trail Inter- net, founded by Steve Winterton and his wife, Carrie, promises on-line gabbers all the chatting they want — and researchers a myriad of information at their fingertips — at just $25 per month. “Pendleton needs this,” said Winterton, a U.S. Forest Service telecommunication specialist who plunged around $40,000 into the new venture with the help of 10 investors. Each has a share of the home-grown company. In the past, local residents could either plug in to national services such as America On Line or tap public Internet access through the state’s COMPASS system. Oregon Trail Internet founders considered national services too expensive and filled with “frivolous fea- tures” and the state’s system ponderous and limited. Customers will also be able to have home pages created for them by the com- pany to be posted in the cyberspace market- place known as the World Wide Web. None of the company’s founders believe the Inter- net is simply a fad. 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. 7, 1789, Amer- ica held its first presiden- tial election as voters chose electors who, a month later, selected George Washing- ton to be the nation’s first chief executive. In 1927, commercial transatlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London. In 1972, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. and William H. Rehn- quist were sworn in as the 99th and 100th members of the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1999, for the sec- ond time in history, an impeached American presi- dent went on trial before the Senate. President Bill Clin- ton faced charges of perjury and obstruction of justice; he was acquitted. In 2004, President George W. Bush proposed legal status, at least tempo- rarily, for millions of immi- grants improperly working in the U.S. In 2019, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Gins- burg was absent from oral arguments as she recuper- ated from cancer surgery. Today’s Birthdays: Magazine publisher Jann Wenner is 75. Talk show host Katie Couric is 64. Actor Nicolas Cage is 57. Actor Doug E. Doug is 51. Actor Dustin Diamond is 44. Actor Reggie Austin is 42. PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE