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A14 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Thursday, January 14, 2021 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Son with new girlfriend grows more distant from his mother FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I’m a mom of three Dear Beyond Grief: You have young adults, a daughter and two my sympathy. If your dog was sons. The oldest recently married. suffering and your veterinarian My youngest is finishing his last two told you the time had come for him years of college out of state. Three to go, you did the right thing. Our months ago, he met a young lady. beloved pets should run and play I have tried constantly to be close rather than suffer. This is so painful with all my children, but the young- because you loved your cherished est has always kept me at bay. He family member and feel you should J eanne expresses how different we are. have saved him, which, of course, P hilliPs was beyond your power. Now that he has met this young ADVICE lady, I think he’s trying to push me Every pet owner faces what you further away and continue on with are experiencing when they leave her and her mom. It makes me sad their pet at the Rainbow Bridge. because no matter how hard I try to be a good In time, your pain should lessen. But if it mother and be present, it doesn’t work. What persists to the point that it interferes with do you suggest? — Sad Mom in Mississippi the rest of your life, consult your veterinarian Dear Mom: Your son is pursuing not only about joining a grief support group. this young lady, but also his independence, Dear Abby: My husband of 49 years is fighting me left and right about finding some- which is normal for someone his age, and he one to help around our house. He is stubborn. may need to separate from you for a while. Back off for now and allow him some space. He has tunnel vision and a one-track mind, Whether this college romance will pan out and he doesn’t want anyone to assist him in is anyone’s guess, so calm down. If possi- anything. If I hire someone, he always has a ble, concentrate on things other than your negative comment about that person’s work- empty nest. However, if you are unable to manship. do that, ask your physician or your insurance He’s retired after working 44 years and company to refer you to a licensed psycho- thinks life will wait for him to complete any therapist to help you get through this. task, even if it takes another 49 years. I need Dear Abby: I lost my schnauzer to diabe- help with his “I can handle it” attitude while tes five months ago. He was my best and, everything stays on hold until he can get to really, only friend. I can’t get over the guilt it. — Needs It Yesterday in Michigan for having to euthanize him. I hate myself. Dear Needs It: Give your husband a I have cried every day since because I feel deadline to either finish a project or hire it like I let him down. I have never had to go done, making clear that if he doesn’t do it, through this before. It was so traumatic I you will see it gets done. Then batten down just can’t get over it. Why is this so hard? — the hatches and be prepared for him not to take the message gracefully. Beyond Grief in Utah DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 14, 1921 America’s immigration problem will be treated from all its angles in the Forum of the Presbyterian church. The discussions are open to the public. Frederick W. Steiwer, local attorney; Ernest L. Crockatt, former Univer- sity of Oregon debater; Rev. John Secor, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church; and Rev. Alfred Lockwood, pastor of the Church of the Redeemer, Episcopal, are to be the speakers. Each will be assigned a differ- ent line of thought to develop. The only topic announced so far is that of Rev. Mr. Lock- wood, who has chosen “Our Duty to the Alien.” Japanese immigration, which is one of the timeliest issues on the Pacific slope of the United States today, will be one of the topics up for consideration. Asiatic immigration in general and immigration from the Near East and from the Latin countries of Europe are other topics to be dealt with. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 14, 1971 A University of Massachusetts student from Pendleton was discharged from his prac- tice teaching job in a Georgia school because he discussed the theory of evolution. David Young recalled the incident during a recent visit here. It was during his fifth week of prac- tice teaching at Americus, Ga., that one of his eighth grade science class students asked him about the theory of evolution. Young preceded his explanation, and concluded it, with a state- ment that he believed in the Bible and God. But the word of his actions got back to the superintendent, who ordered Young dismissed on grounds he was teaching atheism. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 14, 1996 Local Teamsters employed at Smith Frozen Foods have signed a petition against a union-supported radio spot they say unfairly targets U.S. Senate candidate Gordon Smith for the deaths of two employees at the frozen vegetable plant in Weston. Smith, a Pendle- ton Republican and state Senate president, has called the ad “despicable.” The 60-second commercial, which also mentions other labor difficulties, including hiring illegal aliens and child labor law violations, was paid for by DRIVE — the Teamsters’ national politi- cal action committee. More than 100 Smith employees, members of Teamster Local 556, signed the petition and statement calling for a public apology from their union. “We disagree with their attempts to create a polit- ical issue from other people’s tragedies and attempting to portray the opinions of local members without their input or consent on this issue,” the petition states. 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. 14, 1943, Pres- ident Franklin D. Roos- evelt , Br it i sh P r i me Minister Winston Churchill and French General Charles de Gaulle opened a wartime conference in Casablanca. In 1914, Ford Motor Co. greatly improved its assem- bly-line operation by employ- ing an endless chain to pull each chassis along at its High- land Park, Michigan, plant. In 1963, George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama with the pledge “Segregation forever!” — a view Wallace later repudiated. In 1964, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, in a brief televised address, thanked Americans for their condolences and messages of support following the assassi- nation of her husband, Presi- dent John F. Kennedy, nearly two months earlier. In 1968, the Green Bay Packers of the NFL defeated the AFL’s Oakland Raid- ers, 33-14, in the second AFL-NFL World Champi- onship game (now referred to as Super Bowl II). In 1970, Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their last concert together, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. In 1994, President Bill Clinton and Russian Pres- ident Boris Yeltsin signed an accord to stop aiming missiles at any nation; the leaders joined Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk in signing an accord to dismantle the nuclear arse- nal of Ukraine. In 2010, P resident Barack Obama and the U.S. moved to take charge in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, dispatching thousands of troops along with tons of aid. In 2013, Lance Armstrong ended a decade of denial by confessing to Oprah Winfrey during a videotaped inter- view that he’d used perfor- mance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France. Today’s Bir thdays: Actor Faye Dunaway is 80. Actor Carl Weathers is 73. Lawrence Kasdan is 72. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Maureen Dowd is 69. Movie writer-direc- tor Steven Soderbergh is 58. Actor Emily Watson is 54. Rapper-actor LL Cool J is 53. Actor Emayatzy Corine- aldi is 41. PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE