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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
COFFEE BREAK
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
DEAR ABBY
Bossy sister turns a good
deed into a bad situation
Dear Abby: My older sister
modify your search.
moved in with me after she was
Would you be interested in help-
ing to keep your neighborhood clean
placed on furlough because of the
and free of trash, starting a vegetable
pandemic. I was resistant to her
moving in because she likes to run
garden to feed the needy, performing
the show, she has taken financial
yard and gardening chores for elderly
advantage of every family member,
members of your community who
can no longer do it themselves? How
never admits she’s wrong, and I was
Jeanne
worried she’d take over. But I wanted
about teaching a class in ecology at a
Phillips
to help her save money, so I said yes.
community center?
ADVICE
Now it’s like I’m walking on
If that is not to your liking, would
you deliver meals to shut-ins for a
eggshells. Every time I make a
while? An animal hospital or pet
simple request, she accuses me of
trying to act like her mother! After six months
rescue group may be able to use a willing hand
she asked if I’d prefer she move in with our
in exercising the animals in their care. The
parents, and I said yes. Now she’s upset, and
options are there. Sample them until you find
my parents are begging me to let her stay
something to your liking.
because they don’t want to deal with her. I
Dear Abby: I am a 40-something woman
just want my peace back. What should I do?
and have been with my partner for four years.
I am the mother of three boys; he’s a father of
— Tired Little Sister
Dear Tired: I’ll tell you what not to do. Do
two girls. We live at my house.
not relent. She asked if you’d prefer she move
Whenever his youngest comes to visit
in with your parents, and you answered her
(she’s 16), she insists on his every second of
honestly. Set a date for her to be out and stick
attention. He eats it up. It’s so frustrating.
They both ignore the fact that I am here. It’s
to it. It will save your sanity.
very upsetting and, I don’t think it’s normal.
Dear Abby: I’m a very hands-on person,
What about you? — Miffed in Michigan
recently retired, and I would like to do volun-
teer work. Sounds simple, right? Well, it
Dear Miffed: Have you discussed this
seems no one needs volunteers. I have been
with your partner? I don’t know how often the
looking for something, preferably ecologi-
girl comes to visit, but clearly she is starved
cal in nature, for two years. But whenever I
for her father’s attention. I don’t think you
inquire, I’m flooded with appeals for money.
should begrudge it unless her visits last for an
extended period. Of course, your partner and
I was hoping you might give me some more
his daughter should be respectful and not treat
ideas. — Broke But Available
Dear Broke: You describe yourself as
you like an old piece of furniture or a servant,
hands-on with an interest in things that are
but you might be less upset if you use some of
ecological. Because your efforts are not
that time to pursue interests or relationships
needed at the organizations you contacted,
of your own.
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
From the East Oregonian
100 Years Ago
March 23, 1921
The body of Frank Sheldon Ulrich, Pend-
leton boy who was killed in action November
10, 1918, while serving in the Sedan sector as
a member of the 8th Company, 5th Regiment,
U.S. Marines, will arrive in Pendleton this
week or next for burial. The body, which was
brought to New York recently from France on
the army transport Somme, has been started
on its journey here. The body is the first of
Pendleton’s hero dead to be brought home for
burial and the ceremonies will be marked by
full military honors. The Pendleton Post of
the American Legion will be in charge, and a
detachment of the Marine Corps of Portland
will be in Pendleton for the funeral. Frank
Sheldon Ulrich, who was in his twenty-first
year at the time of his death, was killed just a
short time before the signing of the armistice.
50 Years Ago
March 23, 1971
One of the outstanding A school high school
basketball players in the state didn’t get the
chance to display his talents in this week’s State
A Basketball Tournament. Weston’s Henry
“Doc” Baysinger has scored 1,652 points in
92 games and four years of varsity basketball.
That figures out to an average of 17.8 points
a game over four years. Baysinger has made
his league’s all-star team all four years. Last
year he was selected as district 7-B tourna-
ment all-star and this year gained the region III
TODAY IN HISTORY
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
seeding tournament all-star team and regional
all-star team. Baysinger led Weston into this
year’s regionals and scored 32 points to almost
pull Weston by regional champ Pilot Rock.
“I think ‘Doc’ Baysinger is probably the best
guard in all the state,” said Weston coach Lee
Derrick. “It’s unfortunate he never made it to
the state tournament but he will be playing in
a college somewhere next year and whichever
college gets him will be getting one of the best
college prospects in Oregon.”
25 Years Ago
March 23, 1996
The landscape had grown familiar — dilap-
idated old military buildings in a state of decay
that qualified them as Pendleton eyesores.
For many years the Pendleton Industrial Park
on the south side of A Avenue at the North-
east Oregon Regional Airport was just that —
broken windows, sagging roofs and chipped
paint.But change has arrived in the last two
years, catapulting the fledgling commercial and
industrial area into growth via a combination
of public and private investment totaling more
than $14.1 million. Through private investment,
two buildings have been constructed south of
A Avenue and seven other existing buildings
have been sold and rehabilitated. Meanwhile,
the National Weather Service, National Guard
Armory and a manufacturing plant for a Pend-
leton-based business have been built with a
combination of public funds. The difference
has been like night and day.
On March 23, 1775,
Patrick Henry delivered
an address to the Virginia
Provincial Convention in
which he is said to have
declared, “Give me liberty,
or give me death!”
In 1792, Joseph Haydn’s
Symphony No. 94 in G Major
(the “Surprise” symphony)
had its first public perfor-
mance in London.
In 1806, explorers Meri-
wether Lewis and William
Clark, having reached the
Pacific Coast, began their
journey back east.
In 1942, the first Japa-
nese-Americans evacuated
by the U.S. Army during
World War II arrived at
the internment camp in
Manzanar, California.
In 1965, America’s first
two-person space mission
took place as Gemini 3
blasted off with astronauts
Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom and
John W. Young aboard for a
nearly five-hour flight.
In 1973, before sentenc-
ing a group of Watergate
break-in defendants, Chief
U.S. District Judge John J.
Sirica read aloud a letter
he’d received from James W.
McCord Jr., which said there
was “political pressure” to
“plead guilty and remain
silent.”
In 2003, during the Iraq
War, a U.S. Army mainte-
nance convoy was ambushed
in Nasiriyah; 11 soldiers
were killed, including Pfc.
Lori Ann Piestewa; six
were captured, including
Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who was
rescued on April 1, 2003.
In 2010, claiming a
historic triumph, President
Barack Obama signed the
Affordable Care Act, a $938
billion health care overhaul.
Today’s Bir thdays:
Movie director Mark Rydell
is 92. Singer Chaka Khan is
68. Actor Catherine Keener
is 62. Actor Hope Davis is 57.
Actor-singer Melissa Errico
is 51. Rock musician John
Humphrey (The Nixons) is
51. Bandleader Reggie Watts
(TV: “The Late Late Show
With James Corden”) is 49.
Actor Randall Park is 47.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE