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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, May 11, 2021
DEAR ABBY
Disabled son is left off
wedding guest list
Dear Abby: I have been married to my
turned out well.
second husband for more than 15
Dear Abby: My boyfriend never
gets off his phone — like ever! The
years. My 30+-year-old son from
first thing he does in the morning
my first marriage, who was born
is wake up and grab his phone. He
disabled, lives with us. He walks
and talks, but cannot be left unat-
was off one day last week and — I’m
tended. He also needs medication.
not exaggerating — he didn’t put it
He cannot read or write, but looks
down for 13 hours.
like he has no medical issues at all.
He plays this one particular
I have no extended family
game, and it’s all he does. It’s affect-
Jeanne
members in the state. My husband
ing our relationship, but if I say
Phillips
and I were invited to a family
anything about it, he laughs, gets
ADVICE
wedding. However, my disabled
mad or ignores me. I don’t know
son was not. Bride’s rule: No chil-
what else to do. Help! — Woman
dren allowed. I pointed out that he is
Vs. Phone in Ohio
older than she is. He sees this relative several
Dear Woman: Was your boyfriend
times a year.
always like this? If the answer is no, he may
Child care is hard to find and expensive. I
have become addicted to gaming, which,
do not know if others tried to get the bride to
as of 2020, had become a multibillion-dol-
change her mind. My husband attended alone
lar industry. According to The Addiction
while my son and I spent the evening with
Center, the “average” gamer spends six
friends and had fun. He didn’t say anything
hours a week glued to his or her cellphone.
That your boyfriend went on a 13-hour binge
to cause a confrontation.
Please share your thoughts. I get very sad
is cause for alarm. One sign of addiction is
whenever family events come around and
when it interferes with daily life or relation-
she is there. Life is different when you have
ships. That he blows you off when you try to
discuss it tells me he is deep in denial.
a family with special needs. — Hurt in the
There is treatment for gaming addiction,
East
Dear Hurt: I agree, life is different for
but only if the addict is willing to admit
families in which someone has special needs.
there’s a problem. Treatment may involve
If you haven’t already, I think you have the
private counseling or, in some cases, inpa-
right to express your feelings to the bride.
tient care. However, if this is unaffordable,
It would be better than silently nursing a
On-Line Gamers Anonymous (olganon.
grudge and fuming when you see her.
org) may be a helpful alternative. It is a
12-step program based on the principles of
While it would have been nice if she had
AA. If you go online, you will find there is a
included your son in the invitation, she was
within her rights to invite — or exclude —
fellowship of friends and family members of
anyone if she had concerns. Because your
gaming addicts. You might want to check it
husband was able to represent the family
out. If you intend to continue this romance,
while you and your son had fun else-
get out of the house when he binges and do
where, from my perspective, everything
something you enjoy.
DAYS GONE BY
From the East Oregonian
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
May 11, 1921
Mrs. W.R. Myrick, of this city, is being
prominently mentioned as candidate for the
office of president of the State Parent Teacher
Association, which opens its state conven-
tion here tonight and which will elect offi-
cers on Friday. Mrs. Wyrick is possessed of
great executive ability and is one of these state
vice-presidents, a member of the convention
committee, president of the Pendleton Parent
Teacher Council and president of the Parent
Teacher Association of Hawthorne school.
She is well known in Parent Teacher work
throughout the state.
50 Years Ago
May 11, 1971
A justice of the peace court? Thanks, but
no. That was the reaction Monday when the
Milton-Freewater Chamber of Commerce
voted on the question of JP court or a district
court. About a week ago the chamber’s board
of directors decided that Milton-Freewater,
like Hermiston, should have its JP court rees-
tablished. Monday’s vote ended that move.
Chamber members said they favored the
district court for several reasons: It saves the
count at least $6,000 a year in property taxes;
the office is manned daily by a clerk so service
is adequate. District Judge Richard Courson
sits once a week in Milton-Freewater, as he
does in Hermiston. Chamber members said
they could see no reason for duplicating
services by reestablishing the JP court.
25 Years Ago
May 11, 1996
This is an especially sweet Mother’s Day
for Carrie Russell Reger. Finally at home in
Athena following brain surgery, Reger says
her two-year-old, Jordan, is really happy to
have her back. “She’s very, very loving,”
Reger says. Still plagued by headaches that
doctors say could last another six months as
the swelling of her brain goes down, Reger
isn’t sure when she’ll return to work. “Right
now, I just want to be with my baby. I haven’t
even had the heart to take her to day care
yet.”
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 May 11, 1935, the
Rural Electrification Admin-
istration was created as
one of President Franklin
D. Roosevelt’s New Deal
programs.
In 1858, Minnesota
became the 32nd state of the
Union.
In 1943, during World
War II, U.S. forces landed on
the Aleutian island of Attu,
which was held by the Japa-
nese; the Americans took the
island 19 days later.
In 1946, the first CARE
packages, sent by a consor-
tium of American charities to
provide relief to the hungry
of postwar Europe, arrived
at Le Havre, France.
In 1947, the B.F. Goodrich
Company of Akron, Ohio,
announced the development
of a tubeless tire.
In 1953, a tornado devas-
tated Waco, Texas, claiming
114 lives.
In 1960, Israeli agents
captured Nazi war criminal
Adolf Eichmann in Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
In 1973, the espionage
trial of Daniel Ellsberg and
Anthony Russo in the “Penta-
gon Papers” case came to an
end as Judge William M.
Byrne dismissed all charges,
citing government miscon-
duct.
In 1981, legendary reggae
artist Bob Marley died in a
Miami hospital at age 36.
In 1996, an Atlanta-bound
ValuJet DC-9 caught fire
shortly after takeoff from
Miami and crashed into the
Florida Everglades, killing
all 110 people on board.
In 1997, IBM’s “Deep
Blue” computer demol-
ished an over whelmed
Garry Kasparov, winning
the six-game chess rematch
between man and machine in
New York.
In 1998, India set off
three underground atomic
blasts, its first nuclear tests
in 24 years. A French mint
produced the first coins of
Europe’s single currency,
the euro.
In 2010, Conservative
leader David Cameron, at
age 43, became Britain’s
youngest prime minister
in almost 200 years after
Gordon Brown stepped down
and ended 13 years of Labour
government.
Today’s Bir thdays:
Nation of Islam leader
Louis Farrakhan is 88. Jazz
keyboardist Carla Bley is
85. Rock singer Eric Burdon
(The Animals; War) is 80.
Actor Pam Ferris is 73. Actor
Shohreh Aghdashloo is 69.
Actor Nicky Katt is 51. Latin
singer Prince Royce is 32.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE