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A14 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Thursday, May 20, 2021 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Doctor husband is a poor patient for nurse wife FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER Dear Abby: My physician replacement and stay safely out of the line of fire. The peace of mind husband recently had a total hip will be worth the money. replacement. (Orthopedics is not Dear Abby: I have a niece who his specialty.) I’m a board-certi- fied registered nurse with 40 years is bipolar. She was put into rehab of experience who used to work at the age of 20 and has been clean inpatient orthopedics. He refuses and sober for the last three years. to follow the surgeon’s directions We have always been close, but on or mine, which are the same. He a family visit, she asked my opin- Jeanne ion about a job choice, and I was believes he knows more than all Phillips honest with her. Because it wasn’t of us combined. However, when ADVICE what she wanted to hear, she is the home health nurse and phys- ical therapist came, he accepted extremely distant now. I am no everything they told him. When I longer “Auntie.” She calls me by my told him he doesn’t respect my professional first name only. Weekly calls have ceased. I have championed my niece, supported opinion, he didn’t respond. Then I told him he’d insulted my integrity, and he blew up her emotionally when she had problems and and accused me of being crazy. helped her out financially. Her mother says History will soon repeat itself because if you don’t agree with her (even though she he has to have his other hip done in a few solicits your opinion), you are then “against” months. I am to the point of letting the her. What’s the best way to reach out to her? chips fall where they may and letting his Due to extreme drug abuse for many years, outcomes (good or bad) be his sole respon- she seems emotionally stuck at age 14. — sibility. However, this is difficult to do as Auntie No More in California a wife and nurse. Plus, I will have to live Dear Auntie: With the clear under- with the fallout of any suboptimal outcomes. standing that I am not a psychotherapist, Your advice? — Hip Service in Florida may I point out that some individuals who Dear Hip Service: Whether caused suffer from mental illness find it necessary by a painful recovery or the drugs he has to place people into two categories: friends been prescribed, your husband’s behavior and enemies. Disagreeing with your niece is self-defeating. Because he ignores your has landed you in the latter. Her mother has and his surgeon’s advice, you have no choice explained this to you, so try not to take it but to let the chips fall where they may. You personally. can suggest and warn until you’re hoarse, I don’t think this troubled young woman and your husband will continue to tune you will be receptive to a reconciliation until she has found another target. In the meantime, out. The person who will have to live with the consequences is your noncompliant remain open, stay cordial and fill your life husband. with activities that bring you joy rather than Allow me to offer a suggestion: Hire a pain. I’m sure her mother will update you on nurse to tend to him after the second hip your niece’s progress. DAYS GONE BY From the East Oregonian GARFIELD BLONDIE BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago May 20, 1921 With the time of the opening of the Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Carnival less than one week away, those who will have booths in the mammoth show are making strenuous efforts to get the vast number of improvements made that must be finished before the exhibits will be ready for the public eye. Right now the four walls of Happy Canyon resound with the report of hammer and saw as a force of men working under the direction of C.M. Griswold, the contractor, are striving to get the individual booths in shape for the decorating and arranging of goods which must be done quickly. 50 Years Ago May 20, 1971 Seventh and eighth graders at Ferndale School were in the process today of planning projects to raise money for graduation and end of the school year activities. Thieves stole the 500-pound school safe Tuesday night and most of the more than $100 in it belonged to the seventh and eighth grades for their year- end school activities. The safe also contained the deed to the school property. Principal Eugene Fox said the students had a couple of projects going to raise as much as possible prior to graduation June 3. 25 Years Ago May 20, 1996 Some things never get old. Like winning. Members of the Blue Mountain men’s rodeo team won this weekend’s Northwest Intercol- legiate Rodeo Finals in Hermiston — again — and took home their 20th regional title in the past 21 years, and will be heading back to Bozeman, Mont., for the College National Finals Rodeo in June. Jason Stewart finished second this weekend in the calf roping, but more importantly took home the season title in the event, as well as in team roping and the all-around category. 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 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France. In 1506, explorer Christo- pher Columbus died in Spain. In 1862, President Abra- ham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which was intended to encourage settle- ments west of the Mississippi River by making federal land available for farming. In 1932, Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlan- tic. (Because of weather and equipment problems, Earhart set down in Northern Ireland instead of her intended desti- nation, France.) In 1948, Chiang Kai-shek was inaugurated as the first president of the Republic of China (Taiwan). In 1956, the United States exploded the first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. In 1959, nearly 5,000 Japanese-Americans had their U.S. citizenships restored after choosing to renounce them during World War II. In 1961, a white mob attacked a busload of Free- dom Riders in Montgom- ery, Alabama, prompting the federal government to send in U.S. marshals to restore order. In 1978, Japan’s Narita International Airport began operations after years of protests over its construction by local residents. In 1985, Radio Marti, operated by the U.S. govern- ment, began broadcasting; Cuba responded by attempt- ing to jam its signal. In 1995, President Bill Clinton announced that the two-block stretch of Penn- sylvania Avenue in front of the White House would be permanently closed to motor vehicles as a security measure. In 2009, suspended NFL star Michael Vick was released after 19 months in prison for running a dogfight- ing ring to begin two months’ home confinement. In 2015, four of the world’s biggest banks — JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup’s banking unit Citicorp, Barclays and the Royal Bank of Scotland — agreed to pay more than $5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to rigging the currency markets. Today’s Birthdays: Sing- er-actor Cher is 75. Rock musician Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go’s) is 63. Actor Bron- son Pinchot is 62. Singer Susan Cowsill is 62. Actor Mindy Cohn is 55. Actor Gina Ravera is 55. Rapper Busta Rhymes is 49. Actor Daya Vaidya is 48. Actor Angela Goethals is 44. Actor- singer Naturi Naughton is 37. PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE