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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