A16
East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Landlord mother dragged into
her daughter’s bitter breakup
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My daughter is
get invited. How should I feel about
separated from her husband, who
this and what should I do? — Over-
rents a room from me. Recently,
looked in Minnesota
Dear Overlooked: What you
without telling her, he dropped
should “do” is recognize that your
her from his insurance. Now she
wants me to kick him out and she’s
co-workers are not obligated to
include you in anything outside of
mad at me because I refuse to do it.
She says it shows I approve of his
work. They may have mutual inter-
Jeanne
behavior. She tells me that he’s no
ests that bring them together, or
Phillips
good, he used her and he hit on her
chemistry that they don’t have with
ADVICE
girlfriend. She’s threatening that
you. Instead of fuming and fanta-
if I let him stay, we won’t be close
sizing about “retaliating” (which
would be uncalled for and inappro-
anymore.
He pays me on time, and I hardly ever see
priate), form relationships outside this circle
him because he works at night. I need the
of co-workers and friends, and do things on
rent money, and we have always gotten along
weekends for yourself that are satisfying.
great. I say this is my house and I should
If you do, you will be less dependent upon
decide if he leaves. What do you think? —
these individuals and less disappointed if
your relationships with them aren’t as close
In The Middle in Florida
Dear In The Middle: You need to
as you wish they were.
Dear Abby: I have been reading your
explain to your daughter that the reason
her husband is living with you is because
column for many years, but haven’t seen this
you need the income. Even if you wanted,
question before. I’m a senior citizen with
you might not be able to kick him out right
a do-not-resuscitate order. I am concerned
away because of whatever eviction laws may
that if something were to happen to me and I
exist in your state. This is your house, and
was taken to a nearby hospital, they wouldn’t
know I have one on file with my health care
the decision whether to evict him should be
yours. However, if you continue allowing
provider. Is there a way to let first responders
him to rent from you, it may cause a breach
know? Thank you for the continual service
with your daughter that could be permanent.
you provide. — Last Request in California
Dear Abby: I often feel left out. This past
Dear Last Request: Many individuals
weekend on Facebook I saw two co-workers
accomplish this by posting a notice near their
and a former co-worker went on a weekend
bed, on the refrigerator or in their cellphone
getaway. I wasn’t invited. Should I retaliate,
contact list designated as ICE (In Case of
or must I act like it doesn’t bother me? This
Emergency). There are also cards that can
isn’t the first time friends and co-workers
be carried in the wallet to alert the EMTs
have done things like this. I’ll comment on
about the patient’s wishes. Your health care
their post — “looks like fun” — but never
provider can tell you how to get one.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
From the East Oregonian
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
June 22, 1921
It’s booze-finders that we have now! No,
they’re not for just any Tom, Dick or Harry to
carry around with him to locate hard drinks
by the practice of magic. They are two irons,
sharpened to a keen point with a T at the top
which will permit an operator to pound them.
The invention has been perfected by E.B.F.
Ridgway, deputy sheriff, to use in sound-
ing out ground suspected to be the hiding
place of intoxicants. “Red” has been using
an old Irish shovel, and he declares that this
stunt of digging several graves every time he
looks for a moonshine still is not all it might
be touted to be by the man on the side lines.
The top of the ground is always hard packed,
but by driving the stakes into the ground,
Ridgway has it doped that the will be able to
find soft dirt in suspicious spots.
50 Years Ago
June 22, 1971
Bud Graham was kept away from his
grocery delivery truck Monday morning by
a swarm of bees. “I left a delivery at a house
on NW 9th,” said Graham, “and when I
came back to the truck it was covered with
the bees.” He said they covered the truck
and a pretty big area around it. “So I kept my
distance.” In about 10 minutes the swarm
lifted and followed a compact cluster in the
center. Graham is sure the cluster contained
the queen bee. He said they took off up the
hill as if they knew where they were going.
25 Years Ago
June 22, 1996
Story time turns into question time in
Mary Daley’s blended first-second grade
classroom. Before she eases open a book
about wayward ducklings she asks her
students where ducks live. In a pond, says
one. In a river, says another. Daley scratches
out a list with a black marker. Pond, river,
swamp, land, nest, beach, lake, park. In
this way, students become involved with
the story before it ever starts. And for
whole language learning advocates such as
Daley, it serves as one more tool to keep
kids interested in reading after the last page
is turned. Daley is one of several McKay
Creek Elementary School teachers who have
broken away from traditional textbooks and
worksheets in favor of a new way of teach-
ing reading.
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 June 22, 1970, Pres-
ident Richard Nixon signed
an extension of the Voting
Rights Act of 1965 that
lowered the minimum voting
age to 18.
In 1611, English explorer
Henry Hudson, his son and
several other people were set
adrift in present-day Hudson
Bay by mutineers aboard the
Discovery.
In 1815, Napoleon Bona-
parte abdicated for a second
time as Emperor of the
French.
In 1870, the United States
Department of Justice was
created.
In 1937, Joe Louis began
his reign as world heavy-
weight boxing champion by
knocking out Jim Braddock
in the eighth round of their
fight in Chicago. (A year later
on this date, Louis knocked
out Max Schmeling in the
first round of their rematch
at Yankee Stadium.)
In 1940, during World
War II, Adolf Hitler gained
a stunning victory as France
was forced to sign an armi-
stice eight days after German
forces overran Paris.
In 1941, Nazi Germany
lau nched Operation
Barbarossa, a massive inva-
sion of the Soviet Union.
In 1944, President Frank-
lin D. Roosevelt signed the
Servicemen’s Readjustment
Act of 1944, more popularly
known as the “GI Bill of
Rights.”
In 1945, the World War
II battle for Okinawa ended
with an Allied victory.
In 1969, singer-actor Judy
Garland died in London at
age 47.
In 1977, John N. Mitch-
ell became the first former
U.S. Attorney General to go
to prison as he began serving
a sentence for his role in the
Watergate cover-up. (He was
released 19 months later.)
In 1981, Mark David
Chapman pleaded guilty
to killing rock star John
Lennon. Abolhassan Bani-
Sadr was deposed as presi-
dent of Iran.
In 1992, the U.S. Supreme
Court, in R.A.V. v. city of St.
Paul, unanimously ruled
that “hate crime” laws that
banned cross burning and
similar expressions of racial
bias violated free-speech
rights.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Prunella Scales (TV: “Fawlty
Towers”) is 89. Sen. Elizabeth
Warren, D-Massachusetts, is
72. Pop singer Cyndi Lauper
is 68. Actor-producer-writer
Bruce Campbell is 63. Envi-
ronmental activist Erin
Brockovich is 61. Rock sing-
er-musician Mike Edwards
(Jesus Jones) is 57. TV person-
ality Carson Daly is 48.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE