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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M. SCHULZ
A son’s career in ‘family
business’ comes at a cost
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
B.C.
PICKLES
BEETLE BAILEY
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
BY MASTROIANNI AND HART
BY BRIAN CRANE
guarantee he gets the business in
Dear Abby: My ex-husband
the event of Dad’s demise. (No
and I have been divorced 24
one lives forever, as the saying
years and, now that our children
goes.) If Dad refuses, your son
are grown, we have minimal
will be better off looking for an-
contact. We see and speak to
other job rather than waste any
each other only when there’s a
more of his time.
wedding or a birthday party for
Dear Abby: Almost 40 years
our grandson.
J EANNE
ago, I betrayed a friend. She was
Three years ago, our 34-year-
P HILLIPS
a classmate, and we went to the
old son went to work for his
ADVICE
same church. Along with others,
father with the promise that
I suggested she was someone
“someday the business would be
who slept around and had an
his.” Our son left a well-paying
job to work for his father, but from past STD. At the time, I didn’t even complete-
experience I know my ex isn’t trustwor- ly understand what an STD was; I just
thy. He often lies to get what he wants, went along with the crowd. I have often
and his promises rarely come to fruition. regretted that day. I was never the kind
Now I’m hearing from former in-laws of person to do that to someone. I have
I’ve remained close to, as well as our oth- felt awful for publicly shaming her.
I tried reaching out to her on Face-
er children, that my ex does nothing but
complain and belittle our son. He shares book, but she will not acknowledge me.
every mistake our son has made over the I really don’t blame her. Our 40th class
last three years and even personal infor- reunion is coming up soon, and I see on
mation about our son’s finances. Natu- the class website she plans to be there. I
rally, it upsets me to hear these things. would like to see some of our classmates,
What do I do? Should I tell my son what but I’m ashamed. With all my heart, I am
his father is saying about him? Do I con- sorry for what I did back then, but I am
front my ex, even though I’m sure he will afraid she might call me out on it. What
deny saying these things? Or should I just should I do? — Ashamed In Texas
Dear Ashamed: Stop stalking your
butt out, because, after all, my son is an
former classmate on Facebook to
adult? — Caught In The Middle
Dear Caught: Talk to your son. Tell soothe your guilty conscience. You may
him what these relatives are repeating not have known back in high school
to you. It’s better than remaining silent what an STD was, but you were aware
and letting him stay in the dark. How he of the cruelty of slut-shaming. Attend
chooses to deal with his father after that the reunion, and if she “calls you out,”
is up to him — including telling dear old apologize to her privately and hope she
Dad he needs something in writing to forgives you.
BY MORT WALKER
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND JOHN MARSHALL
100 Years Ago
Nov. 11, 1921
Twenty-seven members of our own Troop
D, famous as Pendleton’s cavalry regiment,
have during the past six months made claims
for increased compensation or for hospital-
ization, according to records of the Umatilla
county Red Cross. Aid given to the pleas
of Umatilla county ex-service men is made
possible through the Red Cross, but the orga-
nization must have funds to carry on the
work. The 1921 Roll Call now in progress
is necessary if there is to be money to carry
on the peace-time program of “The Greatest
Mother in the World.” Instead of the work of
the Red Cross growing less, it is constantly
growing greater. In addition to civilian cases,
many ex-service men who at the end of the
war seemed in good health, are now suffering
from after effects.
50 Years Ago
Nov. 11, 1971
The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that
the Hermiston School District had no right to
reduce the salary of Robert W. George when
it dismissed him as head football coach at the
high school. George was employed on a three-
year contract at a $9,300 annual salary base
plus $2,000 for coaching. At the end of the
1968 season, after one year of the contract,
the school board dismissed George as coach
but retained him as a teacher. At the same time
the board canceled the $2,000 extra salary.
25 Years Ago
Nov. 11, 1996
Memories were shared and new ones made
on Veterans Day in Heppner, when more than
100 area residents gathered to dedicate a new
flagpole and memorial at the Mini-Park on
Highway 74 at the edge of town. A highlight
of the mid-day event was a flyover by two F-15
fighter jets. The Air National Guard jets, from
the 142nd Fighter Wing in Portland, were the
grand finale of the dedication of a marble
plaque engraved with the names of Morrow
County residents who lost their lives while
serving their country. The flagpole was the
donation of Bud Batty, who served in the 391st
Bomb Squadron in World War II and flew
54 missions as a navigator. It was Batty who
came up with the idea of a jet fighter flyover.
The marble plaque was made possible through
donations and compliments of the garden
club project started in June when a Blue Star
Marker was dedicated, a tribute to all those
who have served or will serve in the military.
TODAY IN HISTORY
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY PARKER AND HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
On Nov. 11, 1620, 41
Pilgrims aboard the May-
flower, anchored off Mas-
sachusetts, signed a com-
pact calling for a “body
politick.”
In 1831, former slave
Nat Turner, who’d led a
slave uprising, was execut-
ed in Jerusalem, Virginia.
In 1921, the remains
of an unidentified Ameri-
can service member were
interred in a Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier at
Arlington National Cem-
etery in a ceremony pre-
sided over by President
Warren G. Harding.
In 1938, Irish-born
cook
Mary
Mallon,
who’d gained notoriety as
the disease-carrying “Ty-
phoid Mary” blamed for
the deaths of three people,
died on North Brother Is-
land in New York’s East
River at age 69 after 23
years of mandatory quar-
antine.
In 1966, Gemini 12
blasted off on a four-day
mission with astronauts
James A. Lovell and Ed-
win “Buzz” Aldrin Jr.
aboard; it was the tenth
and final flight of NASA’s
Gemini program.
In 1972, the U.S.
Army turned over its base
at Long Binh to the
South Vietnamese, sym-
bolizing the end of
direct U.S. military in-
volvement in the Vietnam
War.
In 1987, following the
failure of two Supreme
Court nominations, Presi-
dent Ronald Reagan an-
nounced his choice of
Judge Anthony M. Ken-
nedy, who went on to win
confirmation.
In 1992, the Church of
England voted to ordain
women as priests.
In 1998, President
Clinton ordered warships,
planes and troops to the
Persian Gulf as he laid out
his case for a possible at-
tack on Iraq. Iraq, mean-
while, showed no sign of
backing down from its
refusal to deal with U.N.
weapons inspectors.
In 2003, in Galves-
ton, Texas, millionaire
Robert Durst was found
not guilty of murder-
ing Morris Black, an el-
derly neighbor who Durst
said he’d killed acciden-
tally.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE