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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COMICS
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M. SCHULZ
New mother feels guilty
for canceling adoption
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
B.C.
PICKLES
BEETLE BAILEY
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
BY MASTROIANNI AND HART
BY BRIAN CRANE
I have always done right by
Dear Abby: I recently backed
her “kids,” and neither sister
out of an adoption. I feel ter-
bothered to ask for my reason
rible about it. How can I men-
for not wanting to include my
tally and emotionally get over
nephew and niece in the inheri-
this? My baby girl is 4 months
tance. I love my sisters and do
old now, and my guilt is getting
not want to lose them, but I also
worse. I backed out three days
don’t want to be bullied into a
before she was born.
J EANNE
decision I cannot support. — To
The couple I had chosen
P HILLIPS
Divide Or Not To Divide
turned out to be unprofession-
ADVICE
Dear To Divide: Your MOTH-
al and unstable. They not only
ER’S wishes were that the mon-
caused me several problems but
ey be divided three ways. Your
also my job, which I loved. I re-
alized it was better for my little one not sisters should abide by the directions of
the trust. I agree you shouldn’t be bul-
to go through with the adoption.
They are now trying to make me out lied or threatened into taking less than
to be a bad person who used them finan- your mother wanted you to have. If your
cially — something I really did not. I’m sisters want “the kids” to have a share
glad now that I kept my daughter. So why of the inheritance, they should gift the
do I keep feeling so bad about my deci- amount from their portion rather than
extort it from you. Their attitude has not
sion? — Guilt-Ridden In The Midwest
Dear Guilt-Ridden: A way to assuage only tarnished something that should
your guilt might be to work out a pay- have been a blessing, but also created a
ment plan so they are not out the money rift in the family, and that’s a shame.
Dear Abby: I could really use your
they spent. (The lawyer or agency that
arranged the adoption may be able to help. I don’t know how to respond to
people I hardly know who end conversa-
guide you.)
Dear Abby: I have two sisters. We were tions with “I love you.” I don’t feel com-
very close until our mother passed away fortable saying that to someone and not
two years ago. In her trust, the proceeds meaning it. This isn’t like saying, “Have
from the sale of her house were to be di- a nice day.” Is there a polite way of re-
vided among the three of us. Only one sponding without saying something that
sister has children. (They are grown.) to me is totally inappropriate to someone
My two sisters have decided we should I only have a casual relationship with?
split the proceeds from Mom’s house five — Uncomfortable In The Midwest
Dear Uncomfortable: Respond this
ways to include the adult children. Their
mother has threatened to “disown me” if way: “What a sweet thing to say. Thank
you!” Then smile and fade out.
I don’t go along with the five-way split.
BY MORT WALKER
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND JOHN MARSHALL
100 years ago — 1921
A running fight in the streets of Pendle-
ton during which a speed of 40 miles an hour
was made across intersections and shots were
fired by officers in an effort to stop alleged
booze runners was staged last night, and
as a result of this fight, three men are in the
toils today. According to Special Agent E. F.
B. Ridgway, he lay in wait for the men out
on top of the hill last night, and when they
passed, he followed them. His car was cold,
he declares, and he had difficulty in catching
them until the men had got into town. He ran
along behind them, down Court street in an
easterly direction, turned at the intersection of
Franklin and Court and kept going at a speed
of 40 miles. After the men were arrested the
officers went back to Webb street and were
able to get all of the glass and about a quart
and one-half of whiskey.
50 years ago — 1971
When you see a man wearing a uniform, a
badge, and a gun, you can be pretty sure he’s
a cop. If you see a woman wearing a badge
and a uniform but no gun, are you looking at
a lady cop? “Well, not exactly,” said Pendleton
police chief Ernest Gallaher. “We call her a
police matron.” One police matron in Pend-
leton, Carold (Mrs. Jim) Cameron, has been
with the force for eight years. She is a certi-
fied police officer, and has all the authority
that goes with the title. However, she doesn’t
carry a weapon. “They are highly respon-
sible women with a big job,” Gallaher said.
“They have to be thoroughly trained in office
procedure. They have to know how to make
quick decisions, how to evaluate a situation
instantly. Their job is very complicated, and
I think they should be reclassified upward.”
25 years ago — 1996
When Johnny Cash came to Portland last
week, he did more than show thousands at the
Rose Garden why he remains a music legend.
He also made a dream come true for a devel-
opmentally disabled Hermiston man who is
one of his biggest fans. Stanley LaFountaine, a
resident of Betah House, spent a few moments
before the Portland show visiting with his idol,
“John John,” the Man in Black. The idea to
take LaFountaine to the show came less than
36 hours before Cash was due to take the stage,
said Betah Medical Coordinator David Florea.
A former professional musician, Florea started
working the phones to arrange the meeting.
“It was the coolest thing,” Florea said. “Johnny
treated him just like a relative.”
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. 16, 1914, the
newly created Federal Re-
serve Banks opened in 12
cities.
In 1933, the United
States and the Soviet
Union established diplo-
matic relations.
In 1945, “The Friend-
ly Ghost,” an animated
short featuring the debut
of Casper, was released by
Paramount’s cartoon divi-
sion.
In 1961, House Speak-
er Samuel T. Rayburn died
in Bonham, Texas, having
served as speaker since
1940 except for two terms.
In 1981, the Senate
confirmed Dr. C. Ever-
ett Koop to be surgeon
general. Oscar-winning
actor William Holden,
63, was found dead in his
Santa Monica, California,
apartment.
In 1982, an agreement
was announced in the
57th day of a strike by
National Football League
players.
In 1989, six Jesuit
priests, a housekeeper and
her daughter were slain by
army troops at the Uni-
versity of Central Amer-
ica Jose Simeon Canas in
El Salvador.
In 1991, former Loui-
siana governor Edwin Ed-
wards won a landslide vic-
tory in his bid to return to
office, defeating State Rep.
David Duke, a former Ku
Klux Klan leader.
In 2001, investigators
found a letter addressed to
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.,
containing anthrax; it was
the second letter bearing
the deadly germ known to
have been sent to Capitol
Hill.
In
2004,
Presi-
dent George W. Bush
picked National Security
Adviser Condoleezza Rice
to be his new secretary of
state, succeeding Colin
Powell.
In 2006, Democrats
embraced Nancy Pelosi
as the first female House
speaker in history, but
then selected Steny Hoyer
as majority leader against
her wishes.
In 2018, a U.S. official
said intelligence officials
had concluded that Saudi
Crown Prince Mohammed
bin Salman had ordered
the killing of journalist
Jamal Khashoggi.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE