Tuesday, November 30, 2021
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
East Oregonian
A13
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M. SCHULZ
Woman tries to balance
life with her two mothers
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
B.C.
PICKLES
BEETLE BAILEY
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
BY MASTROIANNI AND HART
BY BRIAN CRANE
parents’ views on alcohol as he
Dear Abby: I have two moth-
prepares for his first year of col-
ers: my biological mother and
lege. In Colorado, Georgia and
Mom, who raised me. I share
many other states, minors ARE
everything with Mom. My bio-
prohibited from possessing and
logical mother and I are not
drinking alcohol — with an im-
as close. We never have been. I
portant exception. That is, doing
don’t have a single good child-
it in the presence of and under
hood memory with her in it.
J EANNE
the supervision of their parents
Lately, my bio mother has
P HILLIPS
in their home.
been extremely jealous of my
ADVICE
I’m not condoning reckless
relationship with Mom, even
behavior, but when I was grow-
though she has never done any-
ing up, my parents let us try beer
thing to facilitate the same rela-
tionship with me. She’s pushy and con- and wine at an early age. It was pretty
stantly oversteps boundaries. Because of strong, and we didn’t like it. We were
this, when I found out I was pregnant, I never encouraged to get drunk or use it
in excess. But we learned about it, tast-
chose not to tell her.
I’m now 36 weeks pregnant, and ed it and understood the good and bad
someone adjacent to my inner circle has when dealing with alcohol. I believe this
informed her of my pregnancy and due is why my sisters and I never had issues.
date. She contacted my family FUM- We have always been responsible, and
ING about my not telling her, insisting I’m convinced this is a responsible way
she had a “right” to know. I do not feel to introduce alcohol to a minor.
We gain knowledge through experi-
she is entitled to any details about my
ence. Having that experience in a safe
life. Am I wrong? — Guarded In Illinois
Dear Guarded: You are not wrong. environment with the proper guidance
You are entitled to privacy if you want and supervision is a must. Better to learn
it. Your birth mother is “entitled” only with a responsible parent than a frat
to those details of your life you are will- brother you just met. Agree? — Allan
ing to share with her. (When DID you In Colorado
Dear Allan: Yes, I do. And thank you
intend to share the happy news with her?
After the birth?) You may need to dis- for pointing out that provision in the law.
tance yourself from the person who gave Many other readers echoed your senti-
your birth mother the news if you want ments about demystifying the allure of
alcohol by introducing it in the home
to avoid similar breaches in the future.
Dear Abby: I’m writing about “Anx- under parental supervision. It could pre-
ious About Alcohol in Georgia” (Aug. vent some young people from going wild
30), the teen who was torn between his the minute they reach the campus.
BY MORT WALKER
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND JOHN MARSHALL
100 years ago — 1921
When Rathie and Owens, sentenced to
hang for complicity in the death of Sheriff Til
Taylor, meet their deaths Friday morning at
the state penitentiary at Salem, at least two
Umatilla county men will be present. They are
W. R. Taylor, brother of the officer who was
killed, and Glenn Bushee, special agent of the
O. W. R. & N. It is possible that other men will
be invited to go from here by Warden Comp-
ton. Bushee was with Til Taylor at Rieth the
day the two of them captured Owens, who was
wanted for the robbery of Eugene “Happy”
Lyman of the Dean Tatom company store. “I’d
have shot Owens that day if Til would have let
me,” Bushee said today, his eyes misty with
tears as he talked about the incident. “I wish
to Go now that I had shot him. Then Til would
have been alive today.”
50 years ago — 1971
One of the wettest periods in Pendleton
history continued through Nov. 29. Occa-
sional rain was expected to continue today
but should end tonight. It has rained every day
since Nov. 23. From Nov. 26 through 10 a.m.
Nov. 29, Pendleton received 1.95 inches of
rain. On Nov. 26, 1.35 inches fell. Only in 1947
when 1.49 inches fell has more rain fallen here
in one day, at least since 1935, when records
began being kept at the Pendleton Airport.
The downpour on Nov. 26 was the most in
a 24-hour period since 1.23 inches on Dec.
10-11, 1958. While it has been raining here,
the Blue Mountains were getting more snow.
On Nov. 29, Meacham had four inches of new
snow and 29 inches at roadside, and Tollgate
had 14 inches of new snow and 44 inches road-
side.
25 years ago — 1996
When foster parent Debby Zinn of Pend-
leton counsels a child to forgive, she under-
stands how difficult it can be for a wounded
person to grasp the fruit of forgiveness. Zinn
was in her early twenties when her younger
sister, Sandra Good, met Charles Manson.
Looking back, Zinn believes Sandy found
with Manson what they lacked at home — a
sense of family. Zinn found the same when she
married Gene Zinn. “Revelations of the things
they did at the ranch that came out at the trial
caused me great agony, remorse and hatred,”
Zinn said. “I really hated Sandy.” Becoming
a Christian was “the first step” toward lifting
the burden of hatred, she said.
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. 30, 1993, Pres-
ident Bill Clinton signed
the Brady Bill, which re-
quired a five-day waiting
period for handgun pur-
chases and background
checks of prospective
buyers.
In 1782, the United
States and Britain signed
preliminary peace articles
in Paris for ending the
Revolutionary War; the
Treaty of Paris was signed
in September 1783.
In 1803, Spain com-
pleted the process of ced-
ing Louisiana to France,
which had sold it to the
United States.
In 1835, Samuel Lang-
horne Clemens — better
known as Mark Twain —
was born in Florida, Mis-
souri.
In 1900, Irish writer
Oscar Wilde died in Paris
at age 46.
In 1965, “Unsafe at
Any Speed” by Ralph Na-
der, a book highly critical
of the U.S. auto industry,
was first released in hard-
cover by Grossman Pub-
lishers.
In 1981, the United
States and the Soviet
Union opened negotia-
tions in Geneva aimed at
reducing nuclear weapons
in Europe.
In 1982, the Michael
Jackson album “Thriller”
was released by Epic Re-
cords.
In 2000, Al Gore’s law-
yers battled for his politi-
cal survival in the Florida
and U.S. Supreme Courts;
meanwhile, GOP lawmak-
ers in Tallahassee moved
to award the presidency
to George W. Bush in case
the courts did not by ap-
pointing their own slate of
electors.
In 2010, the Obama ad-
ministration announced
that all 197 airlines that
flew to the U.S. had begun
collecting names, genders
and birth dates of pas-
sengers so the government
could check them against
terror watch lists before
they boarded flights.
In 2013, Paul Walker,
40, the star of the “Fast
& Furious” movie se-
ries, died with his friend,
Roger W. Rodas, who was
at the wheel of a Porsche
sports car that crashed
and burned north of Los
Angeles.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE