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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M. SCHULZ
Cousin remains tangled
in longtime family feud
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
B.C.
PICKLES
BEETLE BAILEY
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
BY MASTROIANNI AND HART
BY BRIAN CRANE
how important it is to have a
Dear Abby: My cousin “Scot-
log or written account of pass-
ty” invited my husband and me
words and usernames. It could
to see his new house. He made it
have saved countless hours of
clear, several times, that my sister
stressful negotiations. — Lesson
and her husband, “Ian,” are not
Learned In Michigan
invited because his wife doesn’t
Dear Lesson Learned: Please
like Ian. My sister and brother-
accept my sympathy for the loss
in-law would have no problem
J EANNE
of your husband. You are not
if they never saw Scotty again,
P
HILLIPS
the only spouse who has writ-
and I didn’t intend for them
ADVICE
ten about this very real prob-
to accompany us on this visit.
lem. Sometimes the concept of
However, every time I speak to
a world without us in it can be
Scotty, he reiterates not to bring
difficult to comprehend, hence the hesi-
my brother-in-law along.
I admit, Ian is a difficult guy to get to tancy to share passwords. But death can
know, but I have known him for 40 years, come at any time, and, as in your hus-
and he really has a heart of gold. I think band’s case, with little — or no — warn-
Scotty is being disrespectful to me by re- ing. Readers, it can spare your loved ones
peating that Ian isn’t welcome. How can a world of unneeded stress to log those
I resolve this in a way that won’t result passwords and make sure your spouse,
in not communicating with Scotty ever trustee or attorney can access them in
case of emergency.
again? — Relative Drama In Florida
Dear Abby: When my wife of nine
Dear Relative Drama: The next time
Scotty starts on his rant about Ian, head months makes a dental or medical ap-
him off by interrupting him and saying, pointment, she gives her last name as
“You have already told me that. You her late husband’s last name. He died 10
don’t need to repeat it.” Then change the years ago. Should I be disappointed with
my bride since, before we were married,
subject.
Dear Abby: My dear husband died she said she would adopt my last name?
suddenly last year. It’s been difficult, but — Newlywed In Florida
Dear Newlywed: Why your bride
I am blessed to have good friends and
close family. The hardest part, however, would be hesitant to do this, I can’t guess,
has been the four-plus months it took to but because it bothers you, discuss it with
decipher his online accounts. He left me her before it festers. Informing health
few passwords, and many of his contacts care professionals about a name change
were uncooperative, some even cruel. is fairly simple. All one has to do is in-
Why should it be impossible to pay some- form the receptionist that a new name
one else’s bill? I cannot stress enough should be entered into the computer.
BY MORT WALKER
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND JOHN MARSHALL
100 years ago — 1921
Results of a survey of the circulation
department of the East Oregonian show
that 94 per cent of the people of Pendleton
receive the paper daily through carriers. The
figures at this time show that the 13 carrier
routes deliver papers to 1601 regular city
subscribers daily. This shows a 94 per cent
circulation exclusive of street sales. The
street sales run from 150 to 33 daily. On
January 1 last year the figures showed a 93
per cent local circulation, there being a gain
of one per cent during the year. There are
few if any papers in the United States with
such a heavy per capita circulation as the
East Oregonian. The circulation records are
accredited by the Audit Bureau of Circula-
tions. Advertisers will be provided with the
auditors’ report on application and patrons
are at all times liberty to examine the circu-
lation records and observe the press run of
this paper.
50 years ago — 1971
The Oregon Elks Association will be
denied use of the Pendleton Armory for a
convention because of discriminatory prac-
tices, according to an attorney general’s
opinion. Elks lodges do not allow Negro
members, The Elks tentatively planned to
use the Pendleton Armory for their state
convention in 1974, John Williams, exalted
ruler of the Pendleton Elks, said. The conven-
tion would draw 2,200 to 2,400 delegates. But
Atty. Gen. Lee Johnson advised the military
department against renting the armory to the
Elks because of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
prohibits discrimination in the use of feder-
ally assisted facilities. Johnson also said rent-
ing the armory to the Elks probably would be
a violation of state laws.
25 years ago — 1996
Umatilla County recently shelled out
the second highest tax refund in the state
to several railroad companies, a blow to
local taxing districts bracing for looming
Measure 47 cuts. Taxing districts throughout
the county paid $834,000 in refunds to the
railroads, which include Union Pacific and
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. Only
Multnomah County refunded more. The
refunds represent the latest step in a 12-year
legal battle between the Oregon Department
of Revenue and the railroads, spurred by U.S.
District Court Judge Malcolm Marsh’s Octo-
ber decision that the companies didn’t have
to pay late penalties on millions in taxes ties
up in court. The state probably won’t appeal
Marsh’s decisions.
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 Dec. 7, 1941, the
Empire of Japan launched
an air raid on the U.S.
Navy base at Pearl Har-
bor in Hawaii as well as
targets in Malaya, Hong
Kong, Guam, the Philip-
pines and Wake Island;
the United States declared
war against Japan the next
day.
In 1787, Delaware
became the first state to
ratify the U.S. Constitu-
tion.
In 1909, chemist Leo
H. Baekeland received a
U.S. patent for Bakelite,
the first synthetic plastic.
In 1917, during World
War I, the United States
declared war on Austria-
Hungary.
In 1972, America’s last
moon mission to date was
launched as Apollo 17
blasted off from Cape Ca-
naveral.
In 1987, Soviet leader
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
set foot on American soil
for the first time, arriving
for a Washington summit
with President Ronald
Reagan.
In 1988, a major earth-
quake in the Soviet Union
devastated northern Ar-
menia; official estimates
put the death toll at
25-thousand.
In 2001, Taliban forces
abandoned their last bas-
tion in Afghanistan, flee-
ing the southern city of
Kandahar.
In 2004, Hamid Karzai
was sworn in as Afghani-
stan’s first popularly elect-
ed president.
In 2017, Democratic
Sen. Al Franken said
he would resign after a
series of sexual harass-
ment allegations; he took
a parting shot at President
Donald Trump, describ-
ing him as “a man who
has bragged on tape about
his history of sexual as-
sault.” Republican Rep.
Trent Franks of Arizona
said he would resign, after
revealing that he discussed
surrogacy with two female
staffers.
In 2018, the man who
drove his car into coun-
terprotesters at a 2017
white nationalist rally in
Virginia was convicted
of first-degree murder; a
state jury rejected defense
arguments that the driver
acted in self-defense.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE