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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M. SCHULZ
Wife considers leaving
man because of weight
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
B.C.
PICKLES
BEETLE BAILEY
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
BY MASTROIANNI AND HART
BY BRIAN CRANE
try marriage counseling before
Dear Abby: I’m in my late 30s
you consult a lawyer.
and have been married for seven
Dear Abby: I’m in my early
years. My husband and I have
40s. A few months ago, I was di-
two young children, a beautiful
agnosed with stage 4 breast can-
home, good jobs, etc. However,
cer. I keep reading the five-year
over the last few years, I have
survival rate is only 28%, and I’m
lost my attraction to him.
concerned that despite receiving
He has gained more than 40
J EANNE
treatment, I don’t have many
pounds since we met, and he re-
P HILLIPS
years left. The cancer has been
fuses to eat healthy or exercise.
ADVICE
found in my spine and pelvis as
He watched me spend countless
well. I am a person of faith, so
hours working out to lose all my
I’m not afraid of death. I’m just
baby weight. We are rarely inti-
mate anymore, and when we are I do it worried about leaving my daughter be-
hind, along with friends and family.
out of obligation.
My question is, should I make a will? I
I know these things happen, but he
seems to be happy. I think if I told him I live in an apartment and don’t have many
wanted to leave, he would be floored. Di- assets except for some savings. I plan to
vorced friends of mine who have young start a trust, so my daughter will receive
children have advised me against it, and that money at the appropriate time. I
say my children’s happiness should come have never had a reason in the past for a
before mine. Others say if I’m not happy, will. I don’t know what sorts of things go
the kids won’t be happy. I can manage into a will. I also have a 2-year-old cat,
living this life for them, but I feel like I’m and now I’m worried he will outlive me. I
too young to cheat myself out of some don’t want him to have to go back to the
of my best years. Am I being selfish or Humane Society if I pass on. He’s like a
child to me, and I only want the best for
smart? — Weighty Subject In New York
Dear Weighty Subject: Before your him. — Making Plans For The Future
Dear Making Plans: Because you have
marriage deteriorates further, have a
frank discussion with your husband. He financial assets, a daughter and a beloved
seems to be happy because he doesn’t pet you want to provide for in the event
know what’s going on in your head. For of your death, it’s important that you
reasons that go beyond animal attraction consult an attorney NOW about ANY
— including the welfare of his children — end-of-life documents you need to have
he needs to make some lifestyle changes in place. You may decide you need more
and get a handle on his health. I am hop- directives than just a will, which will give
ing that when you convey the message to you peace of mind and guarantee your
him, he will be receptive. If not, please wishes are carried out.
BY MORT WALKER
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND JOHN MARSHALL
100 years ago — 1921
After the strenuous days of a busy holi-
day period, a tired bunch of saleswomen
of the J. C. Penney Company forgot their
fatigue Saturday night when Manager J. E.
Akey presented seven of them with checks
aggregating a little over five hundred dollars.
Those who have been with the organization
a year or more share in this new cooperative
plan. An outstanding feature of the oppor-
tunities offered to the men associated with
the J. C. Penney company is the chance to
become partners in not only one store, but
as many as they are able to develop. This
bonus plan is a new departure in giving
women employees a share in the earnings
of the organization.
50 years ago — 1971
Arlin Phillips knows all about sinking
feelings. Last week he was working with a
Milton-Freewater city crew burning weeds
at the bottom of what’s known as Milton
hill, where Highway 11 enters the city from
the south. Phillips stepped in a patch of mud
that had washed into a ditch from fields to
the south. His foot stuck. He freed it, but
the other foot sank deeper. In moments he
was chest deep in the mud. His fellow city
employees looped a fire hose under his arms
and tugged. But they couldn’t get him out.
So the workers ran a backhoe up to the ditch
— and scooped Phillips out of the mud with
the machine’s shovel.
25 years ago — 1996
Earlier this month, the Yellowhawk
Clinic lost the services of a natural resource
known as Tessie Williams. Williams retired
after 28 years as a community health repre-
sentative. Those who know Williams were
not surprised that this was not a somber
occasion, but one which saw Williams and
friends doing the Macarena and sharing
lots of laughter. According to Williams,
community health representatives were
vital to bridging the gap between doctors
and Indian people. “Many of the elders
spoke Indian and there was a misunder-
standing at that time between doctors and
elders, so we became interpreters,” she
said. Williams intends to participate in
all her traditional functions including the
annual Medicine Wheel.
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. 28, 2014,
the war in Afghanistan,
fought for 13 bloody years
and still raging, came to
a formal end with a quiet
flag-lowering ceremony
in Kabul that marked the
transition of the fight-
ing from U.S.-led combat
troops to the country’s
own security forces.
In 1612, Italian as-
tronomer Galileo Galilei
observed the planet Nep-
tune, but mistook it for a
star.
In 1832, John C. Cal-
houn became the first vice
president of the United
States to resign, stepping
down because of differ-
ences with President An-
drew Jackson.
In 1908, a major earth-
quake followed by a tsuna-
mi devastated the Italian
city of Messina, killing at
least 70,000 people.
In 1972, Kim Il Sung,
the premier of North Ko-
rea, was named the coun-
try’s president under a
new constitution.
In 1973, the En-
dangered Species Act
was signed into law
by President Richard Nix-
on.
In 1975, the “Hail
Mary
pass”
entered
the
football
lexicon
as Dallas quarterback
Roger Staubach tossed
the ball to Drew Pearson
for an improbable 50-yard
touchdown with 24 sec-
onds left to help the Cow-
boys come back to edge
the Minnesota Vikings
17-14.
In 1981, Elizabeth Jor-
dan Carr, the first Ameri-
can “test-tube” baby, was
born in Norfolk, Virginia.
In 1991, nine people
died in a crush of people
trying to get into a rap
celebrity basketball game
at City College in New
York.
In 2007, Pakistani op-
position leader Benazir
Bhutto was laid to rest as
the country’s army tried
to quell a frenzy of rioting
in the wake of her assas-
sination.
In 2015, a grand jury
in Cleveland declined to
indict a white rookie po-
lice officer in the killing of
12-year-old Tamir Rice, a
Black youngster who was
shot while playing with a
pellet gun.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE