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A12 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Thursday, February 10, 2022 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M. SCHULZ Woman can no longer support sister’s decisions FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE B.C. PICKLES BEETLE BAILEY BY LYNN JOHNSTON BY MASTROIANNI AND HART BY BRIAN CRANE have been the wake-up call her Dear Abby: For years my partner needed to sober up and sister has been in a relationship straighten out. with a man who treats her ter- I agree it is time to step back, ribly. She works full time and quit trying to solve your sister’s comes home to find him out unsolvable problems and con- partying every day. I have stood centrate on ones you CAN solve. by her and offered advice and a And when you do, do not apolo- willing ear, but at this point, her J EANNE gize or feel guilty for doing so. It problems are affecting my mar- P HILLIPS won’t make you a bad sister but riage as well as my sanity. ADVICE an emotionally healthier one. His drug problems are getting Dear Abby: Like so many oth- worse, and he couldn’t care less ers, I am on social media to stay how she feels. She follows him and sits outside the places he’s hanging in touch with family and a few friends. I out, which forces him to come out and come from a large family with more than talk to her. I have tried my best to get her a dozen cousins and two siblings, as well to move on. Their kids are grown, so she as nieces and nephews. Many of them post photos, a lot of can’t use them as an excuse anymore. Last night, she told me she has decid- which are about their possessions — ed to let him do what he wants but stay “Look at my new car, my new house, with him because his health is deterio- etc.” And, of course, they expect you to rating from the drug use. After 13 years “like” everything. I know, however, if of being her emotional support because I did the same thing, they would think she never makes an effort to get out, I’ve I’m being obnoxious. Mind you, I’m not wealthy. I would like to post some photos reached the end of my rope. I feel terrible guilt for feeling this way, of just the scenery, but if I did even that, but I recently had a baby, and with my I’d be looked down upon. What’s the best way to handle all the new family, I no longer have the time or patience to deal with her drama. I know likes everyone expects with the knowl- it may be wrong to bow out, but I need edge that they hold me to a different to tell her that her problems have become standard? Sometimes it’s infuriating. my problems and they’re damaging me. — Sick Of Show And Tell Dear Sick: You are entitled to post I don’t think she’s ever gonna draw the what you wish, as well to “like” or IG- line. — Worn Out Sis In Kentucky Dear Worn Out: Because your sister NORE what your relatives post online. has tolerated this situation for 13 years, Not everyone has the time to validate ev- I, too, doubt she’s ever “gonna draw the ery post. If you are asked, say you don’t line.” Had she done it years ago, it might spend much time on the internet. BY MORT WALKER DAYS GONE BY 100 years ago — 1922 GARFIELD BY JIM DAVIS An ambitious program of vocation aid has been instituted by educational leaders in the local high school. Work has been under way here during the current year in an effort to assist the student to analyze his own likes and dislikes, capabilities, weaknesses and possibil- ities to the end that he may be able intelligently to choose his life work. One of the aims of the vocational guidance course is to broaden the vocational horizon of each pupil. This can be accomplished by means of direct reading, by talks, and through conferences. The Pendleton high school is a pioneer in this work. There are not more than a half dozen schools in the United States who are actually at work along the lines being followed here, Principal Austin Landreth declares. One high school in Philadelphia, one in New York City, and two or three in Califor- nia are blazing trails in the new department. 50 years ago — 1972 BLONDIE BY DEAN YOUNG AND JOHN MARSHALL Police Chief Lou Reed “is doing a good job” for Umatilla, Mayor A. L. Draper told the city council Monday night in response to a recent assertion by a chamber of commerce official that the police department may be harassing area construction workers. “If the police are harassing anyone, all they have to do is abide by the law and the Umatilla police won’t bother them,” Draper said. The Umatilla Chamber of Commerce president said in last week’s chamber meeting that construction workers living in motels were moving out of town due to harassment by the police. It was suggested that chamber officials check with the police department before pursuing the harassment complaint any further. 25 years ago — 1997 Well-wishes, handshakes and claps on the back surrounded Bill Tachella Thursday evening as he celebrated his 100th birthday with friends at the Elks Lodge in Pendleton. There were balloons, presents and a cake bear- ing the Elks emblem. Not only has he reached the century mark, he is also the oldest living Elk in Oregon. Tachella was born in 1897 at Wild Horse Creek. He lost his mother at the age of 8. Shortly after that, the family moved to town, but they kept the farm. For many years Tach- ella’s family farmed asparagus, which proved to be lucrative. In 1916, his father gave him his first car, but Tachella didn’t give up his horses. He continued to break horses for plowing. The family farm boasted 10 head of work horses. 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 Feb. 10, 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolf Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States. In 1763, Britain, Spain and France signed the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years’ War (also known as the French and Indian War in North America). In 1840, Britain’s Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha. In 1936, Nazi Germa- ny’s Reichstag passed a law investing the Gestapo secret police with absolute authority, exempt from any legal review. In 1959, a major tor- nado tore through the St. Louis area, killing 21 people and causing heavy damage. In 1967, the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, dealing with presidential disability and succession, was ratified as Minnesota and Nevada adopted it. In 1989, Ron Brown was elected the first Black chairman of the Demo- cratic National Commit- tee. In 1992, boxer Mike Ty- son was convicted in Indi- anapolis of raping Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant. (Ty- son served three years in prison.) “Roots” author Alex Haley died in Seattle at age 70. In 1996, world chess champion Garry Kasp- arov lost the first game of a match in Philadelphia against an IBM comput- er dubbed “Deep Blue.” (Kasparov ended up win- ning the match, 4 games to 2; he was defeated by Deep Blue in a rematch the following year.) In 2005, North Korea boasted publicly for the first time that it possessed nuclear weap- ons. In 2015, NBC an- nounced it was suspend- ing Brian Williams as “Nightly News” anchor and managing editor for six months without pay for misleading the public about his experiences cov- ering the Iraq War. PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
