A16
East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M. SCHULZ
Cousin feels helpless in
face of man’s alcoholism
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
B.C.
PICKLES
BEETLE BAILEY
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
BY MASTROIANNI AND HART
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I was an alco-
Your aunt may need counseling
holic. I have been sober since
to help her break the unhealthy
1994. I live with my elderly aunt
pattern that has been set with
and assist her while working in
her son. Please suggest this to
ministry. Her son lives with us
her. I hope she is receptive.
and is, basically, a hopeless alco-
Dear Abby: My friend has
holic. He drinks all day and lies
this habit of phoning me while
on the couch. I know that if this
she is walking her dog or driving
J EANNE
continues, it will be fatal.
somewhere. To put it bluntly, she
P HILLIPS
We have tried to get him into
calls when she is otherwise en-
ADvICe
two or three rehabs, and I can’t
gaged and biding her time until
count how many times he’s been
she finishes the walk or reaches
to the hospital for detox. After
her destination.
his last stint in rehab, he came back and
When she walks “Gonzo,” I have to
was drinking again three days later. Be- contend with his barking, her admonish-
cause I don’t know what else to do, I have ing Gonzo for pulling on the leash, or the
committed myself to saying, “Well, if he wind, which makes it difficult to hear her.
wants to drink himself to death, there’s When she’s driving, the connection is of-
nothing I can do.”
ten iffy. She has done this for years, but
Am I doing the right thing or IS there recently it has started to seriously annoy
something else I can try? I mean, it’s me. I wish she would call when she’s sit-
not my house, so I can’t throw him out. ting in a quiet room and not preoccupied
I don’t even broach the subject with my with something else. Is that too much
aunt anymore. — Conflicted In Illinois
to ask? How can I politely tell her this?
Dear Conflicted: Congratulations for — Ticked Off In Texas
hanging onto your sobriety. I can only
Dear Ticked Off: It shouldn’t be too
imagine the stress you are experiencing hard. “Politely” tell her you would pre-
watching your cousin drink himself to fer she NOT call you while she’s walking
death. If at all possible, it might be ben- Gonzo or driving — particularly the lat-
eficial to you if you found other living ar- ter because it’s dangerous and you would
rangements while assisting your aunt.
hate to have her miss her exit or get into
Your aunt — not you — as well- an accident because she was distracted.
meaning as she may be, is her son’s en- THEN tell her you prefer talking with
abler. Her passivity is partly responsible her when she’s in a place that’s safe to
for what’s happening to her son, not talk and she’s not distracted. If she per-
you. You have done everything you can, sists after that, ask when she’ll be home,
and you cannot save him from himself. suggest you talk “later” and hang up.
BY MORT WALKER
DAYS GONE BY
100 years ago — 1922
GARFIELD
BY JIM DAVIS
Killing a flock of Germans and routing
five machine gun nests during the war is
heroism enough to entitle Hursey A. Dakin
of Freewater, a student at the college, the
honor of being Oregon’s representative in
the “Living Hall of Fame,” Corvallis ex-ser-
vicemen believe. The hall will be created at
the convention of the Disabled Veterans of
the World War at San Francisco. Each state
will be permitted to name a member for the
position, choosing the ex-serviceman who
has been most outstanding in heroic service
during the war and whose qualities of patri-
otism and bravery entitle him to the honor.
The distinguished service cross is worn by
Dakin and he also carries a French citation.
50 years ago — 1972
BLONDIE
BY DEAN YOUNG AND JOHN MARSHALL
Friday, Saturday and Sunday the Bad Rock
Two-Days Trial will be held in Weston. It is an
amateur motorcycle event, sponsored by the
Pacific Northwest Trials Association which
headquarters in this small community. The
trials is one of seven held in the United States
as qualifying rounds for the International
Six-Days Trial. Considered to be the “Olym-
pics” of motorcycle trials, the international
trial is scheduled for this fall in Czechoslova-
kia. The Weston event will qualify riders for
the American team and will be run on inter-
national rules. Basically, the event consists of
riding a designated course on highways and
unimproved roads at a given average speed.
The difficulty lies in the fact that the riders
must travel nearly two hundred miles each
day and arrive at predesignated check points
on time, or receive penalty points. Special
tests are interjected along the route to further
test the competitors’ ability. None of the major
parts of the motorcycle may be replaced and
any repairs that are required during the event
must be made using only the tools and spare
parts the competitor carries with him.
25 years ago — 1997
Raj Malhotra said at a Monday night’s
meeting of the Chemical Demilitarization
Citizens Advisory Commission the Army
has given the Raytheon Demilitarization Co.
full authority to proceed with construction of
the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facil-
ity. Malhotra and Raytheon Project Manager
Sam Kasley spoke before the commission
about their respective organizations’ inter-
nal structures, employment possibilities for
local residents, and their plans for building
and running the incinerator complex.
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 June 14, 1775,
the Continental Army,
forerunner of the Unit-
ed States Army, was cre-
ated.
In 1777, the Second
Continental
Congress
approved the design of
the original American
flag.
In 1846, a group of
U.S. settlers in Sonoma
proclaimed the Republic
of California.
In 1919, John Alcock
and
Arthur
Whitten
Brown embarked on the
first non-stop flight across
the Atlantic Ocean. (Fly-
ing a Vickers Vimy bi-
plane bomber, they took
off from St. Johns, New-
foundland, Canada and
arrived 16 1/2 hours later
in Clifden, Ireland.)
In
1940,
German
troops entered Paris dur-
ing World War II; the
same day, the Nazis began
transporting prisoners to
the Auschwitz concentra-
tion camp in German-oc-
cupied Poland.
In 1943, the U.S. Su-
preme Court, in West Vir-
ginia State Board of Edu-
cation v. Barnette, ruled
6-3 that public school stu-
dents could not be forced
to salute the flag of the
United States.
In 1954, President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
signed a measure adding
the phrase “under God” to
the Pledge of Allegiance.
In 1967, California
Gov. Ronald Reagan
signed a bill liberalizing
his state’s abortion law.
In 1972, the Environ-
mental Protection Agency
ordered a ban on domestic
use of the pesticide DDT,
to take effect at year’s
end.
In 1982, Argentine
forces surrendered to Brit-
ish troops on the disputed
Falkland Islands.
In 1993, President Bill
Clinton nominated Judge
Ruth Bader Ginsburg to
serve on the U.S. Supreme
Court.
In 2005, Michelle
Wie, 15, became the
first female player to
qualify for an adult male
U.S. Golf Association
championship, tying for
first place in a 36-hole
U.S. Amateur Public
Links sectional qualifying
tournament.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE