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Thursday, June 23, 2022
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M. SCHULZ
Reader clings to bio dad
after DNA test’s reveal
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
B.C.
PICKLES
BEETLE BAILEY
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
BY MASTROIANNI AND HART
BY BRIAN CRANE
his wife and your half-siblings
Dear Abby: I took a DNA
if you don’t overwhelm them.
test seven months ago. It came
Your chances of finding the
back that the man who raised
emotional support you need
me is not my biological father.
would be better if you talk with
I decided to meet my real dad.
a counselor at the student health
We have formed a relationship,
center at your college when you
mostly a good one, and I intro-
are as stressed as you are.
duce him as my dad now. My
J EANNE
Dear Abby: My sister and I
problem is, we hardly know each
P HILLIPS
inherited our mother’s condo
other or how we react to things.
ADVICE
some years ago. She wants to
I had a hard week. I just
sell it; I do not. She has ha-
wanted to run “home,” but then I
rangued me nonstop with inane
realized I no longer have a home
to run to. My dad doesn’t know I’m very scenarios of what “could” happen with
clingy when I’m upset, so he was oblivi- our heirs if we don’t sell, even going so
ous to my constant communications, and far as to threaten, “If we don’t sell it now,
I don’t think I will want to sell.” I don’t
I’m sure it came off as annoying.
My mother and I don’t get along these even know what that means.
Because I was fed up, I agreed to sell.
days because she hid this secret from me
for 25 years. Also, I mostly just wanted The problem is, at this point, I don’t even
to go over to his house because my three like her. I’m not mad — I just abhor the
little siblings are there, and I actually feel way she harangued me. I don’t think I’ll
like we’re a family. What do you think, ever want to talk to her again, and I feel
Abby? AM I too clingy? Is it understand- sad about that. Any thoughts? — Sibling
able? How do I explain to him that I need Disaster In California
Dear Sibling: It is unfortunate (but
to see them more? If he tells me no, how
not uncommon) for money to drive a
do I handle that? — Adjusting In Ohio
Dear Adjusting: If you want a bet- wedge between family members. When
ter relationship with your biological fa- your sister started her harangue, you
ther, slow down and let him get to know should have inserted your lawyer into the
you gradually. A way to accomplish negotiation. Because you wished to keep
this would be to mend fences with your the unit, you could have bought her half
mother, believe it or not. Yes, she should from her, leaving you both with what you
have told you about your biological fa- wanted. If it’s not too late, give it some
ther years ago, but she may have had rea- consideration. As to never wanting to
talk to your sister, I hope with time your
sons for not doing so.
You stand a better chance of building feelings will mellow and fences can be
a solid relationship with your bio-dad, mended.
BY MORT WALKER
DAYS GONE BY
100 years ago — 1922
GARFIELD
BY JIM DAVIS
Lost — Somewhere between Portland
and Pendleton, a 50-foot serpent, the special
property of the Order of Serpents. The East
Oregonian violates the orders of the adver-
tising manager in placing this notice on the
front page but circumstances are such that
all precedent has been set aside. Fact is, the
Order of the Serpents just must find that
snake in time for the big parade Saturday
night. Nichols Pierangel, one of the chief
reptiles in the lair says, “We are filled with
venom and hope to wreak revenge on the
thieves. We’re mentioning no names but we
suspect the Lady Lizards know a lot about
our pet snake.” Tomorrow Clarence Hotch-
kiss, United States marshal and Gu Gu Gran-
dississimio of Oregon, and Laife Manning,
also a G. G. G., will be here and will aid in a
determined hunt for the snake.
50 years ago — 1972
BLONDIE
BY DEAN YOUNG AND JOHN MARSHALL
Pendleton is part of a world-wide setup to
measure air pollution. One of the few stations
with a Sun Photometer now in operation,
weathermen at the Pendleton branch of the
National Weather Service have been taking
readings since December. The network plan
was endorsed last week by the United Nations
Conference on Human Environment in Stock-
holm, Sweden. Most of the stations are away
from urban centers to give general trends, not
localized pollution problems. One drawback
is that there must not be any clouds to take a
reading. The meter measures everything in
the atmosphere between itself and the sun.
The readings are recorded and reported to the
World Meteorological Organization.
25 years ago — 1997
Stark white walls provide the perfect back-
ground for the works of art displayed at Pend-
leton’s new East Side Art Gallery. The gallery,
which opened at 147 S. E. First St., offers a
unique selection of art not readily available in
Pendleton. The merchandise is the creation of
nine artists. Dealing in original art by these
area artists, there is a unique blend of arts and
crafts in the shop that creates a serene atmo-
sphere. Even the table holding notecards is
a work of art. “It’s a good opportunity for
artists to work together; to communicate and
compare ideas,” one of the artists said of the
cooperative concept. Another idea that has
them excited is that the East Side Gallery will
also spotlight other prominent artists. In addi-
tion to contemporary art and crafts, the gallery
will spotlight traditional folk arts.
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
Today’s Highlights in
History:
On June 23, 1888, abo-
litionist Frederick Doug-
lass received one vote from
the Kentucky delegation
at the Republican con-
vention in Chicago, effec-
tively making him the first
Black candidate to have
his name placed in nomi-
nation for U.S. president.
(The nomination went to
Benjamin Harrison.)
In 1860, a congressio-
nal resolution authorized
creation of the United
States Government Print-
ing Office.
In 1931, aviators Wiley
Post and Harold Gatty
took off from New York
on a round-the-world
flight that lasted eight
days and 15 hours.
In 1947, the Senate
joined the House in over-
riding President Harry S.
Truman’s veto of the Taft-
Hartley Act, designed to
limit the power of orga-
nized labor.
In 1967, President Lyn-
don B. Johnson, Soviet
Premier Alexei Kosygin
opened a three-day sum-
mit at Glassboro State
College in New Jersey.
In 1969, Warren E.
Burger was sworn in as
chief justice of the United
States by the man he was
succeeding, Earl Warren.
In 1972, President
Richard Nixon signed Ti-
tle IX barring discrimina-
tion on the basis of sex for
“any education program
or activity receiving fed-
eral financial assistance.”
(On the same day, Nixon
and White House chief
of staff H.R. Haldeman
discussed using the CIA
to obstruct the FBI’s Wa-
tergate investigation. Rev-
elation of the tape record-
ing of this conversation
sparked Nixon’s resigna-
tion in 1974.)
In 1994, the movie
“Forrest Gump,” starring
Tom Hanks as a simple
yet kindhearted soul and
his serendipitous brushes
with greatness, was re-
leased by Paramount Pic-
tures.
In 1995, Dr. Jonas Salk,
the medical pioneer who
developed the first vac-
cine to halt the crippling
rampage of polio, died in
La Jolla, California, at age
80.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE