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COFFEE BREAK 8B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 New wife’s wardrobe doesn’t measure up to cousins’ taste Storm cleanup resumes BAHAMAS DEAR ABBY: My cousin recently married a lovely girl, someone he’d been dating for a couple of years. Our whole family loves her, and she’s always been very sweet to us. She’s very intelligent and kind, but the is- sue is her wardrobe. She’s pretty but refuses to wear nice clothes. Instead she wears baggy, boring clothes. Our family is fashion-con- scious, and I know my cousin has suggested to her several times that she buy new clothing — to no avail. He thinks she’s self- conscious about her body. Her birthday is coming up, and my sister and I would like to take her shopping as a birthday gift to buy her some nicer clothes. My cousin thinks she might not appreciate it, but he agrees that she needs new clothes. He also sug- gested buying her a gift card to somewhere, although that wouldn’t solve the problem of which clothes she buys with it. Do you think that taking her clothes shopping for her birthday would be appropriate? — FASHIONISTA IN CONNECTICUT DEAR FASHIONISTA: I think it is a nice idea, as long as you do NOT frame it the way you have to me. A better way to make the offer might be to invite her for a lovely birthday lunch and some “retail therapy.” If you then decide to peek into a couple of clothing stores, she might be willing. And if you fi nd something appropriate and offer to treat her as a birthday gift, she might accept. DEAR ABBY: My family is surrounded by neighbors who are all friendly. We have cook- outs together regularly. Everyone contributes to the budget and food preparation except one neighbor. He’s a single dad of 12-year- old twins, and they show up to every BBQ without bringing a dish or their own drinks, yet they all eat heartily. We have run out of food for the intended participants (who paid for the food) because of them. What’s the best way to handle this situation without making an enemy of a neighbor? — FED UP WITH FREELOADING DEAR FED UP: Your neighbor may not be clear about the rules. It shouldn’t earn you an enemy for life if you point out to this single dad of twins (with growing appetites) as Humberto swirls that these get-togethers are potluck, which means everyone is expected to contribute to the cost of the food as well as bring a side dish so the food won’t run out. Tell him what to bring. They should also help with the setup and cleanup. If he’s uncooperative after that, he’s a moocher and you all will be well rid of him if he takes offense. By Danica Coto The Associated Press MCLEAN’S TOWN, Bahamas — Jeffrey Roberts lifted a mustard-yellow curtain from the ground to hunt for passports and other documents at the place where his family’s home stood before Hurricane Dorian blasted into Grand Bahama Island. What was underneath was sodden and unrecogniz- able. He shuffl ed across a white tile fl oor, the only clear sign this had once been a house, and found a pair of rusty old pliers, only to toss them in frustration. They clattered across the tiles, breaking the silence that had enveloped the fi shing community of McLean’s Town. Roberts was one of thou- sands of people beginning to return to salvage what few scraps they can from the devastation of Dorian, even as the dark storm clouds of Tropical Storm Humberto hovered above to remind that that the storm season has not yet passed. “We got to take what God gives us,” Roberts said. In this case, at least, that was a break: Humberto narrowly missed the island over the weekend and was projected to curve north and then northeast, staying well off of Florida’s east coast. By late Sunday morning, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm was located about 180 miles north-northwest of Great DEAR ABBY: My hus- band of 12 years and I have DEAR an ongoing disagreement ABBY about the language he uses when he texts women friends. He opens his text with “Hi, Beautiful” or, “Good Morning, Gorgeous.” I consider this to be fl irting, but he regards it as harmless even though he knows it hurts my feelings because he doesn’t text that way to me. I trust him and don’t feel there’s anything going on with any of these women, but I think he’s playing with fi re. The wrong woman may interpret it differently, and that’s how affairs start. Do you think I am overreacting? — MISUNDERSTOOD IN THE MIDWEST DEAR MISUNDERSTOOD: Yes. Your problem with your husband isn’t that he’s calling other women beautiful and gorgeous. It’s that he isn’t complimenting you, and I think you should point that out to him. DEAR ABBY: I was divorced three years ago after being married for 28 years. My ex-wife and I had spent the previous 10 years in counseling. I currently go to post-divorce counseling, and my counselor agrees that I was mistreated by my ex and our adult chil- dren, who treated me more like an employee. I have begun seeing a much younger woman, and two of my kids say any rela- tionship with them is predicated on my dating someone “my own age.” I feel this is wrong, and that it’s a continuation of them treating me as a servant/dad, versus as a person. My counselor suggests walking away for a bit, to establish new boundaries. Your thoughts? — BUTLER DAD IN TEXAS DEAR DAD: I think you should listen to your therapist. weather Ramon Espinosa/The Associated Press Jeffrey Roberts, 49, eats a plate of food while search- ing through the rubble of his relatives’ home which was destroyed by Hurricane Dorian in Pelican Point, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, on Saturday. Abaco Island and was moving at 7 mph north- northwest with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph. It was still rousing gusty winds across the northwest- ern Bahamas The U.S. National Hur- ricane Center said it would likely become a hurricane by Sunday night, but would remain far from the Bahamas and the U.S. coast by the time it reaches that strength. The storm briefl y shut- tered a couple of small airports, sent people in dam- aged homes to seek shelter and threatened to interrupt the distribution of sorely needed supplies, including food and water. As the storm passed, however, Roberts and others were already returning to the task at hand: resuming their cleanup and recovery efforts in communities such AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION Astoria Longview 53/65 Kennewick 55/61 St. Helens 56/62 51/62 50/64 57/64 54/61 Condon TUE WED THU FRI Partly cloudy Mostly cloudy, p.m. rain Showers around A couple of showers Mostly cloudy and cool 60 40 63 40 64 39 Eugene 4 4 5 54/63 59 45 64 43 65 44 3 7 4 La Grande 41 65 47 Comfort Index™ Enterprise 7 2 0 39 63 46 Comfort Index™ 4 61 42 62 44 3 7 5 5 ALMANAC NATION (for the 48 contiguous states) High Saturday Low Saturday High: 112° Low: 23° Wettest: 1.82” 88° 42° 85° 44° 88° 45° PRECIPITATION (inches) Saturday Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.00 0.23 0.28 6.52 7.35 0.00 0.93 0.30 12.22 11.17 0.00 1.04 0.36 21.85 15.39 Coos Bay HAY INFORMATION TUESDAY 45% SSW at 6 to 12 mph 1.7 0.09 RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Sunday) Phillips Reservoir Unity Reservoir Owyhee Reservoir McKay Reservoir Wallowa Lake Thief Valley Reservoir Powers 53/62 23% of capacity 29% of capacity 68% of capacity 46% of capacity 29% of capacity 7% of capacity STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Saturday) Grande Ronde at Troy Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder Burnt River near Unity Umatilla River near Gibbon Minam River at Minam Powder River near Richland Brookings SUN & MOON MON. TUE. 6:32 a.m. 7:02 p.m. 8:32 p.m. 8:48 a.m. 6:33 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:56 p.m. 9:50 a.m. Last Sep 21 New Sep 28 First Oct 5 Full Oct 13 Jordan Valley Paisley Frenchglen 40/67 City Astoria Bend Boise Brookings Burns Coos Bay Corvallis Council Elgin Eugene Hermiston Hood River Imnaha John Day Joseph Kennewick Klamath Falls Lakeview Hi/Lo/W 65/52/r 59/43/sh 72/53/pc 63/55/sh 63/39/pc 65/55/r 62/53/r 65/47/c 63/47/r 63/54/r 70/51/pc 62/52/r 68/53/c 62/51/r 63/45/c 70/53/pc 61/40/c 63/38/pc Hi/Lo/W 67/51/sh 60/41/sh 65/48/s 64/52/sh 61/38/sh 67/53/sh 66/50/sh 60/44/sh 59/44/pc 66/50/sh 72/51/c 70/52/sh 62/49/pc 60/45/sh 56/44/sh 72/50/c 57/35/sh 56/37/sh Klamath Falls 31/61 Lakeview 28/63 City Lewiston Longview Meacham Medford Newport Olympia Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Powers Redmond Roseburg Salem Spokane The Dalles Ukiah Walla Walla TUE. WED. Hi/Lo/W 73/54/c 61/54/r 61/46/r 66/53/sh 65/54/r 62/50/r 74/50/c 70/51/pc 68/50/r 64/57/r 62/54/r 62/41/sh 64/54/r 62/52/r 62/49/c 64/52/r 61/44/r 69/52/pc Hi/Lo/W 67/51/pc 67/50/sh 57/43/sh 65/51/sh 65/51/sh 66/45/c 65/46/sh 71/49/c 67/48/sh 67/55/sh 66/53/sh 64/40/sh 65/54/sh 66/50/sh 62/45/c 70/52/c 58/40/sh 68/51/c Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice McDermitt 39/66 ANTHONY LAKES PHILLIPS LAKE Showers around Afternoon rain 41 31 61 1520 ADAMS AVENUE La GRANDE, OREGON 97850 (541) 963-4144 • 888-449-2704 44 MT. EMILY REC. BROWNLEE RES. Afternoon rain Clearing 52 40 69 50 EAGLE CAP WILD. EMIGRANT ST. PARK Rain and drizzle Afternoon rain 50 37 59 42 WALLOWA LAKE MCKAY RESERVOIR A shower Cloudy, p.m. rain 63 45 67 49 THIEF VALLEY RES. RED BRIDGE ST. PARK Rain and drizzle Afternoon rain 68 43 65 IT’S TIME FOR GET UP TO $1,500 CREDIT OR $500 OFF SIGNATURE BASE OR LEGCOMFORT™ RECLINERS.* HOURS:Mon. - Fri. 9:30 am-6:30 pm Sat. 9:30 am-5:30 pm Sun. 12 noon-4 pm 48/75 RECREATION FORECAST TUESDAY IT’S TIME TO PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN. • Free Delivery • In-Store Credit • 70 Store Buying Power • Decorating Assistance Grand View Arock 40/71 40/70 Shown is Tuesday’s weather. Temperatures are Monday night’s lows and Tuesday’s highs. WED. Diamond 39/64 Fields 47/66 TUE. Boise 48/72 40/65 35/63 35/57 Medford 54/63 Juntura 41/68 Silver Lake REGIONAL CITIES A low temperature of 27 degrees on Sept. 16, 1964, at Concord, N.H., ended the shortest growing season of any summer last century. Temperatures had stayed above freezing for only 100 days. Burns 38/59 53/64 Ontario 47/74 30/63 49/66 Rome Lakeview Astoria MOON PHASES 727 cfs 64 cfs 70 cfs 41 cfs 80 cfs 43 cfs Beaver Marsh Grants Pass OREGON Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset 38/56 Chiloquin Death Valley, Calif. Bridgeport, Calif. Quillayute, Wash. High: 91° Low: 34° Wettest: Trace Brothers 35/52 Roseburg Huntington 36/58 41/59 Oakridge 43/65 48/71 Seneca 49/57 55/65 WEATHER HISTORY AGRICULTURAL INFO. Lowest relative humidity Afternoon wind Hours of sunshine Evapotranspiration Elkton Council 36/68 42/62 40/60 Bend SATURDAY EXTREMES TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin 36/59 John Day 39/62 Sisters Florence Comfort Index takes into account how the weather will feel based on a combination of factors. A rating of 10 feels very comfortable while a rating of 0 feels very uncomfortable. 42/69 Baker City Redmond 55/65 58/64 Halfway Granite 53/62 Newport 53/63 57 43 43/64 49/56 52/62 Corvallis Enterprise 39/63 41/65 Monument 47/62 Idanha Salem TONIGHT 3 Elgin 40/63 La Grande 46/58 Maupin Comfort Index™ 50/69 Pendleton The Dalles Portland Newberg Lewiston 48/73 Hood River 47/68 TIllamook 36 68 43 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 Walla Walla 54/70 Vancouver 54/61 56/65 Baker City as McLean’s Town devas- tated by Hurricane Dorian two weeks ago. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited the nearby island of Great Abaco on Saturday to sup- port humanitarian efforts in the wake of the storm, which left thousands in need of food, water and shelter. “Hurricane Dorian has been classifi ed as Category 5. I think it’s Category Hell,” the secretary-general said, adding he was horrifi ed by the “level of systematic devastation.” The islands’ offi cial death toll from the hur- ricane remained at 50 and the number of missing at an alarming 1,300 people, although offi cials cautioned the list is preliminary and many people could just be unable to connect with loved ones. Stressless ® Emma Stressless ® Wing shown in Erica Blue shown in Paloma Copper /Black *See store for details. 47