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COFFEE BREAK 8B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2019 Boy’s disrespect for dad is Dozens of groups line up to hard for girlfriend to take ENDANGERED WHALES DEAR ABBY: I am in a loving relation- ship with a kind and caring man, “Byron.” He has a preteen son, “Eli,” from a previous relationship. Eli stays with us several days a week, and I watch him while Byron goes to work. Byron and I would like to spend the rest of our lives together, but I’m uncertain if I can truly be a stepmother to his son. Eli often yells at and hits his dad. He calls his dad stu- pid, among other things. He asks for expensive items dur- ing every visit, often refuses to bathe and won’t eat anything other than fast food or pizza. If Byron has to say no to Eli because he doesn’t have the money for something, Eli throws a temper tantrum worse than a 2-year-old. I know the kid is capable of better behav- ior because he doesn’t behave this way with his mother or grandmother. Byron doesn’t discipline his son at all, which allows his rude and disrespectful behavior to continue. I worry about the boy’s future. How will he hold a job if he acts this way toward a boss? I like Eli very much. When he’s in a good mood, he’s the kindest child I can think of. But when his mood turns, it’s like the dark side takes over. I love Byron. I would like to marry him. But I don’t know if I can handle watching Eli be so disrespectful to his father. Sometimes it makes me feel like ending things. Please advise me on what to do. — HESITANT “STEPMOM” DEAR “STEPMOM”: I hope you realize that Eli behaves the way he does because his father allows it. Byron may do this because he feels guilty about the divorce and is afraid his son will “hate” him if he asserts himself. Your gentleman friend really needs to take some parenting classes because his failure to act isn’t good for Eli. Please sug- gest it. DEAR ABBY: I’m surprised by how many people choose not to use headphones while talking on the phone, listening to music or watching videos in public places. Instead, they use the speaker option or their Bluetooth speakers for all to hear. I travel frequently. It’s bad enough to suffer through one side of the conversation, but support Orcas’ recovery hearing both is worse (and these folks talk at top volume and make no attempt to step out of earshot). Lately, I have also noticed people watching videos in restaurants. At my apartment’s pool, several neighbors do the same thing. Sometimes the music includes offensive language, which I fi nd inappropriate at a family pool. I’m tempted to start competing with them with random videos and mu- DEAR sic, but I know that’s wrong. ABBY Is there a reasonable way to handle these folks? — BLASTED OUT IN ARIZONA DEAR BLASTED: If you are in a restau- rant, ask the manager to move you to a qui- eter table. If you are bothered at your apart- ment swimming pool, take your complaint to the manager of the complex so a sign can be posted asking tenants to keep the volume low on their devices or wear headphones. It’s worth a try. Do not make the mistake of confronting them yourself. P.S. Consider putting on headphones and listening to something of your choosing. It will drown out what you don’t want to hear. By Monica Samayoa Oregon Public Broadcasting SEATTLE — Dozens of environmental groups in Oregon and across the Pa- cifi c Northwest are teaming up Saturday to support the recovery of Puget Sound’s endangered orcas. Promise the Pod is bring- ing together multiple habi- tat restoration programs for Orca Recovery Day. Five habitat restora- tion projects will be held throughout Oregon, as well as several more in Washing- ton, California and British Columbia. The southern resident orcas have been listed as endangered since 2005. The population of 73 is at its low- est documented level. Scientists blame the de- cline primarily on pollution and scarcity of their primary food source: chinook salmon. “We’re seeing so many signs of wildlife decline in a lot of ways, and this one population is very indicative of the health of the overall ecosystem,” canopy director at One Tree Planted Diane Chaplin said. Chaplin said Orca Recov- ery Day isn’t about saving one species, it’s about saving the whole ecosystem. Every year, southern resident orca pods take to the Pacifi c, migrating north to south and back again. They rely on chinook salmon for food which is nearly 80% of their diets. They eat about 100 to 300 pounds a day. Chaplin said the three pods combined will need about 5 million pounds of DEAR ABBY: I am planning a trip to visit my friend in England. I studied abroad two years ago, and I’m excited to go back to my old stomping grounds and reminisce. I got very close to this friend while I was there, and we talk on Facebook every so often. Obviously, because of the distance, we aren’t best friends, but we still consider ourselves “trans-Atlantic sisters.” I’m on a pretty tight budget and want to start planning for expenses. Would it be rude to ask her if I can stay with her? Or should I just ask for suggestions on places to stay and see if she offers? — TRAVELER IN TEXAS DEAR TRAVELER: While it wouldn’t be rude to ask, I vote for the latter option and see if she suggests it. (She probably will.) Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. weather The Associated Press fi le photo An endangered southern resident female orca leaps from the water while breaching in Puget Sound, west of Seattle. AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION Astoria Longview 54/59 Kennewick 56/61 St. Helens 55/64 56/63 TUE WED Sunny to partly cloudy Baker City 36 61 31 Comfort Index™ La Grande 54/68 57/65 55/63 0 Comfort Index™ 0 5 8 6 53/64 57 29 58 36 62 33 8 8 7 8 8 10 3 ALMANAC SATURDAY EXTREMES TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin NATION (for the 48 contiguous states) High Saturday Low Saturday High: 97° Low: 8° Wettest: 4.82” 50° 38° 47° 38° 45° 37° PRECIPITATION (inches) Saturday Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.09 0.11 0.35 7.14 7.97 0.29 0.50 0.68 13.01 12.22 0.09 0.71 0.84 23.39 16.69 HAY INFORMATION TUESDAY Lowest relative humidity Afternoon wind Hours of sunshine Evapotranspiration 50% W at 6 to 12 mph 0.4 0.09 RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Sunday) Phillips Reservoir Unity Reservoir Owyhee Reservoir McKay Reservoir Wallowa Lake Thief Valley Reservoir 22% of capacity 28% of capacity 62% of capacity 32% of capacity 23% of capacity 19% of capacity STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Saturday) Grande Ronde at Troy 1100 cfs Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 0 cfs Burnt River near Unity 17 cfs Umatilla River near Gibbon 257 cfs Minam River at Minam 133 cfs Powder River near Richland 33 cfs MON. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset TUE. 7:16 a.m. 7:17 a.m. 5:57 p.m. 5:56 p.m. none 12:08 a.m. 2:47 p.m. 3:29 p.m. MOON PHASES Last Oct 21 New Oct 27 First Nov 4 Klamath Falls 43/69 51/68 Full Nov 12 City Astoria Bend Boise Brookings Burns Coos Bay Corvallis Council Elgin Eugene Hermiston Hood River Imnaha John Day Joseph Kennewick Klamath Falls Lakeview WED. Hi/Lo/W 59/43/c 63/31/c 61/38/c 68/53/c 63/27/pc 63/49/c 65/41/c 53/34/c 59/35/sh 64/44/c 71/41/pc 64/41/sh 59/39/sh 60/37/pc 54/31/pc 72/41/pc 65/30/pc 64/29/s Hi/Lo/W 60/42/pc 60/30/s 60/34/s 71/52/pc 60/20/s 64/45/pc 61/38/s 54/26/pc 56/30/s 61/40/pc 63/36/s 63/39/s 57/31/pc 58/33/s 51/25/pc 63/36/s 64/27/s 61/24/s 30/65 28/64 City Lewiston Longview Meacham Medford Newport Olympia Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Powers Redmond Roseburg Salem Spokane The Dalles Ukiah Walla Walla WED. Hi/Lo/W 66/44/sh 61/43/c 57/33/sh 69/46/pc 59/44/c 61/41/c 62/35/pc 72/40/pc 66/40/pc 65/43/c 68/48/c 66/30/c 67/50/c 64/42/c 59/37/sh 68/42/sh 59/32/pc 66/43/sh Hi/Lo/W 58/38/pc 59/41/c 54/27/s 71/40/pc 59/45/pc 59/39/pc 63/29/s 63/36/s 59/35/s 64/44/pc 70/45/pc 60/28/s 66/43/pc 61/40/pc 52/34/pc 64/38/s 53/26/s 59/38/s VAIL only GIBSON only $ $ S A V E O N G E N U I N E L A - Z - B O Y R E C L I N E R S 32/64 McDermitt 33/65 RECREATION FORECAST TUESDAY TUE. Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice Fabulous Fall Sale! 399 36/66 Lakeview Shown is Tuesday’s weather. Temperatures are Monday night’s lows and Tuesday’s highs. TUE. Grand View Arock 39/60 36/67 Medford Brookings Diamond 38/62 Fields REGIONAL CITIES SUN & MOON Frenchglen Paisley 49/73 North Bend Burns Brookings On Oct. 21, 1991, dry winds fanned a wildfi re in the Oakland, Calif., area. A wet spring, then a windy, hot fall causes the highest fi re danger on the West Coast. Jordan Valley 36/59 35/64 33/63 Boise 40/61 Silver Lake Chiloquin Grants Pass 39/64 36/62 49/67 54/68 OREGON WEATHER HISTORY AGRICULTURAL INFO. Powers Austin, Texas Angel Fire, N.M. DeLand, Fla. High: 60° Low: 21° Wettest: 1.35” 33/57 Roseburg Juntura 31/63 38/59 Beaver Marsh 54/63 Ontario 36/62 Burns Brothers 48/61 Coos Bay 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. Huntington 38/56 42/63 Oakridge 38/53 38/62 Seneca Bend Elkton Council 36/61 43/60 42/63 51/64 61 31 40/60 38/53 John Day 39/66 Sisters Florence 56/60 Halfway Granite Baker City Redmond 54/59 Eugene 55 32 Monument 45/64 52/65 Newport 61 29 52 26 45/60 51/59 56/64 Corvallis 58 28 6 43 55 32 FRI Sunny to partly A few afternoon cloudy showers Enterprise La Grande 50/61 51/65 Idanha Salem 58 25 9 45 60 35 Comfort Index™ Enterprise 5 THU Elgin 46/59 43/55 Condon Maupin A couple of showers 54/66 Pendleton The Dalles Portland Newberg Lewiston 52/66 Hood River 53/66 TIllamook A couple of showers late Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 Walla Walla 58/72 Vancouver 54/62 56/60 TONIGHT which actually helps create microhabitats in which the salmon roe develop.” Kas Guillozet is the watershed program director at Bonneville Environmental Foundation. She said orcas rely on healthy forests, clean water, and space to hunt and live. “We as environmental groups are always seeking ways to connect actions to people and increasingly we realized our tactics haven’t been the smartest,” Guil- lozet said. “People need to care and to care they need to connect.” salmon a year, which is why it is important to have healthy ecosystems. One of the ways to help is by reforestation. One Tree Planted has been planting trees along the coast to help fi lter out and reduce water contamination. Their goal is to plant 1 million trees. “That helps to create cleaner rivers and streams that go out into the ocean,” Chaplin said. “It also helps salmon habitats … by hav- ing trees they actually cool the water, they help to add woody debris to the water ANTHONY LAKES PHILLIPS LAKE A snow shower Partly sunny 40 23 55 30 MT. EMILY REC. BROWNLEE RES. Spotty showers Some sun, a shower 50 32 61 35 EAGLE CAP WILD. EMIGRANT ST. 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