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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. PARK
Rain and drizzle
Spotty showers
42
20
55
31
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Some sun, a shower
Partly sunny
54
31
66
39
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Partly sunny
Spotty showers
61
599
31
60
35
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