COFFEE BREAK
8B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2019
Mom in dating game ponders
trading attraction for security
DEAR ABBY: I’m a 40-year-old mom of
two girls who has been single for fi ve years.
In that time, I’ve dated a few men, but
haven’t found one who fulfi lls my “wish list.”
The last man I was interested in seemed
like he had possibilities. There was a strong
mutual attraction. We spent a lot of time
together, went on dates and were physically
intimate. However, because of his recent
divorce and subsequent emo-
tional struggles, it became
apparent that we wouldn’t
work out in the long term. It
was disappointing, but we
are still good friends and talk
daily.
In the meantime, I have begun dating a
very nice 48-year-old man with whom I have
a lot in common. He’s very successful profes-
sionally, and we get along well. He is also
very attracted to me. If things continue to go
well and it develops into a long-term rela-
tionship, I have no doubt he would provide a
very comfortable life for my children and me.
The problem is, I’m not very attracted to
him. He’s a nice, normal-looking man, but
if I passed him on the street, I wouldn’t give
him a second glance. I continue to see him
because it seems we may be compatible,
and I enjoy spending time with him, but is
it wrong to be disappointed that I don’t feel
“fi reworks”?
This may seem shallow, but after feeling
so much chemistry with a man I was madly
attracted to, it’s diffi cult to be in this posi-
tion. It’s next to impossible to fi nd someone
who possesses every single quality I want,
especially because I live in a small town, and
I am likely not going to match everything
on his list either. How do I break down these
barriers that I’m putting in front of him?
— NO SPARKS IN OREGON
DEAR NO SPARKS: I can’t guarantee
this will work, but a giant step in the right
direction might be to stop talking every
day with the man you are so attracted to.
Although he appears to be over you, you do
not appear to have him completely out of
your system. Until that happens, no one is
going to measure up.
obsessed with the beach since I was a toddler.
I am an empty nester and retired. Soon my
husband and I would like to move to Florida
for the warmer climate and to ease our
ocean-obsessed souls. The problem is, I am
heartbroken to leave my mother. She’s getting
older, and we are very close.
She has given me her blessing, as she
knows the winters here make me miserable
physically and mentally. The
thing is, I will miss her ter-
DEAR
ribly. We can video chat and
ABBY
visit often, but I can’t shake
my guilt over leaving her.
My brother lives close
by and will take care of her if she needs
anything (she lives independently) and keep
her company, and she does have a friend she
spends time with also. Am I being unreason-
able? Or am I being completely selfi sh? It
just feels wrong to leave her.
— TORTURED DAUGHTER
IN THE SOUTH
DEAR TORTURED: Your mother has
given you her blessing to move. Take her
up on it with a light heart. And during the
winter months, invite her to come and stay
with you if she wishes. That way you won’t
have to feel guilty, and she might enjoy the
warmer weather.
EO Media Group fi le photo
Flint Scott, a Warm Springs tribal member, moves a rack of 5-gallon containers of
water earlier this year while working at the distribution center. The water was col-
lected during the longest period this year when residents were asked to boil their
water before they used it.
Warm Springs residents
told to boil drinking water
■ For a fifth time this year, Warm
Springs Indian Reservation is
experiencing water supply problems
on the reservation, which is
suffering from high levels of
poverty and unemployment.
In the summer, residents
were told to boil their water
for two months, forcing
people to bath in portable
showers and queue to obtain
safe drinking water.
Warm Springs residents
are advised to use boiled or
bottled water for drinking,
making ice, washing dishes,
brushing teeth and prepar-
ing food until further notice,
according to the latest state-
ment.
The notice forced the local
preschool to send home chil-
dren two and under, as well
as those not potty-trained.
“Due to the boil water
notice we cannot safely care
for children younger than
By Michael Kohn
EO Media Group
DEAR ABBY: I gave my mom a surprise
90th birthday party. My cousin and his
wife and their two adult children and three
grandchildren came. I paid $23 a head for
a sit-down dinner. Mom was given a scented
candle from all of them, but the kicker is my
cousin sells them, so it cost them nothing. Is
there any way I can tell them how cheap they
are without causing a war?
— UNFAIR IN THE EAST
DEAR UNFAIR: I don’t recommend you
broach that subject the way you presented
it to me. It would have been better if more
thought had been devoted to selecting a gift,
but what you paid for the dinner should
have no bearing.
BEND — Residents of
Warm Springs Indian Reser-
vation have again been told
they must boil water before
using it due to loss of pres-
sure in the agency water
system, the fi fth time this
year they have endured a
cut in safe drinking water.
A loss of water pressure
occurred in two places dur-
ing repair work on the water
system, according to a boil
water notice obtained by The
Bulletin. The loss of pressure
increases the chance that
harmful microbes can enter
the water, resulting in the
public warning.
The recurring problem
this year highlights serious
infrastructure defi ciencies
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.
DEAR ABBY: I was born in the mountains
of western North Carolina, but I have been
weather
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
33/49
Kennewick
24/47
St. Helens
27/42
27/44
30/44
31/47
29/46
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
Mainly clear
and windy
Mostly sunny
and colder
Sunny, but cold
Turning sunny
and chilly
Mostly sunny
and chilly
43 12
45 15
50 17
Eugene
1
2
5
28/51
40 21
46 20
49 23
0
3
5
La Grande
15 32 11
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
0
4
1
9
Comfort Index™
0
28
0
8
41 17
46 25
2
2
4
0
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Saturday
Low Saturday
High: 95°
Low: -1°
Wettest: 3.87”
47°
31°
46°
33°
44°
34°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
0.00
0.11
0.51
7.14
8.13
Trace
0.59
1.01
13.10
12.55
0.00
3.17
1.31
25.85
17.16
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION TUESDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
25%
NNE at 4 to 8 mph
4.4
0.06
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Sunday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
22% of capacity
29% of capacity
62% of capacity
29% of capacity
25% of capacity
25% 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
On October 28, 1983, a strong earthquake
occurred at 10:06 a.m. EDT centered 110
miles northwest of Pocatello, Idaho. It
registered 6.9 on the Richter Scale and
caused two deaths and extensive damage.
SUN & MOON
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
First
Nov 4
Full
MON.
TUE.
7:25 a.m.
5:46 p.m.
7:51 a.m.
6:33 p.m.
7:27 a.m.
5:45 p.m.
9:08 a.m.
7:07 p.m.
Nov 12
Last
Nov 19
Klamath Falls
26/56
15/41
New
Nov 26
McDermitt
16/29
RECREATION FORECAST TUESDAY
WED.
City
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
49/29/s 53/32/s
Bend
30/8/s 47/21/s
Boise
38/15/s 40/21/s
Brookings
67/44/s 63/42/s
Burns
37/-2/s
42/5/s
Coos Bay
55/33/s 59/34/s
Corvallis
51/22/s 52/27/s
Council
33/9/s 37/15/s
Elgin
32/11/s 40/20/s
Eugene
51/22/s 53/26/s
Hermiston
42/13/s 44/19/s
Hood River
42/22/s 47/23/s
Imnaha
33/15/s 45/23/s
John Day
32/15/s 45/22/s
Joseph
27/6/s 37/16/s
Kennewick
43/14/s 44/20/s
Klamath Falls 41/10/s 48/13/s
Lakeview
35/3/s 45/10/s
TUE.
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 Hi/Lo/W
38/21/s 42/26/s
47/21/s 51/25/s
29/9/s 39/18/s
56/23/s 60/26/s
49/31/s 53/35/s
47/21/s 50/26/s
43/11/s 42/15/s
44/13/s 45/20/s
36/14/s 42/20/s
47/30/s 52/30/s
59/33/s 64/35/s
36/6/s 49/16/s
55/23/s 57/29/s
49/22/s 53/26/s
34/17/s 38/22/s
44/17/s 46/22/s
28/9/s 40/17/s
40/19/s 43/26/s
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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TUE.
Grand View
Arock
15/30
Fields
REGIONAL CITIES
MOON PHASES
917 cfs
0 cfs
13 cfs
74 cfs
121 cfs
31 cfs
Brookings
Diamond
16/31
18/32
Medford
46/67
Brookings
Burns
The Dalles
WEATHER HISTORY
Frenchglen
Paisley
30/61
OREGON
High: 64°
Low: 21°
Wettest: 0.09”
Jordan Valley
13/26
14/33
17/38
Boise
21/38
Silver Lake
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
18/34
13/33
28/55
33/59
Juntura
9/37
11/30
13/33
Roseburg
Ontario
24/43
Burns
Brothers
Beaver Marsh
34/55
Escondido, Calif.
Antero Reservoir, Colo.
Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Huntington
9/29
12/30
Oakridge
13/33
21/38
Seneca
26/47
Coos Bay
SATURDAY EXTREMES
ALMANAC
Saturday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
Elkton
Council
16/36
14/32
11/32
Bend
Powers
15/36
9/29
John Day
16/36
Sisters
Florence
36/51
Halfway
Granite
Baker City
Redmond
36/49
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.
Monument
14/34
24/51
Newport
29/53
37 15
15/32
21/40
29/49
Corvallis
Enterprise
La Grande
16/28
22/35
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
Comfort Index™
Elgin
14/32
9/28
Condon
Maupin
6
23/40
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
23/38
Hood River
16/36
TIllamook
16 36
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Walla Walla
24/43
Vancouver
25/44
30/47
Baker City
three years old,” according
to a letter sent to families by
Casandra Moses, manager
of the Early Childhood Edu-
cation Center.
Work over the summer
included repair of a broken
main line that runs through
Shitike Creek, as well as
replacement of pressure re-
ducing valves throughout the
system. While the emergency
repair measures restarted
the fl ow of clean drinking wa-
ter, more work is needed on
the reservation water pipes
for a long-term solution.
The notice is expected
to remain in place through
Wednesday, according to
the statement. Similar to
earlier boil water notices,
tribal residents are being
offered free bottled water
from a distribution center on
the Warm Springs campus.
Water distribution will be
available until the boil water
notice is lifted.
ANTHONY LAKES
PHILLIPS LAKE
Sunny and frigid
Sunny, but colder
14
3
30
6
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Quite cold
Sunny and colder
23
10
38
8
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Frigid
Very cold
18
2
26
6
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Very cold
Mostly sunny
27
6
34
14
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Sunny and colder
Mostly sunny
36
599
6
32
11
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