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COFFEE BREAK 8B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD Girls get early training in art of writing thank-you notes Subscriber ONLY Presale Only $8.00 Each (reg. price $10.00 ea.) If you are a subscriber to The Observer you can purchase your tickets at The Observer office Monday 11/11/19 - Wednesday 11/27/19 DEAR ABBY: I have my granddaughters (presumably while he is home with his wife write thank-you notes to everyone who gave and kids), and he has invited her out to lunch them presents for Christmas, birthdays and and drinks, which she has rebuffed. special events. They are 7 and 8 years old now. I asked her what their goal was for this “re- They have fun drawing pictures and mailing lationship” — do they want an affair? Some- the letters, and the recipients enjoy receiving thing more? She says they are just friends, their notes. I would like to order your Letters and she’s mad at me for even questioning it. Booklet because it contains samples of many She just broke up with her longtime boy- other types of correspondence. friend, and I don’t want her — LINDA IN CENTER- to get hurt by getting involved DEAR VILLE, TEXAS with this man from her offi ce. ABBY DEAR LINDA: You are giv- Any advice? ing your granddaughters an — WORRIED FRIEND early lesson in good manners, IN NEW YORK and your idea of having them draw pictures DEAR WORRIED FRIEND: You asked on their thank-you notes is clever. Because your friend an intelligent question. Now it’s most children like to draw, some parents time to step back out of the line of fi re. This have their children do this before they learn will not end well, and somebody is going to be to write. unhappy as this unfolds. Do not let it be you. As your granddaughters grow older, sug- gest that they keep a notebook handy when DEAR ABBY: I’m recently divorced. We they open their gifts and jot down the fi rst have two wonderful children ages 6 and 11. thing that comes to mind when they see the I try to spend as much time with them as gift. Do they like the color? The style? Is it possible because it’s important to me, even if it something they have been wanting? Write it means spending time with my ex-wife. down and use it for inspiration. The woman I am dating is also divorced. My booklet is helpful for people of all ages She has a bad relationship with her ex and who put off writing because they don’t know doesn’t think I should spend any time with what to say. It can be ordered by send- my ex, even if it’s for the sake of the kids. An ing your name and mailing address, plus example: My daughter’s birthday is com- check or money order for $8 (U.S. funds), to ing up, and it is my ex’s day with the kids. Dear Abby Letters Booklet, P.O. Box 447, However, we will be going out for a birthday Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and dinner, and my girlfriend doesn’t think I handling are included in the price. Inside should go. you will fi nd many samples that can be used I’m not torn about going to dinner. I am as patterns from which to write your own. torn about how to deal with the new girl- For anyone who has ever wondered where friend regarding my relationship with my to begin when writing a note of thanks, con- kids and ex-wife. Any suggestions? gratulations, condolences, composing a love — JEFF IN MICHIGAN letter or the opposite — announcing a broken DEAR JEFF: Yes, and I sincerely hope you engagement or a decision to divorce — “How will take this to heart. What you have de- to Write Letters” is a handy guide for putting scribed is a huge red fl ag. Lose this girlfriend words down on paper. now. She appears to be both selfi sh and inse- cure, and she will worsen your relationship DEAR ABBY: A close friend of mine with your ex and destroy your relationship recently confi ded that at a recent offi ce happy with your children if she can. hour, after most of her co-workers went home, she made out with a married manager. After Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, that, they went to another bar, after which he also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was eventually paid a $200 taxi ride for her to go founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Con- to her parents’ house where she was spending tact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. the weekend. Now they text after work hours Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. weather WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2019 Offer good thru 11/27/19. Advance ticket purchase is highly recommended. 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Purchase tickets online for $10 each with credit card at eou.edu/music. 5L[WYVJLLKZILULÄ[[OLT\ZPJM\UKZPU[OL,6<-V\UKH[PVU -VYTVYLPUMVYTH[PVU contact Peter Wordelman at 541-962-3352 AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION Astoria Longview 45/56 Kennewick 42/56 St. Helens 41/56 43/57 TIllamook 40/52 35/51 44/58 41/57 Condon Partly cloudy Baker City 8 7 Comfort Index™ 8 SUN Mild with some sun Eugene 7 7 7 42/57 52 31 51 33 56 39 4 7 7 55 36 5 7 8 7 ALMANAC MONDAY EXTREMES TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin NATION (for the 48 contiguous states) High Monday Low Monday High: 93° Low: -30° Wettest: 1.58” 55° 18° 54° 24° 52° 29° PRECIPITATION (inches) Monday Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.00 0.00 0.32 7.14 8.57 0.00 Trace 0.72 13.10 13.55 0.00 0.00 1.01 25.85 18.56 HAY INFORMATION THURSDAY 45% S at 7 to 14 mph 6.0 0.05 RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Tuesday) Phillips Reservoir Unity Reservoir Owyhee Reservoir McKay Reservoir Wallowa Lake Thief Valley Reservoir 22% of capacity 32% of capacity 63% of capacity 23% of capacity 28% of capacity 37% of capacity STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Monday) 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 OREGON Medford Baker City On Nov. 13, 1883, the Leonids Meteor Shower put on a spectacular show from midnight to dawn. Clear skies favored viewing in many parts of the country. SUN & MOON Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset WED. THU. 6:48 a.m. 4:25 p.m. 5:29 p.m. 7:47 a.m. 6:49 a.m. 4:24 p.m. 6:09 p.m. 8:53 a.m. MOON PHASES 797 cfs 1 cfs 13 cfs 53 cfs 87 cfs 28 cfs Last Nov 19 New Nov 26 First Dec 3 Beaver Marsh 47/64 44/61 Silver Lake Full Dec 11 nee R d E O M u, k o d u S , s g n Show Listi , Crosswords rts o p S , h c r a e Word S re...? o M & s e z z i Qu Jordan Valley 33/61 Paisley 35/63 35/60 Frenchglen 37/64 Medford City Astoria Bend Boise Brookings Burns Coos Bay Corvallis Council Elgin Eugene Hermiston Hood River Imnaha John Day Joseph Kennewick Klamath Falls Lakeview FRI. Hi/Lo/W 56/49/c 59/36/c 59/36/pc 57/47/c 58/23/pc 57/48/c 57/45/c 56/36/pc 54/32/pc 57/46/c 47/31/c 52/39/c 59/38/pc 60/36/pc 54/34/pc 45/33/c 62/30/pc 64/25/pc Hi/Lo/W 57/44/sh 57/28/c 59/32/c 60/47/c 60/18/pc 57/42/sh 59/41/c 55/32/c 51/33/sh 58/41/sh 55/35/c 56/39/c 56/37/sh 55/35/pc 52/30/sh 54/33/c 59/25/c 58/23/c Grand View Arock 31/60 30/59 35/65 Klamath Falls 31/62 Lakeview 26/64 McDermitt Shown is Thursday’s weather. Temperatures are Wednesday night’s lows and Thursday’s highs. THU. Diamond 35/60 Fields 40/66 46/57 Boise 35/59 49/70 Brookings 33/55 35/62 Chiloquin Grants Pass Juntura 25/58 36/60 31/58 Roseburg Ontario 28/57 Burns Brothers 48/65 Coos Bay Powers 35/59 Oakridge Huntington 36/57 Bend Elkton 29/56 31/55 Seneca 33/63 RECREATION FORECAST THURSDAY REGIONAL CITIES WEATHER HISTORY AGRICULTURAL INFO. Lowest relative humidity Afternoon wind Hours of sunshine Evapotranspiration Palm Springs, Calif. Rudyard, Mont. Jacksonville, Ark. High: 69° Low: 18° Wettest: none Florence Council 26/56 40/60 34/58 46/57 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. 31/52 John Day 32/58 Sisters 46/59 49 32 31/55 Baker City Redmond 47/56 49/56 Halfway Granite 39/57 Newport 55 28 51 31 36/59 44/63 40/58 Corvallis 53 28 7 30 53 33 SAT Mostly sunny Enterprise 30/53 32/55 Monument 35/51 Idanha Salem 54 25 7 32 55 31 Comfort Index™ Enterprise FRI 26 56 25 Comfort Index™ La Grande THU Times of clouds Showers around and sun Elgin 31/54 La Grande 35/46 Maupin TONIGHT 32/44 Pendleton The Dalles Portland Newberg 33/51 Hood River 33/47 45/57 Lewiston Walla Walla 33/45 Vancouver Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 City Lewiston Longview Meacham Medford Newport Olympia Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Powers Redmond Roseburg Salem Spokane The Dalles Ukiah Walla Walla THU. FRI. 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