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COFFEE BREAK 8B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 2020 Pariah living with relative finds safety but not security Stakeholders encouraged to attend dam meetings LOWER SNAKE RIVER he comes back to apologize when he always DEAR ABBY: I have dysfunctional par- makes it my fault? ents. For the sake of my sanity, I made the — FRUSTRATED IN decision to remove them from my life. They SOUTH CAROLINA have retaliated by spreading lies to immedi- DEARFRUSTRATED:Whatisgoingon ate and extended family. is a red fl ag, and you should recognize it as I was supposed to get an apartment with such.Thatyourfiancetalksdowntoyou, my father to help him now that he is aging. and then says he’s sorry but it was your However, he became violent and threatened fault, isn’t an apology. It’s to kill me. I moved away and a lame excuse for his bad am physically safe now. My DEAR (verballyabusive)behavior. problem is, I’m now complete- ABBY Pleasecarefullyexamine ly alone and a pariah on both what is really going on in sides of my family. your relationship before it be- These lodgings are tempo- rary. I’m afraid they will fall through once fam- gins to affect your self-esteem, and possibly rethink this engagement. ily fi nds out where I am and poisons this very distant relative against me. How am I sup- DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have posed to survive this? I have a job, but big deal been together for 15 years, married for six. We if I have nothing to live for and no purpose. — ANONYMOUS ESCAPEE have the best relationship. Everybody tells us DEARESCAPEE:Yourchancesofhaving how great we are together. We don’t fi ght, and we support each other 100% with everything. a more permanent roof over your head will While my husband isn’t overweight, he does be better if you tell this relative everything you have told me before someone else gets to go back and forth from going to the gym to himorher.Yourfatherappearstohaveseri- work out and eating healthy, to stopping and putting the weight right back on. I honestly ous mental problems you are not equipped couldn’t care less about the number on his to deal with, which may become apparent scale. The problem is, he’s a horrible snorer. It’s in the near future when he acts out against awful! I usually end up moving to the couch someoneelse.Youmadetherightchoice. Yourfamilymembersmaybeangrybecause in the middle of the night to get some sleep. I have tried earplugs, headphones, you they are now the ones who have to take care name it. He has tried the strips, the sprays, of him, which is why they have started the mouthguards, been to the doctor, everything. smear campaign. He always feels bad when he wakes up and Peoplesurvivesituationslikeyoursby fi nds me out of the bed. I’ve told him that performing their jobs well enough to excel it doesn’t make me mad, I just get annoyed and making new friends along the way. It’s when I have to get up and go. called “creating a family of choice.” Most of The only thing that seems to make a dif- the individuals who do it thrive because the ference is when he loses weight. How do I tell relationshipsarehealthyones.Youhave him that if he lost some weight, he would much to live for and many happy times ahead, so please remember that and concen- snore less? I don’t want to hurt his feelings. — SLEEPING BADLY IN OHIO trateonafuturefilledwithpossibilities.If DEARSLEEPINGBADLY:Ifyouhave you do, it is what you will achieve. observed that your husband snores less when his weight is down, tell him. It isn’t DEAR ABBY: My fi ance and I have been together for four years. I love him very much, hurtful;itwouldbehelpful.Yousayhe’s but there are times when he lectures me, and been to see his doctor. Ask if he’s been checked for sleep apnea. If there are long I get tired of it. Then about an hour later — pauses between a sleeping person’s breaths maybe sooner — he will come and say, “I’m or gasping, it could be a symptom of sleep sorry.” I’m getting frustrated because he’s always “sorry.” There are times I just roll my apnea, a condition that can be life-threaten- ing. A diagnosis could be a lifesaver. eyes and wait. What can I do or say when weather By Matthew Weaver Capital Press KENNEWICK, Washing- ton — River advocates say it is important for farmers, ranchers and other industry representatives to attend meetings about the Wash- ington governor’s study on dams on the Lower Snake River. Environmental groups have for years called for the removal of the Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose and Lower Granite dams, citing their impacts on federally protected salmon and, more recently, orcas. The study is part of Gov. Jay Inslee’s efforts to exam- ine orca recovery. A draft report of the study is available for public com- ment until Jan. 24 Three public workshops are scheduled: •Jan.7:Clarkston,6-9 p.m.; Quality Inn & Suites and Quay Convention Center,700PortDrive, Clarkston. •Jan.9:Vancouver,6-9 p.m.; Washington State UniversityVancouver— DengerinkAdministration Building(VDEN),14204NE SalmonCreekAve.,Van- couver. •Jan.13:TriCities;6-9 p.m.; Red Lion Hotel & Con- ference Center, 2525 North 20thAve.,Pasco. The study is more of a status report of viewpoints, said Kristin Meira, execu- tivedirectorforthePacific Northwest Waterways As- sociation. “Itisnotascientific The Associated Press fi le photo The Ice Harbor Dam on the Snake River near Burbank, Wash. A survey has found that farmers and others doubt whether they would be made whole should the four dams on the lower Snake River be taken out. AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION Astoria Longview 49/51 Kennewick 48/50 St. Helens 47/52 45/52 44/55 48/52 47/51 Condon TUE WED THU FRI Cloudy with a snow shower Afternoon snow showers A little snow A couple of snow showers Cloudy, p.m. snow showers 40 24 36 23 35 26 Eugene 2 3 0 45/52 38 28 34 24 34 30 0 0 0 La Grande 37 41 34 Comfort Index™ Enterprise 1 0 0 34 41 31 Comfort Index™ 1 32 19 37 26 0 0 1 1 TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin NATION (for the 48 contiguous states) High Saturday Low Saturday High: 89° Low: -19° Wettest: 1.04” 45° 27° 44° 29° 45° 28° PRECIPITATION (inches) Saturday Trace Month to date 0.01 Normal month to date 0.12 Year to date 0.01 Normal year to date 0.12 0.08 0.33 0.23 0.33 0.23 0.02 1.03 0.42 1.03 0.42 AGRICULTURAL INFO. HAY INFORMATION TUESDAY Lowest relative humidity Afternoon wind Hours of sunshine Evapotranspiration 55% S at 8 to 16 mph 0.5 0.05 RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Sunday) Phillips Reservoir Unity Reservoir Owyhee Reservoir McKay Reservoir Wallowa Lake Thief Valley Reservoir Elkton 45/50 23% of capacity 42% of capacity 68% of capacity 21% of capacity 39% of capacity 98% of capacity STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Saturday) Grande Ronde at Troy 1140 cfs Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 32 cfs Burnt River near Unity 10 cfs Umatilla River near Gibbon 116 cfs Minam River at Minam 128 cfs Powder River near Richland 61 cfs Grants Pass Brookings Hermiston Crater Lake Troutdale On Jan. 6, 1884, Atlanta, Ga., had a low of 1 below zero. On the same date in 1983, all 50 states had at least one reporting point with above-freezing temperatures, which is very rare for winter. SUN & MOON MON. TUE. 7:32 a.m. 4:25 p.m. 1:25 p.m. 3:14 a.m. 7:31 a.m. 4:26 p.m. 1:59 p.m. 4:20 a.m. MOON PHASES Full Jan 10 Last Jan 17 New First Jan 24 Feb 1 City Astoria Bend Boise Brookings Burns Coos Bay Corvallis Council Elgin Eugene Hermiston Hood River Imnaha John Day Joseph Kennewick Klamath Falls Lakeview Frenchglen 32/47 Hi/Lo/W 51/42/r 48/32/sf 48/36/pc 50/41/r 41/30/sf 51/43/r 51/39/r 37/29/c 42/35/sf 52/40/r 57/44/c 52/40/r 45/35/sh 48/35/sf 40/30/sf 58/45/c 44/29/sn 45/29/sf Hi/Lo/W 46/38/r 39/27/sn 45/30/sn 48/40/r 37/25/sn 49/39/c 45/37/r 34/21/sn 38/29/sn 46/38/r 49/37/c 44/36/r 38/27/sf 39/28/sn 35/23/sn 51/34/pc 38/27/sn 37/24/c Diamond Grand View Arock 28/47 30/46 29/47 29/45 Klamath Falls Lakeview 24/44 23/45 McDermitt 25/41 City Lewiston Longview Meacham Medford Newport Olympia Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Powers Redmond Roseburg Salem Spokane The Dalles Ukiah Walla Walla TUE. WED. ANTHONY LAKES PHILLIPS LAKE Hi/Lo/W 50/42/sh 50/40/r 40/33/sf 46/37/r 51/42/r 51/38/r 44/34/c 58/46/c 54/39/c 52/42/r 50/42/r 51/34/r 52/41/r 52/41/r 45/34/sh 55/41/c 43/33/sf 53/39/c Hi/Lo/W 45/35/c 44/37/r 37/28/sn 46/36/c 47/40/sh 44/35/r 48/31/sf 51/35/pc 44/33/sf 46/39/r 47/38/c 41/27/sn 48/40/r 46/38/r 40/27/pc 47/36/c 35/25/sn 46/34/sn P.M. snow showers P.M. snow showers Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice Wonderful Winter $ 299 Table Group Value at Every Price Paisley 28/46 RECREATION FORECAST TUESDAY 3 Pc. Living Room SALE Jordan Valley 28/43 Shown is Tuesday’s weather. Temperatures are Monday night’s lows and Tuesday’s highs. WED. Boise 34/48 Fields 35/46 TUE. Juntura 29/41 Silver Lake REGIONAL CITIES WEATHER HISTORY Burns 28/46 26/43 Medford 44/50 Ontario 32/44 24/41 37/53 OREGON Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset 41/52 Chiloquin Hollywood, Fla. Waverly, Colo. Tampa, Fla. 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A rating of 10 feels very comfortable while a rating of 0 feels very uncomfortable. 32/39 Baker City Redmond 47/51 48/51 Halfway Granite 44/51 Newport 42/51 37 25 37/50 40/47 48/52 Corvallis Enterprise 34/41 37/41 Monument 41/51 Idanha Salem TONIGHT 1 Elgin 37/42 La Grande 40/49 Maupin Comfort Index™ 46/53 Pendleton The Dalles Portland Newberg Lewiston 43/50 Hood River 46/54 TIllamook 32 40 32 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 Walla Walla 50/58 Vancouver 47/50 50/52 Baker City ing your head wondering, ‘Why is it important for me to take the time to maybe attend the meeting in Clarkston?’”saidDavidDo- eringsfeld, general manager forthePortofLewistonin Lewiston, Idaho. While the four lower Snake River dams are in Oregon and Washington, Idaho farmers and foresters also rely on the river system, he said. He believes it’s important for farmers or exporters to make the impact on their operations known. “As far as moving grain products on the Columbia- Snake river system, taking outdamswouldsignificant- ly increase the transporta- tion costs for north central Idaho farmers, say,” he said. “In today’s market, farmers are lucky to be breaking even. This would have a negative impact on their operations.” analysis of salmon recovery, it is not a far-reaching socio- economic impact analysis and it does not comply with federal law, which is what governs how these federal projects are run,” she said. The meetings are a good chance to learn about the evaluations done by Inslee’s consultants, ask questions and submit comments, Meira said. The study, she said, “unfor- tunately” provides a platform for disputed claims about dam breaching and whether wheat in Washington could be moved in other ways. “It’s incumbent on anyone who is connected to and relies on the river for cargo or recreation or any other purposes to turn out and make sure their voice is heard,” she said. “As it is a Washington study, if you’re a farmer or exporter in north central Idaho, you might be scratch- • Free Delivery • In-Store Credit • 70 Store Buying Power • Decorating Assistance 1520 ADAMS AVENUE La GRANDE, OREGON 97850 15 38 28 BROWNLEE RES. P.M. snow showers P.M. snow showers 35 28 43 32 EAGLE CAP WILD. EMIGRANT ST. PARK P.M. snow showers P.M. snow showers 29 20 39 30 WALLOWA LAKE MCKAY RESERVOIR P.M. snow showers A p.m. shower 40 30 53 38 THIEF VALLEY RES. RED BRIDGE ST. PARK P.M. snow showers P.M. snow showers 40 Power Recliner $ Cocktail plus 2 ends 30 MT. 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