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6B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2020 COFFEE BREAK Careless son-in-law leaves trail of chaos in his wake DEAR ABBY: My son-in-law “Kirk” has issues with closing doors, kitchen cabinets and refrigerator doors. Three times my daughter has had to throw out food because it spoiled. He doesn’t close cereal boxes, bags of candy or chips, either. My husband and I tolerated Kirk’s behavior until a recent visit to our home. He again left the door to our garage open, where our inside cat could have escaped. He was rough when opening our recliner, and he also didn’t turn the cap all the way down on the seltzer bottle, but I know better than to shake the bottle before checking the cap because I once spilled orange juice everywhere after he failed to tighten the cap. My daughter says she has known Kirk for 15 years, DEAR and he isn’t going to change. She says ABBY he doesn’t focus on the task at hand but is thinking about something else. I suppose she has given up and continually goes behind him to fasten things. My husband and I feel he doesn’t respect our home when he behaves this way. After my daughter spoke to Kirk after his last visit, she has brought our granddaughter over twice, but he stayed home. I feel like both of them think we are making much ado about nothing. — OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE IN VIRGINIA DEAR OPEN-AND-SHUT: Has your daughter or son-in-law actually said that to you? You were not wrong to speak up, and it’s not much ado about nothing. It is consideration for the prop- erty of others. You should have drawn the line after the fi rst time your immature and inconsid- erate son-in-law left the garage door open. (Was he stoned during those visits? Distracted by his cellphone?) Address the matter directly with your son-in-law, and consider seeing them at their house instead of yours. gone, and I feel crummy about the entire situation. — LOST IN THE SOUTH DEAR LOST: I don’t blame you for feeling crummy because this is a sad situation. Unfortu- nately, in some — not all — fam- ilies this happens. Bear in mind the money your mother is gifting is hers to do with as she wishes, and there is nothing you can do to force her to behave more char- itably toward Jim. However, you and your husband might consider equalizing it in your own estate plans when the time comes. Have the two of you already talked with an attorney about wills, advance directives, etc.? If you haven’t, now may be the time to discuss the subject. DEAR ABBY: My mom insists on giving my oldest child, “Jim,” less money than the other grand- children because he’s my stepson. Jim is 19, and I am the only mother he has ever known since he was 2 1/2. I’m still married to his father, and Jim is part of the family. I realized what she was doing only last Christmas, when she gave Jimmy $100 and the other 12 grandkids $500 each. (This included my two younger chil- dren.) When I asked her why, she couldn’t give me a straight answer. I have always regarded Jim as my own and thought she felt the same way. Now I’m no longer sure she’s going to leave him an inheritance when she’s NEWS OF THE WEIRD not a raccoon?” she said. Maki scurried from the parking lot into the school’s playground and took refuge in a miniature play house, as the school called police who alerted animal control and zoo offi cials. The chil- dren, parents and teachers watched as caretakers arrived and coaxed the lemur into a transport cage, Huang said. Also Thursday, police took Cory McGilloway, 30, into custody, San Francisco police Lt. Scott Ryan told reporters Friday. McGilloway, whom investigators had identifi ed as a suspect in the lemur’s abduction, was expected to face charges of burglary, grand theft of an animal, looting and vandalism all related to the lemur theft, Ryan said. Police did not pro- vide other details, saying the investigation was still underway but credited a multi-agency effort and tips on a public tip line that led to the suspect’s capture. San Francisco Zoo director Tanya Peterson said Maki was “an aging wild animal who needed Associated Press ‘There’s a lemur!’ 5-year-old helps crack zoo theft case SAN FRANCISCO — Police said Friday, Oct. 16, they arrested a man sus- pected of stealing a ring- tailed lemur from the San Francisco Zoo, where offi - cials rewarded a 5-year-old boy who helped recapture the endangered primate with a lifetime membership. The theft of Maki, an arthritic 21-year-old lemur, made the news Wednesday in San Francisco and beyond when zoo offi - cials reported the animal missing and found evi- dence of forced entry at his enclosure. James Trinh, 5, was unaware of the headlines when leaving his preschool Thursday in Daly City, about 5 miles from the zoo, and exclaimed, “There’s a lemur! There’s a lemur!” Cynthia Huang, director of the Hope Lutheran Day School, told the San Fran- cisco Chronicle Friday. Huang was skeptical. “I thought, Are you sure it’s State: Worker who got $186K in ‘dog phobia’ case owned dogs OLYMPIA, Wash. — A meter reader who was attacked by a dog while on duty and collected years of workers’ compensation is now accused of stealing the money, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries said. Linda Jordan of Cath- lamet told the agency the attack gave her such a strong fear of dogs she couldn’t work anymore and fainted at the sight of them, the agency said. She’s now accused Marianne V. Hale/San Francisco Zoo via AP This photo from 2018 shows Maki, a 21-year-old male ring-tailed lemur that went missing from the San Francis- co Zoo after someone broke into an enclosure and stole the endangered animal. Police arrested a 30-year-old man Thursday, Oct. 15, in connection with the theft. The lemur is back at the zoo and is being treated by veterinarians. special care” for ailments including arthritis. “He’s still agitated, dehydrated and hungry,” she said, adding that veterinarian weather teams were working to get him back to health. Due to his travels, she added, “He’s socially distancing from his primate family” AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION Astoria Longview 47/56 Kennewick 45/55 St. Helens 46/54 46/57 Condon 48/59 48/57 WED THU FRI SAT Mostly cloudy A shower or two; cooler Mostly sunny and chilly Rain and drizzle Periods of sun; colder 48 20 46 28 41 13 Eugene 1 1 0 47/59 46 27 46 29 0 0 La Grande 43 48 29 Comfort Index™ Enterprise 3 7 0 38 45 26 Comfort Index™ 7 5 0 43 25 42 29 1 0 0 34 0 TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin NATION (for the 48 contiguous states) High: 103° Low: 10° Wettest: 2.41” 67° 37° 62° 50° 61° 49° PRECIPITATION (inches) Sunday Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.00 0.01 0.33 3.00 7.97 Trace 0.01 0.63 13.40 12.21 0.00 2.00 0.79 28.04 16.72 AGRICULTURAL INFO. 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She told the agent that she and her husband res- cued and fostered boxers over the last 30 years, “and even warned the inves- tigator that one of her recently rescued dogs might bite,” according to the news release. Jordan is charged with felony theft for “wrongfully receiving nearly $163,000 in wage-replacement pay- ments, plus more than $23,000 in vocational and medical services, from 2016 to 2019.” but would hopefully join the other lemurs soon. Author- ities had offered a $2,100 reward for locating Maki, which the zoo will give to the church. “I understand there is a young boy there who wit- nessed this and also called in the tip, and we are giving his family a free mem- bership to the zoo,” said Peterson, who thanked everyone who helped. “They literally saved a life. City Lewiston Longview Meacham Medford Newport Olympia Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Powers Redmond Roseburg Salem Spokane The Dalles Ukiah Walla Walla WED. THU. 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