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8B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 COFFEE BREAK Privacy becomes an issue after woman discovers aff air DEAR ABBY: Because my fi ance and I had bad experi- ences in the past, we settled on just living together for the last 17 years. He has been like a husband to me and faithful all these years. Recently, however, I caught him in an online affair. I checked his phone one day out of the blue — some- thing I have never done before because we respect each other’s privacy. The emails were daily, back and forth, with only one mentioning a sexual encounter at the beginning. He confessed that he had made a big mistake once and refused to see her again in person but had kept up the correspondence. He begged me to forgive him and I agreed, since we were together for so long. The problem is, now we argue about his phone. He still expects the same privacy with it. I don’t feel comfortable with that now. Does he still deserve the same privacy? — HUNG UP IN OHIO DEAR HUNG UP: No, he does not. What he deserves DEAR is the chance to ABBY rebuild your trust, and that involves accountability on his part, which includes allowing you access to his phone if you feel insecure. After 17 years together, both of you have a large emotional invest- ment in this relationship. Because of that, it might be benefi cial to schedule some sessions with a licensed relationship counselor to fi gure out where it went off the rails. DEAR ABBY: I read your column every day. I know some- times you suggest people see a doctor, either medical or psycho- logical. What do you do if you are terrifi ed of doctors? I have asthma and consult my doctor via a computer, but some doctors (like dentists) can’t do that. I have horrible panic attacks and anxiety. Then my asthma kicks in, I can’t breathe, and I cry uncontrollably. I don’t want to take medications because they make me sleepy. Because I’m so doped up, someone has to come with me to the doctor to drive me home and watch me be an uncontrollable mess. Also, missing a whole day of work for a one-hour doctor appointment is, in my opinion, ridiculous. I think I’d rather be sick than go to the doctor. My family insists it’s all in my head and I should just get over it, but because of many horrible experiences at doctors’ offi ces, split the cost of car rental, gas and hotels. However, I was assuming that he would pay his own air- fare, and he was assuming that we would split it like everything else. What’s normal in situations like this? Is it normal to pay one’s own airfare and expect costs to even out in the future when the other person fl ies to you? Or is it normal to split the cost each time? The road trip isn’t at risk because of this, but I want to set the right precedent for future vacations we take together. — ROAD TRIPPING IN IOWA DEAR ROAD TRIPPING: This is something you need to dis- cuss further with your friend. Do you consider his getting there a part of your shared vacation, or do you feel your responsibility begins when he arrives? There are no hard-and-fast rules about this, and frankly, I think it depends upon your fi nancial situations. which I believe caused my fear, I just can’t. The current situa- tion with the worldwide COVID epidemic has made my anxiety worse. Your thoughts? — TERRIFIED DEAR TERRIFIED: My thought is that you need to ask your doctor or your insur- ance company for a referral to a licensed psychologist who special- izes in phobias and panic attacks. Many of them consult with their patients online these days. Once you fi nally get a handle on that problem, the rest will be easier. While few people relish the idea of going to the doctor or den- tist, NOT doing what is neces- sary to protect your health can be dangerous. DEAR ABBY: My friend and I are planning a road trip. We live in different parts of the country, so he’ll be fl ying to my city, where we will start the trip. We plan to NEWS OF THE WEIRD Tiny chameleon a contender for title of smallest reptile BERLIN — It fi ts on a human fi ngertip, but this chameleon could make a big splash. Scientists from Mada- gascar and Germany say a newly discovered spe- cies of chameleon is a contender for the title of world’s smallest reptile. Frank Glaw, who was part of the international team of researchers that classifi ed the new species and named it Brookesia nana, said the body of the male specimen appeared to be just 13.5 millime- ters-long (a little more than a 1/2-inch.) That’s at least 1.5 mil- limeters smaller than the previous record holder, another member of the Brookesia family. Glaw, a reptile expert at the Bavarian State Collec- tion of Zoology in Munich, said the tiny male and a slightly larger female were spotted on a mountainside by a local guide during a 2012 expedition. “You really have to get down on your knees to fi nd them,” Glaw told The Associated Press in a tele- phone interview Friday, Jan. 5. “They are obvi- ously camoufl aged and they move very slowly.” Glaw and his col- leagues performed a CT scan of the female and dis- covered that it harbored two eggs, confi rming it was an adult. For the male, the researchers took a close look at its “well-devel- oped” genitals, which in chameleons come in pairs known as hemipenes. They found the geni- tals of the Brookesia nana specimen were almost one=fi fth of its body size, possibly to allow it to mate with the larger female. “I have few doubts it’s an adult male,” Glaw said. Frank Glaw/AP Photo This 2012 photo shows a newly discovered species of chameleon, which is a contender for the title of world’s smallest reptile. Scientists from Madagascar and Germa- ny called it Brookesia nana and said the male appeared is just 13.5-millimeters-long (a little more than a 1/2-inch.) weather 66 people rescued from ice fl oes adrift on Wisconsin bay STURGEON BAY, Wis.— The U.S. Coast Guard and several other agencies rescued 66 people stranded on ice fl oes in a bay in northeastern Wisconsin. Ice boats and helicop- ters were used to bring the people who were ice fi shing to safety Thursday, Feb. 4, in Door County. Three separate ice fl oes AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION Astoria Longview 31/42 Kennewick 30/44 St. Helens 29/43 27/44 THU FRI SAT 28/42 30/44 Partly cloudy Mostly cloudy Cloudy, p.m. snow, 1-3” A bit of snow; very cold Cold with snow possible Baker City 18 41 26 Comfort Index™ La Grande 3 21 43 28 Comfort Index™ Enterprise 3 36 18 3 16 38 25 Comfort Index™ 3 0 32 15 23 10 30 20 0 0 0 31 16 2 24 0 9 0 0 TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin NATION (for the 48 contiguous states) High Sunday Low Sunday High: 87° Low: -35° Wettest: 1.18” 44° 25° 42° 33° 42° 35° PRECIPITATION (inches) 0.00 0.01 0.15 0.38 0.95 Trace Trace 0.26 1.04 1.89 0.01 0.48 0.59 4.79 3.76 AGRICULTURAL INFO. HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY Lowest relative humidity Afternoon wind Hours of sunshine Evapotranspiration 30% W at 6 to 12 mph 0.5 0.05 RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Monday) Phillips Reservoir Unity Reservoir Owyhee Reservoir McKay Reservoir Wallowa Lake Thief Valley Reservoir 9% of capacity 47% of capacity 49% of capacity 44% of capacity 36% of capacity 96% of capacity STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Sunday) Grande Ronde at Troy 1560 cfs Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 86 cfs Burnt River near Unity 10 cfs Umatilla River near Gibbon 168 cfs H H H H Minam River at H Minam 119 cfs Powder River near Richland 110 cfs Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Cotton, Minn. Winter Haven, Fla. OREGON High: 55° Low: 13° Wettest: 0.04” Rome Klamath Falls Astoria WEATHER HISTORY On Feb. 9, 1934, temperatures dropped to 11 degrees below zero in Philadelphia and 15 degrees below zero in New York City. The temperature in Vanderbilt, Mich., dropped to 51 degrees below zero. SUN & MOON Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset TUE. WED. 7:03 a.m. 5:11 p.m. 6:07 a.m. 2:52 p.m. 7:01 a.m. 5:13 p.m. 6:51 a.m. 4:02 p.m. MOON PHASES New Feb 11 First Feb 19 Full Feb 27 $ Last Mar 5 21/47 21/43 Huntington 40/52 Brothers 21/43 Beaver Marsh 25/42 Roseburg 36/52 Burns 22/46 Jordan Valley 27/41 Paisley 24/47 Frenchglen 28/47 Klamath Falls 26/47 Hi/Lo/W 42/34/c 49/30/pc 45/29/pc 52/42/pc 44/29/pc 49/42/pc 47/34/c 34/24/c 38/27/sn 48/37/c 44/29/r 44/32/sn 38/22/c 43/24/c 37/23/c 43/26/c 47/30/pc 44/28/pc Hi/Lo/W 40/28/sn 35/10/sn 45/29/sn 52/45/r 45/23/c 52/41/r 44/27/sn 35/22/sn 34/16/sn 49/30/r 33/19/c 32/21/sn 31/15/sn 38/19/sn 32/17/sn 33/15/sn 47/31/sn 44/29/sn McDermitt City Lewiston Longview Meacham Medford Newport Olympia Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Powers Redmond Roseburg Salem Spokane The Dalles Ukiah Walla Walla THU. Hi/Lo/W 34/24/pc 44/35/c 39/27/sn 55/38/pc 46/38/c 39/28/c 48/31/pc 41/25/c 42/26/r 44/35/c 52/42/pc 47/26/pc 52/40/pc 46/35/c 27/10/pc 42/31/c 39/27/c 36/25/sn Hi/Lo/W 27/15/sn 41/28/sn 34/14/sn 53/40/r 48/33/r 33/24/sn 43/29/sn 31/17/sn 27/15/sn 37/25/sn 53/42/r 32/12/sn 53/41/r 42/27/r 16/3/pc 31/20/c 29/11/sn 26/16/sn Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice UP TO H H H H H 25/43 RECREATION FORECAST WEDNESDAY WED. ANTHONY LAKES PHILLIPS LAKE Breezy in the p.m. Mostly cloudy 24 22 42 $ 500 TM on select BEAUTYREST® HARMONY LUX mattresses and adjustable sets.* 33 MT. EMILY REC. BROWNLEE RES. Cloudy and chilly Mostly cloudy 28 23 40 28 EAGLE CAP WILD. EMIGRANT ST. PARK Mostly cloudy Cloudy and chilly 28 19 34 23 WALLOWA LAKE MCKAY RESERVOIR Mostly cloudy Cloudy and chilly 37 23 42 25 THIEF VALLEY RES. RED BRIDGE ST. PARK Rather cloudy Mostly cloudy 41 26 43 SAVE on se 24/49 Lakeview 23/44 REGIONAL CITIES City Astoria Bend Boise Brookings Burns Coos Bay Corvallis Council Elgin Eugene Hermiston Hood River Imnaha John Day Joseph Kennewick Klamath Falls Lakeview Grand View Arock 27/48 Fields Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Tuesday night’s lows and Wednesday’s highs. THU. Diamond 29/44 29/48 36/55 WED. Boise 25/45 Silver Lake 25/48 Medford Brookings Juntura 22/44 39/56 39/52 25/48 27/45 Chiloquin Grants Pass Ontario 18/37 33/48 Coos Bay 13/34 24/45 Seneca 25/49 Oakridge Council 18/41 John Day Bend Elkton Powers 21/43 19/40 24/48 Florence SUNDAY EXTREMES ALMANAC Sisters 35/49 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. Sunday Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date Eugene 38/48 Halfway Granite Baker City Redmond 32/46 35/51 30 19 Monument 20/40 27/44 31/48 0 La Grande 21/43 28/47 Newport H H 18 26 H 8 H H 28 0 3 Salem Enterprise 16/38 19/34 25/44 Idanha 29/46 Corvallis Elgin 20/38 25/42 Condon Maupin WED 24/36 Pendleton The Dalles Portland Newberg 29/44 Lewiston 20/34 Hood River H H H H H 28/45 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 Walla Walla 21/43 Vancouver 28/43 TIllamook TONIGHT broke away after cracks developed between the shore and groups of people, the Coast Guard said. High winds associ- ated with an approaching winter storm pushed the fl oes further from shore. No one was injured. “Today’s success is a direct result of effec- tive training and the long standing and close rela- tionships with our agency partners in the greater Sturgeon Bay Area,” said Cmdr. Bryan Swintek, search and rescue coor- dinator for Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan. Coast Guard Ice Rescue teams from Sturgeon Bay, Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay, two helicop- ters from Traverse City, Michigan, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and local gov- ernment agencies assisted in the rescue, which took four hours to complete. — Associated Press “If we had a pair mating it would obviously be better proof.” Confi rming Brookesia nana as the smallest reptile species will require fi nding more of them, which might take several years, he said. The team’s research was recently published in the journal Scientifi c Reports. Chameleons are threat- ened by deforestation on Madagascar, which is home to numerous species. 28 Beautyrest ® Motion Base TOGE THER FOR A CLE AN OCE AN Sustainable comfort with Seaqual Fabric Technology. Each Queen mattress recovers 50 plastic bottles from the world’s oceans. Starting at $ 599 ©2020 Simmons Bedding Company, LLC. 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