6B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2021
COFFEE BREAK
Son is consumed by regret over treatment of his father
DEAR ABBY: I brought
my 68-year-old immigrant
father to live with me per-
manently with
the inten-
tion of caring
for him. He
was com-
pletely depen-
dent. Halfway
through the year, I got
angry, told him to move
back and vowed to myself I
would never ever care for
him again. It wasn’t that he
did anything wrong; I don’t
know why I got so angry.
He wound up living
alone, being helped by his
friends. I knew he was suf-
fering, but I couldn’t bring
myself to bring him back to
live with me.
I was cruel,
DEAR
and it hurt
him. I let his
ABBY
green card
lapse. He died
two years
later.
Since then, I have been
overwhelmed with guilt. I
should have cared for my
father. I am depressed over
my actions. Please tell me
how I can move forward.
— GUILT-RIDDEN
DEAR GUILT-
RIDDEN: Performing the
role of caregiver is an enor-
mous undertaking. While
it can be rewarding, it can
also be exhausting, unre-
lenting and stressful. Care-
givers have been known to
lose their tempers because
of the pressure.
Please consider sched-
uling some appointments
with a licensed mental
health professional who
can help you more fully
understand what happened
between you and your
father and help you cope
with your guilt. And in the
future — once you are able
— consider atoning by vol-
unteering for a charity that
serves the elderly.
DEAR ABBY: I have
been married to a func-
tioning alcoholic for more
than 30 years. He was once
funny and nice and a good
dad. But over the years
he has become unbear-
able to live with. He doesn’t
shower or brush his teeth.
He was always mainly a
beer drinker, but now he is
drinking hard liquor and
stays drunk most of the
time. I told him he’s a severe
alcoholic, and he should
talk to his doctor, but he
refuses. I am pretty sure he
is drinking on the job.
— LOST
DEAR LOST: You don’t
need me to tell you that
your husband is in bad
shape. I am surprised he
can get away with having
such poor hygiene and
being drunk at work.
Because he refuses to
talk to his doctor about
this, you should. I hope
you realize that you cannot
“save” him. Al-Anon, an
offshoot of Alcoholics
Anonymous may help
you. Find information
about meetings by going to
al-anon.org/info.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Historical remains
found during
construction
reburied in NYC
NEW YORK — Human
remains of early New
Yorkers that were dis-
covered during construc-
tion in and around Wash-
ington Square Park were
reinterred inside the park
on Tuesday, March 2,
New York City offi cials
announced.
The remains, uncov-
ered during construction
between 2008 and 2017,
were reburied with assis-
tance from the city Land-
marks Preservation Com-
mission and Brooklyn’s
historic Green-Wood Cem-
etery, Parks Commissioner
Mitchell Silver said.
“Today we honor these
individuals and acknowl-
edge Washington Square
Park’s history as a fi nal
resting place for thousands
of early New Yorkers,”
Silver said at the time. “We
are so grateful to our col-
leagues at Green-Wood
Cemetery and the Land-
marks Preservation Com-
mission for their exper-
tise and guidance on this
important project.”
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Green-Wood Cemetery volunteers rebury the fragmen-
tary remains of early New Yorkers found during con-
struction in and around Washington Square Park, Tues-
day, March 2, 2021, in New York. The human remains
were placed in the wooden box and buried 5 feet below
ground within a planting bed in the park and marked
with an engraved paver.
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1797 and 1825, offi cials
said.
The partial remains that
were reinterred on Tuesday
were placed in a wooden
box and buried in a planting
bed with an engraved
paving stone marking the
spot, Parks Department
offi cials said.
Because the remains
were fragmentary, forensic
analysis did not yield
details about the individ-
uals, the offi cials said.
— Associated Press
Sarah Carroll, chair
of the landmarks panel,
thanked the Parks Depart-
ment “for ensuring that
archaeology was appro-
priately completed, and
the human remains were
respectfully treated
throughout the process.”
Washington Square Park
in Manhattan’s Greenwich
Village neighborhood was
constructed in the 1850s at
the site of a former potter’s
fi eld. Thousands of people
were buried there between
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Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
50%
SSW at 4 to 8 mph
5.7
0.06
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Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
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53% of capacity
52% of capacity
61% of capacity
43% of capacity
102% of capacity
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31/49
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Raco, Mich.
Quillayute, Wash.
High: 57°
Low: 19°
Wettest: 0.59”
27/47
Council
26/47
John Day
26/48
Coos Bay
35/53
24/47
24/43
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