COFFEE BREAK
8B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATuRDAY, ApRIL 10, 2021
Man is weighed down by sadness four years after separation
DEAR ABBY: I’ve been sepa-
rated from my wife for about four
years, at her request. It was justi-
fied. I wasn’t the best husband. I
wasn’t abusive, but I
was sad and feeling
sorry for myself, like
now.
I took her for
granted and didn’t
show her the affec-
tion she deserved, but I have been
going to therapy to work through
issues that I had suppressed for
decades that contributed to me
being a bad husband. I wanted to
try counseling with her, but she
was done and refused, which I’m
still saddened by.
As of today, she has a new
boyfriend but still hasn’t filed for
divorce. I’m struggling because
she and her new boyfriend
hang out with people I grew up
with. It’s my own
hang-up, I know,
but it makes me
DEAR
feel embarrassed
and like I can never
ABBY
hang out with my
friends again. I get
upset when I see posts on Face-
book with her and her boyfriend
that my family have added heart
emojis or nice comments to.
Am I wrong for feeling
betrayed in some way? Is my
estranged wife belittling me by not
filing for divorce and hanging out
with my friends and a new boy-
can move beyond them.
It may also be time to take the
initiative and file for the divorce.
Quit avoiding your longtime
friends. If you haven’t started
dating, some of them may know
women to introduce you to. And
because posts on the internet
about your almost-ex and her boy-
friend cause you pain, block or
delete them rather than obsess.
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend
has an 8-year-old daughter who
lives with us part time. Sometimes
I watch her when her dad is out
running errands or working.
I’ll be perfectly honest. There
are times she acts like an entitled,
spoiled brat. She’s rude and disre-
spectful, and when I ask her to do
friend? Are my friends and family
betraying me by being friends
with them?
— BROKEN BEYOND REPAIR
DEAR BROKEN: Marriages
end for many reasons. If I read
your letter correctly, your wife
left because she could no longer
cope with someone who was in
a chronic state of depression, not
because you were a “bad hus-
band” or had some flaw in your
character.
You are doing your best to
improve your mental state, and
for that I applaud you. You should
not feel embarrassed or humili-
ated because she has found a new
relationship. Please discuss these
feelings with your therapist so you
something, she doesn’t always do
it. I can’t take it anymore.
I know I’m not her biological
mom, but I will not continue to
tolerate her behavior and atti-
tude. Although I have spoken with
her dad about it, he has done
nothing to correct the problem.
Please tell me what to do.
— FRUSTRATED
DEAR FRUSTRATED: The
next time you are asked to watch
your boyfriend’s daughter, decline
and clearly state the reason why.
Perhaps when it becomes inconve-
nient for him, he will assert him-
self, act like a parent and insist
that his daughter behave respect-
fully. If not, you may have to
rethink the relationship.
News of the Weird
Man, a steal! Rare Superman
comic sells for record $3.25
million
NEW YORK — One of the
few copies of the comic book
that introduced Superman to the
world has sold for a super-sized,
record-setting price.
The issue of Action Comics
No. 1 went for $3.25 million in
a private sale, ComicConnect.
com, an online auction and con-
signment company, announced
Tuesday, April 6.
It narrowly bested the previous
record for the comic, set in the
auction of another copy in 2014
for slightly over $3.2 million.
The comic, published in 1938,
“really is the beginning of the
superhero genre,” said ComicCo-
nnect.com COO Vincent Zurzolo,
who brokered the sale.
It told readers about the ori-
gins of Superman, how he came
to Earth from another planet and
went by Clark Kent.
The seller of this particular
issue bought the comic in 2018 for
slightly more than $2 million.
Zurzolo said that while there
were hundreds of thousands of
copies initially published, it’s
estimated only about 100 exist
today, and in varying conditions.
He said this copy is among the
best-kept ones.
“There’s no comic book that
you could value higher in terms of
a comic book than Action Comics
No. 1,” he said.
Metropolis Collectibles via Ap
Vincent Zurzolo, co-owner of ComicCo-
nnect, holds Action Comics No. 1, the
1938 comic book marking Superman’s
first appearance, which sold April 6, 2021,
during an online auction for a historic, re-
cord-breaking $3,250,000.
Using the good quality paper
bags his food was delivered in
each day, Marriott, an art director
on TV commercials, began fash-
ioning an outfit. He added a brim
to his hat, and then came the
waistcoat and chaps. Next? A
horse, of course.
He found an ironing board in
his cupboard and tied on a desk
lamp for the neck and head, cre-
ating a skeleton. Coffee pods
became the eyes and nostrils. He
named the horse Russell after an
old joke: “Have you heard about
the paper cowboys? They were
caught and hung for rustling.”
The creative world Marriott
made inside his Brisbane hotel
room became more intricate by
the day as he added plot lines in
video clips he posted online. The
Clingfilm Kid became the villain,
out to steal Russell while he was
sleeping.
Like Wilson from the movie
“Castaway,” Marriott says Russell
can also be a sounding board.
“It’s an existential conversa-
tion, quite philosophical,” he says.
“Like, why are we here? What are
we doing?”
And he’s given the Rydges
A paper cowboy rides out his
quarantine in Australian hotel
WELLINGTON, New Zea-
land — By Day 3 of being con-
fined to his Australian hotel room
for quarantine, David Marriott
was getting bored. He’d watched
a few seasons of “The Sopranos”
and his eyes were getting tired
from reading. Then his lunch
arrived in a brown paper bowl
and he thought “Aha. That’s a hat
waiting to happen.”
The paper cowboy was born.
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David Marriott via Ap
David Marriott poses with his paper horse “Russell” in his hotel room in Brisbane, Australia, April 1, 2021. While in quarantine inside his
hotel room, the art director was bored and started making a cowboy outfit from the paper bags his meals were being delivered in.
His project expanded to include a horse and a villain that he has adventures with, in images that have gained a huge online following.
hotel staff a laugh by asking that
Russell be taken for walks.
“It’s been cheering everyone
up,” he said. “The hotel staff,
they’re in hospitality but they have
all these guests that they can’t see
or interact with.”
The story behind Marriott’s
quarantine stay is more sobering.
His dad Harry fell at his London
home and was taken to a hospital,
where he had an operation and
was starting rehabilitation. But
then he caught the coronavirus.
“I was really lucky my mom
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
34/54
Kennewick
30/60
St. Helens
33/63
31/58
31/60
34/62
31/60
Condon
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
Mainly clear
and colder
Plenty of sun
Mostly sunny
Sunshine and
breezy
Partly sunny and
breezy
56 26
54 26
57 26
Eugene
8
3
3
31/58
52 30
52 26
56 28
7
2
3
La Grande
22 50 22
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
5
0
5
18 47 20
Comfort Index™
0
46 17
49 27
8
3
3
ALMANAC
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Thursday
Low Thursday
High: 103°
Low: 13°
Wettest: 2.69”
48°
20°
47°
27°
48°
29°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Thursday
Trace
Month to date
Trace
Normal month to date 0.20
Year to date
1.09
Normal year to date
2.40
0.02
0.02
0.40
5.71
4.63
Trace
Trace
0.52
13.17
8.22
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION SUNDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
30%
NE at 6 to 12 mph
2.4
0.11
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
20% of capacity
89% of capacity
60% of capacity
90% of capacity
61% of capacity
100% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Thursday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
6510 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
82 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
97 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
490 cfs
Minam River at Minam
444 cfs
Powder River near Richland
310 cfs
Zapata, Texas
Gould, Colo.
New Orleans, La.
OREGON
High: 63°
Low: 28°
Wettest: 0.16”
Grants Pass
Klamath Falls
Meacham
WEATHER HISTORY
So much dust became airborne in Kansas
and Iowa on April 10, 1935, that schools
and highways closed. The “Dust Bowl” of
the 1930s is blamed on land misuse and
climate.
SUN & MOON
SAT.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
6:16 a.m.
7:32 p.m.
6:09 a.m.
6:16 p.m.
SUN.
6:14 a.m.
7:33 p.m.
6:29 a.m.
7:19 p.m.
MOON PHASES
New
Apr 11
First
Apr 19
Full
Apr 26
Last
May 3
23/52
Beaver Marsh
32/60
32/62
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
22/48
Paisley
23/54
22/60
Frenchglen
21/52
33/68
Klamath Falls
21/61
McDermitt
24/52
RECREATION FORECAST SUNDAY
MON.
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
54/36/pc 61/39/s
55/24/s 53/32/s
53/30/s 59/34/s
63/45/pc 63/47/s
53/19/s 58/26/s
53/37/pc 57/42/s
59/33/pc 65/37/s
50/22/s 52/32/s
50/22/s 53/28/s
58/32/pc 64/36/s
58/27/s 62/45/s
58/33/s 63/44/s
50/27/s 54/33/s
52/22/s 53/31/s
48/20/s 49/23/s
58/25/s 64/41/s
61/25/s 61/26/s
55/21/s 61/24/s
29/55
Lakeview
23/55
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
23/53
23/52
Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs.
SUN.
Diamond
18/51
Fields
Medford
Brookings
Boise
27/53
33/69
42/63
22/54
19/53
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Juntura
18/53
18/49
20/53
Ontario
30/59
Burns
Brothers
26/58
Roseburg
Huntington
19/49
Bend
Coos Bay
26/50
31/55
Seneca
26/55
Oakridge
Council
20/53
John Day
19/56
Sisters
Elkton
THURSDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
16/47
24/55
Florence
Powers
22/54
Baker City
Redmond
33/51
36/54
Halfway
Granite
32/59
Newport
35/53
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.
24/52
23/54
30/59
33/60
51 25
5
Corvallis
Enterprise
18/47
22/50
Monument
27/54
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
0
Elgin
20/50
La Grande
25/49
Maupin
20 53 21
29/54
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
30/55
Hood River
28/54
TIllamook
Comfort Index™
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
Walla Walla
29/58
Vancouver
32/62
30/54
Baker City
Because quarantine guests are
considered potentially infectious,
their food is delivered in dispos-
able containers and plates that
are discarded rather than recy-
cled, which Marriott found a bit
grating. But he said he’s barely
thrown anything out since his stay
began, and has only needed to
order in a few extras like sticky
tape and clingfilm.
And when he leaves on Sat-
urday, he’s hoping to take Russell
and his other creations with him.
— Associated Press
and sisters were there, and were
allowed in to see him,” Marriott
said. “I would Zoom with him at
3 a.m. To see him deteriorating
was heartbreaking. But I was able
to say goodbye and make peace.”
Marriott flew over from Aus-
tralia for the funeral. Like other
Australians returning home, he
was required to quarantine at a
hotel for two weeks.
Marriott said he’s been making
props his whole life. When he was
a kid he used to get in trouble for
breaking his dad’s tools.
SUN.
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
MON.
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
55/31/s 58/36/pc
60/32/pc 65/36/s
49/22/s 52/29/s
68/35/pc 71/37/s
51/35/pc 58/42/s
56/32/pc 62/34/s
59/29/s 63/39/s
59/27/s 64/38/s
54/28/s 58/30/s
62/35/pc 67/39/s
60/33/pc 64/35/s
56/20/s 56/29/s
62/33/pc 66/35/s
59/33/pc 66/36/s
50/27/s 51/32/s
60/33/s 65/39/s
48/23/s 47/22/s
54/30/s 58/34/s
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice
ANTHONY LAKES
PHILLIPS LAKE
Not as cold
Mostly sunny
28
12
47
17
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Plenty of sunshine
Mostly sunny
35
20
52
27
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Not as cold
Sunny; not as cold
33
12
44
16
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Mostly sunny
Sunshine
48
20
52
28
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Mostly sunny
Plenty of sun
53
21
50
22