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8B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATuRDAY, MAY 29, 2021
Sisters react differently in longtime rift with mother
Dear Abby: Seventeen years
ago, when my sister “Elise” and
I were 19 and 25, our mother
kicked us both out. I have long
since forgiven her, and I have
a happy relation-
ship with her. Elise,
on the other hand,
has never let it go.
I don’t understand
why, because she’s
the older of us, and 25 was a
normal age to leave the nest.
Elise refuses to see our
mother unless someone drives
out to pick her up, so every hol-
iday and birthday my stepfa-
ther picks her up and drives her
round trip. Even when my sister
is there, she speaks to no one,
not even me. Mom and I talk and
beg her to join us, while Elise
sits off to the side and refuses
to join in. I have planned girls’
trips for the three
of us with the same
DEAR
result.
I long for a rela-
ABBY
tionship with Elise,
but not a one-
sided one. I feel bad for Mom
and for her, because I’m sure
Elise is lonely. I feel like a hor-
rible person when I say I have a
sister but we are not close. Do
you think there’s any hope? —
Missing Normal in Michigan
Dear Missing Normal: There
J. Reilly.” I was legally adopted
at 14, although I had lived with
my adoptive parents since I was
6 months old and was given their
surname, “Johnson.” My wife
of 42 years recently passed. My
adoptive parents died several
years ago, and my brother, who
was also adopted by the John-
sons, has been gone two years.
My mother always wanted me
to search for my birth family, but
out of respect for her and Dad, I
never did. Now, because I have
no adoptive relations left in my
life, I’m considering changing
my name back to Reilly, but I’m
ambivalent about it. I want to
reengage with my birthright, yet
may be a lot more wrong with
your sister than a case of hard
feelings. As you stated, 17 years
ago it was normal for 25-year-old
women to leave their parents’
home and live independently
or with a contemporary. If,
at age 41, Elise is as isolated
and uncommunicative as you
describe, she may need the help
of a psychotherapist to get back
on track. Of course, this would
entail her admitting she has a
problem and a desire to do some-
thing about it. Unless that hap-
pens, there’s nothing you or your
parents can do to “help” her.
Dear Abby: I am a
63-year-old man, born “Thomas
remain respectful to the John-
sons, who lovingly raised me
as their own. My heart has two
halves, and I don’t know which
to nurture. — Confused in the
East
Dear Confused: The line
“What’s in a name? A rose by
any other name would smell as
sweet” is a classic in English
literature. In a situation like
yours, however, it may not hold
true. You honored your adop-
tive parents and your brother
every day of their lives. If you
feel changing your name would
make your heart whole, then
follow through with what you
need to do.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Whimsical new NYC waterfront
park floats over Hudson River
because they realize every time
they come there’s always some-
thing new and fun to do.”
NEW YORK — A whimsical
new park that appears to float on
pilings above the Hudson River
opened to the public just off the
Manhattan shoreline Friday,
May 21, four years after a fight
between media mogul Barry
Diller and a billionaire real estate
developer threatened to derail it.
The new park, called Little
Island but nicknamed Diller Island
while under construction, was
built with $260 million from the
foundation of Diller, the former
20th Century Fox CEO, and his
wife, fashion designer Diane von
Furstenberg.
It joins a string of piers along
Manhattan’s west side that have
been redeveloped for recreational
use over the last 20 years, but its
unusual design sets it apart.
Little Island’s flowers, trees and
performance spaces rest on 132
concrete pots that the park’s cre-
ators call tulip pots. The pots are
set on pilings of different heights,
so that paths wind through the 2.4-
acre park at a gentle, rolling grade.
The park is reachable by two
bridges.
The design is from Thomas
Heatherwick, who also created
the Hudson Yards climbing struc-
ture known as the Vessel, some 20
blocks north of Little Island.
Diller, also a major donor to the
nearby High Line, has spoken of
Little Island as an enchanted forest
or a visit to Oz.
“All of it is an oasis of every-
thing fun, whimsical, playful that
we can conjure,” he says in a video
on the park’s website.
Plans for the project, part of the
state-run Hudson River Park, were
announced in 2014, but several
lawsuits were filed arguing that
the park had been planned without
public input and could threaten
marine wildlife. Real estate devel-
oper Douglas Durst, who had been
pushed out of his position as chair
of the fundraising group Friends
of Hudson River Park a few years
before, was revealed to have bank-
rolled the lawsuits filed by the
Rays’ Kiermaier has eye
irritation stemming from
eyelash
Kathy Willens/The Associated Press
A woman rolls a baby carriage past a series of concrete tulip pots that support Little Island, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in New York,
days before the new public park’s planned opening May 21. The park on the Hudson River has two amphitheaters, one large and
one intimate, that will open for performances from June through September, winding pathways and rolling hills with multiple
views of the city, a casual outdoor dining area, and a children’s playground.
nonprofit City Club of New York.
Facing rising costs because of
the litigation, Diller announced
in September 2017 that he was
pulling the plug. He agreed to
revive the project the next month
after Gov. Andrew Cuomo bro-
kered a deal.
“We are pleased the project
helped get Hudson River Park fin-
ished,” Durst, the one-time lawsuit
bankroller, said May 19 through a
spokesperson.
The spokesperson said the
reason Durst had supported the
litigation was because the project
hadn’t gone through the required
regulatory process.
Little Island will be open from
6 a.m. to 1 a.m. every day, but
there will be timed entry from
noon to 8 p.m. at least through
September, executive director
Trish Santini said.
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by barge, four at a time, Santini
said.
Planting started after the mas-
sive tulips were in place at the end
of 2019. The park’s landscaping
was designed by Signe Nielsen
of Mathews Nielsen Landscape
Architects to evoke a leaf floating
on water. It features 35 species
of trees, 65 species of shrubs and
290 types of grasses, vines and
perennials.
Little Island’s human-made
hills provide views of the Hudson
on one side and of the city on the
other, but the park’s carefully con-
structed topography makes it feel
like its own little world.
“I think it’s going to repre-
sent for New York a place to come
to rest and restore but also ignite
their imaginations and remind
us all that we’re creative,” San-
tini said. “My hope is that people
come back time and time again
musical performances, theater and
dance will start in mid-June, she
said.
Producer Scott Rudin, who
stepped down from the Broadway
League last month over allega-
tions of abusive behavior, was part
of the team planning the perfor-
mances spaces but “doesn’t have a
formal ongoing relationship with
the project,” Santini said.
There will be a mix of free and
ticketed performances at the park’s
687-seat amphitheater. A smaller
stage in an area called the Glade
will host additional performances.
New Yorkers and visitors who
walk on the High Line or bike
along the waterfront have watched
as Little Island was assembled,
piece by piece.
The concrete tulips that sup-
port the park were fabricated and
pieced together in upstate New
York and floated down the Hudson
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
49/66
Kennewick
49/79
St. Helens
52/82
Hood River
51/88
51/89
53/82
51/84
Condon
Baker City
SUN
39 77 42
Comfort Index™ 10
La Grande
TUE
WED
Sunny and hot
82 47
87 52
92 55
Eugene
6
6
3
47/82
83 55
88 56
94 60
6
4
3
8
42 75 47
Comfort Index™ 10
92 58
6
4
3
ALMANAC
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Thursday
Low Thursday
High: 110°
Low: 23°
Wettest: 3.07”
75°
42°
79°
49°
74°
40°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Thursday
Trace
Month to date
0.57
Normal month to date 1.27
Year to date
2.23
Normal year to date
4.32
Trace
0.06
1.72
5.90
7.53
Trace
0.49
1.93
14.20
11.62
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION SUNDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
25%
N at 6 to 12 mph
12.2
0.23
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
17% of capacity
91% of capacity
50% of capacity
98% of capacity
57% of capacity
89% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Thursday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
4000 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 110 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
82 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
225 cfs
Minam River at Minam
1160 cfs
Powder River near Richland
52 cfs
Death Valley, Calif.
Boca Reservoir, Calif.
Joplin, Mo.
OREGON
High: 82°
Low: 29°
Wettest: 0.34”
Ontario
Howard Prairie
Tillamook
WEATHER HISTORY
Severe sandstorms lasting two days
hit Yuma, Ariz., on May 29, 1877. Such
sandstorms have helped create the unique
landscape in the Southwest.
SUN & MOON
SAT.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
SUN.
5:09 a.m. 5:09 a.m.
8:31 p.m. 8:31 p.m.
none 12:29 a.m.
8:10 a.m. 9:22 a.m.
MOON PHASES
Last
Jun 2
New
Jun 10
First
Jun 17
Beaver Marsh
Powers
50/78
Full
Jun 24
51/85
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
41/76
Paisley
42/79
45/83
Frenchglen
43/79
54/90
Klamath Falls
42/83
City
Astoria
Bend
Boise
Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Council
Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
Hi/Lo/W
66/52/c
81/50/pc
82/53/pc
73/57/pc
79/45/pc
64/49/pc
83/52/pc
81/47/pc
78/48/pc
82/53/pc
89/51/pc
88/58/pc
79/48/pc
79/47/pc
74/50/pc
89/55/pc
83/46/pc
79/46/pc
Hi/Lo/W
69/55/c
86/56/pc
85/57/pc
78/58/pc
84/50/s
68/53/pc
87/58/pc
82/49/pc
83/53/pc
85/56/pc
95/57/pc
92/62/pc
84/53/pc
84/54/s
78/56/pc
95/61/pc
87/49/pc
84/49/pc
49/82
Lakeview
42/79
McDermitt
42/80
RECREATION FORECAST SUNDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
MON.
Grand View
Arock
43/80
45/81
Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs.
SUN.
Diamond
43/78
Fields
Medford
Brookings
Boise
51/82
51/92
51/73
42/83
39/79
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Juntura
42/79
39/76
41/80
Roseburg
Ontario
49/85
Burns
Brothers
48/83
Coos Bay
Huntington
38/75
48/81
Oakridge
44/81
53/83
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
Council
39/77
47/79
47/83
Florence
THURSDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
42/71
John Day
43/83
Sisters
48/64
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.
43/80
Baker City
Redmond
49/64
Halfway
Granite
48/83
Newport
49/82
84 60
44/82
49/80
53/83
47/61
79 55
8
Corvallis
Enterprise
42/75
44/79
Monument
49/86
Idanha
Salem
Mostly sunny
and warm
8
44 79 47
Comfort Index™ 10
Enterprise
MON
43/78
La Grande
44/77
Maupin
Partly sunny and Partly sunny and
nice
warm
Elgin
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
50/82
51/82
48/84
TIllamook
Partly cloudy
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
Walla Walla
51/89
Vancouver
51/81
47/71
TONIGHT
DUNEDIN, Fla. — Tampa Bay
Rays center fielder Kevin Kier-
maier has another freaky injury:
left eye irritation stemming from
an eyelash.
Kiermaier left the game Sat-
urday night, May 22, against
Toronto in the fifth inning after
first experiencing discomfort
while shagging balls during bat-
ting practice.
“A couple minutes in, I was
like, dang it, I got an eyelash in
my eye,” Kiermaier said. “There
was an eyelash in there and then
we rinsed my eye, and then it dis-
appeared or kind of went into one
of these crevices or whatever.
Once that happened, everything
took a turn for the worse.”
“I don’t know how or if we
scratched, that’s definitely what
it feels like,” Kiermaier added. “I
keep telling people it just feels like
a piece of sand on the inside of
my eyelid. Every time I blink, just
pressure, irritation, a scratching
feeling.”
Tampa Bay manager Kevin
Cash said Kiermaier was not
scheduled to start in the May 23
game against the Blue Jays but
was available off the bench.
Kiermaier felt slight improve-
ment that day.
“Still feel a little bit of a scratch
or irritation, whatever we’ve got
going on in there,” he said.
Kiermaier has a history of off-
beat injuries, including hurting
his hand during a base-running
slide and injuring a wrist while
attempting a diving catch.
“Just one of those weird
things,” he said. “Seems like this
stuff could only happen to me.
Got to get through it and roll with
the punches. I’ll be fine. I assume
I’ll be 100% whenever my eye
chooses to cooperate, but we’re
kind of waiting for that moment.”
— The Associated Press
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
SUN.
MON.
Hi/Lo/W
82/55/pc
79/53/c
78/43/pc
90/56/pc
61/49/pc
76/49/c
85/56/pc
88/53/pc
84/54/pc
82/55/pc
78/49/pc
83/47/pc
85/54/pc
83/56/pc
78/52/pc
89/57/pc
74/40/pc
82/59/pc
Hi/Lo/W
87/58/pc
79/59/pc
82/51/pc
95/61/s
64/52/pc
78/53/pc
89/57/s
93/60/pc
90/57/pc
84/60/pc
83/56/pc
87/53/pc
90/60/pc
85/60/pc
83/55/pc
94/62/pc
81/47/pc
88/61/pc
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
Partly sunny
Partly sunny; nice
53
41
74
44
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Partly sunny
Partly sunny
63
48
80
49
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Partly sunny
Clouds and sun
62
39
71
40
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Partly sunny
Clouds and sun
74
50
81
53
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Partly sunny
Partly sunny; nice
77
42
79
47