COFFEE BREAK
8B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Wedding plans reveal deep divide
Songwriter Diane Warren saves
escaped cow from slaughter
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Dear Abby: For a long time, I have
been in love with a man who is 15 years
younger than I am. We had a relation-
ship for about a year, which ended six
years ago. Since then, we have remained
friends and occasionally hooked up a few
times. The short relationship we had was
close to perfect. He broke it off with me
because he said he couldn’t give me the
relationship I really wanted and I would
end up resenting him or hating him for it.
Although I didn’t understand that
when he said it, I understand now he was
right. The problem is, I cannot seem to
get over him. I’ve had two unsuccessful
relationships since. They weren’t the
same as it was with him. I don’t know
what to do.
A few months ago, I cut off every-
thing with him, and we haven’t talked in
many months. It’s not working! I’m still
in love with him and can’t get him out of
my head. I mentioned the age difference
because I had a hard time with it, but he
didn’t. What else can I do? I’m afraid
to start anything with someone new. —
Hopeless in New York
Dear Hopeless: What you are
describing is painful, but it’s happening
because you haven’t accepted the reason
the two of you broke up. He said he
couldn’t give you the relationship you
really wanted. You are not in love with
this man. You are in love with the fantasy
of the person you wanted him to be. Once
that fact is firmly in your head, you’ll be
able to move forward, although it may
take help from a licensed psychotherapist
to accomplish it. Whatever it takes, please
do it, so you can start living your life.
Dear Abby: Against my better judg-
ment, I agreed to allow my parents to pay
for our upcoming wedding. It was some-
thing they pretty much insisted upon. My
fiance was upset by my decision because
he fears I’m in collusion with them to
make a big show of it.
For the last 10 months he has been
suggesting we nix the religious cere-
mony and get married privately. I am hurt
because while I don’t want a big party, I
have always wanted a full ceremony with
my friends and family. I have been trying
to assuage his fears because I know he
will appreciate the wedding on the day
of, but he feels neglected. How can we
compromise so that neither of us feels
resentful? — Party Of Two
Dear Party: If you and your fiance
haven’t had premarital counseling — and
it’s apparent that you haven’t — I urge
you to get some right away. The two of
you are encountering serious issues that
need to be resolved before your wedding.
That he doesn’t trust you and feels you
might be conspiring with your parents
against him is a huge red flag.
When he says he wants to “nix the
religious ceremony,” is he talking about
the religious aspect of it — or what he
perceives to be a circus surrounding it? If
it’s the former, it could affect the way you
raise your children. If a compromise can
be reached, counseling will help you to
determine what you may need to do next.
TuESDAY, JunE 29, 2021
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES —
Songwriter Diane Warren
stepped in Thursday, June
24, to save the life of a
cow that eluded capture for
more than a day after a herd
escaped from a Southern
California slaughterhouse
and stampeded through
a suburb.
The Grammy-winning
artist contacted the city of
Pico Rivera to arrange to
have the cow sent to the
Farm Sanctuary north of
Los Angeles, Warren and
City Manager Steve Car-
mona said.
Carmona said the city
council had already autho-
rized him to open a dia-
logue about the cow with
the owner of the slaughter-
house when Warren stepped
in. He said the transfer was
dependent on a state agri-
culture health check.
“Cows are very smart,
empathetic animals. I mean,
they knew there was a door
open,” said Warren, who
has been a vegetarian for
23 years. “This morning,
I woke up and I saw there
Live Air 7/Contributed Photo
This aerial video still image provided by KABC-7 shows a cow and
police car in the Whittier Narrows recreation area in South El Monte,
Calif., on Thursday, June 24, 2021. The missing cow that was part of a
herd of cattle that slipped out of a local slaughterhouse earlier in the
week resurfaced on Thursday.
“This isn’t my first cow
I’ve saved. But this feels
like a special cow. Because
this was that one. So it’s
almost like she represents
all cows wanting to be
free,” she said.
The cow became a celeb-
rity as it vanished in the
nation’s most populous
county until it was spotted
before dawn Thursday in
the Whittier Narrows rec-
reation area, about 10 miles
east of Los Angeles.
was one cow that hadn’t
been caught yet — and
they’re trying to catch her
and getting close to her. I
saw her crying out and I
couldn’t unsee that.”
Warren, who wrote the
LeAnn Rimes hit “How Do
I Live” and won a Grammy
for “Because You Loved
Me” from the 1996 film
“Up Close and Personal,”
said she has a farm animal
rescue in Malibu and felt
compelled to act.
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AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
59/70
Kennewick
61/83
St. Helens
64/90
TIllamook
70/92
75/99
65/90
60/89
Condon
TONIGHT
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
Mostly sunny
and very hot
Partly sunny and
very hot
Sunshine and
very hot
Partly sunny and
very hot
97 60
97 59
96 59
Eugene
2
3
2
59/87
98 64
97 64
2
2
Comfort Index™
La Grande
2
68 106 68 101 63
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
2
1
1
1
65 102 68
Comfort Index™
1
94 67
96 63
2
3
3
1
ALMANAC
SUNDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Sunday
Low Sunday
High: 122°
Low: 32°
Wettest: 3.73”
98°
51°
102°
59°
105°
58°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Sunday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
0.00
0.21
1.09
2.44
5.62
0.00
0.02
1.43
5.92
9.23
0.00
0.77
1.62
14.98
13.54
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
20%
S at 7 to 14 mph
14.0
0.37
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Monday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
14% of capacity
71% of capacity
40% of capacity
78% of capacity
36% of capacity
69% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Sunday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
2010 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 137 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
102 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
49 cfs
Minam River at Minam
617 cfs
Powder River near Richland
15 cfs
Death Valley, Calif.
Dakota Hill, Colo.
Bethany, Okla.
OREGON
High: 115°
Low: 51°
Wettest: none
The Dalles
Baker City
WEATHER HISTORY
Some gardens in the Reno, Nev., area
ran out of luck on June 29, 1963, when
temperatures dropped to 32 degrees -- the
latest freeze on record there.
SUN & MOON
TUE.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
WED.
5:07 a.m. 5:08 a.m.
8:44 p.m. 8:44 p.m.
12:04 a.m. 12:27 a.m.
10:39 a.m. 11:47 a.m.
MOON PHASES
Last
Jul 1
New
Jul 9
First
Jul 17
Sisters
Full
Jul 23
61/96
64/104
Florence
70/104
57/79
60/98
Beaver Marsh
55/95
Roseburg
Powers
Brothers
60/86
Coos Bay
62/89
Burns
Jordan Valley
66/97
Paisley
64/98
Frenchglen
64/101
Medford
Grand View
Arock
66/102
69/107
64/103
Klamath Falls
57/98
Lakeview
58/97
McDermitt
63/97
RECREATION FORECAST WEDNESDAY
THU.
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
70/58/c 68/57/c
102/62/s 100/63/pc
104/72/s 101/70/c
67/54/pc 69/53/s
102/62/s 98/59/c
66/57/pc 68/55/pc
83/57/pc 86/55/s
102/63/s 100/65/c
104/66/s 101/68/s
87/57/pc 89/55/s
110/77/s 104/75/s
92/67/s 92/67/s
106/66/s 104/64/pc
104/64/s 98/60/pc
100/70/s 94/69/t
112/75/s 108/71/s
98/56/s 97/57/s
97/59/s 94/58/c
Diamond
66/101
Fields
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
Boise
75/104
Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Tuesday night’s lows and Wednesday’s highs.
WED.
67/107
Silver Lake
59/94
67/102
54/67
Juntura
60/102
63/102
Brookings
Ontario
73/108
59/98
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Huntington
65/99
68/102
Oakridge
68/102
76/107
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
Council
58/101
John Day
66/102
56/66
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.
63/102
Baker City
Redmond
57/63
58/65
Halfway
Granite
58/83
Newport
60/82
98 66
69/108
62/88
61/88
Corvallis
Enterprise
65/102
68/106
Monument
73/105
Idanha
Salem
Clear and warm
58 101 61
Elgin
63/104
La Grande
72/98
Maupin
Baker City
81/108
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
77/114
Hood River
76/108
58/69
Lewiston
Walla Walla
78/112
Vancouver
63/89
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WED.
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 Hi/Lo/W
114/76/s 108/73/s
83/60/s 82/56/s
104/63/s 102/61/s
102/65/s 100/65/s
63/56/c 62/54/pc
81/57/pc 82/55/s
108/72/s 107/71/pc
113/73/s 108/70/s
108/75/s 103/70/s
90/63/s 88/60/s
79/59/pc 79/56/pc
104/61/s 101/57/s
89/60/s 90/59/s
88/59/s 89/57/s
108/73/s 103/71/s
99/72/s 97/68/s
101/58/s 97/54/pc
108/77/s 102/73/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
Mostly sunny; warm
Sunshine and hot
76
59
96
62
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Mostly sunny; hot
Very hot
91
64
106
70
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Very warm
Mostly sunny; hot
82
57
98
56
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Very hot
Very hot
100
70
107
71
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Sunshine; very hot
Very hot
101
61
106
68