COFFEE BREAK
B8 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2021
Common dog-walking habit raises stink with readers
other week in my community.
I’m sure your readers can do the
math. Then I end up having to
work around all this poop, and
not only does my garbage can
perpetually stink to high heaven,
but I have to be judicious with
what I throw away myself.
Rough materials will rupture
those bags and poop gets all over
the inside of the can. I’m cur-
rently saving up to modify my
property’s retaining wall so I can
keep the receptacles away from
the street, but I’m at the mercy of
dog owners until I can aff ord this
renovation.
Please, if you have a dog, be
a good neighbor. Be responsible
for its waste. If you don’t want to
carry it, get your dog a harness
or pack with a pocket, and dis-
DEAR ABBY: I’m
responding to your request for
comments about your answer
to “Doggy Business” (Oct. 28).
Please implore your readers not
to put their dog’s poop in their
neighbor’s garbage cans, even
if the cans are on the street.
This may seem harmless, but I
live near a park and daily dog
walkers use my trash can like it’s
a public service.
My garbage quickly fi lls with
endless poop bags, sometimes
between fi ve and 10 a day. Gar-
bage is collected only every
pose of it in your own can when
you get home. — PEEVED IN
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
DEAR PEEVED: I advised
“Doggy Business” that dis-
posing of his dog’s waste in
neighbors’ garbage cans is a big
no-no. After asking for readers’
thoughts, an AVALANCHE
of responses descended. The
vast majority agreed with me,
expressing disdain at the prac-
tice and explicitly sharing the
messy, smelly details of their
experiences.
Some areas require trash be
placed in a large, sealed plastic
bag in the receptacle. When gar-
bage collectors pull the bag out,
the small poop bags can spill out
and the contents disperse onto
the street. Worse, if the bags are
thrown into a neighbor’s garbage
container AFTER collection,
those bags remain at the bottom
and smell for days.
Readers, encourage dog
walkers to take a larger bag with
them or wear a fanny pack with
multiple compartments to trans-
port their pets’ “souvenirs” back
to their own home.
DEAR ABBY: Our nosy
children have been pressuring
us to explain their inheritance.
I’m appalled. I was taught that
this is something for the par-
ents to tell, not the kids to ask.
Several friends of ours who are
executors for their parents are
now being questioned by sib-
lings while the parent is sick and
fi ghting for life. Please explain to
readers what is the best etiquette
with regard to inheritance. —
UNSURE IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR UNSURE: I know
this can be a sensitive sub-
ject, but it is also an important
one. Although some may not
agree with me, I happen to be
in favor of open communication
regarding money matters. Too
often money (and the promise
of it) is used to manipulate and
control family members. This is
not a matter of etiquette. If adult
children are going to inherit,
they need to learn early how to
wisely and responsibly handle
money. And, if circumstances
change and the estate is aff ected,
the heirs should be given as
much forewarning as possible
so they are prepared and not
shocked.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Crews may have found 1887 time capsule in Lee statue base
RICHMOND, Va. — Crews
working to remove the pedestal
where a statue of Confederate
Gen. Robert E. Lee towered over
Richmond for more than a cen-
tury believe they’ve found a time
capsule that was buried there in
1887.
The massive bronze eques-
trian statue of Lee, erected in
1890, was taken down in Sep-
tember, more than a year after
Gov. Ralph Northam ordered
its removal after protests over
racism and police brutality
erupted across the country fol-
lowing the police killing of
George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The day after the statue was
removed, work crews spent more
than 12 hours searching for the
time capsule in the 40-foot-tall
pedestal, but were unable to
locate it.
On Friday, Dec. 17, Northam
announced that crews found the
top of a square box embedded
in a 2,000-pound granite block.
It was located about 20 feet off
the ground in the main section
Steve Helber/The Associated Press
Michael Spence, superintendent for Team Henry construction, looks over a time
capsule that was placed in 1887 in the pedestal that once held the statue of Con-
federate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue, Friday Dec. 17, 2021, in Rich-
mond, Virginia. Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the pedestal removed and the land
given to the city of Richmond.
of the pedestal, not in its base.
Workers who searched for it in
September believed it was tucked
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inside or under a cornerstone of
the pedestal.
“It looks like it is (the time
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
45/50
Kennewick
43/50
St. Helens
40/48
34/44
Condon
34/42
42/49
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
A bit of late-
night snow
A rain or snow
shower
A little morning
snow
Cloudy, snow
tapering off
A snow shower
possible
35 22
34 23
35 16
Eugene
1
0
1
43/51
38 28
35 28
37 22
2
0
2
La Grande
31 39 35
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
0
2
0
28 41 33
Comfort Index™
4
36 23
34 21
0
0
3
1
ALMANAC
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Sunday
Low Sunday
High: 90°
Low: -17°
Wettest: 3.75”
32°
28°
36°
32°
36°
32°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Sunday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
0.01
0.31
0.53
5.32
8.74
Trace
0.69
1.18
10.67
16.70
Trace
3.13
2.35
25.17
24.53
HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY
60%
S at 7 to 14 mph
4.0
0.04
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Monday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
OREGON
High: 54°
Low: 8°
Wettest: 3.36”
1% of capacity
20% of capacity
16% of capacity
14% of capacity
13% of capacity
13% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Sunday)
On this date in 1989, a temperature of 4
degrees at Dulles Airport, Va., broke the
record low. This was the eighth straight
day on which the record low was broken.
SUN & MOON
TUE.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
WED.
7:29 a.m. 7:29 a.m.
4:12 p.m. 4:13 p.m.
6:24 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
9:45 a.m. 10:21 a.m.
MOON PHASES
Grande Ronde at Troy
1060 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
0 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
14 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
148 cfs
Minam River at Minam
150 cfs
Powder River near Richland
20 cfs
Last
Dec 26
New
Jan 2
First
Jan 9
Full
Jan 17
34/49
34/45
Powers
47/50
43/51
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
29/42
Frenchglen
Paisley
33/43
26/43
31/39
Diamond
38/45
Klamath Falls
26/41
Lakeview
24/39
McDermitt
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
50/39/sh
48/29/sn
41/36/pc
49/40/r
40/30/c
50/39/r
48/37/sh
38/34/sn
39/35/sn
51/38/sh
46/38/c
44/38/sn
42/39/sn
45/34/sn
39/33/sn
48/39/pc
41/29/c
39/28/c
Hi/Lo/W
43/38/r
40/32/c
41/28/sn
44/39/r
36/20/sn
43/41/r
43/36/r
37/25/sn
37/29/sn
44/38/r
41/36/c
41/37/sn
39/32/sn
39/29/sf
33/25/sn
43/39/c
35/22/sn
33/19/sn
24/37
RECREATION FORECAST WEDNESDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
THU.
27/41
25/41
29/41
Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Tuesday night’s lows and Wednesday’s highs.
WED.
Grand View
Arock
33/43
Fields
Medford
Brookings
Boise
26/41
41/45
46/49
27/43
23/41
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Juntura
22/40
33/45
Beaver Marsh
Ontario
27/38
Burns
Brothers
29/38
Roseburg
Huntington
28/38
41/49
Coos Bay
24/38
28/39
Seneca
39/48
Oakridge
Council
20/34
John Day
Bend
Elkton
Creswell
Lakeview
Florence
WEATHER HISTORY
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
Vero Beach, Fla.
Big Trails, Wyo.
Florence, Ore.
26/35
34/50
Florence
SUNDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
Sisters
47/50
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.
23/35
Baker City
Redmond
46/48
47/53
Halfway
Granite
41/48
Newport
44/52
34 25
31/47
41/48
44/51
Corvallis
Enterprise
28/41
31/39
Monument
33/41
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
1
Elgin
29/39
La Grande
31/42
Maupin
Comfort Index™
29/47
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
41/49
Lewiston
35/41
Hood River
29/47
46/51
20 34 27
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by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
Walla Walla
30/48
Vancouver
41/48
TIllamook
Baker City
became a symbol of racial injus-
tice, was one of fi ve Confed-
erate tributes along Richmond’s
Monument Avenue and the only
one that belonged to the state.
The four city-owned statues
were taken down in 2020, but
the Lee statue removal was
blocked by two lawsuits until
a ruling from the Supreme
Court of Virginia in September
cleared the way for it to be
taken down.
Northam announced earlier
this month that the enormous
pedestal would be removed, a
reversal from September, when
the governor said the pedestal
would stay in place so its future
could be determined by a com-
munity-driven eff ort to reimagine
Monument Avenue.
After Floyd’s murder in 2020,
the Lee statue became a focal
point of the racial justice move-
ment in Richmond. Since then,
the pedestal has been covered in
graffi ti, some of it profane and
much of it denouncing the police.
Some activists wanted to see it
remain in place as a work of pro-
test art.
capsule),” said Clark Mercer,
Northam’s chief of staff . “We’re
hoping it hasn’t been damaged
by water over the last 100-plus
years.”
By late Dec. 17, workers had
lowered a large piece of granite
containing the box to the ground
and were planning to bring it to
the state Department of Historic
Resources to be opened some-
time next week. Mercer said the
box was still encased in granite
and needs to be dislodged and
X-rayed before offi cials can be
certain it is the time capsule.
A newspaper article from
1887 suggests the capsule con-
tains Civil War memorabilia and
a “picture of Lincoln lying in
his coffi n,” although historians
believe it’s doubtful the picture
is an actual photograph, which
would be rare and valuable.
Records from the Library of
Virginia suggest that 37 Rich-
mond residents, organizations
and businesses contributed about
60 objects to the capsule, many
of which are believed to be
related to the Confederacy.
The Lee statue, which
The Associated Press
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
WED.
THU.
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51/39/r
51/40/sh
39/33/c
42/37/sn
41/32/sn
47/37/sn
Hi/Lo/W
40/33/c
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37/30/sn
41/34/r
43/38/r
42/35/r
42/28/sn
44/37/c
40/35/pc
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43/39/r
43/31/sf
44/38/r
44/39/r
35/28/c
42/35/c
32/27/c
41/33/sn
ANTHONY LAKES
PHILLIPS LAKE
Colder
A snow shower
25
18
36
29
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
A snow shower
A little snow
32
27
39
36
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
A snow shower
Rain/snow shower
28
22
38
28
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
P.M. snow, 1-2”
Rain and snow
39
33
48
37
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
A snow shower
Rain/snow shower
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice
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