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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022
Woman anxious to avoid making the same mistakes
compatible in every way, but one
thing bothers me: Aaron can be
passive-aggressive. It isn’t often
and it generally isn’t just over
petty stuff , but when it happens it
is very hurtful.
I’ve been going to counseling
to resolve some issues from my
childhood and fi rst marriage, and
recently realized I have some
toxic traits I need to work on
and heal. Unfortunately, some
of that toxicity has spilled into
my relationship with Aaron and
hurt him. When it happens, he
reacts passive-aggressively for a
bit, then things seem to go back
to normal.
What can I do to get over
the hurt I feel when he acts this
DEAR ABBY: My boy-
friend, “Aaron,” and I have
been together almost 10 years.
We are both divorced from nar-
cissistic spouses. We have dis-
cussed a future together and are
working toward it. It’s taking so
long because Aaron’s children
are quite a bit younger than mine.
(I’m an empty nester; his kids
are just going into their teens.) I
am also working on getting my
career established.
We get along well and seem
way? I don’t want to repay hurt
for hurt. I want to break the
cycle. — HEALING IN THE
MIDWEST
DEAR HEALING: If your
“toxicity” is what causes Aaron
to react with what you interpret
as passive-aggression, he could
simply be nursing his wounds.
Talk with your therapist about
including Aaron in some of your
sessions. If the therapist agrees,
tell Aaron you think your rela-
tionship could be improved if
he’s willing to go with you. If
the therapist does NOT agree to
the “joint” sessions, it might be
worth your while to discuss cou-
ples counseling with another
therapist.
the odds, you have been fortunate
in having had a drama-free aff air
for 30 years. Because you have no
proof that your lover is involved
with someone else, it would cause
less damage to everyone if you
shared your suspicions with HIM.
I guarantee that if you reveal
your three-decade aff air to his
wife, you can kiss this romance
goodbye. If the neighbor couple
fi nds out you accused her, you
will make enemies — particularly
if your suspicions are not true.
I fi nd it ironic that after
helping your lover cheat for
decades, you are now angry at
him for cheating. I see nothing to
be gained by creating a scandal to
save your injured pride.
DEAR ABBY: I’ve been
seeing a married man for more
than 30 years. Everything was
fi ne between us until recently. I
have begun to suspect one of my
female neighbors is seeing him as
well. I’m contemplating getting
in touch with his wife and my
neighbor’s husband and telling
them about my suspicions.
I need to know what to do
so this relationship with the
neighbor will stop. I know by
telling on him, I’ll lose him, but if
the neighbor is after him because
of his money, I don’t want his
wife thinking I’m the one taking
it from him. What should I do? —
NERVOUS IN TEXAS
DEAR NERVOUS: Despite
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
United States suspends avocado imports from Mexico
avocados had already been
shipped.
Avocado exports are the
latest victim of the drug
cartel turf battles and extor-
tion of avocado growers in
the western state of Micho-
acan, the only state in
Mexico fully authorized to
export to the U.S. market.
The U.S. government
suspended all imports of
Mexican avocados “until
further notice” after a U.S.
plant safety inspector in
Mexico received a threat-
ening message, Mexico’s
Agriculture Department
said in a statement.
By MARK STEVENSON
The Associated Press
MEXICO CITY —
Mexico has acknowledged
that the U.S. government
has suspended all imports
of Mexican avocados after
a U.S. plant safety inspector
in Mexico received a threat.
The surprise suspension
was confi rmed late Sat-
urday, Feb. 12, on the eve
of the Super Bowl, the big-
gest sales opportunity of
the year for Mexican avo-
cado growers — though it
would not aff ect game-day
consumption since those
“U.S. health authorities ...
made the decision after one of
their offi cials, who was car-
rying out inspections in Uru-
apan, Michoacan, received
a threatening message on
his offi cial cellphone,” the
department wrote.
The import ban came
on the day that the Mex-
ican avocado growers
and packers association
unveiled its Super Bowl
ad for this year. Mexican
exporters have taken out
the pricey ads for almost a
decade in a bid to associate
guacamole as a Super Bowl
tradition.
This year’s ad shows
Julius Caesar and a rough
bunch of gladiator fans out-
side what appears to be the
Colosseum, soothing their
apparently violent diff er-
ences by enjoying guaca-
mole and avocados.
The association did not
immediately respond to a
request for comment on the
ban, which hits an industry
with almost $3 billion in
annual exports. However,
avocados for this year’s
Super Bowl had already
been exported in the weeks
prior to the event.
Because the United States
also grows avocados, U.S.
inspectors work in Mexico
to ensure exported avocados
don’t carry diseases that
could hurt U.S. crops.
It was only in 1997 that
the U.S. lifted a ban on
Mexican avocados that had
been in place since 1914
to prevent a range of wee-
vils, scabs and pests from
entering U.S. orchards.
The inspectors work
for the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Animal and
Plant Health Inspection
Services.
It is not the fi rst time
that the violence in Micho-
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acan — where the Jalisco
cartel is fi ghting turf wars
against a collection of local
gangs known as the United
Cartels — has threatened
avocados, the state’s most
lucrative crop.
After a previous inci-
dent in 2019, the USDA
had warned about the pos-
sible consequences of
attacking or threatening
U.S. inspectors.
In August 2019, a U.S.
Department of Agricul-
ture team of inspectors was
“directly threatened” in
Ziracuaretiro, a town just
west of Uruapan.
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Astoria
Longview
41/50
Kennewick
41/49
St. Helens
TIllamook
40/52
41/51
43/59
42/52
39/52
Condon
WED
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FRI
SAT
Mostly cloudy
Low clouds
Partly sunny
Mostly sunny
Times of clouds
and sun
Baker City
19 39 13
Comfort Index™
La Grande
1
Comfort Index™
1
42 22
Eugene
5
3
38/51
46 28
47 32
47 30
3
5
3
44 30
5
7
5
0
Florence
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High: 91°
Low: -43°
Wettest: 0.98”
40°
10°
45°
31°
48°
18°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Sunday
0.00
Month to date
Trace
Normal month to date 0.28
Year to date
0.38
Normal year to date
0.98
0.00
0.29
0.57
1.56
2.24
0.00
0.64
1.13
4.57
4.40
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
50%
NW at 7 to 14 mph
0.7
0.04
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Monday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
2% of capacity
30% of capacity
21% of capacity
39% of capacity
24% of capacity
43% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Sunday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
1810 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
1 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
12 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
241 cfs
Minam River at Minam
156 cfs
Powder River near Richland
97 cfs
Grants Pass
Brookings
SUN & MOON
TUE.
WED.
6:54 a.m.
5:20 p.m.
4:17 p.m.
6:55 a.m.
6:53 a.m.
5:21 p.m.
5:27 p.m.
7:23 a.m.
MOON PHASES
Full
Feb 16
Last
Feb 23
New
Mar 2
First
Mar 10
Juntura
29/50
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
22/41
Paisley
22/48
Frenchglen
Diamond
27/46
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
23/52
19/47
McDermitt
Hi/Lo/W
50/42/c
53/25/pc
46/27/pc
60/43/s
44/18/pc
50/37/c
51/34/c
38/15/pc
42/22/sf
51/34/c
60/32/pc
52/40/c
44/26/sn
42/23/sf
35/16/sf
58/34/pc
52/19/s
47/17/s
Hi/Lo/W
49/40/c
63/29/pc
48/28/s
64/44/pc
50/24/pc
54/37/pc
52/35/c
37/22/pc
47/25/pc
52/38/c
62/38/pc
57/42/c
52/31/c
54/27/pc
44/23/pc
58/35/pc
55/22/pc
53/22/pc
20/44
RECREATION FORECAST WEDNESDAY
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
29/46
24/49
Fields
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THU.
Grand View
Arock
27/44
25/46
33/53
WED.
Boise
26/46
22/48
23/49
Medford
43/60
Ontario
28/49
24/44
36/50
Bend
Baker City
Brookings
In 1980, a series of storms brought heavy
rain to California, Oregon and Washington
in mid-February. Mount Wilson, Calif., had
9.00 inches of rain in two days.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
Beaver Marsh
Chiloquin
OREGON
WEATHER HISTORY
Brothers
40/49
40/50
Huntington
26/47
Burns
28/47
23/45
17/38
25/39
30/53
Oakridge
Roseburg
Powers
Anaheim, Calif.
Kabetogama, Minn.
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
High: 70°
Low: 10°
Wettest: Trace
29/42
Seneca
34/44
40/50
SUNDAY EXTREMES
High Sunday
Low Sunday
26/50
Bend
Elkton
Coos Bay
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ALMANAC
Sisters
Council
19/39
John Day
31/53
39/51
48 26
17/38
Baker City
Redmond
42/51
Halfway
Granite
22/38
36/47
42/50
44 19
46 23
29/51
35/51
Newport
5
2
19 35 17
Salem
Enterprise
19/35
27/44
Monument
38/57
Idanha
41/51
Corvallis
40 19
1
27 44 22
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
0
Elgin
26/42
La Grande
34/52
Maupin
TONIGHT
35/50
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
34/48
Hood River
34/52
41/53
Lewiston
Walla Walla
32/58
Vancouver
40/50
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Longview
Meacham
Medford
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Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
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Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
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THU.
Hi/Lo/W
48/32/pc
49/43/c
41/22/sf
53/27/pc
50/41/c
51/39/c
49/24/pc
58/33/pc
52/34/c
52/41/c
50/38/c
50/22/c
49/36/c
51/37/c
44/29/pc
59/40/c
42/21/sf
50/34/c
Hi/Lo/W
53/34/pc
50/42/c
47/27/pc
60/31/pc
50/42/c
50/41/c
48/25/s
57/34/pc
61/37/pc
52/40/c
61/42/pc
59/26/pc
55/37/c
55/40/c
46/30/c
62/39/c
49/28/pc
54/39/pc
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PHILLIPS LAKE
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Low clouds
24
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39
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BROWNLEE RES.
Cloudy and chilly
Clouds and sun
33
22
42
22
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
A snow shower
A snow shower
27
4
40
16
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
A snow shower
A snow squall
35
16
52
33
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39
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