COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2022
Lengthy marriage now includes threats and ill will
DEAR ABBY: I am a
50-year-old man, married for
25 years. My wife is older than
me. In the beginning, it was
great, but our relationship slowly
started failing, and now we
argue about everything. I feel
like I’m trapped in a cage. We
don’t have one single thing in
common anymore.
I want a happy life with or
without her, but I see nothing
but darkness around me. When
I ask for divorce, I get accused
of cheating and threatened with
paying her spousal support for
the rest of my life. Marriage
counseling doesn’t seem to be
an option. What should I do?
— WANTS TO BE FREE IN
OREGON
DEAR WANTS: If marriage
counseling “isn’t an option,” it
doesn’t mean you can’t get psy-
chological counseling to help you
become emotionally stronger.
While you’re at it, it is important
that you talk with an attorney
about the divorce laws in your
state. Once you have done that,
you will be better able to decide
if you want to “live in dark-
ness” for the rest of your life, or
what you may have to sacrifi ce
in order to be fi nally free. You
deserve to be happy, and frankly,
so does your wife, who also
appears to be miserable.
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend
of four years refuses to come clean
to me about his infi delity and
cheating. I’ve given him countless
chances to come forward, but he
always denies it. I caught him with
a girl who has been following us
around the whole time we’ve been
together.
Abby, I have done everything
I could to get him to own up, but
he doesn’t! What should I have
done or what can I do so my life
can move forward and I won’t
have to worry about what he’s
doing? I’m heartbroken and he
doesn’t care. — TWO-TIMED
IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR TWO-TIMED: As you
MAMMEN
Continued from Page B1
Fred Hill Collection
This photo from around 1907-09 shows, at right,
two frame structures that were razed around
1930 and replaced by a new building that’s a twin
to the building in the center.
The millinery shop was no
longer at 1309 Adams by 1897,
and Charles G. Bunt, jeweler,
had his store in this location. By
1915 Milton S. Block, an archi-
tect, had replaced Bunt. Then in
the 1920s it became the home for
men’s clothing. M.A. Chinlund
followed by Westenhaver and
Gilbert and fi nally a store called
Men’s Wear. Stewart’s Shoe
Shop was there in 1927. By early
1930 the last two occupants
of the frame building at 1309
Adams were the Model Barber-
shop owned by Louie Evans.
and the White Shoe Shop.
By 1930 the businesses had
been staying for shorter periods
stated, you have been deeply hurt
by your boyfriend’s dishonesty,
and he “doesn’t care” about your
feelings. He is who he is, and he
isn’t going to change. Obviously,
one woman isn’t enough for him.
You have now wasted four pre-
cious years of your life — time
you will never get back — on a
cheater who lies consistently. Isn’t
that enough? Do what you should
have done years ago and move on.
DEAR ABBY: I am a fourth
grade student who is, let’s say,
good at math. I usually fi nish my
math homework easily, but lately
it’s been piling up. The problem
is, my classmates ask me for help
a lot. I enjoy helping them, but
sometimes it’s hard to explain
things, or I can’t fi nd the time to
of time, the two little build-
ings were tired and the Masons
were feeling the need to expand.
It was decided to raze the two
small frame buildings to make
room for a twin to be con-
structed to the blond two-story
building next door.
In this new building the
upper story would be used by
the Masons and the street level
was to be a commercial space.
It was just about this time that a
business which had been located
at 110 Depot was looking for a
new home, and the newly con-
structed building at 1307-1309
Adams was just the perfect spot.
This was the J.C. Penney Com-
pany. The store opened in its
new location on Jan. 7, 1931,
and was in business here until it
closed its doors for the last time
get my own work done.
The teacher is usually doing a
math group with other students, so
my friends can’t ask her. Should I
fall behind by helping my friends
or focus on my own work and
risk hurting their feelings? —
STRESSED IN IDAHO
DEAR STRESSED: You
shouldn’t be helping your friends
to the exclusion of your own work.
It is important for your sake and
your friends’ that you discuss this
with your math teacher. She needs
to know she should be devoting
more attention to the students out-
side her math group who need fur-
ther instruction instead of relying
on you to do it. After your work is
fi nished, lend a hand to the other
students if you wish.
on June 18, 2017.
The name of the store’s
founder was James Cash
Penney, who was born in Mis-
souri in 1875 as the seventh of
12 children of James and Mary
Penney. His father was a poor
farmer and a Baptist minister.
James had big dreams for his
life, perhaps becoming a lawyer,
but after graduating from high
school in 1893, his doctor sug-
gested that his health would ben-
efi t from moving to a diff erent
location. His fi rst venture, a
butcher shop in Colorado, failed.
He then went to work as a clerk
in a dry goods store known as
The Golden Rule Store. By 1907
he was the owner of his own
store and started opening addi-
tional stores. By 1913 the J. C.
Penney Company was born. Mr.
Penney came to La Grande in
July 1931 during a trip covering
cities in Washington and Oregon
in connection with his plan to
visit every section of the country
working with local interests in
the furtherance of better gen-
eral business conditions. He was
speaking in Baker that evening
and the local employees were
planning to attend.
The commercial portion
of this building has remained
vacant since that sad day in June
2017 when J.C. Penney closed its
doors and left La Grande.
Keep looking up! Enjoy!
———
Ginny Mammen has lived
in La Grande for more than 50
years and enjoys sharing her
interest in the history of people,
places and buildings.
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AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
34/60
Kennewick
32/64
St. Helens
TIllamook
Hood River
32/62
33/64
34/64
34/64
33/66
Condon
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
Mainly clear
and cold
Mostly sunny
and milder
Milder with
plenty of sun
Sun yielding to
clouds
Cooler
20 54 27
64 34
69 33
52 27
Eugene
10
10
2
33/62
67 44
70 35
50 30
10
10
2
La Grande
8
26 56 30
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
0
0
9
20 52 31
Comfort Index™
0
48 31
10
10
1
10
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High: 96°
Low: 5°
Wettest: 3.04”
60°
20°
61°
21°
62°
24°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Sunday
0.00
Month to date
Trace
Normal month to date 0.08
Year to date
0.67
Normal year to date
2.14
0.00
Trace
0.17
2.38
4.79
0.00
0.01
0.24
7.20
8.10
HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY
30%
E at 4 to 8 mph
3.9
0.12
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Monday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
Zapata, Texas
Cotton, Minn.
Quillayute, Wash.
OREGON
High: 67°
Low: 11°
Wettest: 0.10”
Rome
Lakeview
Astoria
WEATHER HISTORY
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
Florence
10% of capacity
65% of capacity
41% of capacity
72% of capacity
38% of capacity
93% of capacity
Tambora, a volcano in Indonesia, erupted
on April 5, 1815, sending 30 cubic miles
of dust into the atmosphere. The resulting
reduction in sunlight was blamed for caus-
ing the “year without a summer” in 1816.
SUN & MOON
TUE.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
WED.
6:26 a.m. 6:24 a.m.
7:25 p.m. 7:27 p.m.
8:35 a.m. 9:09 a.m.
none 12:34 a.m.
MOON PHASES
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Sunday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
3640 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
1 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
4 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
293 cfs
Minam River at Minam
358 cfs
Powder River near Richland
57 cfs
First
Apr 8
Full
Last
Apr 16
Apr 23
New
Apr 30
22/65
22/61
Beaver Marsh
Powers
38/75
34/70
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
Frenchglen
Paisley
22/61
Klamath Falls
34/77
21/68
27/60
Lakeview
23/63
McDermitt
21/59
RECREATION FORECAST WEDNESDAY
THU.
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
60/44/pc 63/46/s
65/34/pc 81/46/s
57/34/s 70/42/s
68/49/s 67/47/pc
61/25/pc 73/32/s
68/45/s 72/44/c
65/39/s 72/44/s
55/29/s 63/37/s
56/30/s 69/39/s
62/40/s 72/47/s
63/35/pc 74/43/s
62/42/pc 73/52/s
58/38/s 73/48/s
61/34/pc 74/40/s
52/34/s 66/44/s
62/34/pc 71/40/s
68/30/pc 78/36/s
63/29/pc 79/35/s
Grand View
Arock
21/56
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
Diamond
18/59
22/57
Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Tuesday night’s lows and Wednesday’s highs.
WED.
Boise
21/53
25/62
22/65
Medford
Brookings
22/60
27/57
35/81
42/68
Juntura
15/61
20/62
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Ontario
29/62
Burns
Brothers
26/62
21/63
Roseburg
Huntington
17/55
33/69
Coos Bay
25/55
32/61
Seneca
27/65
Oakridge
Council
20/54
John Day
Bend
Elkton
SUNDAY EXTREMES
High Sunday
Low Sunday
17/53
25/64
37/68
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.
ALMANAC
Sisters
36/69
69 29
23/56
Baker City
Redmond
39/64
Halfway
Granite
33/65
Newport
34/59
69 43
27/61
28/63
34/64
Corvallis
Enterprise
20/52
26/56
Monument
32/64
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
Comfort Index™
24/56
La Grande
31/57
Maupin
Baker City
Elgin
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
33/58
33/59
31/58
34/64
Lewiston
Walla Walla
32/62
Vancouver
33/67
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
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
58/35/s 68/44/s
64/37/pc 73/46/s
54/31/s 68/41/s
77/44/s 87/50/s
59/42/s 64/44/s
59/35/pc 69/46/s
62/30/s 71/36/s
63/33/pc 72/43/s
58/37/pc 71/45/s
64/43/s 72/48/s
75/46/s 83/49/s
65/31/pc 80/42/s
70/44/s 82/49/s
64/41/s 74/48/s
52/33/pc 63/41/pc
64/37/pc 73/49/s
56/33/pc 73/42/s
59/38/s 70/48/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
Milder
36
29
54
29
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Not as cold
Warmer
45
34
59
36
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Not as cold
Milder
40
24
52
26
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Milder
Warmer
52
34
60
36
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Warmer
Sunshine; milder
54
27
56
30
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