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Newspaper Page TextCOFFEE BREAK B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2022 Aging husband wants to screen potential suitors for his wife DEAR ABBY: I am an old man, married to a won- derful woman who does every- thing for me. I’m in poor health and don’t expect to live much longer. My wife is a youthful 80. She’s trim, pretty, active, hard- working, loving and sexy. She enjoys skiing, ﬁ shing, gardening, board games, puzzles etc. She is the most organized person I have ever known. She likes to cook and entertain and is excellent at both. Although she has quite a few friends — widowed and otherwise — we don’t know any men who would be acceptable as a future mate after I’m gone. She’s ﬁ nan- cially independent and meticulous about keeping track of expenses. Neither of us is formally religious. To be blunt, I can’t imagine a better wife for someone special. I would like us to meet a man, prob- ably in his 70s, preferably wid- owed, physically active, romanti- cally inclined, energetic, capable with tools and household projects, not addicted to drugs or alcohol, ﬁ nancially independent and pref- erably politically conservative who would be a potential mate for her after I am gone. We have discussed this to a limited extent, but she has expressed little interest in the sub- ject. I can’t imagine she won’t experience a renaissance after this albatross is oﬀ of her neck. She has more than earned it. If you have any suggestions, I would appreciate them. — THANKFUL IN WASHINGTON DEAR THANKFUL: You are clearly a caring and protec- tive husband who is deeply in love with and concerned for his wife. However, as much as you would like to screen the appli- cants to ﬁ ll the vacancy that your death would create, there are some things a person must do for them- self. When you pass on, your wife may not feel ready to move on according to your timetable. Please let her make this decision for herself when the time is right. P.S. I am sorry you are not in better health, because it seems you and your wife have a strong and loving relationship that will not be easy to replace. DEAR ABBY: My grandson is in a relationship with a girl who manipulates him and abuses him emotionally. I told my grandson what she is doing, but he doesn’t see it. Because of that, neither one FFA UNION COUNTY’S 2022 FFA STATE WINNERS Continued from Page B1 “Serving as a treasurer was greater than I ever could have thought pos- sible. I knew it would be a great experience but I had no idea how amazing the year would be,” said Dip- pold, a 2021 graduate of Imbler High School who served as state FFA trea- surer from March of 2021 through March 21 of this year. The many responsibil- ities of state FFA oﬃ cers include putting on work- shops for chapter members, meeting chapter members at their schools to promote FFA, working with cur- rent and potential sponsors, connecting business and industries with FFA and helping conduct the annual state FFA convention. Dippold said the oppor- tunity to meet and work with many remarkable people, some of whom he believes will be lifelong friends, are a big reason he will long treasure his year as an FFA oﬃ cer. Dippold doubts he ever would have gotten deeply involved in FFA if he had not accepted an invitation from Cant to participate in the live- stock judging competition in Corvallis six years ago. Dippold was a member of Imbler’s FFA chapter at the time but was not active in it. Dippold initially said he did want to go to Corvallis but Cant kept encouraging him to come. Finally Dip- pold agreed to take part in the competition. Today he views the event as a turning point. It sparked a passion for FFA that helped him become a state oﬃ cer. “That contest is what started everything for me,” Dippold said. “I’m so thankful that J.D Following are the results of the 2022 FFA state convention for schools in Union County. State Degree Recipients Cove High School — Gavin Bakker, James Frisch, Kailee Mansveld, Collin Rovey, Caleb Wiggins. Elgin High School — Kylee Bagett, Piper Banducci. Imbler High School — Sadie Bingaman, Payden Bowles, Zoe Brown, Harvest Coston, Noah Insko, Ayssa Jennings, Kadyn Trick. La Grande High School — Gwenyth Cooper, Marissa Lane, Alyssa Toney. Powder Valley High School — Dallee Bingham, Ariel Pointer. Union High School — Samuel Baxter, Jakob Graﬀ under, Delaney Klebaum, Paul Reed. Career Development Events Advanced Public Speaking — 3rd, Zoe Brown, Imbler High School. Conduct of Chapter Meetings — 2nd, Imbler High School. Ag Issues — 1st, Imbler High School. Marketing — 2nd, Imbler High School. Agriscience Fair Animal Systems —Division 2 winner: Ellie Turley and Keira Coun- sell, Imbler High School. Plant Systems — Division 2 winner: Kellan DeLint and Dekker Adams, Imbler High School; Division 4 winner: Helen Gordon and Hunter Voss, Imbler High School. Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Systems — Division 2 winner: Maggie Pahlow and Sonya Gordon, Imbler High School. Food Products and Processing Systems — Division 2 winner: Jo Bingaman and Kadin Allen, Imbler High School. Power, Technical and Social Systems — Division 1 winner: Ayden Lucas, Imbler High School; Division 2 winner: Eva Paulson and Paige Braseth, Imbler High School. Social Systems — Division 2 winner: Madilyn Burright and Jeytt Cant, Imbler High School. Scholarships Washington Leadership Conference — Jayda Cant, Imbler High School. Oregon Fairs Foundation — Kendra Counsell, Imbler High School. 2022 Chapter Book Results Portfolio Advanced — Bronze: Delaney Klebaum, Union High School. Technology Scrapbook — Gold: Imbler High School and Union High School. Scrapbook — Gold: Imbler High School; silver: Union High School. Secretary Books — Silver: Imbler High School. Treasurer’s Book — Gold: Elgin High School. State Convention Proﬁ ciency Results Outdoor Recreation: 1st, Sarah Baker, Elgin High School. Sheep Production: 1st, Delaney Klebaum, Union High School. Beef Production-Entrepreneurship: 1st, Cierra Chastain, Union High School. Specialty Crop Production: 1st, Nate Bingaman, Imbler High School. Swine Production: 1st, Alyssa Jennings, Imbler High School. J.W. Dippold/Contriibuted Photo Imbler High School FFA adviser J.D. Cant, left, and J.W. Dippold, who served as state FFA treasurer, appear on stage at the state FFA convention in Redmond, which was conducted March 17-21, 2022. Dippold credits Cant’s encouragement as the source of his fulﬁ lling involvement in FFA. kept insisting that I go to Corvallis.” He soon became a leader of the Imbler High School FFA chapter, helping keep it vibrant even during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Cant, who is still IHS’s chapter adviser and the school’s agriculture teacher. Dippold and the other ﬁ ve state oﬃ cers all played major roles in helping put on the 2022 state FFA con- vention, which was con- ducted in Redmond March 17-21. Each oﬃ cer had to give several presentations at the convention. Cant credits Dip- pold with giving some of the most compelling presentations. “He drew students in,” the adviser said. Dippold did so by dis- cussing how FFA has improved his life and the challenges he has over- come. These include a childhood accident that damaged one of his legs so seriously that doc- tors were forced to ampu- tate a portion of it. Dip- pold told people at the convention that he learned to treat the injury like a speed bump, never letting it stop him from doing any- thing, including playing for Imbler High School’s bas- ketball program. Cant said the inspiring way Dippold discussed the injury at the convention is an example of the young man’s optimistic approach to hardship, noting that Dippold does not feel he has faced more adversity than most other people. “He says that we all carry burdens,” Cant said. Imbler School Dis- trict Superintendent Doug Hislop said Dippold is someone people look up to for at least two rea- sons, one is what he has accomplished in FFA, and the other is how he has dealt with the challenge of his leg injury. “He is an inspira- tion to everybody,” Hislop said. Dippold, the son of Katie Dip- pold and Andy Pereria, will attend Eastern Oregon Uni- versity in the fall and plans to earn an entrepreneurial agriculture degree. Computer not running as fast as when it was new? Let us install lightning-fast solid state drive! Are you running an outdated Windows Operating System? We’ll help you avoid critical issues by installing Windows 11! weather | Go to AccuWeather.com AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION Astoria Longview 41/56 Kennewick 40/59 St. Helens 42/60 40/64 41/66 43/60 39/59 Condon FRI Still cloudy 30 54 31 Comfort Index™ La Grande 0 1 1 MON Cloudy 63 37 64 39 Eugene 10 9 40/59 57 32 65 39 67 41 8 10 10 58 34 60 43 7 10 9 1 ALMANAC TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin NATION (for the 48 contiguous states) High: 101° Low: -2° Wettest: 2.15” 53° 28° 53° 31° 54° 34° 0.01 0.51 0.50 1.18 2.56 0.15 0.66 1.11 3.04 5.73 0.08 2.36 1.56 9.55 9.42 PRECIPITATION (inches) AGRICULTURAL INFO. HAY INFORMATION FRIDAY Lowest relative humidity Afternoon wind Hours of sunshine Evapotranspiration 40% NW at 8 to 16 mph 0.7 0.09 RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Wednesday) Phillips Reservoir Unity Reservoir Owyhee Reservoir McKay Reservoir Wallowa Lake Thief Valley Reservoir 10% of capacity 75% of capacity 44% of capacity 78% of capacity 43% of capacity 100% of capacity STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Tuesday) Grande Ronde at Troy 2810 cfs Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 2 cfs Burnt River near Unity 5 cfs Umatilla River near Gibbon 535 cfs Minam River at Minam 310 cfs Powder River near Richland 21 cfs Eloy, Ariz. Cando, N.D. Pawtucket, R.I. OREGON High: 61° Low: 21° Wettest: 0.72” Ontario Prineville Florence Elkton 41/58 Several hundred people died when ﬂ ood- ing reached the Mississippi Delta in Loui- siana on April 21, 1927. The ﬂ ood forced 500,000 residents from their homes. SUN & MOON THU. FRI. 5:57 a.m. 5:55 a.m. 7:46 p.m. 7:47 p.m. 1:12 a.m. 2:13 a.m. 9:24 a.m. 10:31 a.m. MOON PHASES Last Apr 23 New Apr 30 First May 8 30/52 Beaver Marsh 29/47 Roseburg Powers Brothers 39/57 Coos Bay 41/60 Full May 15 Burns Jordan Valley 33/52 Paisley 30/51 Frenchglen 30/53 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 56/40/pc 56/30/sh 60/36/pc 54/42/c 55/27/c 56/39/pc 58/37/pc 56/35/c 54/35/c 59/39/c 65/44/c 64/45/c 54/36/sh 54/33/r 47/32/sh 66/40/pc 51/26/c 49/24/c Hi/Lo/W 55/41/pc 59/34/s 60/37/pc 57/43/s 58/27/s 59/40/s 63/39/s 58/32/pc 56/32/pc 64/38/pc 66/41/s 66/42/s 54/35/r 55/32/pc 48/32/pc 67/41/s 56/28/s 53/24/pc Diamond Grand View Arock 29/53 39/63 34/56 33/53 Klamath Falls 30/51 Lakeview 24/49 McDermitt Shown is Friday’s weather. Temperatures are Thursday night’s lows and Friday’s highs. SAT. Boise 38/60 Fields 41/60 FRI. 30/60 Silver Lake 30/49 Medford Brookings Juntura 26/55 42/64 43/54 Ontario 41/63 28/52 Chiloquin Grants Pass Huntington 24/50 32/56 Oakridge 35/56 40/60 Seneca 32/51 RECREATION FORECAST FRIDAY REGIONAL CITIES WEATHER HISTORY Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset 28/54 Bend TUESDAY EXTREMES High Tuesday Low Tuesday Tuesday Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date Florence 41/56 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. 30/58 Sisters Council 30/54 John Day 32/56 42/61 51 31 32/59 Baker City Redmond 41/54 43/56 Halfway Granite 26/46 36/52 41/58 Corvallis 34/57 38/58 Newport 3 3 29 50 33 Comfort Index™ SUN Enterprise 29/50 33/56 Monument 36/61 Idanha Salem 57 30 2 33 56 37 Comfort Index™ Enterprise SAT A morning Partly sunny and shower in spots milder Elgin 30/54 La Grande 35/57 Maupin Mostly cloudy 37/57 Pendleton The Dalles Portland Newberg Lewiston 40/60 Hood River 36/59 TIllamook TONIGHT Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022 Walla Walla 37/66 Vancouver 41/60 39/58 Baker City of them is speaking to me. My grandson was a caring, happy person until he met her. Now he’s withdrawn. He is working, but she is not. They are struggling to make a life for them- selves. When I ask how he’s doing, he just says OK and nothing more. Is there anything I can do to make him see what she is doing to him? — IT’S OBVIOUS IN IOWA DEAR OBVIOUS: No. You have done everything you can by trying to enlighten your grandson, who, it appears, “love” has blinded. Now it’s time for you to accept that nothing will change until he wakes up and smells the coﬀ ee. City Lewiston Longview Meacham Medford Newport Olympia Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Powers Redmond Roseburg Salem Spokane The Dalles Ukiah Walla Walla FRI. SAT. Hi/Lo/W 60/42/pc 59/42/sh 53/37/c 60/39/sh 54/40/c 59/38/sh 63/40/pc 64/40/c 59/41/c 60/44/r 58/39/sh 58/29/sh 60/40/sh 58/39/sh 55/35/pc 66/43/c 51/34/sh 57/40/c Hi/Lo/W 61/40/pc 65/39/pc 56/31/pc 66/39/pc 53/40/s 62/39/pc 66/38/pc 67/40/s 61/40/s 64/43/pc 65/40/pc 62/30/s 67/40/pc 64/40/pc 60/36/c 69/44/s 53/29/s 59/41/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 A bit of a.m. snow A little a.m. rain 28 21 49 32 MT. EMILY REC. BROWNLEE RES. Cloudy and cold Mostly cloudy 41 31 57 36 EAGLE CAP WILD. EMIGRANT ST. PARK A bit of p.m. snow Cloudy and chilly 35 19 48 31 WALLOWA LAKE MCKAY RESERVOIR A few showers Cloudy and cool 47 32 56 40 THIEF VALLEY RES. RED BRIDGE ST. PARK Windy Still cloudy 54 31 56 37