COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATuRDAY, JuLY 23, 2022
Husband’s secret life as a serial cheater revealed
may be in love with him, but I don’t know
if that’s the case or if it’s because I’m alone
and vulnerable and want someone to love
me back. I was never close with my bio-
logical father or my adoptive father, so
some of this may be “daddy issues.” Should
I tell him how I feel about him, or is it
way too soon? — TAKEN BY HIM IN
MICHIGAN
DEAR TAKEN: It would be more pru-
dent to wait until you are sure about your
feelings for this guy before declaring your
love. Slow down. Let the relationship
evolve until you are sure about your moti-
vations. If you do, he may beat you to the
punch.
DEAR ABBY: I have a problem. I’m
8 and I want a dog, but my parents won’t
let me have one. The last time we had a
dog, I left the door open and it got run
over. I feel really sad and bad about it, but
I want another dog. Even though it was
lives here, and another one in another
state. When I told him I knew, he denied
it. Recently, I’ve been going to counseling.
I need advice. — SUSPICIOUS IN NEW
JERSEY
DEAR SUSPICIOUS: By now it should
be apparent that your husband cannot or
will not stop womanizing and lying to you.
I’m glad you are seeing a licensed thera-
pist, because you need to decide rationally
whether the situation you’re living with is
one you are willing to tolerate. You should
also schedule an appointment with your
doctor to be tested for STDs, and one with an
attorney to find out what your rights are as
a wife of 23 years in New Jersey. After that,
you will have a clearer idea of what to do.
DEAR ABBY: I met this guy online
three months ago. He’s the greatest guy I
have ever met. He respects me in ways no
other man has respected me, and I appre-
ciate that about him so much. I feel like I
DEAR ABBY: I have been married for
23 years. About a year ago, our 22-year-old
daughter became suspicious that her dad
might be having an affair. She found out it
was true through his text messages. When
we sat down as a family and discussed it, at
first he denied it. He got upset to the point
that he told our daughter to leave the house,
which she did for two weeks. We asked her
to come back after my husband and I talked
to work things out and I took him to con-
fession. We later all went away for a vaca-
tion together.
Some time has passed, and I looked at
his phone and saw he’s been at it again,
this time with a 30-year-old woman who
an accident, my parents don’t trust me.
How can I show them I’m responsible
enough and I won’t forget to close the door
again? — REALLY WANTS A DOG IN
SACRAMENTO
DEAR REALLY WANTS: Please
accept my sympathy for your loss. Because
you didn’t mention how long ago your dog
was lost, I will assume it is fairly recent.
You might be able to regain your parents’
trust if you begin accepting responsibil-
ities at home. Do they want you to make
your bed, keep your room neat, help in
the kitchen or the yard? Shouldering these
kinds of responsibilities can show parents
you are ready for more ... like caring for a
pet, for instance. I wish you luck.
█
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as
Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline
Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or
P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
New York reports first US polio case in nearly a decade
of polio found in the live form of
vaccine used in other countries.
There are two types of polio
vaccines. The U.S. and many
other countries use shots made
with an inactivated version of the
virus. But some countries where
polio has been more of a recent
threat use a weakened live virus
that is given to children as drops
in the mouth. In rare instances,
the weakened virus can mutate
into a form capable of sparking
new outbreaks.
U.S. children are still routinely
vaccinated against polio with the
inactivated vaccine. Federal offi-
cials recommend four doses: to
be given at 2 months of age; 4
months; at 6 to 18 months; and
at age 4 through 6 years. Some
states require only three doses.
According to the CDC’s most
recent childhood vaccination data,
about 93% of 2-year-olds had
received at least three doses of
polio vaccine.
Polio spreads mostly from
person to person or through con-
taminated water. It can infect
a person’s spinal cord, causing
paralysis and possibly permanent
disability and death.
Polio is endemic in Afghan-
istan and Pakistan, although
numerous countries in Africa, the
Middle East and Asia have also
reported cases in recent years.
Rockland County, in New York
City’s northern suburbs, has been
a center of vaccine resistance in
recent years. A 2018-2019 mea-
sles outbreak there infected 312
people.
Last month, health officials in
Britain warned parents to make
sure children have been vacci-
nated because the polio virus had
been found in London sewage
samples. No cases of paralysis
were reported.
By MIKE STOBBE
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — An unvacci-
nated young adult from New York
recently contracted polio, the
first U.S. case in nearly a decade,
health officials said Thursday,
July 21.
Officials said the patient, who
lives in Rockland County, had
developed paralysis. The person
developed symptoms a month ago
and did not recently travel outside
the country, county health offi-
cials said.
It appears the patient had a
vaccine-derived strain of the
virus, perhaps from someone who
got live vaccine — available in
other countries, but not the U.S.
— and spread it, officials said.
The person is no longer
deemed contagious, but inves-
tigators are trying to figure
out how the infection occurred
and whether other people were
exposed to the virus.
Most Americans are vac-
cinated against polio, but this
should serve as a wake-up call to
the unvaccinated, said Jennifer
Nuzzo, a Brown University pan-
demic researcher.
“This isn’t normal. We don’t
want to see this,” Nuzzo said.
“If you’re vaccinated, it’s not
something you need to worry
about. But if you haven’t gotten
your kids vaccinated, it’s really
important that you make sure
they’re up to date.”
Health officials scheduled vac-
cination clinics in New York for
July 21 and July 25, and encour-
aged anyone who has not been
vaccinated to get the shots.
“We want shots in the arms
of those who need it,” Rockland
County Health Commissioner Dr.
Patricia Schnabel Ruppert said at
Sarah Poser, Meredith Boyter Newlove/Centers for Disease Control, File
This 2014 illustration made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a polio virus particle. On
Thursday, July 21, 2022, New York health officials reported a polio case, the first in the U.S. in nearly a decade.
a Thursday news conference.
Polio was once one of the
nation’s most feared diseases,
with annual outbreaks causing
thousands of cases of paral-
ysis. The disease mostly affects
children.
Vaccines became available
starting in 1955, and a national
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spread.
Rarely, travelers have brought
polio infections into the U.S. The
last such case was in 2013, when
a 7-month-old who had recently
moved to the U.S. from India was
diagnosed in San Antonio, Texas,
according the federal health offi-
cials. That child also had the type
vaccination campaign cut the
annual number of U.S. cases
to less than 100 in the 1960s
and fewer than 10 in the 1970s,
according to the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention.
In 1979, polio was declared
eliminated in the U.S., meaning
there was no longer routine
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
55/71
Kennewick
56/87
St. Helens
58/90
TIllamook
61/98
62/99
59/89
54/91
Condon
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
Clear
Plenty of
sunshine
Sunny and hot
Hot with plenty
of sun
Sunny and very
hot
93 51
95 52
96 55
Eugene
7
5
5
54/92
95 60
97 61
99 63
5
5
2
Comfort Index™
La Grande
7
53 91 56
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
8
8
7
50 87 56
Comfort Index™
7
93 60
95 64
5
5
3
ALMANAC
THURSDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Thursday
Low Thursday
High: 122°
Low: 34°
Wettest: 4.77”
94°
45°
97°
47°
102°
46°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Thursday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
0.00
0.01
0.40
4.47
5.84
0.00
0.22
0.45
8.98
10.51
0.00
0.32
0.53
17.76
15.05
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION SUNDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
20%
NNE at 6 to 12 mph
14.0
0.31
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
18% of capacity
76% of capacity
31% of capacity
92% of capacity
10% of capacity
73% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Thursday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
1380 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 122 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
126 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
61 cfs
Minam River at Minam
349 cfs
Powder River near Richland
17 cfs
Death Valley, Calif.
Yellowstone N.P., Wyo.
Sallisaw, Okla.
OREGON
High: 105°
Low: 41°
Wettest: Trace
Ontario
Meacham
Brookings
WEATHER HISTORY
On July 23, 1979, heavy rain pushed the
Reedy River out of its banks at Greenville,
S.C. Thunderstorms dumped 2.00 inches of
rain on Johnstown, Pa., in just one hour.
SUN & MOON
SAT.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
5:27 a.m.
8:31 p.m.
1:12 a.m.
4:59 p.m.
SUN.
5:28 a.m.
8:29 p.m.
1:43 a.m.
6:01 p.m.
MOON PHASES
New
Jul 28
First
Aug 5
Full
Aug 11
Last
Aug 18
48/84
52/92
50/95
Beaver Marsh
54/74
56/91
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
54/93
Paisley
47/94
49/92
Frenchglen
53/95
Medford
49/95
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
71/56/pc
96/60/s
95/63/s
74/55/s
94/50/s
68/54/pc
90/59/s
95/55/s
92/58/s
92/59/s
99/62/s
98/67/s
92/59/s
92/53/s
88/59/s
100/63/s
95/53/s
94/50/s
Hi/Lo/W
71/56/s
102/59/s
99/67/s
67/53/c
98/54/s
69/56/pc
94/58/s
97/58/s
96/59/s
95/58/s
101/64/s
101/71/s
96/60/s
96/57/s
91/60/s
102/68/s
98/55/s
96/50/s
60/98
55/97
Lakeview
47/94
McDermitt
55/95
RECREATION FORECAST SUNDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
MON.
Grand View
Arock
56/96
Klamath Falls
Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs.
SUN.
Diamond
50/94
Fields
59/98
55/74
Boise
61/95
58/94
Brookings
55/97
42/93
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Juntura
48/94
49/92
47/93
Roseburg
Ontario
65/97
Burns
Brothers
54/93
Coos Bay
Huntington
47/90
52/96
Oakridge
57/95
66/97
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
Council
45/89
John Day
48/96
Sisters
Florence
Powers
53/93
Baker City
Redmond
49/63
52/66
Halfway
Granite
54/90
Newport
52/68
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.
55/96
51/95
56/92
56/85
90 60
7
Corvallis
Enterprise
50/87
53/91
Monument
57/98
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
45 89 47
Elgin
51/92
La Grande
58/93
Maupin
Baker City
62/93
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
61/96
Hood River
57/96
51/79
Lewiston
Walla Walla
61/100
Vancouver
58/90
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
SUN.
MON.
Hi/Lo/W
96/63/s
87/61/s
90/53/s
98/64/s
63/50/pc
86/55/s
97/64/s
98/63/s
96/61/s
89/65/s
74/54/s
96/54/s
91/62/s
92/62/s
89/65/s
99/66/s
88/47/s
93/67/s
Hi/Lo/W
98/67/s
88/61/s
93/57/s
104/68/s
65/52/pc
90/58/s
100/67/s
101/66/s
100/65/s
93/66/s
78/58/s
102/56/s
97/63/s
96/63/s
93/66/s
103/69/s
91/51/s
96/69/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
Plenty of sun
Sunny and warm
68
46
86
49
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Sunny and nice
Plenty of sunshine
78
54
93
54
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Sunny and nice
Plenty of sunshine
75
42
83
43
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Sunny and warm
Plenty of sun
88
59
93
62
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Sunny and nice
Plenty of sunshine
89
47
91
56