COFFEE BREAK
B8 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
TuESDAY, AuguST 9, 2022
Teenagers’ breakup puts parents in awkward spot
proper etiquette in this situa-
tion. Should I reach out to Matt’s
mom or just leave it alone? I don’t
have hard feelings toward them,
but then again, my daughter
broke up with Matt and not vice
versa. Let me know what you
think. — BROKEN UP OVER
BREAKUP
DEAR BROKEN UP: Young
love doesn’t always last forever,
which can be a good thing. I see
no harm in waiting a few more
weeks until things cool down
and then reaching out to Matt’s
mother. Tell her you are sorry
about the breakup and hope it
doesn’t spell the end of your rela-
tionship with her, which you have
very much enjoyed. Her response
DEAR ABBY: A couple
of weeks ago, my 17-year-old
daughter broke up with “Matt,”
her boyfriend of a year and seven
months. My husband and I are sad
because Matt had become a part
of our family. We included him
in vacations and holidays with
us. We also became friends with
his parents and shared a couple of
holidays with them.
I have not communicated with
them since the breakup, and I
feel horrible. I’m not sure what’s
will tell you if she feels the same.
DEAR ABBY: We are a
couple, married for 46 years. Of
course, one of us will be passing
on in the future. If my husband
goes first, I’m unsure about how
to handle any services for him.
He has narcissistic personality
disorder and, over the course of
our marriage, he has made my
life a living hell. I have grown to
despise him.
I need to be respectful of his
children and friends. Only a few
close women friends know the sit-
uation. I want to have a proper
remembrance for them that won’t
involve too much of my pres-
ence. He will be cremated per
his request. Can you suggest
how I should handle this? —
CAREFUL IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR CAREFUL: Dis-
cuss this with the person who
will officiate at the memorial ser-
vice when the time comes. Be as
active a participant as you would
like. Leaving the eulogizing to
the people who loved him — his
friends and children — is your
privilege.
DEAR ABBY: My daughter
is 38 and still can’t forgive me for
being an alcoholic when she was
young. Will I never be forgiven? I
have had my drinking under con-
trol for six years now. What else
can I do? I don’t want to leave this
world and not be good with her.
It’s killing me. I need my baby
girl back. — SOBER MOM IN
KENTUCKY
DEAR MOM: You didn’t
mention what personality changes
you experienced when your
daughter was young. Whether
you were abusive or emotionally
absent, the truth is she “lost” her
mother during that period. You
may need your baby girl back, but
that baby is long gone. If you are
not in AA, you should definitely
attend some meetings to see how
other parents cope with their loss.
█
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
Tiny African kingdom has skiing as Europe sweats summer heat
sons, taking pictures and
just playing about in the
snow.
Skiers and snow-
boarders lined up to rent
the proper gear. Some were
given pointers by Hope
Ramokotjo, who is from
Lesotho and has worked as
a self-taught ski and snow-
board instructor for 12
years. His wide smile and
deep, reassuring voice puts
beginners at ease.
“Push your heels out.
Don’t pull your shoulders,”
Ramokotjo called out to his
class of keen yet inexpe-
rienced African skiers as
they wobbled along on the
snow. “Here you go! Nice!”
Afriski’s Kapoko Snow
Park is the only freestyle
snow park on the conti-
nent. Competitors lined up
last month for the annual
Winter Whip Slopestyle
snowboard and ski compe-
tition. Sekholo Ramonotsi,
a 13-year-old from the
Lesotho city of Butha-
Buthe who practices reg-
ularly at Afriski, won the
junior snowboard and ski
divisions.
The Associated Press
BUTHA-BUTHE,
Lesotho — While mil-
lions across Europe sweat
through a summer of
record-breaking heat,
they’re skiing in Africa.
Don’t worry. This isn’t
another sign of climate
change but rather the fasci-
nating anomaly of Lesotho,
a tiny mountain kingdom
completely surrounded by
South Africa. Lesotho has
an obscure geographical
claim to fame: It’s the only
country on Earth where
every inch of its territory
sits more than 3,280 feet
above sea level.
That gives Lesotho
snow in the southern hemi-
sphere’s winters. And while
cold winters aren’t rare in
southern Africa, snow is
and ski resorts are even
rarer. At an altitude of
9,842 feet, Afriski in Leso-
tho’s Maluti Mountains is
Africa’s only operating ski
resort south of the equator.
“I’ve never seen snow
in my life,” said Kafi
Mojapelo, who traveled the
Jerome Delay/The Associated Press
First time skiers take a lesson at the Afriski ski resort near Butha-Buthe, Lesotho, Saturday July 30, 2022.
While millions across Europe sweat through a summer of record-breaking heat, Afriski in the Maluti
Mountains is Africa’s only operating ski resort south of the equator. It draws people from neighboring
South Africa and further afield by offering a unique experience to go skiing in southern Africa.
short distance from South
Africa for a skiing vaca-
tion she never thought she’d
take. “So, this is a great
experience.”
Bafana Nadida, who
comes from the sprawling
urban township of Soweto
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in Johannesburg, was
delighted with putting ski
boots on for the first time.
He planned a day of ski les-
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
58/71
Kennewick
61/77
St. Helens
65/81
62/80
Condon
70/90
63/80
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
A t-shower in
spots early
A stray
thunderstorm
Mostly sunny
and hot
Mostly sunny
and hot
Hot with
sunshine
60 90 53
92 52
94 52
90 49
Eugene
7
6
7
58/83
93 57
95 56
93 53
6
5
6
La Grande
68 92 57
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
4
5
66 89 55
Comfort Index™
2
92 56
92 54
5
5
5
5
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Sunday
Low Sunday
High: 117°
Low: 31°
Wettest: 5.44”
91°
39°
92°
44°
100°
43°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Sunday
0.00
Month to date
Trace
Normal month to date 0.10
Year to date
4.47
Normal year to date
6.09
0.00
0.00
0.13
8.98
10.79
0.00
Trace
0.14
17.76
15.37
HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY
35%
SW at 6 to 12 mph
8.0
0.21
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Monday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
11% of capacity
58% of capacity
25% of capacity
81% of capacity
3% of capacity
48% of capacity
High: 103°
Low: 35°
Wettest: Trace
The Dalles
Meacham
Brookings
Thunderstorms roared from Iowa to West
Virginia on Aug. 9, 1979. Flash fl oods at
Mason City, Iowa, sent the Winnebago
River 2 feet above the fl ood stage. Waters
over 6 feet deep moved through Clarks-
burg, W.Va.
SUN & MOON
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
TUE.
WED.
5:46 a.m.
8:09 p.m.
7:06 p.m.
2:15 a.m.
5:47 a.m.
8:08 p.m.
7:55 p.m.
3:28 a.m.
MOON PHASES
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Sunday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
Burnt River near Unity
Umatilla River near Gibbon
Minam River at Minam
Powder River near Richland
OREGON
WEATHER HISTORY
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
Death Valley, Calif.
Stanley, Idaho
Sioux Falls, S.D.
661 cfs
71 cfs
125 cfs
51 cfs
163 cfs
7 cfs
Full
Aug 11
Last
Aug 18
New
Aug 27
First
Sep 3
59/84
56/94
64/94
58/91
Beaver Marsh
49/83
Roseburg
Powers
Brothers
55/80
Coos Bay
58/83
56/73
Burns
65/95
Jordan Valley
64/87
Paisley
54/87
Frenchglen
Diamond
63/93
Klamath Falls
49/85
Lakeview
49/87
McDermitt
Hi/Lo/W
71/54/pc
92/48/s
93/71/t
64/52/pc
93/52/pc
70/54/pc
79/51/pc
90/60/t
94/59/t
83/52/pc
98/63/pc
81/64/pc
97/71/t
94/55/pc
88/56/t
99/64/pc
85/48/s
87/45/s
Hi/Lo/W
71/54/pc
91/54/s
96/73/pc
65/53/pc
94/54/s
66/54/pc
82/53/s
92/62/t
93/61/s
88/52/pc
95/61/s
91/65/s
94/70/t
93/56/s
90/57/t
95/64/s
89/51/s
88/50/s
60/88
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
71/91
63/93
Fields
Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Tuesday night’s lows and Wednesday’s highs.
THU.
Grand View
Arock
62/93
60/90
60/90
WED.
Boise
73/93
Silver Lake
50/84
Medford
Brookings
Juntura
56/93
61/88
54/64
Ontario
73/97
52/88
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Huntington
61/90
60/92
Oakridge
69/90
74/98
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
Council
60/90
John Day
58/91
Florence
SUNDAY EXTREMES
ALMANAC
Sisters
56/70
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.
64/92
Baker City
Redmond
54/64
56/65
Halfway
Granite
56/79
Newport
57/77
90 56
65/98
59/79
59/82
Corvallis
Enterprise
66/89
68/92
Monument
67/87
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
7
Elgin
66/94
La Grande
69/85
Maupin
5
74/93
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
59/80
Lewiston
74/97
Hood River
69/95
56/70
Comfort Index™
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
Walla Walla
70/99
Vancouver
63/80
TIllamook
Baker City
“I would really like to
ski in Europe,” he said.
London-born Meka Leb-
ohang Ejindu said he has
taught skiing and snow-
boarding in Austria for
more than a decade and
this is his first season in the
southern hemisphere. He
has family roots in Lesotho.
“For a competition like
this to happen in southern
Africa is so heart-
warming,” he said.
Afriski may not be at
the level of Europe’s vast
Alpine resorts but a love of
winter sports is catching.
At Afriski’s Sky
Restaurant and Gondola
Cafe, happy hour starts
at 10 a.m. and skiers and
boarders show off their
winter fashions and party
to house music, beers in
hand. Some claim the bar
is the highest in Africa,
although that’s chal-
lenged by the Sani Moun-
tain Lodge, 80 miles to the
east on the Lesotho-South
Africa border.
What no one can dis-
pute is this crowd went
skiing in Africa.
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
WED.
THU.
Hi/Lo/W
97/68/pc
77/56/pc
89/51/pc
90/59/s
64/52/pc
73/53/pc
97/69/t
99/64/pc
95/62/pc
80/61/pc
73/56/pc
94/49/s
83/56/s
82/54/pc
95/63/pc
90/65/s
89/46/t
93/66/pc
Hi/Lo/W
94/68/pc
83/57/s
90/51/s
95/61/s
63/53/c
83/53/s
98/70/pc
95/61/s
93/64/s
86/59/s
66/55/pc
93/53/s
87/58/s
88/55/s
91/64/s
94/64/s
85/46/s
91/67/s
ANTHONY LAKES
PHILLIPS LAKE
A t-storm around
A t-storm around
70
47
86
51
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
A p.m. t-storm
A stray t-storm
81
53
95
59
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
A stray t-storm
A p.m. t-storm
76
45
85
45
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
A stray t-storm
Sun and clouds
88
56
93
62
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
A t-storm around
A stray t-storm
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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