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B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2022
Jealousy undermines woman’s relationship with retiree
a man who will love and marry
me. This is a retirement town.
There aren’t many available men
my age. I feel guilty because I
went against my Christian faith.
I’d appreciate your advice. — IN
LIMBO IN ARIZONA
DEAR IN LIMBO: Why
are you wasting your time being
jealous of his ex-girlfriend?
They are history. The odds of
you changing this man’s mind on
the subject of marriage are not
good, but you knew that from the
beginning. The guilt you’re car-
rying may be the price you pay
for whatever pleasure this rela-
tionship brings you.
Since pickings are so slim in
your community, please note that
I’m not telling you to end it. How-
DEAR ABBY: I’ve been in a
“friend with benefi ts” relation-
ship for more than a year now.
I’m 57 and he’s 79. I was raised
a Christian and wanted to save
myself for marriage. This is the
fi rst time I have loved someone
and been the FWB. I’m jealous
of his last girlfriend and what
they had together. She wanted to
get married, and he didn’t.
A woman at my church says I
ought to just remain friends with
him and pray God will send me
SURVEY
Continued from Page B1
In the survey, 33% of
Oregonians said that they
at least partially agreed
that the reason employers
have had diffi culty fi lling
jobs is because since
the COVID lockdowns,
“people have gotten used
to not working and are con-
tinuing to live off savings
and unemployment benefi ts
and are not feeling a sense
of urgency to work.”
Unemployment benefi ts
were expanded during the
height of the pandemic, but
have since shrunk back.
Laid-off workers, who pay
into unemployment insur-
ance through payroll, can
receive roughly 65% of
their weekly wages when
unemployed. A person
working 40 hours a week
at minimum wage could
receive around $350 per
week if laid off . The addi-
tional weekly payments
approved by the federal
government — initially
$600 and then $300 —
ended in September 2021.
People receiving unem-
ployment benefi ts typi-
cally have to demonstrate
that they are searching for
employment. The work
search requirement was
suspended during the
height of the pandemic, but
reinstated more than a year
ago.
One in fi ve Oregon
workers switched to remote
OASIS
ever, if the situation becomes
increasingly painful, that’s what
you should do. Because you are
deeply religious, this may be a
subject to discuss with your reli-
gious adviser.
DEAR ABBY: Five years
ago, our son was arrested for
child porn. At the time, he was
responsible for running our
family business. When he was
sent to prison for two years, we
realized he had been running it
into the ground, plus stealing as
much as he could. We have not
spoken since. Our grandson is
now being married, and he wants
us to attend.
We haven’t spoken to our
grandson or his father since all
this happened. Must we attend
or hybrid work during the
pandemic.
Workers who make
$100,000 or more were
three times more likely
than workers making less
than $50,000 to have the
fl exibility to work from
home or go into the offi ce,
the survey found.
One in four workers
making less than $50,000
had to go on unemploy-
ment at some point during
the past two years. Just
one in 10 workers making
$100,000 or more went on
unemployment.
Still, 38% of working
Oregonians said that
nothing had changed in
their employment in the
past two years.
Sienna Fitzpatrick was
what they want and what we
can feasibly do,” she said.
Department of Fish and
Wildlife.
Overnight
Outdoors
halfway through a year-
long AmeriCorps program
in Central Oregon when
the pandemic hit. Despite
the pandemic, Fitzpatrick
was hired on as a full-time
employee in September
2020.
Fitzpatrick’s organiza-
tion went to remote work
during the pandemic and
only returned back to the
offi ce this spring.
“We had a lot of really
long and sometimes kind
of tense discussions as a
department,” about the
return to the offi ce, Fitzpat-
rick said, which resulted in
a hybrid schedule that has
had increased fl exibility
when needed, like for a
coworker struggling to fi nd
consistent childcare.
In addition to the cabins
they now have, they’re plan-
ning something a little dif-
ferent — geodesic domes as
overnight accommodations.
Tia called the domes “a
diff erent, unique way to stay
here.” For those who want
to be more in the outdoors,
there’s also camping across
the road at the river access
owned by the Washington
In addition to serving as
a fi shing guide, Louis plans
to have a hunting guide
available. He has hunted
big game in Alaska, but not
yet in Washington, so he’s
leaving the guiding to a
contractor.
But Boggans will be
weather
The agency was unable
to fi nd the vast majority of
1,000 “ghost workers” sup-
posedly identifi ed by its
hourly harvest formula,
which farmers claimed was
arbitrarily and inaccurately
calculated.
“The precedent was super
important for anyone who
has labor,” he said. “There
was a lot of interest nation-
ally in what was happening.
We weren’t just carrying the
torch for Oregon producers.
It had a lot of importance to
the broader ag community.”
The episode taught a
valuable lesson to over-
zealous, “out-of-control”
federal employees, Dillon
said. “We see what you’re
doing and there are mecha-
nisms for us to correct what
you’re doing. And you really
shouldn’t do it again.”
Though he doesn’t come
from an agricultural back-
ground, Dillon said he felt
a kinship with farmers and
ranchers while working as a
staff er in the 1990s for U.S.
Sen. Bob Packwood, R-Ore.
He was eager to build
on those relationships
upon accepting a job as the
Oregon Farm Bureau’s com-
munications director, which
led to his hiring for the top
position in 2002.
“I felt a connection with
producers,” Dillon said.
“They’re very pragmatic and
want to get stuff done.”
Wallowa County. They said
they hope to sell pies from
one of the bakeries in Enter-
prise and to learn more
about the Nez Perce Tribe
and its ties to the land here.
“I’m big on all things
Native American,” Louis
said.
With all they’ve had to
do to get Boggans ready to
open, they haven’t had time
to explore Wallowa County
yet, but they plan to.
Their kids, too, are eager
to start school in Troy.
Gabriel, a 10-year-old fi fth-
grader, and Graciella, a sec-
ond-grader who’s almost
7, will make up half of the
schools student body as
soon as their parents obtain
a cross-state waiver.
“We kind of feel an obli-
gation to enroll our kids
there,” Tia said.
Continued from Page B1
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Longview
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St. Helens
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61/83
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Condon
FRI
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hot
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pleasant
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La Grande
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ALMANAC
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Tuesday
Low Tuesday
High: 114°
Low: 33°
Wettest: 3.94”
96°
54°
101°
59°
102°
64°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Tuesday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
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0.08
0.08
0.12
4.55
6.11
0.04
0.04
0.18
9.02
10.84
0.00
Trace
0.17
17.76
15.40
HAY INFORMATION FRIDAY
20%
SSW at 4 to 8 mph
10.7
0.25
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Wednesday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
10% of capacity
56% of capacity
24% of capacity
80% of capacity
3% of capacity
45% of capacity
Hermiston
Lakeview
Bend
Powers
53/71
After moving inland at the Texas coast the
day before, Hurricane Allen weakened to
a tropical depression on Aug. 11, 1980. It
left a half a million people homeless and
caused over $1 billion in damage.
SUN & MOON
THU.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
5:48 a.m.
8:06 p.m.
8:32 p.m.
4:50 a.m.
661 cfs
77 cfs
128 cfs
53 cfs
150 cfs
16 cfs
Full
Aug 11
Last
Aug 18
New
Aug 27
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FRI.
5:50 a.m.
8:04 p.m.
9:01 p.m.
6:15 a.m.
First
Sep 3
Jordan Valley
60/94
Paisley
49/89
48/86
Frenchglen
58/95
59/93
Brookings
60/93
City
Astoria
Bend
Boise
Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Council
Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
SAT.
Hi/Lo/W
70/56/pc
92/50/s
97/69/pc
65/54/pc
94/49/s
66/55/pc
80/53/s
94/60/c
95/55/pc
84/53/s
97/62/s
86/64/s
98/64/pc
96/54/s
92/57/pc
99/62/s
88/49/s
90/43/s
Hi/Lo/W
71/55/pc
87/52/s
95/66/s
66/54/s
91/49/s
68/55/pc
81/55/pc
95/58/s
88/51/s
85/55/pc
92/57/s
85/59/s
92/60/s
91/54/s
89/50/s
94/59/s
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88/49/s
Grand View
Arock
67/98
58/97
55/97
Klamath Falls
47/88
Lakeview
43/90
McDermitt
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FRI.
Diamond
58/96
Fields
Medford
52/65
Boise
71/97
Silver Lake
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
61/98
48/88
57/97
RECREATION FORECAST FRIDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
MOON PHASES
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Tuesday)
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
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Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
Death Valley, Calif.
Walden, Colo.
Texarkana, Ark.
High: 101°
Low: 49°
Wettest: 0.33”
Beaver Marsh
Juntura
50/94
50/91
47/84
Roseburg
Ontario
68/98
Burns
Brothers
53/83
Coos Bay
Huntington
53/92
54/92
Oakridge
64/94
68/97
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
Council
53/94
56/96
54/93
Florence
TUESDAY EXTREMES
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52/88
John Day
51/95
Sisters
54/66
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Baker City
Redmond
52/62
54/63
Halfway
Granite
52/80
Newport
54/75
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60/96
54/79
55/84
Corvallis
Enterprise
57/91
57/95
Monument
61/92
Idanha
Salem
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88 46
Elgin
59/95
La Grande
61/89
Maupin
6
66/94
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
68/98
Hood River
63/95
TIllamook
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Baker City
day and seven days in a week. It
doesn’t take but a minute to send
a text to ask how I’m doing. Am
I being unrealistic for wanting a
friendship that goes both ways?
— LOST IN A FRIENDSHIP
DEAR LOST: It is only unre-
alistic if you have spoken to
your longtime friend about how
you feel (15 years late) and she’s
unwilling to expend a little more
eff ort in your direction. I recom-
mend you have that long-overdue
conversation with her and let her
know what your needs are.
DILLON
selling hunting and fi shing
licenses, as well as Discover
passes, which are required
for vehicle access to state
parks and recreation lands
managed by the state.
Continued from Page B1
“A wine-and-dine kind of
place,” he said. “Come hang
out, cool off , check it out,
watch some TV.”
Tia said when they do
reopen, they’ll be keeping
the same menu the Vails
had when they closed. Then,
modifi cations could be in
the works.
“We’ll talk to customers
and see what they like and
this wedding? — BAD BLOOD
IN FLORIDA
DEAR BAD BLOOD: It
would be unfair to shun your
grandson for the sins of his
father. Must you attend the wed-
ding? No. Should you go? I think
so. When you do, be cordial to
your son. You do not have to see
him often or at all after that, but
keep in mind there may be other
family celebrations in the future.
DEAR ABBY: I have a best
friend of 15 years. (We even got
matching tattoos.) However, I
feel like I’m always put on the
back burner. I’m easygoing, so
maybe she feels she doesn’t need
to be a good friend in return?
I understand we all have busy
lives, but there are 24 hours in a
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
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90/60/s
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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 shower or two
Partly sunny; hot
75
45
91
52
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Partly sunny; warm
Partly sunny; warm
84
52
97
58
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Partly sunny; warm
Partly sunny
79
45
86
40
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Partly sunny; hot
Plenty of sunshine
92
57
94
58
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Partly sunny
Partly sunny; hot
94
52
95
55