COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATuRDAY, AuguST 20, 2022
Girlfriend is unimpressed by man’s longtime friends
morals, poor values, etc.) When I
give him examples of how these
people treat him poorly and treat
me rudely, he brushes it off,
saying their behavior and com-
ments don’t bother him. What
gives? — LOOKING FOR
INSIGHT
DEAR LOOKING: What
“gives” is this: Your boyfriend
is comfortable with these people
because he is like them. If he had
higher self-esteem and was more
highly motivated, he wouldn’t
be hanging out with those losers.
He’d form friendships with people
who live healthy lifestyles, have
gainful employment, high morals
and better values. That you would
spend a year and a half sur-
rounded by a group like this tells
me you must be desperate for
company.
DEAR ABBY: I’m a new-
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend
has been hanging out with a group
of “friends” since college. He is
now 41. The women in this group
are unfriendly toward me. They
don’t say hello or goodbye or
even acknowledge my existence
when I am around them. I have
talked to my boyfriend about this
time and again, and he defends
their behavior. He says I “lack
empathy.”
We have been dating for a year
and a half, and I realize the other
“friends” he surrounds himself
with are as bad or worse. (They
are heavy drinkers, drug dealers
and drug users, and have low
lywed, and my husband and I
have just hit a big roadblock. I
hate the town we live in. I always
have. The only reason I’m here is
because of him, but I have always
been very clear about wanting to
move.
I lost my job, and the market
around here is terrible, which
has pushed the idea of us moving
to the forefront. I don’t expect
us to go anywhere now, but it is
becoming crystal clear that this
place isn’t going to get me far.
My husband is a teacher, but
between terms he has the option
to leave. When we married, it was
with the understanding that we
would eventually leave, or so I
thought. Now he’s talking about
how if I want to move, I’ll be
going without him because he’s
happy here, and he’s happy to stay
forever.
thinks I’m a virgin, but in reality,
I am far from it. We have been
saving sex for marriage — at
least that’s what he thinks. I
don’t know if I should keep this
to myself or tell him. Please
give me your expert advice.
— BRIDE-TO-BE
DEAR BRIDE-TO-BE:
Solid marriages are built on
trust. What do you think the
fallout will be if this man finds
out he has been lied to all this
time? He will never again believe
what you tell him, and who could
blame him? The time to level is
now, before the wedding — and
if it’s a deal-breaker, que sera,
sera.
I feel like the rug has been
pulled out from under me, and I
don’t know what to do. I love my
husband, but I love myself, too. I
will never be happy here. I’ve tol-
erated it for five years, and I’m
miserable. How am I supposed to
compromise on an absolute? We
can’t both move and not move. —
YEARNING TO FLEE
DEAR YEARNING: Your
husband should have been honest
with you from the beginning
about his feelings and ties to the
community. Because you know
you can’t be happy there — and
he has indicated that he plans
to stay — I think you should do
whatever makes you happy and
thank your lucky stars there are
no children involved to compli-
cate matters.
DEAR ABBY: I am 24 and
being married soon. My fiance
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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.
Youth pheasant hunts planned in September
EO Media Group
SALEM — Youth hunters, age
17 and under, can sign up now
for the Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife’s free pheasant
hunts happening around the
state starting in September, with
an additional few hunt dates in
October.
ODFW and partners stock
pheasants at these special hunts
that give youth a head start on
regular pheasant seasons, which
don’t begin until October.
There are multiple dates and
hunt locations to choose from and
some events have multiple hunt
times to choose from. Register by
logging in to the youth’s account
at MyODFW’s Licensing page.
Then go to Purchase from the
Catalog and look under the Cate-
gory/ Class/Workshop / Outdoor
Skills. Hunts are listed alphabeti-
cally by city name. Registration is
only online, and it is not available
at license sale agents.
These events are open only
to youth who have passed hunter
education. Volunteers bring their
trained hunting dogs to some
events. Some events also host a
shooting skills session before the
hunt.
The hunts are free, though par-
ticipants need a valid hunting
license ($10 for youth 12 and
older, free for age 11 and under)
to hunt. Youth hunters age 12-17
also need an upland game bird
validation ($4). Purchase before
the event, online or at a license
sales agent. Licenses and val-
idations will not be sold at the
events.
Some areas will host the event
both Saturday and Sunday. Youth
who register for one day are wel-
come to hunt stand by on the
other day.
The Observer, File
Youth hunters will have the chance to hunt pheasants Sept. 17 and 18 at Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area.
“Youth pheasant hunts are a great chance for
young hunters to find early success and put the
lessons learned in hunter education to work in the
field.”
Event dates
— Jered Goodwin, ODFW hunter education coordinator
“Youth pheasant hunts are a
great chance for young hunters to
find early success and put the les-
sons learned in hunter education
to work in the field,” said Jered
Goodwin, ODFW hunter educa-
tion coordinator.
See page 26-27 of the Oregon
weather
| Go to AccuWeather.com
Game Bird Regulations for more
information, or see myodfw.com/
workshops-and-events for the
local contact for each hunt. For
help signing up, contact Myrna
Britton at 503-947-6028 or by
email at Myrna.B.Britton@odfw.
oregon.gov
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
58/72
Kennewick
57/83
St. Helens
62/86
63/93
56/88
Condon
64/98
63/89
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
Mainly clear
Mostly sunny
and hot
Partly sunny;
not as hot
Nice with plenty
of sun
Sunny and hot
51 96 54
88 49
89 51
91 52
Eugene
9
8
8
55/89
87 56
89 56
93 59
9
7
6
La Grande
58 96 58
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
6
4
57 93 54
Comfort Index™
7
89 57
10
7
5
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Thursday
Low Thursday
High: 116°
Low: 31°
Wettest: 4.10”
97°
49°
101°
57°
103°
57°
0.00
0.12
0.25
4.59
6.24
0.00
0.16
0.39
9.14
11.05
0.00
0.08
0.37
17.84
15.60
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Thursday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
HAY INFORMATION SUNDAY
20%
N at 4 to 8 mph
7.9
0.27
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
6% of capacity
47% of capacity
21% of capacity
75% of capacity
3% of capacity
30% of capacity
Hermiston
Meacham
Lakeview
Heavy rain from the remains of Hurricane
Camille on and around Aug. 20, 1969,
killed 151 people and caused $100 million
in damage in the upper James River Basin
of Virginia.
SUN & MOON
SAT.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
SUN.
5:59 a.m. 6:01 a.m.
7:51 p.m. 7:50 p.m.
none 12:18 a.m.
3:53 p.m. 4:52 p.m.
MOON PHASES
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Thursday)
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.
Afton, Wyo.
Mobile, Ala.
High: 103°
Low: 48°
Wettest: 0.02”
591 cfs
83 cfs
123 cfs
46 cfs
117 cfs
28 cfs
New
Aug 27
First
Sep 3
Full
Sep 10
Beaver Marsh
Powers
57/78
Last
Sep 17
60/92
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
59/93
Paisley
55/95
53/91
Frenchglen
60/98
64/98
Klamath Falls
52/93
McDermitt
58/95
RECREATION FORECAST SUNDAY
MON.
Hi/Lo/W
73/59/c
87/53/s
98/66/s
67/56/pc
91/52/s
70/59/c
84/57/pc
93/57/pc
87/54/pc
85/55/pc
96/64/s
89/66/s
90/61/pc
89/54/s
85/53/t
96/64/pc
86/50/s
89/49/s
64/100
Lakeview
51/93
REGIONAL CITIES
City
Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
72/56/c
Bend
94/56/s
Boise
98/70/pc
Brookings
66/55/c
Burns
97/55/s
Coos Bay
71/57/c
Corvallis
87/54/s
Council
97/60/pc
Elgin
98/57/s
Eugene
89/56/s
Hermiston
98/65/s
Hood River
93/69/pc
Imnaha
99/67/s
John Day
96/56/pc
Joseph
93/55/pc
Kennewick 100/62/pc
Klamath Falls 93/51/pc
Lakeview
93/48/s
Grand View
Arock
59/98
58/96
Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs.
SUN.
Diamond
59/97
Fields
Medford
Brookings
Boise
70/98
65/99
54/66
61/98
53/94
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Juntura
54/97
52/94
49/88
Roseburg
Ontario
66/100
Burns
Brothers
55/91
Coos Bay
Huntington
53/94
56/94
Oakridge
62/97
68/101
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
Council
51/96
54/96
55/94
Florence
THURSDAY EXTREMES
ALMANAC
51/90
John Day
51/96
Sisters
55/71
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.
57/97
Baker City
Redmond
55/68
Halfway
Granite
54/87
Newport
56/85
87 54
59/98
56/89
57/89
53/66
84 53
4
Corvallis
Enterprise
57/93
58/96
Monument
60/97
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
4
Elgin
58/98
La Grande
60/94
Maupin
6
67/96
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
68/100
Hood River
64/98
TIllamook
Comfort Index™
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
Walla Walla
64/100
Vancouver
58/88
54/75
Baker City
• Eugene, Fern Ridge Wild-
life Area, Sept. 10 and Sept. 11.
Advance registration not required.
• Klamath Falls, Klamath Wild-
life Area, Sept. 17 and Sept. 18.
Additional hunt on Oct. 22 in
Miller Island Unit (hunting is on
a first come basis for the Oct. 22
hunt). No registration required.
• Madras, private lands, Sept.
17 and Sept. 18. Sign up for one of
several three-hour hunting shifts.
• Portland, Sauvie Island Wild-
life Area, Sept. 17 and Sept. 18.
• Tygh Valley/The Dalles, White
River Wildlife Area, Sept. 24 and
Sept. 25.
• La Grande, Ladd Marsh Wild-
life Area, Sept. 17 and Sept. 18. No
advance registration required.
• John Day Valley, Sept. 17 and
Sept. 18.
• Irrigon Wildlife Area (between
Irrigon and Umatilla), Sept. 24 and
Sept. 25. Sign up for morning or
evening hunt.
• Central Point, Denman Wild-
life Area, Sept. 17 and Sept. 18.
• Coquille, Coquille Valley
Wildlife Area, Sept. 24 and 25.
• Corvallis (near Camp Adair),
EE Wilson Wildlife Area, Sept. 24
and Sept. 25.
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
100/70/s
83/57/pc
94/52/s
98/61/pc
66/55/c
82/55/pc
100/68/s
99/62/pc
98/65/s
89/62/pc
78/58/c
96/54/s
92/58/s
89/57/s
95/65/s
98/69/pc
91/51/s
96/68/s
Hi/Lo/W
90/66/pc
80/59/pc
86/49/s
92/62/s
65/54/c
81/54/pc
99/68/s
96/62/pc
93/63/pc
85/63/pc
76/58/c
88/51/s
86/60/pc
86/58/pc
88/61/pc
90/65/s
85/45/pc
92/67/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
Partly sunny
Very warm
75
46
91
50
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Mostly sunny
Partly sunny
85
52
99
63
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Partly sunny; warm
Very warm
78
47
89
47
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
A stray t-shower
Hot
93
55
97
65
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Hot
Hot with sunshine
96
54
96
58