COFFEE BREAK
B8 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
THuRSDAY, AuguST 25, 2022
Friend shows pattern of flaking out when needed
showed. I was heartbroken and
didn’t talk to Brenda for a few
months. After she apologized many
times, I started to talk to her.
A few years later, Brenda’s
mother passed away. I was there
for her and her family from start
to finish, and when she was sick,
I would take her mom to doctor
appointments. Last year my
mother died after a brief illness,
and I again let my friend know.
Again, she was a no-show. Money
was not a problem for plane
tickets for other things, but too
expensive for me to have the com-
fort of a supposed “best” friend.
Should I ignore this again or
let the relationship fizzle out?
I’m hurt and have expressed this
DEAR ABBY: A childhood
friend, “Brenda,” moved away 20
years ago. Even though we were
living across the country from
each other, we remained close.
About 10 years ago, I lost my
9-month-old nephew to cancer. It
was extremely traumatic for our
whole family. His death occurred
around the time Brenda and her
family were visiting her par-
ents here in town, so I notified
them about the wake and funeral
arrangements. Abby, they never
to her. She says she’s sorry, but
nothing changes. — DISAP-
POINTED IN NEW YORK
DEAR DISAPPOINTED:
Please accept my sympathy for
the loss of your mother. It’s time
you reevaluated your relationship
with Brenda. You may be her best
friend, but she is clearly not yours.
A best friend is someone you can
depend on. When the chips are
down, Brenda has been absent. If
you wish to keep her as a friend,
do so, but with the understanding
of her significant limitations.
DEAR ABBY: I am finalizing
the guest list for my wedding
and face a dilemma. A casual but
long-term friend of ours is the
ex-boyfriend of my maid of honor.
the day for my maid of honor. —
BRIDE-TO-BE IN OREGON
DEAR BRIDE-TO-BE: Not
knowing the ex-boyfriend’s new
girlfriend, I can’t offer insight into
why she seems standoffish. It may
be that she’s socially awkward
and not comfortable with people
she doesn’t know. To exclude the
live-in girlfriend would be not only
disrespectful to her, but also to her
boyfriend. I don’t advise doing
it because you could create long-
lasting hurt feelings and ill will.
The two are still friends and see
each other occasionally, so there
is no issue there. The issue is
whether or not to invite his live-in
girlfriend. I know typical wedding
etiquette usually includes signifi-
cant others, but in this case?
First off, we barely know her.
Most of the time when our friend
comes to our house, she doesn’t
come along. When we visit his
house, she’s gone or seems to
avoid us. We’re having a small
backyard wedding, and the
ex-girlfriend and the new girl-
friend have never met. Is it nec-
essary to invite her? I want to be
respectful, but it seems compli-
cated for everyone involved, and
I’d rather not have it detract from
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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.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Yelp to add more flags to anti-abortion pregnancy centers
were reported.
Guests were rebooked
on another flight bound for
San Diego, the company
said.
The pilots and flight
attendants handled the
incident with “tremendous
professionalism and care,”
the airline said in the state-
ment. “We also greatly
appreciated the patience
of our guests during this
event.”
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO
— The online reviews
site Yelp said Tuesday,
Aug. 23, it is rolling out
a new feature to pro-
tect users seeking abor-
tions from being misled
about anti-abortion preg-
nancy centers listed on its
platform.
Such centers are typ-
ically religiously affili-
ated and deter clients from
having an abortion. On
Aug. 23, Yelp said it will
place a consumer notice
on the listings informing
users that the centers
“typically provide limited
medical services and may
not have licensed medical
professionals onsite.”
In 2018, moderators for
the San Francisco-based
company began recate-
gorizing listings for such
organizations as “crisis
pregnancy centers” or
“faith-based crisis preg-
nancy centers.” The orga-
nizations had previously
categorized themselves as
reproductive health ser-
vices, medical centers and
other health and medical
categories.
“It’s well-reported that
crisis pregnancy centers
do not offer abortion ser-
vices, and it’s been shown
that many provide mis-
leading information in an
attempt to steer people
seeking abortion care to
other options,” the com-
pany said in a post on
its website detailing the
change.
Yelp’s move might put
more pressure on Google
to do something sim-
ilar with listings on its
Officials find man
who escaped eastern
Washington jail
Richard Vogel/The Associated Press, File
The Yelp website is shown on a computer screen in Los Angeles, March 17, 2010. The online reviews site Yelp said Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, that
it is rolling out a new feature to protect users seeking abortions from being misled about anti-abortion centers listed on its platform.
site. Last week, hundreds
of Google employees
released a petition calling
on the company to fix
misleading search results
for abortion services by
removing “fake abortion
providers” and halt its
business with “publishers
of disinformation related
to abortion services.”
In June, Democratic
lawmakers in Congress
also urged the company to
curb the appearance of the
anti-abortion pregnancy
centers for certain search
results. But Republicans
pushed back last month,
warning the tech giant not
weather
ment from Alaska Air-
lines. The crew aboard
the Boeing 737-900ER
reported an unusual vibra-
tion on the left side of the
plane during departure, the
statement said.
The plane is no longer
in service as the airline’s
safety team investigates
the cause, the Seattle
Times reported.
The two pilots on the
flight have over 32 years
of combined flying experi-
ence, the airline said.
There were 176 passen-
gers and six crew members
on the flight, according to
the statement. No injuries
recategorized nearly 470
pages for the centers.
to do so in a letter sent by
17 conservative attorney
generals to Google CEO
Sundar Pichai.
Google did not imme-
diately reply to a request
for comment.
In the past several
months, Yelp said it has
also been picking up on
efforts to better match
users searching for abor-
tion clinics with those
services and make it less
likely those users will see
anti-abortion pregnancy
centers in search results.
The company said it has
evaluated roughly 33,500
listings this year and
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Alaska Airlines flight
returns, metal panel
falls off plane
SEATTLE — An Alaska
Airlines flight bound for
San Diego returned to
Sea-Tac International Air-
port shortly after it left
Monday,
Aug. 22, after reports of
an “unusual vibration,” the
airline said.
Part of the cowling, the
metal paneling covering
the engine, detached from
the plane upon landing,
according to a state-
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
61/70
Kennewick
63/73
St. Helens
62/80
67/84
71/88
63/80
58/80
Condon
FRI
SAT
SUN
MON
A starry night
Hot
Not as warm
with sunshine
Sunny and
pleasant
Mostly sunny
and warmer
74 45
80 45
86 48
Eugene
10
9
8
57/85
77 49
82 47
88 52
9
9
5
La Grande
58 91 54
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
6
7
6
55 86 50
Comfort Index™
7
80 49
88 52
10
9
5
7
ALMANAC
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Tuesday
Low Tuesday
High: 120°
Low: 33°
Wettest: 3.74”
89°
50°
93°
58°
96°
52°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Tuesday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
0.00
0.13
0.31
4.60
6.30
0.00
0.24
0.50
9.22
11.16
0.09
0.38
0.47
18.14
15.70
HAY INFORMATION FRIDAY
25%
WNW at 7 to 14 mph
11.6
0.26
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Wednesday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
5% of capacity
43% of capacity
19% of capacity
72% of capacity
3% of capacity
21% of capacity
Ontario
Klamath Falls
Powers
60/74
The temperature plummeted to 10 degrees
in Bowen, Mont., on Aug. 25, 1910. This is
the lowest temperature ever reported in
the United States in August.
SUN & MOON
THU.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
6:05 a.m.
7:43 p.m.
3:59 a.m.
7:32 p.m.
614 cfs
79 cfs
108 cfs
46 cfs
110 cfs
40 cfs
New
Aug 27
First
Sep 3
Full
Sep 10
62/86
FRI.
6:07 a.m.
7:41 p.m.
5:06 a.m.
7:56 p.m.
Last
Sep 17
Jordan Valley
57/90
Paisley
51/89
51/86
Frenchglen
57/91
62/93
Brookings
65/94
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
70/58/sh
89/52/pc
94/65/s
70/56/s
91/51/s
70/60/c
82/55/pc
92/56/s
90/55/s
85/56/s
95/61/pc
84/63/pc
93/62/s
91/54/s
85/49/s
96/63/pc
88/49/s
89/47/s
Hi/Lo/W
69/56/c
76/46/s
89/56/s
71/54/s
80/44/s
70/54/s
76/49/pc
85/55/s
77/47/s
80/51/s
84/59/s
76/62/pc
83/56/s
81/50/s
74/46/s
87/59/pc
78/44/s
82/44/s
Grand View
Arock
64/97
58/93
57/93
Klamath Falls
51/88
Lakeview
48/89
McDermitt
Shown is Friday’s weather. Temperatures are Thursday night’s lows and Friday’s highs.
FRI.
Diamond
56/90
Fields
Medford
57/70
Boise
67/94
Silver Lake
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
58/95
50/88
55/92
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
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
Death Valley, Calif.
Walden, Colo.
Monroe, La.
High: 99°
Low: 45°
Wettest: none
Beaver Marsh
Juntura
53/91
55/85
49/85
Roseburg
Ontario
66/97
Burns
Brothers
59/86
Coos Bay
Huntington
53/88
59/89
Oakridge
58/92
66/95
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
Council
50/90
56/91
58/89
Florence
TUESDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
51/82
John Day
56/91
Sisters
60/70
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.
55/93
Baker City
Redmond
58/65
58/68
Halfway
Granite
57/82
Newport
59/81
73 48
60/92
60/80
58/85
Corvallis
Enterprise
55/86
58/91
Monument
66/89
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
8
Elgin
55/90
La Grande
65/85
Maupin
Comfort Index™
70/93
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
67/96
Hood River
65/93
TIllamook
50 90 51
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
Walla Walla
67/96
Vancouver
61/77
60/72
Baker City
DAVENPORT, Wash.
— The Lincoln County
Sheriff’s Office has found a
man who escaped a jail in
eastern Washington state.
The sheriff’s office
said 37-year-old Cody
Magruder escaped
Monday, Aug. 22,
KREM-TV reported.
The sheriff’s office had
said people should not
approach him and call 911
immediately.
Sheriff’s deputies cap-
tured Magruder Aug. 23
south of Davenport city
limits after witnesses saw
him and called the police.
Officials said K9 had been
searching for him in that
area, which is about 35
miles west of Spokane.
Magruder was booked
into Lincoln County Jail
on multiple felony charges
including allegedly vio-
lating a no-contact order,
failing to comply with a
Kittitas County warrant,
possessing stolen property
and possessing a stolen
vehicle, jail records show.
It wasn’t immediately
known if he has a lawyer
to comment on his behalf.
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
96/64/s
73/60/c
87/51/s
94/61/s
65/55/c
75/54/pc
97/67/s
98/64/pc
93/58/s
80/63/c
74/61/pc
91/51/pc
86/61/s
85/58/s
88/58/pc
88/67/pc
86/50/s
93/62/s
Hi/Lo/W
85/58/pc
71/57/c
76/45/s
81/55/s
64/51/pc
73/52/c
89/58/s
87/56/pc
81/54/s
74/58/pc
71/55/pc
76/43/s
79/55/pc
76/54/pc
79/55/pc
80/60/pc
72/44/s
80/57/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
Mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
67
41
85
49
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Partly sunny
Mostly sunny
76
47
92
56
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Mostly sunny
Partly sunny
73
43
81
44
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Very warm
Breezy in the p.m.
85
49
92
57
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Mostly sunny
Hot
90
51
91
54