8B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2020
COFFEE BREAK
Man says machismo made him give in to divorce demand
DEAR ABBY: I was married to
my wife for 29 years, and I have
now been divorced for two. I have
tried to move on,
but I can’t because
I still love her. She
initiated the divorce
because she thought
I cheated on her. I
didn’t fi ght her because I was too
macho.
I don’t know if I miss her or
feel sorry for myself because
I haven’t been with a woman
in more than two years. I’m
attracted to women who are at
least 15 years younger than me or
who are married.
I have been on two dating sites
for almost a year and even moved
back to the state where my ex-wife
lives hoping that one day she will
ask me out.
I’ve been throwing hints her
way and have even
written her letters,
DEAR
but she still thinks I
cheated. I ache for
ABBY
her. What should I
do?
— FIGHTING CHANCE IN
THE EAST
DEAR FIGHTING
CHANCE: Your marriage is
history, and your “exaggerated
masculinity” caused it. I am
struck by the fact that nowhere
in your letter did you deny that
what your ex-wife thought was
true. I don’t understand what
being “macho” has to do with
not denying you cheated. What
and pictures, or should he fi ght to
keep them?
— MIDDLE OF A MESS
DEAR MIDDLE: How old are
your sons? Because of this rift, do
they still have a relationship with
their grandfather? Would they
appreciate the war medals and
understand what they stand for?
My feeling is that you should
stay out of the line of fi re and
allow your husband and his own
lawyer to fi ght this battle. How-
ever, you MAY be able to sway
the outcome if you or your sons
write your father-in-law a warm
letter telling him how sad you
feel about the situation and that
his medals are heirlooms they
and THEIR children would
treasure in the future. Then
you should do now is learn from
it, grow from it and move on.
DEAR ABBY: My husband and
his father had a falling out. My
husband’s father now has hired
a lawyer to get the pictures and
Vietnam medals back that he had
given my husband as a gift years
ago. This is his only son.
We have two sons whom my
husband would like to pass the
medals down to. He knows if
he gives the medals back that
he may never see them again
because his dad has a girlfriend
now who wants them. She’s
behind him pursuing the issue
with a lawyer.
How can I help my husband?
Should he give in to his father’s
demands and return the medals
cross your fi ngers.
DEAR ABBY: At what age does
a person stop calling an older
neighbor “Mrs.” or “Mr.”? I was
born next door and still live here,
so I don’t know what to call my
neighbors anymore.
— GROWN UP NORTH
DEAR GROWN: Before chil-
dren reach adulthood, it is con-
sidered respectful to call adults
“Mr.” and “Mrs.” Not knowing
your neighbors, I can’t guess how
formal they may be. Because
using their fi rst names has not
been your practice and you don’t
want to risk offending them, ask
THEM what they would like to be
called in light of the fact that you
are all adults. Erring on the side
of respect will never be wrong.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
‘Jingle Johns’ helps you
fl ush the holiday blues
GARY, Ind. — Service Sani-
tation of Gary, Indian, once again
decked out its portable toilets to
brighten the holidays.
Each year since 2013 the waste
management company creates an
annual light show using its port-a-
potties to display animated faces
singing holiday songs. This year,
Service Sanitation set up “Jingle
Johns, A Lighted Loo Experi-
ence” with 32 toilets belting out
“Hallelujah.” You can see the
2-minute, 50-second video on
YouTube.
Service Sanitation claims its
latest display of singing port-a-
potties set a world record for the
most animated faces on a single
holiday light display.
“From our loo to yours”
the company urged, “Merry
Christmas!”
YouTube/Screeshot
Portable toilets display animated faces to the song “Hallelujah.” Ser-
vice Sanitation of Gary, Indiana, set up the display, which it calls “Jin-
gle Johns, A Lighted Loo Experience.” The video of the display is on
YouTube.
causes COVID-19 in humans.
The state zoo of Kentucky in
a press release Friday, Dec. 11,
announced 5-year-old NeeCee
likely acquired the infection from
an asymptomatic staff member,
despite precautions by the zoo.
The zoo is awaiting confi r-
matory results of the other two
male snow leopards – Kimti and
Meru. All three cats are doing
well with mild symptoms, and
the zoo continues to monitor their
health closely, according to the
press release. The zoo anticipates
Louisville Zoo female
snow leopard tests
positive for coronavirus
LOUISVILLE, Ky — A
female snow leopard at the Lou-
isville Zoo has tested positive
for the novel coronavirus, which
weather
Louisville Zoo/Contributed Photo
The Louisville Zoo in Kentucky reports NeeCee, the zoo’s 5-year-old
female snow leopard, tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The
zoo in a press release Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, also reported it is awaiting
tests results for two male snow leopards – Kimti and Meru. The big
cats have mild symptoms of the virus and the zoo reported it expects
them all to recover.
continued improvement in the
coming days and for three big cats
to recover.
The zoo also reported none
of its other animals are showing
symptoms.
The three snow leopards
began exhibiting minor respi-
ratory symptoms, including an
occasional dry cough or wheeze,
within the last two weeks, the
press release stated, and the zoo
had the snow leopards tested for
the coronavirus.
In April, zoo keepers working
with cats, nonhuman primates,
bats and ferrets began wearing
personal protective equipment
when near the animals. All
zoo staff go through a health
screening at the start of their day,
stay at home if feeling unwell
and are tested if symptoms of
COVID-19 arise.
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
43/50
Kennewick
43/49
St. Helens
39/45
42/49
37/44
44/48
42/49
Condon
Baker City
28 41 30
Comfort Index™
La Grande
0
0
SAT
A couple of
snow showers
Rain and drizzle
Mostly cloudy
40 26
38 29
39 30
Eugene
2
3
3
42/51
42 30
38 30
41 39
0
0
2
0
33 42 35
Comfort Index™
FRI
40 39
0
2
4
0
ALMANAC
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High: 87°
Low: -31°
Wettest: 2.65”
32°
26°
33°
30°
34°
17°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Sunday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
Powers
47/54
0.02
0.02
0.41
3.24
9.58
Trace
0.03
0.77
16.04
15.67
0.01
0.24
1.36
34.03
22.11
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
55%
S at 10 to 20 mph
0.1
0.05
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Monday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
8% of capacity
32% of capacity
45% of capacity
25% of capacity
25% of capacity
45% of capacity
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
On Dec. 15, 1969, in Los Angeles, Calif.,
a chain-reaction car crash involved more
than 100 vehicles on a 12-mile stretch of
the fog-cloaked Santa Ana Freeway.
SUN & MOON
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
TUE.
WED.
7:25 a.m.
4:10 p.m.
8:40 a.m.
5:16 p.m.
7:26 a.m.
4:10 p.m.
9:38 a.m.
6:22 p.m.
First
Dec 21
Full
Last
Dec 29
Jan 6
New
Jan 12
Silver Lake
Brookings
Jordan Valley
Paisley
Frenchglen
28/42
Grand View
Arock
28/40
26/42
Fields
Klamath Falls
38/45
Lakeview
26/39
28/40
McDermitt
23/40
RECREATION FORECAST WEDNESDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
THU.
City
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
50/43/sh 49/41/r
Bend
45/32/r 44/26/sn
Boise
44/34/c 43/27/sf
Brookings
52/43/r 51/38/r
Burns
39/29/r 39/20/c
Coos Bay
55/42/r 51/39/r
Corvallis
49/43/r 49/39/r
Council
33/24/c 34/17/sf
Elgin
43/35/r 43/33/sf
Eugene
51/43/r 50/38/r
Hermiston
46/37/r 49/33/c
Hood River
45/40/r 45/37/sn
Imnaha
44/34/c 43/33/sf
John Day
42/31/r 39/26/sf
Joseph
40/33/c 39/28/sf
Kennewick
45/38/r 47/33/c
Klamath Falls 39/29/r 37/23/sf
Lakeview
40/28/r 38/16/c
Diamond
27/42
27/40
Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Tuesday night’s lows and Wednesday’s highs.
WED.
Boise
27/40
25/40
26/38
Medford
46/52
26/39
30/44
43/54
North Bend
Crater Lake
Sexton Summit
MOON PHASES
806 cfs
2 cfs
9 cfs
70 cfs
N.A.
70 cfs
Grants Pass
OREGON
WEATHER HISTORY
42/50
Juntura
25/39
28/41
Chiloquin
Kingsville, Texas
Antero Reservoir, Colo.
Houston, Texas
High: 54°
Low: 13°
Wettest: 1.09”
Brothers
26/37
Roseburg
Ontario
26/40
Burns
28/40
Beaver Marsh
44/55
Huntington
25/38
30/45
Oakridge
22/33
25/40
Seneca
39/49
Coos Bay
SUNDAY EXTREMES
High Sunday
Low Sunday
29/42
Bend
Elkton
Council
28/41
John Day
32/47
Sisters
Florence
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.
26/37
31/46
45/52
37 30
28/38
Baker City
Redmond
48/54
Halfway
Granite
40/49
Newport
45/52
41 31
34/45
39/47
42/50
Corvallis
Enterprise
33/42
33/42
Monument
34/42
Idanha
Salem
THU
1
33 42 33
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
0
Elgin
36/43
La Grande
34/42
Maupin
Rain and drizzle Rain and drizzle
early
39/46
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
38/44
Hood River
38/47
TIllamook
WED
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020
Walla Walla
37/45
Vancouver
41/47
45/51
TONIGHT
“Fortunately, based on clin-
ical cases in large cats at other
zoos in the country to this point,
SARS-CoV-2 infection does not
appear to be life-threatening,”
according to Dr. Zoli Gyimesi,
the Louisville Zoo’s senior staff
veterinarian.
— The Observer
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
44/37/c
49/44/r
39/32/r
45/39/sh
52/44/r
48/42/r
40/32/c
45/38/r
47/38/r
48/44/r
54/44/sh
47/32/r
50/45/r
50/43/sh
38/33/r
44/39/r
39/34/r
46/39/r
Hi/Lo/W
44/35/sf
48/40/c
38/28/sf
45/33/r
49/41/r
49/40/c
41/28/sf
48/34/c
49/34/c
49/41/r
50/39/r
45/28/c
49/39/r
48/39/r
39/31/sf
45/36/sn
38/30/sn
45/34/sh
ANTHONY LAKES
PHILLIPS LAKE
A p.m. fl urry
A bit of p.m. snow
31
24
37
28
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
A snow squall
Rain and drizzle
39
32
38
26
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Snow, up to 1”
Rain and drizzle
32
24
38
33
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Rain/snow shower
Rain and drizzle
40
33
47
38
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
P.M. snow showers
Rain and drizzle
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice
41
30
42
33
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