6B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2021
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Distance tests a
an engagement
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DEAR ABBY:
I’ve been in a long-
DEAR ABBY
distance relationship
for 2 1/2 years. We
are now engaged, but
haven’t set a date for our wedding.
We are both in the military, and we have maintained this
relationship well. But there was a time before we dated that I
was dating someone else. I ended that relationship, but haven’t
healed from it because I see him at work often, and I still have
feelings for him.
He lives in my neighborhood, and I enjoy talking to him.
I like the attention he gives me, and I’m attracted to him. I
blame the geographical distance from my fiance for this. I
want someone close, and I would love for it to be the person I
am engaged to, but although I try to abstain from this other
person, I find myself drawn to him.
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— CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO
DEAR CAUGHT: You say you have been together with your
absent fiance for 2 1/2 years, but are still carrying on an emo-
tional affair with the man you broke up with. When you say
you are “trying to abstain” from this person, clearly you can’t.
What is going on isn’t fair to the man you are engaged to.
If he knew, I’m sure he would agree. Do not chalk this up to
“when I’m not with the man I love, I love the one I’m with.” Be
honest about what you really want, follow through, and you
won’t be writing me again years from now asking what to do.
The large numbers correspond to the three road junctions mentioned in the story, and the arrows indicate direction
of travel for hiking the loop clockwise.
DEAR ABBY: I am a hairstylist with a client who was re-
ferred to me by a mutual friend, “Rita,” from high school. Rita is
also a client, and we go back 20-plus years. The client, who’s close
friends with Rita, is picky and a terrible tipper.
She box colors her hair at home, but comes to me for her hair-
cuts. I offer her 10% off of her haircut for prebooking, so she gets
a $35 service for $31.50. She usually tips me $3.50. She keeps
asking me to sell her hair products at a wholesale cost, which I
do for my family and for Rita, but no one else.
Cutting her hair is a chore, because she’s never completely
happy with the service and has asked to come back for free
retouching. If she were anyone else, I’d part ways with her, but be-
cause of her close relationship with Rita, she sometimes comes to
dinner with us on girls’ nights and is involved in our group chats.
Is there a discreet way to end this business/client relationship
without screwing up my friendship with my high school pal? I’m
tired of dealing with her, but I don’t know how to get out.
WILD
from the confl uence of wild-
agreed that I had made the
intriguing basin, similar to
land and four-lane freeway.
right decision to hike the loop the one mentioned earlier but
Continued from Page 2B
From this last intersection clockwise.
larger and more varied in its
Here the views open to the it’s almost all downhill, with
(I almost always endorse
collection of stony sculptures.
north, dominated, as is the
the interstate occasionally
my route-fi nding choices, but It’s the sort of place that in a
case throughout the Durkee visible several hundred feet
mine typically is the lone
national park probably would
country, by the bald summit
below.
voice, drowned out by the
be penetrated by a paved
of Lookout Mountain. At
Extremely downhill, in a
familial choir.)
path.
7,120 feet it is the tallest peak few sections.
This road, which also clings
The loop is about three
in the southeast corner of
For what might have been to the spine of a steep and
miles, with an elevation gain
Baker County, and it com-
the fi rst time, all four of us
narrow ridge, also reveals an of around 700 feet.
mands the terrain in a way
befi tting its name.
(It’s also, appropriately
enough, the site of a Bureau
of Land Management fi re
lookout, which is used each
summer.)
2021 SENIOR
The road heads straight to-
ward Lookout Mountain for a
in this special way with a customized,
quarter mile or so to the third
double-sided 18” x 24” yard sign,
and fi nal junction. The bonus
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GRADUATES’
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— CUTTING HER OUT
Accomplishments SHINE!
HONOR THE SENIOR IN YOUR LIFE
DEAR CUTTING: Handle this by telling Rita what you
have written to me and explaining that the two of them may
be friends, but you no longer want the woman as a client.
Then sweetly tell the woman the next time she calls that your
professional relationship doesn’t seem to be a good fit because
she has voiced dissatisfaction with your work. Then offer to
refer her to someone else. Not every client is a good fit and
vice versa. It’s a fact of business life.
DEAR ABBY: I usually send special occasion flowers to my
wife at work. I was wondering if it could make some co-work-
ers who do not receive flowers from their partner or husband
feel neglected, and worse, cause friction between them and my
wife. If you feel this could be a potential problem, I can have
the flowers delivered to our home.
Just
29 each
or 2/ 49
— EXCLUDED IN FLORIDA
DEAR EXCLUDED: If receiving flowers at her job has
caused any tension in the past, you probably would have
heard about it. However, you should ask your wife what she
would prefer because she may enjoy the public gesture of
husbandly love.
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AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
46/65
Kennewick
44/87
St. Helens
47/89
47/87
TIllamook
45/84
45/86
50/85
46/86
Condon
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
Clear
Mostly sunny
and warm
Cooler with
sunshine
Plenty of
sunshine
Chance of a
shower
61 27
63 31
65 34
Eugene
8
10
10
46/85
57 30
64 32
65 37
8
10
10
Comfort Index™ 10
La Grande
37 74 38
Comfort Index™ 10
Enterprise
10
9
34 70 39
Comfort Index™ 10
60 29
63 36
8
10
10
ALMANAC
THURSDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Thursday
Low Thursday
High: 91°
Low: 14°
Wettest: 4.81”
63°
19°
65°
34°
66°
30°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Thursday
0.00
Month to date
Trace
Normal month to date 0.38
Year to date
1.09
Normal year to date
2.58
0.00
0.02
0.73
5.71
4.96
0.00
0.15
0.99
13.32
8.69
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION SUNDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
25%
NW at 7 to 14 mph
12.6
0.20
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
22% of capacity
96% of capacity
60% of capacity
92% of capacity
65% of capacity
99% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Thursday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
4760 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
36 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
49 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
379 cfs
Minam River at Minam
381 cfs
Powder River near Richland
174 cfs
McAllen, Texas
Atlantic City, Wyo.
Gulfport, Miss.
OREGON
Scappoose
Lakeview
High: 78°
Low: 15°
Wettest: none
WEATHER HISTORY
A severe squall line moved through Indi-
ana on April 17, 1963. Hail reached 1.75
inches in diameter, and two tornadoes
destroyed 21 buildings, causing $650,000
damage in Fort Wayne.
SUN & MOON
SAT.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
6:04 a.m.
7:41 p.m.
9:10 a.m.
12:33 a.m.
SUN.
6:02 a.m.
7:42 p.m.
9:58 a.m.
1:29 a.m.
MOON PHASES
First
Apr 19
Full
Apr 26
Last
May 3
New
May 11
32/66
38/73
40/78
Beaver Marsh
48/83
47/89
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
32/69
Paisley
36/73
32/71
Frenchglen
33/74
Medford
30/73
City
Astoria
Bend
Boise
Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Council
Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
Hi/Lo/W
65/44/s
76/41/s
73/45/s
62/48/s
75/35/s
63/41/s
85/44/s
68/40/s
74/38/s
85/43/s
85/43/pc
84/48/pc
74/40/s
73/41/s
68/35/s
85/44/pc
73/33/s
72/32/s
Hi/Lo/W
64/45/pc
61/32/pc
65/39/s
62/48/pc
65/28/s
59/45/pc
75/46/pc
59/31/s
58/30/s
75/44/pc
69/32/s
69/40/pc
62/31/s
64/32/s
50/27/s
68/35/s
68/37/pc
67/33/pc
33/77
27/74
Lakeview
28/72
McDermitt
30/70
RECREATION FORECAST SUNDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
MON.
Grand View
Arock
34/75
Klamath Falls
Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs.
SUN.
Diamond
34/72
Fields
48/90
45/62
Boise
41/73
50/96
Brookings
34/78
33/75
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Juntura
28/75
33/72
34/72
Roseburg
Ontario
37/78
Burns
Brothers
47/85
Coos Bay
Huntington
34/69
41/76
Oakridge
36/68
38/76
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
Council
31/75
John Day
35/80
Sisters
Florence
Powers
35/75
Baker City
Redmond
45/61
42/62
Halfway
Granite
47/85
Newport
42/63
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.
38/79
45/74
46/85
48/88
52 27
10
Corvallis
Enterprise
34/70
37/74
Monument
42/85
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
31 75 40
Elgin
35/74
La Grande
43/75
Maupin
Baker City
48/77
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
44/78
Hood River
42/80
44/78
Lewiston
Walla Walla
39/85
Vancouver
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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
78/42/s
87/43/s
73/37/s
90/48/s
61/43/s
83/42/s
78/46/s
85/45/pc
80/40/s
85/51/s
83/47/s
80/39/s
89/45/s
85/43/s
72/37/pc
86/47/pc
72/30/s
77/43/pc
Hi/Lo/W
65/37/s
76/41/c
57/28/s
80/47/pc
58/44/pc
74/42/pc
71/36/s
70/36/s
65/35/s
75/48/pc
68/46/pc
65/31/pc
77/46/pc
75/44/pc
59/35/s
72/41/s
55/26/s
65/38/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
Mild with sunshine
47
28
69
36
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Mostly sunny
Partly sunny
60
35
71
45
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Mostly sunny; mild
Mostly sunny; warm
54
28
68
31
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Mostly sunny; mild
Mostly sunny; warm
68
35
79
38
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Breezy in the p.m.
Mostly sunny; warm
75
40
74
38