COFFEE BREAK
B8 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2021
Girlfriend notes change in man’s talks with his ex
don’t really communicate unless
tragic events or things involving
the kids come up. However, there
has been an increase in dialogue
between them beyond these
events. It seems odd to me that
out of the blue their communica-
tion has increased.
Granted, it was sparked by
unfortunate events, but while
those have come and gone, the
talking remains, even though it
never used to. Should I be con-
cerned? Should I bring this up?
— Ex Issue in New England
Dear Ex Issue: I am sorry
you didn’t mention how long you
and this man have been seeing
each other. If your exclusive
relationship has been going on
Dear Abby: I am dating a
slightly older divorced man.
He and his ex-wife have been
divorced 15 years. They remain
civil. Their two children are
now adults. Recently, a friend of
my boyfriend and his ex passed
away. They spoke on the phone,
caught up a bit and that was the
end of that.
Another tragic event hap-
pened last week that caused them
to talk again. Early in our rela-
tionship, he told me he and his ex
longer than six months, you are
within your rights to point out
that this is a change in his pat-
tern of behavior and ask him
what’s up.
Dear Abby: My mom and I
haven’t been close in 20 years.
We live on opposite sides of
the country, talk monthly and
FaceTime on holidays. She has
abused alcohol for years, and has
gone through phases of phoning
me drunk and berating me for
leaving our hometown. Recently,
she’s been saying she wants me
to visit, but she is anti-vax. I’m
not comfortable visiting her
until she gets vaccinated. Please
advise. — Staying Away in
Oregon
Dear Staying: I assume you
have been vaccinated. If so, and
your mother is willing to wear
a mask and socially distance
during your visit, then you could
go. Of course, my response is
predicated upon your desire to
visit your mother, and from the
tone of your letter, I have the
impression you would rather not.
(And for good reason.)
Dear Abby: My mother
passed away from dementia in
January 2020. When she was
diagnosed in 2016, I started
keeping all her appointments
and anything else important in a
journal. During those four years,
my life was so involved with
hers that writing daily became
an outlet for my feelings. I have
11 small journals I still read
occasionally, and it would be
a shame to throw them away.
Please tell me what to do with
them. — Remembering
Dear Remembering: The
course of your dear mother’s ill-
ness must have been painful. The
intimate thoughts and feelings
you kept in those journals might
be of some value to your chil-
dren, if you have any. Because
the writings are of such a per-
sonal nature, oﬀ er the journals to
them. If they refuse, you might
also contact the Alzheimer’s
Association and ask what others
do with these kinds of sensitive
documents.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
‘Homing pigeons that can’t ﬁ nd their home’ block Florida highway
just joy, and peace.”
The attack happened in
the Kenai National Wild-
life Refuge, about 60
miles south of Anchorage,
while he and Buckley were
hiking.
Umbriaco said the bear
moved on him so fast, he
didn’t have time to pull out
his bear spray. He said the
bear covered about 50 feet
“in an instant. So then I
held my arms up in sort of a
defensive position and then
she bit me on the forearm.”
When the bear let go, he
panicked and jumped into
the adjacent Kenai River.
“In almost any other cir-
cumstance and in prob-
ably this circumstance, it
was a terrible option, but
that was the one I had,” he
said. “And then she reaches
down and then bites me on
the shoulder.”
The bear retreated after
the second bite and was last
seen walking up a hill with
her cubs. Umbriaco walked
back to his truck to call for
help.
“I was calling and
trol Oﬃ cer Alicia Dease.
“We’re hoping someone out
there might have informa-
tion on where these birds
came from or the truck that
was carrying them.”
The Associated Press
DAYTONA BEACH,
Florida — An exit oﬀ Inter-
state 95 in Florida had to
be closed for three hours
after 100 homing pigeons
fell oﬀ a truck and refused
to move, posing a driving
hazard, oﬃ cials said
Wednesday, June 30.
The crate of homing
pigeons fell oﬀ the truck
late June 29 near Daytona
Beach. Because the birds
roost at night, the pigeons
stayed on the road until
bright lights from vehi-
cles startled them. They
ﬂ ew into the air and cre-
ated a hazard for drivers,
according to a news release
from Volusia County
oﬃ cials.
“It’s the worst-case sce-
nario — homing pigeons
that can’t ﬁ nd their home,”
the news release said.
Sheriﬀ ’s deputies, state
troopers and animal service
workers attempted to cap-
ture the pigeons, ultimately
recovering 73. The birds
weren’t banded so their
Montana man reunites
with puppy after bear
attack in Alaska
ANCHORAGE,
Alaska — A Montana
man was reunited with his
14-week-old border collie
two days after the dog dis-
appeared following a bear
attack on Alaska’s Kenai
Peninsula.
Jason Umbriaco was
hospitalized after the brown
bear with two cubs bit him
twice last month, Alaska’s
News Source reported.
“It was just a shock.
I couldn’t believe it,”
Umbriaco said after being
reunited with Buckley. “I
had kind of given up hope,
and I was sort of making
preparations inside to just
move forward without him,
and now it’s like I’m gonna
have those times back of
Oﬃ cer Alicia Dease/Volusia County Animal Control
This photo provided by Volusia County Animal Control shows pi-
geons oﬀ an exit on Interstate 95 in Florida. A crate carrying 100 hom-
ing pigeons fell oﬀ a truck late Tuesday, June 29, 2021, near Daytona
Beach. The exit had to be closed for three hours after the pigeons
efused to move, posing a driving hazard to motorists, oﬃ cials said.
owner wasn’t immediately
determined, oﬃ cials said.
“Our job is to help ani-
mals ﬁ nd their way home,
whether they’re covered
in fur, scales, or in this
case feathers,” said Volusia
County Animal Con-
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AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
57/66
Kennewick
57/71
St. Helens
66/74
60/77
Condon
72/83
61/80
FRI
SAT
Mainly clear
and mild
Mostly sunny;
not as hot
Sunny and
beautiful
Sunny and
warmer
Very hot with
sunshine
Baker City
57 92 51
Comfort Index™
La Grande
5
62 89 54
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
2
86 47
2
59 88 50
Comfort Index™
3
3
83 53
94 55
99 56
9
4
2
90 58
99 57
7
4
3
4
Eugene
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Sunday
Low Sunday
High: 119°
Low: 30°
Wettest: 2.44”
96°
50°
96°
53°
97°
53°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Sunday
0.00
Month to date
Trace
Normal month to date 0.10
Year to date
2.44
Normal year to date
5.81
0.00
0.00
0.13
5.93
9.47
0.00
0.29
0.13
15.27
13.80
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
20%
NW at 8 to 16 mph
14.0
0.31
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Monday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
12% of capacity
65% of capacity
37% of capacity
74% of capacity
31% of capacity
57% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Sunday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
1070 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 136 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
92 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
45 cfs
Minam River at Minam
323 cfs
Powder River near Richland
19 cfs
Death Valley, Calif.
Colorado City, Ariz.
Houston, Texas
OREGON
High: 104°
Low: 43°
Wettest: Trace
Ontario
Meacham
Brookings
WEATHER HISTORY
On July 6, 1829, in Buffalo, N.Y., during a
summer thunderstorm, a 13-inch-long her-
ring fell on Main Street. The fi sh weighed
more than a half of a pound.
SUN & MOON
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
TUE.
WED.
5:12 a.m.
8:43 p.m.
2:35 a.m.
6:10 p.m.
5:12 a.m.
8:42 p.m.
3:07 a.m.
7:11 p.m.
MOON PHASES
New
Jul 9
First
Jul 17
Full
Jul 23
Beaver Marsh
Powers
Last
Jul 31
Jordan Valley
65/92
Frenchglen
Paisley
56/91
54/84
64/92
58/90
Brookings
Diamond
Klamath Falls
62/92
Lakeview
52/88
52/90
McDermitt
64/98
RECREATION FORECAST WEDNESDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
THU.
City
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
66/56/pc 66/54/pc
Bend
87/51/s 87/54/s
Boise
101/65/pc 94/60/s
Brookings
67/52/pc 71/54/s
Burns
93/51/s 89/46/s
Coos Bay
65/53/pc 67/53/s
Corvallis
76/51/s 82/54/s
Council
97/59/s 88/55/s
Elgin
88/53/s 83/56/s
Eugene
82/50/s 85/52/s
Hermiston
93/63/s 93/61/s
Hood River
74/59/s 80/58/s
Imnaha
92/58/s 88/54/s
John Day
89/53/s 85/53/s
Joseph
88/53/s 82/54/s
Kennewick
94/63/s 92/63/s
Klamath Falls 88/47/s 87/48/s
Lakeview
90/48/s 88/50/s
70/105
67/97
Fields
Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Tuesday night’s lows and Wednesday’s highs.
WED.
Grand View
Arock
64/90
67/97
Medford
52/67
Boise
75/101
Silver Lake
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
66/97
54/88
59/83
53/74
Juntura
59/93
56/84
48/84
Roseburg
Ontario
71/103
Burns
Brothers
53/81
Coos Bay
Huntington
60/86
62/87
Oakridge
66/97
76/98
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
Council
57/92
63/89
59/87
Florence
SUNDAY EXTREMES
ALMANAC
56/78
John Day
56/90
Sisters
57/65
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.
62/92
Baker City
Redmond
55/60
56/63
Halfway
Granite
55/76
Newport
58/73
83 53
62/92
56/77
56/82
4
8
Salem
Enterprise
59/88
62/89
Monument
71/83
Idanha
59/82
Corvallis
94 48 100 52
8
Elgin
58/88
La Grande
64/83
Maupin
THU
71/93
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
59/79
Lewiston
71/97
Hood River
68/90
57/65
WED
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Walla Walla
68/94
Vancouver
59/74
TIllamook
TONIGHT
calling for Buckley, and
apparently he had just run
oﬀ , you know,” he said. “He
was just terriﬁ ed and had
taken oﬀ .”
Umbriaco was taken to
a hospital for his injuries,
where employee Bonnie
Nichols heard about his lost
dog. Nichols put a picture
of the dog and the general
location on Facebook.
Meanwhile, Wendie
Wilson was driving to
Anchorage and made a stop
at the refuge, where she
found a stray dog.
Umbriaco said Buckley
lost his collar and ID tags
in the encounter with the
bear.
The next day, Wilson
saw Nichols’ Facebook post
about Buckley.
“She called me and said,
‘I think I have the missing
dog,’” Nichols said.
Umbriaco was reunited
with Buckley after spending
one night in the hospital.
He said he was grateful for
the many strangers who
stepped in to help reunite
him with Buckley.
WED.
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
THU.
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
97/64/s 91/66/s
71/54/s 72/53/s
88/52/s 83/48/s
92/58/s 93/59/s
60/52/c 61/51/s
71/53/pc 72/51/pc
103/68/s 98/64/s
98/60/s 93/59/s
90/61/s 87/57/s
80/56/s 79/56/s
74/52/s 75/53/s
90/47/s 89/47/s
83/54/s 86/57/s
82/54/s 83/55/s
89/60/s 84/61/s
83/62/s 86/60/s
84/47/s 79/44/s
93/63/s 88/63/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
Sunny and cooler
Not as warm
58
43
82
48
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Not as warm
Sunny and hot
74
52
97
61
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Sunny
Sunny
70
40
80
43
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Sunny and warm
Warm with sunshine
88
53
89
60
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Hot
Not as hot
92
51
89
54
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