COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATuRDAY, AuguST 7, 2021
Friend forced to play role in couple’s melodrama
and stayed with her only because
he wanted to have enough people
for a nice student house.
Fast-forward three years: We
are out of college, and I still live
with Jen. Isaac relies on her for
all his emotional needs and says
she’s his “best friend.” She can’t
say no to him or distance her-
self because she’s still hoping
that “maybe” something could
happen. Earlier this year he told
me that he was not planning on
getting back together with her,
but he’s here almost every day,
insisting on spending time with
us.
It’s frustrating since I feel Jen
deserves more. She’s very anx-
ious, and told me during the
Dear Abby: I have two good
friends who dated all through col-
lege until “Isaac” broke up with
“Jen” in a very stressful and dra-
matic way. We were all living
together in a house, and he broke
up with her to date a girl he liked
from his newspaper club. We
used to host parties for the club,
and the girls would openly flirt
with him in front of Jen. During
the mess of the breakup, I learned
that Isaac had known for a while
he wanted to end things with Jen,
breakup that she didn’t want me
telling her any details about him
that she wouldn’t want to hear.
I’m now wondering if I have
used that as an excuse to spare
her from all the things I feel she
ought to know. I don’t know how
I would even broach the sub-
ject, and it’s making me irritable
around them. Help! — Hoping
I’m A Good Friend
Dear Hoping: Jen made clear
that she doesn’t want to hear any
bad news from you. If you dis-
close what you know, you will
lose your housemate. The mes-
sage you want to deliver falls into
that category. From your descrip-
tion of Isaac, he’s a user and a
player. She would be better off
their relationships. We would
appreciate it if you could find
the answer, if there is one. —
Curious in the East
Dear Curious: Unlike with
straight couples, who define their
spouse as “husband” or “wife,”
when male couples marry, both
spouses refer to their partner as
“husband.” With female cou-
ples, the spouses are both called
“wife.” Household tasks usually
fall to whomever does them best
or wants to do them. Roles are
assigned according to ability and
circumstance, rather than imi-
tating traditional marital duties.
(By the way, the same applies
to some opposite-sex couples
as well.)
without him in her life. But she
must arrive at that conclusion
herself. (After their breakup, she
should have realized he couldn’t
be counted on.) Sometimes people
have to learn the hard way, and
Jen appears to be one of them. If
you uncouple your life from theirs
and spend less time with them, it
will be healthier for you.
Dear Abby: There are sev-
eral same-sex couples within
our circle of friends and former
co-workers. Whether male or
female, each has a husband and
wife. We are not sure how it is
decided who will assume which
role; and we don’t feel comfort-
able asking what might be too
intrusive a question regarding
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Library book returned after 50 years with $20 bill
Caravella purchased
her winning ticket from
a Publix supermarket
in Brandon, just east of
Tampa. The store will
receive a $2,000 bonus
commission for selling the
winning ticket.
The $30 game that Car-
avella won launched in
February 2020 and features
155 top prizes of $1 million
and over $948 million in
cash prizes.
The Associated Press
PLYMOUTH, Pa. —
A book checked out a
half-century ago has been
anonymously returned to
a library in northeastern
Pennsylvania, officials said.
The Wilkes-Barre Citi-
zens’ Voice reports that the
1967 copy of “Coins You
Can Collect” by Burton
Hobson arrived last month
at the Plymouth Public
Library in Luzerne County
along with a $20 bill.
An accompanying
unsigned letter, written as
if by the book itself, said
“Fifty years ago (yes 50!), a
little girl checked me out of
this library in 1971. At this
time, she didn’t know they
were going to move from
Plymouth. Back then, kids
weren’t told things like that.
“As you can see, she took
very good care of me,” the
letter continued, explaining
that it was packed away
often for frequent moves
but was “always with many
other books.”
The writer, speaking in
her own voice rather than
as the book, then says she
often intended to send the
book back but somehow
never got around to it.
“This became a run-
ning joke in my family.
Each time we moved, they
always asked me if I packed
‘the Plymouth Book,’” she
wrote.
The letter writer said
she knew the $20 wouldn’t
come close to paying the
accrued fine, but suggested
“Perhaps you can pay off
some fines of some kids
with it.”
Library director Laura
Keller said she did just that,
Woman unaware she
had $39M lottery
ticket in purse for
weeks
Dave Scherbenco/The Citizens’ Voice
Plymouth Pa. Public Library Director Laura Keller holds up the book “Coins You Can Collect”, Tuesday Aug. 3 2021, after it was returned
50-years overdue. Included with the book was a letter and $20 donation. (Dave Scherbenco/The Citizens’ Voice via AP)
paying “some hefty fines”
of a young mother who
wanted to start borrowing
books again. Borrowing
privileges at the library are
suspended if fines exceed
$5, she said.
Both letter and book
will soon be on display at
the library, Keller said. The
writer’s identity remains
a mystery, although she
souri woman’s luck quickly
changed when she won $1
million from a Florida Lot-
tery scratch-off ticket.
Angela Caravella, 51,
of Kansas City, Missouri,
claimed a $1 million top
prize last month from The
Fastest Road to $1,000,000
scratch-off game,
according to a Florida
Lottery news release.
said her family and friends
would know the story was
about her if it was pub-
lished in a local newspaper.
Woman bought $1M
lottery ticket after
flight was canceled
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.
— Having just had her
flight canceled, a Mis-
weather
| Go to AccuWeather.com
She chose to receive her
winnings as a one-time,
lump-sum payment of
$790,000.
“I had a feeling some-
thing bizarre was going to
happen after my flight was
canceled unexpectedly,”
Caravella said. “I bought
a few scratch-off tickets to
pass the time and just like
that — I won $1 million!”
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
55/67
Kennewick
56/72
St. Helens
57/75
Hood River
57/69
54/77
Condon
64/79
59/76
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
Partly cloudy
Times of clouds
and sun
Sunny and
pleasant
Mostly sunny
and pleasant
Partly sunny and
very hot
81 45
89 52
95 51
Eugene
9
6
4
56/80
79 51
88 59
96 61
9
8
4
La Grande
58 71 48
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
10
7
9
52 66 44
Comfort Index™
7
85 56
92 60
10
7
5
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Thursday
Low Thursday
High: 122°
Low: 34°
Wettest: 3.45”
92°
55°
92°
57°
92°
60°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Thursday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
0.05
0.47
0.07
2.93
6.06
Trace
0.21
0.10
6.33
10.76
0.00
0.23
0.10
15.60
15.33
HAY INFORMATION SUNDAY
35%
WNW at 7 to 14 mph
10.2
0.20
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
3% of capacity
39% of capacity
25% of capacity
55% of capacity
9% of capacity
8% of capacity
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
Rome
Lakeview
North Bend
WEATHER HISTORY
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
Death Valley, Calif.
Leadville, Colo.
Lake City, Fla.
High: 100°
Low: 44°
Wettest: 0.02”
Philadelphia, Pa., had a high temperature
of 106 degrees on Aug. 7, 1918. This mark
was not matched until 1936 and has yet
to reach that high again.
SUN & MOON
SAT.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
5:44 a.m.
8:12 p.m.
4:24 a.m.
8:17 p.m.
SUN.
5:45 a.m.
8:10 p.m.
5:32 a.m.
8:49 p.m.
MOON PHASES
517 cfs
109 cfs
106 cfs
44 cfs
100 cfs
34 cfs
New
Aug 8
First
Aug 15
Full
Aug 22
Beaver Marsh
57/75
Last
Aug 29
62/83
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
57/82
Paisley
50/83
49/79
Frenchglen
57/82
65/86
Klamath Falls
48/83
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
67/54/c
75/44/s
84/54/s
69/53/pc
80/40/s
66/52/pc
77/51/pc
79/49/s
70/45/pc
80/50/pc
77/56/pc
69/55/pc
74/46/pc
76/48/s
65/43/pc
77/58/pc
83/43/s
86/45/s
Hi/Lo/W
69/54/pc
83/55/s
83/59/s
70/53/s
84/47/s
68/52/s
86/58/s
83/51/s
79/49/s
87/56/s
87/57/s
87/60/s
81/54/pc
84/53/s
72/51/pc
86/58/s
89/49/s
89/50/s
60/91
Lakeview
49/86
McDermitt
54/88
RECREATION FORECAST SUNDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
MON.
Grand View
Arock
56/83
60/88
Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs.
SUN.
Diamond
56/79
Fields
Medford
Brookings
Boise
65/84
61/82
53/69
60/85
50/79
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Juntura
54/80
50/72
49/78
Ontario
67/87
Burns
Brothers
56/77
Roseburg
Huntington
52/72
Bend
Coos Bay
62/79
67/82
Seneca
57/75
Oakridge
Council
54/75
58/76
54/76
Elkton
THURSDAY EXTREMES
ALMANAC
51/66
John Day
56/79
Sisters
Florence
Powers
53/78
Baker City
Redmond
50/61
53/64
Halfway
Granite
54/77
Newport
53/66
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.
59/77
54/71
57/79
59/78
74 51
6
Corvallis
Enterprise
52/66
58/71
Monument
59/72
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
6
56/70
La Grande
56/70
Maupin
Comfort Index™
Elgin
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
67/76
60/74
60/74
TIllamook
54 75 41
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
Walla Walla
66/77
Vancouver
56/75
54/67
Baker City
BERLIN — Lottery
officials say a woman in
Germany carried a win-
ning ticket in her purse for
weeks without realizing
it was worth about $39
million.
Lotto Bayern said last
month that the 45-year-old
woman was the sole
winner of a draw on June
9, having correctly guessed
seven fields on a German
lottery ticket.
It quoted the woman,
who wasn’t named, saying
“I still get dizzy at the
thought that I carelessly
carried almost 33 million
euros around in my purse
for several weeks.”
The mother of one had
picked random numbers on
the 1.20-euro lottery ticket
and doesn’t plan to play
again, saying the win was
“more than enough for my
husband, my daughter and
me,” the company quoted
her as saying.
It said she plans to use
her lucky windfall to live
a healthy life and do more
for the environment.
SUN.
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
MON.
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
76/57/pc 83/60/pc
72/54/c 82/60/s
68/46/pc 79/48/s
86/55/s 95/61/s
61/48/pc 62/49/s
73/50/pc 80/55/s
87/56/s 86/58/s
81/54/pc 88/56/s
74/55/pc 83/59/s
76/55/pc 84/62/s
75/51/pc 79/53/s
79/44/s 87/51/s
83/55/pc 88/61/s
79/53/pc 87/61/s
70/54/pc 79/60/pc
79/57/pc 90/65/s
67/42/pc 78/47/s
74/57/pc 83/62/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
Colder
Mostly sunny
47
41
68
41
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Partly sunny
Partly sunny
55
45
79
49
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Cooler
Periods of sun
55
36
64
38
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Periods of sun
Breezy in the a.m.
65
43
74
49
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Cooler
Partly sunny
75
41
71
48