COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2021
Husband’s alcoholism pits him against teenaged son
band who had placed the
call and interviewed each
of us separately. After they
left, Tom called Eric ugly
names, told him he was
done with him and hasn’t
spoken to him since. If
they are in the same room,
my husband won’t look at
him or talk to him.
I don’t know how to fi x
this. I worry about how
this will aff ect Eric. He
tries to avoid his dad now
and goes to his room when
he hears his dad come
home. — Bad Behavior in
Texas
Dear Bad Behavior:
Your husband may blame
his abusive outbursts on
his drinking, but as you
can see, he’s well aware
of what he did after he
sobers up. Eric was right
to call the police because,
Dear Abby: Sometimes
when my husband, “Tom,”
drinks he becomes vol-
atile. A month ago, after
being out drinking, he
came home very late. I
made a joke that upset him
and he started yelling and
calling me names.
I have learned that
when Tom gets like that,
it’s best to just agree with
him.
On that occasion, it
didn’t work, and he began
breaking things. Our
teenage son “Eric” was
so scared he called the
police. When the police
arrived they told my hus-
after “breaking things,” his
father could have gone after
you.
This unfortunate situa-
tion will not improve until
Tom faces the fact that he’s
a problem drinker, swears
off the sauce and gets help.
By not insisting upon it, you
have cast yourself in the
role of his enabler. For your
sake and Eric’s, draw the
line. (The healthiest person
in your household appears
to be your son.)
Talk to Eric. Let him
know he did nothing
wrong. There are pro-
grams for families of alco-
holics that can be accessed
by visiting al-anon.org/
info. Attending Al-Anon
meetings would be ben-
efi cial for you and Eric,
regardless of what your
husband decides about
aff ord to lose, we required
her to sign a promissory
note. She mailed us a check
when her funds arrived,
but now she’s cut off all
communication with us!
We have tried to resume
normal relations with her
to no avail. Should we keep
trying? — Ignored in the
East
Dear Ignored: So
your husband’s daughter
is off ended because you
made her sign a promis-
sory note before handing
out (more) money you
couldn’t aff ord to lose?
In light of the fact that
drying out.
Dear Abby: My hus-
band’s daughter has “bor-
rowed” money from us
on countless occasions
when she couldn’t pay her
bills. She has never made
an eff ort to repay it. She
was recently included in
someone’s will, and the
bequest was sizable. Prior
to receiving her inheri-
tance, she had asked to
borrow money to buy three
major appliances. Because
it would be several months
until the estate would be
settled and it was a large
sum that we really couldn’t
she hasn’t repaid you for
all the other monies you
helped her out with when
she needed it, what you
did was sensible.
Rather than accept
that in the past she has
behaved irresponsibly,
which is why you asked
for the guarantee of repay-
ment, she’s blaming you?!
Instead of beating your
heads against a stone wall
trying to have a relation-
ship with your husband’s
deadbeat daughter, you
would be better off biding
your time until she once
again needs something.
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Astoria
Longview
57/77
Kennewick
64/94
St. Helens
66/98
TIllamook
69/103
69/106
66/97
64/100
Condon
Clear
Baker City
6
SAT
Sunshine and
very hot
Clouds and sun;
very hot
98 57
99 60
96 58
4
2
4
97 64
98 66
97 66
4
4
4
5
6
4
56 92 60
Comfort Index™
FRI
Partly sunny and Partly sunny and
very hot
very hot
60 96 61
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
THU
52 95 56
Comfort Index™
La Grande
WED
7
97 66
4
3
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ALMANAC
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High: 119°
Low: 32°
Wettest: 4.26”
74°
45°
73°
50°
74°
53°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Sunday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
0.00
0.47
0.11
2.93
6.10
Trace
0.21
0.16
6.33
10.82
0.00
0.30
0.15
15.67
15.38
HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY
20%
NNE at 6 to 12 mph
12.0
0.27
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Monday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
3% of capacity
37% of capacity
24% of capacity
54% of capacity
7% of capacity
4% 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
SUN & MOON
TUE.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
WED.
5:48 a.m. 5:49 a.m.
8:07 p.m. 8:06 p.m.
7:57 a.m. 9:10 a.m.
9:40 p.m. 10:02 p.m.
MOON PHASES
476 cfs
94 cfs
100 cfs
43 cfs
91 cfs
41 cfs
Grants Pass
First
Aug 15
Full
Last
Aug 22
Aug 29
New
Sep 6
Silver Lake
Brookings
Jordan Valley
Paisley
Frenchglen
Klamath Falls
67/107
Lakeview
52/97
51/97
McDermitt
WED.
City
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
77/59/pc 76/60/c
Bend
95/65/pc 98/64/s
Boise
97/68/s 101/70/s
Brookings
66/53/pc 66/53/pc
Burns
98/59/pc 100/61/s
Coos Bay
71/56/pc 72/54/c
Corvallis
101/64/pc 104/64/s
Council
96/63/s 100/66/pc
Elgin
96/62/pc 99/64/s
Eugene
102/63/pc 104/65/s
Hermiston
102/69/s 105/67/pc
Hood River 103/73/pc 107/71/pc
Imnaha
97/61/pc 100/63/s
John Day
98/62/pc 100/64/s
Joseph
90/62/pc 91/63/s
Kennewick
100/69/s 104/68/pc
Klamath Falls 97/55/pc 97/57/s
Lakeview
97/56/pc 97/57/s
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
101/71/pc 104/71/pc
94/66/pc 105/68/pc
94/59/pc 100/61/s
107/69/pc 109/73/s
66/52/pc 67/52/pc
91/62/s 98/64/pc
101/70/s 104/71/s
102/67/s 106/67/pc
99/71/s 101/72/pc
97/71/pc 104/71/pc
90/61/s 94/63/c
101/62/pc 102/63/s
105/66/s 105/71/s
101/69/pc 107/70/s
95/68/pc 98/68/pc
106/73/s 109/74/pc
93/57/s 93/61/pc
100/73/pc 103/73/pc
ANTHONY LAKES
PHILLIPS LAKE
Mostly sunny
Very warm
68
53
499
Partly sunny
Mostly sunny; warm
83
64
729
97
67
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Partly sunny; nice
Partly sunny; warm
76
55
89
54
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Partly sunny; hot
Mostly sunny; hot
90
62
98
70
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Mostly sunny; hot
Very hot
95
56
96
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Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Tuesday night’s lows and Wednesday’s highs.
WED.
Boise
56/92
54/97
48/94
Medford
53/66
58/99
64/97
67/112
Rome
Crater Lake
Astoria
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British on Aug. 10, 1778. In the monstrous
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65/105
Juntura
55/98
53/96
Chiloquin
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AGRICULTURAL INFO.
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
60/90
Brothers
51/95
Roseburg
Ontario
64/101
Burns
53/95
Beaver Marsh
55/71
Huntington
55/92
62/95
Oakridge
60/96
70/99
Seneca
64/101
Coos Bay
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Leadville, Colo.
Charles City, Iowa
High: 91°
Low: 45°
Wettest: 0.01”
60/98
Bend
Elkton
SUNDAY EXTREMES
High Sunday
Low Sunday
57/101
Sisters
Council
52/95
John Day
61/96
Florence
Powers
60/96
Baker City
Redmond
55/72
Halfway
Granite
56/88
63/99
51/66
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.
59/99
61/101
Newport
65/99
95 61
5
Salem
65/101
Corvallis
Enterprise
56/92
60/96
Monument
68/100
Idanha
61/102
93 64
Elgin
55/96
La Grande
64/95
Maupin
TONIGHT
69/100
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
67/101
Hood River
66/99
55/85
Lewiston
Walla Walla
66/100
Vancouver
66/99
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