COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2021
Beau’s female friends send a ‘hands-off ’ signal to his paramour
I looking for trouble where there
isn’t any? Should I just ignore the
fact that his friends are women?
He has men friends, too, but
it’s the girls he is closer to. —
Threatened in Arizona
Dear Threatened: Some men
relate better to women than they
do to men — which may be why
your gentleman friend is closer
to these women than to his male
friends. They may be emitting a
“proprietary vibe” because they
feel threatened and fear you will
steal him away.
I don’t know where this rela-
tionship is headed, and neither
do you at this point. So for now,
ignore the “vibes.” Be warm and
friendly to the women and con-
centrate on what you have going
with him. And please, write me
Dear Abby: I have been
seeing a wonderful man for
seven months and spend every
weekend with him. We live 45
miles apart, but it works for us.
He has a group of friends, fi ve
ladies, that he spends a lot of
time with. He dated one of them
for a year before he broke it off ,
but they remain friends. I have
met the group and, while they
act friendly, I get a proprietary
vibe from them. It makes me feel
extremely uncomfortable around
them and I have told him so. Am
again in six months so I and my
readers know what happens.
Dear Abby: My daughter
is expecting her second child.
I threw a baby shower for her
when she was expecting her fi rst
and she complained that it “felt
cheap” and wasn’t the celebra-
tion she envisioned. I was deeply
hurt, but the shower was for her,
and I did not want to focus on my
feelings. I apologized and tried
to make it up with extra gifts. I
am unsure whether I should plan
a shower for her now. I don’t
want to off end her by not doing
so. Everyone in our circle is fully
vaccinated for COVID so that
would not be a concern. Please
advise. — Well-Meaning in
New Mexico
Dear Well-Meaning: Your
around, and it’s especially off en-
sive at the dinner table. It’s like
bringing in a collie and having it
shake all over three or four times.
We have noticed this especially
in middle-aged women. Does
anyone else fi nd this off ensive?
My neighbor thinks they are
trying to draw attention to them-
selves. — Hairy Situation in
Washington
Dear Hairy Situation: This
is a habit I have observed among
women of every age. Switching
from an updo to down and vice
versa could also be tempera-
ture-related. (Could the mid-
dle-aged women be meno-
pausal?) It may also be a nervous
habit. But in most cases, I agree
with your neighbor. It screams
“Look at me.”
daughter’s behavior is rude,
insensitive and ungrateful. You
are under no obligation to give
her another baby shower. If she
approaches you for another one,
suggest she ask some of her
friends to give her the “shower of
her dreams.”
P.S. This is just an FYI,
but if you care about the rules
of etiquette, it is considered a
breach for a mother to throw her
daughter a shower. You have
already done more than enough
for her.
Dear Abby: Why, in social
situations, do women with long
hair feel the need to constantly
change their hairstyle from an
updo to letting it fall to their
shoulders and vice versa? This
lets hair — and dander — fl y
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Woman using gun’s laser sight to play with cat shoots friend
time it’s been on the market
since 2017. Four years ago,
it was sold for $900,000,
The Boston Globe reported.
The home, in Boston’s
North End, is about 1,165
square feet. But more inter-
estingly, the house is barely
10 feet wide at its widest
point. The humble abode
narrows in the back, ending
at 9.25 feet.
There are four stories
in the home and a private
deck that displays views of
the Boston Harbor. Also,
the house off ers updated
appliances, hardwood fl oors
and exposed brick, and a
Juliet balcony facing private
gardens.
The home does not have
a front door. Guests enter
through a private side door
and they’re met with a
somewhat full-sized kitchen
and dining room. The
second fl oor holds the living
area and the bathroom.
The third level has a
living space and a bedroom.
Lastly, the upper level of
the house has the only other
room — a master bedroom.
Appointments are avail-
able to view the home, but
buyers may want to act
quickly because the quaint
The Associated Press
KENOSHA, Wis. — A
Wisconsin woman acci-
dentally shot a friend while
using the laser sight on a
handgun to play with a cat,
authorities said.
A criminal complaint
charging the 19-year-old
woman with negligent use
of a weapon said she was
visiting a Kenosha apart-
ment on Tuesday, Aug. 10,
where a 21-year-old man
had brought a handgun.
The woman, who a
witness said had been
drinking, picked up the
handgun, “turned on the
laser sight and was pointing
it at the fl oor to get the cat
to chase it,” when the gun
went off , the complaint fi led
Aug. 12 said.
The man, who was
standing in a doorway, was
shot in the thigh, authorities
said. He left and went into
another apartment, where
police found him after
responding to a 911 call, the
Kenosha News reported.
A tourniquet was
applied to his leg to stop
the bleeding before he was
taken to a hospital. There’s
no word on his condition,
Terry Flores/The Associated Press
Kenosha police investigate a shooting at 40th Avenue and 45th Street on the city’s north side Tuesday,
Aug. 10, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis. A 19-year-old woman was using a handgun’s laser sight as a cat toy when
she accidentally shot a friend, according to prosecutors. The 19-year-old woman was charged Thursday
with injury by negligent use of a weapon.
too small for Hamburg
police.
Offi cers in the German
city found themselves
having to perform CPR
on a Chihuahua last week
after a distraught girl came
rushing into a police station
saying her pet had stopped
breathing after she acciden-
tally dropped it.
After checking its vitals,
offi cers cupped the dog’s
nose to provide mouth-
to-snout resuscitation and
massaged its heart all the
way to a veterinary clinic.
but authorities said he was
facing charges for violating
bond conditions that pre-
vented him from having a
weapon.
The woman told police
she thought the magazine
had been taken out of the
gun and said it “acciden-
tally went off ,” according to
the complaint.
Paw patrol: German
police revive girl’s
dropped Chihuahua
BERLIN — No job is
In a statement Friday,
Aug. 13, Hamburg police
said vets later called the
precinct to say the dog was
in a stable condition.
Boston’s famed Skinny
House back on market,
listed for $1.2M
BOSTON — Boston’s
famous Skinny House is on
sale again for a whopping
$1.2 million.
The vertically rectangu-
lar-shaped house was listed
Monday, Aug. 16, the fi rst
house was sold in less than
three months in 2017.
Susan B. Anthony
photo, found in attic,
now going to auction
GENEVA, N.Y. — A
rare framed photograph of
Susan B. Anthony is being
auctioned with a starting
price of $5,000.
The 20-by-16-inch photo
was found in an concealed
attic space in a building in
Geneva, New York, after
the property was sold in
December.
The Rochester Demo-
crat and Chronicle reported
Tuesday, Aug. 12, that
David Whitcomb, an
attorney and now owner of
the building, has worked
with an antiques dealer to
bring some 350 items that
he discovered in the attic,
including the historic pho-
tograph of Anthony, to
auction.
The photo was taken by
Geneva photographer James
Ellery Hale in 1905, just
months before Anthony’s
death. It was selected by the
Susan B. Anthony Memo-
rial Association as her offi -
cial photograph.
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AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
58/67
Kennewick
60/67
St. Helens
61/71
TIllamook
60/70
63/78
62/75
57/72
Condon
Mainly clear
Baker City
FRI
44 80 47
Comfort Index™ 10
La Grande
SUN
MON
Sunny and
pleasant
72 42
81 41
78 39
Eugene
10
9
9
58/79
72 49
81 45
77 43
9
9
9
10
9
47 74 50
Comfort Index™ 10
78 45
75 43
8
9
10
10
ALMANAC
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Tuesday
Low Tuesday
High: 117°
Low: 34°
Wettest: 4.47”
72°
50°
70°
57°
76°
58°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Tuesday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
0.00
0.47
0.23
2.93
6.22
0.00
0.21
0.37
6.33
11.03
0.00
0.30
0.35
15.67
15.58
HAY INFORMATION FRIDAY
30%
N at 4 to 8 mph
11.1
0.19
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Wednesday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
1% of capacity
31% of capacity
20% of capacity
49% of capacity
3% of capacity
0% of capacity
Ontario
Crater Lake
Sexton Summit
Powers
57/73
After dumping 2.6 inches of rain on Cape
Hatteras, N.C., the day before, Hurricane
Bob moved north-northeastward on Aug.
19, 1991. The storm ripped through east-
ern New England during the afternoon.
SUN & MOON
THU.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
5:58 a.m.
7:53 p.m.
6:43 p.m.
2:14 a.m.
429 cfs
1 cfs
94 cfs
41 cfs
68 cfs
6 cfs
Full
Aug 22
Last
Aug 29
New
Sep 6
60/78
FRI.
6:00 a.m.
7:51 p.m.
7:26 p.m.
3:24 a.m.
First
Sep 13
Jordan Valley
47/81
Paisley
42/83
46/77
Frenchglen
46/83
57/83
60/82
58/72
City
Astoria
Bend
Boise
Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Council
Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
SAT.
Hi/Lo/W
67/56/sh
77/43/s
85/59/s
72/52/s
83/47/s
67/54/pc
73/55/pc
81/54/pc
79/50/pc
79/54/pc
84/57/pc
70/55/pc
81/54/pc
83/48/pc
73/49/pc
83/61/pc
81/42/s
83/40/s
Hi/Lo/W
68/55/pc
76/49/pc
79/56/t
67/50/s
75/44/s
67/53/pc
76/53/pc
72/50/t
72/49/sh
80/52/pc
80/61/pc
77/59/pc
71/52/t
70/47/s
66/47/pc
81/63/pc
76/43/s
76/40/s
Grand View
Arock
53/84
48/85
49/86
Klamath Falls
46/81
Lakeview
43/83
McDermitt
Shown is Friday’s weather. Temperatures are Thursday night’s lows and Friday’s highs.
FRI.
Diamond
46/82
Fields
Medford
Brookings
Boise
55/85
Silver Lake
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
48/86
44/81
45/83
RECREATION FORECAST FRIDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
MOON PHASES
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Tuesday)
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
WEATHER HISTORY
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
Death Valley, Calif.
Bodie State Park, Calif.
Boone, N.C.
High: 87°
Low: 43°
Wettest: 0.03”
Beaver Marsh
Juntura
46/83
43/75
41/76
Roseburg
Ontario
57/87
Burns
Brothers
55/72
Coos Bay
Huntington
46/79
49/77
Oakridge
53/81
62/83
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
Council
44/80
51/83
48/75
Florence
TUESDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
44/71
John Day
46/78
Sisters
56/67
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.
48/82
Baker City
Redmond
54/62
56/65
Halfway
Granite
58/73
Newport
59/73
67 47
51/82
55/69
59/74
Corvallis
Enterprise
47/74
52/79
Monument
58/79
Idanha
Salem
Warmer with
sunshine
9
52 79 51
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
SAT
Partly sunny and
A passing
nice
morning shower
Elgin
49/79
La Grande
54/74
Maupin
TONIGHT
62/80
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
62/84
Hood River
60/81
58/68
Lewiston
Walla Walla
62/83
Vancouver
59/70
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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
FRI.
SAT.
Hi/Lo/W
84/64/pc
67/57/c
79/50/pc
82/58/s
62/51/c
69/54/c
87/62/s
85/59/pc
81/57/pc
75/60/c
73/55/pc
78/42/s
78/58/pc
74/57/pc
75/56/c
78/60/s
76/44/pc
80/59/pc
Hi/Lo/W
78/59/pc
73/56/pc
72/48/sh
84/54/s
61/51/pc
75/53/pc
80/53/t
79/58/pc
77/58/pc
76/59/pc
74/54/s
78/45/s
81/55/pc
77/55/pc
70/58/t
80/60/pc
69/44/pc
77/59/pc
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
A shower
Partly sunny; nice
54
39
73
46
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Partly sunny; cool
Partly sunny; nice
65
43
82
53
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
A p.m. shower
Partly sunny
59
42
71
39
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Partly sunny
Partly sunny
73
49
78
53
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Partly sunny
Partly sunny
80
47
79
51