COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
THuRSDAY, SEpTEmBER 2, 2021
Boyfriend sets ‘do not disturb’ policy for visit to ex
girls and his old girlfriend. I’m
grudgingly OK with that.
The part I’m having real
trouble with is that he told me
he won’t call or text me the
entire week that he is gone. He
has apologized in advance but
says he wants to concentrate
on the girls and have a break
from everything. We usually
talk every day, and this seems
extreme, especially since he will
be spending a week with the
woman who broke up with him
and left him heartbroken (his
words). He realizes his behavior
isn’t normal and assures me we
are OK, but I’m so hurt. Am I
right to be this upset, and how
Dear Abby: I’ve been dating
a great guy for a year and a half.
For eight years before we met,
he dated a woman with teenage
daughters. He never had chil-
dren, so they are as close to his
own kids as he will ever have.
He was recently invited to the
graduation party of one of the
daughters. It will be a week-
long trip, since they have moved
across the country. He intends
to stay awhile and visit with the
Make plans with friends during
the evenings so you won’t be sit-
ting alone at home, stewing. And
when he returns, do not give
him the third degree.
Dear Abby: I am a
41-year-old mother of three,
married less than two years. I
now realize what a selfish lover
my husband is. He expects
things from me and refuses to
reciprocate, which leaves me
unhappy and unsatisfied. When
I ask him to change things up
or return the same foreplay,
it results in us not connecting
at all. How do I get him to be
less selfish without hurting his
feelings? I’m on the verge of
do I get past this? — Silent
Treatment in Illinois
Dear Silent Treatment: I
understand why you would find
it upsetting that your boyfriend
of a year and a half has unilat-
erally decided to go radio silent
under these circumstances. It is
a radical change of his behavior
pattern, and I’m sure most
women would be at least taken
aback. Before he leaves, request
that he send you a text con-
firming he has arrived safely,
and another telling you when he
has started back and expects to
be home.
The way to “get past this” is
to stay very busy in his absence.
cheating. — It’s Stale in the
Midwest
Dear It’s Stale: Cheating
won’t help your situation. It will
likely make it worse. Instead of
dealing with a selfish or sexu-
ally repressed husband, you will
have, in addition, one who is
outraged when he discovers your
infidelity. Find a time when you
are both calm to talk to him. Tell
him you love him, but your sex
life is unsatisfactory, and if he
loves you, he will agree to talk
things out with a licensed mar-
riage and family therapist. If he
refuses or things don’t improve,
you may want to consult a
lawyer.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Cougar that was kept as illegal pet removed from NYC apartment
2019 at the Noah’s Lost
Ark Exotic Animal Rescue
Center in Ohio.
Police Commissioner
Dermot Shea said the cou-
gar’s case “is currently
under investigation and
no further information is
available at this time.”
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — An
80-pound cougar was
removed from a New York
City apartment where she
was being kept illegally as
a pet, animal welfare offi-
cials said Monday.
The owner of the
11-month-old female
cougar surrendered the
animal on Thursday,
Aug. 26, Kelly Donithan,
director of animal disaster
response for the Humane
Society of the United
States, said in a news
release.
The cougar, nick-
named Sasha, spent the
weekend at the Bronx Zoo
receiving veterinary care
and is now headed to the
Turpentine Creek Wildlife
Refuge in Arkansas, offi-
cials said.
The Humane Society
coordinated with zoo offi-
cials, the state Department
of Environmental Conser-
vation and the New York
Police Department on the
big cat’s removal.
“I’ve never seen a
cougar in the wild, but
I’ve seen them on leashes,
smashed into cages, and
crying for their mothers
when breeders rip them
away,” the Humane Soci-
ety’s Donithan said. “I’ve
also seen the heartbreak of
owners, like in this case,
after being sold not just
a wild animal, but a false
dream that they could
make a good ‘pet.’”
Donithan said this
cougar was relatively lucky
because her owners, who
live in the Bronx, recog-
nized that a wild cat is not
fit to live in an apartment
Spotted: Cow at a
McDonald’s drive-
through in Wisconsin
MARSHFIELD, Wis.
— Spotted in a car at a
McDonald’s drive-through
in Wisconsin: A cow — all
of it.
Jessica Nelson of
Mosinee pulled into the
drive-through at a McDon-
ald’s in Marshfield on
Thursday, Aug. 26, and
said she looked up to see
a cow in the backseat of
a Buick sedan three cars
ahead of her.
“I thought it was fake
at first. Who puts a cow
in a Buick?” she told
The Associated Press on
Friday. “Then its whole
head moved.”
The Bronx Zoo via Ap
This photo provided by New York’s Bronx Zoo shows an 11-month-old, 80-pound cougar that was re-
moved from an apartment, in the Bronx borough of New York, where she was being kept illegally as a pet,
animal welfare officials said Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. The cougar, nicknamed Sasha, spent the weekend
at the Bronx Zoo receiving veterinary care and is now headed to the Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in
Arkansas, officials said.
and surrendered her.
“The owner’s tears
and nervous chirps from
the cougar as we drove
her away painfully drives
home the many victims of
this horrendous trade and
myth that wild animals
belong anywhere but the
wild,” Donithan said.
Department of Environ-
mental Conservation Com-
missioner Basil Seggos
said that while cougars
“may look cute and cuddly
when young, these animals
can grow up to be unpre-
dictable and dangerous.”
Bronx Zoo director Jim
Breheny said the exotic pet
trade makes no contribu-
tion to the conservation of
endangered species.
“These animals often
end up in very bad situa-
tions, kept by private indi-
viduals who don’t have
the resources, facilities,
knowledge, or expertise to
provide for the animals’
most basic needs,” Bre-
heny said. “In addition to
these welfare concerns for
the animals, the keeping of
big cats by private people
poses a real safety hazard
to the owner, the owner’s
family and the community
at large.”
New York has seen
other notable cases
involving dangerous ani-
mals in private resi-
dences, including Ming, a
400-pound tiger that was
removed from a Harlem
apartment in 2003.
Ming’s owner, Antoine
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Yates, was arrested and
sentenced to five months in
prison for reckless endan-
germent. Ming died in
Astoria
Longview
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Kennewick
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St. Helens
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Portland
Condon
53/89
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SUN
MON
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pleasant
Mostly sunny
and nice
Mostly sunny
Very warm with
some sun
86 41
90 45
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Eugene
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ALMANAC
TUESDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Tuesday
Low Tuesday
High: 111°
Low: 27°
Wettest: 3.87”
73°
41°
75°
47°
78°
51°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Tuesday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
0.00
0.65
0.43
3.11
6.42
0.00
0.42
0.67
6.54
11.33
0.00
0.42
0.68
15.79
15.91
HAY INFORMATION FRIDAY
15%
NNE at 4 to 8 mph
12.2
0.19
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Wednesday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
N.A.
22% of capacity
16% of capacity
42% of capacity
0% of capacity
0% of capacity
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
Ontario
Prineville
Astoria
SUN & MOON
THU.
6:15 a.m.
7:28 p.m.
1:08 a.m.
5:33 p.m.
FRI.
6:16 a.m.
7:26 p.m.
2:07 a.m.
6:14 p.m.
MOON PHASES
449 cfs
0 cfs
82 cfs
41 cfs
56 cfs
4 cfs
New
Sep 6
First
Sep 13
Full
Sep 20
Beaver Marsh
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Grants Pass
Last
Sep 28
Burns
Boise
49/82
Jordan Valley
40/78
Paisley
34/82
Frenchglen
42/81
Diamond
Grand View
Arock
40/79
48/81
41/81
Fields
Medford
43/82
Klamath Falls
37/84
Lakeview
35/84
McDermitt
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RECREATION FORECAST FRIDAY
SAT.
City
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
70/52/s 69/56/c
Bend
81/46/s 87/51/s
Boise
82/52/s 90/58/s
Brookings
68/50/pc 69/54/pc
Burns
81/39/s 89/43/s
Coos Bay
67/48/pc 69/55/pc
Corvallis
85/52/s 86/57/pc
Council
82/45/s 87/51/s
Elgin
80/44/s 84/48/s
Eugene
88/52/s 89/58/pc
Hermiston
86/47/s 88/60/pc
Hood River
87/58/s 87/61/pc
Imnaha
82/47/s 89/50/s
John Day
82/48/s 89/52/s
Joseph
78/50/s 83/50/s
Kennewick
83/50/s 89/58/pc
Klamath Falls 84/39/s 87/42/s
Lakeview
84/38/s 87/43/s
42/83
Silver Lake
36/81
53/92
51/68
Juntura
34/81
51/95
Brookings
Ontario
50/84
36/83
Chiloquin
FRI.
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hit southern Florida. Winds reached 200
mph, and the barometer at Matecumbe
Key plummeted to 26.35 inches. As the
storm moved northward, it killed more
than 400 people.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
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Roseburg
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Brothers
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Coos Bay
Huntington
36/77
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Oakridge
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Seneca
REGIONAL CITIES
WEATHER HISTORY
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
Death Valley, Calif.
Yellowstone N.P., Wyo.
Fremont, Neb.
High: 85°
Low: 32°
Wettest: Trace
Elkton
Council
34/79
41/82
44/84
Bend
Powers
42/81
38/73
John Day
37/84
Sisters
Florence
49/64
Halfway
Granite
Baker City
Redmond
46/62
48/67
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.
Monument
41/84
52/85
Newport
Enterprise
40/77
42/78
49/82
54/88
Corvallis
52/85
84 49
40/80
La Grande
47/78
52/85
Idanha
Salem
Clear
La Grande
Elgin
Pendleton
The Dalles
56/85
53/85
TONIGHT
9
53/84
50/82
Newberg
Lewiston
51/83
Hood River
Maupin
Comfort Index™ 10
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Walla Walla
49/83
Vancouver
53/84
TIllamook
34 79 35
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Baker City
She quickly picked up
her phone and shot video
of the bovine.
“I just took the video
of it because I was blown
away there was a cow in
the back of a Buick,” she
said.
She posted the video on
her Facebook page with
the caption “A WHOLE
FREAKING COW!!! Tell
me you live in Wisconsin
without telling me you live
in Wisconsin.”
She also pasted a mes-
sage on the video itself
that read “That’s a whole
(expletive) cow in the back
of that car!”
By Friday afternoon the
video had gotten 112,000
views.
Nelson said that the
family of the cow’s owner
saw the post and contacted
her. They said that the cow
was actually a calf. She
said the owner had just
purchased it and two other
calves — which were in
the backseat as well but
were lying down out of
sight — at an auction.
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
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SAT.
Hi/Lo/W
83/55/s
83/52/s
78/41/s
92/55/s
62/50/pc
79/49/s
84/48/s
85/50/s
82/54/s
85/58/s
81/53/pc
84/43/s
89/55/s
88/56/s
77/52/s
89/57/s
75/38/s
84/59/s
Hi/Lo/W
89/59/s
80/59/c
85/48/s
94/58/s
63/53/c
78/55/c
89/55/s
90/57/pc
86/60/s
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80/57/pc
89/48/s
90/58/pc
88/59/pc
81/58/c
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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
Sunny and pleasant
56
42
76
40
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Sunshine
Sunny and pleasant
67
47
82
51
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Sunshine
Sunshine and nice
63
38
74
34
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Sunshine and nice
Sunlit and nice
78
50
81
53
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Sunny and nice
Sunny and pleasant
79
35
78
43