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B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATuRDAY, NOVEmBER 13, 2021
Vintage dress given to friend ends up for sale online
been hanging onto, to wear or
craft with. I wanted her to turn
it into something meaningful
for herself instead of keeping it
buried in my closet.
Last weekend we had lunch.
When I asked her how it fit or
what she planned to do with it,
she told me she had given it to
someone I don’t know to sell on
a clothing resale site. I can’t help
but feel angry. I know I gave it to
Gabbi, but I think what she did
was rude. If she had asked me if
it was OK to give it away, I would
have asked for it back.
How do I stop harboring this
feeling? Every time I think of
her now, I get upset. The next
Dear Abby: I used to collect
vintage dresses, many of which
I bought online from retailers
for several hundred dollars each.
I reluctantly sold some on con-
signment after a breakup — you
know, “out with the old, in with
the new.” But I kept ones that
were beautiful works of vintage
art.
A friend of mine (I’ll call
her “Gabbi”) likes to sew, and I
offered her one of the dresses I’d
made it clear he wanted nothing
to do with me, it made sense to
leave it alone. But now, with my
grandparents in failing health, I
feel they should know. I just don’t
know if it would do more harm
than good at this point. Please
advise. — Thrown In Kansas
Dear Thrown: What do you
think you will accomplish by
telling Norm’s parents at this
point? You have been their grand-
child for four decades. Because
their health is precarious, they
may not need to hear anything
that would upset them. I vote
for keeping this “news” private,
as Norm and your mother have
requested.
I hope you will let go of your
disappointment because if you
can’t, you may destroy a valued
relationship.
Dear Abby: Two years ago,
a couple of months before my
41st birthday, I found out that
the man who raised me (I’ll call
him “Norm”) is not my bio-
logical father. Norm is a won-
derful, loving father figure, who
has made clear that this changes
nothing between us.
Because this discovery was
heartbreaking at first, my par-
ents decided not to tell Norm’s
parents or siblings about it. Ini-
tially, I supported their decision
because, after my biological father
day, after our lunch, we went to
an estate sale and Gabbi brought
up this other person again — “I
should have invited ‘Bethany’ so
she could find merch to resell.”
I think Gabbi is oblivious about
how she makes other people feel.
What do you think? — Taken
Aback In Alabama
Dear Taken Aback: You gen-
erously tried to help Gabbi by
giving her the dress, but unless
you specified that it was a col-
lectable item and if she couldn’t
use it you wanted it returned, you
shouldn’t blame her. From my
vantage point, it seems Gabbi is
generously trying to help a friend
who needs to make some money.
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As soon as that line
touches the water, the next
angler should cast. Both
anglers will reel up any
slack. If their tackle is
matched, there should be no
tangles.
Using the kicker, make
slight adjustments in for-
ward and reverse to keep
the lines taut, the beads
fishing in line. Make sure
the anglers keep their rod
tips up at a 45-degree angle.
It was our second drift
when the first fish struck.
Operating the kicker,
Hocking made the first cast,
then Carl. Third in line, I
picked my spot in shallow
water and then Kris Bales,
in the bow, made his cast.
We drifted back, our
weights touching down time
to time. Then the tension
in my rod tip changed, like
a wet sock had fouled the
leader. That’s what a fish
feels like!
I set the hook hard and
the line angled toward
mid-river. The six-pound
hatchery buck didn’t fight
hard, but the next one put
up quite a battle before the
hook popped out of its beak.
I finished the morning
with a wild nine-pound
male that we turned back,
watching it kick away from
the sandbar to make more
steelhead.
In a year with fewer fish,
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During winter, deer, elk
and bighorn sheep burn
their fat reserves to pro-
duce body heat. So long as
those reserves last, the ani-
mals can withstand even
sub-zero temperatures for
extended periods, biolo-
gists say.
But once those fat
layers have been shed,
deer in particular struggle
to find enough to eat to
keep their body tempera-
ture up.
Even with the welcome
flush of new green grass
this fall, Ratliff said deer
could be vulnerable this
winter.
“If we have a whopper
of a winter again we’re
going to lose deer,” he
said.
During the last such
winter, 2016-17, deep snow
and prolonged periods of
frigid temperatures devas-
tated deer herds in Baker
County and other parts of
Northeastern Oregon.
In response to the loss
of hundreds of animals,
ODFW cut hunting tags
by up to 50% for the 2017
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By January there are still good numbers of fish in the mainstem
Snake above Clarkston, Washington, but the bulk of the run
begins to move up the Grande Ronde and other tributaries like the
Salmon (Idaho) and the Imnaha (Oregon). If a cold snap drops the
temperature of the Grande Ronde, fish may move back down out of
the Grande Ronde and into the mainstem Snake again.
of Fishing Central Oregon
and Oregon Lake Maps and
Fishing Guide and other
S. John Collins/Baker City Herald, File
Mule deer in the snow along the Powder River east of Baker City
during the devastating winter of 2016-17.
the much larger deer and
elk.
But Ratliff pointed out
that birds are much less
capable of digging through
snow to reach grass com-
pared with deer.
Snow doesn’t pose a
major problem for deer
unless it’s capped with an
ice crust, he said.
But for birds, even sev-
eral inches of snow can
keep them from reaching
the grass, Ratliff said.
hunting season.
In many units, deer
herds have yet to recover
enough to prompt state
officials to increase tag
allocations.
Benefits for birds, too
Autumn grass also ben-
efits upland game birds
such as chukars and quail
that eat grass, Ratliff said.
Birds don’t need as
much forage, of course, as
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AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
53/58
Kennewick
50/59
St. Helens
52/60
TIllamook
48/61
51/60
Condon
48/64
53/62
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
Cloudy with a
shower
Mostly cloudy
Rather cloudy
Showers
around; cooler
Mostly sunny
and chilly
58 30
27 - 41
28t 22
40 22
Eugene
6
0
2
52/65
62 36
40 25
40 29
8
0
1
Comfort Index™
La Grande
7
48 59 50
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
7
7
9
41 56 48
Comfort Index™
7
36 20
36 28
10
0
3
ALMANAC
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Thursday
Low Thursday
High: 102°
Low: 3°
Wettest: 2.95”
43°
33°
47°
40°
47°
32°
0.15
0.61
0.26
4.96
7.74
0.61
1.10
0.68
9.50
14.26
0.46
1.45
0.95
19.96
19.98
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Thursday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
Florence
52/68
OREGON
High: 70°
Low: 28°
Wettest: 2.60”
Roseburg
Joseph
Tillamook
WEATHER HISTORY
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION SUNDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
45%
S at 7 to 14 mph
0.4
0.08
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
N.A.
12% of capacity
13% of capacity
12% of capacity
7% of capacity
1% of capacity
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday)
MMXQ\WٺKWUM[MM][
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
Ontario, Calif.
Lake Yellowstone, Wyo.
Tillamook, Ore.
On Nov. 13, 1883, the Leonids Meteor
Shower put on a spectacular show from
midnight to dawn. Clear skies favored
viewing in many parts of the country.
SUN & MOON
SAT.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
6:48 a.m.
4:24 p.m.
2:28 p.m.
12:41 a.m.
SUN.
6:50 a.m.
4:23 p.m.
2:47 p.m.
1:50 a.m.
MOON PHASES
851 cfs
0 cfs
15 cfs
73 cfs
133 cfs
9 cfs
Full
Last
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New
Dec 3
First
Dec 10
45/61
Beaver Marsh
36/59
Roseburg
Powers
Brothers
50/66
Coos Bay
51/67
Jordan Valley
41/60
Paisley
41/62
Frenchglen
43/63
Klamath Falls
35/59
Hi/Lo/W
58/53/r
65/50/pc
61/47/pc
62/52/c
62/35/c
61/52/c
61/51/c
56/44/c
59/49/c
65/52/pc
67/53/c
61/50/sh
61/51/c
65/48/c
55/47/c
66/57/c
59/35/c
61/37/pc
Hi/Lo/W
54/42/r
66/32/sh
63/38/pc
57/45/sh
63/25/c
60/41/sh
56/39/sh
58/31/c
59/34/c
58/39/sh
68/41/c
59/41/sh
62/35/c
66/32/c
58/29/c
68/41/c
58/27/r
59/26/sh
Grand View
Arock
40/63
41/64
Lakeview
32/61
McDermitt
38/61
RECREATION FORECAST SUNDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
City
Astoria
Bend
Boise
Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Council
Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
[;u
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
Diamond
41/62
41/66
Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs.
MON.
Boise
43/61
Fields
47/64
SUN.
42/61
Silver Lake
39/60
Medford
Brookings
Juntura
36/62
50/70
51/62
Ontario
43/59
Burns
39/62
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Huntington
40/60
52/65
Oakridge
40/56
45/55
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
THURSDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
45/65
49/63
Council
39/56
John Day
47/65
Sisters
51/61
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.
41/55
Baker City
Redmond
52/59
54/60
Halfway
Granite
40/55
53/60
53/62
52/65
60 31
8
Corvallis
47/64
50/61
Newport
Enterprise
41/56
48/59
Monument
48/64
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
39 56 37
Elgin
43/59
La Grande
45/61
Maupin
Baker City
47/66
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
47/63
Hood River
47/66
55/60
Lewiston
Walla Walla
48/66
Vancouver
51/58
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
SUN.
MON.
Hi/Lo/W
63/48/c
59/54/r
58/51/c
64/46/pc
59/50/c
58/51/r
59/41/c
67/55/c
66/54/c
62/55/sh
68/51/c
65/48/pc
67/50/c
62/55/c
57/49/c
64/49/pc
59/46/c
66/53/c
Hi/Lo/W
63/41/c
57/41/r
60/34/c
60/39/sh
55/44/r
54/38/r
57/38/pc
65/41/c
66/38/c
58/41/r
63/43/sh
62/31/sh
60/41/sh
58/40/sh
57/33/c
60/42/sh
59/30/c
62/38/c
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
Rather cloudy
Mostly cloudy
43
38
55
40
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Rather cloudy
Mostly cloudy
49
49
60
43
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Rather cloudy
Mostly cloudy
43
36
55
43
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Mostly cloudy
Sun, then clouds
55
47
65
57
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Mostly cloudy
Mostly cloudy
56
37
59
50