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B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2022
Grandchild born to widow calls another man ‘daddy’
who her father is. At what age
should a child be told the truth,
and how is all this going to aff ect
my granddaughter? — TRUTH
TELLER IN THE SOUTH
DEAR TRUTH TELLER:
DEAR ABBY: My grandson
Your former daughter-in-law may
passed away three months before
prefer her little one call her boy-
his daughter was born. When she friend “Daddy” because the man is
was 6 months old, her mom moved the only father fi gure your grand-
in with her new boyfriend. We
daughter has ever known. The time
were allowed visits for a couple of for her to be told all the facts would
years, but then that stopped, so we be when she’s old enough to under-
had to take the mom to court to
stand the information AND her
get visitation again.
mother chooses to tell her about
We learned our visits had been her biological father. The truth
stopped because we referred
should not negatively aff ect her.
to her boyfriend by his name
DEAR ABBY: How do you
instead of “Daddy.” We are not
deal with a relative whose child is
allowed to tell our grandchild
autistic when they come for hol-
iday dinners and let their child
climb on the furniture like it’s a
playground and walk around the
house eating and touching every-
thing with soiled hands?
These parents constantly post
about “treating him like a normal
child,” but they don’t treat him
normal with expectations. I’m
tired of having to constantly
supervise him and feel intimi-
dated about saying things like,
“Please don’t climb on the fur-
niture, sit at the table when you
eat, wash your hands, please,” etc.
What’s your advice? — TENTA-
TIVE IN FLORIDA
DEAR TENTATIVE: Quit
allowing yourself to be “intimi-
dated” and tell these parents you
would prefer your socializing to
be adults only — for the reasons
you stipulated in your letter. Or,
when you would like to spend
time with them, arrange for it to
be al fresco rather than inside
your home. (Thank heavens you
live in a state with a mild climate!)
DEAR ABBY: I need your
thoughts about a good friend
who, at the end of the month of
my birthday or the fi rst week
of the next one, hits me with a
birthday card. Then she says she
doesn’t know my exact birthdate
but at least she remembers the
month and, therefore, I should be
thankful.
Four years later, I am tempted
to tell her if it’s not important
enough to remember the day,
then why bother? Am I wrong for
feeling this way, or should I just
be thankful she at least remembers
the month? — BIRTHDAY BOY
IN TEXAS
DEAR BIRTHDAY BOY:
Frankly, you are being a bit
picky. Not everyone feels as
strongly as you do about personal
milestones. That said, however,
gratitude can’t be ordered like an
item on a takeout menu, which
your friend appears to be trying
to convince you to do. Because
those birthday cards, which are
supposed to invoke warm feel-
ings, have the opposite eff ect,
express that you would prefer she
save her postage money.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Cruise ship headed to Miami changes course after U.S. judge orders seizure
pirates,” passenger Ste-
phen Heard Fales posted on
Facebook.
It was unclear how
many passengers were
aboard, with one news
outlet reporting 300 and
another, 700. According to
the company website, the
vessel can carry up to 848
passengers.
The ship was sched-
uled to land in Miami on
Jan. 22. But a federal judge
in Miami issued an arrest
warrant for the ship on Jan.
20, a maritime practice
where a U.S. Marshal goes
aboard the vessel and takes
charge of it once it enters
The Associated Press
MIAMI — A cruise
ship that was supposed to
dock in Miami sailed to
the Bahamas instead after
a U.S. judge granted an
order to seize the vessel
as part of a lawsuit over
unpaid fuel.
Cruise trackers show
Crystal Symphony cur-
rently docked in the Baha-
mian island of Bimini.
Passengers were taken
by ferry to Port Everglades
in Fort Lauderdale on
Sunday, Jan. 23.
“We all feel we were
abducted by luxurious
out about the legal case.
One guest posted a letter
on Facebook from Crystal
Cruises Management that
said the change in itinerary
was due to “non-technical
operational issues.”
The lawsuit was fi led in
a Miami federal court by
Peninsula Petroleum Far
East against the ship under
a maritime procedure that
allows actions against ves-
sels for unpaid debts. The
complaint says Crystal
Symphony was chartered
or managed by Crystal
Cruises and Star Cruises,
which are both sued for
breach of contract for owing
Bruce Smith/The Associated Press, File
The cruise liner Crystal Symphony leaves the harbor in Charleston,
S.C., on May, 21, 2013. Scheduled to arrive in Miami on Saturday, Jan.
22, 2022, the ship, with hundreds of passengers aboard, was divert-
ed to the Bahamas after a U.S. judge granted an order to seize the
vessel as part of a lawsuit over unpaid fuel.
U.S. waters.
Passengers and enter-
tainers said on social media
they were surprised to fi nd
$4.6 million in fuel.
Crystal Cruises
announced earlier this week
that it was suspending oper-
ations through late April.
Besides Crystal Symphony,
it has two other ships cur-
rently cruising, which end
their voyages on Jan. 30
in Aruba and on Feb. 4 in
Argentina.
“Suspending opera-
tions will provide Crys-
tal’s management team with
an opportunity to evaluate
the current state of busi-
ness and examine various
options moving forward,”
said the company in a state-
ment earlier this week.
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AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
35/53
Kennewick
28/47
St. Helens
TIllamook
25/39
28/48
29/42
30/48
27/47
Condon
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
Some clouds
Areas of
freezing fog
Freezing fog in
the a.m.
Partly sunny and
chilly
Partly sunny
29 14
29 15
32 16
Eugene
0
0
1
29/48
34 22
34 23
37 24
0
0
3
Comfort Index™
La Grande
3
25 37 14
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
3
2
1
19 36 17
Comfort Index™
4
38 26
4
4
4
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Sunday
Low Sunday
High: 78°
Low: -37°
Wettest: 0.33”
29°
22°
36°
22°
38°
22°
0.00
0.38
0.53
0.38
0.53
0.00
1.24
1.29
1.24
1.29
0.00
3.73
2.52
3.73
2.52
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Sunday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
45%
S at 6 to 12 mph
6.3
0.05
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Monday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
2% of capacity
26% of capacity
19% of capacity
33% of capacity
20% of capacity
31% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Sunday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
1950 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
1 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
15 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
444 cfs
Minam River at Minam
163 cfs
Powder River near Richland
54 cfs
Grants Pass
SUN & MOON
TUE.
WED.
7:21 a.m. 7:20 a.m.
4:49 p.m. 4:51 p.m.
12:21 a.m. 1:37 a.m.
11:06 a.m. 11:33 a.m.
MOON PHASES
Last
Jan 25
New
Jan 31
First
Feb 8
Full
Feb 16
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
18/36
Paisley
22/49
18/48
Frenchglen
Diamond
23/42
Klamath Falls
17/50
Lakeview
16/46
McDermitt
Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Tuesday night’s lows and Wednesday’s highs.
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
53/38/s
53/18/s
31/19/s
58/42/pc
39/16/s
56/32/s
47/27/pc
29/8/s
35/13/s
48/29/pc
38/21/pc
39/27/pc
45/20/pc
41/22/s
38/21/s
36/22/c
50/17/s
46/17/s
Hi/Lo/W
52/37/s
56/24/s
31/16/s
58/43/pc
37/15/s
57/36/pc
46/32/pc
26/7/s
34/8/pc
49/32/s
37/20/pc
38/27/pc
45/28/pc
41/24/s
40/27/pc
32/19/c
53/22/s
46/21/s
19/37
RECREATION FORECAST WEDNESDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
THU.
25/32
18/34
Fields
27/56
WED.
Grand View
Arock
21/39
22/41
Medford
Brookings
Boise
22/31
31/57
42/58
Juntura
23/33
18/47
Chiloquin
Brookings
Meacham
On Jan. 25, 1821, thousands crossed
the Hudson River from New York City to
Hoboken, N.J., on ice that formed when
the temperature dropped to 14 degrees
below zero that morning.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
Beaver Marsh
Ontario
25/33
16/39
20/48
32/55
40/63
Huntington
28/34
Burns
Brothers
15/49
16/29
19/36
26/53
Oakridge
Roseburg
Powers
OREGON
WEATHER HISTORY
25/41
Seneca
34/55
35/56
Death Valley, Calif.
Embarrass, Minn.
Akron, Ohio
High: 71°
Low: 15°
Wettest: none
21/54
Council
17/31
John Day
Bend
Elkton
SUNDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
18/41
22/53
Coos Bay
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.
ALMANAC
Sisters
Florence
38/55
18/29
Baker City
Redmond
32/53
38 20
3
Newport
Halfway
Granite
28/47
38/55
38 20
22/40
31/56
29/49
Corvallis
Enterprise
19/36
25/37
Monument
24/45
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
17 31 12
Elgin
21/35
La Grande
24/38
Maupin
Baker City
25/34
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
28/41
Hood River
24/37
32/56
Lewiston
Walla Walla
26/36
Vancouver
29/48
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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
WED.
THU.
Hi/Lo/W
41/26/pc
47/26/pc
37/14/s
56/28/s
55/37/s
49/33/pc
33/19/pc
36/24/c
37/20/pc
48/34/pc
63/36/s
54/17/s
55/34/s
49/28/s
32/22/pc
42/27/pc
40/20/s
34/22/pc
Hi/Lo/W
43/25/s
49/28/s
36/15/pc
57/31/s
54/39/s
51/31/pc
32/19/pc
38/22/c
36/18/pc
49/32/pc
63/40/c
53/21/s
57/35/pc
51/31/pc
35/20/pc
42/27/pc
43/19/s
33/22/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
Freezing fog
Freezing fog
31
15
38
18
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Freezing fog
Plenty of sunshine
34
21
37
17
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Freezing fog
Freezing fog
31
10
38
14
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Freezing fog
Freezing fog
38
21
39
22
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Freezing fog
Freezing fog
31
12
37
14
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