COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Sister isn’t the same after removal of tumor
I listen, I know she struggles
because she’s missing her old self.
I try with heartfelt messages, but
ultimately, I feel useless. And,
selfi sh as it sounds, I miss my
sister, my true sister, terribly.
I know this isn’t what she
wants, and I will be there for her
no matter what the future brings.
But what else can I do for her?
I want to be anything she needs
me to be, as she is more than
deserving. — SUPPORTIVE
SIS IN VIRGINIA
DEAR SIS: While some of
her capacity may be diminished,
what your sister needs is you to
be her stalwart sister and love her
for the person she is now. Support
her, love her, appreciate that she’s
still with you and quit focusing on
DEAR ABBY: My sister, who
was a bright and cheerful star for
everyone and anyone, was diag-
nosed with a brain tumor. It was
removed with almost 100% mar-
gins several years ago. Our family
feels unbelievably blessed that
she’s OK, but she knows she’s not
the same. This is ignored by some
close relatives, but not by me.
I will forever be grateful for
the fact that she’s alive and OK,
but she is not the sister I once
knew no matter how hard she
may try. I sympathize with her,
those aspects of her personality
that are lost. I say this because it
isn’t healthy for either of you to
dwell on the negative at this point,
when there is so much for which
to be thankful.
DEAR ABBY: I divorced my
husband of 12 years after catching
him cheating with multiple
women. I took time for myself
and wasn’t in a hurry to meet
anyone. However, about a year
after the divorce, I met a great
guy. I was quickly introduced
to his family and they embraced
me, inviting me to holidays and
birthday parties, etc.
Four years went by and we
started talking about marriage.
We made plans to have our wed-
ding at our favorite beach with
family and a couple of friends.
There were several people
we would have loved to take
part, but who couldn’t due to
the pandemic.
Before the ceremony, my
husband and I came up with
the idea of wearing white face
masks to take a group picture.
As the masks were being dis-
tributed, his family got angry
and said they weren’t going to
do anything they didn’t want to
do. They then stomped off and
wouldn’t participate in the vows
or any of the pictures.
They’re angry with me, and I
am hurt. And the hateful things
they said also hurt my husband. I
don’t know how to handle this. —
BAD IDEA IN FLORIDA
DEAR BAD IDEA: What
happened was terrible, and I
can’t blame you for feeling hurt
at the treatment you and your
husband received on your wed-
ding day. However, this is the
tribe you married into. Your hus-
band’s family may have reacted
strongly because they objected
to having their faces covered in
a photo or to face masks in gen-
eral. If it was the latter, it’s a
shame they felt they had to take
a political stance while you were
celebrating your nuptials.
Try to be forgiving. However,
if you are abused again, recog-
nize it may be time to distance
yourselves and concentrate on
your side of the family rather than
your husband’s.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Delta asks DOJ to put unruly passengers on no-fl y list
tian noted that while such
incidents of bad behavior
represent a small fraction
of overall fl ights on Delta,
the rate of incidents on the
airline has increased nearly
100% since 2019.
“This action will help
prevent future incidents
and serve as a strong
symbol of the conse-
quences of not complying
with crew member instruc-
tions on commercial air-
craft,” Bastian wrote in
the letter furnished to The
Associated Press by Delta
The Associated Press
Michael Dwyer/The Associated Press, File
A plane leaves the gate in July 2021 at
Logan International Airport in Boston.
Delta Air Lines has requested that the
U.S. Department of Justice put any per-
son convicted of a disruption on board a
fl ight to the national “no fl y” list.
NEW YORK — Any
person convicted of a dis-
ruption on board a fl ight
should be added to the
national “no fl y” list, Delta
Air Lines told the U.S.
Department of Justice.
In a letter to the Jus-
tice Department Attorney
General Merrick Garland
dated Thursday, Feb. 3,
Delta CEO Ed Bastian said
there should be “zero toler-
ance” for any behavior that
aff ects fl ight safety. Bas-
Air Lines.
Delta has, along with its
industry partner Airlines
for America, been pushing
since last year for height-
ened reporting, investi-
gation and prosecution of
those who interfere with
on-board safety. The air-
lines, based in Atlanta,
said it has put nearly 1,900
people on Delta’s “no-fl y”
list for refusing to comply
with masking requirements
and submitted more than
900 banned names to the
Transportation Security
In December, the TSA
announced a new part-
nership with the FAA that
would call for unruly air-
line passengers facing
additional consequences
for bad behavior under a
new partnership. Under
the alliance, the FAA will
share information of pas-
sengers facing fi nes for
unruly behavior with the
TSA, which may remove
the passenger from its
pre-check screening eligi-
bility, a privilege reserved
for low-risk travelers.
Administration to pursue
civil penalties.
A spokesperson with
TSA, which enforces
the FBI “no fl y” list of
potential terrorist threats,
referred a reporter to the
FBI since that agency
maintains the database.
Both the FBI and the Jus-
tice Department declined
to comment. The Federal
Aviation Administration
cited 4.9 reported unruly
incidents per 10,000 fl ights
the week ending Jan. 23,
according to its website.
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AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
41/56
Kennewick
37/55
St. Helens
40/59
34/56
42/60
37/55
34/57
Condon
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
Cloudy most of
the time
Partial sunshine
Periods of
clouds and sun
Partly sunny
Mostly sunny
40 21
38 21
38 16
Eugene
3
3
2
37/55
48 25
47 28
42 26
5
3
2
Comfort Index™
La Grande
3
31 48 28
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
3
3
5
28 45 30
Comfort Index™
5
40 28
9
5
4
5
ALMANAC
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Sunday
Low Sunday
High: 85°
Low: -29°
Wettest: 1.33”
30°
3°
41°
13°
44°
15°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Sunday
0.00
Month to date
Trace
Normal month to date 0.13
Year to date
0.38
Normal year to date
0.83
0.00
0.29
0.26
1.56
1.93
0.00
0.64
0.51
4.57
3.78
OREGON
North Bend
Baker City
WEATHER HISTORY
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY
50%
WNW at 4 to 8 mph
7.5
0.05
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Monday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
Anaheim, Calif.
Clayton Lake, Maine
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
High: 70°
Low: 3°
Wettest: none
2% of capacity
28% of capacity
21% of capacity
38% of capacity
22% of capacity
39% of capacity
An arctic outbreak on Feb. 8, 1835,
caused the temperature to drop to zero
at Charleston, S.C., and to 8 degrees at
Jacksonville, Fla. Florida’s citrus industry
was dealt a severe setback.
SUN & MOON
TUE.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
WED.
7:04 a.m. 7:03 a.m.
5:09 p.m. 5:11 p.m.
10:41 a.m. 11:08 a.m.
12:46 a.m. 1:52 a.m.
MOON PHASES
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Sunday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
1060 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
1 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
16 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
120 cfs
Minam River at Minam
108 cfs
Powder River near Richland
72 cfs
First
Feb 8
Full
Last
Feb 16
Feb 23
Beaver Marsh
Powers
44/67
New
Mar 2
37/59
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
26/49
Frenchglen
Paisley
30/55
29/58
24/58
Klamath Falls
23/61
McDermitt
Hi/Lo/W
56/40/pc
63/31/s
43/26/pc
70/51/s
53/25/s
61/43/s
56/37/s
41/25/pc
48/27/pc
55/40/s
58/36/pc
59/41/pc
51/32/pc
51/31/s
45/31/pc
51/32/pc
61/24/s
56/27/s
Hi/Lo/W
52/37/pc
70/30/pc
45/28/pc
67/46/s
52/23/s
64/40/s
56/36/s
36/20/pc
47/27/pc
57/39/s
60/34/s
61/41/s
55/29/pc
57/28/s
51/27/pc
55/32/s
60/23/pc
61/27/s
27/51
RECREATION FORECAST WEDNESDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
City
Astoria
Bend
Boise
Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Council
Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
27/45
Lakeview
25/56
Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Tuesday night’s lows and Wednesday’s highs.
THU.
Grand View
Arock
26/48
Fields
31/67
WED.
Diamond
31/52
29/56
Medford
Brookings
Boise
22/43
38/70
51/70
29/52
26/59
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Juntura
26/53
29/60
24/57
Roseburg
Ontario
25/41
Burns
Brothers
37/62
Coos Bay
Huntington
28/49
34/63
Oakridge
21/41
25/44
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
SUNDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
Florence
Council
20/40
30/51
34/64
41/61
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.
27/45
John Day
30/63
Sisters
37/59
45 22
20/37
Baker City
Redmond
42/60
Halfway
Granite
34/56
Newport
41/57
51 27
30/54
36/65
36/59
Corvallis
Enterprise
28/45
31/48
Monument
37/63
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
20 40 24
Elgin
29/48
La Grande
38/58
Maupin
Baker City
39/50
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
38/61
35/49
Hood River
37/56
TIllamook
Lewiston
Walla Walla
34/51
Vancouver
37/56
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
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
49/34/pc
55/39/pc
47/27/pc
67/34/pc
57/42/pc
54/38/pc
41/29/pc
51/33/pc
56/37/pc
55/39/pc
67/44/s
63/31/s
59/40/pc
59/40/pc
41/32/c
60/42/pc
50/30/pc
50/36/pc
Hi/Lo/W
54/36/s
52/36/pc
46/27/pc
68/36/pc
57/41/s
53/39/pc
42/27/pc
53/32/pc
61/36/s
56/37/pc
71/45/s
68/32/pc
60/40/pc
60/38/pc
44/30/pc
60/41/s
56/30/s
54/33/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
Mostly sunny
Sunshine and mild
35
24
48
28
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Partly sunny
Partly sunny
43
30
46
31
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Partly sunny
Partly sunny; mild
37
21
48
26
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Partly sunny; mild
Partly sunny
45
31
54
39
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Mostly sunny
Partial sunshine
40
24
48
28
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