COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
THuRSDAY, MARCH 24, 2022
Fiance’s aversion to pets plants small seed of doubt
it makes me question his com-
passion (or lack thereof) for all
things living. Should this be a
red flag, worthy of reconsidering
our engagement? — CRITTER
LOVER IN NEW ENGLAND
DEAR LOVER: Perhaps. Not
everyone is an animal lover, but
it’s usually because they haven’t
had pets or been exposed to them.
This does not mean they lack
compassion for all things living.
It simply means they haven’t
interacted with different species.
However, you say your fiance
absolutely “loathes” pets. If you
plan to have animals in your
household in the future, you must
have some serious discussions
about it and lay your cards on the
table. If you don’t deal with this
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend
and I have gotten engaged and
we are being married in a year or
so. Everything about him is won-
derful, and I’m excited to share
my life with him — except for
one worry. I have been an animal
lover my entire life. After living
with him this past year with my
two cats, I have slowly come to
the realization that he absolutely
loathes the idea of pets.
Besides my inability to under-
stand this (he has never had a bad
past experience with an animal),
now, it could be a deal-breaker in
the future.
DEAR ABBY: As a frequent
traveler, there is the inevitability
of being seated near children on
airplanes. I can’t blame kids for
becoming a little bit fussy. Often,
they seem miserably bored. My
sad observation is their parents
seem to be unprepared to engage
their kids.
When I traveled by plane with
my children, I always planned
ahead. I packed plenty of healthy
snacks, a few surprise treats and
games, books and art supplies
to engage them. I also talked to
them in advance about the trip,
the plane, who we were going to
visit and what we were going to
do after we arrived. Strangers
MUSIC
include the Beatles Esher
demos, a collection that
ended up on the now-classic
White Album.
“When they got together
in George Harrison’s
house, they taped all the
songs that they were plan-
ning to put on the White
Album,” Greg said. “It’s
got the full White Album
and two discs of them just
sitting in George Har-
rison’s house doing the
songs before they actually
recorded them — demos.”
The package set goes for
$95 at Ruby Peak, Greg said,
adding that he believes it
sells online for about $120.
Not all sealed deals are
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FFA
with her fellow FFA mem-
bers from across the state.
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“I feel like there’s been
a lot of built-up energy,”
Two years ago, Oregon Castrow said. “Everybody
FFA members were pre-
gets to kind of release
paring for the annual
that energy and just be
state convention when the themselves.”
first COVID-19
Bush, the Tilla-
mook FFA advisor,
restrictions were
said this year was his
announced. All
15th state convention
public gath-
erings were
as both a teacher and
banned to pre-
student. It was here,
vent the spread
Bush said, that he met
of the virus,
his best friend and the
Ward
forcing the can-
future best man at his
cellation of the
wedding. It was also
convention a
here that he decided he
week before it
wanted to become an
was scheduled
agriculture teacher in
to begin.
his hometown.
Oregon FFA
“The kids learn
leaders moved
stuff here they can
Castrow
quickly to pivot
take home,” Bush said.
to a virtual con-
“Perhaps most impor-
tantly, they learn who
vention in 2020,
they are.”
then again in
Gary Walls, a senior
2021. While not
from Ione, met March
ideal, the format
19 with Corrina Smith
still allowed
and Dakota Anderson,
members to
Bush
both sophomores
compete in
from Elgin. Walls, who
events, attend workshops
joined FFA in seventh
and elect new officers.
Kendall Castrow, a
grade, had just earned his
senior at Redmond High
State Degree, the highest
School, said she is excited award a state FFA asso-
ciation can bestow on its
to be coming out of the
members.
pandemic and reuniting
The friends said they
remember feeling disap-
pointed when the state
convention was canceled
in 2020. Now it was time
to celebrate.
“You can feel all the
positivity and great emo-
tions in-person,” Walls
said.
“I’m really a people
person,” Anderson
added. “I like to meet
new people.”
Phil Ward, Oregon
FFA CEO, said this year
they eclipsed 14,000
total members statewide
— the most in the state
organization’s history.
For the majority of
these students, Ward
said this was their first
in-person state conven-
tion. “They’re seeing it
for the first time with
fresh eyes,” he said. “It’s
been fun to watch.”
Though Ward said he
is proud of Oregon FFA
for how it has responded
to the pandemic, there is
simply no substitute for
being together in person.
“It just reminds
me of what FFA is all
about,” he said. “This
is an organization that
builds potential in young
people.”
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Reasonable prices
They have a system of
colored stickers showing
the cost of each record. The
stickers are placed inside
the album covers so as to
not damage the outer cover
when they’re removed. Many
are less than $10.
“We know from raising
two boys that we never had
enough money to do any-
thing, so we try to keep our
CLIMATE
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administrative rules that
would cap greenhouse gas
emissions from fossil fuels
and reduce them over time.
The resulting Climate
Protection Program does
just that: it caps emissions
from gasoline, diesel, pro-
pane, kerosene and natural
gas and makes the cap more
restrictive over time. The
program, which launched
this month, will distribute a
declining number of emis-
sion credits to fuel suppliers
and allow them to buy and
sell those credits as the cap
comes down. It also cre-
ates a fund that allows com-
panies to pay for emission
reductions in communities
that are most impacted by
climate change.
The rules include finan-
cial penalties for companies
that can’t meet the emission
reduction targets.
Fuel suppliers will likely
face higher costs that would
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Semis and other motorists line Island Avenue in La Grande on
Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, waiting to get back on the road. Rules passed
by the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission in December target
a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from transportation
fuels and natural gas by 2050.
Astoria
Longview
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Vancouver
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Condon
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SAT
SUN
MON
Partly cloudy
Mild with
clouds and sun
Mainly cloudy
and mild
Rather cloudy
and mild
A morning
shower; cooler
34 67 35
65 41
67 42
58 34
Eugene
44/64
La Grande
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Comfort Index™ 10
Enterprise
67 41
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57 38
10
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Comfort Index™ 10
1
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ALMANAC
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Tuesday
Low Tuesday
High: 88°
Low: -6°
Wettest: 1.96”
61°
32°
63°
38°
69°
41°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Tuesday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
0.00
0.06
0.52
0.45
1.81
0.00
0.47
1.21
2.34
4.11
0.01
1.60
1.60
7.15
7.21
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION FRIDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
35%
NW at 6 to 12 mph
2.6
0.11
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Wednesday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
44/62
TUESDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
7% of capacity
49% of capacity
32% of capacity
64% of capacity
33% of capacity
84% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Tuesday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
4170 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
1 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
7 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
325 cfs
Minam River at Minam
250 cfs
Powder River near Richland
60 cfs
Fort Myers, Fla.
Gould, Colo.
Mount Airy, N.C.
OREGON
High: 75°
Low: 29°
Wettest: 0.09”
The Dalles
Crater Lake
Astoria
Kansas City, Mo., already knows the
danger of severe spring thunderstorms
and tornadoes. However, on March 24,
1912, 25 inches of snow accumulated in
24 hours.
SUN & MOON
THU.
FRI.
6:48 a.m. 6:46 a.m.
7:10 p.m. 7:11 p.m.
2:10 a.m. 3:18 a.m.
10:32 a.m. 11:31 a.m.
MOON PHASES
Last
Mar 24
New
Mar 31
First
Apr 8
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Full
Apr 16
Jordan Valley
42/75
Paisley
39/75
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Frenchglen
43/73
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Brookings
43/72
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
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Hi/Lo/W
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Grand View
Arock
39/79
39/76
42/76
Klamath Falls
33/70
Lakeview
34/72
McDermitt
Shown is Friday’s weather. Temperatures are Thursday night’s lows and Friday’s highs.
FRI.
Diamond
41/73
Fields
Medford
44/58
Boise
43/75
Silver Lake
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
38/78
33/73
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RECREATION FORECAST FRIDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
WEATHER HISTORY
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
Beaver Marsh
Juntura
33/73
37/68
31/66
Ontario
40/73
Burns
Brothers
47/64
Roseburg
Huntington
37/70
Bend
Coos Bay
37/65
41/69
Seneca
40/69
Oakridge
Council
34/67
41/72
38/69
Elkton
Powers
38/65
38/63
John Day
35/67
Sisters
Florence
44/53
Halfway
Granite
Baker City
Redmond
42/53
43/56
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
40/68
41/62
Newport
Enterprise
38/65
40/66
44/61
43/62
Corvallis
45/62
64 45
Elgin
38/65
La Grande
40/64
40/68
Idanha
Salem
FRI
10
42/63
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
43/64
Hood River
42/63
TONIGHT
10
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Walla Walla
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Maupin
10
— Oregon Public Broad-
casting reporter Cassandra
Profita contributed to
this report.
Kennewick
43/61
St. Helens
TIllamook
Comfort Index™ 10
expected. If Oregon gas
prices increase by more
than 20% compared to other
states, staff will review the
program to see if changes
need to be made.
be passed along to con-
sumers. That will leave Ore-
gonians and businesses with
two choices: reduce their use
of fossil fuels or pay increas-
ingly higher prices for them.
DEQ staff have said the
agency will track prices
in Oregon and neigh-
boring states to see if prices
begin increasing more than
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Baker City
prices reasonable,” Michelle
said. “Music should be
accessible to people other
than just the rich.”
“We want people to be
able to afford to come in
here,” Greg added. “We have
several customers who love
just going through things.”
But like any business-
people who hope to be suc-
cessful, they’re doing their
best to cater to what the cus-
tomer wants.
“We’re a work in prog-
ress,” Michelle said. “We
have to see what it is people
want or what they’ll buy.”
———
Bill Bradshaw is a
reporter for the Wallowa
County Chieftain. Have
a business tip? Contact
him at 541-398-5503 or
bbradshaw@wallowa.com.
vinyl. A Pink Floyd CD box
set has all kinds of extras
like scarves, concerts and
posters.
“All kinds of crazy
things,” Greg said. “These
are going for quite a bit on
the internet and we have
them for $100. … We try and
keep our prices lower than
the internet,” he said.
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From left, Corrina Smith and Dakota Anderson, sophomores, Elgin FFA; and Gary Walls, senior,
Ione FFA.
not be an angel, but today you
have earned your “wings.”
DEAR ABBY: I find myself
depressed 90% of the time
because I’m afraid of death. Do
you think LGBTQ individuals are
doomed after death? Will we go
to hell? I’m gay and I worry every
day about it. Please settle my
nerves. — STRESSED-OUT IN
GEORGIA
DEAR STRESSED-OUT: I’m
glad you asked. Please stop wor-
rying, because you are making
your own hell right here on Earth.
LGBTQ individuals are no more
“doomed” after death than are
straight people. The misguided
individual who planted that idea
in your head deserves that fate,
not you.
would thank me at the end of
the flight for my children’s good
behavior.
Time on a plane is a perfect
opportunity to forgo the hustle
and bustle of a typical day. Use
the downtime to have fun and
enjoy special bonding time with
your kids and, hopefully, give
the other passengers a break. —
MILE-HIGH PLAY TIME
DEAR MILE-HIGH: I’m
printing your intelligent sugges-
tions in the hope that as families
travel in the coming months, they
will be taken to heart. I’m not
doing this for the benefit of airline
passengers, but rather the comfort
of the children involved. Thank
you for sharing your thoughts
with my readers and me. You may
City
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Newport
Olympia
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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
Partly sunny
Partly sunny
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37
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Partly sunny
Clouds and sun
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43
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Partly sunny
Partly sunny
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30
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32
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Partly sunny
Partly sunny
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39
62
44
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Partly sunny; mild
Periods of sun
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35
66
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