COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATuRDAY, MARCH 26, 2022
Selfish bride wonders if she’s being selfish
very involved in his children’s and
grandchildren’s lives.
Recently, Dad has been
spending the majority of his
time taking care of sickly Mary,
including spending six weeks in a
distant city while she underwent
surgery and recovery. My siblings
and I feel Dad deserves someone
who can enjoy life and partici-
pate in similar activities, but we
acknowledge this is the person he
has chosen to be with.
Mary will be attending my
wedding as my father’s guest.
If she’s feeling ill, tired, or too
weak to withstand the festivities,
I am terrified Dad will make an
early exit to take her back to the
hotel. I would be devastated if he
DEAR ABBY: I am being
married to the love of my life.
Aside from my soon-to-be hus-
band, the most important partic-
ipant in our wedding will be my
70-year-old father, whom I adore.
Dad has been dating a woman,
“Mary,” on and off since my par-
ents’ divorce 25 years ago. Mary
has always had health issues
(lupus, kidney disease, alcoholism,
etc.), so she rarely attends family
functions. Dad is in excellent
health, enjoys the outdoors and is
or, as this is my home turf, can
I just go ahead and sit and then
wait for them to get comfort-
able? I have attempted to gauge
my actions on other staff, but it
hasn’t helped, as each seems to
have their own agenda. Until now
I have played it by ear, but a defin-
itive answer would be appreciated.
— TRYING TO SET A GOOD
EXAMPLE
DEAR TRYING: If I am
escorting people into my office,
we usually seat ourselves at the
same time. If you are with a client,
say “Please, have a seat,” and wait
for that person to get comfortable.
When you’re with co-workers, it
isn’t necessary to stand — or sit
— on ceremony.
have your father do — call 911 and
let the paramedics haul her off?
In the interest of family harmony,
please grow up and stop obsessing
because, to say the least, it is
unbecoming. As to the wedding
photos, if you don’t want her in
the pictures, pose her on the END,
so you can crop her out of them if
you wish.
DEAR ABBY: I have a ques-
tion about office etiquette. My job
requires that I meet with many
vendors and salespeople, as well
as hold informal meetings with
other staff and upper management
in my office.
My question: When wel-
coming people into “my space,”
should I wait for them to be seated
missed out on celebrating the most
important day of my life. I also
do not want her in the wedding
photos, which is a whole other
issue. Am I being a selfish Bridez-
illa, or should I voice my concerns
to my father prior to the big day?
— APPREHENSIVE DADDY’S
GIRL
DEAR DADDY’S GIRL:
Have you not learned by now that
you cannot control what another
person does? I’m sure your father
would love to spend every moment
of your special day with you, but
there are other priorities to con-
sider. Mary, whose health is poor,
is making every effort to be there
to honor you. If it becomes too
much for her, what would you
Juvenile spring chinook brought back to creeks on Nez Perce Reservation
By ERIC BARKER
Lewiston Tribune
LEWISTON, Idaho —
Juvenile spring chinook are
swimming in Sweetwater
and Lapwai creeks on the
Nez Perce Reservation for
the first time in nearly a
century.
Soon the young fish,
released by the Nez Perce
Tribe on March 9, will
begin their migration to the
Pacific Ocean and within
two years some of them can
be expected to return as
adults and provide fishing
opportunity to tribal and
nontribal anglers, brood-
stock for future hatchery
production and some nat-
ural spawning as well.
The roughly 200,000
smolts were produced at
Dworshak National Fish
Hatchery and raised at the
Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery
under the Lower Snake
River Mitigation pro-
gram that was established
to replace salmon killed
by the four federal dams
between Lewiston, Idaho,
and the Tri-Cities. The
release was made possible
by years of cooperative
work between the tribe, the
Lewiston Orchards Irriga-
tion District and the U.S.
Bureau of Reclamation
that has turned Sweetwater
Creek in particular into a
more hospitable environ-
ment for fish.
Since its inception in
the early 1900s, the irri-
gation district has tapped
the headwaters of Webb,
Sweetwater and other
creeks on Craig Moun-
tain south of Lewiston and
delivered water used to irri-
gate pastures, orchards and
now mostly lawns in the
Lewiston Orchards.
But it also meant the
Austin Johnson/Lewiston Tribune
Members of the Nez Perce Tribe watch as thousands of juvenile
spring chinook are released on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, into
Sweetwater Creek near Webb.
Austin Johnson/Lewiston Tribune
Members of the Nez Perce Tribe pose for a photo in front of
the tribe’s hatchery truck on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, after
releasing thousands of juvenile spring chinook into Sweetwater
Creek near Webb.
Austin Johnson/Lewiston Tribune
Nez Perce tribal elder Charles Axtell, left, NPTEC Vice-Chairman Shannon Wheeler and NPTEC Treasurer
Casey Mitchell sing ceremonially on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, before releasing thousands of juvenile
spring chinook into Sweetwater Creek near Webb.
creeks, home to Endan-
gered Species Act protected
fish like steelhead, ran
low and hot in the summer
months.
In 2010, the tribe sued
multiple federal agen-
cies seeking to return
water to the creeks. Nego-
tiations between the par-
ties and other stakeholders
yielded a settlement cen-
tered on drilling a series
of deep aquifer wells in
the Orchards. Each time a
new well comes online, an
amount of water equal to its
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Dam in 1927. When the
dam was removed in the
1970s, a hatchery spring
chinook program was estab-
lished in the basin.
The juvenile chinook
have had their adipose fins
removed, said Scott Keller,
manager of the Nez Perce
Tribal Hatchery. The fin
removal identifies them as
being of hatchery origin
and available for harvest
when they return as adults.
Johnson said tribal fish-
eries workers will be able
to collect fish for hatchery
spawning at a weir near the
etation along its banks.
The water provides
better habitat for threatened
steelhead and the opportu-
nity for the reestablishment
of spring chinook.
“Sweetwater Creek has
been an important area
for the tribe for genera-
tions because it’s a cooler
source of water because of
its origins up there on Waha
Lake,” Johnson said.
Spring chinook were
extirpated from the Clear-
water Basin with the con-
struction of the Lewiston
output is allowed to stay in
the creeks.
David Johnson, director
of the tribe’s Department of
Fisheries Resources Man-
agement, said the exchange
increased flows in Sweet-
water Creek from a range
of 0 to 3.5 cubic feet per
second in summer months
to a range of 3.5 cfs to
12.5 cfs. The tribe has also
worked to improve habitat
through various rehabilita-
tion projects such as recon-
necting the creek to its
floodplain and planting veg-
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
46/56
Kennewick
47/67
St. Helens
48/66
50/70
46/65
Condon
49/73
48/66
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
Partly cloudy
Mostly cloudy
and mild
A morning
shower; cooler
Nice with clouds
and sun
Occasional
morning rain
40 70 42
59 40
60 35
57 30
Eugene
6
8
7
49/66
57 40
61 40
56 32
5
9
3
44 71 44
Comfort Index™ 10
Enterprise
10
42 70 41
Comfort Index™ 10
58 34
52 35
4
9
3
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Thursday
Low Thursday
High: 96°
Low: -5°
Wettest: 4.27”
63°
32°
62°
38°
66°
37°
0.00
0.06
0.57
0.45
1.86
0.00
0.48
1.32
2.35
4.22
Trace
1.60
1.74
7.15
7.35
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Thursday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION SUNDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
35%
SSE at 7 to 14 mph
3.6
0.12
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
49/63
8% of capacity
52% of capacity
33% of capacity
66% of capacity
34% of capacity
86% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Thursday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
5370 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
1 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
8 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
702 cfs
Minam River at Minam
386 cfs
Powder River near Richland
69 cfs
Death Valley, Calif.
Gould, Colo.
Rosman, N.C.
OREGON
High: 75°
Low: 21°
Wettest: 0.04”
Medford
Klamath Falls
Florence
WEATHER HISTORY
On March 26, 1660, John Hull of Boston
recorded a snowstorm that was the worst
of the year. New England colonists learned
that wintry weather could last into spring.
SUN & MOON
SAT.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
6:44 a.m.
7:12 p.m.
4:14 a.m.
12:41 p.m.
SUN.
6:43 a.m.
7:14 p.m.
4:58 a.m.
1:57 p.m.
MOON PHASES
New
Mar 31
First
Apr 8
Full
Apr 16
Last
Apr 23
Brothers
52/66
42/66
Beaver Marsh
35/60
Roseburg
51/65
Jordan Valley
46/70
Paisley
42/67
Frenchglen
45/69
Diamond
Grand View
Arock
45/69
44/80
43/74
Fields
45/72
46/71
Klamath Falls
36/62
Lakeview
36/66
McDermitt
45/72
RECREATION FORECAST SUNDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
MON.
City
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
56/46/c 54/41/c
Bend
68/46/c 57/36/sh
Boise
74/49/pc 62/43/c
Brookings
58/48/c 58/44/pc
Burns
71/39/c 58/35/pc
Coos Bay
55/45/c 53/43/c
Corvallis
65/47/c 58/40/c
Council
67/43/c 54/42/sh
Elgin
71/43/c 57/37/r
Eugene
66/49/c 61/42/sh
Hermiston
74/51/c 72/45/sh
Hood River
70/51/c 65/45/pc
Imnaha
73/48/c 55/45/sh
John Day
69/43/c 59/38/sh
Joseph
69/43/c 53/40/r
Kennewick
73/51/c 73/44/sh
Klamath Falls 62/38/c 55/29/pc
Lakeview
66/38/c 55/34/sh
Boise
48/74
Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs.
SUN.
43/74
Silver Lake
37/61
Medford
Brookings
Juntura
36/71
49/72
47/58
Ontario
45/76
Burns
41/68
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Huntington
40/66
Bend
Coos Bay
42/67
47/73
Seneca
42/68
Oakridge
Council
40/70
46/69
42/67
Elkton
THURSDAY EXTREMES
ALMANAC
42/65
John Day
40/68
Sisters
Florence
Powers
43/69
Baker City
Redmond
46/56
48/57
Halfway
Granite
48/65
Newport
46/55
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.
43/72
46/66
49/67
51/65
53 39
10
Corvallis
Enterprise
42/70
44/71
Monument
48/71
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
La Grande
Elgin
41/71
La Grande
46/67
Maupin
10
47/66
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
49/71
Hood River
46/66
TIllamook
Comfort Index™ 10
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
Walla Walla
46/73
Vancouver
47/68
47/59
Baker City
mouth of Lapwai Creek and
tribal members will be able
to fish for spring chinook
in Lapwai and Sweetwater
creeks.
“We want to make sure
we get the brood but we are
looking forward to have an
opportunity to fish right
here in the heart of the res-
ervation,” he said.
The fish will also be
available to nontribal
anglers as they pass through
the lower Clearwater River.
Chinook that escape
the fishery will be able to
spawn in the creeks.
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
71/52/c
67/48/c
69/45/c
72/47/c
56/44/c
63/46/c
76/49/c
72/51/c
66/48/c
66/50/c
63/50/c
68/43/c
65/50/c
67/50/c
63/45/c
73/52/c
68/42/c
66/51/c
Hi/Lo/W
62/46/c
58/45/c
57/38/sh
57/40/c
50/42/pc
57/41/sh
66/46/sh
72/44/pc
64/44/sh
59/45/pc
55/43/c
60/34/pc
59/44/c
60/43/pc
61/39/c
68/45/sh
57/34/sh
64/46/sh
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
Mainly cloudy
Mainly cloudy
46
29
68
42
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Mostly cloudy
Mostly cloudy
56
39
72
47
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Mainly cloudy
Mostly cloudy
53
34
64
40
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Mostly cloudy
Mostly cloudy
69
43
66
48
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Mostly cloudy
Mostly cloudy
70
42
71
44