COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATuRDAY, ApRIL 23, 2022
Woman faces uncertainty in marriage, health and future
for support. Could I be even more
lonely if I leave? The thought of
divorce feels overwhelming, but
I feel like life is passing me by.
Hoping you can point me in the
right direction. — LIVING IN
LIMBO IN MISSOURI
DEAR LIVING: I wish
you had mentioned what it was
nine years ago that created a rift
between you and your husband.
If it was your diagnosis, it is truly
regrettable. In the interim, have
you tried talking about this with a
marriage and family therapist? If
the answer is no, you should.
I am concerned about the
degree of isolation you are
feeling. The National Multiple
Sclerosis Society (nationalms-
society.org) offers virtual and
DEAR ABBY: I’ve been mar-
ried for 14 years and have two
kids. Our youngest is 11. For the
last nine years, it has been a love-
less marriage. Luckily, he works
a lot, but when he’s home, I stay
in my bedroom. The only thing
we do together is eat dinner. Our
kids are thriving in school, and I
worry that leaving will hurt them
terribly. Should I wait until our
youngest graduates?
I am 47 and have multiple scle-
rosis that is slowly progressing.
I do not have family and friends
in-person support groups that
might benefit you greatly.
Divorcing one’s spouse is not
a guarantee that one’s loneli-
ness will end, as many divorced
women and men can attest. The
National MS Society may be
able to provide what you need
right now.
DEAR ABBY: My husband
and I are expecting our first child.
We are over the moon about it,
and have lots of support from
family and friends near and far.
My husband’s family lives in
another state and would need to
fly to visit us. His parents are sep-
arated, and elderly.
I love his mother dearly, but
I have an issue with her best
friend, “Myra.” Myra has always
been passive-aggressive. She
makes things difficult and makes
rude, snide comments. My moth-
er-in-law plans to travel to meet
our new baby, but she wants Myra
to be her travel companion.
Abby, after the stress and
exhaustion of delivering a baby
and any postpartum aftermath,
plus the desire to keep our circle
small due to COVID, I do not
want to see Myra in the first few
months after delivery. I have no
issues with my mother-in-law, and
don’t want to prohibit her from
seeing her new grandbaby. But
she refuses to travel alone. Am
I going too far in saying I won’t
be up for visiting with her snide
best friend? — PREGNANT IN
PENNSYLVANIA
DEAR PREGNANT: I don’t
think you are going too far. You
have the right to control who
comes into your home. Tell your
mother-in-law you would wel-
come her coming to see the new
baby, but that Myra is not wel-
come in your home and will
have to make other plans while
Grandma is visiting your infant.
If she asks why, tell her the
truth — that Myra is negative
and snide, and you don’t want
to be exposed to that while you
are in a vulnerable state. If she
can’t agree to your wishes, tell
her you and her son will visit
her when the baby is older, but
you will make sure she has
plenty of pictures and videos in
the meantime.
NORTHEASTERN OREGON FISHING FORECAST
Fishing action in Oregon starting to pick up
EO Media Group
Wallowa County ponds
SALEM — The Oregon
Department of Fish and
Wildlife reports improving
fishing conditions in several
places around Northeastern
Oregon.
The agency has also
started stocking rainbow
trout in several ponds and
reservoirs.
Fish at Kinney Lake
that overwintered will be
available to shore anglers
and anglers in nonmotor-
ized boats (motors are not
allowed on Kinney Lake).
Kinney Lake and ponds
throughout the county will
be stocked with rainbow
trout over the next couple
months.
Imnaha River
Wallowa Lake
Steelhead fishing is open
through April 30. Both bait
drifted near the bottom
and jigs fished under bob-
bers can be effective means
of catching steelhead on
the Imnaha. After rain or
periods of warm weather,
flows may increase and
fishing may be more dif-
ficult. Hatchery steelhead
smolts have been recently
released, and anglers may
catch some of these fish as
they migrate downstream
through the river, especially
if they are using bait.
Anglers are reminded
that bull trout may be
encountered in the fishery
and must be released
unharmed. Anglers that
hike down the Imnaha
River and fish for steelhead
in the Snake River must
use barbless hooks when
fishing for steelhead in the
Snake River. Additionally,
anglers fishing for steelhead
in the Snake River need to
be aware that the daily limit
for steelhead in the Snake
River is two hatchery steel-
head this spring.
Morgan Lake opened for fishing on Friday, April 22, 2022.
a total of 1,133 steelhead
counted at TMFD up to
date for the run year, with
an average of five fish per
day over the past week.
The spring chinook
season opened April 15.
There is a predicted run of
approximately 3,000 spring
chinook returning to the
Umatilla River. A total of
12 spring chinook have
been counted at TMFD so
far this run year. Fishing
was slow for opening
weekend, but there were
anglers out trying to take
advantage of the early fish.
The flows in the Umatilla
have come up in the last
few days from the rain and
anglers should start see fish
moving because of this.
Anglers should start to find
Morgan Lake
Opened for fishing on
April 22.
Umatilla River
Due to very poor pred-
icated returns, retention
of steelhead on the Uma-
tilla River between the
Highway 730 bridge and
Three Mile Falls Dam
(TMDF) will be closed
through April 30, 2022.
From TMFD to the Con-
federated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reserva-
tion boundary is open for
fishing and retention of
steelhead. There has been
Grande Ronde River
Anglers can fish for
hatchery steelhead on the
Grande Ronde through the
weather
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Wallowa River
Steelhead fishing is open
through April 30. Addi-
tionally, fishing for trout
and whitefish can be good
in the spring. Fishing con-
ditions will be best when
flows are lower, and fishing
may be more difficult when
the weather warms and the
river rises.
Astoria
St. Helens
Anglers have been suc-
cessful catching bass, and
bass fishing will likely
improve throughout the
year as the water tempera-
ture increases. Trout fishing
will probably be good in the
coming months especially
Waterbodies slated to
be stocked with rainbow
trout this week include the
Highway 203 Pond near
Baker City, Murray Res-
ervoir near Unity, Phillips
Reservoir and Bully Creek
Reservoir.
Kennewick
41/69
40/70
Condon
41/73
44/69
39/69
Clear to partly
cloudy
Partly sunny and
milder
Cloudy with a
few showers
Rain tapering
off
Cloudy and cool
64 42
53 32
55 33
Eugene
38/69
La Grande
33 65 39
Comfort Index™ 10
Enterprise
30 61 36
Comfort Index™
6
51 35
53 34
7
0
3
10
49 35
50 31
8
0
2
ALMANAC
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Thursday
Low Thursday
High: 100°
Low: 14°
Wettest: 2.89”
50°
30°
50°
33°
59°
37°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Thursday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
0.15
0.77
0.55
1.44
2.61
Trace
0.66
1.24
3.04
5.86
0.06
2.43
1.73
9.62
9.59
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION SUNDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
30%
SSE at 6 to 12 mph
7.5
0.16
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
42/66
THURSDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
10% of capacity
76% of capacity
45% of capacity
81% of capacity
44% of capacity
100% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Thursday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
3150 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
7 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
5 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
516 cfs
Minam River at Minam
367 cfs
Powder River near Richland
18 cfs
Childress, Texas
Saco, Mont.
Newport, Ark.
OREGON
High: 66°
Low: 23°
Wettest: 0.38”
The Dalles
Crater Lake
Tillamook
WEATHER HISTORY
A record chill gripped northern Florida on
April 23, 1993. Tallahassee plunged to 31
degrees. The previous record of 41 was
set in 1940. This was also the latest freeze
recorded there last century.
SUN & MOON
SAT.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
5:54 a.m.
7:48 p.m.
3:00 a.m.
11:46 a.m.
SUN.
5:52 a.m.
7:50 p.m.
3:37 a.m.
1:03 p.m.
MOON PHASES
Last
Apr 23
New
Apr 30
First
May 8
Beaver Marsh
Full
May 15
40/69
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
30/60
Paisley
30/66
26/64
Frenchglen
30/61
40/72
Klamath Falls
27/64
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
56/45/c
69/40/pc
64/44/s
57/44/pc
65/34/pc
60/46/pc
66/46/pc
63/36/s
63/40/pc
69/48/pc
71/48/pc
70/50/pc
67/44/s
65/39/pc
60/40/s
71/49/pc
64/32/pc
63/29/pc
Hi/Lo/W
54/41/c
67/43/c
72/52/c
56/43/c
68/39/c
55/43/c
60/41/c
66/48/c
64/43/sh
63/42/c
69/51/c
63/49/c
67/50/c
67/46/sh
59/44/r
69/50/pc
62/38/c
63/37/c
34/67
Lakeview
24/63
McDermitt
30/62
RECREATION FORECAST SUNDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
MON.
Grand View
Arock
29/63
33/62
Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs.
SUN.
Diamond
30/62
Fields
Medford
Brookings
Boise
35/64
40/77
41/57
29/66
28/67
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Juntura
24/65
31/66
27/62
Ontario
37/68
Burns
Brothers
36/69
Roseburg
Huntington
26/62
Bend
Coos Bay
33/63
37/65
Seneca
35/69
Oakridge
Council
27/63
33/65
33/68
Elkton
Powers
32/65
27/59
John Day
30/69
Sisters
Florence
41/57
Halfway
Granite
Baker City
Redmond
40/60
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
34/68
36/66
Newport
Enterprise
30/61
33/65
34/67
40/67
37/67
61 41
10
Corvallis
41/55
64 44
Elgin
30/63
La Grande
37/67
38/72
Idanha
Salem
WED
2
41/67
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
39/69
Hood River
39/67
TUE
0
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
Walla Walla
39/71
Vancouver
41/69
MON
8
It will be stocked with
trout throughout the spring.
Fishing has been slow, and
the reservoir is still very
low, about 10% of capacity.
The water has now reached
the bottom of the Mason
Dam boat ramp. There
probably is enough water
to launch small boats, but
large boats may need a bit
more water before they can
use the boat ramp.
Remember that tiger
musky and bull trout must
be released unharmed.
Trout stocking
schedule
Longview
SUN
3
Phillips Reservoir
Oxbow Reservoir
40/68
TONIGHT
10
Reservoir is nearly full.
The reservoir drained sig-
nificantly last year, and
there may not be many fish
that survived through the
fall and winter. However,
the reservoir has recently
been stocked with rainbow
trout.
Reservoir is 24 feet
below full pool, and all boat
ramps are usable except
Spring Recreation Site at the
upper end of the reservoir
near Huntington. Anglers in
the Powder River arm have
recently had good catches
of bass, and trout have been
caught from shore with bait.
There also have been some
perch caught, and catfish
are available.
Maupin
27 63 35
Thief Valley Reservoir
Brownlee Reservoir
success as the clarity of
the river improves and the
river starts to drop. Most
anglers use egg set up with
a slinky weigh bounced off
the bottom.
Trout fishing on the
Umatilla River, and its trib-
utaries, is closed currently
and reopens May 22. Bass
and other warmwater spe-
cies remain open all year.
42/56
TIllamook
Comfort Index™
Reservoir is nearly full,
and anglers have been suc-
cessful catching 16- to
17-inch rainbow trout.
Fishing from shore with bait
has been a good technique,
and fishing from a boat will
probably also be a good
way to fish the reservoir.
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
39/60
Baker City
Unity Reservoir
Fishing has been good
for rainbow trout near
the south end of the lake.
Anglers have had success
using both flies and lures.
Anglers can have good suc-
cess wading out from shore
and casting lures or flies
near where fish are rising.
Boat anglers will have
better access to more of
the lake and may find fish
near areas where the depth
drops off.
Alex Wittwer/The Observer, File
end of the season on April
30. However, fishing may
be difficult during periods
of elevated flows.
when water temperatures
are in the low 50s.
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
69/45/s
68/46/c
62/36/pc
72/45/pc
55/45/pc
62/44/c
68/40/s
70/45/pc
67/46/pc
69/51/pc
66/48/pc
69/38/pc
69/47/pc
67/47/pc
64/41/s
73/48/pc
61/34/pc
67/48/pc
Hi/Lo/W
66/49/c
58/45/c
63/43/c
68/45/c
54/43/c
57/40/sh
73/51/c
71/48/pc
64/47/c
61/46/c
57/42/c
66/40/c
64/45/sh
63/43/c
63/43/c
67/49/c
59/41/sh
65/46/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
Partly sunny
Partly sunny
38
32
59
34
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Warmer
Mostly sunny
50
37
66
39
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Milder
Partly sunny
45
33
59
32
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Mostly sunny
Partly sunny
60
40
67
44
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Milder
Milder
63
35
65
39