COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATuRDAY, MAY 7, 2022
Battle of wills erupts over social media posts
dren under 18 should be posted
on social media and, in this case,
especially since we just met my
granddaughter. She didn’t have
permission from the other chil-
dren’s moms to post. I feel my
mother disrespected my house
and my rules, and I need to know
how to handle future events.
Please help.
I was raised to respect my par-
ents, but this is a deal-breaker,
and I’m seriously considering
not including her in future events
involving the children. — DEAL-
BREAKER IN NEW MEXICO
DEAR DEAL-BREAKER:
Your mother has made it clear
that your wishes and your rules
mean nothing to her — she does
what she wants. Now it’s time to
exercise your own good judgment
DEAR ABBY: My adult son
has a drug addiction, for which he
is receiving treatment. My family
and I have just met his daughter,
who we had only recently learned
about. She’s 6. I had a celebra-
tion for her birthday at my house.
My mom (the great-grandma)
took pictures of the birthday girl
and her friends, and posted them
on social media. I had asked her
before the party started to please
not post pictures of the children
on social media. She said she does
what she wants.
I don’t believe pictures of chil-
PERCH
Receding tide exposes
holes in tangles of bull kelp
where greenling hide, but
any attempt to pursue this
tasty fish is fruitless when
low tide occurs in the dark
— like today. The possi-
bility to drift corkies for
steelhead is also thwarted
when a review of hydro-
graphs shows local rivers
blown out from heavy rain.
My only hope (after drop-
ping $180 on a non-resident
fishing license) is to hit an
incoming tide for redtail
surfperch once inclement
weather settles down.
Noontime two days later
finds me standing on a flat
rock where the Yachats
River meets the sea. Ocean
spray and rain pelter, but
I am secure in waterproof
Helly Hansen bibs and
jacket buttoned-up over
three layers. Last night’s
full moon led to an extreme
high tide made even higher
by steady offshore winds.
Rocks usually stood on are
under water, but after trav-
eling 380 miles to fish I
will not be denied.
Years of experience
have shown schools of
surfperch move into this
bay during the incoming
tide. However, today’s
wave action and diver-
gent currents affect their
movement in ways I do
not understand. Ocean
hydraulic forces are too
complex to read like an
angler might do for a
rushing trout stream.
My chosen spinning rod
outfit consists of a 3-ounce
lead weight tied to the ter-
minal end of 15-pound
test monofilament and two
No. 4 hooks attached in
a loop-to-loop arrange-
ment 18 inches up the
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our countries’ post offices, to no
avail. Should I buy him a new
one, or has the moment passed?
While the knife was expen-
sive, it didn’t cost so much that
I can’t afford another one, and
he stressed that he didn’t expect
a replacement. What’s the right
thing to do? The gift was intended
as a memento of his graduation
and our relationship, but it feels
strange to repeat the exercise now
that we’re broken up. What do
you think? — MOMENT HAS
PASSED
DEAR MOMENT: Because
your ex-boyfriend made clear that
he doesn’t expect a replacement,
let the matter rest. Allow his
memories of college — and you
— to be his mementos. They are
what’s most important because
Ms. Pac-Man joins World Video Game Hall of Fame
The Associated Press
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — More
than 40 years after blazing a trail for
female video game characters, Ms.
Pac-Man was inducted Thursday,
May 5, into the World Video Game
Hall of Fame, along with Dance
Dance Revolution, The Legend of
Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Sid Mei-
er’s Civilization.
The Hall of Fame considers elec-
tronic games of all types each year
— arcade, console, computer, hand-
held and mobile. Inductees are recog-
nized for their popularity and influ-
ence on the video game industry or
pop culture over time.
The Ms. Pac-Man arcade game
was released in 1981 as Midway’s
follow-up to Pac-Man, which entered
the hall as part of the inaugural class
in 2015. The Pac-Man sequel reimag-
ined the main character to acknowl-
edge the original game’s female fans,
according to the hall. After selling
125,000 cabinets within the first
five years, it became one of the best-
selling arcade games of all time.
There was nothing inherently
gendered about early video games,
said Julia Novakovic, senior archi-
vist at the hall. But “by offering the
first widely recognized female video
game character,” she said, “Ms.
Pac-Man represented a turn in the
cultural conversation about wom-
en’s place in the arcade, as well as in
society at large.”
The Class of 2022 was chosen
from a field of finalists that also
included Assassin’s Creed, Candy
Crush Saga, Minesweeper, NBA
Jam, PaRappa the Rapper, Resident
Evil, Rogue, and Words with Friends.
It is the eighth class to be inducted
since the World Video Game Hall of
Fame was established at The Strong
National Museum of Play in Roch-
ester, New York.
Konami’s Dance Dance Revolu-
tion, first seen in arcades in Japan in
1998, was recognized for helping to
pave the way for other music-cen-
Dennis Dauble is author of five
books about fishing and fishing,
including his latest, Chasing Ghost
Trout. Contact him on his website
DennisDaubleBooks.com.
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World Video Game Hall of Fame/Contributed Photo
This photo provided by World Video Game Hall of Fame shows Ms. Pac-Man, Dance Dance
Revolution, Sid Meier’s Civilization andThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. More than
40 years after blazing a trail for female video game characters, Ms. Pac-Man was inducted
Thursday, May 5, 2022, into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, alongside Dance Dance
Revolution, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Sid Meier’s Civilization.
tered games like Guitar Hero and
Rock Band. The fast-paced game put
players on a dance floor with a screen
in front to direct their moves.
“Music has been an integral
part of human life since prehis-
toric times, so it comes as no sur-
prise that DDR enjoyed a unique
popularity that spanned ages, gen-
ders, and regions,” said video game
curator Lindsey Kurano.
A home version of the game fol-
lowed on the Sony PlayStation
in 1999.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina
of Time, also first released in 1998,
came out for the Nintendo 64 gaming
console and defined what a 3D action
video game could be, Hall of Fame
officials said. The award-winning
game sold more than 7.6 million
copies worldwide and continues to
be recognized by some players and
critics as one of the best video games
ever made.
“Even today, developers
throughout the world credit The
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
as influencing the way they create
games,” digital games curator
Andrew Borman said. “The game’s
sprawling 3D world, fluid combat,
complex puzzles and time-shifting
story combined to inspire a wonder
Astoria
Longview
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Kennewick
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St. Helens
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Condon
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TUE
WED
Showers of rain
and snow
Cold with a few
showers
Cold; a p.m.
shower
Cold with sun
and clouds
Periods of sun, a
shower
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Eugene
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La Grande
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TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High: 105°
Low: 15°
Wettest: 4.14”
61°
49°
63°
46°
62°
50°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Thursday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
0.02
0.32
0.19
2.25
3.07
0.08
0.24
0.36
4.02
6.81
0.00
0.18
0.38
10.05
10.67
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION SUNDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
50%
SW at 4 to 8 mph
0.7
0.08
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
11% of capacity
86% of capacity
46% of capacity
99% of capacity
50% of capacity
99% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Thursday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
5590 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
28 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
6 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
1050 cfs
Minam River at Minam
899 cfs
Powder River near Richland
28 cfs
Ocotillo Wells, Calif.
Alamosa, Colo.
Pine Bluff, Ark.
OREGON
High: 74°
Low: 38°
Wettest: 0.72”
Rome
Seaside
Eugene
WEATHER HISTORY
The most deadly and destructive tornado
in the United States occurred on May 7,
1840. “The Great Natchez Tornado” de-
stroyed Natchez, Miss., killing 340 people.
Most died by drowning in the Mississippi
River.
SUN & MOON
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Moonrise
Moonset
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8:06 p.m. 8:07 p.m.
10:27 a.m. 11:33 a.m.
1:52 a.m. 2:25 a.m.
MOON PHASES
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Jordan Valley
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Paisley
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Frenchglen
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Klamath Falls
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City
Astoria
Bend
Boise
Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Council
Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
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McDermitt
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RECREATION FORECAST SUNDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
MON.
Grand View
Arock
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Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs.
SUN.
Diamond
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Fields
Medford
Brookings
Boise
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Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Juntura
28/47
30/42
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Ontario
39/57
Burns
Brothers
36/47
Roseburg
Huntington
28/43
Bend
Coos Bay
34/50
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Seneca
33/48
Oakridge
Council
30/47
32/47
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Elkton
Powers
32/50
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John Day
30/49
Sisters
Florence
41/49
Halfway
Granite
Baker City
Redmond
40/49
THURSDAY EXTREMES
High Thursday
Low Thursday
Monument
33/49
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Newport
Enterprise
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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
Corvallis
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32/48
La Grande
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Idanha
Salem
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Elgin
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
TONIGHT
0
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41/52
Lewiston
40/54
Hood River
Maupin
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Vancouver
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in players that they have never
forgotten.”
Sid Meier’s Civilization, released
in 1991, was recognized as an influ-
ential simulation and strategy game.
The game, which invited players
to develop their own empires,
launched a series of successor
games, including the most recent
Civilization: Beyond Earth and Civ-
ilization VI.
“The addictive nature of the game,
which creator Sid Meier himself
called the ‘one more turn’ quality,
and its nearly unlimited choices
that prevented repetitive gameplay,
earned Civilization recognition from
Computer Gaming World as the best
video game of all time in 1996,”
said Jon-Paul Dyson, director of The
Strong’s International Center for the
History of Electronic games. “Alto-
gether — and given the extraordi-
narily long periods of play the game
afforded — players have engaged
with the Civilization series for more
than a billion hours.”
Anyone can nominate a game
for the World Video Game Hall of
Fame. Final selections are made on
the advice of journalists, scholars
and others with knowledge of the
history of video games and their
role in society.
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
TIllamook
Baker City
they can’t be stolen.
DEAR ABBY: I have been
with someone for seven years.
From the start, he said he wasn’t
the jealous type. He says that
when we are out, flirting is OK
because we go home together, and
if someone wants a kiss, I should
give it. What do you think of
this? I’m not for it. — HEART-
BROKEN IN FLORIDA
DEAR HEARTBROKEN:
So this man says it’s OK for both
of you, I assume, to flirt and kiss
others? What I “think” is that
regardless of how long you have
been together, this person isn’t
interested in an exclusive relation-
ship, and if that’s what you want,
it may be time to find someone
whose values more closely mirror
your own.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
line. I pry open a resistant
bait mussel, attach a gen-
erous portion of its bright
orange tissue to each hook,
and wing a long cast into
the crashing surf. Slack
line bows in the wind.
The weight thumps and
rolls along sandy bottom.
Floating debris tries to
snag my line. A surf scoter
rides a wave, plunges under
an approaching crest, and
bobs up. In the turnaround
behind me a dozen vehi-
cles are parked, windshield
wipers in motion, occu-
pants gazing at the ocean.
Do they envy me or think I
am crazy? I wonder.
Fifteen minutes of
flinging mussel bait into
the rolling surf results in a
staccato-like bite that strips
me clean, but gives hope.
Another hour of flinging
leads to a successful
hookset. I haul a dinner
plate-size redtail surfperch
up the rocks and put it on
a stringer. Meanwhile, a
pesky gull sneaks up and
flies off with an opened
mussel shell. My patience
is eventually rewarded with
second surfperch of equal
size. The tide recedes,
action slows, and I head
back to our rental unit for a
well-deserved hot shower.
Pan-fried fish filets will be
on the menu tonight.
On leaving day the wind
stills and blue sky shows.
Go figure! Four days is not
enough time to partake in
faraway coastal adventures
when inclement spring
weather and tidal forces are
not favorable. Next time
we’ll plan to stay a week.
Perhaps in late summer;
once pea harvest is over.
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and do what YOU want. If you
feel she might do something that
would place the children in harm’s
way, by all means exclude her
from events involving them.
DEAR ABBY: After three
years together, my boyfriend and
I decided to split up amicably
once we graduated from col-
lege. I bought him an expensive
engraved pocket knife as a grad-
uation gift, but there was a delay
and it didn’t arrive until we had
graduated and he’d returned to his
home country in Europe. I for-
warded it to him with a card when
I received it. Unfortunately, when
the box arrived in his country a
month later, it was empty except
for the card. Someone had stolen
my gift.
We have both filed claims with
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ANTHONY LAKES
PHILLIPS LAKE
Snow showers
Cold with a shower
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BROWNLEE RES.
Rain/snow showers
A few showers
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EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
A little snow
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WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
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THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
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