COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2022
Wife of a disabled veteran fi ghts a batt le of her own
he complains when money is
tight. Last week he lashed out,
saying, “I hate that everything
has to go through you,” as if I am
the reason we don’t have more
spending money.
Money is scarce and our chil-
dren are going without things they
need. I’m always fi ghting for his
respect, decency and self-con-
trol. I feel frustrated, exhausted
and lost. Advice, please? —
ANGERED IN ARKANSAS
DEAR ANGERED: I wish
I could wave a magic wand and
make your very real problem
disappear. Because I can’t, you
are going to have to step up yet
again and impress upon your hus-
band that while you are sad that
he regards what you are doing
DEAR ABBY: My hus-
band is retired from the mili-
tary and living with a mental ill-
ness caused by a traumatic brain
injury. As a result, he’s disabled.
We have four children. Over
the years, he has developed an
extreme sense of fi nancial entitle-
ment. Although I’m responsible
for our fi nances, I cannot control
his spending.
His compulsions include
luxury coff ee, fast food and
“medical” marijuana, which
cost hundreds every month, yet
for your family as “controlling,”
your children’s needs must come
before his own. By that I mean, he
should treat “luxury coff ee” as a
luxury and buy it no more than X
times a week, ditto for fast food
and his “medical” marijuana.
If he needs more pharmaceu-
tical support for his stress, he
should address it to his doctor (at
the VA, I assume). Make clear
that you cannot carry more of
the load, and that you are not the
cause of the fi nancial stress. Cir-
cumstances are to blame for that,
and he cannot continue to kick his
golden goose or he will kill it.
DEAR ABBY: My mother,
who lives with me, insists on
keeping her window open sev-
eral inches year-round. While I
don’t mind so much in the winter
because I know she tends to run
hot, we clash in the summer
because I need the windows and
doors closed so I can run the air
conditioning to optimal effi ciency.
She thinks keeping her window
open is cooling her bedroom off
and doesn’t understand what the
problem is if she keeps her door to
the rest of the house shut.
This issue has caused major
arguments because it’s making
my AC unit work harder than it
needs to, not to mention I have
allergies and my doctor has told
me to keep the air on all summer
long. This is a ranch-style home,
and the temperature is kept at
70 degrees.
I don’t want to fi ght with her,
but I feel disrespected since this
is my house and she blatantly dis-
regards my requests. Am I over-
reacting? Or does she need to be
respectful of my home? — TEM-
PERATURE RISING IN OHIO
DEAR T.R.I.O.: You aren’t
overreacting. Let’s get down to
basics. Whose house is it? It is
yours. When you lived in your
mother’s home, she made the
rules and you had to abide by
them. If keeping her bedroom
windows ajar is “making your air
conditioner work harder,” then
it’s likely adding to your elec-
tric bill, which is disrespectful,
inconsiderate and bad manners. If
she can’t adjust, she should con-
tribute toward the extra cost of
air conditioning.
LODGING
Continued from Page B1
“They will be hand-
icapped friendly,” Jack
Burgoyne said.
Everyone checking
into the Historic Fourth
Street Studios will be
required to spend at least
two nights there, he said,
adding that “the rates will
be reasonable.”
Judy Burgoyne noted
that the Historic Fourth
Street Studios will be
meant not only for people
in La Grande on business
but also to assist people
like those making extended
stays because of a hospital-
ized family member. She
said that such individuals
will receive discounts.
The couple started
renovating the space in
March and hope to have
the first lodging space
finished and available to
the public by the end of
July.
Both lodging spaces
will be decorated with
outdoor photos taken by
David Jensen, of Wallowa
County. Jensen’s photos
have appeared in National
Geographic and on the
covers of Sierra Club and
Audubon calendars.
The previous occupant
of the site was Alan Hall,
a chiropractor who oper-
ated his practice there for
30 years before retiring
in 2010. Hall, who died
in 2014 at age 91, served
a total of 61 years in La
Grande. Hall built the
building now becoming
the Historic Fourth Street
Studios about three
decades ago.
The former chiro-
practic office is part of the
building complex the Bur-
goynes purchased, which
also includes the space
that formerly housed the
Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
Deena McFetridge, left, the new administrative assistant for the
Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce, works at her computer
as chamber Executive Director Jennifer Piper looks on Friday,
May 13, 2022.
CHAMBER
Continued from Page B1
Dick Mason/The Observer
Jack Burgoyne, left, works outside a former chiropractor’s offi ce that he and his wife, Judy Burgoyne,
purchased in October 2021. The site is the future home of two lodging spaces in downtown La Grande.
Orange Rhino Bakery and
Coffee Shop, which closed
about three years ago.
Businesses that have also
occupied the space include
the Bobolink, a birding
supply store now located
at 1707 Fifth Street. Judy
Burgoyne said the couple
have not determined what
will occupy the former
site of the Orange Rhino.
The Burgoynes came
to La Grande from Enter-
prise, where they owned
and operated The Enter-
prise House, a bed-and-
breakfast operated in a
home built in 1910. They
opened the house to
guests after extensively
renovating it.
“It was kind of like
what we are going here,”
Judy Burgoyne said.
The Burgoynes oper-
ated the Enterprise bed-
and-breakfast for 16 years,
until they sold it in 2018.
When they owned The
Enterprise House, it was
named by Travel Oregon,
And McFetridge is just
as excited.
“I love volunteering.
I love helping the com-
munity. I love helping
the kids. I think the kids
are a huge part of what
a state-funded agency
that promotes tourism,
as one of the state’s 25
Great Oregon Hotels and
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Astoria
Longview
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Kennewick
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St. Helens
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45/71
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Condon
Partly cloudy
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Baker City
La Grande
34 61 37
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
0
60 37
4
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Eugene
10
62 40
64 38
70 46
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60 36
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ALMANAC
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Tuesday
Low Tuesday
High: 108°
Low: 25°
Wettest: 1.75”
65°
35°
66°
41°
70°
36°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Tuesday
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0.00
0.63
0.75
2.56
3.63
0.00
1.34
1.22
5.12
7.67
0.00
2.97
1.31
12.84
11.60
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION FRIDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
40%
N at 7 to 14 mph
4.2
0.12
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Wednesday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
40/62
TUESDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
13% of capacity
100% of capacity
46% of capacity
100% of capacity
51% of capacity
101% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Tuesday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
8400 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
85 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
205 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
786 cfs
Minam River at Minam
1520 cfs
Powder River near Richland
42 cfs
Death Valley, Calif.
Antero Reservoir, Colo.
Wayne, Neb.
OREGON
High: 79°
Low: 25°
Wettest: Trace
Ontario
Klamath Falls
North Bend
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midnight, causing chickens to roost.
SUN & MOON
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8:20 p.m. 8:21 p.m.
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Frenchglen
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Brookings
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Corvallis
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Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
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Lakeview
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64/42/s
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61/35/s
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60/34/sh
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60/38/pc
58/35/pc
56/34/sh
71/49/pc
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61/47/pc
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69/43/s
65/49/pc
65/36/pc
62/46/pc
71/43/s
65/39/c
64/38/pc
71/44/pc
74/49/s
74/48/s
63/39/pc
63/36/sh
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74/51/s
67/36/pc
65/35/pc
Grand View
Arock
38/67
29/61
29/61
Klamath Falls
27/62
Lakeview
28/60
McDermitt
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Fields
39/72
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Boise
29/57
26/61
27/60
Medford
Brookings
32/65
37/64
39/70
44/63
Juntura
27/61
Silver Lake
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Ontario
40/68
Burns
24/61
28/58
RECREATION FORECAST FRIDAY
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WEATHER HISTORY
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Moonrise
Moonset
27/59
Roseburg
Powers
27/61
Beaver Marsh
40/59
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Brothers
38/62
Coos Bay
Huntington
29/55
28/63
Oakridge
36/63
41/66
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
Council
32/60
33/58
29/65
40/66
57 33
29/51
John Day
26/64
Sisters
Florence
41/57
32/62
Baker City
Redmond
39/54
38/64
5
Halfway
Granite
37/65
Newport
68 42
4
9
29 54 33
63 36
36/63
37/60
41/66
Corvallis
Enterprise
29/54
34/61
Monument
38/66
Idanha
Salem
MON
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A passing
Nice with clouds
warmer
afternoon
morning shower
and sun
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Elgin
31/60
La Grande
37/61
Maupin
SAT
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The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
43/64
Hood River
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TONIGHT
our future is going to
be,” she said. “I took this
job because I loved vol-
unteering for the Joseph
Chamber and my kids
said, ‘Mom, why don’t
you do something that you
get paid for that you love.’
… I’m excited to work
with Jennifer. She’s got
some great ideas.”
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
FRI.
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Hi/Lo/W
64/43/c
63/40/pc
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Hi/Lo/W
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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
Cold
A shower; warmer
34
23
54
35
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Cold with a shower
Warmer
46
35
64
40
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
A bit of a.m. snow
Warmer
41
24
52
33
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
A few showers
Partly sunny; cool
56
34
61
41
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Warmer
Warmer
60
34
61
37