COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATuRDAY, MAY 28, 2022
Woman constantly revisits past decisions in her mind
tions again and again. I’ve been
through therapy three times in
three cities over the past 24 years.
One therapist even used eye
movement desensitization and
reprocessing (EMDR), all to no
avail. I know I can’t go back and
change any poor choices or bad
decisions, but how can I stop tor-
turing myself over them? Also,
would you say it’s normal for
people my age to have such vivid
memories of what others might
have let go of decades ago? —
PRISONER OF THE PAST
DEAR PRISONER: People
of every age have been known to
revisit the past. Some have “con-
versations” with deceased par-
ents, divorced husbands, old
loves, etc. A technique that might
help you would be to get up and
DEAR ABBY: I’m a divorced
woman, soon to be 60, who is
often haunted by vivid memo-
ries of the past. I constantly recall
times in my life that I regret or
cringe about, and things I wish I
would have handled better. They
range from being embarrassed at
my 7th birthday party to being
bullied from the 5th through 8th
grades to awkward moments in
high school to parenting decisions
I wish I’d made differently.
These memories play over
and over like videos in my mind,
causing me to feel the emo-
and I’m not sure what to do about
it. Please help. — FIGHTING
ABOUT THE PHONE
DEAR FIGHTING: Tell
your wife you feel like you are
in competition with her cell-
phone, and you don’t like coming
out second best. Many people
become so caught up in their
electronic devices that their rela-
tionships suffer, which is why
apps have been created that
make the addicted more aware
of how much time is spent on
them. Using the “focus” and “do
not disturb” features can also
be helpful. I suggest that your
wife start using one of them
before your marriage deteriorates
further.
DEAR ABBY: While driving
our car to a babysitting gig, our
move from wherever you are
when those flashbacks happen to
a new location. Take a 30-minute
walk in the sunshine and smell
the roses. Count your blessings.
And say ALOUD to yourself,
“That was THEN. This is NOW.”
It is not possible to think of two
things at once. Please try it. It’s
cheaper than yet another thera-
pist, and it works.
P.S. You are not a “prisoner”
of your unhappy past; you CON-
QUERED it. Congratulations.
DEAR ABBY: I recently mar-
ried a younger lady and want
to know the best way to get her
to put her phone down, because
she’s texting about 10 hours a
day. She works from home now,
and if she isn’t working, she’s tex-
ting. I feel like I can’t compete,
teenage daughter was asked by
the parents to stop at a pizza
place and pick up lunch for their
child. While pulling into the
restaurant’s parking garage, she
hit a post, which caused signif-
icant damage to the bumper.
Should she tell the parents with
any expectation that they should
offer to pay for some of the
repair or is this all on her? —
WORK-RELATED IN THE
WEST
DEAR WORK-RELATED:
I’m sorry, but your daughter
should not expect the parents to
pay for her fender bender. She
can certainly tell them what hap-
pened — if she hasn’t already
— but with no expectation that
they will help her pay to have her
bumper repaired.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
329 years later, last Salem ‘witch’ who wasn’t is pardoned
Twenty people from
Salem and neighboring
towns were killed and hun-
dreds of others accused
during a frenzy of Puritan
injustice that began in
1692, stoked by supersti-
tion, fear of disease and
strangers, scapegoating
and petty jealousies. Nine-
teen were hanged, and one
man was crushed to death
by rocks.
Johnson was 22 when
she was caught up in the
hysteria of the witch trials
and sentenced to hang.
That never happened:
Then-Gov. William Phips
threw out her punishment
as the magnitude of the
gross miscarriages of jus-
tice in Salem sank in.
In the more than three
centuries that have ensued,
dozens of suspects offi-
cially were cleared,
including Johnson’s own
mother, the daughter of a
minister whose conviction
eventually was reversed.
But for some reason,
Johnson’s name wasn’t
included in various legis-
lative attempts to set the
record straight. Because
she wasn’t among those
whose convictions were
formally set aside, hers
still technically stood.
Unlike others wrongfully
accused, Johnson never
had children and thus had
no descendants to act on
her behalf.
“Elizabeth’s story and
struggle continue to greatly
resonate today,” DiZoglio
said. “While we’ve come a
long way since the horrors
of the witch trials, women
today still all too often find
their rights challenged and
concerns dismissed.”
By WILLIAM J. KOLE
The Associated Press
BOSTON — It took
more than three centuries,
but the last Salem “witch”
who wasn’t has been offi-
cially pardoned.
Massachusetts law-
makers on Thursday for-
mally exonerated Elizabeth
Johnson Jr., clearing her
name 329 years after she
was convicted of witch-
craft in 1693 and sentenced
to death at the height of the
Salem Witch Trials.
Johnson was never exe-
cuted, but neither was she
officially pardoned like
others wrongly accused of
witchcraft.
Lawmakers agreed to
reconsider her case last
year after a curious eighth-
grade civics class at North
Andover Middle School
took up her cause and
researched the legislative
steps needed to clear her
name.
Subsequent legislation
introduced by state Sen.
Diana DiZoglio, a Dem-
ocrat from Methuen, was
tacked onto a budget bill
and approved.
“We will never be able
to change what happened
to victims like Elizabeth
but at the very least can set
the record straight,” DiZo-
glio said.
In a statement, North
Andover teacher Carrie
LaPierre — whose stu-
dents championed the leg-
islation — praised the
youngsters for taking on
“the long-overlooked issue
of justice for this wrongly
convicted woman.”
“Passing this legisla-
tion will be incredibly
Stephan Savoia/The Associated Press, File
Karla Hailer, a fifth-grade teacher from Scituate, Mass., takes a video on July 19, 2017, where a memorial stands at the site in Salem, Mass.,
where five women were hanged as witches more than three centuries years earlier. Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday, May 26, 2022,
formally exonerated Elizabeth Johnson Jr., clearing her name 329 years after she was convicted of witchcraft in 1693 at the height of the Salem
Witch Trials.
impactful on their under-
standing of how important
it is to stand up for people
who cannot advocate for
themselves and how strong
of a voice they actually
have,” she said.
Johnson is the last
accused witch to be
cleared, according to
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abeth Johnson Jr. was
without a voice, her story
lost to the passages of
time,” said state Sen. Joan
Lovely, of Salem,
Witches of Massachusetts
Bay, a group devoted to
the history and lore of the
17th-century witch hunts.
“For 300 years, Eliz-
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
50/56
Kennewick
49/57
St. Helens
50/58
TIllamook
49/57
48/59
Condon
53/62
51/59
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
A thunderstorm
or two
Colder with a
few showers
A shower in the
morning
Clouds and sun;
warmer
Turning cloudy
53 37
67 41
73 45
Eugene
1
10
10
48/59
54 44
68 46
76 51
0
10
10
Comfort Index™
La Grande
0
45 49 39
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
3
3
0
40 45 39
Comfort Index™
5
71 49
2
10
10
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Thursday
Low Thursday
High: 113°
Low: 19°
Wettest: 4.18”
84°
38°
76°
44°
81°
45°
0.03
0.67
1.20
2.60
4.08
0.10
1.54
1.86
5.32
8.31
0.00
3.24
2.01
13.11
12.30
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
70%
WNW at 10 to 20 mph
0.6
0.07
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
49/54
13% of capacity
99% of capacity
44% of capacity
100% of capacity
45% of capacity
99% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Thursday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
6010 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
93 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
81 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
325 cfs
Minam River at Minam
1830 cfs
Powder River near Richland
25 cfs
Death Valley, Calif.
Boulder, Wyo.
Pensacola, Fla.
OREGON
Rome
Crater Lake
Corvallis
High: 89°
Low: 36°
Wettest: 0.03”
WEATHER HISTORY
A tornado 100-yards wide caused
$100,000 damage at Allentown, Pa.,
on May 28, 1896. The same system had
ripped through St. Louis, Mo., a day earlier,
killing 306 people and producing $13 mil-
lion in damage.
SUN & MOON
SAT.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
5:10 a.m.
8:29 p.m.
4:14 a.m.
7:03 p.m.
SUN.
5:10 a.m.
8:30 p.m.
4:38 a.m.
8:10 p.m.
MOON PHASES
New
May 30
First
Jun 7
Full
Jun 14
Last
Jun 20
38/48
Beaver Marsh
31/44
Roseburg
Powers
Brothers
44/52
Coos Bay
50/56
Jordan Valley
39/47
Paisley
36/52
Frenchglen
39/50
Klamath Falls
36/50
Hi/Lo/W
56/49/sh
55/39/c
51/43/sh
56/45/c
50/35/c
54/49/sh
57/45/c
52/44/sh
47/41/sh
59/47/sh
62/49/c
57/48/c
51/47/sh
49/40/sh
47/38/pc
68/51/c
50/31/c
49/30/r
Hi/Lo/W
59/46/c
57/37/c
58/45/c
62/46/s
52/35/r
59/44/pc
62/43/sh
61/43/c
56/42/sh
63/44/c
66/48/c
64/48/c
56/48/c
50/39/sh
49/40/c
70/52/c
60/33/pc
55/36/c
Grand View
Arock
47/56
43/51
Lakeview
35/49
McDermitt
38/52
RECREATION FORECAST SUNDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
City
Astoria
Bend
Boise
Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Council
Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
Diamond
38/50
40/56
Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs.
MON.
Boise
46/51
Fields
47/59
SUN.
44/55
Silver Lake
35/47
Medford
Brookings
Juntura
38/50
47/60
44/56
Ontario
50/58
Burns
34/50
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Huntington
36/46
43/55
Oakridge
47/52
49/56
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
Council
42/47
41/49
42/53
Florence
THURSDAY EXTREMES
ALMANAC
37/43
John Day
42/55
Sisters
49/54
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.
45/52
Baker City
Redmond
48/55
Halfway
Granite
47/57
Newport
48/58
65 42
44/55
44/50
50/60
46/52
51 40
0
Corvallis
Enterprise
40/45
45/49
Monument
49/58
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
42 47 38
Elgin
44/47
La Grande
44/53
Maupin
Baker City
48/55
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
51/58
Hood River
47/54
48/55
Lewiston
Walla Walla
54/68
Vancouver
50/58
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
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
58/49/sh
57/48/sh
47/39/sh
59/46/sh
52/46/sh
58/45/c
58/45/sh
67/50/c
54/44/sh
59/50/sh
54/47/sh
55/40/c
56/49/c
60/49/sh
59/45/c
62/50/c
45/38/sh
55/45/sh
Hi/Lo/W
63/49/c
62/43/c
55/42/c
65/43/c
55/43/sh
62/44/r
65/47/c
70/52/c
61/45/c
64/51/c
61/44/sh
60/39/c
65/45/c
63/49/c
61/46/c
69/50/pc
51/38/c
62/48/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
Some snow, 1-3”
Showers around
28
25
46
35
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Showers around
A shower
38
36
55
46
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Snow, 1-2”
Showers; colder
35
29
41
33
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
A shower; colder
Windy with showers
47
38
53
42
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
A few showers
Showers around
47
38
49
39