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B8 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2022
Stepfather has never been treated with much respect
them and their mother for another
family they regard as their dad
and respect him. — HURT AND
FRUSTRATED
DEAR HURT: You have my
sympathy. This may have hap-
pened because their mother never
explained to them that the person
who left them failed to fulfi ll the
father role he had promised, and
the man who raised them — you
— is their dad. She also failed
to insist they treat you with the
respect you deserved. If there is
blame to be laid, I blame her for
this, not them.
DEAR ABBY: I am writing
regarding my husband’s obit-
uary. He died suddenly a year ago.
DEAR ABBY: I’ve been the
stepfather of two girls for 18 years.
They are 22 and 24 now. My wife
and her ex-husband adopted them
at birth. When they were 2 and 4,
he had an aff air and left them for a
woman who had two children.
Why do these two girls look at
him as their dad when I have been
the one who has always been here
for them? They have never shown
me much respect, yet the man
who adopted them and then left
Because of shock, anxiety and
pressure to get his obit into the
newspaper before the weekend,
I rushed it. I had never written
an obituary before. My dear sis-
ter-in-law helped me, and we
fi nally fi nished it at 4 a.m. Since
then, I have been unhappy and
uncomfortable with it. It wasn’t
thorough or personal or loving.
It was “just the facts,” and I have
always wanted to redo it. I also
included some things I regret.
What are your thoughts on my
revamping and re-submitting
another version to the area news-
paper his obituary appeared in? —
REDO IN THE EAST
DEAR REDO: Please accept
my sympathy for your loss. Con-
tact the newspaper and ask that
question. I have seen “In Memo-
riam” items published long after
the deceased has been buried. If
you feel it would comfort you, it
couldn’t hurt to ask.
DEAR ABBY: My sister’s
job requires her to make presen-
tations to professional groups.
When she used the word “irre-
gardless” in a conversation with
me, I told her the correct word is
“regardless.” I genuinely did not
want her to embarrass herself in a
professional setting.
Yesterday, she used the word
“irregardless” again when we
were talking. Should I correct her
again, or let it go? This situation
is complicated by the fact that I
have asked her to stop constantly
correcting me, although her cor-
rections don’t usually involve
grammar or word usage. —
UNSURE IN FLORIDA
DEAR UNSURE: You told
your sister once that the word
she used was incorrect. In light
of your history with her, if you
repeat it, she may think you are
trying to one-up her and resent it.
(In cases like this, no good deed
goes unpunished.)
P.S. Many people make this
mistake, so hold a good thought.
Perhaps the audience she’s making
the presentation to won’t notice.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Iditarod dog found months after disappearing from checkpoint
the checkpoint, reported to Race
Director Mark Nordman that
they’d seen Leon frequently near
a cabin.
The resident of the cabin and
another musher left food for Leon
in the hopes of catching him,
according to the trail committee.
He was captured early Saturday
morning and was safe, alert and
“understandably skinny but
seemingly healthy,” said Iditarod
spokesperson Shannon Markley.
Leon was expected to see a
veterinarian in the coming days
and needs a health certifi cate
before he can fl y back to France,
Markley said.
The nearly 1,000-mile race
across Alaska began March 6 just
north of Anchorage. The route
By YVONNE GONZALEZ
The Associated Press
ANCHORAGE — An Iditarod
sled dog was found safe after dis-
appearing from a checkpoint in
the race three months ago and
covering nearly 150 miles, the
Iditarod Trail Committee said
Saturday, June 4.
Musher Sebastien Dos Santos
Borges of France was picking
Leon up and returning with him
to France, the trail committee
said in a statement.
Leon went missing in March
after what the trail committee
said was his “escape” from the
Ruby checkpoint. In May, res-
idents of the Alaska city of
McGrath, over 120 miles south of
took mushers along Alaska’s
untamed and unforgiving wil-
derness, including two moun-
tain ranges, the frozen Yukon
River and Bering Sea ice along
the state’s western coastline.
Brent Sass won the race March
15 when he crossed under the
famed burled arch fi nish line in
Nome.
On March 12, a dozen dogs
had arrived with Dos Santos
Borges in Ruby, a checkpoint
just under 500 miles from the
start of the race.
Dos Santos Borges left Ruby
on March 13 with 11 dogs, and
scratched days later with nine
Rebecca Clark/Regal Air
dogs after the checkpoint in
In this photo provided by Regal Air, musher Sebastien Dos Santos Borges, of France, and
White Mountain, located just
sled dog Leon arrive in Anchorage, Alaska, Saturday, June 4, 2022, after being reunited.
under 900 miles into the race.
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AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
53/64
Kennewick
55/71
St. Helens
57/73
TIllamook
56/74
58/77
57/74
54/72
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
Cloudy
Cloudy with a
shower
Cloudy
Cloudy, a
shower or two
Periods of rain
78 50
81 54
74 49
Eugene
10
10
8
53/74
77 56
80 59
71 51
10
7
3
50 70 48
La Grande
55 71 49
Comfort Index™ 10
Enterprise
9
9
51 69 47
Comfort Index™ 10
66 51
10
10
0
9
ALMANAC
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Sunday
Low Sunday
High: 109°
Low: 29°
Wettest: 2.38”
70°
46°
72°
49°
69°
51°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Sunday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
0.02
0.43
0.23
4.41
4.57
0.41
0.95
0.28
7.31
8.97
0.39
1.08
0.37
15.25
13.05
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
45%
N at 7 to 14 mph
11.8
0.15
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Monday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
17% of capacity
98% of capacity
43% of capacity
99% of capacity
42% of capacity
105% of capacity
55/72
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Sunday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
14600 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 691 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
82 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
841 cfs
Minam River at Minam
4060 cfs
Powder River near Richland
511 cfs
On June 7, 1982, violent early morning
thunderstorms produced gusts to 80 mph
which caused considerable structural
damage and power outages in Topeka and
Kansas City, Missouri.
SUN & MOON
WED.
5:05 a.m.
8:38 p.m.
1:51 p.m.
2:01 a.m.
MOON PHASES
First
Jun 7
Full
Jun 14
Last
Jun 20
New
Jun 28
Jordan Valley
Frenchglen
Paisley
Diamond
53/76
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
64/51/c
75/46/c
80/59/c
65/50/pc
76/49/pc
63/48/c
73/48/c
79/54/c
71/49/c
74/51/c
81/59/c
74/55/c
75/54/sh
71/48/c
69/46/sh
83/57/c
76/43/pc
77/45/c
Hi/Lo/W
62/56/c
81/55/pc
85/60/pc
64/55/c
80/50/pc
68/58/c
78/60/c
83/57/c
78/54/c
81/60/c
85/65/c
80/62/c
79/58/c
81/53/c
73/53/c
85/69/c
80/48/pc
79/49/pc
56/81
55/81
Fields
Klamath Falls
46/76
Lakeview
44/77
McDermitt
Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Tuesday night’s lows and Wednesday’s highs.
THU.
Grand View
Arock
52/76
53/81
55/80
WED.
Boise
54/76
51/79
44/73
Medford
Brookings
56/79
58/80
53/80
53/65
Juntura
50/76
Silver Lake
53/82
RECREATION FORECAST WEDNESDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
WEATHER HISTORY
TUE.
54/76
Ontario
57/81
48/76
Chiloquin
The Dalles
Crater Lake
Brookings
5:05 a.m.
8:38 p.m.
12:42 p.m.
1:41 a.m.
Brothers
Beaver Marsh
Grants Pass
Huntington
60/78
Burns
51/73
43/72
56/79
51/69
51/75
Oakridge
Roseburg
Powers
OREGON
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
55/71
Seneca
55/73
53/63
Death Valley, Calif.
Celina, Minn.
Cushing, Okla.
High: 79°
Low: 38°
Wettest: 1.16”
49/75
Council
50/70
John Day
Bend
Elkton
SUNDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
Sisters
Coos Bay
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.
54/75
50/69
51/72
Florence
53/60
Halfway
Granite
Baker City
Redmond
55/73
77 55
Monument
58/76
52/73
Newport
51/59
74 52
55/71
54/69
55/75
Corvallis
Enterprise
La Grande
54/71
57/74
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
Comfort Index™ 10
Elgin
54/71
51/69
Condon
Maupin
Baker City
60/75
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
60/76
Hood River
59/75
54/63
Lewiston
Walla Walla
65/83
Vancouver
56/72
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City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
WED.
THU.
Hi/Lo/W
76/57/c
71/50/c
70/47/c
80/54/pc
59/50/c
69/47/c
81/58/c
83/57/c
75/56/c
74/56/c
72/51/c
75/48/c
76/51/c
75/54/c
72/52/c
77/55/c
68/48/c
75/55/c
Hi/Lo/W
80/61/c
69/57/c
76/53/c
85/59/pc
62/56/c
66/56/sh
86/60/pc
87/66/c
80/61/c
75/61/c
77/60/c
83/54/c
82/59/c
78/63/c
74/58/c
83/63/c
76/53/c
78/62/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
A shower
A shower or two
49
39
70
48
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Cloudy, a shower
Mostly cloudy
58
47
78
55
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Showers around
Cloudy
56
36
63
43
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
A few showers
Clearing
69
46
74
54
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Mostly cloudy
Cloudy, a shower
70
48
71
49
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