COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATuRDAY, JunE 11, 2022
Young couple’s PDA session prompts woman to chime in
While I believe the woman
had good intentions, I also think
what she did was wildly inappro-
priate. I was tempted to report
her to the police. What’s your
opinion? Should I have contacted
and confronted this woman? —
NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS
DEAR N.O.Y.B: For you to
have contacted the police or con-
fronted the woman would have
been extremely inappropriate.
If your daughter and her boy-
friend were putting on such a
show for the other bowlers that
an onlooker felt your daughter
needed the information, she did
your child a favor. An unintended
pregnancy can, indeed, derail a
young couple’s future.
DEAR ABBY: A few months
ago, my daughter told me she
was with her boyfriend at the
local bowling alley and they were
kissing and hugging. When she
went to use the ladies’ room, she
was followed by an older woman
who proceeded to “advise” my
daughter about the local family
planning clinic, as well as offer
her opinion that teenagers need to
be very careful in their sex lives
so they don’t end up as young
parents and derail their futures.
my workplace socialization has
disappeared. I need socializa-
tion, and I don’t know how to
tell my husband I am going to
start doing things without him.
He will consider that I am aban-
doning him. What would you
suggest? — SOCIAL BUT-
TERFLY IN BUFFALO
DEAR BUTTERFLY: You
are not going to change your
husband. Before you become
completely isolated, start doing
things without him. Leave him
at home where he’s comfortable.
If he feels “abandoned,” quit
making it your problem as you
have before. You aren’t joined
at the hip, and isolation isn’t
healthy for you.
DEAR ABBY: For the
30-plus years I have known
him, my husband has never been
social. When we were dating,
he’d rather it just be the two of
us, and avoided parties, group
outings, etc. Because of this, I
have given up trying to go out
with friends, and even with his
or my family members because
he complains about having to go.
When he does attend must-go-
to-events such as Thanksgiving
and Christmas, he’ll say a few
words to everyone, and then sit
quietly the rest of the evening,
looking bored.
I have always been out-
going and social. I recently
started working from home, so
DEAR ABBY: I have a
lovely collection of cloth nap-
kins, but no longer use them for
holiday meals because my son-
in-law of 15 years began using
them as “hankies” at my formal
dining table. He actually blows
his nose in them. This grosses
us out, but I’m afraid to say any-
thing for fear he will pack up
my grandkids and that will be
the last we see of them. He has
a doctorate degree, so it isn’t
ignorance causing this. What
would you do? — PROPER IN
MICHIGAN
DEAR PROPER: What I
would do is have a nice box of
tissues at his place setting when
he comes for dinner.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Chicago man who saved man on train tracks gets free car
himself to jump in and do
the right thing,” said Chi-
cago police Lt. Yolanda
Irving.
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — A Chi-
cago man who jumped
onto train tracks to rescue
someone who had fallen
onto an electrified rail
during a fight at an L sta-
tion earned more than
praise for his heroic act:
He’s also been gifted with
a car.
Anthony Perry, 20, was
surprised Wednesday, June
8, with a 2009 Audi A8
from Early Walker, founder
of the anti-violence orga-
nization I’m Telling Don’t
Shoot.
“We wanted to liter-
ally show our apprecia-
tion because we need more
people like you. We need
more Anthonys in the
world,” Walker said after
also giving Perry a $25 gas-
oline card.
Perry said the car will
make his life “way easier.”
He’s been taking two buses
and a train to get from his
home in the South Side
neighborhood of Park
Manor to his job with
Amazon Fresh in suburban
Oak Lawn.
On June 6, he got off at a
stop on the Chicago Transit
Authority’s Red Line when
he noticed a nearly uncon-
scious man on the electri-
fied third rail of the tracks.
He jumped down onto the
tracks and pulled the man
to safety.
“I was hoping I could
just grab him and not feel
nothing, but I felt a little
shock,” Perry said. “I felt it
all though my body actu-
ally. I didn’t let that stop
me.”
With the help of another
commuter, Perry adminis-
tered CPR on the man, who
Ikea Norway offers
help with baby names
after COVID-19 boom
Pat nabong/Chicago Sun-Times
Anthony Perry, 20, reacts after Early Walker, founder of the organization I’m Telling Don’t Shoot, surprised him with a free car, Wednesday,
June 8, 2022, in Chicago. Walker surprised Perry with the car after video of him saving a man from being electrocuted after falling onto the
59th Street red line train tracks went viral earlier in the week.
had been electrocuted. The
man was taken to a hos-
pital and was expected to
survive.
Police are still investi-
gating the incident that led
to the man falling onto the
tracks, the Chicago Sun-
Times reported.
Perry’s car was deliv-
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ered to him blocks from
his home as residents and
police officers looked on in
support.
“So many times people
think these young men are
out here doing the wrong
thing, but this is just a
prime example of how a
young man took it upon
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
52/59
Kennewick
53/61
St. Helens
55/60
55/67
53/59
Condon
58/69
57/62
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
A passing
shower or two
Cool with
periods of rain
Rain and drizzle
Clearing, a
shower
Warmer with
sunshine
54 37
58 34
69 43
Eugene
1
3
10
55/61
55 42
59 39
72 47
0
2
10
La Grande
52 60 41
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
0
3
0
49 59 39
Comfort Index™
4
55 37
69 47
0
4
10
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Thursday
Low Thursday
High: 117°
Low: 29°
Wettest: 1.89”
81°
46°
79°
49°
84°
48°
0.00
0.43
0.40
4.41
4.74
0.00
1.09
0.49
7.45
9.18
0.00
1.99
0.65
16.16
13.33
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
65%
NW at 8 to 16 mph
1.0
0.10
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
54/56
20% of capacity
98% of capacity
43% of capacity
99% of capacity
42% of capacity
104% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Thursday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
11600 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 714 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
83 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
293 cfs
Minam River at Minam
3140 cfs
Powder River near Richland
841 cfs
Death Valley, Calif.
Yellowstone N.P., Wyo.
Mary Esther, Fla.
OREGON
High: 91°
Low: 37°
Wettest: 0.59”
Rome
Lakeview
Astoria
WEATHER HISTORY
On June 11, 1972, Baltimore, Md., had its
latest ever low in the 40s, and Pittsburgh,
Pa., had a frosty low of 34 degrees.
SUN & MOON
SAT.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
5:04 a.m.
8:40 p.m.
5:38 p.m.
3:03 a.m.
SUN.
5:04 a.m.
8:41 p.m.
7:02 p.m.
3:30 a.m.
MOON PHASES
Full
Jun 14
Last
Jun 20
New
Jun 28
First
Jul 6
Brothers
54/57
49/55
Beaver Marsh
45/54
Roseburg
56/59
Jordan Valley
52/72
Paisley
48/62
Frenchglen
54/64
Klamath Falls
48/58
Hi/Lo/W
59/50/sh
57/40/r
74/47/r
60/47/r
62/35/r
58/49/r
60/46/sh
66/45/r
63/42/r
61/47/r
73/49/sh
67/50/c
65/45/r
62/40/r
59/37/r
75/52/sh
58/33/r
59/31/t
Hi/Lo/W
58/49/sh
56/37/pc
58/41/pc
62/48/pc
55/32/pc
61/45/pc
62/45/r
57/43/sh
55/44/sh
63/46/c
70/51/c
63/51/sh
56/45/c
53/42/sh
51/37/r
73/52/c
57/31/pc
58/28/pc
Grand View
Arock
61/81
52/75
Lakeview
47/59
McDermitt
54/73
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
53/64
52/75
Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs.
MON.
Boise
59/74
Fields
59/63
SUN.
57/69
Silver Lake
47/53
Medford
Brookings
Juntura
47/62
57/58
52/60
Ontario
59/73
Burns
46/58
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Huntington
48/57
Bend
Coos Bay
57/66
59/70
Seneca
51/57
Oakridge
Council
48/60
52/62
51/56
Elkton
THURSDAY EXTREMES
ALMANAC
48/56
John Day
50/59
Sisters
Florence
Powers
54/67
Baker City
Redmond
51/54
52/55
Halfway
Granite
53/60
Newport
52/58
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.
53/62
53/58
55/61
53/59
52 37
0
Corvallis
Enterprise
49/59
52/60
Monument
56/66
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
3
Elgin
51/63
La Grande
53/61
Maupin
Comfort Index™
55/69
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
56/69
Hood River
56/68
TIllamook
48 60 40
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
Walla Walla
59/75
Vancouver
54/60
52/58
Baker City
COPENHAGEN, Den-
mark — Have you thought
about Malm, Kivik or
Trotten?
Swedish retailer Ikea is
known for the distinctive
names of its flat-pack home
products. The company’s
Norway branch wants to
use the brand’s experience
to help parents browsing the
baby-naming department.
Ikea Norway has built
“a name bank” with more
than 800 listings available
on its website. The names
are drawn from ones Ikea
has given to its furniture
instead of product numbers
since 1948.
“After all these years,
(Ikea) has built up a large
‘catalog’ to pick from,” Ikea
Norway said in a statement.
Ikea names its products
after Swedish towns, lakes
and other geographical fea-
tures, but also uses names
that have traditionally gone
to people.
The branch noted that
while retailers saw “both
a shortage of raw mate-
rials and challenges with
delivery times” during
the COVID-19 pan-
demic, “there is at least no
shortage of children” in
Norway.
The Scandinavian
country registered the
births of 56,060 babies last
year, or 3,081 more than in
2020.
The increase creates “a
challenge in finding unique
names,” Ikea Norway said.
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
69/53/sh
61/50/sh
59/40/r
63/46/r
54/48/sh
63/46/sh
73/49/r
76/54/sh
68/46/sh
62/52/sh
56/46/r
59/39/r
59/49/r
61/50/sh
67/45/c
69/54/c
60/36/r
69/49/sh
Hi/Lo/W
62/51/sh
60/50/sh
55/41/r
64/43/c
54/46/sh
61/44/sh
64/44/pc
71/52/c
61/46/sh
63/51/sh
62/46/c
57/38/pc
63/48/c
63/47/c
55/45/sh
67/52/pc
53/40/sh
62/47/sh
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 with rain
Cooler with rain
43
24
57
34
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Cold with rain
Cool with rain
49
32
68
44
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Chilly with rain
Cool with rain
49
26
54
36
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Periods of rain
Periods of rain
59
37
65
44
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Periods of rain
Cool with rain
60
40
60
41