COFFEE BREAK
B8 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
TuESDAY, JunE 21, 2022
Wife feels it’s the end of the line with drunk hubby
become — alone with no life.
My husband ignores me and
drinks a lot. When we visit family,
it’s a free-for-all drunk fest for
him. I just don’t have the energy
at my age to deal with a drunk. I
dealt all my life with an alcoholic
father and I don’t want to do it any-
more. How do I begin to rebuild
my life and start over? I really
need to do this for myself. — AT
A CROSSROADS IN OHIO
DEAR AT A CROSSROADS:
I agree that rebuilding your life is
something you need to do for your-
self. The surest way to accomplish
it would be to get a job. This may
eventually equip you to survive on
your own. If you need transporta-
tion, ask your daughters for help,
DEAR ABBY: I got pregnant
at 15 and had my oldest daughter
at 16. I met my husband at 18, and
went on to have four more daugh-
ters. I have been with him for more
than 30 years (I just turned 49).
My girls are living their own
lives now. The thing is, now that
I’m alone with my husband, I have
come to discover that we have
nothing in common. I want to
leave him, but I have no money,
no car and no job. I have become
someone I never thought I would
or take public transportation.
If you prefer not to attend
“family” gatherings, have your
husband go alone. Your father’s
alcoholism may have contrib-
uted to the fact that you married
someone with an alcohol problem,
thinking it was “normal.” If that’s
the case, consider finding a nearby
chapter of Al-Anon (al-anon.org/
info) or Adult Children of Alco-
holics and Dysfunctional Fami-
lies (adultchildren.org) and attend
some of the meetings. They are
sometimes held online, so you
could do it on a computer, if nec-
essary. I wish you luck on your
journey.
DEAR ABBY: I am a widow
with three serious illnesses, one
of which is potentially deadly. I
hesitate to confide in some of my
friends because the majority of
them go into a litany of their ill-
nesses. For the most part, their ail-
ments are common and require just
a small change in diet or perhaps
losing some weight. What makes
it uncomfortable for me is they act
like they are in a life-threatening
situation, which they aren’t.
I find it increasingly difficult
to empathize with their common
colds, achy joints, etc. How can I
explain to these folks how much
they upset me? For the most part,
they are good people, just very
self-centered. — CHALLENGED
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
DEAR CHALLENGED:
It may be unrealistic to expect
friends who don’t know about
your serious medical conditions to
empathize with you or stop com-
plaining about their aches and
pains. Rather than say their com-
plaints are annoying, tell them the
truth about what’s going on with
you. After that, try to remember
that regardless of how minor,
every person’s health challenges
are important to them, even if on
the grand scale of things they don’t
seem that way to you.
J
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren,
also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was
founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Con-
tact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or
P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Burmese python hunt in Florida Everglades slated for August
the hard-to-see snakes in the wild.
A key point of the snake event,
the governor said, is to raise
awareness about the threat and
enable people to take part.
“We view this as a challenge,”
he said. “We really wanted to
supercharge those efforts.”
The Associated Press
MIAMI — Flanked by a
huge writhing snake, Gov.
Ron DeSantis announced on
Thursday, June 16, that the annual
prize-winning hunt for invasive
Burmese pythons in the Florida
Everglades will begin Aug. 5.
People must register to par-
ticipate and complete an online
training course for the event,
which typically draws hun-
dreds from across the country.
Last year’s “Python Challenge”
involved more than 600 people
from 25 states, DeSantis said
at a news conference in the
Everglades.
Behind the Republican gov-
ernor, it took three people to hold
a live, 10-foot female python as a
demonstration. The snakes have
virtually no natural enemies in
the Everglades and have deci-
mated native populations of mam-
mals, birds and other reptiles.
“These pythons are a threat to
the Everglades,” DeSantis said.
“Let’s reel in some pythons.”
The hunt begins Aug. 5 at
8 a.m. and ends Aug. 14 at 5 p.m.
Prizes include $2,500 for the most
pythons captured and $1,500 for
the longest snake. Last year, the
Apple workers vote to
unionize at Maryland store
TOWSON, Md. — Apple
store employees in a Baltimore
suburb voted to unionize by a
nearly 2-to-1 margin Saturday,
June 18, a union said, joining a
growing push across U.S. retail,
service and tech industries to
organize for greater workplace
protections.
The Apple retail workers in
Towson, Maryland, voted 65-33 to
seek entry into the International
Association of Machinists and
Aerospace Workers, the union’s
announcement said. The vote
could not immediately be con-
firmed with the National Labor
Relations Board, which would
have to certify the outcome. An
NLRB spokesperson referred ini-
tial queries about the vote to the
board’s regional office, which was
closed late Saturday.
Apple declined to comment
Lynne Sladky/The Associated Press
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, holds a Burmese python at a media event, Thurs-
day, June 16, 2022, where he announced that registration for the 2022 Florida
Python Challenge has opened for the annual 10-day event to be held Aug 5-14, in
Miami. The Python Challenge is intended to engage the public in participating in
Everglades conservation through invasive species removal of the Burmese python.
Also pictured are Ron Bergeron, left, McKayla Spencer, second from left, Rodney
Barreto, third from right, and Jan Fore, second from right.
first-prize winner captured 223
pythons, while the $1,500 winner
bagged a snake that was more
than 15 feet long. Snakes must be
killed humanely.
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DeSantis said this year’s state
budget includes $3 million specif-
ically for python removal in the
Everglades, including technology
such as infrared sensors to locate
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
56/62
Kennewick
56/68
St. Helens
60/81
58/74
Condon
62/86
59/77
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
Clear
Sunny and
pleasant
Sunshine and
not as warm
Mostly sunny
and pleasant
Sunny and
beautiful
74 44
74 44
82 52
Eugene
10
10
9
57/79
71 46
74 49
81 54
10
10
7
La Grande
52 82 51
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
6
9
6
48 79 50
Comfort Index™ 10
72 46
77 55
10
10
8
8
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Sunday
Low Sunday
High: 105°
Low: 16°
Wettest: 1.91”
63°
33°
65°
41°
66°
39°
0.00
0.47
0.78
4.45
5.12
Trace
2.35
0.98
8.71
9.67
0.04
3.26
1.28
17.43
13.96
PRECIPITATION (inches)
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
35%
WSW at 4 to 8 mph
9.7
0.26
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Monday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
25% of capacity
95% of capacity
42% of capacity
100% of capacity
40% of capacity
102% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Sunday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
9570 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 370 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
66 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
161 cfs
Minam River at Minam
1860 cfs
Powder River near Richland
354 cfs
Eloy, Ariz.
Bodie State Park, Calif.
Miami, Fla.
OREGON
High: 77°
Low: 32°
Wettest: 0.17”
Ontario
Crater Lake
Tillamook
WEATHER HISTORY
The temperature fell to 32 degrees on
June 21, 1953, in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Since then, Sault Ste. Marie has not
dropped below 32 until late August and
September.
SUN & MOON
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
TUE.
WED.
5:04 a.m.
8:44 p.m.
1:21 a.m.
1:33 p.m.
5:05 a.m.
8:44 p.m.
1:40 a.m.
2:41 p.m.
MOON PHASES
New
Jun 28
First
Jul 6
Full
Jul 13
Last
Jul 20
49/86
47/83
Beaver Marsh
44/84
Roseburg
Powers
Brothers
55/78
Coos Bay
58/84
56/76
50/89
Jordan Valley
46/86
Paisley
43/90
Frenchglen
Diamond
48/87
47/93
44/88
Fields
Klamath Falls
46/87
Lakeview
43/86
McDermitt
Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Tuesday night’s lows and Wednesday’s highs.
47/89
RECREATION FORECAST WEDNESDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
THU.
City
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
62/51/pc 63/50/pc
Bend
86/53/s 79/50/s
Boise
88/62/s 87/55/s
Brookings
76/57/s 76/55/s
Burns
86/50/s 82/45/s
Coos Bay
67/50/s 65/51/s
Corvallis
79/49/pc 76/49/s
Council
85/53/s 80/48/s
Elgin
82/48/s 71/47/s
Eugene
79/52/s 75/51/s
Hermiston
91/61/s 81/54/s
Hood River
81/54/s 78/53/s
Imnaha
85/56/s 74/48/s
John Day
86/54/s 76/46/s
Joseph
79/48/s 69/44/s
Kennewick
92/58/s 83/55/s
Klamath Falls 87/49/s 85/46/s
Lakeview
86/46/s 86/46/s
Grand View
Arock
48/86
47/88
57/89
WED.
Boise
55/88
Silver Lake
46/86
Medford
Brookings
Juntura
45/86
56/87
59/76
Ontario
53/91
Burns
41/89
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Huntington
47/85
54/86
Oakridge
51/85
56/87
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
SUNDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
Sunday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
Florence
Council
45/84
John Day
51/88
53/84
54/67
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
Sisters
56/79
68 44
48/85
Baker City
Redmond
53/61
55/66
Halfway
Granite
47/79
53/78
58/79
Corvallis
54/86
56/79
Newport
Enterprise
48/79
52/82
Monument
58/84
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
9
Elgin
49/82
La Grande
56/81
Maupin
Comfort Index™
60/84
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
55/74
Lewiston
57/85
Hood River
58/86
54/65
45 84 49
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
Walla Walla
61/92
Vancouver
57/74
TIllamook
Baker City
on the development, company
spokesperson Josh Lipton told
The Associated Press by phone.
Union organizing in a variety
of fields has gained momentum
recently after decades of decline
in U.S. union membership. Orga-
nizers have worked to establish
unions at companies including
Amazon, Starbucks, Google
parent company Alphabet and
outdoors retailer REI.
The International Associa-
tion of Machinists and Aero-
space Workers and the Apple
employees who wanted to join
said they sent Apple CEO Tim
Cook notice last month that they
were seeking to form a union. The
statement said their driving moti-
vation was to seek “rights we do
not currently have.” It added that
the workers recently organized in
the Coalition of Organized Retail
Employees, or CORE.
“I applaud the courage dis-
played by CORE members at
the Apple store in Towson for
achieving this historic victory,”
said IAM International Presi-
dent Robert Martinez Jr. in the
statement. “They made a huge
sacrifice for thousands of Apple
employees across the nation who
had all eyes on this election.”
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
85/60/pc
68/47/c
81/49/s
89/59/s
61/48/pc
68/46/c
91/61/s
92/58/s
86/59/s
77/51/pc
76/54/pc
88/51/s
84/55/s
79/51/pc
78/52/pc
86/59/s
79/49/s
84/60/s
Hi/Lo/W
76/55/s
69/48/pc
69/43/s
87/56/s
60/49/s
69/46/pc
88/58/s
84/55/s
76/52/s
76/51/pc
75/48/s
82/46/s
79/53/s
76/50/s
71/49/pc
82/55/s
71/41/s
77/52/s
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
Sunny
Sunny and nice
60
44
81
50
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Plenty of sunshine
Sunny and pleasant
69
51
87
57
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Sunny and pleasant
Mostly sunny; nice
66
42
74
46
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Mostly sunny; nice
Mostly sunny; nice
79
48
84
56
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Sunny and pleasant
Sunny and pleasant
84
49
82
51
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