COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2022
Young adult’s life turned upside down by revelation
six months. I just wanted to run
“home,” but then I realized I no
longer have a home to run to. My
dad doesn’t know I’m very clingy
when I’m upset, so he was obliv-
ious to my constant communica-
tions, and I’m sure it came off as
annoying.
My mother and I don’t get
along these days because she hid
this secret from me for 25 years.
Also, I mostly just wanted to go
over to his house because my
three little siblings are there, and
I actually feel like we’re a family.
What do you think, Abby? AM I
too clingy? Is it understandable?
How do I explain to him that I
need to see them more? If he tells
me no, how do I handle that? —
ADJUSTING IN OHIO
DEAR ADJUSTING: If you
DEAR ABBY: I took a DNA
test seven months ago. It came
back that the man who raised
me is not my biological father.
My heart dropped, but I decided
to meet my real dad. We have
formed a relationship, mostly a
good one, and I introduce him as
my dad now. My problem is, we
hardly know each other or how
we react to things.
I had a hard week. My older
sister was very rude to me, I had
many college exams to take, and
my best friend unexpectedly
announced she had to go away for
KNI-CO
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hour soon. The top-end jobs
go up into the $20s and into
the $30s for management
positions.
But it’s the employee
stock-ownership program
that Jones is really touting.
He said he learned about
how well an ESOP program
can work while working in
California’s Silicon Valley
in the 1980s. One co-worker
there told him he was to
retire as a millionaire soon
from the ESOP benefi ts.
“I would expect that
everyone in this company
— if everything goes as
expected — everybody
here, I’m going to do my
best to help everybody here
become a millionaire,” he
said. “It’s a big goal, but
we have a big opportu-
nity. What I want to talk to
you guys about culturally
is that you’re the owners
now.”
As such, he urged his
employees to “change the
way you’re thinking,” he
said, focusing on effi ciency
and how to do their jobs
faster and better.
Plans to expand
Jones expects to be able
to continue to grow his
company without the threat
of overseas competition.
“Sheet metal doesn’t ship
well,” he said, adding that
its weight and size makes
shipping it diffi cult and
expensive. So sheet metal
products are a natural for
home production.
As a result, he also
expects to be able to add
more employees. Since the
Joneses purchased the com-
pany, the staff increased
from six to 18. He envisions
want a better relationship with
your biological father, slow down
and let him get to know you grad-
ually. A way to accomplish this
would be to mend fences with
your mother, believe it or not. Yes,
she should have told you about
your biological father years ago,
but she may have had reasons for
not doing so. One of them may
have been embarrassment.
You ask, “Am I being too
clingy?” The answer is yes.
You stand a better chance of
building a solid relationship with
your bio-dad, his wife and your
half-siblings if you don’t over-
whelm them when you are feeling
so needy. Your chances of fi nding
the emotional support you need
would be better if you talk with
a counselor at the student health
center at your college when you
are as stressed as you are.
DEAR ABBY: My sister and
I inherited our mother’s condo
some years ago. She wants to sell
it; I do not. She has harangued
me nonstop with inane scenarios
of what “could” happen with our
heirs if we don’t sell, even going
so far as to threaten, “If we don’t
sell it now, I don’t think I will
want to sell.” I don’t even know
what that means.
Because I was fed up, I agreed
to sell. The problem is, at this
point, I don’t even like her. I’m
not mad — I just abhor the way
she harangued me. I don’t think
I’ll ever want to talk to her
again, and I feel sad about that.
Any thoughts? — SIBLING
DISASTER IN CALIFORNIA
— Theodore Jones, co-
owner, Kni-Co Manufacturing
and Magnum Metals, on the
employee stock-ownership
program
a staff of 40-50 eventually.
And he’s eager to hire
locally. At present, all but
one of Kni-Co’s workers
live in Wallowa and the
other in Joseph. Jones hopes
to add more locals to the
growing staff .
New workers don’t nec-
essarily have to be trained
in sheet metal work, Jones
said.
“They’ll become skilled
once we train them,” he
said. “We’re looking for
people with a high energy
level and a work ethic who
want to learn and want to
develop some skills and
we can train them. We
defi nitely want to hire
local.”
During his talk, Jones
defi nitely was the company
cheerleader.
“We’re going to do fi ne
and we’re going to keep
expanding,” he said. “We
want you guys to win. Our
goal is to have you guys
win.”
Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
Kni-Co Manufacturing owners Theodore Jones, left, and Molly Jones talk to employees during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday,
May 25, 2022, to mark a grand reopening of the Wallowa sheet metal manufacturing plant.
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weather
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
50/72
Kennewick
49/76
St. Helens
52/82
53/84
55/88
52/83
50/81
Condon
FRI
SAT
SUN
MON
Clear and cool
Sunny and
pleasant
Sunny and
beautiful
Sunshine
Mostly sunny
and hot
80 49
88 55
92 54
Eugene
9
5
5
49/83
81 51
86 57
92 59
9
5
5
48 74 46
Comfort Index™ 10
Enterprise
10
44 69 46
Comfort Index™ 10
84 58
91 59
9
6
3
10
ALMANAC
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Tuesday
Low Tuesday
High: 112°
Low: 25°
Wettest: 1.42”
79°
38°
79°
41°
86°
40°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Tuesday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
0.00
0.48
0.84
4.46
5.18
0.00
2.40
1.06
8.76
9.75
0.00
3.27
1.39
17.44
14.07
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION FRIDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
30%
N at 7 to 14 mph
13.7
0.26
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Wednesday)
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
38% of capacity
102% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Tuesday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
8240 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 267 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
66 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
119 cfs
Minam River at Minam
1850 cfs
Powder River near Richland
240 cfs
Death Valley, Calif.
Fraser, Colo.
Kansas City, Mo.
OREGON
High: 92°
Low: 29°
Wettest: none
Brookings
Crater Lake
50/77
SUN & MOON
THU.
FRI.
5:05 a.m.
8:44 p.m.
2:19 a.m.
4:55 p.m.
MOON PHASES
New
Jun 28
First
Jul 6
Full
Jul 13
Beaver Marsh
51/85
Grants Pass
Last
Jul 20
Boise
54/82
Jordan Valley
48/77
Paisley
45/83
Frenchglen
48/81
Diamond
Grand View
Arock
45/80
55/84
48/81
Fields
53/91
51/82
Klamath Falls
46/86
Lakeview
47/84
McDermitt
Shown is Friday’s weather. Temperatures are Thursday night’s lows and Friday’s highs.
50/83
RECREATION FORECAST FRIDAY
SAT.
City
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
72/55/s 80/60/s
Bend
79/54/s 88/57/s
Boise
82/52/s 89/59/s
Brookings
75/56/s 72/56/s
Burns
80/47/pc 85/52/s
Coos Bay
66/52/s 78/54/s
Corvallis
80/56/s 90/58/s
Council
78/46/s 87/54/s
Elgin
74/47/s 81/51/s
Eugene
83/54/s 90/58/s
Hermiston
85/57/s 93/59/s
Hood River
84/58/s 91/65/s
Imnaha
75/52/s 83/56/s
John Day
77/50/s 85/55/s
Joseph
70/45/s 78/55/s
Kennewick
85/57/s 90/61/s
Klamath Falls 86/50/s 90/52/s
Lakeview
84/49/s 88/50/s
49/83
Silver Lake
47/85
Medford
Brookings
Juntura
43/80
50/87
55/75
Ontario
55/86
Burns
41/82
Chiloquin
FRI.
Sir Frances Drake encountered a hurricane
on June 23, 1586, that caused fl oods and
damaging wind along the North Carolina
and Virginia shorelines.
5:05 a.m.
8:44 p.m.
1:59 a.m.
3:48 p.m.
46/78
44/82
Roseburg
Powers
Brothers
49/82
Coos Bay
Huntington
43/76
50/79
Oakridge
48/78
56/82
Seneca
REGIONAL CITIES
WEATHER HISTORY
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
49/77
Bend
Elkton
Council
40/74
John Day
44/81
Sisters
Florence
TUESDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
43/70
49/79
50/66
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.
44/79
Baker City
Redmond
47/66
52/68
Halfway
Granite
49/80
Newport
52/79
77 52
51/78
47/80
51/82
Corvallis
Enterprise
44/69
48/74
Monument
53/81
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
La Grande
Elgin
46/74
La Grande
51/76
Maupin
10
52/78
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
52/77
Hood River
54/78
TIllamook
40 74 41
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
Walla Walla
58/85
Vancouver
52/80
47/73
Comfort Index™ 10
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren,
also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was
founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.
Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com
or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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“I’m going to
do my best to
help everybody
here become a
millionaire. It’s a big
goal, but we have
a big opportunity.
What I want to talk
to you guys about
culturally is that
you’re the owners
now.”
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Baker City
DEAR SIBLING: It is unfor-
tunate (but not uncommon) for
money to drive a wedge between
family members. When your
sister started her harangue, you
should have inserted your lawyer
into the negotiation. Because
you wished to keep the unit, you
could have bought her half from
her, leaving you both with what
you wanted. If it’s not too late,
give it some consideration. As
to never wanting to talk to your
sister, I hope with time your feel-
ings will mellow and fences can
be mended.
FRI.
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
SAT.
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
77/53/s 85/57/s
76/55/s 87/60/s
73/47/s 80/51/s
91/59/s 99/64/s
66/54/s 75/56/s
78/51/s 87/57/s
86/54/s 91/59/s
85/56/s 92/62/s
78/55/s 85/60/s
83/58/s 90/62/s
77/53/s 89/56/s
81/48/s 87/53/s
85/56/s 92/61/s
82/59/s 92/61/s
73/53/s 80/55/s
88/58/s 94/64/s
70/45/s 78/51/s
78/54/s 84/58/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
Sunshine
Sunny and nice
51
42
74
47
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Plenty of sunshine
Nice with sunshine
60
46
79
52
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Plenty of sunshine
Plenty of sun
58
38
67
40
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Plenty of sunshine
Sunny and pleasant
70
45
77
55
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Sunshine and nice
Sunny and pleasant
74
41
74
46