COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
THuRSDAY, JuLY 14, 2022
Husband’s dishonesty about finances imperils marriage
I do, but I do not feel that should
stop him from making some
financial contribution to OUR
LIFE. He makes a decent salary
and could buy some groceries or
pay for a dinner here or there, but
he doesn’t. I pay for everything —
cars, gas, living, groceries, coffee,
phones, etc.
We had agreed that after he
paid off his debts, he would put a
certain amount of money in the
savings, which would still leave
him $1,000 for himself. A thou-
sand dollars is half a year’s salary
in his country. For the last three
months he has made no contribu-
tions, and when I asked about it,
he said he doesn’t know what he
did with the money. He’s obvi-
ously lying.
I am so furious that I’m con-
sidering divorce. I have never told
DEAR ABBY: I am married
to a man from a different country,
culture and religion. We have an
amazing relationship, and he is
my best friend. We do everything
together — grocery shop, date
nights, travel, etc. He is a won-
derful husband. The only problem
is he doesn’t contribute finan-
cially. I have told him time and
again that this is going to be a big
problem for us.
In his country, the people are
poor, so he sends money to his
family. His parents are wonderful,
humble people and I love them
dearly. He doesn’t earn as much as
him not to help his family, and
I have been very generous with
them as well. But it worries me
that he is only concerned with
his family back home and not the
well-being of the family we have
built together. — MONEY’S
THE ISSUE IN MISSISSIPPI
DEAR MONEY’S THE
ISSUE: Your “wonderful” hus-
band has reneged on his promise
to put money in the savings
account and lied to you about
where the money is going. Could
it have gone someplace other than
to his parents? You have a right
to know. Marriage is more than
a romantic adventure. It is also a
partnership — and one in which
your husband isn’t contributing
his agreed-upon share.
You may be able to resolve this
with the help of a licensed medi-
ator or counselor, but if it doesn’t
solve the problem, talk to an
attorney about protecting yourself
financially.
DEAR ABBY: I am a mother
of two and grandmother of three.
I have a few cousins I socialize
with occasionally, but I can’t say
I’m particularly close to any of
them. I enjoy spending most of
my time with my children, grand-
children and husband.
Recently, one of my cousins
has been pestering me to have a
family reunion. Every time we
talk, he brings up the subject, as
well as other family members we
have lost touch with. I have told
him and his wife repeatedly that
I am not interested in hosting
a family reunion, and quite
frankly, wouldn’t be interested in
attending one, either.
I don’t want to seem harsh, but
I have little interest in reuniting
with many of my cousins, and
I find large family gatherings
stressful. I feel like they are
trying to bully me into hosting
and/or attending something I have
said time and again I’m not inter-
ested in. What should I do? —
NAGGED IN NEW JERSEY
DEAR NAGGED: The next
time he brings up the subject of
your hosting a family reunion,
laugh. Then tell him the folks who
should do it are him and his wife
because you are not interested.
Then change the subject.
█
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.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Georgia slabs called satanic by some torn down after bombing
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — A rural
Georgia monument that
some conservative Chris-
tians criticized as satanic
and others dubbed “Amer-
ica’s Stonehenge” was
demolished Wednesday,
July 6, after a predawn
bombing turned one of its
four granite panels into
rubble.
The Georgia Guide-
stones monument near
Elberton was damaged by
an explosive device, the
Georgia Bureau of Inves-
tigation said, and later
knocked down “for safety
reasons,” leaving a pile
of rubble in a picture that
investigators published.
Surveillance footage
showed a sharp explosion
blowing one panel to rubble
just after 4 a.m. Investiga-
tors also released video of
a silver sedan leaving the
monument.
After prior vandalism,
video cameras connected
to the county’s emergency
dispatch center were sta-
tioned at the site, said Elbert
WSB-TV/Contributed Photo
This aerial image taken from video shows damage to the Georgia
Guidestones monument near Elberton, Georgia, on Wednesday,
July 6, 2022. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said the
monument, which some Christians regard as satanic, was damaged
by an explosion before dawn.
Granite Association Exec-
utive Vice President Chris
Kubas.
The enigmatic roadside
attraction was built in 1980
from local granite, com-
missioned by an unknown
person or group under the
pseudonym R.C. Christian.
“That’s given the guide-
stones a sort of shroud
of mystery around them,
because the identity and
intent of the individuals
who commissioned them
is unknown,” said Katie
McCarthy, who researches
conspiracy theories for the
Anti-Defamation League.
“And so that has helped
over the years to fuel a lot
of speculation and con-
spiracy theories about the
guidestones’ true intent.”
The 16-foot-high panels
bore a 10-part message in
eight different languages
with guidance for living in
state says intentionally f louted
COVID-19 safety restrictions
almost invariably appealed
their citations.
The appeals process typically
takes more than a year and up to
30 months to resolve, said Mark
Peterson, a spokesperson for the
Department of Consumer and
Business Services.
Historically, more than 40%
of Oregon OSHA fines have
been amended on appeal. That
means many of the businesses
that the state says committed
FINES
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inspections and issuing about 251
citations, according to data as of
last month. The majority of those
citations were issued to employers
who the agency deemed had not
intentionally violated COVID-19
safety rules and came with fines
under $1,000.
Most of those employers
did not appeal their penal-
ties. However, businesses the
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in previous years, but that
“they sort of came back
onto the public’s radar”
because of Taylor.
“God is God all by Him-
self. He can do ANY-
THING He wants to do,”
Taylor wrote on social
media. “That includes
striking down Satanic
Guidestones.”
The monument had pre-
viously been vandalized,
including when it was
spray-painted in 2008 and
2014, McCarthy said. She
said the bombing is another
example of how conspiracy
theories “do and can have a
real-world impact.”
“We’ve seen this with
QAnon and multiple other
conspiracy theories, that
these ideas can lead some-
body to try to take action
in furtherance of these
beliefs,” McCarthy said.
“They can attempt to try
and target the people and
institutions that are at
the center of these false
beliefs.”
Kubas and many other
people interpreted the
stones as some sort of guide
to rebuilding society after
an “age of reason.” One part
called for keeping world
population at 500 million
or below, while another
calls to “guide reproduction
wisely — improving fitness
and diversity.”
It also served as a sun-
dial and astronomical cal-
endar. But it was the panels’
mention of eugenics, pop-
ulation control and global
government that made
them a target of far-right
conspiracists.
The monument’s noto-
riety took off with the rise
of the internet, Kubas said,
until it became a roadside
tourist attraction, with thou-
sands visiting each year.
The site received
renewed attention during
Georgia’s May 24 guberna-
torial primary when third-
place Republican candidate
Kandiss Taylor claimed the
guidestones are satanic and
made demolishing them
part of her platform. Come-
dian John Oliver featured
the guidestones and Taylor
in a segment in late May.
McCarthy said right-wing
personalities including Alex
Jones had talked about them
By JEFF AMY
The agency issued five cita-
tions to one gym chain, Salem-
based Courthouse Club Fitness,
after the gym remained open
in November 2020 against state
health regulations and continued
operating even after receiving
multiple citations. Owner John
Miller at the time called the
state’s decision to shut down
gyms unreasonable and said
its actions were bankrupting
businesses.
In total, Oregon OSHA
fined the gym chain more
the most egregious COVID-19
violations will be able to delay
their fines for several years and
could end up paying signifi-
cantly reduced penalties after
their appeals are resolved.
Oregon OSHA has little
power to force businesses into
compliance during the appeals
process, beyond telling them
to remedy violations. Even
after receiving citations, some
businesses continued to defy
COVID-19 restrictions during
the height of the pandemic.
Astoria
Longview
55/70
Kennewick
54/79
St. Helens
57/85
60/86
Portland
Condon
63/91
SAT
SUN
MON
Mainly clear
Sunny and very
warm
Sunny and very
warm
Sunny and nice
Sunny and
pleasant
92 54
89 49
84 47
Eugene
7
7
8
53/85
93 58
88 54
84 53
6
8
8
La Grande
61 91 58
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
6
6
56 89 57
Comfort Index™
5
86 51
81 53
5
7
9
5
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Tuesday
Low Tuesday
High: 123°
Low: 32°
Wettest: 1.94”
98°
45°
98°
51°
104°
50°
Tuesday
Trace
Month to date
0.01
Normal month to date 0.25
Year to date
4.47
Normal year to date
5.69
0.02
0.18
0.30
8.94
10.36
0.00
0.32
0.34
17.76
14.86
PRECIPITATION (inches)
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION FRIDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
25%
NW at 7 to 14 mph
12.1
0.32
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Wednesday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
22% of capacity
83% of capacity
34% of capacity
96% of capacity
19% of capacity
86% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Tuesday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
2860 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 122 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
70 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
74 cfs
Minam River at Minam
747 cfs
Powder River near Richland
15 cfs
Death Valley, Calif.
Afton, Wyo.
Pensacola, Fla.
OREGON
High: 104°
Low: 45°
Wettest: none
Rome
Baker City
SUN & MOON
FRI.
5:18 a.m. 5:19 a.m.
8:38 p.m. 8:38 p.m.
10:05 p.m. 10:37 p.m.
6:00 a.m. 7:24 a.m.
MOON PHASES
Last
Jul 20
New
Jul 28
First
Aug 5
55/86
Grants Pass
Silver Lake
Full
Aug 11
Jordan Valley
61/94
Paisley
52/94
51/89
Frenchglen
57/97
61/95
65/101
Klamath Falls
50/91
Lakeview
48/93
McDermitt
58/96
RECREATION FORECAST FRIDAY
SAT.
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
70/58/s 68/56/c
92/53/s 93/55/s
101/68/s 103/68/s
67/54/pc 68/54/s
94/52/s 97/54/s
67/54/pc 69/54/c
83/53/s 81/54/pc
96/61/s 99/62/s
90/55/s 92/58/s
85/55/s 84/53/s
100/65/s 97/64/s
86/63/s 85/60/s
94/65/s 97/65/s
95/55/s 95/57/s
88/58/s 91/57/s
98/64/s 97/63/s
91/51/s 92/50/s
93/47/s 94/51/s
Grand View
Arock
61/97
59/96
Shown is Friday’s weather. Temperatures are Thursday night’s lows and Friday’s highs.
City
Astoria
Bend
Boise
Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Council
Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
Diamond
56/94
Fields
Medford
Brookings
Boise
69/101
58/91
51/67
59/99
50/93
Chiloquin
FRI.
The mid-Atlantic was in the middle of a
monsoonlike storm July 14, 1975. Some
areas in eastern Maryland had 7 inches
of rain. By the end of the storm, parts of
northern New Jersey received up to 34
inches.
THU.
Beaver Marsh
Juntura
51/94
52/91
48/88
Roseburg
Ontario
69/101
Burns
Brothers
55/84
Coos Bay
Huntington
53/92
54/92
Oakridge
62/96
69/99
Seneca
REGIONAL CITIES
WEATHER HISTORY
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
53/93
Council
53/91
55/95
Bend
53/74
59/97
54/86
John Day
54/94
Sisters
Elkton
Powers
Halfway
Granite
Baker City
Florence
51/64
TUESDAY EXTREMES
ALMANAC
60/94
Redmond
52/63
51/67
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.
Monument
50/83
Newport
Enterprise
56/89
61/91
55/83
55/86
Corvallis
52/79
89 56
58/90
La Grande
60/87
59/90
Idanha
Salem
FRI
7
Elgin
Pendleton
The Dalles
59/84
54/83
TONIGHT
6
66/92
65/95
Newberg
Lewiston
66/94
Hood River
Maupin
Comfort Index™
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
Walla Walla
64/98
Vancouver
54/83
TIllamook
53 91 52
than $217,000 — the largest
COVID-19 fine issued to a
single employer. A year and a
half later, though, the citations
remain tied up in the appeals
process.
In fact, of the 48 citations
issued by Oregon OSHA for
willful COVID-19 safety viola-
tions, 42 remain in the appeals
process. The other six have
become final orders, but one of
those fines was reduced by half
on appeal and no payments have
been made on three others.
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
52/73
Baker City
an apocalypse.
“It’s up to your own
interpretation as to how you
want to view them,” Kubas
said.
The site is about 7 miles
north of Elberton and about
90 miles east of Atlanta,
near the South Carolina
state line. Granite quar-
rying is a top local industry,
employing about 2,000 in
the area, Kubas said.
Elbert County sheriff’s
deputies, Elberton police
and the Georgia Bureau of
Investigation are among
agencies trying to figure
out what happened. Bomb
squad technicians were
called out to look for evi-
dence, and a state highway
that runs near the site was
closed for a time.
No suspects were
identified.
Kubas said local officials
and community leaders
will have to decide who, if
anyone, pays for restoration.
“If you didn’t like it, you
didn’t have to come see it
and read it,” Kubas said.
“But unfortunately, some-
body decided they didn’t
want anyone to read it.”
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
FRI.
SAT.
Hi/Lo/W
94/66/s
79/59/s
87/54/s
95/60/s
63/54/c
79/56/s
101/67/s
99/63/s
95/64/s
84/62/s
74/55/pc
94/52/s
86/57/s
86/60/s
91/62/s
91/64/s
88/50/s
92/66/s
Hi/Lo/W
96/66/s
77/56/pc
89/54/s
94/61/s
64/52/c
75/52/pc
102/68/s
98/61/s
92/64/s
82/60/pc
74/56/pc
94/52/s
85/58/s
85/56/pc
89/61/s
91/64/s
86/49/s
91/66/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 and warm
Sunshine
70
51
87
53
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Mostly sunny
Sunny and warm
79
55
96
63
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Warm with sunshine
Sunshine
78
49
82
46
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Very warm
Sunny
88
58
93
62
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Sunny
Sunny and warm
91
52
91
58