COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2022
Father’s extreme views turn family against him
and declared, “This conversation
is over.”
The next morning, the family
voted unanimously to ask him
to leave. Being the eldest, I was
“elected” to deliver the news to
him. He and my stepmother didn’t
take it well and both said a lot of
terrible things. Now they refuse to
accept that the whole family agreed
to it, and they blame me for it.
Any ideas on how to repair
the damage? My stepmother sug-
gested I lie and say it was just
me and I am sorry. Neither is
true. Maybe it’s best I remain
estranged from my father, and he
can have normal relations with the
rest of the family? — TRUTH
TELLER IN GEORGIA
DEAR TRUTH TELLER:
I disagree with your stepmother.
DEAR ABBY: My father con-
siders himself a deeply religious
man. He believes that anyone who
doesn’t conform to his beliefs
is going to hell. He told my gay
sister she is going to hell. At my
brother’s wake and celebration of
life, he announced to everyone
that my brother was going to hell
because he was an atheist. He also
criticized the arrangements, even
though they were exactly what
my brother requested. I pulled
him aside and asked him to quit
saying these things. He refused
Do not lie about why your father
and his wife were asked to leave.
Your siblings need to step for-
ward and make plain that the vote
was unanimous. If your father
and stepmother choose to isolate
themselves after that, you all will
be better off .
DEAR ABBY: I have been
married to my husband for nearly
six years. We have a very good
relationship and have three grown
adult children between us.
Four years ago, my daughter and
his daughter-in-law had children
— I will call them “Timmy” and
“Jenny.”
My grandson Timmy is
autistic, but doing well with
speech therapy and special educa-
tion (preschool). He has his chal-
lenges, but we are supportive and
encouraging. Jenny is and always
has been a chatterbox. She was a
good little girl until she turned 4.
Her parents buy her anything and
everything she wants, and she’s
allowed to run the show.
Recently, we watched her
overnight, and I was upset with
her for calling my husband an
old, fat man and a punk, in addi-
tion to trying to manipulate us
as she does her parents. Disci-
pline to curb her smart mouth
is frowned upon, and laughed
off . My husband has spoken to
his son about this twice. It has
changed nothing. I don’t feel
it’s my place to scold and disci-
pline, but if she’s in my home, I
think she must behave respect-
fully. Abby, please help with
any advice. — FRUSTRATED
NANA IN WASHINGTON
DEAR NANA: That little
girl is 4. By failing to teach their
daughter consideration for the
feelings of others, your husband’s
son and daughter-in-law are doing
Jenny a disservice. By the time
she’s 6, she’ll be as welcome as
a polecat at a picnic. You have
every right to make and enforce
the rules for what goes on in your
home. Jenny should not be per-
mitted to call your husband (or
anyone, for that matter) nasty
names, and unless she apologizes,
you should not babysit her.
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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NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Yellowstone delays opening of road damaged by record fl oods
paper, as park offi cials said
they need more time to
ensure that over 5,000 feet
of guardrail are properly
installed for traffi c safety.
“We have set incredibly
aggressive time frames for
these repairs, and our con-
tractors have worked at
lightning speed to get this
road safely reopened,” Yel-
lowstone National Park
Superintendent Cam Sholly
said in a news release.
Unprecedented fl ooding in
The Associated Press
MAMMOTH SPRINGS,
Wyo. — Yellowstone National
Park is postponing the
opening of a renovated road
at its north entrance as it con-
tinues to repair the damage
from this summer’s cata-
strophic fl ooding, the Wyo-
ming Tribune Eagle reported.
The park has pushed
back the road’s opening
date from Oct. 15 to Nov.
1, according to the news-
June severely damaged roads,
swept away homes and forced
the park to close as it evacu-
ated about 10,000 visitors.
The National Park Ser-
vice said the most signif-
icant damage occurred at
the Yellowstone’s north and
northeast entrances, where
access was cut off .
The fl ooding washed out
segments of the roadway
between the north entrance
in Gardiner, Montana, and
Mammoth Hot Springs
inside the park.
To reconnect the two
areas, authorities have
paved and expanded an old
stagecoach route from the
1880s called Old Gardiner
Road. The single-lane dirt
road has been enlarged to
two lanes over its entire
four-mile length, according
FHA to expand road widths
in certain sections of the
Old Gardiner Road. It has
also requested the fed-
eral agency build a new
approach road into Mam-
moth Springs, due to safety
concerns stemming from
the main road’s 12-15%
steep grade.
to the National Park Ser-
vice. Offi cials say it will
serve as a short-term solu-
tion while the primary road
is reconstructed.
The project is being
completed with support
from the Federal Highway
Administration.
The park has asked
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AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
48/70
Kennewick
45/74
St. Helens
46/76
TIllamook
47/78
45/80
50/77
46/77
Condon
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
Clear
Sunny and
warm
Sunny and
warm
Mostly sunny
and pleasant
Partly sunny and
warm
76 35
75 32
76 34
Eugene
10
10
10
44/76
77 37
75 38
74 41
10
10
10
30 75 33
10
La Grande
39 75 39
Comfort Index™ 10
Enterprise
10
39 73 41
Comfort Index™ 10
72 37
73 36
10
10
10
10
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Sunday
Low Sunday
High: 104°
Low: 15°
Wettest: 2.68”
74°
31°
75°
34°
82°
35°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Sunday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
0.00
0.00
0.14
5.38
7.00
0.00
0.00
0.30
9.63
12.30
0.00
Trace
0.41
18.51
17.28
HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY
RESERVOIR STORAGE
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
25%
NNE at 4 to 8 mph
7.7
0.13
(through midnight Monday)
2% of capacity
22% of capacity
7% of capacity
46% of capacity
3% of capacity
1% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Sunday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
Burnt River near Unity
Umatilla River near Gibbon
Minam River at Minam
Powder River near Richland
OREGON
Medford
Sunriver
Brookings
WEATHER HISTORY
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
Death Valley, Calif.
Walden, Colo.
Hollywood, Fla.
High: 90°
Low: 28°
Wettest: 0.01”
On Oct. 11, 1984, 25-foot waves off
Vancouver Island, B.C., capsized eight fi sh-
ing boats, killing fi ve people. Monitoring
programs using satellites and automated
buoys can often detect these waves.
SUN & MOON
TUE.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
WED.
7:03 a.m. 7:04 a.m.
6:14 p.m. 6:13 p.m.
7:12 p.m. 7:38 p.m.
9:03 a.m. 10:15 a.m.
MOON PHASES
629 cfs
2 cfs
18 cfs
45 cfs
57 cfs
9 cfs
Last
Oct 17
New
Oct 25
First
Oct 31
Sisters
Florence
Full
Nov 8
35/83
Elkton
36/80
Powers
48/83
51/78
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
35/77
Paisley
34/79
35/80
Frenchglen
Diamond
37/80
50/90
Klamath Falls
34/81
Lakeview
30/81
McDermitt
32/78
RECREATION FORECAST WEDNESDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
THU.
City
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
70/48/s 69/49/s
Bend
82/39/s 81/40/s
Boise
79/45/s 79/47/s
Brookings
73/54/pc 72/53/s
Burns
80/34/s 80/35/s
Coos Bay
71/49/s 69/49/pc
Corvallis
78/44/s 78/46/s
Council
77/39/s 77/39/s
Elgin
76/43/s 78/40/s
Eugene
76/45/s 77/44/s
Hermiston
78/39/s 77/40/s
Hood River
78/48/s 79/49/s
Imnaha
76/47/s 77/46/s
John Day
80/36/s 80/36/s
Joseph
71/42/s 74/39/s
Kennewick
75/43/s 78/42/s
Klamath Falls 81/37/s 82/39/s
Lakeview
81/33/s 80/37/s
38/79
36/77
36/79
Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Tuesday night’s lows and Wednesday’s highs.
WED.
Grand View
Arock
35/79
Fields
Medford
Brookings
Boise
43/79
51/91
55/73
35/81
32/81
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Juntura
30/80
34/77
Beaver Marsh
Ontario
40/81
Burns
Brothers
32/80
Roseburg
Huntington
33/77
47/84
Coos Bay
38/77
42/80
Seneca
39/82
Oakridge
Council
30/75
John Day
Bend
SUNDAY EXTREMES
ALMANAC
32/73
38/81
49/71
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.
35/77
Baker City
Redmond
47/64
49/68
Halfway
Granite
42/78
Newport
48/79
75 39
42/78
47/81
45/78
Corvallis
Enterprise
39/73
39/75
Monument
42/80
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
Comfort Index™ 10
Elgin
40/76
La Grande
42/73
Maupin
Baker City
48/73
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
47/76
Hood River
45/76
46/72
Lewiston
Walla Walla
42/75
Vancouver
45/76
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
WED.
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
THU.
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
76/48/s 75/48/s
74/47/s 75/47/s
75/37/s 76/38/s
90/51/s 89/51/s
64/49/s 65/48/pc
69/43/s 71/43/s
81/42/s 79/41/s
75/41/s 78/41/s
76/45/s 76/44/s
77/49/s 77/51/s
78/52/s 76/50/s
83/38/s 82/38/s
83/50/s 82/47/s
78/47/s 77/47/s
73/44/s 74/45/s
80/47/s 82/48/s
76/39/s 77/37/s
73/49/s 72/50/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
Plenty of sun
Sunny and warm
61
34
74
37
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Sunny and pleasant
Sunny and warm
66
41
79
40
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Plenty of sun
Sunny and mild
63
28
73
34
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Sunny and warm
Sunny and pleasant
71
42
74
45
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Sunny and pleasant
Sunny and warm
75
33
75
39
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