B8 THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2022
COFFEE BREAK
Couple’s divorce still a raw subject after 10-plus years
that has happened to her since the di-
vorce, even though she chose to quit
her job and go on disability, which se-
verely limited her income and options.
When Dad’s wife died, Mom was al-
most happy. She said she knew that
same grief because of what she went
through with the divorce. (It’s not the
same thing.)
I would like to invite Dad to holiday
gatherings with the family this year, as
he will be alone most of the time, but
Mom refuses to come if he is there.
How can I help her move on? — IN-
CLUSIVE IN MICHIGAN
DEAR INCLUSIVE: Remember the ad-
age, “You can lead a horse to water but
you can’t make him drink”? All these
DEAR ABBY: My parents were mar-
ried for 22 years. They separated in
2007, and by 2008 the divorce was final.
While this was a good thing for both of
them, the fallout from their marriage
was intense. I won’t dig into the ugly
details, but they both had their faults,
and it was rough.
Since the divorce, Dad has moved
on. Sadly, he lost his wife of 13 years
suddenly several months ago. Mom
still blames Dad for every bad thing
years, your mother has nursed her anger
as though it was an infant. The only per-
son who can help her “move on” is her-
self, which she is clearly unwilling to do.
Ask your father how he would feel
about joining the family during the
coming holidays. You may find that he
would prefer to avoid her and social-
ize with friends he and his wife culti-
vated during their marriage. But please
do not allow your mother to dictate
whom you can or cannot entertain in
your home. If she wishes to stay away,
that will be her privilege and her pun-
ishment.
DEAR ABBY: My husband is hard of
hearing. No matter what I ask of him
or when we have a conversation, he de-
nies I ever spoke to him, asked him to
do anything, etc. When I suggest that
he may have a hearing problem and
should see a doctor, he becomes angry,
belligerent and denies there’s anything
wrong with him.
Our marriage has turned into one
big fight. I have asked him to say, “I
didn’t hear you. Could you repeat
that?” when he doesn’t hear me, but
that hasn’t worked. He still flat-out de-
nies that I said anything to him. If I
don’t hear him clearly, I ask him to re-
peat what I didn’t hear. How can I con-
vince him that he needs a hearing aid
before these fights end our marriage?
— ON DEAF EARS IN WEST VIRGINIA
DEAR O.D.E.: This is a problem you
both should discuss with your hus-
band’s doctor, preferably before his
next physical. Sadly, his denial is shared
by many who equate hearing loss with
something to be embarrassed about. I
can suggest a “Band-Aid” in the mean-
time, but without intervention, your
husband’s problem will progress, and
he will find himself increasingly so-
cially isolated. For now, if you want his
attention, touch his arm or his shoulder
before asking him a question. That way
he will have to pay attention.
█
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
Duran Duran stumbles, Dolly Parton rolls into Rock Hall
They kicked back in at full
volume, playing a set that in-
cluded “Hungry Like the
Wolf” and “Ordinary World,”
quickly snapping back into what
Downey called their essential
quality: “CSF — cool, sophisti-
cated fun.”
Lionel Richie brought both
chill and warmth to the room
hours later, opening his set with
a spare rendition of his ballad
“Hello” that seemed to make
him nearly break down from
the weight of the moment.
“His songs are the soundtrack
of my life, your life, everyone’s
life,” Lenny Kravitz said in in-
ducting Richie.
After “Hello,” Richie breezed
into his 1977 hit with the Com-
modores, “Easy.” The vibe went
from smooth to triumphant
when Foo Fighters front man
Dave Grohl made a surprise ap-
pearance to play a guitar solo
and swap vocals with Richie.
That led into a singalong, cele-
bratory rendition of 1983’s “All
Night Long” that brought the
night’s biggest reaction.
In his acceptance speech,
Richie lashed out at those
during his career who accused
him of straying too far from his
Black roots.
“Rock ‘n’ roll is not a color,”
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Lionel
Richie soared. Pat Benatar
roared. Duran Duran stumbled
but stayed sophisticated. Emi-
nem was Eminem.
The four acts found very dif-
ferent ways to celebrate on Sat-
urday, Nov. 5, but all can now
forever say they’re Rock & Roll
Hall of Famers. So are Carly
Simon, Eurythmics, Harry Be-
lafonte, Judas Priest and Dolly
Parton, who gave the honor an
enthusiastic embrace after tem-
porarily turning it down.
The first act inducted at the
Microsoft Theater in Los An-
geles after a memorable speech
from a shaven-headed Robert
Downey Jr., Duran Duran took
the stage and launched into
their 1981 breakthrough hit
“Girls on Film.”
The shrieking crowd was
there for it, but the music wasn’t.
The band was all but inaudi-
ble other than singer Simon Le
Bon, whose vocals were essen-
tially a cappella.
It was a fun if inauspicious
beginning to a mostly slick and
often triumphant show.
“The wonderful sponta-
neous world of rock ‘n’ roll,” the
64-year-old Le Bon shouted as
the band stopped for a do-over.
“My Name Is,” he brought on
Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler to sing
the chorus of “Dream On” for
2003’s “Sing for the Moment,”
which samples the Aerosmith
classic. Then he brought on Ed
Sheeran to sing his part on the
2017 Eminem jam “River” as
rain fell on the stage.
“I’m probably not supposed
to actually be here tonight for
a couple of reasons,” Eminem,
wearing a black hoodie, said as
he accepted the honor. “One, I
know, is that I’m a rapper and
this is the Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame.”
He’s only the 10th hip-hop
artist among well over 300
members of the Hall of Fame.
He was inducted by his pro-
ducer and mentor Dr. Dre,
whom he credited with saving
his life.
But hitmakers of the 1980s
defined the night.
“Pat always reached into the
deepest part of herself and came
roaring out of the speakers,”
Sheryl Crow said in her speech
inducting Benatar.
Benatar, inducted along with
her longtime musical part-
ner and husband Neil Giraldo,
took the stage with him and
displayed that power moments
later.
Chris Pizzello/The Associated Press
Inductee Dolly Parton performs during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Induction Ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, at the Microsoft The-
ater in Los Angeles.
he said. “It is a feeling. It is a
vibe. And if we let that vibe
come through, this room will
grow and grow and grow.”
Eurythmics took the stage
next with a soulful, danceable
rendition of 1986’s “Missionary
Man.”
“Well I was born an original
sinner, I was born from origi-
nal sin,” singer Annie Lennox
belted, bringing the audience
clapping and to its feet four
hours into the show. It was fol-
lowed by a rousing rendition
of their best-known hit, “Sweet
Dreams.”
Moments later her musical
partner, Dave Stewart, called
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Lennox “one of the greatest per-
formers, singers and songwrit-
ers of all time.”
“Thank you, Dave, for this
great adventure,” a tearful Len-
nox said.
As he has been throughout
his career, Eminem was the out-
lier. He was the only hip-hop
artist among the inductees, the
only one whose heyday came
after the 1980s, and he brought
an edge to the evening that was
otherwise missing outside of the
heavy metal stylings of Judas
Priest.
He also took the guest star
game to another level. After
opening briefly with 1999’s
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
29/47
Kennewick
26/45
St. Helens
24/41
28/45
27/46
TONIGHT
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
Mostly cloudy
and colder
Partly sunny and
cold
Mostly sunny
and cold
Turning cloudy
and cold
35 10
33 14
36 10
Eugene
0
0
0
25/44
35 14
35 20
33 16
1
1
0
La Grande
0
21 32 15
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
0
0
0
19 32 17
Comfort Index™
1
34 15
32 16
1
1
1
0
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Sunday
Low Sunday
High: 94°
Low: 3°
Wettest: 1.79”
46°
22°
48°
31°
48°
29°
0.02
0.53
0.14
6.24
7.62
Trace
2.60
0.38
13.53
13.96
0.15
4.92
0.49
25.31
19.52
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Sunday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY
50%
NW at 7 to 14 mph
0.4
0.04
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Monday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
McAllen, Texas
Daniel, Wyo.
Jackson, Miss.
OREGON
High: 56°
Low: 16°
Wettest: 1.55”
Hermiston
Burns
Salem
WEATHER HISTORY
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
34/52
1% of capacity
26% of capacity
9% of capacity
30% of capacity
7% of capacity
3% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Sunday)
On Nov. 8, 1972, a powerful storm hit the
Northeast with heavy rain, fl ooding and
high winds. In New York City, the fi erce
coastal gale drenched the city with a
record 5.1 inches of rain.
SUN & MOON
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
TUE.
WED.
6:41 a.m.
4:31 p.m.
4:38 p.m.
6:57 a.m.
6:42 a.m.
4:29 p.m.
5:07 p.m.
8:07 a.m.
MOON PHASES
Grande Ronde at Troy
1950 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
2 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
13 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
234 cfs
Minam River at Minam
146 cfs
Powder River near Richland
18 cfs
Full
Nov 8
Last
New
Nov 16
Nov 23
First
Nov 30
Brothers
Beaver Marsh
33/48
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
Frenchglen
Paisley
24/36
Klamath Falls
23/36
Hi/Lo/W
47/36/s
34/15/pc
39/17/sf
52/38/s
37/7/sn
52/36/s
45/29/s
36/12/c
31/17/c
44/31/s
39/19/pc
41/28/s
37/15/c
35/12/sn
31/15/pc
37/19/pc
36/14/sf
37/12/sn
Hi/Lo/W
50/36/pc
39/14/pc
35/18/s
53/40/pc
34/6/s
55/36/pc
49/28/pc
33/7/s
33/14/pc
49/29/pc
38/19/s
42/27/pc
38/18/pc
35/11/s
30/12/s
37/17/s
35/12/pc
33/5/pc
36/41
Lakeview
25/37
McDermitt
26/39
RECREATION FORECAST WEDNESDAY
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
Grand View
Arock
28/39
Fields
Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Tuesday night’s lows and Wednesday’s highs.
THU.
Diamond
24/35
26/38
36/48
WED.
Boise
27/35
24/36
21/37
Medford
Brookings
27/39
30/39
36/50
39/52
Juntura
21/37
16/37
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Ontario
34/43
Burns
13/31
19/35
Roseburg
Huntington
17/33
11/34
Oakridge
Council
24/36
29/42
Seneca
27/45
Coos Bay
SUNDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
20/35
Bend
Elkton
Powers
23/36
17/33
John Day
12/35
11/36
33/52
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
Florence
33/47
Halfway
Granite
14/31
Baker City
Redmond
30/47
33/50
32 13
Monument
19/34
23/43
26/46
Corvallis
21/32
24/45
Newport
Enterprise
La Grande
19/35
19/35
Idanha
Salem
Clouds and cold
Comfort Index™
Elgin
20/31
19/32
Condon
23/40
30/45
Maupin
8
22/32
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
23/34
Hood River
20/33
TIllamook
17 33
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Walla Walla
20/37
Vancouver
26/45
28/47
Baker City
“We are young,” the 69-year-
old sang, her long, gray hair
flowing as she soared through a
version of 1983’s “Love is a Bat-
tlefield.”
When the nominees were
announced in May, Parton “re-
spectfully” declined, saying it
didn’t seem suitable for her to
take a spot as a country-to-the-
core artist. She was convinced
otherwise, and ended up the
headliner Saturday night.
“I’m a rock star now!” she
shouted as she accepted the
honor. “This is a very, very, very
special night.”
Parton said she would have to
retroactively earn her spot.
She disappeared and emerged
moments later decked out in
black leather with an electric
guitar and broke into a song she
wrote just for the occasion.
“I’ve been rockin’ rockin’
rockin’ rockin’ since the day I
was born,” she sang, “and I’ll be
rockin’ to the day I’m gone.”
She closed the night leading
an all-star jam of her fellow in-
ductees on her country classic
“Jolene.” Le Bon, Benatar and
even Judas Priest singer Rob
Halford took a verse.
“We got a star-studded stage
up here,” Parton said. “I feel like
a hillbilly in the city.”
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
34/21/c
45/32/s
29/14/c
48/31/s
47/37/s
44/29/s
43/19/sf
36/19/pc
33/19/c
45/34/s
52/35/s
35/12/pc
48/32/s
46/31/s
29/9/pc
40/25/pc
29/13/c
32/22/pc
Hi/Lo/W
36/24/pc
46/30/pc
33/11/pc
48/31/pc
49/36/pc
45/29/pc
39/18/s
37/17/s
36/19/pc
46/32/pc
54/36/pc
40/14/pc
49/34/pc
48/28/pc
30/12/pc
41/26/pc
33/12/s
34/20/pc
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
Cold
24
4
33
9
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Very cold
Cold
26
14
38
12
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Very cold
Quite cold
24
3
27
12
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Clearing and cold
Very cold
31
15
32
19
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Partly sunny; cold
Colder
33
8
32
15
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