B12 THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD • SATuRDAY, NOVEmBER 26, 2022
COFFEE BREAK
Wife is a second-class citizen in her own home
is sweet and charming to everyone, but
often ignores or becomes very angry
with me.
He has called me things he prom-
ised never to say. He makes excuses
for not wanting to do things together.
He spends upwards of 12 hours a day
outside and seems to want to avoid
me. He defends his friends when they
say disrespectful things about me,
citing the fact that he “doesn’t want
to lose old friends.” He believes that
whatever is said by others — friends,
family, etc. — is my problem and I
should just accept it. We have seen
a marriage counselor and it has not
helped us. Help me understand,
please. — UNDERVALUED IN NE-
BRASKA
DEAR UNDERVALUED: From your
description, your husband is selfish,
DEAR ABBY: I have been married for
five years. My husband and I are both
past middle age and have been married
before (me twice; three times for him).
For much of our early marriage, my
husband was ill. He required several
surgeries and a lot of care. I never com-
plained or felt burdened, yet the small-
est ache or pain I have is, apparently, a
“pain” for him.
As time has gone on, there are some
things in our marriage that I frankly
don’t understand. We celebrate Father’s
Day and his birthday, but never Moth-
er’s Day or my birthday. My husband
self-centered, lacks the ability to em-
pathize or nurture and would rather
allow his “friends” to disrespect the
woman he married than confront
them. (What a prize!) I hope you
felt some psychic gratification from
taking care of him when he so badly
needed it, because it appears that is
all you are going to get from this rela-
tionship.
My question for you is: How long
are you willing to tolerate being
treated this way? Many women would
prefer to be alone than living the life
you are. You deserve better than what
you have been getting, and I sincerely
hope you will have the courage to go
for it.
DEAR ABBY: My youngest son and
his wife invited me to come live with
them in Colorado. I am 68 and retired,
and was struggling to survive finan-
cially (and physically) and maintain
my home in Washington state. It made
sense to sell it and move into their spa-
cious house with them.
My son was laid off from his job
and has been seeking employment. He
received an offer from a company in
Pennsylvania. I’m about to receive a
large amount of cash from the sale of
my home, more money than I’ve ever
had at one time. My son came to me
last evening and asked me to lend him
all of it for a down payment on a house
in Pennsylvania. He says he will pay it
back once his house in Colorado sells.
He figures it could take six months to
pay it back.
My alarm bells are ringing, and I
honestly don’t know how to respond.
I believe he has my best interests at
heart, but I’m hesitant to give him ev-
ery penny. Am I being silly? He has
never given me reason to doubt him.
— BIG CHANGES HAPPENING
DEAR CHANGES: Discuss this mat-
ter with an attorney right now. If you
decide to give a portion of the money
you receive from the sale of your home
in Washington for a down payment on
your son’s home in Pennsylvania, you
should have plenty left over for your-
self. But whatever agreement you make
should be in a legal document in writ-
ing. It is not “silly” to want to protect
yourself. In fact, it is very wise. Listen
to your gut.
█
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
Famed ‘Goonies’ house for sale in coastal Astoria
ple who want to “make it their
passion.”
“It’s kind of a fun buy,” Miller
said. “Whoever buys the house
is going to have a relatively
steady stream of extremely
happy people walking up out-
side to fulfill their childhood
dreams.”
The Associated Press
ASTORIA — Good news for
fans of “The Goonies:” the old
Victorian home featured in the
film is on sale in Astoria, and
potential buyers are considering
making it more accessible to the
public.
“We have a few interested
parties right now,” said realtor
Jordan Miller, the listing agent
for the property. “It seems to be
everybody’s intention to be able
to open up the house a little bit
more and have more access.”
The 1896 home with sweep-
ing views of the Columbia River
flowing into the Pacific Ocean
has been listed with an asking
price of $1.7 million on Zillow,
where it’s described as “fully
loaded with history, nostalgia
and iconic level of fame.”
Since the movie hit theaters
in 1985, fans have flocked to the
home in northwestern Oregon’s
historic port of Astoria. The city
celebrates Goonies Day on June
7, the film’s release date, and
welcomes thousands of people
for the event.
Owner Sandi Preston was
known to have been largely wel-
coming to visitors. But she lived
in the house full time, and the
constant crowds were a strain
that prompted her at times to
close it to foot traffic.
After the film’s 30th anniver-
sary drew about 1,500 daily visi-
tors in 2015, Preston posted “no
trespassing” signs prohibiting
tourists from walking up to the
property. She reopened it to the
public this past August.
City officials, who restricted
parking in the area, have long
sought to mediate the tensions
between residents and the fans
hoping to see and photograph
the location.
“While the owner of this lo-
cation from The Goonies is a
Lydia Ely/The Astorian
In this undated photo is the house featured in the Steven Spielberg film “The Goonies” in Astoria. The Victorian home, built in 1896 with sweeping
views of the Columbia River as it flows into the Pacific Ocean, is now for sale has been listed with an asking price of $1.7 million. Since the film was
released in 1985, fans have flocked to the home, and the owner has long complained of constant crowds and trespassing.
fan of the movie and enjoys
chatting with visitors making
the trek to Astoria to see the
film locations, as you can imag-
ine, it gets hard having hun-
dreds of people crowding into
your personal space every sin-
gle day,” the Astoria-Warrenton
Chamber of Commerce wrote
in August on a Facebook page
they administer called Goonies
Day in Astoria.
In the coming-of-age film,
based on a story by Steven Spiel-
berg and featuring a young Sean
Astin, a group of friends fight
to protect their homes from an
expanding country club and
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the 1980s and ‘90s, including
“Kindergarten Cop” starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
For now, potential buyers of
the iconic Goonies house don’t
seem to want to make the house
their primary residence, said
listing agent Miller, suggesting
it has drawn interest from peo-
threats of foreclosure. In the
process, they discover an old
treasure map that leads them on
an adventure and allows them
to save their “Goon Docks”
neighborhood.
Astoria and its rugged coast-
line served as the backdrop for
several well-known films from
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
44/49
Kennewick
42/46
St. Helens
42/47
40/46
39/48
43/48
41/47
Condon
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
Cloudy
A little
afternoon rain
Clearing and
snow showers
Cold with a
snow shower
Cold with a bit
of snow
25 37 26
33 14
27 19
32 21
Eugene
0
0
0
38/49
34 20
29 22
35 27
0
0
0
La Grande
31 39 27
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
3
0
30 37 25
Comfort Index™
3
29 22
34 28
0
0
0
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Thursday
Low Thursday
High: 88°
Low: -5°
Wettest: 4.06”
50°
14°
49°
23°
50°
23°
0.00
0.55
0.57
6.26
8.05
0.00
2.89
1.55
13.82
15.13
0.00
5.61
2.43
26.00
21.46
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Thursday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
HAY INFORMATION SUNDAY
55%
WNW at 7 to 14 mph
3.0
0.05
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
1% of capacity
29% of capacity
10% of capacity
27% of capacity
10% of capacity
11% of capacity
OREGON
High: 65°
Low: 6°
Wettest: 0.01”
Brookings
Lakeview
Roseburg
The Great Appalachian Storm of 1950 con-
tinued on Nov. 26, killing 34 in New York.
Toronto had its greatest one-day snowfall
of 12 inches, followed by a warm-up to 50
degrees with rain.
SUN & MOON
SAT.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
SUN.
7:05 a.m. 7:06 a.m.
4:14 p.m. 4:13 p.m.
10:35 a.m. 11:28 a.m.
6:44 p.m. 8:02 p.m.
MOON PHASES
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Thursday)
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
Marathon, Fla.
Clayton Lake, Maine
Baton Rouge, La.
WEATHER HISTORY
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
37/52
860 cfs
4 cfs
8 cfs
60 cfs
N.A.
36 cfs
First
Nov 30
Full
Dec 7
Last
Dec 16
New
Dec 23
Brothers
36/46
26/40
Beaver Marsh
19/38
Roseburg
37/49
Burns
Jordan Valley
24/42
Paisley
20/36
Frenchglen
20/39
Diamond
Grand View
Arock
22/38
28/45
24/45
Fields
32/49
20/46
Klamath Falls
21/43
Lakeview
14/39
McDermitt
17/46
RECREATION FORECAST SUNDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
MON.
City
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
49/35/r 46/30/s
Bend
46/26/r 34/25/c
Boise
43/29/c 37/19/sf
Brookings
51/42/r 47/37/sh
Burns
37/21/c 32/11/sf
Coos Bay
53/40/r 47/34/sh
Corvallis
48/36/r 46/30/sh
Council
36/21/c 31/12/sf
Elgin
40/28/r 34/18/sf
Eugene
49/37/r 45/33/sh
Hermiston
50/34/r 40/22/sf
Hood River
46/34/r 41/29/sh
Imnaha
42/27/c 31/16/sf
John Day
38/25/sn 32/19/sf
Joseph
37/26/c 30/19/sf
Kennewick
51/31/r 41/21/sf
Klamath Falls 43/29/c 35/21/sf
Lakeview
39/22/c 34/12/sf
Boise
27/43
Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs.
SUN.
24/39
Silver Lake
21/43
Medford
Brookings
Juntura
14/37
34/52
40/51
Ontario
29/44
23/39
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Huntington
27/36
Bend
Coos Bay
23/36
30/41
Seneca
33/46
Oakridge
Council
25/37
28/38
32/44
Elkton
THURSDAY EXTREMES
ALMANAC
25/36
John Day
30/47
Sisters
Florence
Powers
27/38
Baker City
Redmond
42/48
41/52
Halfway
Granite
39/48
Newport
38/53
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.
42/44
38/46
41/48
37/50
32 20
0
Corvallis
Enterprise
30/37
31/39
Monument
36/45
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
0
Elgin
31/40
La Grande
39/43
Maupin
3
38/46
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
37/45
Hood River
37/43
TIllamook
Comfort Index™
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
Walla Walla
39/51
Vancouver
42/46
45/50
Baker City
Bob Dylan publisher sorry for
$600 book’s replica
autographs
NEW YORK — Bob Dylan’s
publisher is offering refunds
for a $600 special edition of his
new book, “The Philosophy of
Modern Song,” acknowledging
that the allegedly “hand-signed”
copies were not individually in-
scribed.
“To those who purchased
THE PHILOSOPHY OF MOD-
ERN SONG limited edition, we
want to apologize,” Simon &
Schuster announced in a state-
ment posted Sunday, Nov. 20, on
Instagram. “As it turns out, the
limited edition books do contain
Bob’s original signature, but in
a penned replica form. We are
addressing this immediately by
providing each purchaser with
an immediate refund.”
Simon & Schuster’s statement
came after days of complaints
from customers, who through
social media had compared
their copies and found the au-
tographs suspiciously alike. The
books had arrived with a letter
from Simon & Schuster CEO
Jonathan Karp, vouching for the
signature’s authenticity.
“The Philosophy of Modern
Song,” in which Dylan assesses
compositions ranging from
Hank Williams “Your Cheatin’
Heart” to Jackson Browne’s
“The Pretender,” was published
Nov. 1.
A Dylan spokesperson de-
clined comment.
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
SUN.
MON.
Hi/Lo/W
45/31/r
46/34/r
36/26/r
49/38/r
48/38/r
44/31/sh
44/27/c
51/30/r
43/28/r
48/35/r
52/40/r
47/27/r
49/38/r
48/38/r
38/21/pc
48/36/c
36/24/r
46/28/r
Hi/Lo/W
33/23/sf
41/30/sh
32/17/sf
44/31/sh
46/36/sh
40/28/c
39/18/sf
40/19/sf
34/21/sf
39/31/sh
47/35/sh
34/23/sf
45/35/sh
44/30/pc
28/13/sf
42/29/sf
28/17/sf
34/18/sf
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
P.M. snow, 1-2”
Rain/snow shower
27
13
35
23
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Colder in the a.m.
Snow and rain
34
24
38
21
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
P.M. snow, 1-2”
A little a.m. rain
28
16
35
21
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Mostly cloudy
A little rain
37
26
45
28
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Rain/snow shower
A little p.m. rain
37
26
39
27
