B6 THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD • THuRSDAY, DECEmBER 1, 2022
COFFEE BREAK
Cross-Atlantic romance hits snag over driving
I recently asked him why he doesn’t,
and he said he’s worried he will re-
lapse. He was addicted to drugs when
he was young but has been clean for
years. I don’t judge him for his past;
I’m proud of who he is now. But I’m
worried about having to drive both of
us when we live together because my
city doesn’t have the best public trans-
portation. Is there a way to bring up
trying to drive in the U.S. without put-
ting him in a bad spot? Or is there no
way around this? — ONLY DRIVER IN
THE MIDWEST
DEAR ONLY DRIVER: Has this per-
son been to the U.S. to visit you before?
If he hasn’t, and doesn’t have a job that
would prevent it, why not invite him to
stay for three or four weeks? That way
DEAR ABBY: I met my boyfriend on-
line last year. He lives in the U.K.; I’m
in the U.S. I love him dearly and we
talk about moving in together within
the next year. The original plan was for
him to emigrate, since I am closer to
my family and have an established job.
However, I’m a bit worried because he
doesn’t drive. It’s not just because of
the learning curve it will take to switch
sides of the road, but he doesn’t drive
in the U.K. either.
you could decide if providing all of
his transportation would be workable
and not too stressful in the long term
for you.
Frankly, I don’t see the connection
between his former drug habit and his
concern about driving an automobile.
The two of you need to get to know
each other a lot better before either of
you decides to uproot your lives and
relocate. If your relationship continues
to grow, it might make more sense for
you to move to the U.K.
DEAR ABBY: Where do I begin?
I’ve been a loyal reader of your col-
umn for years. I have been married to
my current husband for 14 not-good
years. He was diagnosed with Type
2 diabetes, high blood pressure and
letter did you mention whether there
is any love left between you. Does
your husband’s DOCTOR agree that
his medical conditions prevent him
from working? Ask the question! If
the answer is yes, you will then have
to decide whether you can live up to
your vow regarding “in sickness and
in health.” If the answer is no, make
an appointment with a family law at-
torney and inquire about your options
and what your responsibilities to him
may be should you decide to separate
or divorce.
cardiomyopathy seven years ago and
hasn’t had a job since then. We have a
daughter who will be 7 soon. I feel he
could solve these problems by taking
his medication and dieting. However,
he insists his medical conditions keep
him from working.
He doesn’t take care of our daugh-
ter and doesn’t do anything around the
house. I take out the trash, wash the
dishes, give the little one a bath, brush
her teeth and hair and take care of ALL
the bills. He makes excuse after excuse.
I’ve been the provider for too damn
long. Please help. — TIRED IN CALI-
FORNIA
DEAR TIRED: You stated that you
have been married to this man for 14
“not-good” years. Nowhere in your
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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
6-foot ‘Lobsta Mickey’ statue returns to Boston
The Associated Press
BOSTON — A long-forgotten, and somewhat
unsettling, statue of Mickey Mouse with giant
lobster claws for hands has found its way back to
Boston.
The 700-pound statue was last seen in the city
nearly two decades ago at Quincy Market where it
entertained tourists and shoppers — before slip-
ping out of sight and into city lore after it was sold
in 2005 at an auction organized by Disney.
In the interim, references to the 6-foot tall
“Lobsta Mickey” appeared on Atlas Obscura, a
website for oddball landmarks, and in a “Zippy
the Pinhead” comic strip from 2019.
Still, the statue itself — one of 75 Mickey
Mouse-inspired sculptures commissioned by Dis-
ney for the cartoon character’s 75th anniversary
— remained elusive.
That’s until Deon Point, creative director for the
Boston sneaker store Concepts, became fixated on
tracking down the creation. Concepts collaborates
with Nike on a line of lobster-themed sneakers.
Point told The Boston Globe that he spent five
years following online threads before finally spot-
ting a listing for the mouse/crustacean relic on
eBay. The statue had found its way to a New Jersey
lawn, but was in need of some repairs. It was dis-
colored, split in sections and its concrete founda-
tion had begun to crumble.
Point hired a local artist to refurbish and re-
paint the statue.
The day before Halloween, “Lobsta Mickey”
made its second public debut in the city, when it
was set up on Concepts’ Newbury Street show-
room floor.
“People were a little terrified,” Point told the
Globe, referring of the customer response. “Peo-
ple think we created this thing, which, of course,
we didn’t.”
Point said he plans to keep “Lobsta Mickey”
on display through the holidays, before finding a
new, long-term home somewhere within Boston.
michael Dwyer/The Associated Press
“Lobsta Mickey” is displayed in the Concepts sneaker store, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, in Boston. The 700-pound, long-forgotten statue of Mickey Mouse with giant lob-
ster claws for hands has found its way back to Boston.
show. Scott was facing charges in Mississippi in July
2018 when he rowed a boat into the Gulf of Mexico
off the coast of Orange Beach, Alabama. Investiga-
tors said he left a gun and a suicide note. The Coast
Guard searched for a body for more than a week.
Beaverstock ordered Scott to pay $17,165 to com-
pensate the Coast Guard for the search. The judge
also ordered Scott to participate in a sex offender
treatment program.
The U.S. Marshals Service captured Scott in early
2020 at an RV park in Antlers, Oklahoma, where he
was living under another person’s name.
Scott is from Moss Point, Mississippi. When he
Man sentenced for faking
death to avoid sex abuse charges
MOBILE, Ala. — A man has been sentenced to
21 months in prison for faking his own death in Al-
abama to avoid criminal charges of impregnating a
teenage girl in his home state of Mississippi.
Jacob Blair Scott was sentenced Monday, Nov. 28,
in Alabama. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Beaverstock
set the federal sentence to run at the same time as
Scott’s 85-year prison sentence for his conviction in
Mississippi on sexual battery charges, court records
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AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
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Kennewick
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St. Helens
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Condon
TONIGHT
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and cold
Cold; breezy in
the a.m.
Cloudy, chilly;
p.m. snow
A little snow
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Eugene
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La Grande
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TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Tuesday
Low Tuesday
High: 90°
Low: -27°
Wettest: 1.85”
27°
8°
32°
25°
32°
26°
0.01
0.73
0.70
6.44
8.18
Trace
3.11
1.87
14.04
15.45
0.41
6.45
3.03
26.84
22.06
PRECIPITATION (inches)
HAY INFORMATION FRIDAY
45%
SSE at 8 to 16 mph
0.0
0.04
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Wednesday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
1% of capacity
30% of capacity
10% of capacity
27% of capacity
11% of capacity
13% of capacity
OREGON
High: 48°
Low: 1°
Wettest: 0.84”
Brookings
Burns
Astoria
SUN & MOON
THU.
7:11 a.m.
4:11 p.m.
1:22 p.m.
none
907 cfs
3 cfs
8 cfs
74 cfs
N.A.
41 cfs
Full
Dec 7
Last
Dec 16
New
Dec 23
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Grants Pass
FRI.
7:12 a.m.
4:11 p.m.
1:41 p.m.
1:13 a.m.
First
Dec 29
Burns
Jordan Valley
18/30
Paisley
11/24
Frenchglen
9/29
Diamond
Grand View
Arock
7/28
22/35
18/32
Fields
28/40
15/29
Klamath Falls
12/27
Lakeview
10/22
McDermitt
11/29
RECREATION FORECAST FRIDAY
SAT.
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
44/39/sh 46/32/c
35/23/c 38/20/c
32/19/pc 37/23/c
48/44/sh 51/40/c
23/6/pc 27/13/c
48/39/r 49/37/c
44/35/r 44/29/c
28/6/c 27/10/c
33/21/c 35/17/c
47/33/c 46/30/c
38/20/c 34/23/c
35/27/c 32/25/c
30/16/c 31/15/c
28/20/c 34/21/c
28/18/c 34/22/c
25/15/c 28/18/c
27/15/c 34/27/c
22/6/c 29/19/sn
Boise
21/32
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City
Astoria
Bend
Boise
Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Council
Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
7/30
Silver Lake
15/27
Medford
Brookings
Juntura
0/23
33/47
36/48
Ontario
21/33
15/26
Chiloquin
FRI.
The temperature soared to 65 degrees
on Dec. 1, 1927, in State College, Pa. This
was the highest December reading ever
recorded there in the fi rst half of the 20th
century.
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Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
Beaver Marsh
REGIONAL CITIES
MOON PHASES
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Tuesday)
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
Kingsville, Texas
Yellowstone N.P., Wyo.
Huntsville, Ala.
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Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
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17/29
11/24
Roseburg
Powers
Brothers
32/45
Coos Bay
Huntington
12/28
22/35
Oakridge
17/28
18/30
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
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Tuesday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
Florence
Council
12/27
14/28
21/37
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very comfortable while a rating of 0 feels very uncomfortable.
14/27
John Day
20/38
Sisters
34/48
37 24
14/29
Baker City
Redmond
37/48
Halfway
Granite
30/44
Newport
34/47
35 22
21/31
31/44
32/46
Corvallis
Enterprise
18/29
20/31
Monument
21/39
Idanha
Salem
A bit of evening
snow
0
Elgin
22/33
La Grande
22/31
Maupin
0
25/31
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
23/34
Hood River
25/37
TIllamook
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Walla Walla
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Vancouver
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Baker City
eral months beginning in 2016 and ending in 2017
when she learned she was pregnant.
In August, Scott pleaded guilty to federal charges
of sending a false distress call that led to a Coast
Guard search, illegally shipping weapons across
state lines and giving false information, according to
court records.
Scott’s federal plea agreement said he left several
suicide notes in Mississippi, including one that told
family members not to change their phone numbers
for a year. He also withdrew $45,000 from his bank
account before he disappeared, according to the plea
document.
absconded in 2018, he was scheduled to appear in
Mississippi for a contempt-of-court hearing related
to a 2017 indictment on charges of sexual battery,
touching a child for lustful purposes and child ex-
ploitation. He had been set to plead guilty to the
charges, which involved a 14-year-old girl he im-
pregnated when he was 40.
In June of this year, a Mississippi jury convicted
him of multiple sexual battery and child abuse
charges. A judge sentenced him to 85 years in prison
without possibility of parole.
Scott’s accuser tearfully testified about how he
had sexually assaulted her at least 30 times over sev-
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
34/20/pc 34/17/c
43/35/r 44/30/sn
29/19/c 32/22/c
40/28/c 41/33/c
47/39/sn 49/33/c
40/32/sn 41/26/sn
33/19/pc 33/20/c
26/16/c 29/19/c
37/23/c 33/19/c
43/34/sh 39/30/c
47/41/c 51/38/c
38/21/c 35/18/c
46/36/c 45/32/c
46/37/c 43/30/c
21/18/c 28/18/c
35/26/c 31/25/c
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31/20/c 27/17/c
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
Breezy in the p.m.
Cloudy and chilly
18
9
27
13
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Cold
A snow shower
25
20
31
15
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Low clouds
Cloudy and chilly
18
7
29
18
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Low clouds
Cloudy and cold
28
18
36
22
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Colder
Cold
27
14
31
21