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DEAR ABBY
Write to Dear Abby online at dearabby.com
or by mail at P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069
Dear Abby: At the age of
30, I recently had to move
back with my parents. I am
not the tidiest person in the
world, but I thrive on the say-
ing, “Dust, not dirt.”
I recently went on vaca-
tion. I knew my room was a
little messier than I’d like, but
I also knew I’d return from
vacation ready to tackle the
pile of laundry and sweep
and mop the floor. Lo and
behold, when I walked into
my room, it was clean and or-
ganized! Abby, I felt my pri-
vacy had been invaded.
I was embarrassed and
ashamed, but also hurt be-
cause my parents had tres-
passed beyond my closed
door. I feel betrayed and like
my personal privacy was un-
dermined. What should I do?
— Invaded Space
Dear Invaded: I’m glad
you asked. I think you should
get over it, and fast. I assume
you are staying rent-free in
your parents’ home.
You are no longer a teen-
ager, and nobody trespassed.
While you are under their
roof, make an extra effort to
keep the room you occupy
free from dust and a pile of
dirty laundry. If you act like
a gracious guest instead of a
spoiled child, there will be no
reason to feel embarrassed or
ashamed.
Dear Abby: I’m married
and the mother of two kids,
ages 5 and 7. My husband is
a very involved father and
partner in our marriage. My
complaint is that he’s too
trusting of other people and
doesn’t keep an eye on the
kids in public places.
An example: He’ll take
them to the grocery store and
let them hang out in the toy
department while he’s getting
groceries. They will be 100
yards away from each other.
I have told him several times
that I’m not comfortable with
this, yet he continues to do it.
I’m not sure what to do about
it anymore. Have you any
suggestions?
— Nervous in Nebraska
Dear Nervous: Yes. Be-
cause your husband can’t be
trusted to watch the children
when they accompany him
shopping, talk to the kids and
impress upon them the im-
portance of staying close to
their father. However, if this
doesn’t work, then YOU will
have to take over the errands
until the children are older.
Dear Abby: I’m 60 and was
a stay-at-home mom for 20
years. I have an associate de-
gree in the field that I just got
a job in. My problem is, at
this age, I’m a little slower at
learning new things. My su-
pervisor was willing to help
me for the first week, but
now she seems to have lost
patience with me.
I have been here barely
two weeks, and she made a
comment that made me feel
terrible. She was trying to
teach me a filing system, and
I was having a hard time un-
derstanding it. She said in
front of the entire office that
“around here we have to use
our brains.” Should I talk to
her or just push through?
— A Little Slower
Dear Slower: Let it slide
this time. However, if her
lack of tact continues, talk to
her about how her comment
made you feel. And in the
meantime, learn that filing
system.
YOUR HOROSCOPE
By Madalyn Aslan
Stars show the kind of day you’ll have
DYNAMIC | POSITIVE | AVERAGE | SO-SO | DIFFICULT
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2021: Funny, sharp
and vigorous, pursue your dreams no matter how far-reaching they seem.
This year, you initiate changes you never thought possible. Keep your day job
but use your spare time to fulfill physical and creative challenges. Be mindful
of finances since your extracurricular activities may run over budget. If single,
you will attract someone who thinks like you. If attached, don’t hide any-
thing from your partner. GEMINI humors you.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Take advantage of a few hours when you have no obligations.
Search online for an out-of-print or rare book you have wanted to purchase.
It requires patience, but you might find what you want. Tonight: Fun with
children and grandchildren.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Your emotions may be on overdrive. Feeling joyful will infect every-
one around you. Don’t give in to irrational fears. Think about happy things
instead. Reserve time to get physical with a walk, run or swim. Tonight: A
serious talk with someone close.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
You may have second thoughts about a commitment you made
too hastily. Take time to negotiate the terms and conditions. Talk it over with
someone you trust. Strengthen a connection with someone you recently
met. Tonight: Live dangerously with a rich dessert.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
Give your pet special attention. Find a home for a stray at an animal
shelter. Teamwork saves you from a monotonous job. Enter a competition or
take on a challenge you may have passed on previously. Tonight: Attend an
online meeting.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Lay the groundwork for fulfilling an artistic vision. A mentor can steer
you in the right direction. Be open to unusual ideas. Follow your instincts,
and you can never go wrong. Go out with friends. Tonight: Laugh it up.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Explore real estate for fun. Visit interesting neighborhoods or places
you might want to live. Make your workspace at home practical and comfort-
able. If you need to replace equipment, take time to research the best deal.
Tonight: Unwind with a mystery.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Brush up on time-management skills. You may have to rely on them
if overloaded with too many projects. Set limits for yourself and stay true to
them. Too much information can tie you in knots. Tonight: Do what you love.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Make healthy lifestyle choices a family affair. Join a gym or take
power walks together. Purchase weights so you can work out at home. Pre-
pare nutritious and balanced meals. The fun is eating the delicious results.
Tonight: Plan weekend activities.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Use your charisma to get your foot in the door. Take the lead even
though you don’t always like being in charge. There is no time like the pres-
ent. Friends and family will support you if you fall. Tonight: Story time.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Carve out a space for alone time. Just say “no” to parties and social
events. Friends will understand. Use your imagination. A drawing pad and
notebook is all you need to delve into new ways to express yourself. Tonight:
Karaoke.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Get together with friends who make you laugh. Keep the conversation
light. A serious talk is for another time. Get tickets to a concert or sporting
event. Order online. It might take time, but it is worth the wait. Tonight: Play
trivia.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Continued from A1
The lowest temperature re-
corded last month was 17 de-
grees on March 30. The record
low temperature for the month
in Bend was minus 13 degrees
on March 2, 1917, according to
the data.
March precipitation in Bend
totaled 0.16 of an inch, which
was 0.57 of an inch below nor-
mal. Measurable precipita-
tion of at least 0.01 of an inch
was recorded on four days.
The heaviest precipitation last
month was 0.06 of an inch on
March 6.
So far this year, precipita-
tion in Bend has reached 2.33
inches, which is 1.02 inches be-
low normal.
March snowfall in Bend to-
taled 0.6 of an inch. The heavi-
est snowfall was 0.2 of an inch
on March 9. The totals were
much lower than the 4.5 inches
of snow recorded in March
National Weather Service
The summary of the weather in Bend during March 2021.
2019.
The weather outlook for
April calls for below normal
temperatures and near normal
precipitation.
The 60 degree weather this
week is expected to cool down
by Monday, when high tem-
peratures drop to 50 degrees,
said Rob Brooks, a weather
service meteorologist in Pend-
leton.
“We have another system
coming in Sunday,” Brooks
said. “It brings in a little cold
air behind it.”
Normal high temperatures
for April in Bend rise from
Internships
Continued from A1
Russell is one of 32 high
school and college students in
Deschutes and Jefferson coun-
ties who have started an in-
ternship this school year with
the help of Bend organization
Youth CareerConnect.Youth
CareerConnect — operated by
the nonprofit Economic Devel-
opment for Central Oregon —
has linked local students with
internships since 2017. And
despite the COVID-19 pan-
demic forcing the organization
to pause operations last spring,
Youth CareerConnect staffers
began helping students again
this fall.
Now, nearly 45 local busi-
nesses, from medical nonprof-
its to airplane manufacturers
to real estate companies, are of-
fering internships to students.
“Businesses are recovering.
We’ve got a lot of opportunities
coming in,” said Larry Hole-
man, Youth CareerConnect’s
Bend internship coordinator.
“Students are getting inter-
views and placed.”
Although some interns are
working inside offices, stores
and manufacturing centers,
other students are still working
remotely, Holeman said.
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Wahoo Films production manager Carlene Orsillo teaches 18-year-old
intern Roman Russell of Bend how to operate the teleprompter before a
shooting at the Wahoo Films studio in downtown Bend on Wednesday.
Many of these positions
just opened back up this win-
ter. Last fall, while waiting for
more jobs to become available,
Youth CareerConnect staff
focused on helping students
build resumes and hone inter-
view skills — two important
factors to getting a job, Hole-
man said.
“A resume gets you in the
door, and an interview closes
the deal,” he said. “These are
skills they’ll take now, through
the end of their career.”
Holeman said there are
many benefits for students
who get an internship through
Youth CareerConnect. It’s not
only immediate perks, like
earning college credit and
having something unique to
put on a college application
— these internships also help
teens figure out what they’re
interested in, and how to thrive
in an adult work setting.
“Think about it as a real
world classroom,” Holeman
said.
Gun storage
Continued from A1
On March 25, the Oregon
Senate voted 16-7 to approve
a bill making state buildings
— including the Capitol —
off-limits to firearms carried
by concealed-handgun licens-
ees. Senate Bill 554, which
went to the House, leaves it up
to local governments to decide
that question for their own
buildings.
Oregon is among the states
with no laws regulating gun
storage, according to the
pro-regulation Giffords Law
Center. Laws in California and
Washington apply to some as-
pects of storage.
When the House Health
Care Committee heard the
gun storage bill March 11, al-
most 400 pieces of testimony
were submitted for and against
House Bill 2510. Some people
submitted more than one.
“We cannot gun-proof chil-
dren,” Dr. Benjamin Hoffman,
pediatrician at Doernbecher
Children’s Hospital at Oregon
Health & Science University,
testified. “We must child-proof
guns.”
Between 1999 and 2019,
he said, Oregon averaged 3.5
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deaths by firearms per 100,000
people, compared with the
national average of 2.3 per
100,000. For youths under
19 during the period, he said
Oregon averaged 6.3 deaths
per 100,000, compared with
the national average of 5 per
100,000.
“Gun violence is one of the
leading causes of death for peo-
ple my age,” Hope Williams, a
volunteer with Students De-
mand Action in Oregon, said
in a statement after the vote.
“We want to feel safe at home
and in our communities and
that starts with securely storing
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firearms to prevent gun vio-
lence.”
Students Demand Action,
together with Moms Demand
Action, constitute Everytown
for Gun Safety.
“Even in a pandemic, our
communities are continuing to
endure gun violence everyday,”
said Elizabeth Klein, a gun
violence survivor and volun-
teer for the Oregon chapter of
Moms Demand Action. “And,
unintentional shootings and
gun suicides have continued
to rise over the past year. Se-
cure storage is an effective and
easy way to help prevent these
54 degrees at the start of the
month to 60 degrees at the end.
Normal low temperatures
rise from 29 degrees to 32 de-
grees throughout the month.
The normal April precipita-
tion in Bend is 0.78 of an inch.
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Reporter: 541-617-7820,
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Youth CareerConnect is ex-
pecting even more internship
opportunities to be available
this summer for students, as
the weather gets nicer and
COVID-19 cases hopefully
continue to fall, said Debbie
Taylor, the group’s Jefferson
County internship coordinator.
“I’ve had so many (jobs)
come into the system in the last
two weeks, oh my goodness,”
she said. “These businesses are
ready to get behind these kids
and get them started in the in-
dustry.”
The three Youth CareerCon-
nect coordinators — one for
Bend, one for Redmond and
one for Jefferson County — are
working to make sure students
have a variety of internship op-
portunities, Taylor said. She’s
used her connections built
from 16 years living in Madras
to hunt down great jobs for
teens, she said — from the Ma-
dras Animal Hospital to a seed
seller in Metolius.
“There’s quite a few busi-
ness owners I know person-
ally,” Taylor said. “And if I don’t
know them, I know somebody
to make a warm introduction,
or I’m not shy to walk into the
door and introduce myself.”
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Reporter: 541-617-7854,
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tragedies.
But Oregon’s gun-rights ad-
vocates staunchly opposed the
bill.
“This bill will subject
hundreds of thousands of
law-abiding citizens with po-
tential criminal and civil liabil-
ity overnight for actions that
are perfectly legal today,” Paul
Donheffner, legislative com-
mittee chairman for the Ore-
gon Hunters Association, said
in testimony to the committee.
Kevin Starrett is director
of the Oregon Firearms Fed-
eration, which bills itself as a
no-compromise group on gun
rights. It even disparaged Re-
publican lawmakers working
on regulation of firearms sales
at gun shows in 1999, a year
after the group’s founding. The
bill did not pass, but voters ap-
proved a related initiative mea-
sure in 2000 by a 62% majority.
Starrett had harsher words
for lawmakers during his com-
mittee testimony.
“Gun owners in Oregon
have been remarkably well-be-
haved,” he said. “But if you
keep rewarding criminals and
punishing the law-abiding,
don’t expect them to stay that
way.”
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