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THE BULLETIN • TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2021 A13 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 TODAY WEDNESDAY TONIGHT HIGH 57° LOW 41° Breezy with rain at times Cloudy and mild ALMANAC FRIDAY 50° 30° 48° 24° Cloudy, rain; windy SATURDAY 49° 29° Cloudy with a passing shower Mostly cloudy TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normal Record 43° 41° 60° in 1999 29° 24° -12° in 1949 PRECIPITATION 24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday 0.00" Record 1.26" in 2000 Month to date (normal) 0.01" (0.63") Year to date (normal) 0.01" (0.63") Barometric pressure at 4 p.m. 30.06" SUN, MOON AND PLANETS Rise/Set Today Wed. Sun 7:38am/4:49pm 7:38am/4:51pm Moon 7:31am/4:19pm 8:23am/5:28pm Mercury 8:35am/5:55pm 8:35am/6:00pm Venus 6:32am/3:24pm 6:33am/3:25pm Mars 11:41am/1:34am 11:38am/1:32am Jupiter 8:23am/5:51pm 8:20am/5:48pm Saturn 8:15am/5:39pm 8:11am/5:35pm Uranus 12:00pm/1:53am 11:56am/1:49am New First Full Last Jan 12 Jan 20 Jan 28 Feb 4 Tonight's sky: New moon (9:00 p.m. PST). Source: Jim Todd, OMSI UV INDEX TODAY 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 0 1 0 0 The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low, 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme. ROAD CONDITONS For web cameras of our passes, go to www.bendbulletin.com/webcams I-84 at Cabbage Hill: Windy Tuesday into Tuesday night with rain, heavy at times. US 20 at Santiam Pass: Windy Tuesday into Tuesday night with heavy rain and fog. US 26 at Gov't Camp: Windy Tuesday into Tuesday night with heavy rain and fog . US 26 at Ochoco Divide: Windy and rainy Tuesday into Tuesday night; areas of fog. ORE 58 at Willamette Pass: Windy Tuesday into Tuesday night; rain, heavy at times. Rain and snow showers Wednesday. ORE 138 at Diamond Lake: Windy Tuesday into Tuesday night with rain, heavy at times. SKI REPORT 46° 29° NATIONAL Astoria 54/45 Yesterday Today Wednesday Yesterday Today Wednesday Yesterday Today Wednesday City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Astoria 51/44/1.49 54/45/r 51/39/r La Grande 37/29/0.00 41/40/r 45/21/r Portland 48/43/0.05 58/46/r 54/37/r Baker City 37/28/0.00 38/37/r 45/16/r La Pine 44/24/0.00 51/38/r 46/24/c Prineville 45/32/0.00 57/42/r 46/25/c Brookings 55/45/0.02 55/50/r 56/47/r Medford 47/35/0.00 53/49/r 55/37/r Redmond 48/30/0.00 57/43/r 50/30/c Newport 54/41/0.05 54/46/r 52/43/r Roseburg 53/38/0.00 59/48/r 54/38/r Burns 35/11/0.00 42/38/c 45/21/c Eugene 54/38/0.04 58/46/r 54/36/r North Bend 56/45/0.02 57/49/r 55/44/r Salem 52/37/0.06 57/45/r 52/35/r Klamath Falls 37/29/0.01 44/41/r 48/30/c Ontario 41/26/0.00 38/37/c 51/25/c Sisters 43/26/0.00 57/42/r 49/25/c Lakeview 44/17/0.00 42/39/sh 46/23/c Pendleton 48/29/0.00 55/45/sh 53/30/c The Dalles 43/38/0.00 50/45/r 54/33/c Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday NATIONAL WEATHER -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s Base 45-45 56-58 38-48 72-76 88-129 24-45 99-99 0-36 23-36 27-40 39-62 24-27 35-42 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s NATIONAL EXTREMES YESTERDAY (for the Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Warm Front Stationary Front Cold Front Source: OnTheSnow.com Salem Continued from A1 The rules turned out to be the main sticking point. With majorities in both the House and Senate, Democrats pushed to begin the session on time. They argued that the long list of crises — COVID-19, un- employment, recovery from the massive wildfires, police reform and equity issues — was too pressing to delay. Lawmakers would use a mix of virtual meetings and hearings, coming to Salem only for final votes on bills. “Physical presence is not absolutely crucial,” to have public input, said Rep. Paul Holvey, D-Eugene. Democrats noted the rules include a provision allowing the public into the Capitol when the infection rates drop to safe levels. Marion County, which include Salem, would have to move into the low risk category, the bottom of the state’s four tiers of risk level. The county is cur- rently in the extreme risk list, the highest tier. Infection rates skyrocketed in Oregon between September and today, making the threshold for reopening unknown, but distant. The virus has killed more than 1,600 people in the state out of 126,607 cases of the infection. Nationwide there are over 375,000 dead and over two million killed around the world. Republicans argued that public hear- ings in the Capitol were necessary to hear from all constituents, not just those profi- cient with Zoom meetings. Rep. Bill Post, R-Keizer, suggested it would be best to move the session start date from January to April, with lawmak- ers meeting into the summer. By spring, lawmakers could be inoculated with vac- cines and the virus would hopefully be tamped down from its current spike. Pub- lic hearings might be a reachable goal. “Let’s delay the whole session,” Post said. “Let’s just put this thing off.” In the meantime, the Legislature’s Emergency Board, a large committee of top legislators from both chambers and both parties, could deal with anything that needed immediate attention. Along a party-line vote, the rules were adopted. Democrats also pushed through a rule to fine members $500 per day for any unexcused absences. It was aimed at the kind of Republican walk-out that killed the 2020 session over a carbon cap bill. Despite a bruising national election, the partisan split in the Legislature barely budged from the 2018 results. Democrats lost one seat in the House, but still have a 37-23 edge over Repub- licans. The supermajority of 60% of the seats allows Democrats to pass taxes and other financial bills without GOP votes. The Senate retained its 18-12 Demo- cratic supermajority, though one Repub- lican seat is currently vacant and will be filled by appointment soon. Among the new lawmakers were win- ners of races that flipped districts from one party to another. Rep. Jason Kropf, D-Bend, is the first Democrat in a decade to represent House District 54, which includes Bend. Repub- licans had held the seat in five straight elections despite an ever-growing voter registration edge for Democrats. The streak finally ended in November when Kropf defeated Rep. Cheri Helt, R-Bend. Underlining the importance of the Democratic foothold east of the Cascades, Kropf, 50, was given the plum assignment of vice chair of the House Committee on Economic Recovery and Prosperity. Freshmen rarely are assigned a ranking position on committees. The panel will be the main House funnel for recovery from COVID-19 and wildfires that burned over 1 million acres. Kropf said he got a firsthand preview of the tasks ahead when he drove over the Cascades from Bend. The route to Salem took him past scorched earth and some of the 4,000 homes that were destroyed statewide. He arrived at an empty, locked- down Capitol, which has been closed since March due to COVID-19. Inside were legislators, a skeleton staff, police and journalists. “It showed how much work we have to do to get the state to bounce back,” Kropf said in an interview. “We have to make sure everyone gets healthy.” Kropf said the prosperity part of the committee name means getting busi- nesses back on their feet after nearly a year of on-and-off restrictions. Fixing the hobbled unemployment benefits system and getting children back to classrooms are also priorities. One of the chores for the Legislature is redrawing the political map of the state by reapportioning districts based on the 2020 Census. All House members and half of the Senate will be running in newly refigured districts in 2022. The other 15 senators who won their seats in 2020 will have new districts, but don’t face voters again until 2024. As expected, Rep. Tina Kotek, D-Port- land, won a fifth two-year term as Speaker of the House. Sen. Peter Courtney, D-Sa- lem, was reelected as Senate President for a record 10th time, a spot he has held for most of the past 20 years. With the organizational business done, the House started to introduce the over- 1,000 new bills and resolutions. A clerk read the titles. First up: “House Concurrent Resolution 1, nam- ing the onion as the official state vegetable.” e e gwarner@eomediagroup.com Yesterday City Hi/Lo/Prec. Abilene 41/31/0.00 Akron 33/27/0.00 Albany 28/13/Tr Albuquerque 42/17/0.00 Anchorage 28/24/0.11 Atlanta 45/40/0.18 Atlantic City 44/21/0.00 Austin 50/35/0.00 Baltimore 45/24/0.00 Billings 47/29/0.00 Birmingham 45/37/0.27 Bismarck 43/25/0.00 Boise 41/24/0.00 Boston 36/24/0.00 Bridgeport, CT 36/23/0.00 Buffalo 39/27/0.01 Burlington, VT 30/11/0.02 Caribou, ME 27/7/0.00 Charleston, SC 56/34/0.03 Charlotte 46/29/0.02 Chattanooga 41/37/0.17 Cheyenne 46/12/0.00 Chicago 29/22/Tr Cincinnati 30/27/0.00 Cleveland 31/25/0.00 Colorado Springs 42/8/0.00 Columbia, MO 41/25/0.00 Columbia, SC 50/29/0.10 Columbus, GA 48/40/0.25 Columbus, OH 32/28/0.00 Concord, NH 32/11/Tr Corpus Christi 53/36/0.00 Dallas 48/33/Tr Dayton 30/28/0.00 Denver 44/19/0.00 Des Moines 40/26/0.00 Detroit 31/26/0.00 Duluth 30/24/0.00 El Paso 45/20/0.00 Fairbanks 27/8/Tr Fargo 32/18/0.00 Flagstaff 38/7/0.00 Grand Rapids 30/28/0.00 Green Bay 32/20/0.00 Greensboro 44/27/Tr Harrisburg 40/24/0.00 Hartford, CT 31/16/Tr Helena 31/13/0.00 Honolulu 79/71/0.00 Houston 44/34/0.19 Huntsville 36/33/0.14 Indianapolis 25/24/0.00 Jackson, MS 36/33/0.42 Jacksonville 70/41/0.00 Today Wednesday Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W 49/30/s 59/39/s 37/30/pc 42/32/pc 34/23/pc 35/28/c 46/23/s 49/31/s 25/18/pc 28/21/sf 50/32/pc 53/32/pc 49/34/s 48/38/s 52/32/s 63/37/s 48/29/s 50/32/s 50/42/pc 54/31/c 49/26/pc 49/31/pc 48/29/pc 50/31/c 41/39/c 49/27/sh 42/28/pc 41/30/pc 41/28/pc 41/32/pc 33/30/sf 38/34/c 34/25/pc 34/29/c 30/18/pc 29/21/c 56/39/pc 60/39/pc 55/28/pc 56/32/s 49/26/pc 52/28/pc 50/36/pc 52/24/pc 37/31/pc 43/34/pc 42/29/pc 46/32/pc 35/31/pc 43/34/pc 50/28/s 57/29/pc 50/32/s 53/38/s 54/34/pc 57/34/pc 53/33/pc 55/31/pc 39/28/pc 44/30/pc 37/20/pc 37/24/pc 51/33/pc 62/39/s 53/33/s 58/41/s 41/29/pc 45/32/pc 52/33/s 59/29/pc 41/29/s 44/33/pc 34/29/c 40/31/c 32/23/c 34/27/c 52/25/s 56/31/s 7/-6/s 0/-9/pc 36/23/c 37/29/c 45/14/pc 54/25/s 35/31/pc 38/32/c 33/27/pc 36/28/c 51/29/pc 54/30/s 45/30/s 47/33/pc 40/23/pc 40/28/pc 45/38/pc 48/30/r 82/71/sh 83/69/pc 53/36/s 60/40/s 46/23/pc 50/29/pc 41/29/s 44/32/pc 47/26/s 51/33/s 63/42/c 61/40/pc Amsterdam Athens Auckland Baghdad Bangkok Beijing Beirut Berlin Bogota Budapest Buenos Aires Cabo San Lucas Cairo Calgary Cancun Dublin Edinburgh Geneva Harare Hong Kong Istanbul Jerusalem Johannesburg Lima Lisbon London Madrid Manila 46/37/sh 66/50/t 80/63/pc 71/42/pc 79/60/s 43/22/pc 74/64/pc 38/33/r 68/45/pc 34/29/pc 73/64/s 77/52/s 82/66/pc 43/34/pc 81/67/t 44/41/r 37/28/pc 37/36/sn 80/61/t 61/52/pc 59/45/r 67/50/s 78/59/pc 78/69/pc 50/33/s 48/32/c 41/21/s 82/73/c City Juneau Kansas City Lansing Las Vegas Lexington Lincoln Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Madison, WI Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York City Newark, NJ Norfolk, VA Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Palm Springs Peoria Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, ME Providence Raleigh Rapid City Reno Richmond Rochester, NY Sacramento St. Louis Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco San Jose Santa Fe Savannah Seattle Sioux Falls Spokane Springfi eld, MO Tampa Tucson Tulsa Washington, DC Wichita Yakima Yuma Yesterday Hi/Lo/Prec. 42/39/0.77 46/24/0.00 29/28/0.00 58/36/0.00 32/23/0.00 49/24/0.00 44/30/Tr 74/46/0.00 32/29/0.00 31/18/0.00 35/32/0.03 77/60/0.00 32/20/0.01 36/24/0.00 35/30/0.02 45/41/0.49 37/28/0.00 38/25/0.00 49/28/Tr 46/25/0.00 46/23/0.00 75/50/0.00 74/44/0.00 31/22/0.00 40/25/0.00 67/44/0.00 39/23/0.00 33/16/0.00 39/20/0.00 48/27/0.02 53/19/Tr 50/24/0.00 46/26/0.02 39/23/0.06 60/35/0.00 38/26/Tr 36/18/0.00 46/33/Tr 70/43/0.00 61/46/0.00 63/40/0.00 42/11/0.00 60/39/0.04 48/43/0.60 37/27/0.00 40/34/0.02 37/24/0.00 73/50/0.00 63/45/0.00 46/20/0.00 44/29/0.00 48/21/0.00 41/37/0.04 68/48/0.00 Today Wednesday Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W 40/35/r 40/35/r 51/32/s 55/40/s 34/29/c 39/31/c 56/38/s 62/45/s 43/27/pc 47/31/pc 49/26/s 55/36/pc 52/29/s 55/36/s 70/49/s 72/52/s 45/30/s 49/34/pc 33/27/pc 38/29/pc 48/30/s 50/37/pc 78/65/r 78/64/pc 36/29/pc 39/32/pc 34/25/pc 39/30/pc 47/25/pc 52/32/pc 50/39/pc 56/39/s 42/31/pc 43/35/s 43/30/pc 44/33/s 47/32/pc 52/38/s 53/26/s 55/34/s 45/27/s 52/35/pc 70/52/c 68/50/pc 70/48/s 77/56/s 37/29/s 41/33/pc 44/30/s 46/33/s 66/39/s 67/42/s 37/29/pc 42/32/pc 38/22/pc 36/25/pc 42/26/pc 42/30/pc 52/29/pc 55/34/s 54/35/pc 59/29/pc 54/38/pc 60/34/c 51/27/pc 54/33/s 33/27/sf 39/32/c 57/44/c 64/45/c 50/33/s 53/38/s 39/28/pc 47/26/c 52/33/sh 63/37/s 70/46/s 71/49/s 58/50/c 61/50/c 62/46/c 66/49/c 44/18/s 49/26/s 59/41/pc 62/39/pc 55/44/r 50/37/r 44/25/s 46/33/pc 44/40/r 42/26/pc 51/29/s 54/36/s 66/51/c 64/53/pc 65/32/s 69/39/s 55/30/s 56/38/s 48/32/s 51/35/s 54/25/s 58/36/s 47/42/r 51/27/c 68/37/s 71/44/s 82/61/0.00 67/46/0.00 32/19/0.08 18/14/0.27 73/61/0.12 79/61/0.00 60/45/0.00 43/27/0.24 21/16/0.18 34/14/0.05 39/28/0.00 86/76/0.02 48/36/0.00 84/52/0.00 84/72/0.04 25/10/0.02 27/10/0.01 43/26/0.00 83/75/0.25 36/25/0.39 81/65/0.00 54/52/0.46 78/51/0.00 43/32/0.01 32/21/0.03 50/46/0.17 34/21/0.00 36/30/0.00 85/68/pc 71/46/pc 32/24/c 12/10/c 74/59/pc 78/69/t 65/44/s 42/29/sn 21/16/pc 32/23/c 50/39/r 87/76/pc 50/32/s 87/54/s 85/70/t 36/20/sn 36/27/sn 50/34/pc 81/76/t 31/17/c 86/70/pc 58/49/pc 80/58/s 45/39/r 33/27/c 49/42/r 33/29/pc 34/30/sn INTERNATIONAL 48 contiguous states) National high: 79° at Boca Raton, FL National low: -36° at Antero Reservoir, CO Precipitation: 1.49" at Astoria, OR T-storms Sun and areas of high clouds TRAVEL WEATHER Umatilla Seaside Hood 51/48 55/45 River Rufus Hermiston Cannon Beach 52/48 50/43 Arlington Hillsboro Portland 53/43 Meacham Lostine 55/46 56/43 58/46 40/37 Wasco 54/44 42/41 Enterprise Pendleton The Dalles CENTRAL: Windy and Tillamook 41/41 50/42 55/45 Sandy 50/45 McMinnville 57/45 mild Tuesday; rain, Joseph Heppner La Grande 58/43 Maupin Government 57/44 heavy at times. Rain 41/40 39/38 Camp 54/42 Condon 54/44 Union Lincoln City into Tuesday night. 51/39 54/41 40/39 Salem Spray Partly to mostly cloudy 55/46 Granite Warm Springs 57/45 Madras 54/44 Albany 37/36 Wednesday. Newport Baker City 55/42 58/43 Mitchell 54/46 58/45 38/37 WEST: Windy Tuesday; Camp Sherman 52/40 Redmond Corvallis John Yachats Unity rain, heavy at times. 57/42 57/43 57/45 Day Prineville 56/46 38/37 Additional rain Tues- Ontario Sisters 57/42 Paulina 45/41 38/37 day night. Cooler with Florence Eugene 57/42 47/38 Brothers Bend Vale showers Wednesday. 57/48 58/46 48/37 Sunriver 57/41 36/36 Nyssa 55/41 Hampton Cottage La Pine 37/36 Juntura Oakridge Grove 51/38 47/38 OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay Burns 40/38 57/45 60/46 Fort Rock 59/49 Riley 42/38 YESTERDAY Crescent 49/38 42/37 High: 56° 51/38 Bandon Roseburg Christmas Valley Jordan Valley at North Bend Beaver Frenchglen Silver 58/50 59/48 48/39 42/38 Low: 11° Marsh Lake 46/41 Port Orford 42/37 48/40 at Burns Grants Burns Junction Paisley 57/50 Pass 46/41 Chiloquin 42/38 55/50 Rome Medford 43/40 Gold Beach 53/49 46/42 57/50 Klamath Fields Ashland McDermitt Lakeview Falls Brookings 44/39 52/47 44/41 43/37 55/50 42/39 -10s 41° 27° Times of clouds and sun Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. EAST: Windy and mild Tuesday; periods of rain. Showers at night, then mostly cloudy Wednesday. MONDAY 42° 25° Times of clouds and sun In inches as of 5 p.m. yesterday Ski resort New snow Anthony Lakes Mtn 0 Hoodoo Ski Area 1 Mt. Ashland 0 Mt. Bachelor 0 Mt. Hood Meadows 0 Mt. Hood Ski Bowl 0 Timberline Lodge 0 Willamette Pass 0 Aspen / Snowmass, CO 0 Mammoth Mtn. Ski, CA 0 Squaw Valley, CA 0 Park City Mountain, UT 0 Sun Valley, ID 0 SUNDAY OREGON WEATHER Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest. High Low THURSDAY 45/39/0.62 73/54/0.00 73/61/0.00 66/42/0.00 84/68/0.00 36/17/0.00 72/59/0.00 35/30/0.06 68/52/0.11 37/25/0.00 75/66/0.67 79/55/0.00 79/57/0.00 48/32/0.00 77/72/1.09 48/41/0.37 50/43/0.61 30/28/0.00 79/61/0.31 52/44/0.00 66/48/0.00 65/47/0.00 74/60/0.03 77/68/0.00 50/37/0.00 48/37/0.10 39/18/0.00 84/73/0.00 44/31/pc 60/47/pc 78/63/sh 72/52/pc 83/62/pc 47/21/pc 78/57/c 37/29/sn 70/46/c 36/28/pc 76/67/s 79/53/s 77/54/pc 37/24/sn 81/68/t 53/44/r 36/34/sn 42/39/sn 80/60/t 62/57/pc 47/38/r 66/47/c 79/58/t 79/69/pc 54/42/s 48/42/r 48/22/s 84/75/pc Mecca Mexico City Montreal Moscow Nairobi Nassau New Delhi Osaka Oslo Ottawa Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome Santiago Sao Paulo Sapporo Seoul Shanghai Singapore Stockholm Sydney Taipei City Tel Aviv Tokyo Toronto Vancouver Vienna Warsaw 89/69/pc 71/50/c 33/29/c 11/-1/s 76/58/c 79/69/pc 66/42/pc 49/38/pc 22/12/sf 32/28/c 50/45/r 86/75/s 53/36/s 88/54/pc 82/69/t 36/18/sf 48/17/s 60/37/pc 81/76/sh 32/23/sn 83/71/s 68/56/s 79/54/c 52/38/s 38/32/c 47/36/sh 36/28/pc 33/28/sf U.S. CAPITOL UPDATES House speeds to impeach The Associated Press and Washington Post Poised to impeach, the House sped ahead Monday with plans to oust President Donald Trump from office, warning he is a threat to democracy. Trump faces a single charge — “incitement of insurrection” — after the deadly Capitol riot in an impeachment resolution that the House will begin debating Wednesday. At the same time, the FBI warned ominously Monday of potential armed protests in Washington and many states by Trump loyalists ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, Jan. 20. In a dark fore- shadowing, the Washington Monu- ment was closed to the public amid the threats of disruption. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf abruptly resigned. It all added up to stunning final moments for Trump’s presidency as Democrats and a growing num- ber of Republicans declare he is unfit for office and could do more damage after inciting a mob that violently ransacked the U.S. Capi- tol last Wednesday. “President Trump gravely en- More developments Monday • Up to 15,000 National Guard members could be deployed in Washington during the presidential inauguration, senior defense officials said. • Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, a 75-year-old cancer survivor, tested posi- tive for the coronavirus after taking shelter in a room with other lawmakers, some of whom refused to wear masks, during last week’s violent takeover. • William Burns, a diplomat with vast foreign policy experience, was chosen Monday as Biden’s CIA director. • At least two U.S. Capitol Police officers have been suspended and more than a dozen others are under investigation for suspected involvement with or inappropriate support for the demonstration that became a riot. dangered the security of the United States and its institutions of Government,” reads the four-page impeachment bill. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., en- couraged House GOP colleagues late Monday to “vote your con- science,” according to a person granted anonymity to discuss the private call. She has spoken crit- ically of Trump’s actions, but has not said publicly how she will vote. Pending impeachment, Demo- crats called on Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to invoke their constitutional authority under the 25th Amendment to remove Summit Continued from A1 Teachers at Summit are scared of returning to teaching in-person, Williams said. He understands the school district will enact mea- sures to keep staff safe, but that only goes so far when teenagers make bad choices, he said. “We know outside of school, they’re not always making the best decisions,” Williams said. “They’re not wearing masks, piling in cars to go up to (Mt.) Bachelor.” If the school board and superintendent choose to not postpone the Feb. 8 reopening date, Williams said the 47 Summit teachers will discuss their next steps. They might consider not showing up to in-person school, but that has not been decided yet, he said. “I can’t emphasize enough that we want to get back into classrooms too, perhaps more than anybody,” Williams told The Bulletin. “We want to do it safely, and we want our leaders to help us do that.” There was a small gathering in front of the Bend-La Pine Administrative Building late Monday afternoon, with several dozen people asking the dis- trict to continue offering distance learning as a safe alternative to in-person school. Williams said the Summit teachers’ letter wasn’t Trump from office before Inaugu- ration Day. The Democrats’ House resolution was blocked by Repub- licans. However, the full House is to hold a roll call vote on it Tues- day, and it is expected to pass. After that, Pelosi said, Pence will have 24 hours to respond. Next would be the impeachment proceedings. The president-elect suggested splitting the Senate’s time, perhaps “go a half day on dealing with im- peachment, a half day on getting my people nominated and con- firmed in the Senate, as well as moving on the package” for more COVID relief. sponsored by the Bend Education Association teachers’ union. Last week, teachers’ union President Sarah Bar- clay said her union would not delay the start of in-per- son school until vaccines are available for teachers. Teachers’ unions from five large Oregon school dis- tricts, including Portland, Salem-Keizer and Eugene, wrote a similar letter to Gov. Kate Brown last week, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. Superintendent Nordquist and multiple school board members did not respond to requests for comment. Certain Bend-La Pine staff members who work with vulnerable populations of students — including life skills teachers and educational assistants, educa- tors of students with visual and hearing impairments, English Language Learner specialists and more — will begin getting their first vaccinations Wednesday, according to Julianne Repman, director of safety and communications for Bend-La Pine. More than 430 staffers will receive an invitation to schedule a vacci- nation appointment this week, she wrote in an email. Vaccination of other educators is expected to begin in February, Repman wrote. The school board is expected to discuss school re- opening at its Tuesday night meeting. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will be streamed on the school board’s YouTube channel. e e Reporter: 541-617-7854, jhogan@bendbulletin.com