THE BULLETIN • TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2021 A13
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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
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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.
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Reporter: 541-617-7854, jhogan@bendbulletin.com