A12 The BulleTin • Thursday, FeBruary 4, 2021
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TODAY
FRIDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
47°
LOW
32°
Cloudy and milder
ALMANAC
SUNDAY
48°
30°
46°
36°
Partly sunny with a passing
shower
Mostly cloudy
MONDAY
44°
28°
A morning shower;
otherwise, mostly sunny
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday Normal
Record
41°
43° 67° in 1976
32°
24° -17° in 1950
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
Trace
Record
0.53" in 1925
Month to date (normal)
Trace (0.12")
Year to date (normal)
0.66" (1.65")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
30.16"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Today
Fri.
Sun
7:19am/5:20pm 7:18am/5:21pm
Moon 12:33am/11:08am 1:48am/11:40am
Mercury 7:24am/6:07pm 7:17am/5:59pm
Venus
6:49am/4:12pm 6:50am/4:15pm
Mars
10:39am/1:07am 10:36am/1:06am
Jupiter
7:08am/4:49pm 7:05am/4:46pm
Saturn
6:53am/4:22pm 6:49am/4:19pm
Uranus 10:30am/12:23am 10:26am/12:19am
Last
New
First
Full
Feb 4
Feb 11
Feb 19
Feb 27
Tonight's sky: Last quarter moon (9:37
a.m.).
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
1
1
1
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: Cloudy today with a
passing shower in the afternoon.
US 20 at Santiam Pass: Mostly cloudy today
and tonight. Snow Friday afternoon.
US 26 at Gov't Camp: Mostly cloudy today
into tonight with light snow showers.
US 26 at Ochoco Divide: Mostly cloudy today,
then fair and chilly tonight.
ORE 58 at Willamette Pass: Mostly cloudy
today into tonight, then a few snow showers
are likely Friday.
ORE 138 at Diamond Lake: Mostly cloudy
today into tonight. Snow showers late Friday.
SKI REPORT
41°
21°
Partly sunny
More clouds than sun
EAST: A mix of clouds
and sun Thursday,
then mostly cloudy at
night with a few rain
and snow showers.
Astoria
48/45
Hood
River
NATIONAL WEATHER
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
Base
0-44
0-57
30-52
80-88
85-129
28-53
0-97
42-80
28-42
95-135
0-120
40-43
86-103
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
80/53/0.00
Akron
29/26/0.00
Albany
30/23/0.02
Albuquerque
62/41/0.00
Anchorage
16/8/0.04
Atlanta
51/29/0.00
Atlantic City
36/31/0.13
Austin
77/34/0.00
Baltimore
41/30/Tr
Billings
40/33/0.03
Birmingham
53/26/0.00
Bismarck
32/26/0.02
Boise
40/32/0.13
Boston
34/28/Tr
Bridgeport, CT 36/29/Tr
Buffalo
34/22/0.01
Burlington, VT
31/24/0.09
Caribou, ME
33/28/0.26
Charleston, SC 54/31/0.00
Charlotte
52/27/0.00
Chattanooga
49/30/0.00
Cheyenne
55/27/0.00
Chicago
36/17/0.00
Cincinnati
36/20/0.00
Cleveland
28/26/0.00
Colorado Springs 64/33/0.00
Columbia, MO
54/26/0.00
Columbia, SC
52/28/0.00
Columbus, GA
55/30/0.00
Columbus, OH
32/18/0.00
Concord, NH
34/28/0.00
Corpus Christi
76/50/0.00
Dallas
72/39/0.00
Dayton
31/17/0.00
Denver
67/33/0.01
Des Moines
40/18/0.00
Detroit
39/17/0.00
Duluth
29/12/Tr
El Paso
77/46/0.00
Fairbanks
-7/-8/0.04
Fargo
28/21/0.00
Flagstaff
49/28/0.00
Grand Rapids
36/16/0.00
Green Bay
30/6/0.00
Greensboro
49/28/Tr
Harrisburg
40/29/Tr
Hartford, CT
36/28/Tr
Helena
41/27/0.05
Honolulu
76/69/1.18
Houston
70/41/0.00
Huntsville
49/24/0.00
Indianapolis
36/19/0.00
Jackson, MS
62/26/0.00
Jacksonville
55/30/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
65/35/c
36/28/pc
32/17/s
51/28/pc
15/6/s
54/47/c
39/31/s
82/47/pc
44/30/s
40/27/c
59/39/c
15/6/pc
44/32/c
38/25/s
39/27/s
35/29/pc
32/19/pc
29/14/c
57/46/pc
52/42/c
51/39/c
34/21/pc
36/11/r
41/23/r
38/26/pc
39/21/sf
44/24/r
55/45/c
60/52/pc
38/25/c
37/13/s
81/57/s
65/39/c
38/22/r
40/23/pc
34/12/sn
35/21/c
28/0/sn
71/39/c
-16/-28/sn
14/2/sn
41/16/pc
36/20/sn
35/9/i
50/39/pc
42/28/pc
37/16/s
39/30/c
75/61/pc
78/50/c
54/35/c
38/19/r
66/39/c
63/45/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
48/41/pc
66/50/s
79/62/s
71/55/c
91/71/s
44/17/s
69/59/sh
36/30/c
66/49/c
55/35/s
81/63/s
84/65/pc
68/58/sh
32/9/sn
78/69/pc
48/37/r
40/38/r
53/42/c
78/63/t
73/63/s
57/46/pc
57/45/t
72/62/t
75/67/c
57/50/r
49/43/sh
58/46/sh
87/77/s
Friday
Hi/Lo/W
62/40/s
32/15/sn
36/19/sn
51/29/s
17/7/pc
52/32/c
46/33/r
63/39/pc
49/27/r
36/5/sn
51/30/c
11/-10/c
49/35/sh
42/30/c
42/28/r
38/19/sn
36/20/sn
31/27/c
60/41/sh
56/29/r
51/30/c
37/20/c
16/4/pc
32/22/c
28/14/sn
41/22/pc
41/21/s
57/33/r
56/36/r
28/18/pc
36/21/c
63/53/c
59/39/s
28/17/pc
42/23/pc
23/4/pc
24/12/sf
7/-12/c
65/40/s
-10/-24/s
6/-9/pc
47/20/s
22/15/sf
13/0/pc
52/28/r
45/24/c
38/22/c
39/17/sn
75/65/pc
60/45/pc
50/29/c
30/15/pc
52/34/c
67/47/sh
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.
28/14/0.14
59/28/0.00
36/13/0.00
72/56/0.00
39/22/0.00
46/12/0.00
52/25/0.00
67/50/0.00
43/28/0.00
29/-1/0.00
52/25/0.00
67/50/0.00
35/18/0.00
34/16/0.00
46/27/Tr
62/40/0.00
37/29/0.01
37/29/0.02
44/35/Tr
64/33/0.00
44/23/0.00
59/39/0.00
85/55/0.00
34/17/0.00
37/30/0.01
82/64/0.00
33/25/Tr
37/30/0.00
36/30/Tr
50/31/0.00
59/27/0.00
46/33/Tr
49/32/Tr
33/24/0.12
58/36/0.00
46/24/0.00
43/32/0.16
76/42/0.00
62/55/0.00
59/43/0.00
59/41/0.00
62/34/0.00
57/31/0.00
50/40/0.12
42/22/0.00
39/28/0.00
57/29/0.00
61/44/0.00
81/55/0.00
63/35/0.00
43/32/Tr
59/32/0.00
50/32/Tr
81/59/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
34/21/sn
41/26/r
34/19/sn
59/40/s
43/24/r
32/19/sn
60/32/sh
68/49/s
44/26/r
34/7/i
57/31/sh
72/60/s
37/11/i
30/5/sn
54/32/sh
72/55/pc
40/32/s
40/28/s
49/39/s
52/31/pc
31/16/sn
68/45/pc
73/50/s
37/16/r
40/29/pc
72/46/pc
38/33/pc
39/18/pc
38/24/s
52/41/pc
36/24/pc
43/26/s
51/38/pc
37/26/pc
59/33/s
45/25/r
38/28/pc
80/49/s
65/48/s
58/43/s
59/38/s
48/21/pc
60/47/pc
47/45/r
22/10/sn
38/33/c
47/24/r
66/52/s
71/41/pc
57/31/c
46/37/s
46/27/pc
49/36/c
73/48/s
Friday
Hi/Lo/W
29/21/c
43/23/s
21/13/sf
63/43/s
35/25/c
34/14/pc
54/34/s
71/50/s
39/27/c
13/-2/pc
51/35/pc
79/68/s
17/4/c
12/-3/pc
48/32/pc
56/49/r
42/30/r
43/26/r
54/36/r
55/35/s
29/12/pc
77/58/s
79/53/s
24/10/pc
44/27/r
70/46/s
36/20/sf
39/27/pc
43/28/r
53/31/r
34/5/sn
55/28/s
54/29/r
37/18/sn
62/36/s
41/22/s
39/32/sn
63/44/pc
66/48/s
60/45/s
65/41/s
47/24/s
63/43/sh
52/44/r
19/4/c
46/31/pc
47/27/s
73/62/s
69/41/s
56/35/s
52/31/r
53/29/s
57/34/pc
74/49/s
91/64/0.00
77/40/0.00
36/27/0.37
25/12/0.32
84/62/0.00
68/60/0.00
77/55/0.00
46/36/0.00
16/8/0.00
34/25/0.15
55/52/0.38
86/75/0.00
61/45/0.00
90/54/0.00
89/70/0.15
19/12/0.08
34/11/0.13
57/35/0.00
86/77/0.00
25/18/0.32
73/63/0.00
77/61/0.00
79/57/0.02
51/35/0.00
32/21/0.00
45/36/0.14
47/34/0.13
40/34/0.48
92/68/s
77/49/s
31/17/s
31/10/sn
84/58/s
70/63/pc
69/52/t
51/32/pc
16/4/s
31/15/s
51/44/pc
91/80/pc
62/48/pc
87/59/s
88/68/t
22/16/sf
32/23/s
55/44/s
87/76/c
22/11/sf
80/72/pc
75/61/s
68/54/sh
57/36/s
36/29/pc
44/42/r
54/36/pc
39/20/sn
73/58/pc
79/49/s
34/20/sn
17/6/c
85/60/s
77/69/pc
67/50/pc
51/39/s
19/6/s
34/16/sn
51/45/sh
85/74/t
65/52/pc
83/59/s
77/66/t
29/22/sn
44/36/c
55/44/r
87/77/sh
22/14/sf
81/72/pc
81/57/s
69/53/pc
51/42/s
35/15/sf
46/39/c
47/40/c
30/18/s
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 88°
at El Centro, CA
National low: -8°
at Land O' Lakes, WI
Precipitation: 1.25"
at Sexton Summit, OR
T-storms
Showers of rain and snow;
snow at night
NATIONAL
Yesterday
Today
Friday
Yesterday
Today
Friday
Yesterday
Today
Friday
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
47/33/0.74 48/45/c 49/42/r
La Grande
39/29/0.04 41/38/c 44/38/sn
Portland
48/39/0.50 47/43/c 51/44/r
Baker City
39/30/Tr
41/31/c 46/33/sn
La Pine
36/27/0.17 43/25/c 41/30/sh
Prineville
41/32/0.00 49/30/c 41/37/pc
Brookings
49/40/0.34 55/40/s 55/42/pc
Medford
50/36/0.34 47/29/c 49/38/pc
Redmond
43/33/Tr
47/28/c 49/34/pc
Newport
48/36/0.34 48/42/c 49/44/r
Roseburg
49/39/1.21 50/35/c 48/42/r
Burns
40/22/0.03 39/27/c 42/33/pc
Eugene
49/34/0.77 50/39/c 49/44/r
North Bend
51/40/0.33 52/39/c 52/45/r
Salem
49/36/0.62 48/41/c 50/43/r
Klamath Falls
36/29/0.03 40/19/c 46/27/pc
Ontario
45/28/Tr
46/33/c 51/36/pc
Sisters
40/30/0.04 48/33/c 46/38/sf
Lakeview
35/17/0.10 33/13/c 41/22/pc
Pendleton
46/30/0.01 48/44/c 52/45/pc
The Dalles
50/34/0.00 49/43/c 54/42/pc
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
-10s
Periods of clouds and
sunshine
40°
20°
TRAVEL WEATHER
Umatilla
52/46
Rufus
Hermiston
45/43
52/47
48/44
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
50/43
47/42 47/43
39/37
Wasco
39/36 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
CENTRAL: Partly
Tillamook
38/34
46/41
48/44
Sandy
49/43
McMinnville
48/43
sunny Thursday, then
Joseph
Heppner
La
Grande
44/43
Maupin
Government
49/44
fair and chilly at night.
41/38
36/34
Camp
47/39 Condon 47/42
Union
Lincoln City
Mostly cloudy Friday;
43/35
35/35
41/37
Salem
48/46
Spray
afternoon rain and
Granite
Warm Springs
48/41
Madras
47/35
Albany
37/36
snow showers.
Newport
Baker City
50/35
50/35
Mitchell
48/42
48/40
41/31
WEST: Partly to mostly
Camp Sherman
44/32
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Unity
cloudy Thursday, then Yachats
45/34
47/28
50/39
Day
Prineville
41/38
cloudy Thursday night 47/43
Ontario
Sisters
49/30
Paulina
41/33
46/33
and Friday with a few Florence
Eugene 48/33
Bend Brothers 40/28
Vale
periods of rain.
49/41
50/39
47/32
40/27
Sunriver
47/35
Nyssa
46/30
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
48/35
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
43/25
41/27
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
41/28
47/31
51/37
Fort
Rock
52/39
39/27
Riley
YESTERDAY
Crescent
44/27
39/30
High: 51°
43/26
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at North Bend
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
52/40
50/35
44/28
37/28
Low: 17°
Marsh
Lake
40/27
Port Orford
40/19
44/27
at Lakeview
Grants
Burns Junction
Paisley
52/42
Pass
43/32
Chiloquin
42/23
49/29
Rome
Medford
44/23
Gold Beach
47/29
44/33
54/42
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
39/26
48/31
40/19
35/22
55/40
33/13
Seaside
47/45
Cannon Beach
47/45
WEDNESDAY
40°
18°
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
In inches as of 5 p.m. yesterday
Ski resort
New snow
Anthony Lakes Mtn
0
Hoodoo Ski Area
0
Mt. Ashland
0
Mt. Bachelor
4
Mt. Hood Meadows
0
Mt. Hood Ski Bowl
6
Timberline Lodge
0
Willamette Pass
0
Aspen / Snowmass, CO
0
Mammoth Mtn. Ski, CA
0
Squaw Valley, CA
16
Park City Mountain, UT
0
Sun Valley, ID
3
TUESDAY
OREGON WEATHER
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest.
High
Low
SATURDAY
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
47/45/1.19
66/46/0.00
74/63/0.00
70/46/0.00
93/75/0.00
44/14/0.00
72/69/0.00
48/33/0.35
72/43/0.00
48/32/0.21
77/69/0.26
86/56/0.00
81/58/0.00
9/3/0.21
77/54/0.00
47/45/0.32
37/35/0.68
55/46/0.46
77/64/0.09
75/62/0.00
59/50/0.00
67/51/0.00
69/55/0.08
75/66/0.00
61/56/0.42
50/46/0.09
54/45/0.01
90/75/0.00
47/38/c
66/49/pc
75/62/sh
69/52/r
92/74/s
53/19/pc
67/58/pc
34/26/c
67/48/t
44/39/pc
79/66/s
85/57/pc
72/56/pc
13/-11/sn
83/74/pc
42/37/sh
42/37/r
54/42/c
80/64/pc
73/63/s
57/45/pc
56/45/r
72/61/t
76/67/c
56/50/r
50/40/pc
60/45/pc
87/76/c
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
OREGON
Law enforcement could boost hemp inspections
BY MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI
Capital Press
Law enforcement agencies
could assist Oregon farm reg-
ulators with inspections of
hemp crops under a bill that’s
intended to thwart illegal mari-
juana operations.
Sheriffs from Jackson and
Josephine counties in Southern
Oregon are urging lawmakers
to pass House Bill 2296, which
would allow their agencies to
cooperate with the Oregon
Department of Agriculture on
hemp inspections.
“Our illegal marijuana en-
forcement team has found that
the ODA licensing has cre-
ated a shield for those that are
growing marijuana,” said Sher-
iff Nathan Sickler of Jackson
County during a recent legisla-
tive hearing.
Diesel
Continued from A11
Ruby, a Salem native, was
hired in August after teach-
ing automotive and agricul-
tural mechanics for five years
at Montana State Universi-
ty-Northern.
“My job was to basically find
everything to make a program,
and set it up in here,” he said.
“It’s designed around my expe-
rience with this industry, and
what I’ve taught in the past.”
The program is divided
into six courses, covering ev-
ery system students would see
Vaccines
Continued from A11
But she said the number of
vaccine doses that the corpora-
tion receives could change.
Oregonians currently eligi-
ble to receive vaccines under
state guidelines will be able to
sign up for appointments online
through the company once it
has the vaccines, McGinnis said.
Hemp contains less than
0.3% of the psychoactive com-
pound THC, but it’s indistin-
guishable in appearance from
mind-altering marijuana, a re-
lated cannabis plant.
Industrial hemp is regulated
by the state agriculture de-
partment while marijuana is
overseen by the state’s Liquor
Control Commission for recre-
ational purposes and the state’s
Health Authority for medical
uses.
Marijuana was legalized in
Oregon but remains illegal un-
der federal law, while hemp
can be lawfully produced na-
tionally.
Rep. Lily Morgan, R-Grants
Pass, the bill’s sponsor, said
there’s too little verification
that cannabis plants grown un-
der industrial hemp licenses
Capital Press file
A field of hemp grows in Oregon, where lawmakers are considering a
bill to allow law enforcement officers to assist farm regulators with in-
specting the crop.
are not actually black market
marijuana.
“The result of this lack of en-
forcement has been mass mi-
gration of licensed cannabis
producers to the hemp system,”
Morgan said, adding that mar-
ijuana growers with hemp li-
censes can harvest and ship their
crops with little accountability.
Inspectors from the agricul-
ture department are “drinking
from a fire hose,” unable to
keep up with the workload of
overseeing hemp operations,
said Sheriff Dave Daniel of Jo-
sephine County.
Local deputies can easily
check whether a cannabis crop
is hemp or marijuana with a
one-hour test, but often can-
not obtain probable cause for
search warrants to analyze sus-
pect crops, he said.
“What was once a clandes-
tine industry is now being
conducted in plain sight,” Dan-
iel said. “The hemp industry
overseen by ODA is being ma-
nipulated and is free from law
enforcement intervention even
when we believe hemp is actu-
ally marijuana.”
Half of the eight homi-
cides committed in Josephine
County in 2020 were directly
related to black market mari-
juana cultivation, Daniel said.
Of the 41 illegal marijuana op-
erations raided by law enforce-
ment in the county last year,
three were operating under the
guise of hemp farms.
Morgan acknowledged the
proposal has raised legal ques-
tions and she has agreed to
participate in a work group
to refine HB 2296. However,
she said that Southern Oregon
can’t wait years for ODA regu-
lators to ramp up enforcement
on their own.
“We can’t allow that in our
area for community safety,”
she said. “We need something
now.”
dents to earn factory certifica-
tions from Daimler and John
Deere.
The first group of nine stu-
dents will graduate in spring
2022. Ruby said the college is
now accepting applications for
a second group of 24 students.
Chemeketa anticipates hiring
additional full-time staff for
the program.
For Wilske, his dream job
would be to travel and fix
equipment for farms and com-
panies around the country.
“I just want to get started as
quickly as I can, and lead me
wherever it leads me,” he said.
from COVID-19.
Jeff Zients, the White
House’s COVID-19 response
coordinator, told reporters
Tuesday that the federal gov-
ernment viewed the first few
weeks of the retail pharmacy
program as a trial run. He
said it could be scaled up over
time, with doses eventually be-
ing shipped to roughly 40,000
pharmacies nationwide.
on a truck, tractor or com-
bine, Ruby said — including
engines, hydraulics, electrical
wiring, clutches, brakes, wheels
and onboard computers.
“This program is heavy on
the hands-on side,” Ruby said.
“(Employers) wanted them to
be able to start wrenching, and
doing things that a mechanic
would see on a normal day.”
Skilled diesel technicians are
in high demand, according to
figures from the Oregon Em-
ployment Department, with
127 total annual job openings.
The average annual salary is
$47,784, with wages typically
“The largest hurdle in making this project a reality was
finding a suitable location and building. But we have a
beautiful location now that is situated right next to our
Brooks Center. I couldn’t be more excited for the college, the
community and our students.”
starting at $16 to $18 per hour.
Chemeketa has leased and
retrofitted a 10,000-square-
foot building for the program
at the south end of the Brooks
campus. Marion County also
contributed $100,000 toward
equipment and infrastructure,
and the governor’s Regional
Solutions team committed
$200,000.
“The largest hurdle in mak-
ing this project a reality was
finding a suitable location and
building,” said Executive Dean
Holly Nelson. “But we have
a beautiful location now that
is situated right next to our
Brooks Center. I couldn’t be
more excited for the college,
the community and our stu-
dents.”
Daimler Trucks donated
two trucks to the program,
along with a fire truck and
ambulance from Chemeketa’s
Emergency Medical Services
Program, for students to learn
about different diesel systems.
While the operating systems
of diesel rigs are similar, Ruby
said more advanced courses
will focus on specific industry
standards and even allow stu-
Health care workers, peo-
ple living in nursing homes
and other congregate care set-
tings, childcare providers and
teachers are currently eligible
to receive vaccines in Oregon.
Elderly Oregonians will begin
to become eligible to receive
vaccines next week, with those
over 80 eligible as of Monday,
according to guidance from the
Oregon Health Authority.
Albertsons and Safeway
posted information on vaccine
availability and signups on-
line at www.albertsons.com/
COVID-19 and www.safeway.
com/COVID-19. Appoint-
ment slots are not yet available
because the company doesn’t
have its vaccine allocation yet.
“Demand is high, and ap-
pointments are often claimed
very quickly, and we ask the
public to remain patient,” Mc-
Ginnis said. “As dose alloca-
tions increase, so too will the
opportunity to secure an ap-
pointment. The company is
kindly asking the public to
please check the website first
for the most up-to-date infor-
mation, before calling your lo-
cal store or pharmacy.”
Costco and Health Mart
Pharmacies did not immedi-
ately respond to a request for
comment on their plans. There
are 13 Costco stores across
Oregon. Health Mart’s two lo-
cations are in Eugene and Cre-
swell.
The White House said it
chose pharmacies to receive
the initial doses based on sev-
eral factors, including their
ability to reach populations
most at risk for severe illness
— Holly Nelson, Chemeketa Community College executive dean