The BulleTin • Tuesday, april 13, 2021 A13
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TODAY
WEDNESDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
53°
LOW
33°
Plenty of sunshine
Yesterday Normal
Record
55°
56° 81° in 1940
19°
30° 11° in 1968
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
0.00"
Record
0.37" in 1956
Month to date (normal)
0.00" (0.30")
Year to date (normal)
1.18" (3.65")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
30.08"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Today
Wed.
6:25am/7:47pm 6:23am/7:48pm
7:24am/9:36pm 7:48am/10:39pm
6:20am/7:13pm 6:20am/7:20pm
6:42am/8:08pm 6:40am/8:11pm
9:22am/1:02am 9:20am/1:01am
4:20am/2:38pm 4:17am/2:35pm
3:45am/1:29pm 3:41am/1:25pm
7:05am/9:07pm 7:01am/9:03pm
Full
Last
New
Apr 19
Apr 26
May 3
May 11
Tonight's sky: Nearly overhead is the reddish
star Regulus of Lion, the Lion.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
4
6
6
4
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.
POLLEN COUNT
Grasses
Low
Trees
High
Weeds
Absent
Source: Oregon Allergy Associates
SUNDAY
74°
40°
EAST: Sunny to partly
cloudy, windy and
cool Tuesday. Winds
northeast at 15-25
mph. Fair and chilly
Tuesday night.
CENTRAL: Clouds and
sun, windy and cool
Tuesday. Clear and
chilly Tuesday night.
Sunny, breezy and
cool Wednesday.
WEST: Sunny and
breezy Tuesday. Clear
and cool Tuesday
night. Sunny Wednes-
day with a warmer
afternoon.
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
60/33/0.00 63/40/s 61/40/pc
La Grande
54/24/0.00 55/29/s 57/27/pc
Portland
66/36/0.00 68/40/s 71/43/s
Baker City
52/16/0.00 56/27/pc 57/27/pc
La Pine
53/18/0.00 48/26/s 50/24/s
Prineville
55/12/0.00 57/29/s 50/28/s
Brookings
74/52/0.00 63/47/s 62/44/s
Medford
73/36/0.00 68/36/s 69/38/s
Redmond
58/15/0.00 54/27/s 56/28/s
Burns
54/11/0.00 54/27/pc 56/27/pc
Newport
55/34/0.00 60/42/s 58/40/s
Roseburg
68/34/0.00 68/36/s 69/37/s
Eugene
67/33/0.00 66/36/s 66/37/s
North Bend
57/35/0.00 61/42/s 59/41/s
Salem
65/35/0.00 66/38/s 68/38/s
Klamath Falls
61/25/0.00 55/29/s 57/25/s
Ontario
60/31/0.00 65/38/c 63/38/pc
Sisters
53/13/0.00 54/32/s 55/33/s
Lakeview
61/26/0.00 51/25/pc 52/22/pc
Pendleton
60/23/0.11 60/32/s 62/33/pc
The Dalles
64/27/0.00 65/37/s 70/39/s
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
-10s
WATER REPORT
As of 7 a.m. yesterday
Reservoir
Acre feet
Capacity
Crane Prairie
47250
85%
Wickiup
113808
57%
Crescent Lake
22239
26%
Ochoco Reservoir
11144
25%
Prineville
89913
60%
River fl ow
Station
Cu.ft./sec.
Deschutes R. below Crane Prairie
77
Deschutes R. below Wickiup
598
Deschutes R. below Bend
207
Deschutes R. at Benham Falls
960
Little Deschutes near La Pine
83
Crescent Ck. below Crescent Lake
14
Crooked R. above Prineville Res.
406
Crooked R. below Prineville Res.
163
Crooked R. near Terrebonne
160
Ochoco Ck. below Ochoco Res.
3
NATIONAL
Hood
River
541-683-1577
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
In inches as of 5 p.m. yesterday
Base
91-111
0-205
0-189
46-65
45-75
T-storms
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
72/58/0.00
Akron
57/50/0.44
Albany
51/43/0.02
Albuquerque
74/51/0.00
Anchorage
39/23/0.04
Atlanta
83/52/0.00
Atlantic City
50/49/0.19
Austin
87/61/0.00
Baltimore
58/53/0.15
Billings
43/24/Tr
Birmingham
84/48/0.00
Bismarck
36/33/0.10
Boise
57/27/0.00
Boston
51/45/Tr
Bridgeport, CT 51/47/0.22
Buffalo
57/50/0.05
Burlington, VT
66/49/0.00
Caribou, ME
54/47/0.00
Charleston, SC 85/60/0.00
Charlotte
83/46/0.00
Chattanooga
84/48/0.00
Cheyenne
37/22/Tr
Chicago
62/49/0.01
Cincinnati
67/48/0.02
Cleveland
60/49/0.11
Colorado Springs 48/24/0.00
Columbia, MO
64/47/0.00
Columbia, SC
85/47/Tr
Columbus, GA
86/49/0.00
Columbus, OH
60/50/0.02
Concord, NH
54/40/Tr
Corpus Christi
83/65/Tr
Dallas
87/62/0.00
Dayton
64/46/0.04
Denver
46/22/Tr
Des Moines
59/42/0.00
Detroit
63/48/0.02
Duluth
44/41/0.60
El Paso
88/65/0.00
Fairbanks
48/22/0.00
Fargo
41/38/0.06
Flagstaff
66/31/Tr
Grand Rapids
62/43/0.00
Green Bay
61/43/0.02
Greensboro
78/48/0.00
Harrisburg
54/51/0.68
Hartford, CT
54/46/0.01
Helena
43/24/Tr
Honolulu
80/65/0.05
Houston
87/53/0.00
Huntsville
79/47/0.00
Indianapolis
67/48/0.07
Jackson, MS
86/46/0.00
Jacksonville
83/60/0.00
Today Wednesday
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
63/51/t
59/50/sh
67/46/pc
63/37/c
63/44/pc
68/47/c
71/45/pc
75/48/s
41/33/c
40/33/sn
84/60/pc
79/54/r
57/48/pc
61/50/c
75/63/t
74/58/c
64/48/pc
61/51/r
37/22/c
35/25/c
84/60/pc
71/52/r
32/21/c
38/26/c
59/35/c
56/38/c
53/46/pc 52/42/pc
59/45/pc
60/45/c
59/42/pc
61/40/c
65/44/pc 64/46/pc
57/32/c
59/31/s
82/58/s
82/64/pc
78/54/s
81/58/r
81/55/pc
73/49/r
38/22/sn
35/26/c
57/38/pc 49/36/pc
65/46/pc 64/38/pc
64/44/s
61/39/pc
47/30/c
45/33/c
63/40/pc 59/36/pc
82/56/s
84/61/c
87/59/pc
78/59/r
67/46/pc
64/37/c
64/41/pc 64/38/pc
84/72/c
84/69/c
75/57/t
67/54/c
65/45/pc 62/37/pc
48/30/c
47/34/c
54/32/c
51/35/pc
65/39/pc
55/35/c
35/31/sf
42/32/c
82/56/pc
84/63/s
40/22/pc
42/30/c
33/26/sn
37/27/c
61/37/s
59/32/s
56/37/c
47/34/c
48/33/c
45/35/c
74/52/s
76/53/c
64/47/pc
64/49/c
63/44/pc 68/43/pc
41/25/c
41/27/c
81/69/pc 82/69/pc
84/72/t
79/61/t
81/56/pc
66/47/r
64/42/s
59/35/pc
82/62/c
69/53/r
83/58/s
85/63/c
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
49/31/pc
68/53/s
73/59/pc
82/56/pc
93/80/t
61/36/pc
64/54/s
49/31/pc
69/50/c
49/34/sh
72/63/s
79/65/s
75/55/c
44/23/s
87/76/pc
52/36/pc
52/30/pc
51/33/sf
79/55/s
83/74/s
62/50/pc
62/46/s
81/60/s
72/65/pc
67/58/pc
52/36/pc
64/49/c
96/80/pc
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.
38/33/0.20
62/45/0.00
61/43/0.00
85/64/0.00
67/43/0.07
61/41/0.00
84/52/0.00
68/59/0.00
72/47/Tr
57/48/Tr
84/52/0.00
87/66/0.90
64/47/Tr
46/42/0.06
79/50/0.00
83/60/0.00
51/45/0.41
50/44/0.32
63/59/0.29
66/52/0.00
60/41/0.00
84/58/0.00
93/64/Tr
60/44/0.00
51/47/0.74
92/68/0.00
56/49/0.12
52/37/0.00
54/44/0.02
79/49/0.00
44/26/0.00
66/36/0.00
73/53/Tr
54/53/0.38
85/45/0.00
68/45/0.00
55/33/0.00
90/67/0.00
67/60/0.00
66/48/0.00
74/44/0.00
68/41/0.00
85/59/0.00
59/36/0.00
52/36/Tr
52/27/0.00
67/45/0.00
83/68/0.05
90/64/0.00
68/49/0.00
62/55/0.14
60/46/0.00
60/24/0.00
90/61/0.09
Today Wednesday
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
41/39/r
43/38/sh
60/36/pc 56/34/pc
61/38/pc 49/33/sh
85/57/s
76/54/s
63/48/c
61/38/c
59/30/pc 53/30/pc
69/50/pc
62/45/r
66/55/c
64/53/pc
64/50/pc 66/42/pc
50/31/c
47/35/pc
75/54/c
62/45/r
86/69/s
82/69/s
53/37/pc 47/38/pc
38/33/c
46/37/sh
75/53/c
61/43/r
78/69/r
77/66/r
62/49/pc
67/49/c
63/48/pc
67/50/c
61/48/pc
68/57/r
66/45/c
61/44/c
57/31/pc 53/31/pc
87/62/s
86/65/pc
87/57/s
81/56/pc
58/35/s
52/34/pc
63/48/pc 63/51/sh
89/64/s
87/64/s
68/45/pc
65/40/c
58/40/pc 55/35/pc
58/45/pc 58/42/pc
75/52/s
78/56/r
44/21/pc
42/25/c
54/37/sh
55/33/sf
68/48/pc
66/52/r
59/40/pc
62/40/c
76/46/s
74/45/pc
66/44/pc
62/38/s
61/44/c
52/37/sh
80/66/t
80/61/c
64/56/c
64/55/c
62/50/pc
66/48/s
66/46/pc
69/45/s
64/37/c
70/40/pc
83/59/pc 84/63/pc
64/42/s
66/43/s
44/27/pc 48/29/pc
53/35/s
59/39/pc
60/42/pc 60/34/pc
85/66/s
85/70/s
88/57/pc
87/57/s
66/47/c
64/43/pc
65/52/pc
61/53/r
61/40/pc
60/38/c
61/38/s
68/43/c
88/54/s
85/54/s
94/71/0.00
82/60/0.00
64/46/0.00
59/36/0.00
79/58/0.08
82/68/0.37
100/72/0.00
71/53/0.17
34/32/0.44
64/48/0.07
52/32/0.03
95/73/0.00
58/50/0.85
86/46/0.00
82/64/Tr
63/37/0.05
59/52/0.62
66/61/0.00
91/77/0.03
44/32/0.27
66/49/0.00
84/68/0.00
65/55/0.00
66/52/0.09
47/45/0.21
52/32/0.00
61/39/0.16
63/48/0.04
93/69/pc
79/58/pc
63/42/pc
72/53/pc
76/60/r
82/68/s
102/74/pc
67/59/r
43/25/s
62/43/c
52/33/pc
80/72/t
60/40/r
86/50/s
69/61/t
55/37/sh
58/37/s
67/50/pc
88/77/t
45/28/s
71/56/s
89/69/pc
68/56/s
65/62/sh
58/42/c
58/41/s
40/36/sn
44/36/r
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 99°
at Cotulla, TX
National low: 6°
at Daniel, WY
Precipitation: 0.68"
at Fort Drum, NY
SKI REPORT
Ski resort
New snow
Mt. Bachelor
0
Mt. Hood Meadows
2
Timberline Lodge
0
Aspen / Snowmass, CO
0
Mammoth Mtn. Ski, CA
0
Mostly cloudy and
remaining warm
TRAVEL WEATHER
Umatilla
64/43
Rufus
Hermiston
62/41
64/41
63/42
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
64/39
67/35 68/40
53/28
Wasco
52/25 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
Tillamook
50/22
60/38
60/32
Sandy
65/37
McMinnville
64/39
Joseph
Heppner
La
Grande
62/42
Maupin
Government
65/45
55/29
49/23
Camp
57/35 Condon 54/31
Union
Lincoln City
53/29
48/33
55/29
Salem
58/49
Spray
Granite
Warm Springs
66/38
Madras
58/29
Albany
47/27
Newport
Baker City
59/34
59/30
Mitchell
60/42
61/40
56/27
Camp Sherman
52/27
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Yachats
Unity
54/34
54/27
62/38
Day
Prineville
58/47
53/28
Ontario
Sisters
57/29
Paulina
54/28
65/38
Florence
Eugene 54/32
Bend Brothers 51/28
Vale
62/44
66/36
53/33
48/24
Sunriver
63/38
Nyssa
50/31
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
64/37
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
48/26
50/26
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
59/29
63/35
66/38
Fort
Rock
61/43
54/27
Riley
YESTERDAY
Crescent
50/26
52/28
High: 74°
47/25
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at Brookings
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
59/45
68/36
51/26
50/29
Low: 11°
Marsh
Lake
53/29
Port Orford
50/27
51/25
at Burns
Grants
Burns Junction
Paisley
61/46
Pass
55/34
Chiloquin
52/26
72/40
Rome
Medford
54/30
Gold Beach
68/36
57/34
57/48
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
53/32
63/39
55/29
50/32
63/47
51/25
Seaside
62/44
Cannon Beach
61/46
77°
35°
Partly sunny
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Astoria
63/40
MONDAY
79°
37°
Very warm with more
sunshine than clouds
Sunny and mild
OREGON WEATHER
TEMPERATURE
Rise/Set
Sun
Moon
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
First
SATURDAY
65°
34°
Intervals of clouds and
sunshine
Sunshine
ALMANAC
FRIDAY
57°
32°
53°
33°
Mainly clear
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest.
High
Low
THURSDAY
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
45/32/0.39
66/45/0.00
72/63/0.00
82/59/0.00
91/77/0.02
66/48/0.00
61/50/0.12
46/39/0.08
63/53/0.03
70/39/0.15
73/59/0.00
81/62/0.00
72/52/0.00
39/23/0.01
90/79/0.00
48/36/0.14
50/20/0.00
46/39/0.25
78/56/0.00
83/73/0.00
55/44/0.00
59/45/0.00
81/55/0.00
75/65/0.00
66/48/0.00
48/33/0.04
63/38/0.00
91/77/0.00
48/33/pc
69/51/pc
65/58/sh
79/56/pc
93/80/t
69/49/pc
69/59/c
47/32/pc
68/50/c
45/34/c
73/65/s
81/63/s
80/58/s
49/26/s
87/74/pc
52/35/pc
53/32/pc
52/33/pc
81/54/s
80/72/sh
65/48/sh
69/50/s
81/60/s
71/66/pc
63/57/c
53/33/pc
69/49/pc
94/80/s
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
96/70/pc
78/56/pc
62/41/pc
72/47/c
75/61/c
80/66/s
103/76/pc
66/44/pc
46/26/s
63/42/pc
53/33/s
79/70/pc
59/40/s
80/50/s
73/61/pc
46/34/s
56/39/s
60/49/c
90/77/sh
45/28/s
81/58/s
72/65/c
73/57/s
68/48/r
60/39/c
59/43/s
47/34/sh
42/36/sh
Diner
Continued from A1
Scenes from the HBO documentary “Our Towns”: An aerial view of Bend and the Old Mill District; Sky Sharp, of Bend. Submitted photos/HBO
Towns
Continued from A1
Ascher and Jordan, who created the
1996 Oscar-nominated documentary
“Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern,”
spent the past three years visiting and
researching several cities across the
United States for “Our Towns.”
The film, which is based off of a
bestselling book, features San Ber-
nardino, California; Sioux Falls, South
Dakota; Columbus, Mississippi; East-
port, Maine; Charleston, West Vir-
ginia; and Bend.
The filmmakers were struck with
how many people came to Bend for
the outdoor lifestyle rather than for a
Teachers
Continued from A1
“The majority of our teachers are re-
ally excited to be back with students,”
Barclay said. “That’s where they do
their best work. That’s where students
learn the most.”
The unusual hybrid schedule for
Redmond and Ridgeview high schools
— two half-days, four days a week
— has particularly been a pain for
teachers at those schools, said Brana-
ugh, who teaches social studies at Rid-
geview High.
“The consistency of a schedule that
they’re used to, where they’re here four
days a week full time, I think will be
good,” he said.
In Bend-La Pine, all grades returned
to a full-time in-person school sched-
ule on Monday. Redmond schools will
do the same on April 19.
Although teachers appreciate
Bend-La Pine actually enforcing
COVID-19 mitigation rules like mask
wearing and social distancing, they
don’t appreciate having to be the ones
career. In the film, they interview Jesse
Thomas, CEO of Picky Bars, an energy
bar company, who explains how peo-
ple want the lifestyle in Bend even if
work comes secondary.
“People will actually do jobs that
maybe aren’t their life plan, but this is
a time in their life where they want to
be able to ski and do everything you
can do in Bend,” Jordan said. “That
was pretty fascinating to see that and
to see a whole culture that was like
that.”
Ascher and Jordan finished filming
in October 2019, just months before
the COVID-19 pandemic began. They
had to rethink the film during the ed-
iting process to account for how the
pandemic had affected the towns.
Footage they took of rock climbers
in the Bend Rock Gym seemed out of
date, since the gym had closed during
the pandemic.
Initially, the filmmakers highlighted
the popularity of remote work in Bend.
It was a novelty until the pandemic
caused people across the country to
work from home, Ascher said.
“Back when we were first mak-
ing the film, we felt we had to explain
how remote work works,” Ascher said.
“Now during the pandemic era every-
one is doing remote work. You don’t
need to explain it.”
Since the pandemic has been a
burden for every town in the United
to make sure students follow those
rules, Barclay said. It’s also nearly im-
possible, particularly at the larger high
schools, to enforce distancing rules in
cramped hallways, she said.
“When you talk about a high school
with 1,500 to 2,000 students, and 75
teachers, there’s not enough people to
make sure (rules) are being followed
all the time,” Barclay said. “Educators
are spending their whole time being
the enforcement police, rather than be-
ing able to have time with students be-
tween classes, or have a break or go to
the bathroom.”
Dave McKae, a math teacher at Cas-
cade Middle School, said Bend-La Pine
Schools’ transparency on COVID-19
cases in schools — and the small num-
ber of cases since schools reopened
— has reassured him about teaching
in-person.
“Seeing how limited that has been
has definitely made everyone feel a
little more comfortable,” McKae said.
“We’re not seeing evidence of trans-
mission at school, between students or
staff members.”
Not counting a February outbreak
of Summit High School students —
allegedly caused by a maskless party
outside school — Bend-La Pine
Schools has had 17 mini-outbreaks of
COVID-19 in 2021, with 18 students
and five school staffers testing positive,
according to Oregon Health Author-
ity data. Redmond has had four small
school outbreaks, with three students
and one staffer testing positive.
The vast majority of these school-re-
ported outbreaks only resulted in one
student or staffer testing positive, ac-
cording to state data.
Nationally, many teachers are also
feeling more comfortable returning to
their classrooms.
The American Federation of Teach-
ers — a national union primarily rep-
resenting educators with about 1.7
million members — conducted a na-
tionwide survey of 1,702 members in
late March and early April about re-
turning to school.
Eighty percent of K-12 teachers said
they were already vaccinated, and an-
other 6% said they planned to get vac-
States, it made the film more relatable,
Jordan said.
“Because the entire country was now
having a huge setback as many of the
towns had, it was a great map forward,”
Jordan said. “This turned out to be for
everyone.”
After 100 days of filming and a year
editing the documentary, Ascher and
Jordan are happy with the final product.
The film will debut at 6 p.m. Tues-
day on HBO and HBO Max.
“The two of us just really worked to
make it be everything we hoped it would
be and it is,” Jordan said. “We really feel
so grateful to all the towns and to the
way it’s come out.”
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cinated, according to the survey.
Only 11% of K-12 school staff sur-
veyed said their school district went
too far in returning to in-person
school.
Due mostly to the wide availability
of vaccines for educators — along with
rapid COVID-19 testing, enforced
mask wearing and social distancing —
many teachers nationwide feel more
comfortable returning to in-person
school, said Randi Weingarten, pres-
ident of the American Federation of
Teachers.
“The vaccines have been a real game
changer,” Weingarten told The Bulletin.
“The fact that educators have rolled up
their sleeves, both to get the shot … and
to make sure they’re meeting the needs
of students, is pretty incredible.”
Teachers in Oregon are mainly rep-
resented by the other major nation-
wide teachers’ union, the National
Education Association, but unionized
Oregon school support staff are mem-
bers of the American Federation of
Teachers, Weingarten said.
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Degree has 30 days to ap-
peal the citation. She believes
she was properly adhering to
U.S. Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention rules and
regulations for businesses that
were permitted to be open at
the time.
“We felt that we were follow-
ing all the CDC guidelines of
social distancing, face masks,
sanitation as all businesses that
were open,” said Degree by
phone. “We felt we were enti-
tled to those same parameters.
We took the safety of our em-
ployees to the highest priority,
and the records will show that
no employee tested positive for
COVID.”
Oregon OSHA conducted
inspections of both sites fol-
lowing complaints by the
public. The restaurants, op-
erating under the legal name
of Bucc’NDulge Inc., allowed
indoor dining on or around
Jan. 13 and continued through
Feb. 11, according to an OSHA
statement.
Degree told OSHA inspec-
tors that she was aware of
the restrictions. Each diner
was given a $17,800 fine. The
amount is twice the minimum
penalty for willful violations.
“Most employers continue to
follow worker health and safety
standards as part of our ongoing
work to defeat this disease, and
we continue to make progress,”
OSHA Administrator Michael
Wood said in a press release.
“Unfortunately some em-
ployers are choosing to defy
standards and to put their
workers at risk,” Wood said.
“As a result, we will continue to
bring our enforcement tools to
bear where appropriate.”
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