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A12 The BulleTin • Wednesday, May 19, 2021 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 TODAY THURSDAY TONIGHT HIGH 51° LOW 32° Cooler with some sun; an afternoon shower Partly cloudy and chilly 52° 37° 53° 37° Periods of sun with a few showers; cool Clouds and sun with spotty showers; cool Clouds, a shower possible PRECIPITATION 24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday 0.00" Record 0.96" in 2004 Month to date (normal) 0.33" (0.47") Year to date (normal) 1.70" (4.60") Barometric pressure at 4 p.m. 30.06" SUN, MOON AND PLANETS Today Thu. 5:35am/8:29pm 5:34am/8:30pm 12:20pm/2:21am 1:32pm/2:50am 6:41am/10:26pm 6:41am/10:25pm 6:22am/9:41pm 6:22am/9:44pm 8:39am/12:10am 8:38am/12:08am 2:11am/12:43pm 2:08am/12:39pm 1:27am/11:13am 1:23am/11:09am 4:49am/6:56pm 4:45am/6:52pm Full Last New May 19 May 26 Jun 2 Jun 10 Tonight's sky: First quarter moon (12:13 p.m.). Source: Jim Todd, OMSI UV INDEX TODAY 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 7 7 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 Trees Moderate Weeds Absent Source: Oregon Allergy Associates Warmer with clouds and sunshine Astoria 56/45 Seaside 54/45 Cannon Beach 53/45 As of 7 a.m. yesterday Reservoir Acre feet Capacity Crane Prairie 47772 86% Wickiup 81513 41% Crescent Lake 24270 28% Ochoco Reservoir 10629 24% Prineville 84894 57% River fl ow Station Cu.ft./sec. Deschutes R. below Crane Prairie 105 Deschutes R. below Wickiup 1300 Deschutes R. below Bend 115 Deschutes R. at Benham Falls 1610 Little Deschutes near La Pine 148 Crescent Ck. below Crescent Lake 16 Crooked R. above Prineville Res. 17 Crooked R. below Prineville Res. 179 Crooked R. near Terrebonne 35 Ochoco Ck. below Ochoco Res. 5 -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s NATIONAL EXTREMES YESTERDAY (for the FIRE INDEX T-storms 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: USDA Forest Service Park Continued from A11 That might be a tall or- der, judging by the feedback received. Vaslev said the park is not releasing specifics about the worst threats that came via email and phone, but the original announce- ment on Facebook received nearly 1,000 comments, many of which were angry or abusive. Businesses are legally al- lowed to ask customers for proof of vaccination if that is a requirement to enter their premises. Some peo- ple are falsely claiming that doing so violates the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, better known as HIPAA, but that law applies only to certain entities like hospitals, doc- tors’ offices and others in the health care industry. It’s one of many false claims circulating about COVID-19 and the vac- cines that have so far proven to be highly effec- tive against the virus. That misinformation often goes hand-in-hand with skepticism of the coro- navirus in general, and is spread among those who Energy Continued from A11 Facebook’s efforts has gen- erated more than 6 gigawatts of new wind and solar en- ergy to the grid, creating over 40,000 jobs, Parekh said. Through a partnership with Pacific Power, the Prineville center purchases renewable energy credits that the power utility uses to build and expand wind and solar energy farms, said Etta Lockey, Pacific Power vice president regulation, cus- tomer and community solu- tions. The partnership supports Pacific Power’s renewable en- ergy efforts that benefit all its customers. The credits from Facebook will go to expand and support a wind farm in Montana, Lockey said. are vocally resistant to local mandates requiring the use of protective face masks in public places. Vaslev said the En- chanted Forest was simply trying to follow guidelines in its long-awaited plan to reopen to the public. She said the park never in- tended to quiz every visitor about vaccination status. The park just wanted to give vaccinated people the opportunity to go without masks provided they show proof. The backlash against that plan — from many peo- ple who claim to have re- cently donated to the park’s GoFundMe campaign to stay afloat — has been “ex- tremely upsetting,” Vaslev said. Enchanted Forest has not yet announced intentions to reconsider its reopening plan. Anyone who already purchased tickets for this weekend will receive a re- fund, the park announced Tuesday. “We are desperate to open our park. We’re at our breaking point,” Vaslev said. “How to do that and how to move through this is prob- ably the biggest challenge we’ve faced so far.” Prineville Mayor Jason Beebe said the community talks about the number of jobs and the resources used by the data center. “I know that they are some of the most efficient data centers in the world, and as for the jobs, I believe there are over 300 full-time posi- tions onsite,” Beebe said in an email. Facebook has invested $2 billion in its Prineville data center, according to a com- pany statement. Since 2010, when Facebook announced the data center, the company has partnered with Crook County schools, small busi- nesses and nonprofits and has provided more than $2.9 million in community grants and support. e e Reporter: 541-633-2117, sroig@bendbulletin.com Mostly cloudy with a shower possible Yesterday City Hi/Lo/Prec. Abilene 80/60/1.27 Akron 80/49/0.00 Albany 78/48/0.00 Albuquerque 63/50/0.04 Anchorage 57/44/0.00 Atlanta 78/63/Tr Atlantic City 81/55/0.00 Austin 79/66/0.57 Baltimore 82/48/0.00 Billings 87/53/0.00 Birmingham 79/69/0.02 Bismarck 82/52/0.00 Boise 73/56/0.00 Boston 84/59/Tr Bridgeport, CT 79/53/0.00 Buffalo 77/50/0.00 Burlington, VT 80/56/Tr Caribou, ME 71/49/0.06 Charleston, SC 81/62/0.00 Charlotte 75/61/0.00 Chattanooga 78/66/0.00 Cheyenne 64/40/0.01 Chicago 76/58/0.07 Cincinnati 79/59/Tr Cleveland 78/47/0.00 Colorado Springs 63/47/0.71 Columbia, MO 75/63/1.60 Columbia, SC 82/64/0.00 Columbus, GA 84/62/0.00 Columbus, OH 80/52/0.00 Concord, NH 82/44/0.00 Corpus Christi 86/67/0.51 Dallas 74/63/0.61 Dayton 77/57/0.00 Denver 59/42/0.23 Des Moines 69/60/0.07 Detroit 77/50/0.00 Duluth 74/53/Tr El Paso 84/62/0.00 Fairbanks 63/41/0.00 Fargo 80/57/0.00 Flagstaff 72/31/0.00 Grand Rapids 81/47/0.00 Green Bay 77/48/0.00 Greensboro 73/55/0.00 Harrisburg 82/48/Tr Hartford, CT 83/47/0.00 Helena 75/51/0.00 Honolulu 85/73/0.05 Houston 83/65/0.07 Huntsville 77/68/0.03 Indianapolis 74/59/Tr Jackson, MS 74/70/0.76 Jacksonville 82/60/Tr Today Thursday Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W 77/61/r 80/66/c 81/61/c 85/63/pc 83/57/s 83/58/c 78/57/pc 85/64/pc 53/44/pc 52/46/c 79/61/pc 82/59/pc 81/61/s 71/58/pc 73/62/r 79/68/t 87/59/s 88/56/pc 69/48/pc 59/35/sh 83/66/pc 84/62/pc 81/59/pc 77/54/sh 61/41/pc 59/41/c 73/58/s 70/58/pc 80/56/s 72/55/pc 82/63/s 80/65/pc 82/59/s 85/63/c 70/44/pc 79/55/s 79/59/pc 82/59/s 82/57/pc 85/58/s 83/63/c 85/58/pc 67/45/t 74/48/pc 78/66/t 84/69/pc 79/62/t 84/61/pc 81/61/c 83/63/pc 67/46/t 79/53/pc 76/66/t 82/67/t 82/56/pc 86/55/s 83/62/pc 84/59/s 82/62/t 85/62/pc 82/49/s 82/52/pc 80/67/t 81/72/t 76/65/r 79/70/r 78/62/t 84/63/pc 72/50/t 81/54/pc 73/64/sh 75/66/t 80/61/t 84/64/pc 75/59/c 76/61/r 90/66/s 94/68/c 62/40/pc 66/46/pc 86/61/c 78/58/r 72/42/s 68/42/pc 76/63/t 81/65/c 74/64/c 81/66/sh 79/56/pc 82/57/s 87/58/s 87/59/pc 85/53/s 84/55/pc 54/38/sh 41/31/sn 85/73/s 85/72/s 81/69/r 80/72/r 83/64/s 84/60/pc 75/61/t 82/63/c 81/68/pc 84/65/pc 80/64/pc 80/63/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 57/46/t 81/66/s 65/57/pc 106/75/pc 97/81/t 91/65/pc 80/70/s 62/47/c 69/49/t 63/50/t 61/56/pc 82/69/s 93/67/s 46/31/pc 89/77/t 60/44/t 58/44/pc 59/43/t 77/51/s 91/84/pc 77/61/s 80/66/s 69/49/c 67/60/pc 75/56/pc 60/43/t 79/51/pc 96/84/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. 61/37/0.00 80/63/0.06 79/48/0.00 96/70/0.00 78/60/0.05 74/62/0.07 81/66/1.07 72/59/0.00 82/66/Tr 74/53/0.20 75/68/Tr 86/77/0.02 70/53/0.02 74/58/0.03 76/64/0.00 83/68/0.64 82/60/0.00 85/55/0.00 75/55/0.00 73/62/0.00 70/62/0.01 86/68/Tr 99/66/0.00 66/60/1.71 81/53/0.00 95/71/0.00 79/46/0.00 78/46/0.00 83/53/0.00 76/62/Tr 81/50/0.00 80/50/0.00 80/48/0.00 80/49/0.00 84/52/0.00 73/62/0.84 82/57/0.00 84/72/0.19 70/62/0.00 68/54/0.00 73/50/0.00 56/43/0.02 82/60/0.00 61/45/0.08 68/59/0.02 60/48/0.00 79/64/0.35 89/70/0.00 89/62/0.00 79/66/0.00 79/55/0.00 71/61/0.52 66/44/0.00 98/68/0.00 Today Hi/Lo/W 60/41/s 72/65/t 76/64/t 95/68/pc 78/61/c 76/63/sh 75/64/t 76/60/pc 81/65/t 75/65/c 80/69/t 84/76/t 71/64/t 77/66/sh 81/64/pc 80/74/t 86/64/s 88/64/s 81/60/s 75/63/t 75/64/sh 83/69/pc 98/67/s 77/63/t 88/64/s 100/74/s 82/57/s 74/49/pc 81/52/pc 82/56/s 75/52/pc 72/41/pc 85/56/s 82/60/s 75/47/s 79/67/t 83/60/s 75/64/r 70/61/pc 62/49/s 65/46/s 73/47/c 81/62/sh 59/45/pc 73/63/sh 58/41/c 72/65/t 89/71/pc 96/67/s 77/66/t 86/64/s 74/64/t 63/41/pc 100/65/pc Thursday Hi/Lo/W 59/45/pc 76/68/t 82/65/pc 85/56/s 82/60/pc 76/65/t 82/64/t 72/57/pc 86/65/pc 77/66/t 86/67/pc 83/75/pc 76/67/t 78/66/sh 85/59/pc 81/74/t 81/59/pc 83/59/pc 80/57/s 75/66/t 74/67/t 83/68/pc 89/59/s 80/65/t 86/58/pc 98/74/s 85/61/pc 66/50/s 76/52/s 86/57/s 81/53/c 48/36/pc 89/55/s 79/64/c 72/50/pc 84/67/pc 75/49/pc 82/70/t 67/61/pc 63/49/s 65/46/s 82/55/pc 82/60/pc 63/47/c 78/64/sh 53/41/sh 77/66/t 88/70/s 96/70/pc 77/69/t 88/61/pc 74/66/t 61/43/pc 97/57/s 105/73/0.00 76/56/0.04 79/59/0.01 86/59/0.00 76/61/0.00 82/75/0.01 88/84/0.02 75/68/0.42 59/43/0.08 79/55/0.02 63/50/0.14 77/70/0.04 68/46/0.00 55/44/0.00 66/59/0.00 67/54/0.00 76/55/0.00 75/60/0.00 83/73/0.48 64/43/0.00 68/50/0.00 92/79/0.00 78/66/0.00 70/69/0.30 81/55/0.00 57/48/0.42 64/52/0.06 60/52/0.09 105/77/pc 74/54/t 82/60/pc 78/60/t 76/56/c 85/74/c 76/71/r 71/62/r 58/40/t 85/59/pc 58/44/t 76/66/pc 69/50/s 59/46/sh 75/54/pc 69/53/pc 76/57/pc 74/64/sh 86/78/t 62/45/pc 68/48/s 94/79/t 79/72/s 68/65/sh 80/61/pc 58/45/pc 60/49/t 61/45/r 109/83/s 75/54/t 80/63/c 69/53/sh 78/58/s 84/73/c 81/70/r 71/67/r 57/41/sh 76/61/c 62/51/pc 77/67/s 71/51/pc 57/41/sh 78/55/s 75/53/s 74/58/c 75/65/c 89/79/pc 61/44/pc 70/53/pc 98/81/t 80/74/s 72/65/r 80/61/c 62/48/s 60/44/t 63/45/t INTERNATIONAL 48 contiguous states) National high: 109° at Death Valley, CA National low: 25° at Mammoth Lakes, CA Precipitation: 2.35" at Mineral Wells, TX Moderate High Moderate Moderate Moderate Partly sunny with a shower possible NATIONAL NATIONAL WEATHER -10s 70° 38° TRAVEL WEATHER Hood River 541-683-1577 TUESDAY 68° 39° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Yesterday Today Thursday Yesterday Today Thursday Yesterday Today Thursday 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 57/44/0.09 56/45/pc 57/47/c La Grande 61/49/0.00 55/36/c 52/37/sh Portland 61/50/0.04 60/44/pc 60/46/sh Baker City 61/42/0.00 53/34/c 53/37/sh La Pine 59/39/0.00 51/27/pc 49/33/sh Prineville 59/45/0.00 56/33/c 49/37/sh Brookings 58/49/0.01 55/43/pc 56/43/pc Medford 73/54/0.00 61/41/pc 60/43/c Redmond 62/44/0.00 55/31/pc 55/36/sh Burns 69/43/0.00 54/33/c 52/34/sh Newport 54/43/0.10 51/41/pc 52/44/sh Roseburg 68/51/0.00 59/42/pc 58/45/sh Eugene 64/42/Tr 58/39/pc 59/40/sh North Bend 59/45/0.06 54/43/pc 55/45/sh Salem 65/48/Tr 58/41/pc 61/41/sh Klamath Falls 67/37/0.00 54/32/pc 50/32/sh Ontario 76/57/0.00 61/46/pc 64/45/sh Sisters 56/42/0.00 52/34/c 53/37/sh Lakeview 69/38/0.00 51/25/c 48/29/sh Pendleton 65/48/0.00 62/40/c 57/42/c The Dalles 66/53/Tr 66/46/pc 64/49/sh 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 WATER REPORT Bend Redmond/Madras Sisters Prineville La Pine/Gilchrist MONDAY 62° 38° Umatilla 67/42 Rufus Hermiston 62/47 67/42 66/48 Arlington Hillsboro Portland Meacham Lostine 65/42 59/39 60/44 54/33 Wasco 52/32 Enterprise Pendleton The Dalles Tillamook 50/31 62/46 62/40 Sandy 66/46 McMinnville 55/43 Joseph Heppner La Grande 56/43 Maupin Government 59/39 55/36 49/33 Camp 61/42 Condon 58/38 Union Lincoln City 55/36 45/35 55/35 Salem 51/44 Spray Granite Warm Springs 58/41 Madras 60/35 Albany 45/30 Newport Baker City 56/36 57/35 Mitchell 51/41 56/37 53/34 Camp Sherman 55/35 Redmond Corvallis John Yachats Unity 50/34 55/31 56/39 Day Prineville 50/43 51/32 Ontario Sisters 56/33 Paulina 55/35 61/46 Florence Eugene 52/34 Bend Brothers 53/30 Vale 53/44 58/39 51/32 50/29 Sunriver 59/47 Nyssa 47/30 Hampton Cottage La Pine 59/46 Juntura Oakridge Grove 51/27 52/30 OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay Burns 58/37 55/37 59/38 Fort Rock 54/42 54/33 Riley YESTERDAY Crescent 52/29 53/32 High: 79° 49/26 Bandon Roseburg Christmas Valley Jordan Valley at Rome Beaver Frenchglen Silver 53/44 59/42 52/31 56/34 Low: 32° Marsh Lake 52/33 Port Orford 50/27 52/29 at Crater Lake Grants Burns Junction Paisley 55/45 Pass 60/36 Chiloquin 50/26 64/41 Rome Medford 51/27 Gold Beach 61/41 62/37 51/43 Klamath Fields Ashland McDermitt Lakeview Falls Brookings 58/37 57/39 54/32 64/36 55/43 51/25 Yesterday Normal Record 61° 65° 91° in 2008 45° 37° 21° in 1905 Grasses Moderate SUNDAY OREGON WEATHER EAST: Clouds and sun, breezy and cool Wednesday; a few showers, mixed with small hail. Cold at night. CENTRAL: Partly cloudy Wednesday; a cool wind and scat- tered rain showers with small hail. Fair and chilly at night. WEST: Clouds and sun Wednesday; a few scattered showers in the afternoon and evening. Fair and cool at night. TEMPERATURE Rise/Set Sun Moon Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus First SATURDAY 53° 36° ALMANAC Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest. High Low FRIDAY 57/46/0.13 88/64/0.00 61/54/0.18 106/84/0.00 97/86/0.02 93/59/0.00 77/68/0.00 61/47/0.30 68/52/0.11 64/54/0.09 59/49/0.00 86/68/0.00 91/68/0.00 61/48/0.02 90/79/0.20 55/43/0.16 61/41/0.02 61/46/0.18 77/52/0.00 93/81/0.04 73/63/0.02 78/58/0.00 68/43/0.00 66/60/0.00 69/55/0.00 59/45/0.17 84/50/0.00 94/84/0.00 60/51/pc 82/63/s 66/52/pc 109/77/s 98/81/t 83/59/c 82/70/s 60/47/pc 69/50/c 60/45/pc 61/56/pc 84/71/s 95/66/s 41/30/c 89/77/t 54/46/r 55/46/r 63/47/t 76/50/s 92/84/sh 77/60/s 84/66/s 69/49/pc 66/61/pc 80/57/pc 56/50/r 84/56/pc 99/82/t 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 Fourth attempt at Oregon hemp commission makes headway BY MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI Capital Press SALEM — A proposal to cre- ate a commodity commission for hemp is making headway in Oregon after three earlier attempts failed to pass muster during previous legislative ses- sions. House Bill 2284 would assess hemp farmers up to 1.5% of the crop’s value to raise money for promotions and research. Because the crop was only recently legalized at the federal level through the 2018 Farm Bill, farmers have scant science-based information about the most ef- fective growing methods, ac- cording to proponents. Research would also delve into encouraging coexistence among different forms of can- nabis, which is often grown for unseeded female flowers and is thus vulnerable to cross-polli- nation. “We all know there is a lot of research the industry still needs,” said Courtney Moran, president of the Oregon Industrial Hemp Farmers Association. “We see House Bill 2284 as an incredible opportunity for the Oregon hemp program, putting hemp on the same level play- Restaurants Continued from A11 Hwang said the application process with SBA averaged about 20 minutes. Blumenauer formally pro- posed the program in June 2020 at $120 billion. After a near-miss with congressional pandemic legislation in De- cember, he was able to secure $28.6 billion for the program in Biden’s recovery plan. The program accepted applications on a first-come, first-served basis, although amounts were reserved for women, veterans and racial and ethnic minori- ties. National chains are ex- cluded from participation. “This is a lifeline that is go- Mateusz Perkowski/Capital Press fIle Proponents of a commodity commission for hemp are making head- way with their fourth attempt in the Legislature. ing field as other agricultural commodities in our state,” she said during a recent legislative hearing. Oregon currently has 23 other commodity commissions for crop, livestock and fish prod- ucts, which are overseen by the state’s Department of Agricul- ture. Moran said the hemp indus- try is trying to obtain one-time federal funding, which would minimize the need for assess- ing farmers during the com- mission’s first operating year in 2022. The original seven members of the hemp commission would be appointed by the agriculture department director, with a ma- jority of them having grown the crop for at least three years. These temporary members would then establish the rules for the commission, such as the number of permanent members and their geographic represen- tation. The Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire Recovery is scheduled to decide Wednesday whether to refer HB 2284 for a vote on the Senate ing to help restore them and move forward,” Blumenauer said. Blumenauer said he intends to seek more money with the help of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York who joined the cause. SBA had initial problems with other programs intended to help small businesses during the pandemic and subsequent economic downturn. Some large businesses ben- efited from the Paycheck Pro- tection Program, which Con- gress created as part of last year’s coronavirus relief act, whose loans could be forgiven if businesses complied with ever-changing requirements. Some businesses, such as the Los Angeles Lakers profes- sional basketball team, re- turned their money. Congress and SBA attempted to fix flaws in subsequent rounds of the program. The opposite happened ear- lier this year with the initial round of the Shuttered Venues Program, intended to help en- tertainment venues. But de- mand for the $16 billion was so great that it crashed the com- puter system, forcing SBA to start over. Blumenauer, on the eve of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund going live on May 3, said he was assured SBA was ready to register owners and accept applications. floor. The bill was unanimously passed by the House last month. Hemp prices have steeply fallen due to an oversupply of the crop intended for the CBD market, which has suffered due to uncertainty about how the compound will be regulated. Cannabidiol, or CBD, is touted for its anti-inflammatory properties and other health ben- efits, but the federal government hasn’t yet decided whether to approve it as a dietary supple- ment. The extraction process for CBD has also run into federal limits on THC — the psychoac- tive substance in marijuana — that the hemp industry is chal- lenging in court as unworkable. These struggles indicate it’s probably the wrong time to cre- ate a commodity commission in Oregon, though the concept itself is sound, said Seth Craw- ford, a hemp seed breeder from Independence, in written testi- mony. Commodity commissions are “much easier to establish than they are to disband, and I would hate to see Oregon farmers pay- ing assessments to a commis- sion without clear federal guid- ance established,” he said. “You being able to take on this new project, with the over- whelming number of applica- tions received, I could not be more proud of what you and your team have done,” Blume- nauer said to SBA Administra- tor Isabel Guzman. Guzman, who was con- firmed by the Senate for her job on March 16, said she’s happy that the first round of restaurant grants went smoothly. “We want to make sure the message that gets out there is that the SBA is there to help,” she said on the conference call. “The best thing we could do for small businesses is to help them get back to normal.” e e pwong@pamplinmedia.com
