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
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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-
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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.”
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