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Th e Bu l l eTin • Tu es day, s epTemBer 21, 2021 A13 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 TODAY WEDNESDAY TONIGHT HIGH 83° LOW 49° Mostly sunny, pleasant and warmer Not as warm but pleasant with some sun ALMANAC Yesterday Normal Record 72° 75° 91° in 1918 36° 40° 25° in 1958 PRECIPITATION 24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday 0.00" Record 1.17" in 1982 Month to date (normal) 0.53" (0.21") Year to date (normal) 3.69" (6.54") Barometric pressure at 4 p.m. 30.34" SUN, MOON AND PLANETS Rise/Set Today Wed. Sun 6:51am/7:04pm 6:52am/7:02pm Moon 7:48pm/7:23am 8:08pm/8:29am Mercury 9:12am/7:39pm 9:10am/7:35pm Venus 10:46am/8:34pm 10:48am/8:33pm Mars 7:20am/7:18pm 7:19am/7:16pm Jupiter 5:45pm/3:53am 5:40pm/3:48am Saturn 4:59pm/2:28am 4:55pm/2:24am Uranus 8:44pm/10:58am 8:40pm/10:54am Last New First Full Sep 28 Oct 6 Oct 12 Oct 20 Tonight's sky: Pegasus, the Flying Horse, due south at midnight. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI UV INDEX TODAY 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 3 4 4 3 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 Absent Weeds Absent Source: Oregon Allergy Associates SATURDAY 84° 48° Warmer with plenty of sunshine Sunny and pleasant EAST: Sunny Tuesday with a warmer afternoon. Clear and chilly Tuesday night. Sunshine and pleasant Wednesday. CENTRAL: Sunny Tuesday with a warm afternoon. Clear and cool Tuesday night. Mostly sunny and warm Wednesday. WEST: Sunshine Tuesday with a warm afternoon. Fair and com- fortable Tuesday night. Partly sunny and not as warm Wednesday. 83° 47° Very warm with times of clouds and sun Astoria 73/52 Hood River NATIONAL WEATHER As of 7 a.m. yesterday Reservoir Acre feet Capacity Crane Prairie 33105 60% Wickiup 3219 2% Crescent Lake 7232 8% Ochoco Reservoir 5398 12% Prineville 33067 22% River fl ow Station Cu.ft./sec. Deschutes R. below Crane Prairie 125 Deschutes R. below Wickiup 628 Deschutes R. below Bend 95 Deschutes R. at Benham Falls 910 Little Deschutes near La Pine 50 Crescent Ck. below Crescent Lake 46 Crooked R. above Prineville Res. 0 Crooked R. below Prineville Res. 161 Crooked R. near Terrebonne 144 Ochoco Ck. below Ochoco Res. 1 -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s NATIONAL EXTREMES YESTERDAY (for the 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 Yesterday City Hi/Lo/Prec. Abilene 104/73/0.00 Akron 87/65/0.00 Albany 73/46/0.00 Albuquerque 87/60/0.00 Anchorage 48/42/0.01 Atlanta 74/73/1.01 Atlantic City 74/57/0.00 Austin 99/73/0.00 Baltimore 79/57/0.00 Billings 63/47/0.01 Birmingham 87/73/0.29 Bismarck 72/54/0.21 Boise 67/41/0.00 Boston 72/57/0.00 Bridgeport, CT 74/58/0.00 Buffalo 84/57/0.00 Burlington, VT 77/48/0.00 Caribou, ME 70/37/0.00 Charleston, SC 81/74/1.96 Charlotte 83/68/0.03 Chattanooga 74/72/1.60 Cheyenne 60/44/0.04 Chicago 82/70/0.06 Cincinnati 74/70/0.92 Cleveland 86/66/0.00 Colorado Springs 64/52/0.00 Columbia, MO 92/68/0.00 Columbia, SC 83/72/0.03 Columbus, GA 86/71/0.82 Columbus, OH 81/70/0.01 Concord, NH 74/44/0.00 Corpus Christi 95/75/0.00 Dallas 100/73/0.00 Dayton 79/71/0.49 Denver 67/49/0.00 Des Moines 84/67/0.40 Detroit 81/65/Tr Duluth 74/70/0.55 El Paso 95/76/0.00 Fairbanks 41/33/Tr Fargo 59/57/0.24 Flagstaff 75/41/0.00 Grand Rapids 79/65/0.07 Green Bay 80/67/0.03 Greensboro 82/67/0.00 Harrisburg 80/57/0.00 Hartford, CT 77/51/0.00 Helena 61/48/0.00 Honolulu 90/75/0.04 Houston 95/74/0.00 Huntsville 83/72/0.75 Indianapolis 75/69/0.48 Jackson, MS 88/73/0.62 Jacksonville 89/73/0.24 Today Wednesday Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W 83/53/pc 84/55/s 74/66/sh 69/54/r 71/60/pc 76/64/c 77/53/s 82/56/s 45/34/s 46/37/s 80/70/t 75/53/t 77/72/pc 77/71/pc 94/62/t 85/51/pc 79/69/pc 80/69/c 71/49/s 81/53/s 83/68/t 74/53/pc 72/44/pc 79/47/s 76/52/s 81/49/pc 72/64/pc 76/66/c 74/69/pc 78/70/c 78/67/pc 75/62/r 75/63/s 78/68/pc 73/53/s 72/59/pc 80/72/t 83/68/t 73/69/t 79/57/t 81/69/t 72/52/r 64/40/s 79/47/s 69/57/sh 67/50/pc 76/59/t 60/48/r 75/64/sh 66/55/r 65/41/s 78/50/s 72/50/pc 74/47/s 78/71/t 81/60/t 85/71/t 80/57/r 76/63/sh 67/50/r 72/56/pc 74/60/sh 95/68/pc 88/59/pc 85/60/pc 84/56/s 77/57/t 59/46/r 68/45/s 83/50/s 72/47/pc 71/45/s 74/55/t 58/48/r 63/43/c 66/45/s 84/59/s 82/59/s 41/24/s 43/24/pc 67/46/pc 73/52/s 74/40/s 77/43/s 68/52/t 61/45/c 69/46/c 65/41/pc 71/68/sh 76/57/t 77/69/c 78/67/sh 73/62/pc 78/65/sh 75/43/s 81/51/s 87/76/pc 86/74/s 94/67/t 83/56/pc 82/65/t 70/49/pc 74/55/t 62/48/r 88/64/t 77/54/s 84/72/t 85/66/t 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 65/51/pc 89/71/s 63/53/pc 102/73/pc 86/77/t 80/52/s 87/76/s 60/52/pc 66/49/c 63/48/pc 60/53/s 87/76/t 97/74/s 70/48/s 89/79/t 66/54/pc 65/54/pc 67/49/pc 91/56/s 91/82/t 73/61/pc 85/69/s 76/47/s 62/58/s 81/62/s 68/51/pc 73/53/s 89/78/t 62/52/0.00 97/70/0.00 59/51/0.00 100/74/0.00 88/79/0.46 70/60/0.35 84/77/0.00 60/50/0.00 64/50/0.02 63/46/0.00 66/61/0.04 82/76/0.40 97/75/0.00 63/36/0.01 91/79/0.07 64/50/0.05 63/41/0.00 59/52/0.18 85/50/0.00 90/81/0.06 84/70/0.00 85/64/0.00 78/55/0.00 64/58/0.00 77/63/0.00 68/54/0.00 75/54/0.02 88/79/0.29 68/56/pc 82/65/s 65/58/r 102/72/s 87/77/t 82/62/s 86/77/s 61/50/pc 64/49/pc 59/45/r 61/56/c 91/77/t 96/73/s 69/40/c 88/77/t 66/55/pc 64/52/r 67/47/s 81/51/s 91/82/t 72/56/pc 81/74/s 71/50/s 62/58/pc 82/62/s 70/54/pc 68/55/s 89/78/t Travel Stomping Continued from A11 Continued from A11 “It’s a happy day. Big Apple, here I come!” said French entrepreneur Stephane Le Breton, 45, finally able to book a trip to New York City that had been put on hold over the virus restrictions. The new policy will replace a patchwork of travel bans first instituted by President Donald Trump last year and tightened by President Joe Biden that restrict travel by noncitizens who have in the prior 14 days been in the United Kingdom, European Union, China, India, Iran, Republic of Ire- land, Brazil or South Africa. White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients announced the new policies, which still will require all foreign travel- ers flying to the U.S. to demonstrate proof of vaccination before boarding, as well as proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within three days of flight. Biden will also tighten testing rules for unvaccinated American citizens, who will need to be tested within a day before returning to the U.S., as well as after they arrive home. The tougher rules for unvaccinated Americans come as the White House has moved to impose sweeping vaccina- tion-or-testing requirements affecting as many as 100 million people in an effort to encourage holdouts to get shots. Fully vaccinated passengers will not be required to quarantine, Zients said. There will be no immediate change to U.S. land border policies, which restrict much cross-border travel with Mexico and Canada. The travel bans had become the source of growing geopolitical frustration, par- ticularly among allies in the U.K. and EU. The easing comes ahead of Biden meeting with some European leaders on the mar- gins of the United Nations General Assem- bly this week. “This is based on individuals rather Foot treading, practiced across the world for millen- nia, went out of vogue when modern technology arrived. Increasingly, however, more winemakers looking to his- tory for inspiration are adopt- ing treading as part of their process. “Foot treading and punch- downs in general lost pop- ularity for a while, but they started coming back in the sixties and seventies, and now we’re seeing more of a resur- gence,” said Alex Fullerton, an Oregon winemaker who uses foot treading in some of his whole cluster batches. Fullerton said treading some grape varieties with stems still attached can add herbaceous, floral and even cinnamon-like flavors. Fullerton isn’t alone. Doz- ens of wineries across the West employ foot treading, including Left Bend Win- ery in Los Gatos, California, Thacher Winery and Vine- yard in Paso Robles, Califor- nia, and Troon Vineyard in Grants Pass. Even Willamette Valley Vineyards, though relying al- most exclusively on modern Pfizer Continued from A11 For elementary school-aged kids, Pfizer tested a much lower dose — a third of the amount that’s in each shot given now. Yet after their second dose, children ages 5 to 11 developed coronavirus-fighting antibody levels just as strong as teenag- ers and young adults getting the regular-strength shots, Dr. Bill Gruber, a Pfizer senior vice president, told The Associated Press. The kid dosage also proved safe, with similar or fewer tem- porary side effects — such as sore arms, fever or achiness — Andrew Harnik/AP The Jefferson Memorial is visible behind thousands of white flags on the National Mall as Marine One lands with President Joe Biden aboard at the White House on Monday. The flags, which num- ber more than 630,000, are part of Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg’s art installation, “In America: Remember,” to honor Americans who have died of COVID-19. The U.S. death toll topped 675,000 Monday, surpassing the number of Americans killed in the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic. than a country-based approach, so it’s a stronger system,” Zients said. The EU and U.K. had previously moved to allow vaccinated U.S. travelers in with- out quarantines, in an effort to boost business and tourism. But the EU recom- mended last month that some travel re- strictions be reimposed on U.S. travelers to the bloc because of the rampant spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus in America. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will require airlines to collect contact information from international travelers to facilitate tracing, Zients said. It was not immediately clear which vac- cines would be acceptable under the U.S. system and whether those unapproved in the U.S. could be used. Zients said that de- that teens experience, he said. “I think we really hit the sweet spot,” said Gruber, who’s also a pediatrician. Gruber said the companies aim to apply to the Food and Drug Administration by the end of the month for emer- gency use in this age group, fol- lowed shortly afterward with applications to European and British regulators. Earlier this month, FDA chief Dr. Peter Marks told the AP that once Pfizer turns over its study results, his agency would evaluate the data “hopefully in a matter of weeks” to decide if the shots are safe and effective enough for younger kids. Plenty of sun 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. 54/50/0.70 86/69/0.24 80/66/Tr 88/74/0.00 75/68/0.41 76/69/0.02 91/67/0.00 84/62/0.00 78/72/1.78 83/68/Tr 86/74/0.05 89/77/Tr 80/71/0.08 74/71/0.10 74/72/2.07 87/75/0.12 75/63/0.00 78/59/0.00 77/65/0.00 98/70/Tr 76/72/0.10 91/75/0.60 102/71/0.00 87/73/0.00 80/60/0.00 98/75/0.00 84/59/0.00 67/47/0.00 75/52/0.00 84/71/0.00 66/50/0.09 74/45/0.00 82/65/0.00 81/48/0.00 90/60/0.00 88/74/Tr 65/46/0.00 100/75/0.00 76/62/0.00 86/57/0.00 89/55/0.00 85/55/0.00 77/74/5.76 68/54/0.00 65/63/1.17 64/45/Tr 92/69/0.00 87/78/Tr 97/68/0.00 99/73/0.00 80/64/0.00 91/73/Tr 72/42/0.00 101/73/0.00 Today Wednesday Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W 53/42/r 49/41/sh 73/47/pc 72/46/s 71/52/t 58/46/r 92/72/s 98/76/s 76/60/t 64/46/r 75/42/s 75/45/s 81/57/t 78/51/s 89/67/pc 90/66/s 80/61/t 63/52/r 67/46/pc 65/41/pc 82/60/t 75/54/s 87/77/t 89/77/t 68/55/c 66/51/pc 66/47/pc 69/47/s 82/62/t 69/53/sh 87/73/t 82/65/c 74/69/pc 78/69/c 77/70/pc 81/72/c 82/72/pc 81/71/sh 78/49/s 80/50/s 73/44/pc 73/46/s 85/74/t 88/74/t 106/79/s 107/79/s 69/53/pc 70/47/pc 79/68/pc 82/69/c 101/78/s 103/78/s 75/66/c 74/55/r 67/59/pc 69/61/c 74/65/pc 76/68/pc 80/70/sh 80/64/t 68/41/s 80/48/s 86/52/pc 85/48/pc 82/69/sh 79/68/t 76/65/c 75/64/r 95/60/pc 89/55/s 70/55/t 70/52/s 72/51/s 84/55/s 95/66/t 87/57/pc 82/67/pc 83/69/s 85/58/s 72/57/pc 91/61/s 82/56/s 73/44/s 82/45/s 81/72/t 83/64/t 73/54/s 66/53/pc 68/42/pc 72/48/s 73/47/s 71/46/pc 69/48/t 71/45/s 88/76/t 88/75/sh 97/72/s 98/70/s 76/52/s 79/52/s 79/71/pc 80/68/sh 77/48/s 78/50/s 76/46/s 77/43/pc 102/74/s 106/78/s 110/85/0.00 77/55/0.22 75/50/0.00 43/40/0.41 79/53/0.00 90/76/0.25 91/81/0.00 88/72/0.00 48/45/0.01 75/43/0.00 68/55/0.15 81/72/0.00 79/61/0.00 70/47/0.00 95/64/0.00 72/54/0.00 82/66/0.73 89/77/0.41 88/77/0.00 51/43/0.00 81/56/0.00 97/79/0.00 88/74/0.00 79/68/0.00 73/54/0.00 63/52/0.09 60/46/0.00 49/45/0.04 110/80/pc 73/55/t 75/62/pc 44/42/r 80/56/pc 89/77/t 89/79/t 87/74/pc 59/43/sh 75/61/pc 66/48/pc 87/68/s 79/59/t 73/46/s 88/56/pc 76/64/c 79/68/r 88/72/s 86/78/t 50/42/c 60/49/pc 96/80/t 88/80/s 79/71/pc 74/63/c 63/54/pc 61/47/pc 55/46/pc INTERNATIONAL 48 contiguous states) National high: 107° at Zapata, TX National low: 18° at Bodie State Park, CA Precipitation: 5.56" at Savannah, GA FIRE INDEX Very high Very high High Very high Very high Pleasant with plenty of sunshine NATIONAL 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 67/50/0.01 73/52/pc 63/49/sh La Grande 66/45/0.00 74/47/s 74/43/c Portland 73/50/Tr 82/55/s 73/54/sh Baker City 65/30/0.00 73/35/s 75/38/pc La Pine 67/29/0.00 80/43/s 70/39/pc Prineville 68/34/0.00 85/44/s 70/37/pc Brookings 86/53/0.00 70/51/pc 64/54/pc Medford 80/46/0.00 88/52/s 82/51/pc Redmond 71/37/0.00 84/43/s 74/38/pc Burns 66/23/0.00 76/37/s 76/34/pc Newport 64/52/0.02 66/49/s 62/48/pc Roseburg 76/49/0.00 88/53/s 78/50/pc Eugene 72/47/0.00 81/50/pc 75/50/pc North Bend 69/48/0.00 72/51/pc 67/51/pc Salem 73/50/0.00 82/53/s 77/52/c Klamath Falls 71/30/0.00 81/40/s 74/37/pc Ontario 71/40/0.00 77/43/s 80/50/c Sisters 66/32/0.00 83/46/s 72/40/pc Lakeview 68/35/0.00 79/43/s 74/35/pc Pendleton 70/47/0.00 81/51/s 76/50/pc The Dalles 76/53/0.00 81/51/s 77/53/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 77° 46° TRAVEL WEATHER Umatilla 81/46 Rufus Hermiston 79/58 81/46 80/55 Arlington Hillsboro Portland Meacham Lostine 79/52 82/51 82/55 72/45 Wasco 74/50 Enterprise Pendleton The Dalles Tillamook 73/50 76/52 81/51 Sandy 81/51 McMinnville 76/48 Joseph Heppner La Grande 84/54 Maupin Government 83/52 74/47 72/55 Camp 80/52 Condon 77/53 Union Lincoln City 75/48 71/50 74/45 Salem 70/50 Spray Granite Warm Springs 82/53 Madras 84/47 Albany 66/42 Newport Baker City 81/45 84/47 Mitchell 66/49 78/50 73/35 Camp Sherman 80/52 Redmond Corvallis John Yachats Unity 82/49 84/43 77/49 Day Prineville 68/49 69/37 Ontario Sisters 85/44 Paulina 78/47 77/43 Florence Eugene 83/46 Bend Brothers 78/39 Vale 70/49 81/50 83/49 78/43 Sunriver 75/40 Nyssa 81/46 Hampton Cottage La Pine 76/40 Juntura Oakridge Grove 80/43 77/40 OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay Burns 76/39 87/51 85/50 Fort Rock 78/50 76/37 Riley YESTERDAY Crescent 81/40 75/37 High: 86° 79/42 Bandon Roseburg Christmas Valley Jordan Valley at Brookings Beaver Frenchglen Silver 71/50 88/53 81/41 76/45 Low: 23° Marsh Lake 80/49 Port Orford 79/38 82/43 at Burns Grants Burns Junction Paisley 68/50 Pass 78/37 Chiloquin 82/47 93/55 Rome Medford 79/41 Gold Beach 88/52 81/40 67/50 Klamath Fields Ashland McDermitt Lakeview Falls Brookings 80/46 86/55 81/40 78/42 70/51 79/43 Seaside 77/50 Cannon Beach 76/50 MONDAY 77° 45° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 541-683-1577 WATER REPORT Bend Redmond/Madras Sisters Prineville La Pine/Gilchrist SUNDAY OREGON WEATHER TEMPERATURE Grasses Absent FRIDAY 73° 44° 72° 40° Patchy clouds Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest. High Low THURSDAY cision would be up to the CDC. Monday’s announcement was met with applause by the air travel industry, which has lost significant revenue from declines in international travel. Worldwide, air travel is still down more than half from pre-pandemic levels, and the decline is much sharper for cross-bor- der flying. By July, domestic travel had re- covered to 84% of 2019 numbers, but in- ternational travel was just 26% of the same month two years ago, according to figures this month from the airline industry’s main global trade group, the International Air Transport Association. The numbers are similar but not quite as stark for the U.S., where international travel in August was 46% of that in August 2019, according to Airlines for America. An outside expert said sci- entists want to see more details but called the report encour- aging. “These topline results are very good news,” said Dr. Jesse Goodman of Georgetown Uni- versity, a former FDA vaccine chief. The level of immune response Pfizer reported “ap- pears likely to be protective.” Many Western countries so far have vaccinated no children younger than age 12, awaiting evidence of what’s the right dose and that it works safely. Cuba last week began immu- nizing children as young as 2 with its homegrown vaccines and Chinese regulators have cleared two of its brands down to age 3. While kids are at lower risk of severe illness or death than older people, more than 5 mil- lion children in the U.S. have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began and at least 460 have died, accord- ing to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Cases in children have risen as the delta variant swept through the country. “I feel a great sense of ur- gency” in making the vaccine available to children under 12, Gruber said. “There’s pent-up demand for parents to be able to have their children returned to a normal life.” 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 104/81/pc 69/55/t 77/66/c 43/43/r 79/57/pc 89/75/t 87/78/t 86/70/r 62/48/c 71/61/r 69/48/pc 71/65/c 79/58/pc 68/43/pc 63/53/sh 77/61/r 77/63/sh 92/73/s 87/78/sh 55/49/c 66/50/pc 91/79/t 86/83/s 82/76/pc 66/52/r 64/52/c 58/46/pc 57/42/pc crushing equipment, has used treading to make some small cellar batches, said Clair. “It’s a very traditional tech- nique,” she said. “Foot tread- ing can be a nice, gentle pro- cess.” Proponents say the gen- tler method more slowly and thoroughly mingles the stems and skins with the fruit’s in- terior, resulting in wine with more spice, subtle flavors and desired texture. Treading by foot also helps prevent seed breakage and gives winemakers more con- trol over tannin levels, com- pounds that exist in skins, seeds and stems. But what about dirty feet? Many modern wineries have moved away from foot tread- ing precisely because the idea makes some consumers squeamish. Advocates, however, say there’s no reason for concern. Stompers typically work in- doors using iodized water or other cleaning solutions on skin. Some even use sanitized boots instead of bare feet. The fermentation process also eliminates pathogens. Anyone who wants to ex- perience this old-world tradi- tion can do so at Willamette Valley Vineyards, said Clair. Jobs flat all year. The job vacancy data tells us that’s not because the field has stopped hiring Continued from A11 — instead, the issue seems Health care and hospital- to be that health care em- ity had the most openings ployers simply can’t fill their in the spring of any sectors, open positions with qualified according to Anna Johnson workers. with the employment depart- The job short- ment, each report- ages have squeezed ing around 20,000. all kinds of em- That exacerbated ployers, limiting the labor squeeze Oregon’s hospital capacity, by amping up com- unemployment prompting restau- petition for workers rate in August, rants to close early within those indus- suggesting a tight and constraining tries. job market electronics pro- Oregon’s jobless duction, Oregon’s rate continued to largest export. The upside, fall over the summer, drop- ping to 4.9% in August, sug- for workers, is that the labor gesting that the job market squeeze is prompting em- remains tight. ployers to pay more. Updated job vacancy data Oregon’s average pri- won’t be available until Oc- vate-sector wage in August tober, but last month’s job was $30.48 an hour, up 10.1% figures suggest that health from February 2020, the last care employment has been month before the pandemic. 4.9%
