Th e Bu l l eTin • Tu es day, s epTemBer 21, 2021 A13
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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
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79/42
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at Brookings
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
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Grants
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Paisley
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Pass
78/37
Chiloquin
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Rome
Medford
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Gold Beach
88/52
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Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
80/46
86/55
81/40
78/42
70/51
79/43
Seaside
77/50
Cannon Beach
76/50
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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
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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%