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Redmondbeginssearchfor new airport director
Life On MarS? — A man's
By Leslie Pugmire Hole
legal action demandsNASA take a closer look.A3
The Bulletin
Snowies downsouthAs more are spotted in the continental U.S. birders are excited — andconfused. A4
Despite more than 20years working in the public sector, Redmond City Manager Keith Witcosky knew he was
it came time to find a new director for the Redmond Airport. "It is so complex, this job.
You need to know about fi-
out of his depth when, shortly
nance, the FAA, the Forest Service, operations — there
after he arrived this summer,
are so many relationships,
agreements, agencies to deal W i t cosky began reaching with," he said. "A city manag- out, gradually assembling a "Justice League"-type team er may get away with being a generalist but an airport of aviation management sumanager better know airperheroesto help him underports inside and out." stand the right way to get the Working with Bob Nobles, best person in the position. the airport's interim director, SeeAirport/A5
OSU-CASCADES
Move t04
toute • OSU president voices support in Portland address
Plus Water monster'A salamander in Mexico may be extinct in the wild.A6
Edible pOt — Asproducts
By Lauren Dake
proliferate, somefear that children who don't know what they are will eat them up.A7
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PORTLAND — There
will be bumps along the way, heavy-lifting and hurdles, Oregon State Univer-
ln SpertS —Prep basketball, and a look aheadat the Super Bowl and the Olympics.C1
sity President Ed Ray said on Friday, but the Cascades campus will expand to a four-year campus. "We are not going away," Ray said shortly after giving his annual State of the University address to
And a WebexclusiveHomes for rentfor the Super Bowl aren't drawing the interest they usually do. beatldauetin.cam/extras
a room full of hundreds of
people at the downtown Portland Hilton hotel on
Friday. "What we are doing is the right thing for Central Oregon." Ray said he's hopeful
EDITOR'SCHOICE
Looking for answers on head injuries
that this legislative session, which kicks off on Mon-
day, Central Oregon Community College secures the type of bonding it needs to retire the debt on Cascades Hall, allowing OSU-Cascades to end its lease on the building and move forward with expansion plans. SeeOSU/A5
By Jesse Bogan St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — For hours on route dearance missions in southern Af-
Photos by Rob Kerr/The Bulletin
ghanistan, Sgt. Michael Ritchey crammed his short
body into a Husky, a single-seat vehicle that loosely resembles an armored
road-grader. His job was to use ground penetrating radar to detect
pressure-platebombs hidden under endless stretches of rough gravel and dirt roadways. And he did it well. In two tours, Ritchey sniffed out 27
improvised explosive devices, or IEDs — most recently sparing fellow members of Missouri's 1138th Engineer Company the kinds of explosions that account for
Bend Rock Gym has expanded and tonight will celebrate with a grand opening. Above,Bend Rock Gym route setter Ryan Bolen attaches climbing holds to the newly expanded facility's most difficult wall in anticipation of tonight's event.
from mild traumatic brain
injury — by far the most common injury suffered by troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. But like many, Ritchey, of Columbia, Mo., is impatient with an inability
to accurately diagnose his condition.
cluded in its final environmental assessment issued
Friday that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline
featured bouldering walls and a
would be unlikely to alter
couple of taller walls with self-
global greenhouse gas emissions, but officials
belay devices. The addition, which walkway, offers more climbing
Ritchey suspects he suffers
WASHINGTON — The State Department con-
existing gym, in the foreground,
Still, he couldn't stop them all. Four IEDs went tore his vehicle apart.
The Washington Post
behind the original facility. The
is connected to the original by a
off near him, three of which
By Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson
At right,the addition is shown
most of the war's injuries.
KeystoneXL pipeline clears hurdle
cautioned that they were
still weighing whether or not the project would meet the test of President
Barack Obama's broader climate strategy. Though the report acknowledged that tapping the Canadian oil sands for the pipeline would produce more greenhouse gases, the assessment
options for kids and novices, as well as more experienced climbers. Between the buildings is a courtyard that can be used for
also said that blocking the
outdoor birthday parties, among other activities. Offices, a weight and cardio room and yoga space are among the improvements. For a photo story and information about tonight's event, see Page B2.
project would not prevent development of those resources.
SeePipeline/A4
So are researchers who
are chasing discoveries that someday might offer a way to easily diagnose mild TBI, which is similar to
concussion. SeeBrain /A5
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