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Airport's food options to change
World Cup —Getset for the U.S. vs. Belgium at1 p.m. today.C1 Dine man —Scott Rlchardson has walked hundreds of desolate miles andunearthed four new species.A3
Tour a small home — An
By Leslie Pugmire Hole
890-square-footer on Bend's west side works thanks to smart planning.O1
The Bulletin
REDMOND — Red-
Summer SaladS — Foodto
mond's century-old nickname, "The Hub," maybe applicableto its geographic location — but not its airport,
feed a crowd.O1
which tends to get travelers
Collection tactics —Debt
wherethey aregoingwith littletimetolinger as they might in larger hub airports. So regardless of a $40 million terminal remodel five years ago, the lack of layovers and connecting flights in Redmond has
collectors turn to social media.
caused headaches for those
UAVS —TheFAAwill miss a 2015 deadline on drone flight in U.S. skies.A6
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tryingto provide services for travelers who don't spend much time there. After less than three
Yet another GMrecall — The automaker pulls back more than 8 million vehicles, its biggest recall to date.C6
years operating Coyote Pub in the second-floor restau-
rant space, owner David Shurtleff sold his cafe to
Dan and Carolyn Brawn lastyear. The Brawns have
lnnational news — The U.S. SupremeCourt limits the health law's birth control rule.A2
since negotiated terms
of alease with the cityof Redmond, owners of the airport, for both retail and
And a Wed exclusiveCrushing poverty smack in the middle of aTexas oil boom. bendbuuetin.com/extras
foodservicesin Shurtieffs space and other parts of the
OLD ENGINE TO BE REPLACED A Bend Fire Department Capt. Justin Struhs closes the door to engine 324 while looking over the old vehicle at the department's training center Friday afternoon. This engine is one of six that the Bend Fire Department will replace in 2015.
EDITOR'5CHOICE
Leprosy, continuing to claim victims By Natalie Angier
OLD ENGINE TROUBLE A Bend Fire Department Capt. Justin Struhs points out engine
Throughout his adolescence, Jose Ramirez Jr., now a clinical social work-
324's foam injection system, for which the department can no
longer get replacement parts.
Submitted photo
ANEWENGINE A
Firefighters in Junction City, Missouri, use Rosenbauer engines, the kind Bend plans to purchase. The engines, which are built in South Dakota, will cost the city nearly $3 million.
nauseated. He'd find swellings on his hands and his feet and open sores that wouldn't heal. He'd grow hypersensitive to touch, unable to bear even the slightest rustle
By Hillary Borrud
By Alana Semuels DETROIT — It has been six weeks since the city
Bend Fire Department Deputy Chief Doug Koellermeier said in late June. The city fire
of equipment," Koellermeier sald.
for several years during the economic downturnto avoid
The purchase of the fire
cuts to other items in the fire
water.
spend nearly $3 million this year to purchase six new fire engines built in Lyons, South
department and Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection
engines is unrelated to the
five-year fire services levies
department budget, Koellermeier said. On June 18, the
District No. 2, which operate
that rural and city voters
City Council voted to autho-
Dakota. Bend officials expect the
together, own a combined
total of six engines, although the department also has wa-
approved in May, to hire and equip additional firefighters and medicalpersonnel.
tertenders,ladder trucks and other vehides.
Koellermeier said fire departments inthe United
rize the purchase of the six water pumper trucks at a total cost of $2.9 million, which was approximately$102,000 under budget, according to a
States typically replace
city report.
Dirty dishes are piled inthe sinkof her crowded kitchen, where theyellowand-green linoleum floor is soiled and sticky. A small garbage can is filled with water from a neighbor, while abigger one sits outside in the yard, where she
The Bulletin
The city of Bend plans to
of abedsheet. Or hisfore-
new Rosenbauer vehides will arrive in early 2015. They will replace 19-year-old engines that were also made in the
arms would turn numb, a complication he gamely
United States. A major issue is the older
sought to exploit.
trucks are often in the shop for repairs, which reduces the
"I'd insert safety pins into my skin," he said, "to try to impress girls." Dermatologists were baffled. Eczema'? Lupus?
living with no water Los Angeles Times
er in Houston, had a shiftSometimes, he was feverish; at other times,
pand the gift shop and graband-go food establishment inthe lobbyof the airport into the unused restaurant space next door, increasing the food options and adding seating and beer and wine. SeeAirport/A4
In Detroit,
New Yorh Times News Service
ing array of bewildering symptoms.
alrport. The Brawns planto ex-
number of available vehides
to respond to emergencies,
"The mechanical issues and downtime are creeping up on us, and we're now at a pointwhere we need to
their first-line engines — the
vehicles they send first to an incident, as opposed to
replace this fleet with more
reserve vehicles — every 10 to
current technology and more reliable mechanical pieces
15years. The citypostponed the purchase of new engines
Fire Chief Larry Langston said last week that the new
vehicles will be safer for firefighters to use and offer greater water-pumping capacity. SeeEngines/A5
turned off Nicole Hill's
hopes it will collect rain.
She's developed an intricate recyding system of washingthe dishes, deaningthe floor and flushing the toilet with the same water. SeeDetroit /A5
Varicose veins? Spiritu-
alists spoke of demonic possession. Finally, Ramirez's sister,
who worked at the local hospital, persuaded two
ReCOrdS ShOWIult'S leeWay tO NSAen fereign liStening
doctors there to take on her
brother's medical mystery. They did every possible test. They sent biopsied tissue to federal researchers
Ellen Nakashima and Barton Gellman
in Atlanta. "Within 24 hours, the director of the Texas Health D epartmentcame to see me," Ramirez said. "He told
ally no foreign government
The Washington Post
"concerning" allbut four coun-
United States as the Five Eyes.
seas targets, but any communi-
tries on Earth, according to
But a dassified 2010 legal certification andother documents
cations aboutitstargets as well. The certification — approved by the Foreign Intelligence
is off-limits for the National
top-secret documents. The United States has long had broad no-spying arrangements withthose four countries
Security Agency, which has
— Britain, Canada, Australia
one that allows it to intercept
been authorized to intercept
and New Zealand — in a group known collectivelywith the
the communications of its over-
WASHINGTON — Virtu-
information from individuals
indicate the NSAhas been
given afar more elastic authoritythanpreviouslyknown,
of valid interest for U.S. intelligence. The certification also
permittedthe agencyto gather
Surveillance Court andindud-
intelligence about entities such as the World Bank, Internation-
ed among a set of documents
al Monetary Fund, European
leakedby former NSA contracthrough U.S. companies not just tor Edward Snowden — lists
Union and International Atomic
EnergyAgency, amongothers.
193countriesthatwouldbe
SeeNSA /A5
me I had leprosy." It was 1968, Ramirez
had just turned 20, and he would spend the next seven years at the National
Leprosarium in Carville, Louisiana. SeeLeprosy/A4
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