Bulletin Daily Paper 07-01-2014

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REDMOND

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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