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Deputy DAgets liver transplant approval By Claire Withycombe The Bulletin
A Deschutes County deputy district attorney will have a
life-saving liver transplant covered by county insurance. Dan Reesor, 40, has been fighting to have the transplant, which could cure his
inflammatory liver condition
and liver cancer, covered since May, when the procedure was initially rejected by the county's third-party administrator, Employee Benefit
Reesor's attorney, John
Mongan said that the county insurance plan would cover
Shaw, called with the news that the family's second ap-
the transplant and any rele-
storyofReesor'sefforttoget approval for the transplant
peal to the county had been approved at around 1:30 p.m. Friday, said Jo Mongan, Reesor's wife. The appeal was approved by Deschutes County
was published in The Bulletin
Administrator Tom Anderson,
on Sept. 14.
Mongan said.
Management Services. The
vant procedure that Reesor might require in the meantime. The county's approval means that Reesor will join the national liver transplant waiting list.
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Rainier's ice caves-
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Scientists explore natural wonders that most climbers don't even know exist.A4
past few years, Oregon legislators have pulled the nationally volatile idea of a tax on soda and sugary drinks into the Capitol
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Transgender kids want to play too, but schools are running into strong opposition.A7
Like otherefforts across
the country, one in Oregon
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in 2011 that would have taxed every ounce of soda
half a penny didn't get
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According to one estimate a tax on soda
could bring in millions to Oregon next year alone.
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But the idea has fallen completely off the table.
Proponents of excise taxes on soda and sugary drinks say the idea has been crushed by a well-financed industry that rare-
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Survivors' blood may treat Ebola
views as threatening to the
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industry. At least one of the Ore-
gon lawmakers who has pushed for taxes on soda says he won't pick up the fight next session. A leading group is also backing
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Meanwhile, the beverage industry is doling out cash to nearly every sitting Oregon senator and a majority in the House.
By Andrew Pollack New York Times News Service
With no proven drugs
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to treat Ebola and experi-
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break zone in West Africa. That would be the blood of people who have been sickened bythe Ebola virus but have recovered.
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Their blood should contain
antibodies that might help other patients fight off the infection.
The World Health Organization is making it a priority to try such conva-
lescent blood or plasma, as it is called, and is talking
By Taylor W. Anderson
with the affected countries
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about howto do it. This week, the organization issued guidance on how to collect the blood and
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Monica Wehby says she has been
administer transfusions. See Ebola /A7
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Four-year-old Miriam Vossler reaches for an apple with a boost from her mother, Brooke Vossler, at a Bend orchard. See more photos from a day of picking on PageB2.
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More colleges dropping admissionstests
Vol. 112, No. 277,
By Janet Lorin
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Anewwave of colleges including Wesleyan University, Bryn Mawr College and Temple University are scrapping standardized tests as an admis-
are better ways to evaluate applicants and expand diversity. In the past twoyears, at least 20 U.S. schools, including Brandeis University, have signed on, telling applicants theyno longer need to submit
sions requirement, saying there SAT or ACT scores. Students
applying to college will find about one in five nonprofit
schools that have dropped the proviso. College admissions and test-
ing are in flux. With changing demographics, schools will be competing for fewer high
school graduates and want to stand out to prospective
students. Schools say going "test optional" will also benefit low-income and minority stu-
dents who can't afford testprep courses or to retake exams. SeeTests /A6
W ehby
ideas wordfor-w o r d
from her primary challenger, Bend's Rep. Jason Conger. It was one of several allegations of plagiarism against the campaign in the past three weeks. The latest, first reported
by BuzzFeed, was in a Wehby op-ed on repealing the Affordable Care Act. It's the most recent in a
string of setbacks for the campaign and for campaigns nationwide that are grabbing issues from other politicians and passing them off as their own. See Wehby /A5