SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 2012 • THE BULLETIN
O D N Noell Jean Paul Dec., 23, 1949 - August 3, 2012
Mary E. Buxton, of Bend Oct. 4, 1942 - Aug. 7, 2012 Arrangements: Niswonger-Reynolds Funeral Home, 541-382-2471, www.niswonger-reynolds.com
Services: A celebration of her life will be held Thurs., Aug. 16, 2012 at 11:30 AM in the Aspen Hall at Shevlin Park, Bend, OR.
Ruth Wheeler, of Prineville Mar. 3, 1922 - Aug. 9, 2012 Arrangements: Prineville Funeral Home, 541-447-6459 Services: A graveside service will be held on Monday, August 13, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Juniper Haven Cemetery in Prineville, Oregon.
Walter E. Means, of Elma, WA (formerly of Central Oregon) June 25, 1925 - Aug. 6, 2012 Arrangements: Redwood Memorial Chapel, Brookings, OR www.redwoodmemorial.net
Services: A funeral service will be held at 10:30am on Saturday, August 11, 2012 at Deschutes Memorial Gardens, 63875 Hwy. 97N in Bend. Interment and military honors will follow at Deschutes Memorial Gardens.
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In Loving Memory Noell Jean Paul was born at Treasure Island Naval Base Hospital in Oakland, CA, the daughter of Roland and Margaret (Casey) Smith. She married the love of her life, Russ Paul, on February 14, 1970, and they shared 42 years together. She moved to Bend with her famNoell Paul ily in 1984. Her employment over the years included: Mt. Bachelor, Bend Cable, Bend Garbage and Central Oregon Radiology, where she worked for seven years as an Insurance Specialist. She made many friends during her 28 years living in Bend. Noell had a special love for the outdoors. She enjoyed camping at Crescent Lake and boating at Lake Billy Chinook. Her other pleasures in life included photography, star gazing, reading, writing, music, card making and watching the History Channel. She studied Business and writing at El Camino College in Torrance, California. In 1990, Noell was awarded “The Most Improved Shooter� of the Bend Women’s Pool League. She was preceded in death by her mother, Margaret Smith, and nephew, Casey Smith. She is survived by her husband of 42 years, Russ; son, Aaron, daughter-inlaw, Kathleen and granddaughter, Vivian of Happy Valley, OR; sister-in-law, Rhonda Kramer of Ft. Lauderdale, FL; brotherin-law, Robin Paul of Torrance, CA; father, Roland Smith of Bend, OR; brother, Jerry Smith (Alice) of Santa Monica, CA; sisters, Paula Thomas of Bend, OR; Patty Masters (Clark) of Valdez, AK, and 16 nieces and nephews. She had a great sense of humor, smile and enjoyed laughter in her life. She was proud of her son, Aaron, and becoming a grandmother to her granddaughter, Vivian Grace. A special Thanks to the following: Dr. Tarbett at Bend Memorial Clinic, St. Charles Medical Center, Dr. Martin at Cancer Care of the Cascades, Hospice House and all staff that treated her with compassion and respect. Donations may be made to Partners In Care Hospice House, 2075 NE Wyatt Ct., Bend, OR 97701 where Noell received loving care during the last two weeks of her life. Autumn Funerals is in charge of arrangements. Memorial Service was held on August 7, at Christian Life Center, Hwy 20 in Bend, Oregon. We will always remember Noell’s strength, faith, grace and dignity.
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Deaths of note from around the world: Mel Stuart, 83: Award-winning documentarian and director of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.� Died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles of cancer.
David Rakoff, 47: Humorist who wrote for The New York Times, Newsweek and other publications and was a contributor to public radio’s “This American Life.� Died Thursday after a long illness.
Push is on to fluoridate Portland drinking water The Associated Press PORTLAND — A coalition of more than 50 health and other organizations is quietly lobbying the City Council to fluoridate the water in Portland, one of the largest cities in the country that doesn’t use the mineral to fight tooth decay. The campaign backed by public health advocates, dentists and insurance companies hadn’t surfaced publicly until The Oregonian reported on it Friday. Many in Portland and Oregon at large have long opposed public fluoridation. City Commissioner Randy Leonard, who oversees the water bureau, supports fluoridation but said he doesn’t know whether there are enough votes on the fivemember City Council to approve it. The idea is “not nearcooked enough yet to consider bringing it forward,� he said. “We’re still in talks. I’ve talked to some on the council. I would not say we’re at that place yet.� The American Dental Association said San Jose, Calif., is the largest city in the country without fluoride in the water, Portland the second-largest. The water district serving
San Jose has voted to begin fluoridation, but money to do so hasn’t been raised. Portland voters have three times rejected fluoridation, most recently in 1980. One of the opponents from that campaign, 69-year-old Roger Burt, has been fighting the idea for decades. He argues that fluoridation hurts child brain development, among other things. “I’m in favor of this issue coming out,� he said. “I think a good airing and a good vigorous campaign would only benefit us. I truly believe the facts are on our side.� A nonprofit organization, Upstream Public Health, is behind the push, which began in earnest nearly a year ago when it teamed with a wellknown political consultant, Mark Wiener. Supporters of the Everyone Deserves Healthy Teeth Coalition include the Oregon Dental Association, the Oregon Pediatric Society, the Northwest Health Foundation, Kaiser Permanente and Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon. Advocates said dental health in Oregon has reached a crisis point. Nationwide, two-thirds of
the population receives fluoridated water. In Oregon, the rate is 22.6 percent — 48th out of 50 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 35 percent of Oregon thirdgraders have untreated tooth decay, according to CDC numbers from five years ago. Compared with other states, which have different reporting periods, Oregon ranked fifth-worst. “I think that our poorest and most vulnerable children are paying pretty significant consequences,� said Nichole Maher, executive director for the Northwest Health Foundation. Portland also sells water wholesale to suburban Gresham, Tigard and Tualatin. In all, the system serves about 900,000 residents. “What I would support is A, being notified about it; B, learning about it and; C, having a public reaction from our citizens,� Tualatin Mayor Lou Ogden said. The administrator of the Portland Water Bureau, David Shaff, said the system is configured so that “there’s no way not to provide it to everybody that gets water from us.�
Will Oregon Democrats exploit Republicans’ visit to topless bar? SALEM — Reports that seven Republican legislators, including the House leadership team, visited a topless bar during a vacation to Southern California in January come at an awkward time for Oregon Republicans, who are trying to take control of the House in November. The story could matter to some voters, but it’s not likely to sway control of the House on its own, campaign experts said Friday. “Unless the opponents make a big deal out of it, I don’t think it’s going to be anything more than a very interesting August story,� said Jim Moore, a political science professor at Pacific University. The seven lawmakers, including Co-Speaker Bruce Hanna and then-Republican leader Kevin Cameron, visited a bar featuring topless dancers while on a three-day golfing trip to Palm Springs, Calif., in January, according to a report from The Oregonian this week. The trip became public in a story Thursday afternoon on the newspaper’s website, two months after news broke that a former aide had accused Rep. Matt Wingard of pres-
suring her to have a sexual relationship. Wingard has said their relationship was consensual but announced he would not seek re-election. The Oregonian reported that Cameron said his decision to step down last month as the No. 2 Republican in the House was prompted, in part, by threats that Wingard, who also was on the trip, would take the story of the visit to the bar public. The other legislators reportedly on the trip were Reps. Tim Freeman of Roseburg, Vic Gilliam of Silverton, Patrick Sheehan of Clackamas, and Matt Wand of Troutdale. A spokesman for House Republicans said none of them dispute reports that they were on the trip. No tax dollars or campaign money were spent on the trip. The long-term resonance of the issue will depend on whether Democrats decide to make a big deal out of it, said Len Bergstein, a lobbyist and former political consultant who worked for Democrats. Modern campaigns have become adept at using the Internet to drive negative coverage if they want to, he said, but there’s
always a risk of alienating voters if they don’t buy the argument. “To run a whole campaign around it would be silly,� Bergstein said. “But to say it amounts to nothingburger would be silly too .... It’s not the main thing that most people will decide who they cast their vote for, but it’s something.� Rep. Tina Kotek of Portland, the Democratic leader who’s in charge of her party’s campaign effort, wasn’t available to discuss whether Democrats would press the issue, a spokesman said. The House is evenly split between the two major parties, which have 30 members each, and both are fighting aggressively to win at least one seat. When one party has a majority, it wields significant power to push its agenda and block legislation promoted by opponents. “Throughout this entire election cycle, our candidates have been focused on the issues that Oregonians care about and will continue to talk about the economy, about education, and at the end of the day the voters will decide,� said Nick Smith, a spokesman for the House Republicans.
Judge: Inventor owes $600K in legal costs The Associated Press EUGENE — A judge in Eugene has ruled that an inventor who sued archery manufacturer BowTech for $40 million but failed to win damages must pay the company’s nearly $600,000 in legal fees.
The Register-Guard reports that the dispute involves a design for an archery bow. Claude Hadley alleged BowTech used his design after turning him down. The company said its design was substantially different and
obtained independently. After a trial in March a jury decided that BowTech did breach a contract with Hadley — although it didn’t say how. The jury found that the breach didn’t do Hadley financial harm, however.
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O B School secretary sentenced EUGENE — A Eugene school secretary has been sentenced to 22 months after pleading guilty to embezzling $18,000 during her employment at Edgewood Elementary School. Edgewood Principal Larry Williams testified Friday at 58-year-old Cynthia Jo Oberfoell’s sentencing hearing. Williams said the woman used a districtissued stamp of his signature to sign checks and authorize purchase orders without his knowledge. He says she also used her district-issued credit card to buy personal items, which she falsely recorded as legitimate school purchases. The Register-Guard reports that Oberfoell pleaded guilty in June to five counts of first-degree theft. Defense lawyer Dan Koenig noted his client’s previously clean record. He called the thefts uncharacteristic behavior arising from a gambling addiction.
Cougar trapped and killed BEND — An Oregon wildlife biologist says a young male cougar blamed for killing two sheep in two days east of Bend has been trapped and killed. Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Steven George tells KTVZ-TV that the animal had a fracture high up on its right front leg and evidence of an earlier gunshot wound as well. George says both injuries would have impaired the cat’s ability to hunt and likely prompted it to start killing easy prey like livestock. One domestic sheep was killed Wednesday, prompting involvement by the federal Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services. The big cat was trapped overnight Thursday. George says it’s believed to have killed a second sheep before entering the trap.
Panel supports eliminating ‘kicker’ SALEM — A panel of citizens is recommending that voters approve a ballot measure that would eliminate tax rebates known as the “corporate kicker,� even after the measure’s proponents declined to participate in the process. Twenty-four members commissioned by the new Citizens’ Initiative Review Commission released their recommendation on Friday after spending a week studying background material and hearing from people on both sides of the issue. The panel’s recommendation will appear in the voter’s pamphlet. The initiative is promoted by the union-backed group OurOregon. It would eliminate “kicker� tax rebates that businesses get when corporate income tax collections exceed expectations. It would not affect the personal kicker that goes to individual taxpayers. — From wire reports
— From wire reports
Rambaldi was Oscar-winning special effects creator istry are deeply saddened by the news of his passing.� MILAN — Carlo RamRambaldi worked on more baldi, a special effects master than 30 films, but was best and three-time Oscar winner known for his work on E.T., known as the father of “E.T. for which he created three roThe Extra-Terrestrial,� died bots, two costumes worn by Friday in southern Itactors in the scenes aly after a long illness, FEATURED when E.T. walked, and Italian news media re- OBITUARY gloves for the hands. ported. He was 86. Rambaldi, a wizard Rambaldi won viof a discipline known sual effects Oscars for Steven as mechatronics — which Spielberg’s 1982 blockbuster, combines disciplines includRidley Scott’s film ‘‘Alien� in ing mechanical, electronic 1979, and John Guillermin’s and system design engineer‘‘King Kong� in 1976. ing — did not hide a disdain “Carlo Rambaldi was E.T.’s for computerized effects. Geppetto,� said Spielberg, re‘‘Digital costs around eight ferring to the fictional char- times as much as mechatronacter who created Pinocchio. ics,� Rambaldi was quoted by “ All of us who marveled and the Rome daily La Repubblica wondered at his craft and art- as having once said. ‘‘E.T. cost By Colleen Barry
The Associated Press
a million dollars and we created it in three months. If we wanted to do the same thing with computers, it would take at least 200 people a minimum of five months.� Rambaldi was born in 1925 in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna in 1951. While he dreamed of becoming an artist, he was drawn into the world of cinema when he was asked to create a dragon for a low-budget science fiction movie in 1956. He moved to Rome and found work in television before his first big success, the 1975 Italian horror film ‘‘Deep Red.� He drew the attention of Dino De Laurentiis, who
brought him to Hollywood to work on ‘‘King Kong.� Italian director Pupi Avati described Rambaldi as ‘‘a child who loved to play and make his toys. A child who dreams of making a theme park of all his characters,� the news agency ANSA reported. The pair worked together on a 1975 film. ‘‘In those years, Rambaldi was the only craftsman capable of creating, as he did, a fig tree 12 meters high that he carried to the center of Ferrara with a huge truck, a fig tree that was to change color with the seasons, and also shed its leaves.� Rambaldi had been living for about a decade in the Calabrian city of Lamezia Terme, where he died.
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Special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi walks on stage in 2002 after drawing a cartoon of ET during the Italian David Di Donatello cinema awards in Rome. Rambaldi won three Oscars for the special effects of “King Kong� by John Guillermin, “Alien� by Ridley Scott and “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial� by Steven Spielberg.