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LA PINE
Septic
A quieter purr
— Hariey-Davidson is testing a newbike with an electric motor by taking22ona cross-country tour.C6
issue hasno
Walkadle Bend — Making
easyfix
it safe for seniors to get around on foot.D1
Plus: Boomersouthe mOVe? —Research shows that, despite reports to the contrary, they're sticking with single-family homes.D1
By Elon Glucklich The Bulletin
The issue of nitrate contamination in La Pine's
groundwater is technically older than the city itself. Nearly 10 years before La Pine's 2007 incorporation, federal lawmakers se-
SupremeCourt —Two unanimous rulings on patents and the First Amendment.A6
cured millions to study just
how much nitrogen from human waste was seeping
Let them eat cakeDoes your choice of bread provide a clue to your politics?A6
into soil, the result of poorly
built septic systems in a couple ofhundred properties across the area.
Gay Repudlicans-
The issue has grown in urgency as the popu-
Same-sex spouses start appearing in political ads.A4
lation has swelled in and
around the city, prompting concerns the nitrogen could seep into the city's
And a Wed exclusive-
"Breaking Bad" meets Fargo in a tale of the North Dakota oil and gas boom's underbelly. benttbulletin.cem/extras
groundwater and spread to the Deschutes and Little Deschutes rivers. Nitrogen
tends to speed up algae growth, which can produce a variety of toxins. But numerous studies,
EDITOR'SCHOICE
In the war on terror, CIA turned to a toy By Adam Goldman The Washington Post
For more than a decade, the CIA has deployed drones, satellites, spies, informants and tracking devices to thwart al-Qaeda in Pakistan.
The spy agency also considered a plan to wage war with toys.
Beginning in about 2005, the CIA began
secretly developing a custom-made Osama bin Laden action figure, according to people familiar with the project. The faces of the figures were painted with a heat-dissolving material, designed to peel off and reveal a red-faced bin Laden, who looked like a demon, with piercing green eyes and black facial markings. The goal of the shortlived project was simple: Spook children and their parents, causing them to turn away from the actual bin Laden.
The code name for the bin Laden figures was "Devil Eyes," and to create them the CIA turned
late-1990s.
than $5 billion in sales after hitting the shelves in 1964. SeeCIA/A4
the state, and an age-old
wariness of government intrusion into private lives
will learn what it takes to be a firefighter, and ultimately, decide if it's the career path for them.
have slowed the issue to a
partment in coordination with the Bend Firefighters
standstill for years. In all, the issue boils down to roughly 200 homes with subpar septic systems, La Pine City Manager Rick
Foundation, seeks to give
Allen said this week. Most
students ages 15 to 19 the
of the properties are clustered around Huntington, Burgess and Cagle roads and Glenwood Drive. SeeSeptic/A4
Camp Fire Axe, put on by the Bend Fire De-
tools they'll need to begin a careeras afirefighter. The four-day camp is in its seventh year and includes Emergency Medical Services and anatomy
classes as well as physical training in hose and ladder-handling, search and rescue, and rappelling buildings. According to fire camp director Paul Swaggerty, the fire training will focus
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Kurds hope for country of their own
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on how to handle munici-
pal fires and rescues. Eighty percent of the
By Diaa HadidandEmadMatti
calls the Bend Fire Depart-
The Associated Press
ment handles are medical-related, and 15 percent
Delcie Hipps, 16, left, and other Camp Fire Axe campers put on turnouts before exercises with fire
involve fighting fires. SeeFirefighting/A4
and firefighting equipment during the camp Thursday. When thecamp wraps up Sunday, the stu-
MULA ABDULA, Iraq
— Among rolling wheat fields with machine-gun
dents will put their skills to the test in a simulated fire and rescue situation.
fire rattling in the distance,
Rulutud
Ride services, room-sharing targets for taxes By Elaine S. Povich Stateline.org
Reagan once famously derid-
toys that generated more
Economic worries,
conflicting orders from Deschutes County and
Over the next three days, nine students from Bend, Mountain View and Summit high schools
in the toy business, said those familiar with the
mental in the creation of the wildly popular G.I. Joe
city much closer to a resolution today than in the
ByMonlcla Warner• The Bulletin
WASHINGTON — Ronald
ald Levine, the late Hasbro executive who was instru-
ings haven't brought the
medical training andanatomy to howto use hoses and handle ladders. See video coverage at Hbendbulletin.com/firecamp.
to one of the best minds project, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the project publicly. The toymaker was Don-
several committees and more than 50 public meet-
Photos by Joe Kline 1 The Bulletin
Bend firefighter David Telfer instructs Makinzie May, 17, how to operate a fire hose Thursday at Camp Fire Axe at the Bend Fire Department training center. The camp lasts four days and includes instruction on various aspects of firefighting, from emergency
From short-term room rental services Airbnb and
In Iraq's chaos, the Kurds are emerging as
taxes. More than half of the
sentiment among their
spending was on lodging and
population to declare outright independence. SeeKurds/A5
and local governments are taking the former president's
ternet purchases led the way,
comment to heart in their hunt
and state and local governments are now moving into
Marriott be subject to a "room tax," and not a room in some-
for new revenue.
taxing room rentals, bowling,
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border. In front of them are Islamic militants, behind
and leisure travelers spent $887.9 billion in 2013, supporting 7.9 million jobs and generating $134 billion in
so-called "Amazon tax" on In-
one's home rented through
transportation.
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of miles from their official
Travel Association, business
from goodsto services,state
High 72, Low 37
of northern Iraq, dozens
California, the District of
As America's economy turns
Partly cloudy
in Iraq,AS of their autonomous region
Airbnb or FlipKey? There is a lot of money at stake. According to the U.S.
Columbia and some other jurisdictions, these new taxes arebeing sold asafairnessissue. Why, the argument goes, should a hotel room at the
TODAY'S WEATHER
ers patrol the new frontier
yoga classes, barbershops and gym memberships. In Oregon, New York,
FlipKey and rides in private cars like those coordinated by Uber and Lyft, governments are trying to bring new services into the taxable fold. The
ed the outlook of Big Government as: "If it moves, tax it."
Kurdish fight-
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