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Ray'sowneraimsto exit bankruptcyquickly
COVer OregOn — Thestate is back in touch with a technology vendor it previously spurned.B3
By Lauren Dake
in Portland representing
The Bulletin
C&K Market Inc., said the
goal is to emerge from bankrepresenting the parent ruptcy quickly. "Debtors and major credicompany of Ray's Food Place EUGENE — An attorney
Criminal minds —Didthey
said Thursday that C&K
tors are very concerned with
just never movepast the terrible twos?A3
Market Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will emerge a "good company"
the professional fees and expenses of this case, and
that will continue to operate
to minimize the expenses
and pay its creditors.
is move the case forward as
Albert Kennedy, an attorney with Tonkon Torp LLP
fast as reasonably possible," Kennedy told U.S. Bank-
Shrinking doomorsHeight loss hitting home for a generation.O2
we do believe the best way
ruptcy Court Judge Frank Alley during a hearing on Thursday. Kennedy said he hopes to have a plan outlining how creditors will be paid by the end of January. The company filed for bankruptcy in November and announced the closing or sale of 16 stores, including those in Bend and Redmond.
Approximately 500 employ-
ees out of about 2,500 will likely lose their jobs. The company owns about 60 stores in Oregon and Northern California, called Ray's Food Place, Shop Smart Food Warehouse, C&K Market and Lo Bucks.
Kennedy told the judge "the transition into a Chapter
11 has actually gone very smoothly." SeeRay's/A5
U.S. SENATE
W en ma eB
Finance By Andrew Clevenger The Bulletin
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ron
Wyden, D-Ore., presided over what couldbe one ofhis last hearings as chairnun of the Senate Energyand Natural Resources Committee Thursday as the panel approved ahandful of publiclands and energybills, induding apilot program for
'Elf on theShelf' —creative ideas to bring a little holiday magic into your home.O1
a newtimber management re-
gimetobe testedin sixnational forestsin Eastern Oregon. On Wednesday, several me-
Odituary —RonnieBiggs,
of "Great Train Robbery" fame, dies a free man.BS
dia outlets reported the White House will nominate Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of
NSA surveillance — The
the powerful Senate Finance Committee, to serve as ambas-
national debate seems to be turning in favor of reining in the agency.A2
sador to China. Baucus' early
departure from the Senate — he had already announced he would not seek a seventh
And a Wed exclusive-
term in office and would retire at the end of 2014 — triggered
Charity that helps patients afford drugs is under scrutiny. baatibanatia.cam/axtras
immediate speculation that
Wyden would claim the Finance Committee's gavel. Wydenis thethird-rankmg
Democrat on the Finance Comm ittee, behind Baucus and Jay
EDITOR'5CHOICE
Under Seattle, an object. And a mystery
Rockefeller, D-Wva. Like Baucus, Rockefeller has announced he won't run for re-election in 2014, andhe seemsunlikelyto
give up his chairmanship of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.
Under Senate rules, members may only chair one committee atatime.
Thisleavesthedooropen for Ryan Brennecke 1 The Bulletin
ship ofthe Finance Committee, shouldthe Senate confirm Baucus to the post in Beijing. SeeWyden/A5
John Hunt, left, and Sean Hargis recycle cans Thursday at the new BottleDrop Redemption Center in Bend during its first day of operation.
ByKirkJohnson New York Times News Service
The redemption center allows consumers to redeem their bottles
SEATTLE — A secret subterranean heart,
and cans in a staffed, 7,000-square-foot indoor facility seven days a
tinged with mystery and myth, beats beneath
week from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The center, located at 755 N.E. Second St.,
the streets in many of
the world's great cities. Tourists seek out the catacombs of Rome, the
sewers of Paris and the subway tunnels of New York.Some people believe a den of interstellar aliens lurks beneath Denver International Airport.
Now Seattle, at least for now, has joined that club. Something unknown, engineers say — and all the more intriguing to many residents for being unknown — has blocked the progress of the biggest-diameter tunnel-boring machine in use on the planet, a high-tech, largely automated wonder called
Wydento assume the chairrnan-
offers three ways to redeem Oregon deposit beverage containers: • Hand count:Staff will count up to 50 containers per person.
Oregon senators vote no on military bill
Beveragecontainer redemptioncenter Greenweed Ave Gree'Isy Ave..
• Self-serve:Automated machines will accept up to 350 containers CVI
per day. • EZdrop: Pre-labeled bags can be filled at home with deposit
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Andy Zeigert/The Bulletin
containers and dropped off 24 hours a day.
By Andrew Clevenger The Bulletin
WASHINGTON — For the third year in a row, Sen. Jeff
Merkley, D-Ore., voted against the National Defense Autho-
rization Act, saying he could not support the military fund-
AFFORDABLE CAREACT
ing bill without the inclusion
Health law relaxed for those losingcoverage
of a congressional check on extending America's military
high with a crew of 20, the cigar-shaped behemoth was grinding away underground on a 2-milelong, $3.1 billion highway tunnel under the city's
By Amy Goldstein
year, the Senatepassed the Na-
waterfront Dec. 6 when it
health-care law for millions of
surance industry and raised
encountered something in its path that managers
consumers whose individual insurance policies havebeen canceled, saying they can buy bare-bones plans or entirely avoid a requirement that
fairness questions about a law
most Americans have health
in abulletinfromthe Depart-
coverage.
ment of Healthand Human
Bertha. At five stories
still simply refer to as "the
object." The object's composition and provenance remain unknown almost two weeks afterfirst contact because, in a
state-of-the-art tunneling machine, as it turns out,
you can't exactly poke your head out the window and look. SeeSeattle/A4
The surprise announce-
The Washington Post
ment, days before the Dec. 23 WASHINGTON — The deadline forpeopleto choose Obama administration on plans that will begin Jan. Thursday night significantly 1, triggered an immediate relaxed the rules of the federal backlash from the health inintended to promote affordable and comprehensive cov-
erage on a widespreadbasis. The rule change was issued
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Services. It is the second major responsebythe Obamaadministration to apublic and political furor that erupted in
undertheAffordable Care Act, people who like their health plans could keep them. At a news conference in mid-November, an apologetic
the fall when several million people who bought their own Obama relented to the critiinsurancebeganto receive no- cism, announcing that the fedtices that theirpolicieswerebe- eral government would let ining canceled because they fell surancecompanies continue shortof newbenefit standards. for another year to offer indiThe cancellations prompted viduals and small businesses complaints that President
health plans that do not meet
BarackObamahad reneged on thenew requirements. an oft -repeatedpromise that, See Health law/A4
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involvement in Afghanistan. In one of its final acts of the tional Defense Authorization Act late Thursday. The bill au-
thorizes $527billion in military spending for 2014, with an additional $80 billion for overseas operations in Afghanistan. The bill passed by a 84-15 margin, with both Oregon senators — Merkley and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. — joining 12 Republicans and an independent in opposing the measure. See Bill/A4
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