Bulletin Daily Paper 10/21/11

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

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Gadhafi’s death shifts attention to transitional challenges

Accused rapist faces new charges • Former COCC teacher Thomas Bray has been indicted in a second sexual assault case By Nick Grube The Bulletin

Thomas Bray, the former Central Oregon Community College instructor accused of raping a 24-year-old Bend woman, was indicted Thursday on similar allegations involving one of his students. Deschutes County District At-

Bray

By David D. Kirkpatrick New York Times News Service

TUNIS, Tunisia — Like the flight of Tunisia’s dictator or the trial of Egypt’s, the capture of Moammar Gadhafi on Thursday afternoon captivated the Arab world, providing a renewed sense of power and possibility. But the photographs of his corpse that circulated moments later on cellphones and TV screens quickly tempered that exhilaration with a reminder of the many unresolved conflicts the Arab Spring has unleashed. “This isn’t justice,” Mustafa Haid, 32, a Syrian activist, said as he watched Al-Jazeera’s broadcast in a Beirut office. Gadhafi should have been put on trial, he said. Across the region, Gadhafi’s end has brought home the growing awareness of the challenges ahead: the balancing of vengeance against justice; impatience for jobs against the slow pace of economic recovery; fidelity to Islam against tolerance for minorities; and the need for stability against the drive to tear down of the pillars of old governments. See Mideast / A5

torney Patrick Flaherty announced the indictment during a scheduled motion hearing in which Bray’s attorney, Stephen Houze, was trying to suppress certain information from being disclosed during a trial in the original case. Among the information Houze wanted to keep from a prospec-

tive jury were details regarding his client’s “consensual” sexual relationship with a local girlfriend. That woman, who was a 21-yearold student in Bray’s anatomy and function class at COCC, is identified as a victim in the new grand jury indictment that was handed down Wednesday. In the indictment are two

counts of felony first-degree rape, one felony assault charge and two misdemeanor counts of strangulation. The indictment combines the new charges with the six counts related to the 24-year-old woman that Bray, 37, is accused of assaulting in his downtown Bend apartment on Feb. 25 after meeting her on Match.com a few days before. See Bray / A5

A change of scenery

By Sheila G. Miller The Bulletin

Ryan Brennecke / The Bulletin The Associated Press file photo

Inside • As Arab leaders topple, Gadhafi’s exit is the most dramatic so far, A2 • Details emerge of despot’s last stand, A5 • Obituary, C5

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ansy Christ, 32, of Bend, enjoys the fall foliage as she jogs along Colorado Avenue during her lunch break Thursday. “I moved here from Texas; you don’t get fall colors in Texas because it goes from hot to warm. I love the Northwest this time of year,” Christ

said. Autumn temperatures are expected to get downright chilly early next week, with highs in the mid-50s and overnight lows in the low 20s, but the weekend should stay relatively warm, with highs near 70 and lows in the mid-30s. For a complete forecast, see Page C6.

States forge ahead with Will 2012 be a banner year rewriting education rules for women in the Senate? By Ben Wieder Stateline.org

WASHINGTON — Some of the states rejected for federal “Race to the Top” education grants are proceeding to revamp their school systems anyway — in some cases more ambitiously than states that won. Colorado, for example, is moving forward with a new system tying teacher and principal reviews to student performance. That sort of linkage is central to the Race to the Top pro-

Local actor and teacher Gary Bowne identified as injured cyclist

gram. “We’ve had dramatic changes,” says Mike Johnston, a Democratic state senator who sponsored the legislation creating the new system. Colorado is one of six states — along with Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and South Carolina — that achieved finalist status in the first two rounds of the U.S. Education Department’s $4 billion Race to the Top competition but walked away empty-handed. See Schools / A5

By Jennifer Steinhauer New York Times News Service

The Associated Press file photo

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., seen with Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, left, and Senate Minorty Whip Jon Kyl of Arizona, is trying to recruit women to run for chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

WASHINGTON — The 2012 elections are likely to mark it the new “year of the woman” in the Senate. Ten women — six of them incumbents — are presumed Democratic Senate nominees this year, and another is seriously considering a run. Republicans have one female senator, Olympia Snowe of Maine, up for re-election, and one presumed nominee, Linda Lingle of Hawaii, that state’s former governor. It is the greatest number of female incumbents ever up for re-election in the Senate and would be among the highest number of nominees ever, which could add up to a banner year for women in the deliberative — and testosterone-infused — legislative body. See Senate / A4

A local actor, director and theater educator is in critical condition at St. Charles Bend after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bike in Sisters on Wednesday. Gary Bowne, 59, is the artistic director of the Bend Theatre for Young People. He’s also a part-time drama teacher at Sisters High School for the school’s Americana Project, and Bowne teaches one class as a theater arts instructor at Central Oregon Community College. According to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, Bowne was riding his bike around 3:15 p.m. Wednesday on state Highway 242 near the entrance of Sisters High School. As he traveled east on the road, he unexpectedly turned left into the path of a Subaru driven by 79-yearold Verla May Swehosky, of Sisters. Swehosky struck Bowne, who was taken to the Sisters Airport, picked up by AirLink and taken to St. Charles Bend. Swehosky was not cited. An investigation into the crash continued Thursday. Bowne is well-known in the Central Oregon theater community. See Bowne / A5

You can help A bank account to help with expenses has been set up at Bank of the Cascades in the name of Gary M. Bowne. Donations may be made at any branch. Performers interested in offering their talents for a fundraiser, or potential attendees, can contact Cascades Theatrical Company at 541-389-0803 to leave their contact information.

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Local News Movies Obituaries Oregon News Sports Stocks

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TODAY’S WEATHER

Cloudy, mild High 69, Low 35 Page C6

Correction A story headlined “Dozens to occupy empty lot for 2 weeks,” which appeared Sunday, Oct. 16, on Page A1, reported incorrectly that the city of Bend had issued a permit allowing protesters to occupy a city-owned lot. The city has not issued such a permit. The Bulletin regrets the error.

TOP NEWS SPAIN: Basque separatist group renounces violence, A3 GREECE: Austerity measures OK’d amid violent protests, A3


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