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WEDNESDAY November21,2012
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STATE REVENUE FORECAST
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Bulletin staffreport M t. Bachelor ski area,22 miles west of Bend, will open for the season on Thursday,
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SALEM — The good news: The housing market in Oregon continues to show signs of improvement. The state' s quarterly revenue forecast, presented to lawmakers on Tuesday, wasn't completely rosy, but there were some bright spots. "It certainly seems we're turning the corner in terms of the housing market, which has been the biggest weight on the Central
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"It's just improved, but from Oregon economy,"said Mark McMullen, the state economist virtually no activity," he said. "It But, he said, it's still helps that we're not seegoing to take time to coming a drag." "And that's having conpletely rebound. The state is still looking at a budget struction back to normal, shortfall for the upcoming not to housing-boom levbiennium. els, but back to normal," Permits for single and IN he said. multi-family housing have SALEM The overall state picincreased by 40 to 50 perture, however, remains cent, McMullen said. But gloomy, with more cuts it won't be until the end of 2014 l ike l y in order to keep up with or early 2015 until the housing the current cost of state services. market fully rebounds. See Budget/A5
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Goggins. A foot of snow accumulated at the base of Mt. Bachelor over 24 hours, he said in a Tuesday afternoon announcement. He said the mid-mountain base depth measured 38 inches. Lift operations will include Pine Marten Express, Sunshine Accelerator and Skyliner Express. Lifts will operate from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lift tickets will be priced forthe early season: $59 for adults, $49 for ages 13 to 18 and 65 to 69, and $36 for ages 6 to 12 and 70-plus. Terrain Park features will be available in the Pacific City park off Skyliner Express. All mountain services, including new lift tickets and season pass pick-up, will be available at the Mountain Gateway building in the West Village parking lot. The Nordic Center will also open for the winter season on Thursday. Tubing will also be available beginning Thursday through the Thanksgiving weekend. The MtBachelor.com website will provide updates, snow totals and additional information to prepare for the winter season, Goggins said. The National Weather Serviceforecasted a 60 percent chance of precipitation today, with the snow level at 3,900 feet. No further precipitation was forecast before Friday.
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American households will pay, onaverage, $49.48 for a party of10 on Thanksgiving Day, or 28 cents more than last year. That's less than a1 percent increaseand still less than $5 a person, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
THANKSGIVINGDINNER COST 2011price
Item 16-pound turkey Misc. ingredients Dozen rolls 1-pound relish tray (carrots and celery)
Pumpkin pie rni, 30 oz. Pie shells (2) Green peas,1lb Fresh cranberries, 12 oz. Milk, 1 gallon whole Cubed stuffing, 14 oz. Sweet potatoes, 3 lbs. Whipping cream,t/r pint Total
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$ 21.57 3.10 2.30
$22. 2 3 3.18 2.33
0.76 3.03 2.52
0.76 3.02 2.51
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2.45 3.59 2.77 3 .1 5 1.83 $49.48
Source: American Farm Bureau Federation
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A free-range Bronze tom turkeyat Juniper Jungle Farm just outside of Bend. The farm provided a few turkeys for local Thanksgiving dinners.
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Black Friday ... or is it BlackThursdaynow? Despite protests from store clerks and shoppers, many stores will be opening earlier in the evening on Thanksgiving Day in an effort to profit from the traditional start of the holiday shopping season. urzr., ststa. i 'r se aa
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Percentage of consumers who say they intend to buy these items this season
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What localstoreshaveplanned Some retailers beganadvertising online sales Monday and Tuesday,while others will have movedBlack Friday to Thursday. A number of businesses in downtown Bend will take part in Small Business Saturday. Hours and information listed below
came from advertising inserts, websites or shopping areas, such as the Old Mill District and Downtown Bend Business Association.
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WHERE 'BLACKFRIDAY' GOT ITSNAME • Term wasfirst usedto describe a very different event, the stock market panic of1864
• In the1950s,factory managers used it to characterize the Friday after Thanksgiving when many workers called in sick • In the1960s,Philly cops borrowed the phrase to complain about crowded shops onthe day after Thanksgiving
THURSDAY 8 p.m.— Wal-Mart; Sears 9 p.m.— Target See Black Friday/A5
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• Itt the1980s,merchants gave the phrase a newspin —a label for the first day their balancesheets moved from red to black •Sincethe2000s,Thanksgiving weekend hasbeenthe holiday season's best for shopping; last year, some stores beganBlack Friday sales onThursday, opening their doors before midnight © 2012 Mcclatchy-Trihune News Service
Source. National Retail Federation, marketplace.org, Time magazine
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INDEX B usiness E1-4 Crosswords 85, F2 Local News C1-6 Sports D1 - 6 C lassified F1-4 Editorials C 4 O b ituaries C 5 S t ocks E2- 3 Comics 84-5 Horoscope 83 Shopping B1-6 TV& Movies B2
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• In the1970s,newspapers began describing the "official" first day of holiday shopping asBlack Friday
MOre BlaCk Friday •Tips for shoppers, including what not to buy,B1
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Best Buy employee Ryan Farrinreadies televisions Tuesday for this year's Black Friday sale at the Bend store.
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MOre ThankSgiVing Redmond's free-meal tradition,C1 •A list of local services that will be closed for the holiday, C1
Petroglyphs stolen in 'smash and grab'
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BISHOP, Calif. — Ancient hunters and gatherers etched vivid petroglyphs on cliffs in the Eastern Sierra that withstood winds, flash floods and earthquakes for more than 3,500 years. Thieves needed only a few hours to cut them down and haul them away. Federal authorities say at least four petroglyphs have been taken from the site. A fifth was defaced with deep saw cuts on three sides. A sixth had been removed and broken during the theft, then propped against a boulder near a visitor parking lot. Dozens of other petroglyphs were scarred by hammer strikesand saw cuts. See Petroglyphs/A5
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Bend-La Pine Schools' teachers union opposes a school district proposal that would give bonuses to educators based on students' academic performance. The school district proposal is aimed at providing opportunities for payouts to educators working at nine of the 27 district schools. The nine schools are ineligible to receive bonuses through the federal Teacher Incentive Fund grant program. The remaining 18 schools participate in the federal program, which allows the district to gauge the impact that performance incentives have on schools. The measure, known as a value-added measure, is intended to predict how every tested student should perform on state reading and math tests, taking into account student characteristics like demographics, mobility and socioeconomic status. The goal of the measure is to look at how well students perform beyond what's expected.The federal program provides funding for incentives to teachers at top-performing schools. The Bend Education Association, which represents teachers, believes that approach doesn't have the right focus because of the proposal's reliance on state test scores. "Teachers will say the incentives for student test scores is not something that is an effective way to make teaching better," said BEA President Mark Molner. He stressed that teachers strongly support professional development and improving theircraft. The district proposal would provide up to $100,000 in general fund money for potential payouts to educators at the nine schools that aren't getting federal dollars, but are still participating in the same school improvement efforts. See Union /A5
TOP NEWS GAZA:Progress toward truce, A3 HEALTH lAW. Getting word out, A4