Serving Central Oregon since1903 75$
FRIDAY February22,2013 f
our ui e o ewee<en
oUI
Culver'sdynasty
GO! • INSIDE
SPORTS• C1
bendbulletin.com
TODAY'S READERBOARD Going somewhere?Federal budget cuts are go-
IN SALEM
Bill seeks foreclosurenotices in newspapers
ing to hit airlines and those who travel. That means fewer
By Lauren Dake
flights and moredelays. A2
The Bulletin
The F ring of Saturn — Another reason to be fascinated by the second-largest
planet in the solar system. A3
~ggg~ •
i
Highway of anxiety
SALEM — Public notices for foreclosed homes must be published in newspapers if lawmakers approve a bill discussed Thursday before a state legislative committee. At the heart of House Bill 2822 is the question of how to best notify the
public.
"As I think about the purpose of a notice of sale, the purpose of that is to inform. It's to educate. It's to notify. And to me, I'm struggling with who better to do that than newspapers of general circulation," said Rep. Greg Smith, R-Heppner, during a committee hearing Thursday where lawmakers discussed the legislation. Tom Gallagher, a registered lob-
byist for the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, told lawmakers thateight years ago, newspapers and the state sheriff's association struck a deal, which gave the association the ability to post foreclosure notices on a website if the home went through a judicial foreclosure process. See Notices/A4
0 e
— Just how
dangerous
By Andrew Clevenger The Bulletin
is Interstate 84? We set out to find out.B1
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Servtces has awarded Oregon a $42 million grant to help the state implement changes
2 girls' nightmare — Two girls, ages 4 and 2,survive a night in the wreckage of the car crash that killed their mother. B5
ir
TgQ'
designed to improve
b
t
Watch the dirdies — Afree
class from the Audubon Society is designed to get kids excited about nature.D1
And a Wedexclusive-
Olympic gold medalist
A couple who lived through Hurricane Katrina find that re-
Ashton Eaton spoke briefly
building their lives is wrapped up in red tape. bendbulletin.com/extras
to the Oregon state Senate
p
on Thursday, expressing his \
EDITOR'SCHOICE
Terror tips for evading drone attack By Rukmini Callimachi The Associated Press
TIMBUKTU, Mali — One of the last things the bearded fighters did before leaving this city was to drive to the market where traders lay their carpets out in the sand. The al-Qaida extremists bypassed the brightly colored, high-end synthetic floor coverings and stopped their pickup truck in front of a man selling more modest mats woven from desertgrass, priced at
$1.40 apiece. There they bought two bales of 25 mats each, and asked him to bundle them on top of the car, along with a stack of sticks. "It's the first time someone has bought such a large amount," said the mat seller, Leitny Cisse al-Djoumat. "They didn't explain why they wanted
b4
"I feel so strongly about this state," he said. "And I can't
w4
express enough how much I appreciate the work that is done within these wood walls that may unknowingly — by most of you in here — help me do what I am able to do every day. And I just want to extend Danialle Peterson /The Associated Press
the gratitude from the bottom
Oregon began imple-
of my heart from everybody in Tracktown USA (Eugene), from all the people and all the young
menting CCOs in August 2012, according to Tina Edlund, chief of policy for the Oregon Health Authority. Oregon is currently home to 15 CCOs, including Pacific Source Community Solutions in Deschutes County. See Grant/A4
kids in this state." Eaton won a gold medal in the decathlon at the 2012 Olympics and set a world record in the Olympic trials. He graduated from Mountain View High School in Bend and went to the University of Oregon. — Bulletin staff and wire reports
Oil boomforcesemployersto belandlords
so many."
By Kasia Klimasinska Bloomberg News
Military officials can tell
why: The fighters are stretching the mats across the tops of their cars onpoles to form natural carports, so that drones cannot detect them from the air. The instruction to camouflage carsis one of 22 tips on how to avoid drones, listed on a document left behind by the Islamic extremists as they fled northern Mali from a French military intervention last month. See Drones /A4
I
gratitude to lawmakers and the people of Oregon.
lnside
• Gov. John medical Kitzhaber treatment will brief for lowother income governors patients while reducon h is ing overall plan to cut Medicaid costs. The grant cos t s,B3 will help Oregon's Coordinated Care Organizations — locally based networks that combine physical, behavioral and dental care to cover all of a patient's medical needs — transition from a service-based fee system to one that rewards good outcomes. CCOs are designed to coordinate services and focus on prevention and improving care so that the populations they serve are healthier. "As a nation, we know that rising health care costs are putting a growing burden on our families, our business owners and government budgets," said Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, in announcing the grants on a conference call with reporters. "We also know that too many Americans receive care that is fragmented, unreliable and generates poor health outcomes."
r
Daniel Acker/ Bloomberg News
A sign in a vacant lot welcomes visitors to Williston, N.D. The oil boom that has made the state home to the nation's lowest unemployment rate also has put pressure on its tight housing market.
TODAY'S WEATHER e~<,+ o~<4<~
Snow High 49, Low 26
Pa ge B6
WILLISTON, N.D. — Matt Grimshaw, who runs a hospital here, and Dale Patten, head of a family-owned bank in nearby Watford City, had the same problem and found the same solution. Both went into the real estate business to attract employees. Booming oil production means unemployment in Williams County
is the lowest in the nation at less than 1 percent. That's boosted the population of W i lliston, the Williams County seat, by 28 percent in 10 years. The result is a housing shortage in which one-bedroom apartments rent for about $2,300 a month and families stay in single hotel rooms for weeks. Mercy MedicalCenter has 50 out of 500 positions to fill at any given time, said Grimshaw, chief execu-
INDEX All Ages D1- 4 C lassified E1 - 6 D ear Abby D5 Obituaries B5 C1-4 Busines s/Stocks C5-6 Comics/Puzzles E3-4 Horoscope D5 Sports Calendar I n GO! Crosswords E4 L o cal & StateB1-6 TV/Movies D5, GO!
tive officer. When $5,000 sign-on bonuses offeredto attract nursing recruits didn't get enough takers, Grimshaw persuaded the parent company, Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives, to build a $12 million, 68-unit apartment building near the hospital. "We'refacing some of the greatest staffing challenges we've ever encountered," Grimshaw said. See Boom/A6
4 P We userecycled newsprint AnIndependent
vol. 110, No. 53, e sections
O
88267 0232 9
1