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THE BULLETIN • SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2014
BRIEFING Man sentenced to Syears inprison A man who in February 2013 led police on a high-speed chaseand threatened to kill offi-
cers pleaded guilty and was sentenced Friday to more than eightyears in prison. Michael LeeHanson, 35, pleaded guilty in Deschutes County Circuit Court to several counts of identity theft,
two counts of attempting to elude police in a vehicle and onecount each of perjury, unlawful use of a computer and unauthorized use of a weapon. On Valentine's Day
en counci ac s o usin ro ram By Hillary Borrud The Bulletin
The city of Bend is poised to make permanent the affordable housing program it launched nearly a decade ago at the height of the housing boom. Affordable housing is once again a hot topic, because rents have risen and housing prices are onthe rebound inCentral
Oregon. Yet the city's program actually won some of its supporters when housing prices
guilty in that case to 48
counts of identity theft, one count of first-degree theft and fraudulent use of a credit card. Nore briefing, B3
In a story headlined "3 solutions to Mirror Pond issue presented, discussed," which appeared Friday, March 21 on PageB1, Bend City Councilor Victor Chudowsky's position on the future of the Mirror Pond damwas misstated.
Chudowsky and other members of the council have committed to preserving Mirror Pond but want to keep thecurrent dam only if viable. Additionally, panelist David Blair is not a member of the Bend Paddle Trail Alliance, and while the idea ofan alternative water retention structure to preserve Mirror Pondwas largely the work of Bend Paddle Trail Alliance members, the group has not formally endorsed the proposal. The Bulletin regrets the errors.
manager, said the city used its affordable housing fund as leverage to secure $39million
Gary Firestone said at a City
The city has lent out $5.8 million in revolving funds for affordable housing since the programbegan in2006.
Council meeting this week.
The city raises money for the
the Central Oregon Builders
Association, which opposed
Andy High, staff vice president of government affairs for the
programwith a fee equalto one-fifth of 1 percent of the
ing for housingprojects. A majority of city councilors said at a meeting Wednesday
the creation of the affordable
Central Oregon Builders As-
estimated value listed for every
theywant to makepermanent
buildingpermit it issues. The fee was originally one-third of
the affordable housing fee. City Manager Eric King said he will schedule a councilvote in April on language to remove the sun-
gram," Assistant CityAttorney
housing program in 2006, used sociation, said the city should loans from it to keep some of its keep a sunset on the affordable members working during the housingprogram to force ofdownturn. ficials to evaluate it every five "Particularly in the econom- years. "It allows us to make
reduced it when it renewed the program for three years
ic downturn, these were some
sure we're collectingthe dollars
in the summer of 2011. Jim
of the only projects going, with
appropriately," High said.
Long,Bend affordablehousing
1percent, but the City Council
:: I''itI."
in federal, state and other fund-
set dause from the affordable
housing program. SeeHousing/B5
Mountain View hosts annualFFA convention By Megan Kehoe
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The Bulletin
Spring Break may have officially started for Bend schools, but the hallways and
corridors of Mountain View High School were bustling Friday evening as a swarm of students in blue and gold corduroy jackets descended upon the building. "The students are really proud that the convention
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is at our school this year,"
said Traci Dulany, Mountain View High School agriculture teacher. "Everyone's been
working so hard this week to get the school ready for it." The annual FFA convention
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Middle school musicians from West Village Magnet School in Bend play together as the WVMS Roots Rock Band. Some members of the group will play in concert again March 30 at Parilla Grill in Bend. See morephotos ofthe musi cians as they practice on Page B2.
kicked off at the high school Friday and is being attended by nearly 2,500 high school students and agriculture teachersfrom around the
state. The four-day event gives students a chance to participate in competitions, FFA student board elec-
tions and workshops with like-minded students. FFA, formally known as Future
BEND
Crook Coun set An attemptedmurder to receive money suspect returns towork to addresswolves By Shelby R. King The Bulletin
Settlemier was scheduled
for a jury trial earlier this month. Ward said in court
A Bend man facing attempted murder charges is now
Wednesday that because the
releasedfrom daytime house arrest and can return to work
state keeps delayingthe trial, Settlemier should be allowed
from 8 a.m. to 8p.m. Theodore Settlemier on
Wednesday had the terms of his conditional release altered by Deschutes Circuit Court
Correction
projects that had at least partial funding through this pro-
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2013, Hanson tried to
elude police, who had been attempting to arrest him on afelony warrant for coercion. Officers tried to pull over Hanson in his Chevy Suburban, but he refused to stop, first heading west out of Redmond, but then heading back toward Redmond onOregon Highway126. Hanson pointed a gun atofficers several times during the chase andhadtold officers when they contacted him about the arrest warrant he was "heavily armed" and wasn't"going to go down without a fight," according to court testimony from Oregon State Police Sgt. Mitchell Meyer. Hanson admitted to stealing money market checks from a Redmond resident who hadhired him to detail her car. He stole several thousand dollars from her money market account, according to court testimony. Defense attorney Owyhee Weikel-Magden requested JudgeBarbara Haslinger suspend 40 months of Hanson's 100-month sentence, but Haslinger elected to impose the full sentence asked for by Deputy District Attorney Eric Marvin. Haslinger said Hanson will be eligible for alternative incarceration for the last 20 months of his sentence. This is not Hanson's first trip to prison. In 2002, he wassentenced to three years after being caught with more than 900 stolen credit card numbers belonging to Eagle Crest Resort visitors. He pleaded
were lower, after the real estate bust. During the recession, the program was a rare source of financing for construction projects. A nonprofit arm of
off house arrest to get back to
work. In court was Hallie Dew, principal broker and owner of New Day Realty, whom Ward said is holding a job for Settle-
Judge Beth Bagley to allow him to return to work as a real estate agent.
"The continued conditions of his release are preventing him from earning a living," said defense attorney Erick Ward. "He is at risk of losing
realty business. Settlemier
In a T h u rsday
mier will be acquitted, though she declined to say exactly
child support."
what that evidence was.
cion and attempting to elude
"Ted is not my friend, he's just somebody who hangs his license in my office. It's just appallingto me the way this has been handled," Dew said. "Just because people like to read bad stories about people who used to be successful doesn't
police in a vehicle, according
mean they're true."
to court records. The indictment, filed May 29, 2013, states that on or about May 2, Settlemier tried to kill
Dew said she does notbelieve Settlemier is a threat to anyone and said, if she did, she would not allow him in her office or around her other real
block her nose and mouth.
Ward said on Friday he is confident Settlemier will be
estate brokers.
"I'm asingle female and I
don't hold out alot of charities
acquitted when the case goes
for people who are abusive, andif Ibelieved anyof that, he
to trial. He said he is readyto present his case, and the pros-
wouldn'tbe in myoffice," she said."Ithinktherehasbeenan
ecution is the reason the trial
injustice donetohim." SeeSuspect/B5
continues to be delayed.
attract wolves.
if he continues as a broker at her
and could lose his real estate license because he owes back
his then-girlfriend Natalie Nicholson by using a pillow to
to spend on removing piles of cattle bones that could
the state's effort to prevent
that leads her to believe Settle-
fourth-degreeassault,menacing, strangulation, interfering with making a report, coer-
set to receive state money
show properties
he can't pay the premiums
of a weapon, two counts of
Crook County is again
mier, but needs him to be able to
his health insurance because
trial on charges of attempted murder, unlawful use
The Bulletin
The Oregon Department of Agriculture has tentatively approved a $3,000 grant for the rural Central Oregon county as part of
phone call, Dew said she has seen evidence
Settlemier, 45, is awaiting
By Dylan J. Darling
"The emphasishas been on preventing wolf depredation." — Bruce Pokarney, Department of Agriculture
spokesman
Farmers of America, is an organization geared toward educating students about agriculture and also provides ways for them to gain leadership skills. "This convention is another way for FFA to be rec-
ognized," Dulany said. "So many times, people think the organization is just about
showing animals at the fair. But there's this whole other leadership side to it that you see at an event like this. There
are no animals here this weekend."
Students from most of the state's 115 FFA chapters attended the convention. This
is only the second time that Bend has hosted the gath-
ering in the organization's 86-year-history; the last time
state-sponsored hunts in the mid-1900s. Since being reintroduced into Idaho
was in 2006. Bend's local
and respond to wolf attacks on livestock. "The emphasis has been on preventing wolf depre-
and Yellowstone National Park in the 1990s, wolves
of whom helped raise $35,000 this past year through community donations for the
dation," said Bruce Pokar-
Department of Fish and
have spread west. The latest estimate by the Oregon
chapter is made up of 65 Mountain View students, all
convention. "It's been a lot of work, but
Wildlife shows at least 64 wolves in eight packs The c o unty r e c eived around Oregon, mostly in the same amount last fall the northeast corner of the during a s u pplementalstate. Lone wolves, young
we're very proud of it," said
round of funding, but sent it back to the state after
males looking for new ter-
the Crook County Wolf
Central Oregon in recent
Committee wasn't able to
years. The grant for Crook
Bend chapter, said he's participating in several events this weekend, including a public speaking competition. He's also running for district
ney, a Department of Agriculture spokesman.
organize a program and spend the money by a state deadline. The goal of the program last fall was to rem ove bonepiles,or places
ritory, have passed through
County comes as part of $150,000 in Department of
Agriculture grants to counties to contend with wolves
will be used for the same
this year, Pokarney said. Eight counties are receiving grants — Crook, Baker, Malheur, Morrow, Uma-
purpose, said Seth Crawford, a Crook County com-
tilla, Union, Wallowa and Wheeler.
missioner and a member of
Most of the money is going to counties in north-
where ranchers dispose of
cattle carcasses. The new grant probably
the county Wolf Committee. The original plan was to remove20 bone piles by either hauling them to the landfill or burying them. Wolves were w i p ed out in Oregon following
eastern Oregon, and more than two-thirds of it will go
toward preventing wolf attacks on livestock. — Reporter: 541-617-7812, ddarling@bendbulletin.com
Shea Booster, 16. "The setup
has been incredible." Booster, a sophomore who is the president-elect of the
office.
"A lot of my friends might think it's stupid to spend some of my spring break doing this, but it's worth it to me," Booster said. "I love FFA."
"There are so many people here from towns I've never heard of before," said Cody Schumacher, 16, a junior at Mountain View. "I saw some with jackets that said 'Phoenix,' and at first I thought,
'You guys came all the way from Arizona?' I didn't know there was a Phoenix in
Oregon." SeeSchool /B5