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U.S. SENATE
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Paula Deen —outcry
hears ideas on forest harvests
shines a light on the TV
personality's professed field: Southern cooking.A6
Baseball —The newmodel of interleague play has ignited
an argument about the designated hitter.C1
By Lauren Dake The Bulletin
COffee —A company rethinks the supply chain for the
sake of growers.C6
Plns: Video games —An underdog console wants to play in the deep end.C6
SALEM — From the moment the gavel pounded to signal the start of the 20D legislative session, talk of how to reach a "grand bargain" between raising taxes and cutting the state's pension system has dominated the session. There have been back-room negotiations, meetings at the governor's mansion and a law-
Inside • More developments from the Oregon Legislature,B3 maker who broke ranks on a keyvote. Today, state senators are slated to vote on two key bills that mean Sine Die, the Latin term for legislative adjournment, is imminent. It could also mean a deal, or grand bargain,
is less likely. Both measures have been delayed while the two sides attempt to break through the partisan gridlock and hammer out a deal. Republicans have been pushingforsteeper cuts to the state's pension system, while Democrats want to raise taxes. Striking a deal would mean more money for the state's public schools and could helpfund other services,such
as mental health programs. Today's Senate docket includes the budget measure that would fund primary and secondary schools in the next twoyear budget cycle to the tune of $6.55 billion. The other key bill would extend a tax on hospitals, which the state uses to leverage billions of dollars in federal funds that help fund health care for the state's poorest. See Legislature /A6
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In national news —Obama pushes for action ongreenhouse gaspollution. A2
And a Web exclusiveThe Oglala Sioux aim to create the first tribal national park in an effort to bring buffalo back.
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By Andrew Clevenger The Bulletin
WASHINGTON — Log-
ging and forest management on public lands must have ecological and social benefits that are clear to the publicbeforerevenue-producing harvests can increase, an Oregon forestry expert told members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Tuesday. Plantation thinning and hazardous fuel reduction in federalforestshave broad public support, and can be included in an "ecological forestry" model that can produce sustainable harvests, said Norman Johnson, a professor of forestry at Oregon State University. This model could be used to increasetimber harvests on the 2.2 million acres of forest in Western Oregon overseen by the Bureau of Land Management, he said. Retention harvests, in which some trees and stands are left standing while others are cut, should be supplemented by nurturing areas without canopy cover to create biodiversity and complexity, Johnson sald. See Forests/A4
EDITOR'SCHOICE
Dialing up
Perils of redistricting in a shifting South
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appeal By Patrick Healy New York Times News Service
By Jonathan Martin New York Times News Service
The Deep South was, quite literally, a black and white world in 1965, when Congress approved the Voting Rights Act, sweeping away barriers that kept African-Americans from the polls. And the Supreme Court decision on
ANALYSIS Tuesday,
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down a ke y part of thelaw, is certain to set off a series of skirmishes over voting regulations between white Republicans who control Southern state legislatures and civil rights groups. But those who have studied the region closely say that a more unstoppable force is approaching that will alter the power structure throughout the South and upend politics there:
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Golf fans take shelter from the rain Tuesday as Corey Prugh putts on the 16th hole during the third round of the 2013 PGA Professional National Championship at Sunriver's Crosswater C10b.
The PNC, a tournament for the nation's top club pros, wraps up today at Crosswater Club. The champion will gain exemptions into six PGA Tour events over a 12-month period. Chip Sullivan and Mark Sheftic were tied at 8 under going into the final round. Spectators can catch the final round in person, for free, at Crosswater. Tee times are 6:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., and free spectator shuttles will run all day between Crosswater and the La Pine Fire Station. The Golf Channel will televise the action from 1-4 p.m. See story in Sports, Page C1• Scoreboard, Page C2• Weather forecast, Page B6
PORTLAND — Seven minutes into his new musical, "Somewhere in Time," Broadway producer Ken Davenport leapt off his stool at the back of the theater the other night, and began pointing. Not at the stage, but at a nearby laptop that showed — in a fever-chart line — the reactions of 60 audience members as they turned hand-held dials among three choices: "Love this part," "Neutral about this part" and "Hate this part." The dials seemed to pinpoint a problem with the song "Tick Tick Tick": the fever line slid as the main character, Richard, lamenting the rush of life, was interrupted by dry dialogue from hisbrother. See Theater dials/A6
John Muir's tree mayseenew life through cloning
demographic change. The states with the highest growth in the Latino population over the last decade are in the South, which is also absorbing an influx
ofpeopleofallracesfrom other parts of the country. While most experts expect battles over voting restrictions in the coming years, they say that ultimately those efforts cannot hold back the wave of change that will bring about a multiethnic South. See South/A3
By Lisa M. Krieger San Jose Mercury News
MARTINEZ, Calif. — The legend of naturalist John Muir has achieved immortality. With luck, so will his one special tree. Only a seedling when trans-
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planted by Muir from the rugged Sierra Nevada to his East Bay orchard in the 1880s, the giant sequoia is now fatally infected. But a campaign has begun to perpetuate the storied tree, through a painstaking pro-
cess of cloning. While Muir's plant will die, its replica could live on — continuing a cultural legacy on the grounds of what is now the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez. "It is a visible, tangible, liv-
ing link to the past — Muir and his life and his stories," said arborist Keith Park of the historic site, who climbed 30 feet up the tree to trim cuttings to clone. "It has succeeded, to a point. But it is sick."
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The project is an experiment with no guarantee of success.Giant sequoias are notoriously difficult to grow from cuttings; there is no evidence that it has ever been done. See Tree/A4
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