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Weekend guide —There's

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no shortage of things to do: Bite of Bend, NorthWest Crossing street festival, Steely Dan concert and more.GO!

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Finding diverse school

staff

• After dealing with a traumatic brain injury, Karin Morris decided to devote her career to helpingother peoplewith disabilities. Now she'staken onthe job of working for the city of Bend toimproveaccessibility.

Plus: Mixologyshow—A craft spirits showcase in Sunriver draws distilleries from across the country.C6

By Tyler Leeds The Bulletin

The diversity of students in the Jefferson County School District — where

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Odituory —Sen. Howard Baker was known for Watergate inquiry and the question "What did the president know, and when did heknow it?" BS

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the populationis almost neat l y one-

• Diversity t h i r d Amer-

in local i c a n Indian, schools, one-third AS

Hispanic and

one-third white — is nearly entirely absentfrom thestaff. As with every other Cen-

Safer diking — More communities aremakinganeffort. A6

tral Oregon school district,

Marijuana legalization-

the teacher workforce in Jefferson County is more

Supporters turn in petitions in Salem, with apparently more than enough signatures.B3

than 90 percent white.

According to academics, state education leaders and

superintendents, this gap

And a Wedexclusive

matters.

— From pink dolphins to eco lodges, Brazil hopesWorld Cup boosts tourism. bendbnlletin.cnm/extrns

"Really, the applicants

just aren't there," said

Jefferson County Superintendent Rick Molitor. "We want our staff and teachers

to be in line with the demographics of our students,

EDITOR'5CHOICE

and it's something we're

striving for, but we don't have the applicants."

Adoptees,

illegallysold,

Ryan Brennecke i The Bulletin

Karin Morris, the city of Bend accessibility manager, talks about accessible design considerations during a lunch and

teacher workforce, the

learn session Tuesday in Bend.

OSU-Cascades Master of Arts in Teaching program

turn to DNA

to find family

By Hillary Borrude The Bulletin

is offered eight students

from underrepresented populations $10,000 toward Eve See-Dutra says her daughter

ber of the city of Bend Accessibility Advisory Committee and said he has

By Gracie BondsStaples

"There's a lot more to the to help others. Americans with Disabilities "She's always had the desire to

Geoff Babb, 56, of Bend, is a mem-

Karin Morris was always determined

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

help the underdog," See-Dutra, 62,

the last year. "She's really reached out to understand and get to knowthe different disabled or adaptive groups

At a small inn tucked be-

said Wednesday. Fifteen years ago, a car accident

hind a Chevron gas station

left Morris in a coma, hooked up to

DUCKTOWN, Tenn.

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just off U.S. Highway 64, men and women in their 50s and 60s trickled into

room 109 last Saturday morning. A teacher, a for-

Act than curb ramps. The goal is that people with

disabilities are included in the society ... to make a ventilator. Suddenly, Morris was in the position of underdog. In the years since the accident, she learned to live and work with traumatic brain

injury. She built a career working

(accessibility) an everyday occurrence so it just becomes a natural thing."

with other people with disabilities,

a hairdresser were among

and just over a year ago, the city of Bend hired Morris as its accessibility manager. The city has struggled over the ris' job performance. Fulkerson has years to gain the trust of residents been critical of the city's handling of with disabilities and accessibility accessibility issues. The coalition adadvocates, who had to sue to get the vocates to make the community more

They came from Michigan, Ohio, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee to have their cheeks swabbed,

hoping their DNA might help them find their biological families and the missing link to their medical histories. Even if the tests turn

up just one match, said organizer Melinda Elkins Dawson, of Akron, Ohio,

their efforts will have been

in town. I think Bend is steadily mak-

ing progress in the right direction," Babb said. Morris, 37, is working on projects to help the city comply with a 2004

ity advocates on finishing required curb-ramp work has prevented some people from taking a broader view of accessibility. "There's a lot more to the Americans with Disabilities Act than curb

ramps," Morris said. "The goal is that people with disabilities are included frastructure. A year into Morris' is also a member of the steering com- in the society ... to make (accessibiltenure, advocates have a mixed re- mittee of the access group and is ity) an everyday occurrence so it just action. Carol Fulkerson, a volunteer complimentary of Morris. "Any time becomes a natural thing. It becomes disability and accessibility advocate I personally asked her a question and this is what we want to do, because and a member of the Central Oregon brought up a concern, she answers in we want everyone to participate Coalition for Access steering com- an expedient manner, with the infor- equally." mittee, declined to comment on Mor- mation I need," Backstrom said. See Advocate/A4 city to fix problems with bus stops, sidewalk curb ramps and other in-

accessible to people with disabilities. Carl Backstrom, 46, of Redmond,

worth it.

Like many of those who gathered here Saturday,

and sold in the 1950s and

1960s from Dr. Thomas Hicks' clinic in McCaysville, a sleepy Georgia town, just across the state border.

In all, 30 people — some Hicks babies, some potential relatives and their

supporters — turned out for the testing, performed free by Ohio-based DNA Diagnostic Center. It could take up to three

school year. SeeDiversity/A5

High court ruling reins in Obama By Zachary A. Goldfarb The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — The

Supreme Court decision invalidating President Barack

Related

• Ruling on of recess apabortion p ointments clrnrc lai d bare the 'buffer legal and zone,'A4 political risks that the president faces as he makes

the use of executive power a coretenet ofhissecond term.

Dawson is one of about

200 co-called Hicks babies, infants given up by their biological mothers

tuition for the 2014-2015

been pleased with Morris' work over

settlement agreement, but she said in — Knrin Morris, city of Bend an interview last week the "hyper-foaccessibility manager cus" by the city and some accessibil-

mer newspaper editor and the first to arrive.

To help increase diversity in the Central Oregon

Road projects, jobs at risk in fund showdown By Laura Litvnn

With Congress refusing to embrace his agenda, Obama has turned to

his presidential powers to take unilateral action on several controversial

tried to move things along Thursday with a bill in the

agree to. "It's important for the com-

2012, when it agreed on a two-

issues. He has postponed

Bloomberg News

year measure for highway

requirements of the Af-

WASHINGTON — A roadwork slowdown reminiscent

Senate Finance Committee that would provide a six-

mittee to get something done, but also to get it done right,"

and mass transit programs. With the Highway Trust

of the partial closure of the federal government last year is hanging over the U.S. economy as Congress leaves town without a deal for replenishing the Highway Trust Fund. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,

month, $9 billion infusion. His bill, funded largelyby tax changes, failed to win over Republicans, and the committee chose to leave for a weeklong

said Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah,

Fund expected to bedepleted as soon as July, progress on

recess without voting as they

pursue a deal all sides might

The brinkmanship is not

projects and almost 700,000

without precedent. Congress

jobs await word on new feder-

fordable Care Act. He has authorized tough new rules limiting power plant emissions. And he is seeking to impose new regulations to requirecompanies to pay their employees more m

had to pass nine brief extensions from late 2009 until mid-

al funding.

overtime.

the top Republican on the committee.

about 112,000 construction

See Roads /A6

SeeCourt/A4

months to test all the

participants' samples, but what's 90 days compared with the lifetime these

TODAY'S WEATHER

baby boomers have been waiting to find their bio-

logical families? SeeAdoptees/A5

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Afternoon showers High 69, Low43 Pa g e B6

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