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THE BULLETIN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2013
STATE NEWS Portland
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pansion of Oregon State Uni-
university. The university already
versity-Cascades in southwest Bend.
formed its own Campus Ex-
has not yet been scheduled,
pansion Advisory Committee
City Manager Eric King wrote
The Bulletin
The Bend Planning Commission is calling for the city to start its own planning process for the growth and changes that will result fromthe ex-
Commissioners saythe city should also develop a new group to address current and
future development issues, with an even split of representatives from the city and
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a n or ro earlier this year, with members from local governments, nonprofits, neighborhood associations and other constituencies. The City Council and Planning Commission might hold a joint meetingto discuss the issue in January, although the meeting
By Hillary Borfud
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in an email Thursday. Bill Wagner is chairman of the Planning Commission and amember of the OSU-Cascades Campus Expansion Advisory Committee."The uni-
versity's done agood job here of bringingpeople together to talk about impacts,"Wagner said. SeePlanning/B2
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ABOVE: At last week's Bend Park & Recreation District board meeting, James Meyer of Opsis Architecture presented his vision for the saddle-shaped roof of the open-air recreation center planned at the corner of Colorado and Simpson
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St. Charlesfaceswoman's lawsuit after mother's death By Shelby R. King The Bulletin
A Bend woman is suing St. Charles Health System alleging negligence on the partsof nurses and an anesthesi-
ologist caused the death of her mother following an elective surgery in 2010. Haley Luchini is asking for $L69 million in damages as the personal rep-
The lawsuit seeks damages from St. Charles, Lucian Jones (the anesthesiologist responsible for Dorsay's care during the neck surgery), two unnamed nurses also responsible for her care and Cardiovascular Consultants
Vergeer Kester who is representing
healthy," Barton said. "She went in for
Luchini.
what should have been a routine procedure and didn't make it out alive."
of theCascades, which operates under the name The Heart Center.
performing Dorsay's neck surgery. Because of this miscommunication,
In November 2010, Dorsay checked
Dorsay reportedly had a history of heart problems, and the lawsuit al-
leges that this history was not properly communicated to the hospital staff Luchini claims her mother was not
resentativeofhermother, Leba Dorsay,
into the hospital for surgery to have a
who was 48when she died while under the care of workers at St. Charles Bend,
spinal fusion procedure on her neck,
properly treated and died as a result. "The bottom line, as we see it, is
according to Robert Barton, a Portland-based attorney with Cosgrave
this was a woman who, other than her heart condition, was relatively
according to court documents.
Dorsay had suffered a heart attack
five years prior to her death, according to court documents. She was treated with a stent following the heart attack.
In October 2010, Dorsay complained of chest pain and went to the emergency room at St. Charles, where she was
evaluatedand released,accordingto court documents. See Suit/B2