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•A lookatwheremoneyapproved in 2012bondvotehasbeenspent
How it
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By Scott Hammers
proved in 2012 and expects
said'Ibesday the two costliest
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five new homes inSoutheast Bend will be targeted at firsttime homebuyers.C6
The Bend Park 8t Recreation District has spent about
to spend another $7.4 million between now and the end of
bond-funded projects are entering what's expected to
project are paid monthly, she said, causingthe amount spent bythe district to rise
thefiscalyear June 30.
be oneofthe more expensive
and fall with the cost and
By Ted Shorack
Lindsey Lombard, the district's director of finance,
stages of their construction. Contractors working on the
complexity of its projects. See Park/A5
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half of the money from the $29 million bond voters ap-
BendPark8 RecreationDistrict's projects
Young people gowest
In 2012, Bendvoters granted the park district a $29 million bond to pay for several major projects. Here's a status report on those, aswell as park work being funded by other sources.
Canoe outing —spotting
BOND-FUNDEDPROJECTS
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1. SimpsonAvenuePavilion Status:Construction Total funding:$11.35 million Fund source:Bond Completion date:Winter 2015-16
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3. Pine NurseryPark infrastructure Status: Completed Total funding:$1,280,836 Fund source:Bond
ANALYSIS
Marriage ruling could be lossand win for GOP
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Many Republicans believe that their party needs to improve its image among the new generation of young and nonwhite voters who have helped President Barack
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Republican politicians have not tailored their positions on major issues toward younger voters:
Doing so would risk angering the party's base, which is predominantly old, white and culturally conservative.
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Enter the Supreme Court.
With the legality of same-sexmarriage being argued Tuesday, the court could allow Republicans to abandon an unpopular po-
ments in 2000 to make up for revenue lost to declining timber sales in federal forests. This year's payments through the program are a sli ght decreasefrom last year, but much more than had initially been
approved. Deschutes County will
receive about $1.8 million, Crook County $1.7 million and Jefferson County $521,078.
Central Oregon counties include land within the Deschutes, Willamette, Mt.
Hood and the Ochoco national forests. Without reauthorization
4-13. DeschutesRiver Trail Project Status:Planning Total funding:$4.05 million Fund sources:Bondand SDCs Completion date:Summer2017 14. Southeast Bendland acpuisition andpark development Status:Land purchased Total funding:$3.63 million Fund source:Bond
• More on twoterms. Yet the case, there is a reaA4
tion established the pay-
2. Riley RanchNature Reserve Status:Design and permitting Total funding:$3.47 million Fund sources:Bondand SDCs Completion date:Summer2016
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Central Oregon counties will receive a combined $4 million this year from federal timber payments that were in danger of not being renewed. The amount goes toward public schools, roads and county proGraphiC grams as part On A5 of t h e Secure Rural Schools program. Federal legisla-
15. McKayPark Status:Design Total funding:$1.1 million Fund sources:Bond, SDCsanda state parks grant Completion date:Summer2016 16. ColoradoAvenuesafe passage (nowcaued Bend Whitewater Park) Status:Construction Total funding:$9.68 million Fund sources:Bond, property taxes and $1.13 million from BendPaddle Trail Alliance Completion date:Fall 2015
of the program, capital improvement projects might havebeen stalled and counties' everyday operations might havebeen affected. See Timber /A5
Genetic testing for
employee health? By Tom Murphy The Associated Press
Your employer might one day help determine if your genes are whyyour jeans have become too snug. Big companies are considering blending genetic testing with coaching on nutrition and exercise to
help workers lose weight
© COLORADO DAM SAFEPASSAGE PROJECT (NOI CALLED BEND WHITEWATER PARK)
sition without abandoning
PROJECTS FUNDEDBY GENERAL FUNDS, SDCSANDOTHER SOURCES
16. DiscoveryPark land acpuisition
before serious conditions such as diabetes or heart disease develop. It's a step beyond the typical corporate wellness programs that many companies are using to make
19. BendSenior Centerand Larkspur Parkexpansion
prove their health.
17. First Street RapidsPark
their principles or risking a primary challenge. History would effectively be bailing out the party. Sometimes history helps Democrats, as when the
Cold War ended and made the long-held view that they
workers more aware of their risk factors and imGenetic testing in cor-
20. Skyline Field renovations
were weak on national
security less salient. This year, if the Supreme Court
21. PonderosaPark improvements
rules that same-sex mar-
riagebans are unconstitutional, the court could free Republicans from defending a policythat makes it farhardertoconfronttheir generational and demographic challenges. A court ruling for na-
tests and counseling for
22. Shevlin Parkdevelopmentand nature resource center
medical reasons, such as
23. Alpine Park trailhead improvements
tain cancers. And this year,
helpingpeople determine if they are more prone to cerPresident Barack Obama asked Congress to approve spending on medical research into using a patient's genes to tailor care. See Genetic/A5
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could sharpen the debate
porate wellness programs also is relatively uncharted territory. Many employers and insurers cover these
24. Canal RowPark
tional same-sex marriage
and improve their health
over the subject in the short term. But it would end the
state-by-state battles over the issue, probably bringing the national political debate
over same-sex marriage to a far quicker end. See Marriage/A4
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