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Redmond'smaingroLlndskeeper By Tyler Leeds The Bulletin
Jeff Curry takes his lunch in a room named "the Den," a warehouse-style corner of the Redmond School District's main building, where there are outdoor lawn chairs for relaxation and two pictures of bears climbing trees for ambience. The 53-year-old de-
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serves such a sanctuary. Monday through Friday he wakes up at 5 a.m. to get a start on tending 13 schools and 150 acres of turf, plus flower beds, parking lots and playgrounds. Under his supervision are the brothers Sledge — Don and Phil — and two parttime workers, Micki Rodman and Ron Roberts, who make up the entire team standing between the
district's grounds and an army of weeds and pests. "We're part of the education process," Curry said. "We provide safe and nice grounds for students to enjoy. Some of my best memories from school were outside the classroom when I think back on it." Some of Curry's memories may be from the grounds he now tends. SeeThankful /A4
BEING THANKFUL
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This is the second in a series about people in Central Oregon for whom we should be very thankful this Thanksgiving season.
Thursday:Tony Montoya, who has given 1,000-plus hours to the local food bank and Neighborlmpact. Today:A longtim e Redmond
schools groundskeeper. Rotr Kerr/The Bulletin
Jeff Curry, 53, gets ready to limb some trees at McCall Elementary in Redmond on Friday. He hes worked for the district since1999.
Colorful language
Trendspast and present
Local lawmakers look ahead at
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what they want to accomplish
BLACK FRIDAY The term — once used to describe market crashesgained its association
247 million
Legislative roundupin Salem in 2014.B1
Aging parents —Caring for them is even more of a
challenge at adistance. D3
Plus: Aging well —Diet and exercise aren't the only important things. A positive attitude is also key.D3
College admissionsThat there arefewer graduating seniors means that getting
accepted could beeasier. A4 Plas'tlc giins —A law banning them is set toexpire, even as 3-D printing gets cheaper.A6
China —Military pushes back on 'air defensezone'. A2
And a Web exclusiveA rescued elephant that killed a veterinarian settles into its new home in the U.S.
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this weekend in 2012
— up from about
with whirlwind shopping during the day after Thanksgiving
226 million the year before and almost 210 million in 2010.
in the1960s, essen-
S423 was the
tially to describe the
average eachshopper spent in 2012 — for a whopping
day retailers' balance sheets went from red ink to black.
$59.1 billiontotal
shopping weekend. (That was up from
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$398in 2011.)
THURSDAY In recent years, retailers started
41% of total spending last
their holiday promotions earlier and
Thanksgiving week-
end was online, up
earlier, with efforts
from38% in 2011. 47.1%spent on
to change the name of the day before
Cyber Monday came from workplace
Black Friday — otherwise known as
computers. 16%of
Thanksgiving — to
Gray, Brown or Black Thursday.
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Friday sales were from a mobile device.
17% That's the year-over-year increase spent on Cyber Monday in
TOMORROW
SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY A few years ago, American Express
2012 over 2011. Traditional Black
idea to encourage shopping at local businesses the day
Friday spending only increased3%. Andy Tullis/The Bulletin
after Black Friday.
Medicaid for more, bLit fewer
doctors? New York Times News Service
SAN DIEGO — Dr. Ted M azer is one ofthe few ear, nose and throat specialists in this region who treat low-income people on Medicaid, so many of his patients travel long distances to see him. But now, as California's Medicaid program is preparing for a major expansion under President Barack Obama's health care law, Mazer says he cannot accept additional patients under the government insurance program for a simple reason: It does
not pay enough.
"It's a bad situation that is likely to be made worse," he said. His view is shared by many doctors around the country. Medicaid for years has struggled with a shortage of doctors willing to accept its low reimbursement ratesand red tape, forcing many patients to wait for care, particularly from specialists like Mazer. SeeMedicaid /A5
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THIS YEAR
11% That's how much more money Americans are expected to spend during Thanksgiving weekend in 2013 over 2012.
shoppers. "After a long weekendof pointing and clicking, millions kept right on shopping at
work Monday," using By Abby Goodnough
sa in
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CYBER MONDAY Online retailers, on the other hand, introduced this day in 2005 to offer big savings to holiday
integral to the community.
consumers shopped in stores and online
came up with this
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Next:A couple in Culver who are
Bend residents Scott Ivie, center, and his wife Lisa Ivie
high-speed Internet, The New York Times reported at the time.
push their Thanksgiving shopping haul out of Target in Bend
Sources: Hilary Stout, The New York Times; Bulletin research
and had been waiting since 7 a.m.
Thursday evening. The family were the first in line at Target,
30% of us will be shopping online for most of our purchases, up from25%of
us last year.
Sourcesi IgnitionOne Marketing, Bulletin research David Wray/The Bulletin
MEDICAL RECORDS
Usin dat
to ink enes to iseases By Carl Zimmer New York Times News Service
The days of scrawled doctor's notes are slowly coming to a close. In the United States, 93 percent of hospitals are now using at least some electronic medical records and 2.2 percent have given up
paperrecordscompletely, according to the consulting firm HIMSS Analytics. The federalgovernment has been pushing for electronic medical records for a decade, arguing that they would improve health care and bring down costs. That is still a matter of debate. Critics charge that the system is hobbled by poorly designed software and that some hospitals are using electronic medical records to bill more for the same services. But a new study suggests that electronic medical records may have another, entirely different use: as a Rosetta Stone for our DNA. Researchers are using them to trace links between genes and disease. SeeRecords /A4
It's alsoa BlackFriday for plLimbers Darryl Fears The Washington Post
Stores put apositive spinonear openings By Tiffany Hsu
"Retailers are openingup
Los Angeles Times
When retailers opened on Thanksgiving last year, workers protested outside earlier and cutting into the stores and holiday purists dinner hour, so they have to grumbled online — a dis- go on a charm offensive." • Shopping tracting sideshow in what s haped by ultimately proved t o b e — Britt Beemer, you, C6 a l ess-than-robust sales America's Research Group season. • SelfStill, this year, more regifting,C6 tailers opened on Turkey to present themselves as appreciative of Day than ever before, and often much their employees and respectful of the holearlier than in past holidays. iday, although not everyone is buying it. "Last year, employees could still eat But this time, they're taking extra care
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with their families and get to work on time," said Britt Beemer, founder of America's Research Group. "Now, retailers are opening up earlier and cutting into the dinner hour, so they have to go on a charm offensive." Among the publicly announced perks offered for those who worked Thanksgiving: a 25 percent discount on a purchase from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. A relaxed dress code of jeans and sneakers at Toys R Us Inc. And Kohl's Corp. will provide funds foreach store "to help ensure the day is a fun one forassociates." SeeOpening/A5
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WASHINGTON — The blob lives. It's big, it oozes, it's disgusting, and after this Thanksgiving, it could be lurking in your house. It's created in the kitchen, with too much used cooking grease poured down too many drains. And this time of year, the blob grows bigger and more fearsome than ever. That means Black Friday, the day after Thanks-
giving, is a yearly bonanza not just for retailers, but for plumbers. SeePlumbers/A6
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