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• Without a fiscaldeal, mostfacehigher taxesandfewer services, not necessarilyright away By Elon Glucklich The Bulletin
More than 1,700 Central Oregonians could lose their unemployment insurance on Jan. 1.
A Bend family making $64,000 a year could see its income tax rate rise nearly 4 percent, while scores of tax breaks expire. The state of Oregon could
be hit with a 7 percent reduction in federal grants available for education and other social programs, while state programs like food stamp assistance and infant medical care
stand to face steep cuts. All of this is set to happen in the blink of an eye, with a push over the so-called "fiscal cliff." See Oregon /A4
Negotiations continue • Senate leaders worked into the night, debating which taxpayers
should pay aspart of a fiscal deal. Details are scarce, but
lawmakers wereexpected to be briefed this afternoon.A4 • A timeline of what comes next,A4
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your end-of-the-year checks, ask these five questions.A7
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WASHINGTON — As New Year's Day approached 150
years ago, all eyes were on President Abraham Lincoln in expectation of what he warned 100 days earlier would be coming — his final proclamation declaring all slaves in states rebelling against the Union to be "forever free." A tradition began Dec. 31, 1862, as many black churches held Watch Night services, awaiting word that Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation would take effect amid a bloody Civil War. Later, congregations listened as the president's historic words were read aloud. The proclamation would not end slavery outright and at the time couldn't be enforced by Lincoln in areas under Confederate control. But the president made clear from that day forward that his forces would be fighting to bring the Union back together without the institution of slavery. Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862, after the Battle of Antietam, announcing that if rebel states did not cease fighting and rejoin the Union by Jan. I, 1863, all slaves in rebellious states or parts of states would be declared free from that date forward. See Slavery/A8
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volunteers like Newkirk.
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or nearly a year, volunteer James Newkirk has been walking the streets of Bend, marking the thousands of storm drains that empty into the aquifer and the Deschutes River. "I usually like to do one map a day, when I go out," said Newkirk, 71, and a resident of Bend for35 years.Ittakesa couple ofhours for Newkirk to walk the route on each city map and install all of the decals to mark storm drains in that area, he said. In good weather, he does this several days per week. Recently, city workers added up all of the storm drains Newkirk had marked: 1,800. That means Newkirk is responsible for more than half of the 2,900 city stormwater drains marked with decals that say: "Don't Pollute — Flows to Waterways." The feat surprised even Newkirk. "I had no idea I'd put down 1,800 of those things," he said recently. Of course, much work remains to be done. The cityhas more than 9,000 stormwater drains, Bend Stormwater Program Manager Wendy Edde wrote in an email. January will mark Newkirk's one-year anniversary as a volunteer for the city, said Bend volunteer coordinator Cheryl Howard, and the City Council recently recognized Newkirk for his hard work. Snow and freezing temperatures have prevented Newkirk from doing the work recently, and he usually spends part of the winter visiting his son and grandchildren in Southern California. See Newkirk/A7
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blamegame By Greg Bishop New York Times News Service
CHICAGO — Before he died, Declan Sullivan wrote screenplays. He made short films, played trumpet, loved music and movies, studied business and, in his remaining free time at Notre Dame, videotaped football practice for the Fighting Irish. The screenplays seemed to tie it all together, to provide a creative outlet, a space for Sullivan's adventures. He called one "Clouds." It ends with the protagonist, a college student known simply as Sullivan Guy, chasing a cloud, into a stadium, to the top of the bleachers. A hand emerges. Guy reaches for it. "When the light subsides, the crowd sees a limp Guy free-falling," the script reads. "The crowd shrieks as he falls. A sickening thud is heard as he hits the ground, and the crowd goes silent." The script then cuts to a funeral, to women crying and men with blank faces and a priest. "We may never know what exactly was going through his mind during those last few moments," the priest says in the script. "But let us pray that during those moments this young man finally found peace." See Notre Dame/A6
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Show pon s deathcloudsimage of anelite pursuit By Walt Bogdanich New York Times News Service
Early on the morning of May 26, Kristen Williams and her daughter, Katie, arrived at a barn on the grounds of the Devon Horse Show, where elite competitors in full dress
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have entertained spectators for the last century on Philadelphia's Main Line. Williams had paid thousands of dollars to lease a pony for Katie to ride in a hunter competition, a 12th birthday present. Soon after
arriving, their trainer left to administer an injection to a nearby pony, Humble, that Katie's friend, also celebrating her 12th birthday, was scheduled to ride shortly. Moments later, with Williams and her daughter watch-
ing, Humble collapsed and died. The death of a supposedly fit pony about to carry a young rider over hurdles was worrisome by itself, but circumstances surrounding the death made it even more so. In the three days before
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Humble died, he had been scheduled to receive 15 separate drug treatments, including anti-inflammatories, corticosteroids and muscle relaxants, according to his medication chart. See Horses /A5
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