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EconomicforecastExperts say Central Oregon's economy is on the right track.

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daps By Tyler Leeds The Bulletin

EUGENE — A fed-

By Taylor W. Andersone The Bulletin All still alive —Bend,

eral judge in Eugene heard arguments Thursday disputing

Republicans are a long shot to pick up five seats and win a majority in the Oregon House of Represen-

Mountain View andSummit boys and girls soccer teams will all see postseason play.C1

tatives, so all eyes are on three close Senate races that could decide whether Democrats hold full majori-

impact a city of Bend water project

Plus —UoandosU basket-

ties in both chambers again next session.

in the foothills west of town will have

the environmental

ball season previews.C1

on the Bridge Creek watershed.

Stabbing —ABendwoman who was stabbed byherson Wednesday isingoodcondition at St Charles Bend.B1

Central Oregon

OREGONSENATESEATS Democratic seats lnotopforreelection

Seats np for re-election irthatieanntrong gemoorat

50-50 SPLIT

EDITOR'SCHOICE

States

backtrack on student tracking By Jeffrey Stinson Stateline.org

WASHINGTON — Do

you know where your student is? At school'? On the bus'? Paying for lunch in the cafeteria'? Principals in thousands of the nation's schools

Republican seats not opf o r reeiectionl

are opposing the $24 million pipe-replacement project, arguing the U.S. For-

TOSSUP RAGES

And a Web exclusiveRecent attacks in NewYork andCanadamay signalthe rise of a newDIYterrorism promoted by the Islamic State. bentibnlletin.com/extrns

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Seats np for re-election thatieanntrong gepohrroantl —

LandWatch and WaterWatch of Oregon

est Service did not adequately investi-

gate how it will affect

DISTRICT 3 Sen. Alan Bates, D-Medford, is in a rematchagainst DaveDotterrer, a Republican challenger from Ashland, who lost by 275votes in 2010. DISTRICT 8 Sen. Betsy Close, R-Albany, is challenged byfour-term state Rep. Sara Gelser, D-Corvallis, for the Willamette Valley seat.

Tumalo Creek and the fish within its wa-

DISTRICT 15 Sen. Bruce Starr, R-Hillsboro, is in a rematch with Democratic challenger ChuckRiley from Hillsboro for the district west of Portland. Starr won the seat by morethan1,800 votes over Riley in 2010.

Forest Service and

Source: Oregon Secretary of State

tersbeforeissuing a special use permit. Attorneys for the city of Bend contend new monitoring tech-

nology will result in improved conditions, as the city will now

Andy Zeigert i The Bulletin

be able to restrict the

Polls show Gov. John Kitzhaber with a lead over Republican challenger Dennis Richardson. Pair a pos-

amount of water tak-

en during sensitive times, an ability the

sible Kitzhaber win with Democrats holding the House and Senate, and Oregon would have another two

current system lacks.

years of uncontested Democratic control. That makes keeping at least their 16-14 lead in the

Senate important for Democrats, and holding ground or winning a 15th seat crucial forRepublicans.Iftheraces stay close in the waning days before the election TLtesday,

there are three seats that could change Oregon politics next session. In Oregon, Republican

voters on average have had

a 3 percent higher turnout in midterm years than Democrats in the last two decades,

thoughin2006 the difference was 0.1 percent. That could be a crucial statistic in Southern Oregon, where Sen. Alan Bates, D-Medford, is in a rematch

See Water project/A4 a Republican from Ashland, lost by 275 votes in 2010. This time around, Dotterrer

has raised and spent twice as much as during his unsuccessful run in 2010. He has outraised and outspent Bates

by more than $200,000. There are 1,200 fewer Democrats in the district this year

against Dave Dotterrer for

than in 2010, but an increase

the District 3 seat. Dotterrer,

of more than 3,400 unaffiliat-

ed voters makes it difficult to

predict the race.

Christmas radio's big bucks

Jim Moore, a political

scienceprofessoratPacific University in Forest Grove, said unaffiliated voters who

don't align with either major party tend to split along lines similar to the differences in

registration between Democrats and Republicans. See Election /A4

By Ben Sisnrio New York Times

know the answer because radio frequency chips are

WEST ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — It was still two weeks before Halloween when WEZW-FM,

embedded in students' ID

cards, or their schools are equipped with biometric scanners that can identify

portions of a student's fingerprint, the iris of an eye or a vein in a palm. Such technologies have become increasingly common in schools, which use them to take attendance, alert parents where their

children get off the school bus or speed up lunch lines. But those tools, which

are supposed to make schoolssaferand more efficient, have become a flash-

point. Several states are now banning or restricting the use of the technology in schools, as worries over student privacy have risen amid breaches of government and commercial computer databases. This year, Florida became the first state to

ban the use ofbiometric identification in its schools.

Kansas said biometric data cannot be collected without student or parental

the easy-listening standby of Cape May County, pushed the

What Cook's coming outcould m ean By Jenn McGregor

Laboratortes CEO Jason Gren-

The Washington Post

fell-Gardner is public about his sexuality.

"So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me." And with that, Apple CEO

around the country were expected to go eggnog-and-mistletoe. Even in the age of Pandora and Spotify,

workplace discrimination against LGBT employees. "The fact that Apple is so

incredibly ubiquitous and successful — they just posted their

the all-holiday format

essay inBloomberg Businessweek published Thursday. Cook's acknowledgment of his sexual orientation could lend to better work-

by a now openly gay leader,

has remained one of radio's most enduring andprofitable gimmicks, with hundreds

sends a tremendous message,"

of stations luring

place conditions for LGBT employees.

said Todd Sears, a former investment banker who founded a global LGBT leadership and strategic advising firm. See Cook/A6

listeners with loops of

Jim Wilson/New YorkTimeafile photo

Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, publicly came out as gay in en

ther, until now." There are a few other CEOs

of publicly traded companies who are gay: Trevor Burgess,

nearly 500 stations

their stories and to reduce

In an eloquent, thought-

denied my sexuality, I haven't publicly acknowledged it ei-

each other last week, and by December

gay rights advocates, both to help inspire others to share

licly come out as gay.

wrote that "while I have never

within minutes of

And that's important, say

on the planet, became the first CEO in the Fortune 500 to pub-

ful and powerful essay in Bloomberg Businessweek published early Thursday, Cook

in Birmingham, Alabama, activated their holiday playlists

But there are no CEOs of

companies nearly as large or economically significant as Apple who have publicly said they are gay.

Tim Cook, leader of perhaps the world's most admired company, head of the globe's most iconic brand and chief of one of the most valuable companies

Christmas button. Not to miss out on the merriment, two rival stations

the chief executive of Cl Finan- gay CEO of a publicly traded cial, became the first openly ban k , for instance, and IGI

most successful quarter of all time — and that it has been led

"Feliz Navidad" and "Grandma Got Run

Over by a Reindeer." See Radio/A6

consent. New Hampshire, Colorado and North Carolina said the state educa-

tion departments cannot

TODAY'S WEATHER

collect and store biometric data as part of student

records. See Tracking /A4

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