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N Daniel ‘Danny’ T. Elsey, of Bend, OR Jan. 21, 1949 - March 24, 2010 Arrangements: Baird Funeral Home of Bend, 541-382-0903 www.bairdmortuaries.com Services: A memorial service will be held at Old Stone Church, 157 NW Franklin, Bend, Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. “Please wear your Aloha shirt’ Contributions may be made to:
Donate Life NW, PO Box 532, Portland, OR 97207
Doris C. (Ingle) Saling, of La Pine, OR May 30, 1931 - March 24, 2010 Arrangements: Baird Funeral Home of Bend, 541-382-0903 www.bairdmortuaries.com Services: A private Memorial Service will be held at Baird Funeral Home of Bend. Contributions may be made to:
Partners In Care Hospice, 2075 NE Wyatt Court, Bend, OR 97701. www.partnersbend.org
Ivan Joyce Lynch, of Christmas Valley, OR Dec. 17, 1937 - March 24, 2010 Arrangements: Baird Memorial Chapel 541-536-5104 www.bairdmortuaries.com Services: Christmas Valley Community Church, Saturday March 27, 2010, at 11 a.m. followed by a graveside service at Christmas Valley Cemetery. Contributions may be made to:
Newberry Hospice, 51687 Huntington Rd., La Pine, OR 97739. 541-536-7399.
James William Cameron, of Terrebonne, OR May 7, 1929 - March 25, 2010 Arrangements: Autumn Funerals, Redmond 541-504-9485 Services: Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Contributions may be made to:
Partners In Care Hospice, 2075 NE Wyatt Ct., Bend OR 97701.
Tony Suazo, of Bend June 13, 1923 - March 23, 2010 Arrangements: Baird Funeral Home of Bend. 541-382-0903 www.bairdmortuaries.com Services: There will be no services, at Mr. Suazo’s request. Contributions may be made to:
Partners In Care Hospice, 2075 NE Wyatt Ct., Bend, OR 97701. www.partnersbend.org
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Donald McRae Beake
Eloise Mendieta Smith
Charles (Chuck) E. Nelson
Dec. 29, 1931 - March 19, 2010
April 4, 1916 - Feb. 22, 2010
Dec. 21, 1921 - March 18, 2010
Donald McRae Beake was born on December 29, 1931, to parents, William McRae Beake and Malinda (Peters) Beake, in Youngstown, Ohio. He died in Bend, OR, of leukemia on March 19, 2010, at the age of 78. He became a child of God by baptism, was Donald Beake confirmed and later, in 1958, was ordained into the ministry of the Lutheran Church at Martin Luther Lutheran Church, Youngstown, Ohio. He graduated from Capital University and Seminary in Columbus, Ohio with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Divinity degree. In 1958, he married Jean Ann Sauers of Portland, Oregon. They have two children: a son, Jon McRae Beake, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, American Falls, Idaho; and daughter, Jody Marie Beake, a high school math teacher in Klamath Falls, Oregon. During his active ministry of 36 years (1958-1994), Don Beake served and loved the people of three congregations: Good Hope Lutheran, Lind, Washington; Fir Lawn Lutheran, Sweet Home, Oregon; and First Lutheran Church, Bend, Oregon. After coming to Bend in 1968, he served on many boards in the community: Red Cross, Hospice, United Way, Deschutes Mental Health, Selective Service (Draft) Board, Kiwanis, and Ethics Committee and chaplaincy program at St. Charles Hospital. His favorite thing to do was visit with people, talking and listening to their life's stories, joys and sorrows. He was a humble, caring, loving pastor to all who knew him. He is survived by his wife and children, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Donn and Nancy Kruse; nieces and nephews, Donn, Dan, Kathy, Kristie, Marty and Michael. A Memorial Service will be held for Pastor Beake, Saturday, April 10, 2010, 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 1113 SW Black Butte Blvd., Redmond, OR. If so desired, memorials preferred to Zion Lutheran Church Building Fund. Niswonger-Reynolds Funeral Home is honored to serve the family. 541.382.2471. Please visit and sign the online guest book at www.niswonger-reynolds.com
Eloise Mendieta Smith died Monday, February 22, 2010, following a month-long decline in which she was surrounded by loving family, friends, and care-givers at Ashley Manor. Eloise was 93 years old. She was born April 4, 1916 in McDermitt, Nevada, the daughter of Eloise Smith Gaolo and Isabella (Telleria) Mendieta. As a young girl, she worked with her parents on the ranch, and later in boarding houses, a variety of retail stores, and retired from North Pacific Wood Products at age 74. Eloise (known to many as “Gram”) believed in hard work, the power of a penny, and finding joy in playful moments. She generously extended a hand, a hug, and a bit of advice to teachers and students at Elk Meadow Elementary School for over 10 years. Until her last few years, Eloise walked miles a day, talking and joking with all she met, lingering by the sides of small children. She delighted in crafting and crocheting projects for others, filling buckets with wild berries and catching big fish, especially when hers was the biggest. Eloise was the 5th of 12 children. She is survived by two sisters and two brothers. Eloise will be lovingly missed by her daughter, Eleanore (Ellie) Wood of Bend; sons, Ken Smith of Bend, and Gerald Lequerica of LaGrande; as well as grandchildren, Darla WoodWalters, Evan, Kirby and Lacey Smith of Bend, and Las, Joni and Darren Lequerica of LaGrande; eight great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, five sisters, two brothers and her beloved son-in-law, Darwin Wood. A joyful celebration of Eloise Smith’s life will take place Saturday, May 15 4:00 p.m. at Darla Wood-Walters’ home, 22089 Stormy Lane, Bend. In memory of Eloise, the family asks that contributions be made in the manner in which she contributed to life; reach out to a stranger, bring a smile to a child’s face, take no more than your share (then share it with others). And ever so often, wear red.
Charles E. Nelson (Chuck) passed away in his sleep, in Medford, OR. He was 88 years old. Born in Portland, OR, he attended Grant High, U of O, before the war, was on swim team, and Beta Theta Pi and had his own dance band. He was a captain in the Army, Charles E. stationed in Nelson Jr. the Phillipines; went into the lumber industry in the 1950s and owned Creswell Lumber Co., sold, and purchased Graystone Concrete Products in the 1960s; merged with Willamette Concrete Products to form Willamette Graystone in Eugene; sold and moved to Bend in 1970s. He bought Sherfy Candy Co., sold after 2 years and developed Suncraft Inc., with Leon Lay. They sold to a national company in 1985 and retired. He moved with his wife, Lois, to the Rogue Valley Manor in Medford, OR in 2000, and spent the remainder of his full life there. He is survived by his wife, Lois, of 67 years and two children: Chas, retired, living in Bend, and Dianne, retired TWA stewardess, of Port Angeles, WA; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services will be held at a later date.
Redmond Continued from B1 The council is expected to vote on the proposal Tuesday. Bend set up its account in August 2009, when city officials worried about a rush of bank failures, according to Finance Director Sonia Andrews. About 50 banks failed in the United States that summer. “The FDIC was hiring all kinds of people in their bank closure division,” Andrews said. “We thought, ‘Oh my, maybe they know something we don’t.” Like Redmond, Bend’s deposits are backed by the FDIC and the collateralization program, so the city is not concerned about losing the money, Andrews said. It is concerned,
however, about temporarily losing access. Bend spends as much as $1.4 million in a single day on payroll or to pay vendors. If a bank failed at the wrong time, the city might, for example, have to delay payroll. By setting $1.75 million aside in its contingency account, Bend hopes no such delay happens, Andrews said. The city has not spent money from that account yet. “What we did is protect ourselves in case (a bank failure) happened to us,” Andrews said. Municipalities rarely set up such accounts like those in Bend or Redmond, according to Judy Whaley-Fultz, the chief administrative officer at the Oregon Department of Treasury. The collateralization pro-
Stan Parris served 6 terms as congressman The Associated Press MATHEWS, Va. — Stanford E. Parris, a former Virginia congressman who served six terms and was an Air Force pilot during the Korean War, has died. He was 80. Parris’ former chief of staff, Dick Leggett, told The Associated Press that he died from heart disease Saturday at his home in rural northern Virginia. Parris, a Republican, ran for governor in 1985 and 1989. He served in Congress from 1973 to 1974 and then returned from 1981 through 1990. He was a member of the Banking and Finance Committee and cautioned about the looming savings and loan crisis.
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Nancy Monsarrat packs up her family’s ski equipment after a day on the slopes at Mt. Bachelor on Saturday. Despite being stuck in long lines due to a power outage on the mountain, Monsarrat said the day was still very enjoyable.
Bachelor Continued from B1 Kaufman said most lifts were up and running within 20 minutes after the power outage, but Rainbow and Northwest Express were stopped for nearly 45 minutes, and only reopened to offload those stuck on the lift. Several people trapped at the bottom of Northwest walked out, and those who held out for a ride by snowmobile waited for as long as nearly two hours. People who were at the mountain midday Saturday gave differing accounts of what happened. Allison Vieira, 40, of Medford, said she and her husband and their two daughters were about halfway up the Pine Marten lift when it stopped. The lift began running a few minutes later then stopped again, leaving them stranded for an estimated 40 minutes. At the top of the lift, ski area employees offered them vouchers for hot drinks or soup, Vieira said, but when they got to the lodge, all the soup was gone, and they were refused a cold drink with the vouchers. To make matters worse, in between Vieira’s trips around the base area in search of a refund, her daughter’s ski poles had disappeared. “I don’t want to bring my kids up there again and get stuck, so we’ve been hanging out down here to see if the wind dies down, and they can get the lifts running,” she said. “It’s a lot of money to come ski here and waste half your day.” Pat Hellberg, 54, of Portland, was moments away from getting on the Pine Marten chair when it stopped, but was able to get out of line, go up the Carousel lift and duck over to Skyliner. After three good days of skiing, Hellberg said he could deal with a few problems on his fourth. “We had a great week, it was just kind of weird what happened today,” he said. “You just gotta roll with it.” By 4 p.m., with the rest of the lifts shut down, Mt. Bachelor
gram is designed to limit municipalities from losing public money when a bank fails. But turning that collateral into cash can, by law, take up to 30 days, Whaley-Fultz said. More likely, it would be a few days before a city would again have access to its money. Since the program’s launch in 2008, the state has not dipped into the program’s funds, according to Whaley-Fultz. Still, banks fail, and that can make local governments nervous, she said. “If I were a local government in this environment, it might make sense to me,” WhaleyFultz said. Patrick Cliff can be reached at 541-633-2161 or at pcliff@bendbulletin.com.
“By all accounts, the Pine Party went great, aside from the hiccup midday. It was a wild day. I think I’m going to be writing the longest snow report of my life.” — Alex Kaufman, Mt. Bachelor marketing director was able to squeeze out enough auxiliary power to run Pine Marten at nearly full speed. New arrivals clipped their free tickets to their jackets, and the Pine Party was on. Sean Lowell, 24, of Bend, said he was surprised by how well the snow was holding up nearly an hour and a half past the mountain’s usual closing time. “I came up thinking, $10, great deal,” he said. “But, free! You can’t do better than that.” Carol Sanders, 34, of Bend, said although she’s a season pass holder, she was intrigued by the opportunity to come up and ski in the late afternoon. Cheap late-afternoon skiing is a great deal for locals, Sanders said, especially those who couldn’t ordinarily afford a fullday lift ticket. “I think it’s a great idea. They promoted it well, and they got a lot of the locals up here,” she said. “Everybody I knew was talking about it all week since they announced it. People were talking about it. I hope they do more of it this year.” Kaufman said despite the difficulties for the staff, Mt. Bachelor plans to occasionally open the mountain to late-afternoon skiing for the rest of the spring. “By all accounts, the Pine Party went great, aside from the hiccup midday. It was a wild day. I think I’m going to be writing the longest snow report of my life.” Scott Hammers can be reached at 541-383-0387 or at shammers@bendbulletin.com.
Will Hough tows his daughters, Nyla, 4, and Maura, 8, while taking advantage of extended hours to practice their skiing during the Pine Party event Saturday at Mt. Bachelor.
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Kitzhaber Continued from B1 Witwer’s company takes into account the number of staff, lengths that staff members commute and travel on campaign business, and the amount of computer and office equipment in use each day. Then the company projects how much carbon dioxide the campaign will produce over the
month and pays a fee that is invested into renewable energy sources, compensating for the carbon dioxide it produces by burning fossil fuels with those activities. Humphrey said he’s hopeful that beginning in April or May, the renewable energy credits will come through Deschutes County’s Knott Landfill, which last year started selling carbon credits. The landfill burns with a flare
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the gas that comes from decomposing trash, keeping the methane out of the atmosphere. Methane traps heat in the atmosphere more effectively than carbon dioxide. Through that process, the county earns carbon credits equal to amounts of carbon dioxide, which it can sell for a profit.
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