Bulletin Daily Paper 04/15/11

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Nala gets a home

Janet Roberts, of Powell Butte, holds newly adopted Nala, 5, left, and her other dog, Grizzly, 14, on Thursday at the Humane Society of Redmond. After a trial sleepover, Roberts adopted Nala. “She was ever so sweet, and fit in really well,” said Roberts.

Nala, who became a hero after saving a blind cocker spaniel from freezing to death in a ditch one snowy week in December, has been officially adopted by Janet Roberts, 63, of Powell Butte. “I couldn’t think of a good reason why I shouldn’t adopt her,” said Roberts. “I really think that if you can do something, you really need to do it.” See Nala / A4

By Megan Kehoe The Bulletin

Thanks to the power of social media, Nala, a pit bullLabrador mix who made headlines after saving another dog’s life at the Humane Society of Redmond, has finally found a permanent home. “We’re just beside ourselves here,” said Monica Rendon, a trainer at the Humane Society. “It just shows you what the Internet can do.”

U.S. groups helped fund Arab revolts By Ron Nixon

Andy Tullis / The Bulletin

Biedscheid booked, released in hit-run

New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — Even as the United States poured billions of dollars into foreign military programs and anti-terrorism campaigns, a small core of U.S. government-financed organizations were promoting democracy in authoritarian Arab states. The money spent on these programs was minute compared with efforts led by the Pentagon. But as U.S. officials and others look back at the uprisings of the Arab Spring, they are seeing that the democracy-building campaigns played a bigger role in fomenting protests than was previously known, with key leaders of the movements having been trained by the Americans in campaigning, organizing new media and monitoring elections. A number of the groups and individuals directly involved in the revolts received training and financing from groups like the International Republican Institute, the National Democratic Institute and Freedom House, according to interviews and U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks. See Arab / A6

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Reducing school days, benefits also considered to cut spending By Erik Hidle The Bulletin

PRINEVILLE — The Crook County School District faces a series of difficult decisions as it attempts to mend a $2.2 million shortfall in funding for the upcoming school year. Among the options to reduce spending for the 2011-12 budget cycle are closing schools, reducing school days and negotiating concessions of benefits with staff members. “These are the large-ticket items available to you,” Superintendent Ivan Hernandez said during a budget meeting Tuesday night. “All of the smallticket items together won’t do it.” Hernandez said “small-ticket items” such as reducing hours for staff members and eliminating minor programs will also be considered in the process. The shortfall is the result of declining revenue from multiple sources. Federal stimulus funds are not being renewed, property taxes in Crook County are continuing to decline, and dwindling student enrollment is resulting in less money from the state. As members of the school board and budget committee discuss ways to balance the shrinking budget, it is clear the options are not palatable for a district that has made large cuts to staffing, benefits and athletics in the past. “Closing a school is a big deal,” said Patti Norris, vice chairwoman of the school board. “I want to make sure before we make a decision like this we conduct our due diligence and understand all of the impacts.” The two candidates for closure are Ochoco Elementary School and Paulina Elementary School. See Crook schools / A5

Photos by Rob Kerr / The Bulletin

Les Schwab accounting director posts bail after arraignment for charges in January fatal incident

Jim Wilson / New York Times News Service

People fill a makeshift food market in San Francisco’s Mission District. The underground market helps vendors avoid the fees required by legitimate farmers markets.

The Bulletin

In a story headlined “Prominent Sunriver man slain in Calif.,” which appeared Thursday, March 14, on page A1, George Mendenhall’s age was incorrectly reported due to inaccurate information provided to The Bulletin. He was 71. The Bulletin regrets the error.

District may close 2 schools

Bret Lee Biedscheid, right, attends his arraignment at the Deschutes County Justice Building in downtown Bend on Thursday morning. Biedscheid, 38, faces charges in the death of Anthony “Tony” Martin, of Bend, who died Jan. 26.

By Scott Hammers

Correction

CROOK COUNTY

Formal charges were read Thursday against the Bend man indicted in a fatal January hit and run. Bret Lee Biedscheid, who appeared in Deschutes County Circuit Court, was then ordered by Judge Barbara Haslinger to report to county jail for booking. Biedscheid, 38, faces charges of criminally negligent homicide and failure to perform the duties of a driver when a person is killed in connection with the death of Anthony “Tony” Martin, of Bend. Martin, 48, was pushing his bicycle across Third Street at around 11 p.m. Jan. 26, when he was struck by a southbound pickup truck. At Thursday’s arraignment, Haslinger instructed Biedscheid to proceed from the courthouse to the jail to be fingerprinted and photographed. Bail was set at $250,000, and Biedscheid was ordered to stay out of businesses that primarily sell alcohol and to abstain from drinking. Biedscheid will be back in court on June 27 to enter pleas to the charges against him. Police and the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office declined to identify Biedscheid as the target of their investigation for nearly a month after the crash, until District Attorney Patrick Flaherty confirmed he was considered a “person of interest.” A grand jury indicted Biedscheid on Tuesday. Arriving more than 20 minutes ear-

Food raves: Not-so-secret informal feasts By Patricia Leigh Brown New York Times News Service

Kelly Carter and David Crouse, friends of Anthony “Tony” Martin, react after Bret Biedscheid passes them outside the Deschutes County Courthouse following Biedscheid’s arraignment Thursday morning in Bend. Martin was killed Jan. 26 when he was struck by a pickup truck. The driver fled. ly to his hearing, Biedscheid sat in the front row of Haslinger’s small courtroom dressed in a dark blue suit. He did not interact with the two women sitting with him, or anyone else in the courtroom until the arrival of his attorney, Stephen Houze of Portland.

Houze and Deschutes County Chief Deputy District Attorney Traci Anderson told Haslinger they had been in contact prior to the hearing to discuss release conditions for Biedscheid. See Hit-run / A5

SAN FRANCISCO — Along with big-wave surfing and high-altitude ultramarathons, eating is an extreme sport here. Which explains why, on a recent Saturday night, Tipay Corpuz, 21, a technology specialist for Apple, took a break from blogging about her obsession with fried chicken and waffles to join 2,500 fellow food geeks at the Underground Night Market. At this quasi-clandestine monthly event, a tribal gathering of young chefs, vendors and their iron-stomached followers are remaking the traditional farmer’s market as an indie food rave. At midnight, the smell of stir-fried pork bellies was wafting through the Mission District. There was live music, liquor, bouncers, a disco ball — and a line waiting to sample hundreds of delicacies made mostly on location, among them bacon-wrapped mochi (a Japanese rice paste) and ice cream made from red beets, Guinness and chocolate cake. In a sense, it is civil disobedience on a paper plate. See Food / A5


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