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Police have concluded that a shooting that left two family members dead and one wounded in northwest Bend in December was a murder-suicide.

Julie Angela Still, 39, shot and killed her 5-year-old daughter, seriously wounded her 2-year-old son, and then turned a .22-caliber pistol on herself, Bend police said Monday.

Her husband, Charles Still, discovered the shooting when he returned from work. Police and medics arrived shortly thereafter, but Julie and her daughter Gracie had already died of their wounds.

Grant, the 2-year-old son, was taken by ambulance to St. Charles Bend and later flown to Oregon Health & Science University. Grant has recovered from his injuries, according to police.

It took several months to finish the investigation because the Bend Police Department was waiting for test results, Lt. Ben Gregory said Monday. Police received the state medical examiner’s report April 11, and the Oregon State Police crime lab confirmed the .22-caliber pistol found at the family’s home was the weapon Julie Still used to shoot herself and the two children, according to the police.

Police also looked at journal entries that Julie Still wrote, which revealed her state of mind at the time of the shooting.

“It’s part of the evidence that we had that gives insight into coming to this conclusion,” Gregory said.

Julie Still did not write about any plans for the shooting, Gregory said; he declined to go into further detail about the journal.

Charles Still and Julie Gordon were married in June 2001, and Julie lived in Bend for most of her life. Neighbors said in December that Julie was a stay-at-home mom.

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SALEM — Oregon State UniversityCascades Campus officials are hoping to take advantage of the downturn in Bend’s real estate market, but they could have a difficult time overcoming the state’s economic slump.

The university wants to buy a building to house its graduate programs.

But at a time when the state is facing an approximate $3.1 billion revenue shortfall, it will take some lobbying.

House Bill 3627 would authorize the state to issue a $1.95 million bond, borrowed against future state lottery revenue, to help purchase a building.

“I understand it’s a challenge to get a bill like this through the process, especially right now,” said Rep. Jason Conger, R-Bend, who is the chief sponsor. “It would be true in any session, but when we have the current budget issues and the sensitivity with anything with a cost (attached), it makes it doubly hard.”

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Goslings follow their parents’ lead through a rushing current toward an area of calm water on the Ochoco Creek near the Prineville Golf & Country Club on Monday afternoon. Local golfers have watched the geese mates raise their goslings and saw the mother hatching the youngsters in the rocks above the course while the father waited in the creek. “There is nothing as beautiful as nature,” said Dudley Williams, a retired Prineville resident who was golfing at the course Monday and saw the group of birds swimming together.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Inside a darkened theater a viewer floats in a redwood forest displayed with Imax-like clarity on a cavernous overhead screen.

The hovering sensation gives way to vertigo as the camera dives deeper into the forest, approaches a branch of a giant redwood tree, and then plunges first into a single leaf and then into an individual cell. Inside the cell the scene is evocative of the 1966 science fiction movie “Fantastic Voyage,” in which Lilliputian humans in a minuscule capsule take a medical journey through a human body.

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Teacher Corey Boby helps students Ashley Hickman, left, and Mary Knapick in an AP calculus class at Lakeside High School in Hot Springs, Ark. Stephen Thornton New York Times News Service

A Cosmic Journey,” a multimedia presentation now showing at the new Morrison Planetarium here at the California Academy of Sciences, relies not just on computer animation techniques, but on a wealth of digitized scientific data as well.

The planetarium show is a visually spectacular demonstration of the way computer power is transforming the sciences, giving scientists tools as important to current research as the microscope and telescope were to earlier scientists. Their use accompanies a fundamental change in the material that scientists study. Individual specimens, whether fossils, living organisms or cells, were once the substrate of discovery.

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SALEM — Irrigation districts could install hydroelectric turbines into canals more cheaply under a Bend-inspired bill that would exempt them from paying for fish protection measures.

Last year, loIN THE cal irrigation LEGISLATURE districts’ plan to build a hydroelectric plant on a canal fed by the Deschutes River caused the state to require them to contribute to fish passage at North Canal Dam, even though the hydro plant would be miles away.

House Bill 2873 would change the state law that lets the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife require that new hydroelectric plants have fish passage or fish screens on the nearest river or stream. Irrigation districts say the rule is unreasonable when the new turbine is located in a canal away from the stream or river and is already protected by fish screens.

“That’s the crux of this — nothing is happening in the stream that would affect the fish,” said Anita Winkler, lobbyist for the Oregon Water Resources Congress, which represents irrigation districts.

But environmentalists say it’s only fair that irrigation districts using water from rivers and streams contribute to protect fish in those waterways — especially since the water will generate revenue from hydroelectric plants.

“They are gaining a new use of water,” said Kimberley Priestley of the group WaterWatch of Oregon. “They are poised to make a lot of money.”

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High school classes not so advanced after all

By Sam Dillon New York Times News Service

More students are taking ambitious courses. According to a recent Department of Education study, the percentage of high school graduates who signed up for rigorous-sounding classes nearly tripled over the past two decades.

But other studies point to a disconnect: Even though students are getting more credits in more advanced courses, they are not scoring any higher on standardized tests.

The reason, according to a growing body of research, is that the content of these cours-

es is not as high-achieving as their names — the course-title equivalent of grade inflation. Algebra II is sometimes just Algebra I. And College Preparatory Biology can be just Biology.

Lynn Mellor, a researcher in Austin, Texas, who has studied the phenomenon in the state, compares it to a food marketer labeling an orange soda as healthier orange juice.

“Like the misleading drink labels, course titles may bear little relationship to what students have actually learned,” said Mellor, who has analyzed student data in Texas.

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Hotels spruce up executive lounges

By Tanya Mohn New York Times News Service

The hotel lounge was once a simple affair, offering a television, perhaps, and a small buffet to its regular customers. But as business travel has started to pick up, and revenue along with it, a number of major hotel brands are once more turning to sprucing up their executive club lounges, making them more residential in feel and providing healthier food and improved technology like free Wi-Fi. “The time is appropriate,” said Bjorn Hanson, dean of the Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management at New York University. Upgrades were a priority from 2005 to 2007, but since then, many hotels have deferred investments, Hanson said. “Frankly, some of these facilities need to be refurbished and redesigned.”

Investing in lounges is smart, he said, because they attract travelers who are less cost-conscious. Lounges are generally areas set aside for premium customers to work and relax, far from the hotel’s lobby.

Sheraton Hotels & Resorts and the owners of its hotels are spending about $108 million to upgrade 120 club lounges around the world, said Hoyt Harper, global brand leader. Before the redesign, layouts were not well planned, televisions were outdated and Wi-Fi not widely available, he said. Most new lounges will offer better views, upgraded services like manager’s receptions, wider food and beverage choices, free Wi-Fi, high-quality color printers, flat-screen televisions, and even game tables.

The lounges will be open seven days a week and, in some cases, 24 hours a day. “We found that our guests like having the lounge open on the weekend and into the night as well,” Harper said.

Erin Hoover, vice president for global brand design for Sheraton and Westin, said Sheraton was making design a priority in its lounges. “We’re creating spaces that are flexible, so business travelers can move between different zones for different activities,” Hoover said. “It’s very similar to how you set up your home.”

The design will be consistent, but layouts, colors and art will differ regionally. The Sheraton TriBeCa in New York City, for instance, has an outdoor terrace with a 180-degree view of downtown Manhattan and a small, inti-

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A view of the city skyline from the rooftop lounge at Ink 48 in New York. With business picking up after the recession, many hotel chains are refurbishing the decor, amenities and food in their lounges for premium customers. mate dining area. “It feels like I’m at my friend’s kitchen,” Hoover said. In Edinburgh, textiles, fabrics, wood and books create a cozy “almost library-like” feel to the media wall, she said.

Henry Harteveldt, travel industry analyst for Forrester Research, said he had seen “some lounges with all the ambiance of a dentist’s waiting room.” He added, “Design is very, very important, and it is much more integrated into daily life nowadays.” But, he said, lounges ideally combine “the aesthetic with the practical.”

JW Marriott Hotels is also updating or planning new executive lounges for many of its properties. Some will have “vanishing bars,” custom furniture by day that opens in the evening for cocktails, said Mitzi Gaskins, vice president and global brand manager. Other lounges may be larger, perhaps with private meeting rooms within them, as in Asia, where they are often popular gathering places. Dining and beverage offerings will focus on local and organic foods. And all will have a concierge, she said.

Hilton Hotels & Resorts is planning executive lounge improvements in many of its properties, including those in development, said Dave Horton, global head of the Hilton brand. “It’s a key focus.” The company was

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Customers of Walmart.com asked, and the world’s largest retailer delivered.

But only in San Jose.

On Saturday, the company began testing home grocery service here, as it tries to compete with similar offerings from online retailer Amazon.com and Safeway.

With the new “Walmart To Go,” customers can go online to order groceries and other items, including fresh produce, meat and seafood, baked goods, overthe-counter drugs, household supplies and health and beauty products. A minimum order of $49 is required, and the prices are the same as in the store.

Walmart will then drive the goods to customers’ homes as soon as the next day at whatever time customers choose, with a one-, two- or four-hour window — even up to three weeks in advance. Delivery charges range from $5 to $10, depending on the urgency. No tipping is allowed.

Ravi Jariwala, a spokesman for Walmart.com, said San Jose is a logical choice for the limited test because it’s a large population close to its online headquarters in Brisbane, Calif., near San Francisco.

“Our focus at this point is listening and learning from our customers,” he said, adding that he doesn’t know how long the test will run.

Jariwala said the idea follows a natural evolution. Before many of the retailer’s customers head out to a local Walmart, he said, they check its online site to see if the products they want are in stock.

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not ready to release details, but Horton said the lounges would use design, technology, food and beverages “to create an environment where our guests can connect with others, relax or be productive while traveling.”

At Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, there are plans to upgrade that could include things like lights that dim to change the mood to help travelers relax, said Clarence McLeod, corporate director of Fairmont Gold, the brand’s premium level. Other ideas include libraries with e-readers, and sound rooms with high-end equipment to listen to music. About 10 lounges already offer iPads, he said.

The brand also plans to personalize arrivals and service, based on guests’ interests.

“It’s about giving guests options,” said Alan Benjamin, president of Benjamin West, a company that supplies interior furnishings to major hotel brands and independent hotels internationally. The redesign of lounges is similar to a shift in hotel lobbies, which have been transformed into work and social areas.

Benjamin said business travelers worked traditionally in their rooms, but now more favor communal areas. Lounges typically offer individual seating “for people who want to cocoon themselves,” he said, as well as large

Walmart tests Networks see ratings online grocery hope in DVR viewers delivery service

By Tracy Seipel

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The digital video recorder was supposed to lay waste to network television. Instead the playback device is offering some shows a lifeline — so much so that network programmers now factor in ratings a full week after a show’s scheduled appearance.

That process could change the calculations made as network executives gather in Los Angeles in the next few weeks where, surrounded by spreadsheets, flow charts and piles of research data, they will decide the fates of shows on the ratings bubble like “Lie to Me” and “The Chicago Code” on Fox, “Brothers and Sisters” and “V” on ABC, “$#*! My Dad Says” and “The Defenders” on CBS, and “Chuck” and “Law & Order: LA” on NBC. Currently, networks are paid by advertisers only for how many viewers watch the commercials in their shows over the first three days after a show is broadcast — a model known as “commercial plus three” (C3) ratings. But

networks are monitoring how shows do over a full week after they are broadcast to gauge the depth of audience interest and loyalty. And, though they are not pressing the issue right now, they would eventually like to persuade advertisers to take more notice, as well.

“Absolutely it matters,” said David Poltrack, the chief research officer for CBS, about the “live plus seven days” ratings.

“You’d be foolish not to look at the DVR performance as a measure of the potential a program has,” said Alan Wurtzel, the president for research at NBC. “You have to recalibrate everything: what’s a hit; what’s a marginal show; what’s a failure.”

The networks and Nielsen do not release C3 data; it is considered confidential information.

But Wurtzel said the correlation between growth in ratings over seven days and improvement in ratings for the commercials over three days was close. He said that commercials in “Parenthood” improved by 12 percent over three days. (Ratings for commercials are always lower than ratings for the program content.)

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communal tables. Lounges are ideal for travelers who do not want to be secluded in their rooms, but who seek more privacy than possible in the lobby, he said.

Deborah Lloyd Forrest, principal of ForrestPerkins, an international architecture and design firm specializing in luxury hotels and resorts, said the first lounges “were designed to create a hotel within a hotel, a place of refuge for elite quests.”

Stephen Perkins, also a principal at ForrestPerkins, said “lounges became a distillation of the brand, a way to impart value through decor, art, acoustics, to encourage loyalty in its most important guests.”

Travel experts said it was a way for brands to stay competitive by differentiating themselves from others.

Joseph McInerney, chief executive of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, a hotel industry trade group, said lounges evolved from designated executive floors, which often had their own elevators or keys, “to make regular business travelers feel special.” The industry followed the airlines, which provided different amenities depending on class of service.

TOKYO — Nintendo Co., the world’s biggest maker of video game consoles, plans to begin selling the next version of the motion-sensing Wii next year after forecasting earnings that missed analysts’ estimates.

The company forecast net income will rise 42 percent to $1.3 billion in the 12 months to March 2012, missing the $1.76 billion average of nine analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

The projection doesn’t include sales of the new Wii, which will be shown at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles in June, it said.

President Satoru Iwata, facing mounting competition from Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360, is counting on the second-generation Wii to rekindle the success of its best-selling machine, which has introduced in 2006.

Kyoto-based Nintendo also aims to sell a “Legend of Zelda” game for its new 3DS handheld device that went on sale worldwide in the past two months.

“The market reaction is likely to be negative,” said Yusuke Tsunoda, an analyst at Tokai Tokyo Securities Co. “Sales of Wii software are forecast to plunge, while at the same time the company’s outlook is probably also taking into account a price cut for the console.”

Operating profit, or sales minus the cost of goods sold and administrative expenses, will climb 2.3 percent in the period, as revenue grows 8.4 percent, Nintendo said.

Nintendo, which dominated game hardware in consoles with the Wii and in portable players since the Gameboy in 1989, seeks to defend its lead against Sony’s latest PSP. The $250 3DS, which went on sales in the United States, Europe in Japan in the past two months, also faces Apple’s iPhone and smartphones using Google’s Android software, which have attracted gamers with third-party applications.

Sony, the world’s second-largest maker of portable game players, in January said it will offer the new model of the PSP by the year-end holiday season.

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NATO warplanes hit Gadhafi compound as Italy joins fight

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By David D. Kirkpatrick New York Times News Service

By Jeff Zeleny New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi had hired a campaign manager, lined up influential Republican activists in early-voting states and secured commitments from donors across the country, but he surprised them all Monday by announcing that he was abandoning his effort to join the Republican presidential race.

In a telephone call to supporters, followed by a brief statement, Barbour said he lacked the “absolute fire in the belly” that a candidacy would require.

He apologized for flirting with a presidential bid over the past six months and then backing away, but said he had concluded that he was not ready to dedicate himself to the “all-consuming effort” a campaign would require.

“I cannot offer that with certainty,” he said, “and total certainty is required.”

The decision by Barbour, 63, provided the biggest shake-up yet of the 2012 presidential race.

His departure adds another layer of uncertainty to the wide-open fight for the party’s nomination and set off a scramble among other candidates seeking to sign up his donors and supporters.

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An Afghan police officer looks at the opening of tunnel at the main prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan, where prisoners escaped on Monday. Taliban insurgents dug a more than 1,000-foot tunnel underground and into the main jail in Kandahar city and whisked out more than 450 prisoners.

Taliban prison break sets hundreds free

By Taimoor Shah and Alissa J. Rubin New York Times News Service

Obama losing support on Afghan war

By Scott Wilson and Jon Cohen The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — More Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s management of the war in Afghanistan than support it, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, a finding that reflects the public’s broader concern over the course of the nearly decadeold conflict.

Americans have given Obama wide leeway in escalating the conflict in Afghanistan, which as a presidential candidate he called “the war we have to win.” That latitude is changing — and fairly quickly — as the longer-running of the two wars he inherited approaches the 10-year mark.

In the Post-ABC News survey released Monday, 49 percent of respondents said they disapprove of Obama’s management of the war and 44 percent voiced approval. The disapproval mark is the highest on record in PostABC News polling.

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Taliban leaders carried out an audacious plot Monday to free nearly 500 fighters from southern Afghanistan’s largest prison, leading them through a tunnel dug over more than five months and equipped with electricity and air pipes, which suggested that the insurgents remain formidable and wily opponents despite recent setbacks.

The plan was so closely held that one young Taliban fighter who got out said he knew nothing of it until a fellow inmate tugged his sleeve to wake him in the night and led him to the 3-foot-wide tunnel, which ran more than half a mile from a hole in a cell’s floor, under security posts,

tall concrete walls and a highway, and came up in a nearby house. From there, a waiting car took the fighter a few miles away, where he hailed a taxi to safety.

“I was just praying to God that he would free me,” said the fighter, Allah Mohammed Agha, 22, recounting his escape from Sarposa Prison, where he had been held for 28 days. “Last night was the night that my dream was made true.”

He spoke by phone from Spinbaldak, near the Pakistani border.

The Afghan government called the breach a disaster. The prison break called into question the extent of the gains made against the Taliban in 18 months of hard fighting in Kandahar province, and whether any progress will be sustainable once NATO troops begin to reduce their numbers as planned this summer, members of Parliament, tribal lead-

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With little leverage, U.S. faces challenges in pressuring Syria

By David E. Sanger New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — The White House said Monday that it was exploring new sanctions against Syria — mostly involving the assets of top officials around President Bashar Assad — but officials acknowledged that the country was already under so many sanctions that the United States held little leverage.

“We’re talking about a country whose economy is about the size of Pittsburgh’s,” said one administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the debate within the administration about the next steps. “There are things you can do to amp up the volume”

of sanctions, the official said, “but the financial impact is slim.”

The problem the Obama administration faces with Syria is similar to those involving North Korea and Myanmar, which have long been under sanctions. In Syria’s case, the United States in 2006 banned transactions with the Commercial Bank of Syria.

In early 2007, it accused four government-related research organizations of working on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and banned transactions with them.

But later that year, when Israel found a nuclear reactor under construction in the Syrian desert and destroyed it in an airstrike, the United States took no further action, in part because the Bush administration could not think

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday turned back an unusual request from Virginia to put the state’s challenge to the new federal health care law on a fast track.

The court’s one-line order offered no reasoning, and there were no noted dissenting votes.

Nor was there any indication that any justices had disqualified themselves from the case.

The court’s practice is to note such recusals, and it now appears almost certain that all nine justices will hear cases challenging the law when they reach the court in the ordinary course, probably in the term that starts in October.

Federal trial courts around the nation have issued varying decisions about the constitutionality of a key provision of the law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which mandates the purchase of health insurance in some circumstances.

ers and Western officials said in interviews.

Clearly embarrassed, Afghan officials had little else to say, other than to acknowledge that the prison break showed unexpected weaknesses in security. Since the Taliban engineered a major break at the same prison in 2008 — freeing 1,200 prisoners — Canadian forces have mentored the Afghans who run the prison and NATO countries have spent several million dollars upgrading and training the prison administration, according to a Western official in Kabul.

Of the 488 men who escaped, fewer than 20 were from the criminal section of the prison; the rest were security detainees believed to be Taliban fighters and commanders.

A manhunt was on, and reportedly 26 escapees had been captured by late afternoon.

TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO warplanes struck Moammar Gadhafi’s compound here early on Monday and also bombed a state television complex in an escalation of the air campaign to aid the rebellion against his four decades in power.

The attack on the compound was the third since air raids began in mid-March, but the strike at the television complex was the most significant broadening yet of the NATO air campaign, suggesting that nonmilitary targets would be hit in an effort to break down the instruments of Gadhafi’s broader control.

A senior Libyan government official said that the strike knocked state television off the air for about a half hour.

In the port of Misrata, 130 miles east of Tripoli, the capital, rebels reported that a widely publicized government pullback had given way to renewed shelling by Gadhafi’s forces from outside the city.

The initial withdrawal over the weekend after a nearly two-month siege had bewildered some rebels.

Also on Monday, Italy, after weeks of declining to participate in direct bombing raids, said for the first time that it would begin striking select military targets in Libya.

In Tripoli, at least two large bomb blasts thundered in the city just after midnight, and journalists escorted to the compound by government officials saw firefighters hosing down the smoldering remains of an office complex where Gadhafi works and meets visitors. The explosions sent cement and debris flying more than 50 yards. There were no signs of armaments, and Libyan officials said that no one was killed, although they said that as many as 45 people were slightly injured.

A government spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim, said later that three people had been

killed and 45 were injured, 15 of them seriously, by the airstrikes.

He did not elaborate and turned down a request to arrange for interviews with the wounded.

Ibrahim declined comment on whether Gadhafi was in the compound at the time of the attack, but he said the Libyan government considered the attack “an attempt to assassinate the leader and unifying figure of this country.”

“He is well,” Ibrahim said of Gadhafi. “He is healthy. He is in high spirits.” Gadhafi, who has made infrequent appearances in Tripoli since the uprising began, was conducting business as usual on Monday, meeting with government officials and tribal elders, Ibrahim told reporters at the scene.

But elsewhere government officials appeared more anxious than usual about the stepped-up pace of the bombing attacks, accusing the NATO allies of seeking to terrorize the Libyan people.

One official, speaking on condition of anonymity moments after the attack, said in exasperation that the strikes had gone too far and would justify terrorist counterattacks by Libyan forces in the cities of NATO countries.

Other officials were already worrying aloud about the safety of their families in places like Surt, a center of support for Gadhafi that has also come under attack

by NATO planes.

Of the two previous attacks at or near Gadhafi’s compound, the first came soon after the airstrikes began in mid-March, with an air raid mangling a building described by NATO officials as a command and control center.

Law firm splits over representing House GOP on marriage act

By Michael D. Shear New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — The law firm hired by Republicans in the House of Representatives to defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act withdrew Monday amid pressure from gay-rights groups. The decision prompted the resignation of a prominent partner, who said he intended to take the case with him to another law office.

Gay rights groups had criticized the 126-year-old, Atlantabased law firm, King & Spalding, saying that its agreement to defend the law, which prohibits federal recognition of gay marriages, would hurt its ability

to recruit and retain lawyers. The firm’s chairman, Robert Hays Jr., said Monday that the firm would no longer defend the law.

“In reviewing this assignment further, I determined that the process used for vetting this engagement was inadequate,” he said.

“Ultimately I am responsible for any mistakes that occurred and apologize for the challenges this may have created.”

The firm’s abrupt reversal highlights the continuing potency of gay marriage as a complicated issue in Washington. President Barack Obama has often called the marriage act “abhorrent,” but his Justice Department defended it for more than a year before declaring it unconstitutional.

of any truly effective sanctions.

Now the Obama administration is looking for specific sanctions against individualleaders, although most of their money is probably in Europe or Lebanon.

So far, President Barack Obama has stopped short of calling on Assad to step down, or of declaring, as he did of Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi, that Assad had lost the moral authority to lead his country. Nor, apparently, has the administration been working behind the scenes to ease Assad out of office, as in the case of Yemen’s president, Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Asked how the administration justified treating Assad so differently, Jay Carney, Obama’s press secretary, said Monday that it was “up to the people of Syria to decide who its leaders should be.”

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Constituents of Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., chairman of the House Budget Committee and author of the GOP 2012 budget plan, attend a recent Republican “listening session” in Delavan, Wis. has voted for Ryan seven times in part because people here believe in fiscal responsibility and a balanced budget. But a high percentage of them are also older and working-class, unsure if they can withstand the cuts their congressman has proposed.

Cammers waited with his question while Ryan quieted the library crowd, gave a 20-minute PowerPoint presentation titled “A Choice of Two Futures,” called on six other constituents with their hands in the air and then, finally, pointed his index finger to the middle of the sixth row: “Yes, you. The gentleman there in the middle.”

Cammers stood up, stammered and introduced himself as a disabled veteran. He said the whole budget predicament seemed like an impossible choice between a mounting national debt and devastating cutbacks. He explained that he was living on Social Security, and that he had made a pretty decent living once while working in management, and that he could survive a few cuts.

“I will be fine,” he said. And then he came around to the question.

“I guess what I’m saying is, what are all these changes going to mean for my son?”

His question to Ryan at the listening session had resulted in a broad response about “hard cuts across the board,” and Clarence had begun to wonder if any answer would have satisfied him.

What would happen to his son?

He had always worried about Tim — about his seizures in preschool, his severe attention-deficit disorder, his preoccupation

with video games, his lack of a serious relationship. His money.

Tim lived day to day, spending whatever he earned on mocha Frappuccinos and video games, with little left over to save despite never paying rent.

Ryan had spoken at the library about eradicating a “culture of dependency,” which had made Clarence think about Tim, the son who had never “flown from the nest,” he said. So far in his life — sometimes because of circumstances beyond his control — Tim had often been dependent.

The country’s mounting debt had bothered him for years — his desire for small government is one reason he usually votes Republican — and some of Ryan’s comments at the library had stuck in his head. That “the next generation is getting an outright crash economy.” That the total debt would exceed the country’s worth in the next few decades. That foreign countries, and mostly China, own 47 percent of the debt. That the Federal Reserve started paying it down by printing extra money, weakening the value of U.S. currency.

Already the dollar feels lackluster to Clarence. His Social Security payments have not included a cost-of-living increase in the past two years, even as life has become more expensive. Elkhorn electric bills are up 30 percent over last year. The assessed value of his home has dropped 14 percent. Gas is $4 a gallon, groceries cost $110 each week instead of $80, and the town is charging an extra $2.50 a week to haul away his trash. So Clarence clips

said the disconnect became apparent a decade ago, after two nationwide surveys showed that the proportion of high school seniors taking trigonometry, precalculus or calculus more than doubled from the early 1980s to the early 2000s.

“Students were taking more rigorous-sounding courses, but there was no evidence they had mastered the content,” Schneider said.

Researchers at Michigan State University began studying the issue for a 2001 paper that drew on the test scores of 13,000 U.S. eighth-grade students who participated in an international math and science exam known as TIMSS. They compared the schools’ math courses — ranging from remedial through “enriched” to Algebra I — with the content of the textbooks used in them. In about 15 percent of the cases, the textbook covered less advanced areas of math than the course name suggested, said William H. Schmidt, who led the Michigan research.

In 2008, Schmidt surveyed 30 high schools in Ohio and Michigan, finding 270 distinctly labeled math courses. In science, one district offered Basic Biology, BioScience, General Biology A and B — 10 biology courses in all.

“The titles didn’t reveal much at all about how advanced the course was,” he said.

Course-title inflation is easier to document in math and science, researchers said, but they suspect it is happening in English and other subjects, too.

Growing skepticism among parents and policymakers about the rigor of high school coursework has been a factor, experts say, in the rapid growth of Advanced Placement, the College Board’s program of college-level courses.

Over a decade, the number of AP exams taken by U.S. high school students has more than

doubled, to 3.1 million in 2010 from 1.2 million in 2000.

Politicians and educators in many states have promoted the program, hoping to provide more rigor beyond the traditional curriculum. But the failure rate also is higher on AP exams, which are graded on a scale of 1 to 5.

The proportion of exams earning low scores of 1 or 2 rose to 42.5 percent in 2010, up from 36.4 in 2000.

Trevor Packer, a College Board vice president, said his organization was wrestling with whether access to AP should be expanded even if that meant more students fail. For now, the proportion of low scorers is “tolerable,” he said.

Packer spent a recent week visiting AP classes in low-income schools in California, where, he said, he found the level of instruction surprisingly high and students well motivated.

“It was also clear that many students were being placed in AP who didn’t have the preparation,” he said. But California principals argued that even students who score poorly in AP were better off than if they had taken only standard coursework, Packer said.

Bruce Orr, the principal of Lakeside High School, in Hot Springs, Ark., agreed. Orr’s students took 297 AP exams last year — eight times as many as in 2004.

“It’s about adding rigor,” Orr said about his campaign to increase AP enrollments.

Across Arkansas, the number of AP exams has nearly sextupled since 2000. The proportion of Arkansas students who score a 1 or 2 has surged, too, and is now the nation’s highest: 70 percent in 2010.

Orr said he was not concerned about how many Lakeside students each year earn high AP scores.

“Just being in that rigorous course environment does these kids a world of good,” he said.

coupons, cuts back on dinners at Chili’s, drives less and spends more time at the desk in his basement, managing the budget.

When the budget debate is all said and done, he wondered, what will be left for Tim? What is more important, he wondered, a balanced budget or a safety net for his son? Does it have to be one or the other?

Ryan has proposed cutting taxes across the board — even for the top 1 percent — and shrinking programs intended for those who need help. Unemployment assistance would be more stringent. Food stamps would be cut by 20 percent. Medicare would be based on a voucher system that would struggle to keep pace with inflation.

Clarence finished typing numbers into the categories on his spreadsheet and grabbed his calculator. A Social Security payment of $1,912 minus monthly expenditures of $1,324 meant he had $588 left over to save. That would be money for Tim. He would be Tim’s safety net.

“My retirement is going to be his retirement,” Clarence said, because at least that way, no matter what happened with the budget, his son might have something to depend on.

When an arbitrator ruled this month that Detroit could reduce the pensions being earned by its police sergeants and lieutenants, it put the struggling city at the forefront of a growing national debate over whether the pensions of current public workers can or should be reduced.

Conventional wisdom, and the laws and constitutions of many states, has long held that the pensions being earned by current government workers are untouchable. But as the fiscal crisis has lingered, officials in strapped states from California to Illinois have begun to take a second look, to see whether there might be loopholes allowing them to cut the pension benefits of current employees. Now the move in Detroit — made possible, lawyers said, because Michigan’s constitutional protections are weaker — could spur other places to try to follow suit.

“These things do tend to be herd-oriented,” said Sylvester Schieber, an economist and independent consultant who studies pensions.

The mayors of some hardhit cities have said that the high costs of pensions have forced them to lay off workers: Oakland, Calif., laid off one-tenth of its police force last year after failing to win concessions on pension costs.

Elsewhere there is pension envy: Some private sector workers, who have learned the hard way that their companies can freeze or reduce pensions going forward, resent that the pensions of public sector workers enjoy stronger legal protections. But government workers, many of whom were recruited with the promise of good benefits and pensions, say that it would be unfair — and in many cases, very likely illegal — to change the rules in the middle of the game.

It has been far more common for cities and states to adopt more modest retirement plans for future workers. But the savings from new plans are initially small, growing

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Continued from A1 “We see students taking more and more advanced courses, but still not performing well on endof-course exams,” said Mellor.

The 2009 results — the most recent available — of the federal test that measures change in achievement levels over decades showed that the nation’s 17-yearolds were scoring no higher in reading and math than in 1973.

SAT scores have dropped or flatlined, too, since 2000.

But a federal study released this month of nearly 38,000 high school transcripts showed that the proportion of graduates completing a rigorous curriculum rose to 13 percent in 2009 from 5 percent in 1990. Arnold A. Goldstein, a director at the department’s National Center for Education Statistics, which administered both the federal test and the transcripts study, suggested possible causes for this apparent contradiction.

“There may be a ‘watering down’ of courses,” he said. Also, high school seniors may not try hard when they take the federal tests, since there are no consequences based on how they perform, he said.

Schools apply vaunted names to courses in part, researchers said, because administrators want to help students satisfy tougher requirements for high school graduation in many states.

They point to parents’ interest in rigorous-sounding coursework for their children, and to administrators’ vanity in offering ambitious coursework.

Some educators also argue that students benefit from being exposed to more difficult coursework, even if they do not perform well.

Mark Schneider, a vice president of the American Institutes of Research who headed the Education Department’s research wing under President George W. Bush,

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only over time. Other states have gone further, requiring workers to work more years before retiring, or to contribute a higher portion of their salaries toward their pensions. A few states have rolled back cost-of-living increases for retirees, prompting lawsuits. But reducing the rate at which government workers earn pension benefits — even modestly, as Detroit did — has been rare.

Pension funds can run out of money. In Prichard, Ala., the fund ran out in 2009. The city stopped sending pension checks to its 150 retired workers, defying a state law that requires it to pay what it has promised. In the 19 months since the checks stopped, 18 retirees have died while waiting for their money.

When Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, a Republican, moved to curtail the collective bargaining rights of public worker unions in Wisconsin, he exempted police and fire unions. But they often have among the most expensive pension benefits.

That is, in part, because they must be paid for more years. Because police work and firefighting are dangerous, physically demanding jobs, it is not uncommon for cities to promise workers full pensions after as little as 20 years of service, even if that means paying retirees monthly stipends from their 40s until they die. Such pensions are powerful recruiting tools.

The struggles of Detroit, of course, are extreme. The report by the arbitrator, Thomas W. Brookover, noted that although the city’s unemployment rate was officially 28 percent, there was evidence that less than 37 percent of the city’s residents were actually working. The population had crashed. Property tax revenues were dwindling. Detroit had drained its rainy day fund, reduced overtime, offered property-tax amnesty, sold public assets, borrowed money, allowed casinos to set up shop — and still its deficits kept growing.

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ELKHORN, WIS. — The event had been advertised as a listening session about the federal budget, but nobody could hear much of anything now. Some people booed, others clapped, and a man in extra-large overalls shouted across the crowd, “Why doesn’t anybody in Washington tell us the truth?”

Latecomers jammed near the entryway while policemen fidgeted in the aisles. Congressman Paul Ryan, the featured speaker, paced at the front of the room, pleading for order. “Come on, guys,” he said. “Come on, now.”

Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, had returned to his district in southern Wisconsin to detail his 2012 budget proposal at a series of small community meetings, none of which turned out to be small. Here, at a library in a 7,300-person town where constituents call the congressman by first name only, people referred to his budget by either Ryan’s term, the “Path to Prosperity,” or their own, the “Road to Ruin.” Ryan’s short speech only amplified the divide.

“We are heading for disaster in America,” Ryan said, igniting another round of cheers and boos.

And then: “This is our generation’s defining moment. This is our fork in the road.”

Seated in the sixth row of folding chairs, lost amid the commotion, a 64-year-old man in wirerimmed glasses leaned forward and quietly raised his hand.

Clarence Cammers had come to ask a question, one that had been weighing on his mind for the past two weeks.

A lifelong Republican, Cammers had studied all 73 pages of Ryan’s proposal, which aims to erase the $14 trillion national debt in part by minimizing popular entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. He had punched Ryan’s numbers into a worn gray calculator, trying to decipher how those gigantic sums would affect his family’s income of hourly wages and the very entitlements Ryan had targeted.

He had parted his hair, tucked a collared shirt into his jeans and driven to the listening session.

On the way, he had rehearsed the question in his head.

And then he waited. He held his hand in the air like so many others in Ryan’s district, a stretch of rural flatland that spans from Racine, with the state’s highest unemployment, to Janesville, still devastated from the closing of a General Motors plant last year. It is a conservative area that

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Dossier shows push for more post-9/11 terror attacks

By Scott Shane and Benjamin Wiser New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — He peers out from the photo in the classified file through heavy-framed spectacles, an owlish face with a graying beard and a half-smile.

Saifullah Paracha, a successful businessman and for years a New York travel agent, appears to be the oldest of the 172 prisoners still held at the Guantanamo Bay prison. His dossier is among

OSU-Cascades Continued from A1 But Conger said what he has in his corner are the circumstances surrounding the purchase of the building. The university would pony up $1 million of its own funds, and a donor — who wishes to remain anonymous until the deal is realized — would contribute $800,000. Instead of spending $225,000 a year to lease a building, the school would own the building and be able to lease out extra space.

The money would come from lottery revenue funds. Most lottery funds are already allocated to education or parks, but there is a sliver reserved for economic development. There is about $282 million in this fund for bonding capacity. The governor has requested about $279 million, which would have to be approved by the Legislature.

Ted Wheeler, the state’s treasurer, said in a statement that the OSU-Cascades project is “the type of project that the Lottery program was built for.”

Conger said so far the OSUCascades project is the only one he’s heard of on the list to receive the funds. He believes buying the building now is a smart move for

Computers Continued from A1 The physical technology of scientific research is still here — the new electron microscopes, the telescopes, the particle colliders — but they are now inseparable from computing power, and it is the computers that let scientists find order and patterns in the raw information that the physical tools gather.

Computer power not only aids research, it defines the nature of that research: what can be studied, what new questions can be asked, and answered.

“The profound thing is that today all scientific instruments have computing intelligence inside, and that’s a huge change,” said Larry Smarr, an astrophysicist who is director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, or Calit2, a research consortium at the University California, San Diego.

In the planetarium’s first production, “Fragile Planet,” the viewer was transported through the roof of the Morrison, first appearing to fly in a graceful arc around the Renzo Pianodesigned museum and then quickly out into the solar system to explore the cosmos. Where visual imagery was once projected on the dome of the original Morrison Planetarium using an elaborate home-brew star projector, the new system is powered by three separate parallel computing systems which store so much data that the system is both telescope and microscope.

From incomprehensibly small to unimaginably large, the computerized planetarium moves seamlessly over 12 orders of magnitude in the objects it presents. It can shift “from subatomic to the large-scale structure of the universe,” said Ryan Wyatt, an astronomer who is director of the planetarium.

It is, said Katy Borner, an Indiana University computer scientist who is a specialist in scientific visualization, a “macroscope.”

She uses the word to describe a new class of computer-based scientific instruments to which the new planetarium’s virtual and physical machine belongs. These are composite tools, with different kinds of physical presences that have such powerful and flexible software programs that they become a complete scientific workbench that can be reconfigured by mixing and matching aspects of the software to tackle specific research problems.

A macroscope need not be in a single physical location. To take one example, a midday visitor to the lab of Tom DeFanti, a

the most chilling.

In the months after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Paracha, 63, was one of a small circle of alQaida operatives who explored ways to follow up on the hijackings with new attacks, according to the classified Guantanamo files made available to The New York Times.

Working with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the 9/11 planner who in early 2002 gave him $500,000 to $600,000 “for safekeeping,”

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“It’s an important step in having a four-year stand-alone university,” Conger said. “Right now, OSU-Cascade leases space, and those funds are not going to be available down the road to fund a stand-alone campus.

OSU-Cascades Vice President Becky Johnson said the university has its eye on the Edge Wireless building, at 650 S.W. Columbia St.

computer graphics specialist, in the Calit2 building in San Diego is greeted by a wall-size array of screens that appears to offer a high-resolution window into a vacant laboratory somewhere else in the world. The distant room is a parallel laboratory at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Four years ago representatives of that university visited Calit2 and initiated a collaboration in which the U.S. scientists helped create a parallel scientific visualization center in Thuwal connected to the Internet by up to 10 gigabits of bandwidth — enough to share high-resolution imagery and research.

Saudi researchers now have access to a software system known as Scalable Adaptive Graphics Environment, or SAGE, originally developed to permit scientists working far apart to share and visualize research data. SAGE is essentially an operating system for visual information, capable of displaying and manipulating images up to about one-third of a billion pixels — as much as 150 times more than what can be displayed on a conventional computer display.

“The killer application is collaboration; that is what people want,” DeFanti said. “You can save so much energy by not flying to London that it will run a rack of computers for a year.”

More than a decade ago Smarr began building a distributed supercomputing capability he called the OptIPuter, because it used the fiber-optic links among the nation’s supercomputer centers to make it possible to divide computing problems as well as digital data so that larger scientific computing loads could be shared.

The advent of high-performance computing systems, however, created a new bottleneck for scientists, he said. “Over the past decade computers have become over a thousand times faster because of Moore’s Law and the ability to store information has gone up roughly 10,000 times, while the number of pixels we can display is maybe only a factor of two different,” he said.

To make it possible for visualization to catch up with accelerating computing capacity, researchers at Calit2 and others have begun designing display systems called OptIPortals that offer better ways of representing scientific data.

Recently, the Calit2 researchers have begun building scaleddown versions called OptIPortables, which are smaller display systems that can be fashioned like Lego blocks from just a handful of displays, rather than dozens or hundreds. The OptI-

Paracha offered his long experience in the shipping business for a scheme to move plastic explosives into the United States inside containers of women’s and children’s clothing, the files assert.

Paracha’s assessment is among more than 700 classified documents that fill in new details of al-Qaida’s efforts to make 9/11 just the first in a series of attacks to cripple the United States, intentions thwarted as the Central Intelligence Agency captured

in Bend. Bend Research, a firm specializing in pharmaceutical and defense industry research, has agreed to lease space from the university in the building.

The university currently offers master’s programs in clinical mental health counseling and school counseling as well as a master’s in teaching.

Right now, the university is leasing about 13,000 square feet. The building it is looking at has about 28,000 square feet.

It would give it space, Johnson said, to lease in the short run and room to grow in the future.

“We are leasing space now, and we feel like we should take advantage of the real estate market to purchase space,” she said.

“It’s a better use of state funds.”

Conger said he pictures the partnership with Bend Research turning into higher-paying jobs in Central Oregon.

“It could mean new technology developed in Bend,” he said.

“The model of having technology developed in academia and spun into valuable commercial ventures is not new. Go out to Silicon Valley and take a look at all the startups around Stanford.”

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Portable displays can be quickly set up and moved, and DeFanti said his lab was now at capacity assembling systems for research groups around the world.

Within many scientific fields software-based instruments are quickly adding new functions as open-source systems make it possible for small groups or even individuals to add features that permit customization.

Cytoscape is a bioinformatics software tool set that evolved, beginning in 2001, from research in the laboratory of Leroy Hood at the University of Washington.

Hood, one of the founders of the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, was a pioneer in the field of automated gene sequencing, and one of his graduate students at the time, Trey Ideker, was exploring whether it was possible to automate the mapping of gene interactions.

As complex a task as gene sequencing is, charting the multiplicity of interactions that are possible among the roughly 30,000 genes that make up the human chromosome is even more complex. It has led to the emergence of the field of network biology as biologists begin to build computer-aided models of cellular and disease processes.

“Very quickly we realized we weren’t the only ones facing this problem and that others were independently developing software tools,” Ideker said. The researchers decided to take what at the time was a large risk, and began to develop their code as an opensource software development project, meaning that it could be freely shared by the entire biological community. The project picked up speed when Ideker, who is now chief of genetics at the UCSD School of Medicine, merged his efforts with Gary Bader, a biologist who now runs a computational biology laboratory at the University of Toronto.

Tools like Cytoscape have a symbiotic relationship with immense databases that have grown to support the research activities of the scientists who are studying newer fields like genomics and proteomics. Gene sequencing led to the creation of Genbank, which is now maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information. And with a growing array of digital data streams, other databases are being curated — in Europe, for example, at the European Bioinformatics Institute, which has begun to build an array of new databases for functions like protein interactions. Cytoscape helps transform the disparate databases into a federated whole with the aid of plug-ins that allow a scientist to pick and chose from different sources.

Mohammed and other leaders of the terrorist network.

For the small circle of al-Qaida operatives described in the December 2008 assessment of Paracha, terrorism appears to have been a family affair.

There was Mohammed, the terrorist network’s top plotter, and his nephew, Baluchi, who was married to another militant, a U.S.-trained neuroscientist, Aafia Siddiqui. And there was Paracha and his son, Uzair.

Screens Continued from A1 The bill has its roots in the experience of Central Oregon Irrigation District, Swalley Irrigation District and North Unit Irrigation District, who ran into the state’s fish passage law in 2009 while attempting to build a hydroelectric power plant on a canal that had an intake near the North Canal Dam on Bend’s north side.

After the districts protested, and persuaded Sen. Chris Telfer, R-Bend, to carry a bill on their behalf last year, the state allowed the districts to contribute only 40 percent of

Still Continued from A1 Police will turn the findings over to the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office for review. This is normal protocol following suspicious death investigations, Gregory said.

Gregory said the police normally do not release the results of these investigations until after the District Attorney’s Office has reviewed the case.

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The newly revealed assessments, obtained last year by the group WikiLeaks and provided by another source to The Times, have revived the dispute, nearly as old as the prison, over whether mistreatment of some prisoners there and the prison’s operation outside the criminal justice system invalidate the government’s findings.

David Remes, a lawyer who represents the elder Paracha, said in an interview Monday that

while he had not seen the assessment, its conclusion that Paracha poses a “high risk” to U.S. interests was without foundation.

“The notion that he ever did anything that justified his detention, or ever was or is any kind of threat to the United States, is preposterous,” Remes said.

What Paracha wants, Remes added, is either a transfer back to his native country, Pakistan, or “a definitive adjudication of his case.”

the estimated $1 million price tag for fish passage at the dam – and the money isn’t due until 2015.

The new bill won’t affect that deal, said Steve Johnson of COID. He said the bill is driven by other irrigation districts reacting to what happened in Bend.

“When you’re developing a project, you do not want to be surprised,” he said. “People didn’t like that scenario and they wanted to protect themselves from that.”

The law that the irrigation districts are trying to change is one that was passed in 2007 based on a compromise with environmentalists — and Priestley said the bill wouldn’t have become law without the fish passage requirement.

In the past, state officials have described the law as a key part of the state’s strategy to restore fish habitat around the state.

“This is not about whether these are good projects,” Priestley said. “It’s about whether we’re going to do this in an environmentally friendly way.”

Irrigation district officials say the state needs to fund its fish passage strategy through some other means. Johnson insisted, however, that districts still intend to be environmentally friendly.

“No one wants to throw fish under the bus,” he said.

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In floods, teamwork keeps fire ants afloat

By Brian Vastag The Washington Post

Congress could learn a thing or two about teamwork from Solenopsis invicta, the dreaded fire ant.

When swept up by a flood, a colony of the critters — thousands of them — will save themselves by joining forces and forming a raft. They pile together and lock arms, legs and jaws.

So bound, an ant raft can survive for months, sailing off to new lands.

Engineers studying animal oddities now report that together, the ants aren’t just stronger.

They’re more buoyant. Airtight, even.

“Water does not penetrate the raft,” said Nathan Mlot, a mechanical engineer at Georgia Institute of Technology and lead author of the ant-raft report published in Monday’s Proceedings of the National Academies. Even the bottom layer of ants stays dry, he said.

But why? Individual fire ants, when dropped in water, struggle and flail, but a close inspection reveals a thin layer of air clinging to the swimmer. It’s a selfsupplied flotation device.

The uneven, hairy surface of the ant’s skin explains this phenomenon. Bumpy, hirsute, or otherwise rough surfaces repel water because of something called the Cassie-Baxter law of wetting.

And unlike the McCain-Feingold law of campaign finance reform, Cassie-Baxter always applies.

This physical law states that as a surface gets rougher, water has a tougher time touching it. Duck feathers also repel water because of their tiny bumps.

Although individual fire ants have been thoroughly studied in the lab, until now no one had bothered to figure out how ant rafts float.

So Mlot and his colleagues gathered up fire ants from the urban wilderness of Atlanta. The ants’ floating prowess makes them easy to collect. Just scoop up an ant mound, dump it in a bucket of water and collect the entire population as it pops to the surface.

Back in the lab, Mlot deposited colonies of 500 to 8,000 ants in large beakers. When gently swirled, each colony spontaneously formed a sphere.

Mlot dropped these spheres into water, and the amazing social behavior of ants became evident. The ants on top of the ball crawled down to the water and grabbed onto other waterlevel compatriots. The next layer of top ants then crawled to the edge, and so on. In about a minute and a half, each ant-sphere flattened into a dome, then flattened further into a pancake shape — a raft.

When the engineers flashfroze one ant raft with liquid nitrogen and scanned it under a microscope, they saw ants cling-

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An air bubble helps keep a fire ant afloat. When a colony of ants is stranded on water, the ants lock legs and jaws to form a raft kept afloat by the buoyancy of their collective bubbles. ing to one another every which way — legs on legs, jaws on legs, jaw on jaws. They also counted about 2½ layers of ants per raft.

This togetherness pushes each ant’s individual air bubble against the next ant’s bubble.

The bubbles join, protecting the whole raft.

“If water can’t come into contact with one ant, or the next, or the next, air can’t get through,” said Mlot.

The rafts are so buoyant that the engineers had to push them eight inches underwater before any water leaked through. As the rafts submerged, the ants pulled together even more tightly, working together to maintain their water-tight communal craft.

The rafting behavior likely evolved because fire ants hail from oft-flooded regions of Brazil and Argentina, said Alexander Wild, an ant researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “This is a secret to their success,” he said of the biting pests that invaded the southern United States decades ago. “They can come out of a flood and be the first ants in.”

Other species of ants huddle together to make structures, the most famous being the giant army ants of South America, which form large bivouacs, or living nests, each night. But only fire ants make rafts.

When building these structures, no single ant is in charge.

Yet what looks like chaos is really communal organization.

The ants act as one, becoming what entomologists call a super-organism.

And the lesson for Congress, which recently wound itself up in knots simply trying to keep the government afloat?

“These ants hang in there and figure out a way to get the job done,” said Michael Raupp, an entomologist at the University of Maryland at College Park. “It’s another fascinating example of altruistic behavior, ants acting as super-organisms. Insects doing insect things.”

Improved tracking a factor in rising tally of tornadoes

By A.G. Sulzberger New York Times News Service

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — All the warning sirens echoing across the Great Plains, Midwest and Southeast this month leave little doubt that the tornado season — which has plowed a trail of destruction through communities from Oklahoma to Wisconsin to Georgia — is off to an unusually busy start.

So far this year, tornadoes have killed 41 people and torn apart countless neighborhoods and, this weekend, one major airport.

As the country braces for several more days of potentially violent weather, meteorologists say the number of April tornadoes is on track to top the record.

There have been, according to preliminary estimates, about 250 tornadoes this month and, in all likelihood, more are still to come, said Greg Carbin, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service.

“It’s unusual, but it does happen,” said Howard Bluestein, a meteorology professor at the University of Oklahoma who specializes in tornado research.

“This isn’t a sign that the world is about to end.”

Those same experts note that drawing conclusions about the true size of, or reason for, an increase in tornado activity is difficult because historical statistics are unreliable due to changes in the way storms are tracked and measured.

Although the average number of April tornadoes steadily increased from 74 a year in the 1950s to 163 a year in the 2000s, nearly all of the increase is of the least powerful tornadoes that may touch down briefly without causing much damage. That suggests better reporting is largely responsible for the increase.

“Today we seem to know about every single tree branch knocked down,” Carbin said. “We have eyes everywhere, and we have radar and satellite. It would be very difficult for a tornado to sneak through unnoticed.”

Tornadoes form when warm moist air combines with powerful dynamic winds inside a thunderstorm, sending a funnel cloud spinning toward the ground. They are most common in spring, typically peaking in May. Though scientists believe that climate change will contribute to increasingly severe weather phenomena, including hurricanes and thunderstorms, there is little consensus about how it may affect tornadoes.

It remains unclear, partly because of the lack of historical data and partly because of their unpredictable nature, whether they will increase in number or strength or geographic range.

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A generation’s vanity, heard through hit lyrics

By John Tierney New York Times News Service

A couple of years ago, as his fellow psychologists debated whether narcissism was increasing, Nathan DeWall heard Rivers Cuomo singing to a familiar 19th-century melody. Cuomo, the lead singer and guitarist for the rock band Weezer, billed the song as “Variations on a Shaker Hymn.”

Where 19th-century Shakers had sung “ ’Tis the gift to be simple, ’tis the gift to be free,” Cuomo offered his own lyrics: “I’m the meanest in the place, step up, I’ll mess with your face.”

Instead of the Shaker message of love and humility, Cuomo sang over and over, “I’m the greatest man that ever lived.”

The refrain got DeWall wondering: “Who would actually sing that aloud?” Cuomo may have been parodying the grandiosity of other singers — but then, why was there so much grandiosity to parody? Did the change from “Simple Gifts” to “Greatest Man That Ever Lived” exemplify a broader trend?

Now, after a computer analysis of three decades of hit songs, DeWall and other psychologists report finding what they were looking for: a statistically significant trend toward narcissism and hostility in popular music. As they hypothesized, the words “I” and “me” appear more frequently along with anger-related words, while there’s been a corresponding decline in “we” and “us” and the expression of positive emotions.

“Late adolescents and college students love themselves more today than ever before,” says DeWall, a psychologist at the University of Kentucky. His study covered song lyrics from 1980 to 2007 and controlled for genre to prevent the results from being skewed by the growing popularity of, say, rap and hip-hop.

Defining the personality of a generation with song lyrics may seem a bit of a reach, but DeWall points to research done by his co-authors that showed people of the same age scoring higher in measures of narcissism on some personality tests. The extent and meaning of this trend have been hotly debated by psychologists, some of whom question the tests’ usefulness and say that young people today aren’t any more selfcentered than those of earlier generations.

The new study of song lyrics certainly won’t end the debate, but it does offer another way to gauge self-absorption: the

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After a computer analysis of three decades of hit songs, psychologists report finding a statistically significant trend toward narcissism and hostility in popular music.

Billboard Hot 100 chart. The researchers find that hit songs in the 1980s were more likely to emphasize happy togetherness, like the racial harmony sought by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder in “Ebony and Ivory” and the group exuberance promoted

by Kool & the Gang: “Let’s all celebrate and have a good time.” Diana Ross and Lionel Richie sang of “two hearts that beat as one,” and John Lennon’s “(Just Like) Starting Over” emphasized the preciousness of “our life together.”

Today’s songs, according to the researchers’ linguistic analysis, are more likely be about one very special person: the singer.

“I’m bringing sexy back,” Justin Timberlake proclaimed in 2006. The year before, Beyoncé exulted in how hot she looked while dancing — “It’s blazin’, you watch me in amazement.” And Fergie, who boasted about her “humps” while singing with the Black Eyed Peas, subsequently released a solo album in which she told her lover that she needed quality time alone: “It’s personal, myself and I.” Two of DeWall’s co-authors, W. Keith Campbell and Jean Twenge, published a

book in 2009 titled “The Narcissism Epidemic,” which argues that narcissism is increasingly prevalent among young people — and possibly middle-aged people, too, although it’s hard for anyone to know because most of the available data comes from college students.

For several decades, students have filled out a questionnaire called the Narcissism Personality Inventory, in which they’ve had to choose between two statements like “I try not to be a show-off” and “I will usually show off if I get the chance.” The level of narcissism measured by these questionnaires has been rising since the early 1980s, according to an analysis of campus data by Twenge and Campbell.

That trend has been questioned by other researchers who published fresh data from additional students. But in the latest round of the debate, the critics’ data has been reanalyzed by Twenge, who says that it actually supports her argument. In a meta-analysis published last year in Social Psychological and Personality Science, Twenge and Joshua Foster looked at data from nearly 50,000 students — including the new data from critics — and concluded that narcissism has increased significantly in the past three decades.

During this period, there have also been reports of higher levels of loneliness and depression — which may be no coincidence, according to the authors of the song-lyrics study. These researchers, who include Richard Pond of the University of Kentucky, note that narcissism has been linked to heightened anger and problems maintaining relationships. Their song-lyrics analysis shows a decline in words related to social connections and positive emotions (like “love” or “sweet”) and an increase in words related to anger and antisocial behavior (like “hate” or “kill”).

“In the early ’80s lyrics, love was easy and positive, and about two people,” says Twenge, a psychologist at San Diego State University. “The recent songs are about what the individual wants, and how she or he has been disappointed or wronged.”

Some psychologists are skeptical that basic personality traits can change much from one generation to the next (or from one culture to another). Even if students are scoring higher on the narcissism questionnaire, these skeptics says, it may just be because today’s students are more willing to admit to feelings that were always there.

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B U S I N E SS IN BRIEF Yogurt shop to open in downtown Bend The Bend Yogurt Factory, a shop for self-serve frozen yogurt, will open near the intersection of Bond Street and Franklin Avenue in downtown Bend.

Anne and Timothy Barrans, who also own a Snap Fitness gym in northeast Bend, plan to open the yogurt shop in midJune in the space formerly occupied by Di Lusso Bakery Café.

“I guess we just loved the concept of self-serve frozen yogurt,” Anne Barrans said Monday. “We thought that it sounded like a fun business to run; just kind of an upbeat, happy, fun place to be, and we’re … really excited about (being located) downtown.”

Seven serving machines will be installed in “a giant yogurt wall,” and a wide range of toppings will be available, she said.

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Affordable rentals scarce, study says The share of renters who spend more than half their income on housing is at its highest level in half a century, and it’s no longer just low-income tenants who are feeling the pain, according to a Harvard University study scheduled for release Tuesday.

About 26 percent of renters — or 10.1 million people — spent more than half their pretax household income on rent and utilities in 2009.

That’s because incomes slipped dramatically from their peak at the start of the decade even as rents kept rising.

The study offers the latest in a series of grim statistics about the scarcity of rental housing, especially for the working poor. The supply has not kept up with demand in part because of a shortage of apartments, a key source of new rentals. Developers cut back on such projects when the economy deteriorated in 2009, which drove down vacancies and boosted rents.

Analysts say they expect rents to keep climbing as developers try to ramp up new projects and catch up with demand.

Sales of new homes increase in March The market for new homes is so depressed that even a rebound last month did not keep it from being the slowest March on record.

Buyers signed contracts in March at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 300,000, an 11 percent increase from the month before but down from 384,000 in March 2010, the Census Bureau said Monday.

In March 2005, when a lack of income or savings was no deterrent to getting a dream home with granite countertops and a walk-in pantry, families and investors flocked to real estate at an annual rate of 1,431,000 houses.

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Bank of the Cascades looks ahead

By Tim Doran The Bulletin

Cascade Bancorp and its subsidiary, Bank of the Cascades, want to make loans and increase deposits, executives told shareholders Monday, as the corporation recovers from three years of combined losses totaling more than $263 million.

While acknowledging the difficulties of the last several years, Patricia Moss, president and CEO, said the infusion of capital in January has Cascade Bancorp operating above requirements set by federal and state regulators.

“The good news is we have recapitalized, and we are moving forward,” Moss said at the annual shareholders meeting at Bend Golf and Country Club.

She said the bank is well positioned to take advantage of future growth, and told shareholders that if they know anyone with good credit seeking to expand a business, Bank of the Cascades wants to talk to them.

“We are in the business of making loans,” Moss said.

While the bank will not be loaning money for land development, such as new subdivisions, Bank of the Cascades will make mortgage, business and other types of loans.

Shareholders on Monday voted on a handful of issues, all of which were approved, Moss said. They included electing board members and amending a 2008 performance incentive plan.

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Manoah Boutard, owner of The Goldsmith in downtown Bend, prepares to place gems taken from an old piece of a customer’s jewelry into a new ring made from another piece of jewelry provided by the customer. It’s all part of a new trend of turning old jewelry into new jewelry, which he said has been spawned by the high prices of gold, silver and other precious metals.

After closing in Redmond, store is doing better in Bend

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anoah Boutard credits the goldsmith skills he learned from his father and the fun, active atmosphere of downtown Bend for helping his business grow.

Boutard’s business, The Goldsmith jewelry store in downtown Bend, has grown despite the depressed economy, soaring gold and silver prices, and a resulting decline in sales of new jewelry.

Growth has not been easy for Boutard, 45.

Gold prices have more than tripled from their 20-year average, closing Monday at $1,509 per ounce.

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Silver prices have also skyrocketed in recent years from around $5 an ounce to $46.33 on Monday, Boutard said.

And that is not all.

“The economy overall is soft,”

Boutard added. “In my industry it is disposable income, and a soft economy is generally harder on those types of businesses.”

However, the high price of the metals has increased demand for local jewelers to help customers turn keepsake gold or silver jewelry into something new, Boutard said.

When one or more pieces of old jewelry are remade into a new piece, the new piece retains the sentimental value, he said.

“A lot of people come in with a design in their heads of something they want me to make with heirloom jewelry that has been sitting around in a jewelry box for years,” Boutard said.

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WASHINGTON — As Republicans try to kill an Obama administration foreclosure prevention program that even Democrats agree hasn’t lived up to expectations, a program in Pennsylvania is being lauded for being simpler, cheaper and more effective.

It’s called the Pennsylvania Homeowners Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program, and it was established in 1984, long before the recent mortgage crisis. The program gives

bridge loans to people who have recently lost their jobs.

And a recent study from the New York Fed says the Pennsylvania law works far better than the $30 billion national program set up in 2009 called the Home Affordable Modification Program, which so far has led to 630,000 loan modifications, against a target of 3 to 4 million.

Last year, Pennsylvania had the 26th-highest unemployment rate, of 8.7 percent, but the 37th-highest foreclosure rate, of 0.93 percent, according to Labor Department and

RealtyTrac data.

The New York Fed study says the HEMAP program can be cheaper for taxpayers and help a large number of troubled homeowners.

It compares the two approaches by evaluating costs on assistance for two hypothetical mortgages valued at $210,000 at the time of unemployment. The HAMP modification program, the report argues, costs the federal government $13,600 while the HEMAP program cost Pennsylvania $1,620.

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Charlie Ergen, chief executive of Dish Network, is a gambling man.

Before selling satellite dishes out of a truck with his wife, Candy, 30 years ago, he tried his hand at professional blackjack in Las Vegas. Now the outspoken billionaire appears to be placing one of his biggest bets yet: on Internet video.

This month, Dish bought Blockbuster off the auction block for $320 million. To industry watchers, the move was as puzzling as it was intriguing.

Blockbuster, the brick-and-mortar video chain, had been knocked flat by Internet companies such as Netflix that were quicker to move from DVD rentals to streaming movies online.

It was a tale of fast-shifting fortunes: Blockbuster’s stock was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange last summer, and it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection — a steep falloff for a company that was worth $1.6 billion in 2002.

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Rivet flaw may have led to tear in plane’s roof

By Matthew L. Wald and Jad Mouawad New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — Federal investigators said Monday that they had discovered flaws in the riveting of the roof of the Southwest Airlines plane that tore open in flight on April 1, a finding that experts said probably showed manufacturing defects.

The National Transportation Safety Board, in an interim report, said that a laboratory examination of intact sections of the roof found rivet holes on one layer of the plane’s skin did not line up properly with an underlying layer. The board also said that it found paint from the exterior of the plane had bled through into the inside. Experts said that suggested the aluminum skin had not been properly bound together, leading to premature damage from fatigue.

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Scanner takes the mystery out of finding the right fit Vharie Carter, left, instructs client Liz Reviello of Scranton, Pa., how to best position herself in the MyBestFit kiosk measuring chamber in King of Prussia, Pa. MyBestFit is tackling the problem of sizes, mostly for women, by offering full-body 3-D scans that match the customer’s measurements to clothes in its database, telling the shopper what sizes she should try in about 50 stores.

As economy picks up, Fed considers next steps

By Jeannine Aversa The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is increasingly confident in the economy and about to end a $600 billion program to support it. Now for the next step — figuring out how to keep inflation from taking off.

Since late last year, the Fed has bought government bonds to keep interest rates low. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues are expected to signal this week that they will allow the program to expire as scheduled in June.

The end of the bond-buying program would mean that, aside from tax cuts, almost all the extraordinary measures the government took to prop up the economy are over. Congress is fighting over how deeply to cut federal spending, not whether to spend more for stimulus.

Since the Fed announced the plan last August, worries that the economy would fall back into recession have all but disappeared. The private sector is adding jobs, and the stock market is at its highest point since the summer of 2008.

But higher oil and food prices pose a threat. If companies are forced to raise prices quickly to

make up for escalating costs, that could start a spiral of inflation. Exactly how much of a threat inflation poses to the economy right now is a matter of disagreement within the central bank.

A vocal minority, including the Fed regional chiefs in Philadelphia and Minneapolis, believe the Fed may need to raise interest rates by the end of this year to fight inflation. The Fed has kept its benchmark interest rate near zero since December 2008.

And, Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, argues that the Fed has done its job and should consider halting the bond program now, not in June. “Now we at the Fed are nearing a tipping point,” Fisher told reporters earlier this month, referring to inflation.

The majority — including Bernanke, vice chairwoman Janet Yellen and William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York — believe interest rates should stay low longer, and the bond-buying program should run its course.

Bernanke has predicted that the jump in oil and food prices will cause only a brief, modest increase in consumer inflation.

Excluding those prices, which tend to fluctuate sharply, inflation is still low, he has argued.

Bill Gross, who manages the world’s largest mutual fund at Pimco, worries that rates on Treasury bonds will rise when the Fed stops buying them. If other buyers don’t step in and there’s less demand for Treasury bonds, then the rates, or yields, on those bonds would rise.

That would drive down prices on bonds. Rates on mortgages, corporate debt and other loans pegged to the Treasury securities would rise, too. Higher borrowing costs could slow spending by people and businesses, and slow the overall economy.

Fed officials and others believe that because the end of the program has been well telegraphed, it won’t have much of an impact on bond rates. That was the case in 2010 when the Fed ended a $1.7 trillion stimulus program.

The bond-buying program was the Fed’s second since the recession, and is known as “quantitative easing,” or “QE2” for short. The economy would have to be in serious danger of tipping into another recession for the Fed to consider embarking on a third round.

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By Stephanie Clifford New York Times News Service

In one store, you’re a Size 4, in another a Size 8, and in another a Size 10 — all without gaining an ounce.

It’s a familiar problem for many women, as standard sizing has never been very standard, ever since custom clothing gave way to ready-to-wear.

So, baffled women carry armfuls of the same garment in different sizes into the dressing room.

They order several sizes of the same shirt online, just to get the right fit.

Now, a handful of companies are tackling the problem of sizes that don’t mean much. Some are pushing more informative labels.

Some are designing multiple versions of a garment to fit different body shapes. And one is offering full-body scans at shopping malls, telling a shopper what sizes she should try in various stores.

“For the consumer to go out and navigate ‘Which one do I match with?’ is a huge challenge and causes frustration and returns,” said Tanya Shaw, an entrepreneur working on a fit system. “So many women tie their self-esteem to the size on the tag.”

As the American population has grown more diverse and precise labels are increasingly needed to fit different body types, sizes have become even less reliable.

Over the years, many brands have changed measurements so that a woman who previously wore a 12 can now wear a 10 or an 8, a practice known as “vanity sizing.”

Whereas in men’s clothes the dimensions are usually stated in inches, women’s clothing involves more guesswork.

Take a woman with a 27-inch waist. In Marc Jacobs’s high-end line, she is between an 8 and a 10.

At Chico’s, she is a triple 0. And that does not consider whether the garment fits in the hips and bust.

(Length, let’s not get into; there is a reason most neighborhood dry cleaners also offer tailoring.)

Shaw, the entrepreneur, is chief executive of a company called

Plane Continued from B1 The board did not draw any conclusions about the cause of the rupture, which occurred at 34,000 feet. It will not do so until research is complete and its five members receive a report from the staff, something that will probably not happen for months. But outside experts said that the 15-year-old Boeing 737 probably left the factory with flaws.

“It means the assembly was

MyBestFit that addresses the problem. It is setting up kiosks in malls to offer a free, 20-second full-body scan — a lot like the airport, minus the pat-down alternative that TSA agents offer.

Checking stores’ sizes Lauren VanBrackle, 20, a student in Philadelphia, tried MyBestFit when she was shopping last weekend.

“I can be anywhere from a 0 at Ann Taylor to a 6 at American Eagle,” she said. “It obviously makes it difficult to shop.” This time, the scanner suggested that at American Eagle, she should try a 4 in one style and a 6 in another. VanBrackle said she tried the jeans on and was impressed: “That machine, in a 30-second scan, it tells you what to do.”

The customer steps into a circular booth, keeping her clothes on.

A wand rotates around her, emitting low-power radio waves that record about 200,000 body measurements, figuring out things like thigh circumference.

Next, the system matches the customer’s measurements to clothes in its database. (MyBestFit measures clothes from about 50 stores, including Old Navy, Eddie Bauer and Talbots.)

Customers then receive a printout of the sizes at each store that ought to fit the customer best. The retailers pay a fee when they appear in the results, but they cannot pay to be included in the results; the rankings are just based on fit. (The company saves the data, with ID numbers but not names, and may give aggregate information to retailers as feedback.)

Don Thomas, who manages the Eddie Bauer store at the King of Prussia Mall outside Philadelphia, said the system was helpful to shoppers. “Nine times out of ten, if left on their own, they will choose the wrong size pant,” he said. With a printout, “if it says they’re a 4 or a 6, they’re a 4 or a 6, generally. So it’s really good for the customer who’s time-starved, which we all are.”

wrong, it means the wrong tools were used, it means they were careless in drilling the holes, and maybe the drill was dull,” said John Goglia, an aircraft maintenance expert who is a former member of the safety board.

Boeing, in a statement, said it would not speculate about the cause of the incident but that “we remain fully engaged with the investigation.”

The safety board said it was also examining the five other Southwest planes that were found to have cracks. Those five planes

Shaw says there are plans for 13 more scanning machines in malls along the East Coast and in California by the end of the year.

The sizing variations are a big contributor to the $194 billion in clothing purchases returned in 2010, or more than 8 percent of all clothing purchases, according to the National Retail Federation.

A uniform system Plenty of people have tried to address these arbitrary sizes. Advocating a labeling system called Fitlogic over the last few years, an entrepreneur, Cricket Lee, discovered just how difficult it is to change manufacturers’ approach to size.

Her labeling system divides women’s bodies into three shapes — straight, hourglass or bottomheavy — and a Fitlogic label carries both the standard size and the shape.

Lee did tests in the mid-2000s with manufacturers like Jones Apparel and retailers like Nordstrom. But retailers said consumers had trouble grasping the concept.

“The manufacturers were so afraid of producing more than one fit in the very beginning,” she said.

Still, she said, she will soon try to sell the sizing system again.

Some brands are taking their own approaches to make the fitting room less demoralizing. Mary Alderete, vice president for women’s global marketing at Levi’s, said, “When we try on 10 pairs of jeans to buy one, the reason you feel bad is because you think something’s wrong with you.”

Last fall, the company introduced Curve ID, a line that offers three styles, depending on how rounded a woman’s backside is — slight, demi and bold. (Levi’s is now testing a fourth style, called supreme curve.) Each of the three styles includes about 29 fits and colors and dozens of sizes. Alderete said the company had sold more than 1 million pairs of the Curve jeans.

and the one that ripped open all had about 40,000 cycles of takeoffs and landings.

If the rivet holes on the two pieces of aluminum being fastened together did not line up, that would mean they were egg-shaped instead of round, Goglia said. As the two pieces of metal were pulled in opposite directions when a plane is pressurized and depressurized, round holes would spread the forces evenly around the circumference of the hole. But if the hole is egg-shaped, he said, “they’re concentrated in one spot.”

Continued from B1 The report said the HEMAP program can be cheaper in part because when the homeowner finds a job again, the loan ends and he or she begins to repay it. Loans do not accrue interest until the participant’s income is restored.

The HAMP program, on the other hand, provides taxpayerfunded assistance to bank servicers, who, in turn, modify the borrower’s current mortgage payments, and those adjustments stay in effect for five years regardless of whether the borrower returns to employment. HAMP makes initial taxpayer-funded payouts to the servicers of $1,000 for each permanent modification, followed by an additional $1,000 a year for three years as long as the borrower remains current in paying their mortgages.

Besides being cheaper at the outset, the New York Fed report says that roughly 80 percent of HEMAP loan recipients have retained ownership of their homes, and that the program has largely become self-funded because most borrowers find jobs and have paid back their loans.

“Loan repayments are an important source of the program’s continued funding, and the high loan repayment rate attests to the program administrators’ ability to screen applicants on their re-employment prospects,” the report said.

Backers, including banks, also say that it is much simpler to operate than HAMP because it does not require the participation of bank loan servicers, which are often understaffed and have been, in many cases, unable to handle the volume of modification requests.

Michael McKeever, an attorney who represents lenders

and servicers in Pennsylvania, said that banks prefer the HEMAP program because it imposes fewer delays on the foreclosure process than HAMP does.

“Banks support it because they recognize they can bring that account current, and there are minimal delays on the foreclosure process if the borrower is denied,” said McKeever. “The HAMP program and all the borrower applications is overwhelming mortgage servicers.”

With HEMAP, borrowers can receive a maximum of 120 days to apply for assistance, after which, if they aren’t approved for a loan, the foreclosure process can resume or begin.

The HEMAP loans can also go to help unemployed homeowners catch up on missed mortgage payments.

The program has been such a success that some believe the Obama administration may have been better advised to allocate greater funds for it than HAMP, which so far has spent only $1 billion of the $30 billion allocated for it with expectations that it will only use $4 billion of the funds.

“Since we had so many resources for HAMP, it would have made more sense to put a lot of those

funds for the HEMAP program,” said Philadelphia Unemployment Project Director John Dodds.

The point hasn’t gone unrecognized. Four states — Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho and Maryland — are operating programs similar to HEMAP. Roughly $7.5 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program has been allocated to 18 of the hardest-hit states (not Pennsylvania), to create programs for housing rehabilitation and help for unemployed homeowners.

The Dodd-Frank Act, approved last year, put another $1 billion in taxpayer funds to a program known as the Emergency Homeowner Loan Program, which is seeking to provide funds to the other 32 states to set up HEMAPtype programs. However, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which is administering the program, hasn’t yet provided funds to 28 states that don’t have existing HEMAP-like programs.

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T F Do it yourself, or with help from tinkerers everywhere Websites, blogs make projects more accessible to those lacking inventiveness

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Burt Herman, left, and Xavier Damman founded Storify, a startup that aims to help journalists and others filter the vast amounts of information coming from social websites.

By Anne Eisenberg New York Times News Service

Hands-on kits offer great ways to learn about science and engineering. But the joys of making a small robot or a crystal radio set have long eluded those who can’t get past Step 2 in the instruction manual.

Now, even those without a wisp of natural geek in them may have a chance at success.

That’s because Web-based instructions — often designed by hobbyists for other hobbyists — are supplementing the oftenconfounding printed directions that had often been the sole guides to such kits.

Bloggers who tinker are creating interactive tutorials, descriptive videos and step-by-step series of photographs that make it easier for nontechies to go forward confidently. Dozens of do-it-yourself websites, like Evil Mad Scientist, AdaFruit and iFixIt, also offer tools, components and kits of their own, many aimed at beginners.

Dale Dougherty, editor and publisher of Make magazine, which sells kits as well as related books and tools at the Maker Shed store on its website, says a new era is opening for people who want to create things.

“There have always been tinkerers,” he said. “But today it’s a lot easier for others to join in. We’ve moved from the lonely tinkerer to the social tinkerer who can share ideas.”

Those tinkerers might once have worked alone in their garages, Dougherty said, but now many offer blogs about their projects, documenting them and opening up the details to their readers. Online communities have sprung up in which people help one another, adapting and explaining the instructions so they are clear even to novices.

Some people also try to commercialize their ideas, he said, “but many, even most, are happy validating their ideas through the community.”

Cooking it up Two years ago, Scott Heimendinger, who blogs about food at seattlefoodgeek.com, created a popular set of online instructions after he made a sous vide immersion cooker for $75 by using off-the-shelf components, rather than buying one for $1,200, then the going price for the model he wanted.

The appliance is used to slowly cook food sealed in plastic and immersed in water at precisely controlled temperatures.

To illustrate the steps in building the cooker, he took photographs with his digital camera, with the help of a tripod. He

Web startup allows users to collect, filter news from social sites

By Claire Cain Miller New York Times News Service Scott Heimendinger via New York Times News Service

Scott Heimendinger used step-by-step photographs to demonstrate how he created his sous vide immersion cooker for just $75 (the commercial model he wanted cost $1,200). Sous vide cookers slowly cook food sealed in plastic bags in temperature-controlled water.

Shree Nayar via New York Times News Service

Shree Nayar, a professor of computer science at Columbia University, developed the BigShot, a kit and companion website for building a digital camera. The kit, currently in prototype, would feature fewer than 20 components for young people to assemble. used his right hand to illustrate Internet, prompting related proja step, while hitting the shutter ects. Some readers have adapted release on the camera with the his design to control deep fryleft. He could then use as many ers, slow cookers and smokers. shots as he needed without wor- He refined the instructions yet rying about printagain when they ing costs. caught the at“With every “With every tention of Make, photo, you add photo, you add which published information,” he them in a recent said. “And people information. And issue. following the in- people following structions can be Getting kids confident they the instructions involved are building in the can be confident right way. This Margaret takes away a lot of they are building Honey, president the ambiguity.” and chief execuin the right way.

To test his intive of the New This takes away structions, he put York Hall of Scithem on the Web, a lot of the ence in Queens, refining them in ambiguity.” which has many 15 versions with programs and the help of reader — Scott Heimendinger, events for chilfeedback. “In the creator of a sous vide dren, has noticed past, I would have immersion cooker the broadening no idea how well choices of kits the instructions and projects for work,” he said. adults on the In“Now, with the Web component, ternet. She says she hopes the I have a dialogue.” trend can also encompass chilThe instructions have devel- dren, to encourage interest in oped a life of their own on the science and engineering.

One example of the type of innovation that could do this, she said, is BigShot, a kit and a companion website that teach young people how to build a digital camera. The camera captures three types of images: regular, panoramic and stereoscopic three-dimensional.

“BigShot is novel and important,” Honey said. “You are building a complex tool, but you are also learning the science, through the thoughtful way the components in the kit are designed and backed up by Internet resources.” And, afterward, the young builders can share their photographs with others on the BigShot website.

BigShot was created by Shree Nayar, a professor of computer science who directs the Computer Vision Laboratory at Columbia University. The kit, now in prototype and not yet manufactured for sale, divides the building blocks of the camera into fewer than 20 components, including a gearbox, dynamo, flash, electronics and lenses, Nayar said. The work was aided in part by an $80,000 educational grant from Google. The camera has many unusual features, he said, including a crank that students can turn to generate electricity for each picture.

In assembling the camera, users are guided by instructions on the website that break the steps into a detailed series of photographs and text. A separate Learn section, with interactive graphics, explains underlying principles of mechanics, electromagnetism, power generation, imaging sensing, image processing and optics.

The next step will be manufacturing the camera components and bringing the project to market, Nayar said.

“But not as a toy,” he said. “It’s an educational kit for learning.”

SAN FRANCISCO — News events as varied as the commercial jet landing in the Hudson River and the uprisings in Egypt have demonstrated that the broader cellphone-using population — not professional reporters — are often the first source of breaking news, uploading Twitter posts, photos and video to the Web. But the result can leave people drowning in too much information.

A Web startup named Storify, which opened to the public Monday, aims to help journalists and others collect and filter all this information.

Using the Storify website, people can find and piece together publicly available content from Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, YouTube and other sites.

They can also add text and embed the resulting collages of content on their own sites. During a private test period, reporters from The Washington Post, NPR, PBS and other outlets used the service.

Storify, based in San Francisco, is one of several Web startups — including Storyful, Tumblr and Color — that are developing ways to help journalists and others sift through the explosion of online content and publish the most relevant information. Investors are also betting there is a market for filtering the social Web for high-quality posts. Khosla Ventures has invested $2 million in Storify.

Even though journalists may not be the first on the scene, they select the most reliable sources, digest loads of information and provide context for events, said Burt Herman, a founder of Storify and a longtime Associated Press reporter.

“We have so many real-time streams now, we’re all drowning,” Herman said. “So the idea of Storify is to pick out the most important pieces, amplify them and give them context.”

Al-Jazeera English in-

troduced a talk show, “The Stream,” which appeared online last week and will be televised in May, that collects perspectives from social media using Storify. A recent item on the fear of Islam in the United States, for instance, included YouTube videos, Twitter posts and paragraphs from essays on websites and blogs.

“Storify is essentially our script,” said Ahmed Shihab Eldin, a producer and host of “The Stream.” “We knew we basically needed to capitalize on the reality that the industry is facing, which is that we no longer have exclusivity on sharing and publishing information.”

Andy Carvin, NPR’s oneman encyclopedia on Twitter for the uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa, first used Storify to cover the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, when he realized that the reaction to the event was a story itself.

“It quickly evolved into looking at how people were discussing the media coverage surrounding it and its potential political impact,” said Carvin, senior strategist on NPR’s social media desk. “There’s a big need for tools that allow people to collect bits of social media context and organize them in some fashion.”

The tools will remain free, but Storify will consider selling ads or charging brands to use the service, said Xavier Damman, a Storify founder.

Levi’s and Samsung have already used it for marketing campaigns.

Herman started Storify with Damman, who is an engineer.

Herman also founded Hacks/ Hackers, a group for journalists and engineers with chapters worldwide.

“We’re really trying to put together computer science plus storytelling and journalism to think creatively about how you can blend the two worlds,” he said.

Most employees It’s easy to create a podcast, but can you maintain it? admit to misusing e-mail, survey finds

By Craig Crossman

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Podcasting shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, people everywhere are creating new podcasts. Some of the more popular ones boast a loyal following of millions around the globe. And just like in any creative venue, you will find the good, the bad and everything else in between. For the most part, all you really need to create a podcast is a computer, Internet access, a microphone and recording software.

As with anything, a little bit of research will turn up a wide variety of products ranging from the bare-bones basics to a complete, professional recording setup. Prices will obviously reflect the quality setup you select, so be careful in your choices. Just the other day I wanted to record something into my computer only to discover that the device I wanted to use was not USB. Instead, it had the more conventional mini-plug at the end of its cable.

Exploring further into my equipment drawer revealed several such devices, including microphones, telephone recorders, an AM/FM radio and even a cassette tape recorder/player, all of which required input or output and the corresponding jack to make them work with my computer. I realized that if I ever wanted to use any of this older equipment with my computer, I needed something that would be able to convert the older analog outputs and inputs from these devices to a digital one and also be able to connect them physically to the computer’s USB port.

That’s exactly what the iMic from Griffin Technologies does.

Actually, the iMic has been around for years, but it recently got both a cosmetic and functional upgrade. The small, round disk-shaped device sports IN and OUT plugs to accommodate your mini-plug equipment. At the other end, the iMic has a USB cable that connects to either your Windows

or Macintosh computer. If it’s a microphone, for example, then you plug the mic’s mini-plug cable to the iMic’s IN plug. If you want to transfer audio from your computer to your older cassette tape recorder, then connect a cable from the iMic’s OUT plug to your cassette recorder’s line-in jack.

Depending on the sensitivity of the older device, the iMic offers a single switch that lets you select between line and microphone levels.

The iMic sells for $34.99. For Mac users, Griffin includes its Final Vinyl software, which automatically senses and locates the iMic’s USB connection, so just plug it in with your older device connected and you’ll be ready to rock ’n’ roll. PC users can use a variety of audio software such as Audacity which can be freely downloaded. You can find the iMic at the Griffin website at: www.griffintechnology.com/ products/imic A word of caution about pod-

casting. One of the most important things you need to consider before plunging into making your own podcast is to consider what it is you have to say and how long it will take for you to say it. If all you are looking to do is to find a soapbox to speak your piece, then chances are that after you’ve made your point, your podcasting career will come to a swift ending.

And then there’s “Podfade.”

Usually this happens because the podcaster didn’t realize how demanding a podcast can be. At first, there’s a new podcast every day. Then the podcasts get updated every other day, then once a week, then maybe a couple of times a month. Finally the podcast is abandoned and it fades into oblivion.

Here’s my advice. Be sure you’re ready for the commitment.

If yours is just a limited quest, you may be better off creating one or a series of recordings and just post them on your website. Good luck.

By Julie Wernau Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — If you’ve ever accidentally hit “reply all” or printed an e-mail with confidential information and forgotten to take it off the printer, you’re not alone.

Most employees admit to sending information over email that could get them or their employer into trouble, according to a survey of employees at companies with more than 100 employees conducted by VaporStream, a Chicago-based communications software firm.

About one in 10 employees said they accidentally leaked private and confidential business information via e-mail, and nearly 60 percent of employees surveyed said they

had accidentally hit reply all to an e-mail that was meant for the sender.

The survey also showed that employees frequently flout regulatory compliance laws; 73 percent said they’d either intentionally or accidentally sent out an e-mail that violated those laws.

Human error can also lead to security risks, according to the survey. More than half of people admitted to printing out an email that contained private or confidential information, and a third of employees said they or a co-worker had misplaced an electronic device that contained business information.

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Dish

pared with investments made by other firms. But the biggest question is whether Ergen can make something of a company that is a business school case study for failure.

Continued from B1 Netflix, by contrast, has built a market capitalization of $13 billion — up from $288 million in 2002 — and now streams content to more than 200 types of devices.

Customers might have moved on from Blockbuster, but Ergen sees promise. He notes that Blockbuster has valuable streaming technology. Still, Dish has emphasized plans to use 500 of the video chain’s 1,700 retail stores to sell its subscriptions and TV set-top boxes.

Industry insiders, however, are calling his bluff. Ergen, chairman of Dish and its sister company, EchoStar, must be dreaming bigger, they say.

“Charlie Ergen has made a lot of money by being contrarian and taking bets,” Liberty Media chief executive Greg Maffei said in an interview. “I think he’s going to take Blockbuster, stabilize the business, move to streaming and push Dish subscriptions overall. The key will be to leverage his businesses.”

New priorities Observers say Blockbuster could do better under different management. In an article in the Harvard Business Review, former Blockbuster Chief Executive John Antioco said the business was held back by squabbling between former parent company Viacom’s shareholders and management over the company’s online strategy.

Viacom didn’t want to put its movies and television shows online; it was making more money from theaters, DVD sales and licensing fees with cable companies. While Blockbuster shareholders spent precious time debating the merits of late fees for video rentals and retail store tie-ups with companies such as Barnes & Noble, Netflix was renting videos online and building the technology to stream video over game consoles, laptops and mobile phones. And Redbox was offering cheaper rentals at grocery stores.

“I firmly believe that if our online strategy had not been essentially abandoned, Blockbuster Online would have 10 million subscribers today,” Antioco said, “and we’d be rivaling Netflix for the leadership position in the Internet downloading business.”

Blockbuster has licensing deals with 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate, MGM, Sony Pictures and Universal. Films from those Hollywood studios can stream to Blockbuster customers on smartphones, tablets, laptops and televisions.

“Dish’s move to buy Blockbuster is super-smart because it’s all about getting those licenses for content,” said Markham Erickson, a tech industry lobbyist for the law firm Holch & Erickson.

Valuable assets Blockbuster has a vast library of movies and shows and the licensing rights to stream them over the Web. That’s valuable content for Dish and EchoStar, which have snapped up airwaves — broadcast and satellite — in recent years that allow the companies to offer broadband Internet access to subscribers.

Dish, with a value of $10.7 billion, has 14 million customers.

Its rival DirecTV has 19 million.

But Ergen has said he is restless and ready to shift the business to respond to new competition from the Internet. With a war chest of $3 billion, he has made a series of quiet acquisitions, many on the cheap, analysts said.

In 2007, Dish and EchoStar spent $380 million on Sling Media, a video player application for the iPhone and other devices. In 2008, Dish and EchoStar separated, and Dish bought $700 million in mobile Internet airwaves at auction from the Federal Communications Commission.

This year, Dish spent $1 billion on DBSD, a firm with satellite spectrum that can be used for mobile broadband Internet access. EchoStar bought Move Networks, a streaming-video company, and announced its intent to buy Hughes Communications, a satellite firm with spectrum that can also be used for high-speed Internet networks.

And now, Blockbuster. If it is Dish’s hand to play against Netflix, it’s a modest wager com-

A tough competitor Of course, Dish is in a footrace with Netflix, Hulu and YouTube to get into American homes. And Netflix, for one, seems a step ahead.

The network effects of Netflix’s success might be one of the biggest challenges for any serious competitor. The more customers the company gains, the more influence it has over the industry and the more relevant its service, a perfect business swirl that keeps leaders out front, particularly in the tech industry.

It explains Facebook’s success, for instance. You wouldn’t want to be off on some other social network when all your friends are

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yukking it up on Facebook.

Others discount the notion. Internet users are fickle, analysts say. They are one click away from using new services. Netflix has more than 20 million subscribers, but with 120 million homes in the United States, the opportunity is ripe to attract customers who will choose more than one Internet service for entertainment.

The payoff to Dish’s gamble, in other words, could be substantial. Ergen, a straight-shooting Tennessee native, has been candid about the prospects of his industry.

“I worry about what we’re going to look like five years from now and not what we’re going to look like five quarters from now,” Ergen said in an earnings call with analysts in February.

Continued from B1 Boutard and his wife, Elissha, operate The Goldsmith jewelry store with two employees, Boutard said.

Elissha Boutard, 27, began working for The Goldsmith 2½ years ago and married Manoah a year later, she said.

“I’ve noticed people are a little bit more careful about how they spend their money,” Elissha said.

“There is more interest in converting what they have into what they want.”

Manoah Boutard said he also offers a variety of solutions to help customers buy engagement or wedding rings that fit within their budgets.

For example, he might suggest a ring made of sterling silver, which does not hold up as well as solid gold or silver but is less expensive.

But once the sterling silver ring settings arrive in his shop, he can add a layer of white gold or platinum to strengthen areas where the wear is often greatest.

“Sterling is not as dense, so it has to be enhanced,” Boutard said.

Boutard’s training as a goldsmith began at age 12 and continued after high school. He worked with his father, Jean, who contracted jewelry repairs, resizing, stone-setting and custom orders for national chains such as Zales, Kay Jewelers, Harry Richie’s and JC Penney.

“For Zales, we actually did traveling shows where we’d set up in their stores, and do sizing and stone setting where the customers watched us work,” Manoah Boutard said. “Once you get used

Taking risks Dish is making key moves even as the communications industry reboots. As consumers go online for entertainment and news, companies are scrambling to change and break into new businesses.

Ergen comes to the moment, as usual, as an underdog. And the company will need to draw from its grit. Ergen’s never been shy about taking risks. He’s taken on cable, Hollywood and electronics giants — in the market and in court.

In the company’s annual filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Dish warned that its core business of television will not grow much in the sluggish economy. It has become more expensive to license channels and shows from networks, and negotiations are breaking down into public battles around major entertainment events such as the Academy Awards and the World Series.

Dish faces a $2 billion lawsuit from Cablevision alleging it breached its contract to carry Voom channels. Last week, it lost a lawsuit to TiVo, which accused it of infringement of its patented digital recording technology.

Craig Moffett, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein research, expects Dish’s 14.1 million subscribers to dwindle to 13.7 million by 2015.

“Whether or not having Blockbuster under the Dish Network umbrella really does anything to help seems uncertain at best,” Moffett wrote in a recent report.

Others see broader promise.

“You can’t be a one-trick pony anymore in the communications business,” said Roger Entner, head of Recon Analytics in suburban Boston. “Ergen has a clear long-term plan, and he appears to be picking up the pieces as they become available.”

Bank Continued from B1 The latter question affected one-time incentive compensation awards for five executives, which the board approved March 30, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Executives received shares of restricted stock, along with cash ranging from about $117,000 for Moss to $32,000 for three others.

The board also approved raises March 30 for four of the same executives, ranging from about 3 percent to 5.5 percent. The move increased Moss’ pay to about $403,000, according to the SEC documents.

During the shareholders meeting, Moss faced questions from the 80-90 people in attendance.

to an audience, it’s not a big deal.”

Boutard found Central Oregon in the 1990s while contracting goldsmith work with local chain stores. He immediately grew fond of the area, and in 1998 he opened The Goldsmith in downtown Redmond.

The business thrived in Redmond for nearly a decade until construction of the U.S. Highway 97 bypass and road projects in Redmond cut off so much business that it was no longer profitable, he said. So he opened a new The Goldsmith business along Wall Street in downtown Bend in November 2008, and he operated both stores until the end of 2009, when he closed the Redmond location.

The move coincided with the onset of the recession that hit the nation in December 2007 and continued across Central Oregon in 2008 and the first half of 2009, but his business has shown slow but steady growth each of the three years since he relocated to Bend, he said.

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What is it about downtown Bend that helped your business grow during tough economic times?

Downtown Bend is a fun, active place with parks, lots of restaurants and a good variety of businesses operated by people who are focused on providing good customer service.

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What happened to your store in Redmond?

With the bypass and downtown road construction going on all at the same time, my sales plummeted. We held on as long as we could, but the business didn’t come back after the road construction so we had to close the store.

In response to a question about ensuring the bank makes good loans in the future, Moss said the company has hired a new chief credit officer to improve risk management.

“We certainly have the opportunity to manage credit much better in the future,” she said.

But Cascade Bancorp was not alone. Regulators closed six Oregon banks in 2009 and 2010.

Three of them had operations in Central Oregon.

In August 2009, Cascade Bancorp entered into a consent order with regulators. The company posted net losses of $134.6 million in 2008, $114.8 million in 2009 and $13.6 million last year.

In November, Moss announced agreements with private investors to buy $177 million of common stock. Completed in January, the sale helped push the company’s

Q:

Was the road construction the only factor, or were there other changes that played into the declining sales and decision to close the Redmond store and move The Goldsmith business to Bend?

The opening of Walmart and Home Depot on the north end of Redmond changed the traffic patterns and affected the whole economy of the downtown area. All the small family businesses and their families suffered.

A:

Q:

Bend also has Walmart and Home Depot stores.

Why has downtown Bend fared better than downtown Redmond in competing with those box stores?

I think when small businesses work together more to help each other, like they do in Bend, it creates a better business environment so you can compete with stuff coming in.

A:

Q:

Do you buy gold and silver, in addition to making new jewelry for customers out of old gold and silver jewelry?

Yes. We have a license to buy and sell gold and other precious metals.

A:

Q: A:

At $1,509 per ounce for gold as of Monday, is it still a good buy as an investment?

It’s hard to say what the market will be in the future. It depends to some degree on what happens with the economy.

Some experts are predicting gold prices could go as high as $2,600 an ounce.

Ed Merriman can be reached at 541-617-7820 or emerriman@ bendbulletin.com.

capital ratios above the level set by regulators in the consent order, although the order remains in place.

In the fourth quarter, Cascade Bancorp recorded $1.4 million in net profit, its first in two years.

The company expects to release its first-quarter report later this week, Moss told shareholders.

One audience member on Monday asked how long the three new major stockholders would stay invested in the company. The three — along with David F. Bolger, who merged his Idaho bank with Cascade Bancorp in 2006 — were considered lead investors in the $177 million stock sale.

Representatives of all four stood and said their firms believe in Cascade Bancorp.

Tim Doran can be reached at 541-383-0360 or at tdoran@ bendbulletin.com.

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Name

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PE

YTD Last Chg %Chg

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Precious metals Metal NY HSBC Bank US NY Merc Gold NY Merc Silver

Price (troy oz.) $1510.00 $1508.60 $47.151

Market recap

Pvs Day $1506.00 $1503.20 $46.062

Prime rate Time period

Percent

Last Previous day A week ago

3.25 3.25 3.25

NYSE

Amex

Most Active ($1 or more) Name

Vol (00)

Citigrp iShSilver BkofAm S&P500ETF GenElec

2318859 1829478 1107675 581763 547174

Last Chg 4.52 45.83 12.44 133.64 19.89

-.03 +.29 +.13 -.14 -.06

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Last

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Last

Most Active ($1 or more) Name

Vol (00)

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Last Chg

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Last

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8.84 +1.12 +14.5 2.55 +.19 +8.1 4.81 +.36 +8.1 3.16 +.20 +6.8 4.24 +.24 +6.0

Most Active ($1 or more) Name

Vol (00)

Intel SiriusXM Cisco Microsoft Popular

Last Chg

801835 21.94 +.48 510615 1.96 +.03 422810 17.10 +.16 327399 25.61 +.09 245813 3.24 +.08

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Name

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Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows

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Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows

Diary

Last

Diary

Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows

52-Week High Low Name

Gainers ($2 or more)

Name

Losers ($2 or more)

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Nasdaq

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Losers ($2 or more) Name

Indexes

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World markets

Last

Net Chg

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Currencies

Here is how key international stock markets performed Monday.

Key currency exchange rates Monday compared with late Thursday in New York.

Market

Dollar vs:

Amsterdam Brussels Paris London Frankfurt Hong Kong Mexico Milan New Zealand Tokyo Seoul Singapore Sydney Zurich

Close

Change

359.01 2,727.67 4,021.88 6,018.30 7,295.49 24,138.31 36,860.68 21,810.70 3,492.40 9,671.96 2,216.00 3,187.72 4,995.70 5,938.30

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Exchange Rate

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Pvs Day

1.0720 1.6505 1.0478 .002142 .1531 1.4585 .1286 .012160 .086135 .0359 .000924 .1641 1.1352 .0346

1.0744 1.6516 1.0477 .002143 .1536 1.4550 .1287 .012210 .086096 .0357 .000924 .1635 1.1287 .0346

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M BUSINESS CALENDAR TODAY CORE SELLING SKILLS OVERVIEW: A 90-minute overview by Rich Rudnick of Smart Sales Solutions.

Rudnick will discuss building instant rapport, prequalifying leads, presentation development, mastering objections and closing the sale; $25 for Bend Chamber of Commerce members; $45 for others; 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; Bend Golf and Country Club, 61045 Country Club Drive; 541-3823221 or www.bendchamber.org.

BEGINNING EXCEL: Two-evening class. Registration required; $59; 6-9 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-383-7270 or http:// noncredit.cocc.edu.

WEDNESDAY BUSINESS NETWORK INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY MEETING: The meeting starts promptly at 7 a.m; free; Bend Senior Center, 1600 S.E. Reed Market Road; 541-550-6603.

NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT: NorthWest Crossing businesses and restaurants will offer specials, entertainment and giveaways. Held the last Wednesday of each month; free; 5-8 p.m.; NorthWest Crossing, Mt. Washington and Northwest Crossing drives, Bend.

MAKING SMALL CHANGE COUNT FOR BIG SAVINGS: Hosted by Central Accounting, this seminar is intended to help hoteliers get the most from their bottom lines.

Registration encouraged; free; 67:30 p.m.; Red Lion Hotel, 1415 N.E. Third St., Bend; 541-633-7988 or www.central-accounting.com.

THURSDAY BUSINESS NETWORK INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY MEETING: The meeting starts promptly at 7 a.m; free; Bend Masonic Center, 1036 N.E. Eighth St.; 541-610-9125.

CENTRAL OREGON BUSINESS EXPO: Columbia State Bank and the Redmond Chamber of Commerce & CVB present this business-tobusiness networking event. The event includes workshops and the opportunity to exchange information and ideas with fellow exhibiting companies. Keynote speaker luncheon begins at 11:45 a.m., and the expo opens at 1 p.m; free; 1-6 p.m.; Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, 3800 S.W. Airport Way, Redmond; 541-923-5191 or www.cobusinessexpo.com.

BEGINNING INDESIGN: Threeevening course. Registration required; $89; 6-9 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-383-7270 or http://noncredit.cocc.edu.

OLD FARM DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEETING: The city of Bend bond proposal that includes the Reed Market Road improvements and the sewer expansion from 15th to 27th streets will be discussed; free; 6 p.m.; Bend Senior Center, 1600 S.E. Reed Market Road; 541-318-7507.

PROTECT YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Learn about patents, copyrights, trademarks, and how to protect ideas and creations.

Registration required; $39; 6-9 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541383-7270 or http://noncredit.cocc.edu.

FRIDAY April 29 REDMOND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & CVB COFFEE CLATTER: Free; 8:309:30 a.m.; Outside-In Family Bistro, 249 N.W. Sixth St., Suite 1; 541-923-5191 or www.visitredmondoregon.com.

BUSINESS ANALYSIS BASICS: Using Microsoft Visio, class participants will explore terminology, define process requirements and map workflow. Twoday course. Registration required; $189; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-383-7270 or https://equalityfederation.salsalabs .com/o/35028/p/salsa/event/ common/public/?event_KEY=592.

EDWARD JONES COFFEE CLUB: Current market and economic update, including current rates; free; 9 a.m.; Sisters Coffee Co., 61292 S. U.S. Highway 97, Suite 105, Bend; 541617-8861.

OREGON ALCOHOL SERVER PERMIT TRAINING: Meets the minimum requirements by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission to obtain the alcohol server permit.

Preregistration required; $35; 9 a.m.1 p.m.; Round Table Pizza, 1552 N.E. Third St., Bend; 541-447-6384 or www.happyhourtraining.com.

SIMPLIFYING THE SOCIAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION: Discuss how to simplify the nonprofit organization so it can be agile enough to network for scarce resources; free; 11 a.m.; Deschutes Library Administration Building, 507 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-719-8880, chevypham@gmail.com or http://host5.evanced.info/deschutes/ evanced/eventcalendar.asp.

TUESDAY May 3 OREGON ALCOHOL SERVER PERMIT TRAINING: Meets the

minimum requirements by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission to obtain the alcohol server permit.

Preregistration required; $35; 9 a.m.1 p.m.; Round Table Pizza, 1552 N.E. Third St., Bend; 541-447-6384 or www.happyhourtraining.com.

BEGINNING QUICKBOOKS PRO: Twoevening class. Registration required; $59; 6-9 p.m.; Bend Senior Center, 1600 S.E. Reed Market Road; 541-3837270 or http://noncredit.cocc.edu.

ONLINE MARKETING WITH FACEBOOK AND TWITTER: Two evening class. Registration required; $69; 6-9 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-383-7270 or http://noncredit.cocc.edu.

WINDOWS 7 AND OFFICE INFORMATION SESSION: Offered by the Crooked River Ranch-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce; free; 7 p.m.; Home Federal Bank, 8222 N. U.S. Highway 97, #2110, Terrebonne; 541923-2679 or www.crrchamber.com.

WEDNESDAY May 4 BUSINESS NETWORK INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY MEETING: The meeting starts promptly at 7 a.m; free; Bend Senior Center, 1600 S.E. Reed Market Road; 541-550-6603.

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Food costs may rise 4% this year Barnes amid high meat prices, USDA says & Noble

By Alan Bjerga Bloomberg News

WASHINGTON — Surging pork and beef costs will keep pressure on food inflation, which the Department of Agriculture says will rise 3 to 4 percent this year, the most since 2008.

While the overall estimate for food inflation was left unchanged in Monday’s report, the USDA said prices for meat, poultry and fish will jump 5 to 6 percent, led by beef, which may climb 8 percent, and pork, which could gain 7.5 percent. The beef estimate was increased by 2.5 percentage points from March, and pork was raised 1 percentage point.

“I suspect when December arrives we will see increases of 4 to 6 percent” for the year in overall prices, said Bill Lapp, the president of Advanced Economic Solutions, an agricultural-research company based in Omaha, Neb.

“The pressure on food prices is clearly on the upside,” said Lapp, a former chief economist for ConAgra Foods Inc. Earlier this month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said food costs rose 0.7 percent in March, capping a 2 percent gain for the first quarter.

Cattle futures traded in Chicago were up 6.3 percent for the year through April 21, and hogs had increased 25 percent, on rising export demand.

Crude oil surged 33 percent.

“Cost pressures on wholesale and retail-food prices due to higher energy and foodcommodity prices, along with strengthening global food demand, have pushed inflation projections for 2011 upward,” Ephraim Leibtag, the USDA’s food-inflation economist, said in a note that accompanied Monday’s report.

Riots prompted partly by rising costs have toppled governments in Egypt and Tunisia

and contributed to unrest in other parts of northern Africa and the Middle East. China is now battling increasing pest infestation in its wheat-growing regions, while U.S. wintercrop conditions are rated at their worst since 2002.

The USDA also raised its estimate for inflation for fats and oils by a full percentage point, to 6 percent to 7 percent.

Costs for fruits and vegetables will increase by 3.5 percent to 4.5 percent, the department said, a half-percentagepoint gain.

In the first quarter, meat and fish prices rose 3.2 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A fresh whole chicken cost $1.269 a pound at the end of March, slightly lower than $1.28 at the beginning of the year.

Consumers paid about $2.715 for a pound of ground beef, a 14 percent increase.

May 5 BUSINESS NETWORK INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY MEETING: The meeting starts promptly at 7 a.m; free; Bend Masonic Center, 1036 N.E. Eighth St.; 541-610-9125.

HOW TO START A BUSINESS: Registration is required; $15; 6-9 p.m.; Maida Bailey Building, 151 N. Spruce St., Sisters; 541-383-7290 or http://noncredit.cocc.edu.

FRIDAY May 6 INTERMEDIATE PHOTOSHOP: Twomorning class. Registration required; $69; 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-3837270 or http://noncredit.cocc.edu.

REDMOND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & CVB COFFEE CLATTER: Free; 8:30-9:30 a.m.; Redmond Senior Center, 325 N.W. Dogwood Ave.; 541-923-5191 or www.visitredmondoregon.com.

SATURDAY May 7 OREGON ALCOHOL SERVER PERMIT TRAINING: Meets the minimum requirements by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission to obtain the alcohol server permit.

Preregistration required; $35; 9 a.m.1 p.m.; Round Table Pizza, 1552 N.E. Third St., Bend; 541-447-6384 or www.happyhourtraining.com.

WEDNESDAY May 11 BUSINESS NETWORK INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY MEETING: The meeting starts promptly at 7 a.m; free; ; Bend Senior Center, 1600 S.E. Reed Market Road; 541-550-6603.

NEWS OF RECORD DEEDS Deschutes County

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Wesley and Tricia Lewallen, Brier Ridge, Lot 1, $157,500 Denise J. Lukins to Weston Investment Co. LLC, Tetherow, Phase 1, Tract AC, $270,575 Riverview Community Bank to Riverview Bancorp Inc., Township 15, Range 13, Section 28 and 29, $6,514,744 LSI Title Company of Oregon LLC to Vergent LLC, Shevlin Ridge, Phase 4, Lot 78, $467,501 Provident Funding Associates LP to Elliott Hill and Gina Garnero-Hill, Broken Top, Lots 314 and 267, $650,001 Robert D. Butler and Christine M. White to Wayne D. and Pamela A. Irey, Township 16, Range 12, Section 12, $340,000 Fannie Mae aka Federal National Mortgage Association to William C. and Susan K. Randle, First Addition to Whispering Pines Estates, Lot 6, Block 2, $194,900 Fannie Mae aka Federal National Mortgage Association to Andrew M. Gunther, Bartel Addition, Lots 2 and 3, $189,000

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Fannie Mae aka Federal National Mortgage Association to Kenneth A. and Victoria L. Kinyon, RiverRim P.U.D., Phase 5, Lot 390, $179,000 Northwest Trustee Services Inc. to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Rockwood Estates, Phase 3, Lot 6, $295,000 Don Sterling and Debbie Sterling to Elvira Zamboni, River Canyon Estates No. 3, Lots 210 and 211, $270,900 Westview Property Investment LLC to James L. Huntington, Crescent Creek No. 2, Lot 81, $170,000 Northwest Trustee Services Inc. to Federal National Mortgage Association, Cimarron City, Lot 6, Block 4, $253,630 Northwest Trustee Services Inc. to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., River Canyon Estates, Lot 85, $225,000 Regional Trustee Services Corp. to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Providence, Phase 6, Lot 14, Block 4, $150,350 Vergent LLC to Xiaogang Zhu and Mingwei Li, Terrango Glen South, Lot 4, $255,000 John and Denise Hines, Bradford J. and Elaine M. Williams, Whitehorse, Phases 2-5, Lot 58, $154,500 U.S. Bank N.A., Bank of America

N.A and LaSalle Bank N.A. to Kevin J. Chow, Chestnut Park, Phase 1, Lot 42, $186,000 Michael and Kathy Shean-Jones to Kevin J. and Barbara R. Keillor, Shevlin Meadows, Phases 1 and 2, Lot 14, $192,000 Ronald D. Barber, Jean C. Barber aka Jeannie C. Barber to Peter Schwarzenberger, Sundance East, Phase 1, Lot 6, Block 6, $296,000 Stanley Investment Properties LLC to Mark A. and Susan D. Wolfkeil, Owls Landing, Phase 1, Lot 7, $184,580 Steven J. Savage to Derek T. and Jane M. Loeb, Awbrey Court, Lot 6, $275,000 Eric L. and Barbara A. Fleming trustees of The Eric and Barbara Fleming Trust to Peter M. Scharff, Broken Top Phases 1C and 1D, Lot 12, $805,000 Vergent LLC to Cassandra Coy, Michael Coy and Mary Coy, Liberty Heights, Lot 8, $171,000 Peter T. Morris and Linda G. Morris trustees of Morris Revocable Trust to David A. and Mardi L. Durkin, Highlands at Broken Top, Phase 1, Lot 16, $450,000 Greg Welch Construction Inc. to Frank Fair and Elisa Brente-Fair, Northwest Crossing, Phase 14, Lot 602, $325,000

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THURSDAY May 12 BUSINESS NETWORK INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY MEETING: The meeting starts promptly at 7 a.m; free; Bend Masonic Center, 1036 N.E. Eighth St.; 541-610-9125.

FRIDAY May 13 DONOR CULTIVATION AND FUNDRAISING: Discuss ways to engage the online community in fundraising efforts; free; 11 a.m.; Deschutes Library Administration Building, 507 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-719-8880, chevypham@gmail. com or http://host5.evanced.info/ deschutes/evanced/eventcalendar.asp.

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DREAMWEAVER, INTERMEDIATE: Two Saturday morning class. Registration required; $89; 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-383-7270 or http://noncredit.cocc.edu.

TUESDAY May 17 SOCIAL MEDIA, MANAGING YOUR SITES: Two evening class. Registration required; $59; 6-9 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-383-7270 or http:// noncredit.cocc.edu.

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updates e-reader

By Dan Gallagher MarketWatch

SAN FRANCISCO — Barnes & Noble Inc. updated its Nook Color e-reader device Monday, adding apps and email capability to the touchscreen device in an effort to make it more competitive with rival Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle as well as tablet devices like the iPad from Apple Inc. The company debuted the Nook Color last year following its first e-reader, the EInk-based Nook. The newest device featured a color, LCDbased touch screen and allowed users to surf the Web in addition to reading books.

The Nook Color sells for $250 compared with $114 for the cheapest Kindle and $500 for the cheapest iPad. On Monday, Barnes & Noble said it will now offer apps for the device, including such popular mobile games as “Angry Birds” and “Flight Control.” Other available apps include the Pulse news reader and the Pandora music streaming app. The company said it has more than 125 apps now available on its platform.

The company also added a native e-mail application to the device, which allows users to organize Web mail accounts in one box.

Barnes & Noble also said the device will feature the Android 2.2 operating system, known as Froyo. The platform was developed by Google Inc. for tablet devices.

“So, bottom line, is the Nook Color a tablet? Well, it always was a tablet — a reader’s tablet — which is a device whose form, factor and functions facilitate an enjoyable reading experience across books, newspapers and magazines,” Gartner analyst Allen Weiner wrote in a blog posting Monday.

Weiner said the latest updates will not put the Nook on a competitive platform with the iPad, “but more from buying whatever Amazon or Sony might come up with for readers ‘who want more.’ ”

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CALIFORNIA State’s salmon protections insufficient, court rules, see Page C6. www.bendbulletin.com/local

THE BULLETIN • TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011

PRINEVILLE

Well, sh ot!

Council weighs WORKSHOP terms of policy on yule displays

Join Bulletin photographers here every other Tuesday for a lesson in photographic fundamentals. Follow the series at www.bendbulletin.com/wellshoot Coming up: May 10: Virtual field trip to the Badlands • May 24: Using motion • June 7: Virtual field trip to a Cascade lake • June 21: Editing photos • And more ...

Photos by Ryan Brennecke / The Bulletin

The letter C: While walking back to my truck from an assignment in the Old Mill, I saw the shape of the letter C in the architecture of a building. I was carrying my cameras, so I took a few shots to add to my collection of letters that spell my last name.

Practice ABCs of photography A common learning exercise involves finding letters in everyday objects

By Ryan Brennecke The Bulletin

The best way to strengthen your photography skills is to practice. Practice causes you to think of new ideas and techniques to use while out photographing. In this Well Shoot!

I am going to discuss what I call “The Letter Exercise,” a fun and creative way to help strengthen your camera control, lighting and framing.

The idea behind the exercise is to use lines, outlines, textures, parts of objects and camera techniques — such as using depth of field — to create letters of the alphabet.

For example, you might find a crack in the pavement that looks like a “Z” or a curved leaf that resembles the letter “C.” I have found it much easier to limit the area I am photographing to one block or smaller and really take my time looking for different shapes that can be used to create a letter. Shrinking the area gives you a better opportunity to slow down and really visualize the shapes and details.

Try to find a diverse range of locations and objects to work with. Shooting with a macro lens and a telephoto will give completely different looks to the same shot. Don’t be afraid of using square crops, diagonal frames and high/low angles to create the letters. The idea is to see everyday objects in a new way.

The creative cycle for me is often full of highs and lows. Sometimes I have an overflow of photography ideas and other times there’s a drought. One of the ways I help get myself out of a photography slump is to challenge myself by taking an hour and trying to photograph the letters in my name in a metro area or a city park. This fun and quick exercise often helps me to get my creative juices flowing about future projects while spending a relaxing time getting fresh air.

The letter E: While walking in Drake Park looking for letters to spell my last name, I came across this branch with three wonderfully twisted leaves that had formed the letter E. After experimenting with a variety of exposures, lenses and amounts of depth of field, I decided this was the best photograph of the branch.

Oregon Constitution bans publicly funded Nativities, ACLU says

Roppe said Monday, referencing the word “Christmas” used in the resolution. “I will see what answer we get from that, and we will discuss it further. It may not be passed tomorrow.”

By Erik Hidle The Bulletin

Pushing Christianity?

A resolution establishing a “Holiday Plaza” and “Christmas Holiday Month” in Prineville will go before the City Council today, but concerns over the constitutionality of those designations may have the city’s legal counsel double-checking its work.

Prineville Mayor Betty Roppe said she was comfortable with the resolution as it stands but would ask questions on some of the wording in the document after hearing of concerns from Oregon’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

“One of the things that will come up, and I will bring it up, is the question on the language,”

David Fidanque, executive director of ACLU of Oregon, said when he read the resolution on the city’s website he saw potential legal problems with the way the city is establishing the holiday zone.

“We think it is unconstitutional in Oregon for the city to sponsor a Nativity scene,” Fidanque said.

“The Oregon Constitution … says no public funds shall be spent for the benefit of any religious or theological institution.

We’re confident the resolution before the City Council would violate the Oregon Constitution.”

See Nativity / C5

2 seats on Bend-La Pine school board challenged

By Sheila G. Miller

MAY ELECTION

The Bulletin

As Bend-La Pine Schools struggles with its budget for the 2011-12 school year, two of its board members are facing another battle: for their seats on the board.

Of the four seats up for grabs in the May 17 election, two feature contests between an incumbent and a newcomer.

Cheri Helt is running unopposed for Zone 1, which she has represented since December 2010 as an appointed member.

Ron Gallinat is running unopposed for Zone 5. He sat on the school board from 2003 to 2005 and again from 2007 to now.

For full coverage of this election, see www.bendbulletin.com/may17.

In Zone 3, incumbent Beth Bagley is running against Susanne Flynn, an office manager for The Source who has two kids in the school district.

In Zone 6, incumbent Peggy Kinkade is running against Kim Page, a Realtor who homeschools her son.

See Election / C5

Localized forecasts may lure more flights to Bend airport

By Kate Ramsayer The Bulletin

The National Weather Service is now releasing localized weather forecasts for the Bend Municipal Airport, giving pilots more accurate information further in advance.

Terminal aerodrome forecasts, as they’re called, provide information about cloud height, visibility, precipitation and winds, said Michael Vescio, meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service in Pendleton.

See Forecasts / C5

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Whether you are an advanced photographer or a beginner, you’ll find yourself having a lot of fun in the process. So grab your camera and go have some fun!

The letter Q: While out walking my dogs around my neighborhood one evening, I noticed this nail sticking out from a knot in a wooden fence. I returned the following morning when the light was a little brighter and took a photo. I used a small amount of flash to add some texture to the weathered wood.

The letter B: After walking around the metal sculpture in Drake Park for more than 15 minutes, I finally found a letter that corresponds with my last name.

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N R POLICE LOG The Bulletin will update items in the Police Log when such a request is received. Any new information, such as the dismissal of charges or acquittal, must be verifiable. For more information, call 541-383-0358.

Bend Police Department

Unlawful entry — A vehicle was reported entered and items stolen at 12:38 p.m. April 21, in the 61100 block of Larkspur Loop.

Theft — A theft was reported at 5:18 p.m. April 21, in the 62000 block of Northeast 27th Street.

Theft — A theft was reported at 8:43 p.m. April 21, in the 61300 block of South U.S. Highway 97.

Criminal mischief — An act of criminal mischief was reported and an arrest made at 10:54 p.m.

April 21, in the area of Reed Market Road and Southeast 27th Street.

DUII — Jenna Nichole Hubbard, 25, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants at 11:27 p.m. April 21, in the area of Northwest Third Street and Northwest Newport Avenue.

DUII — Hayden Andrew Anker, 20, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants at 12:26 a.m. April 22, in the 600 block of Southeast Third Street.

DUII — Jeffrey D. Olson, 30, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants at 1:47 a.m. April 22, in the area of Northwest Brooks Street and Drake Park.

Criminal mischief — An act of criminal mischief was reported at 9:22 a.m.

April 22, in the 800 block of Watt Way. Theft — A theft was reported at 9:27 a.m. April 22, in the 500 block of Southwest Hill Street.

Criminal mischief — An act of criminal mischief was reported at 10:02 a.m. April 22, in the 1600 block of Northeast U.S. Highway 20.

Theft — A theft was reported at 2:05 p.m. April 22, in the 1800 block of Northeast Third Street.

Theft — A theft was reported at 6:15 p.m. April 22, in the 500 block of Northeast Norton Avenue.

Criminal mischief — An act of criminal mischief was reported at 8:31 p.m. April 22, in the 400 block of Southeast Third Street.

Criminal mischief — An act of criminal mischief was reported at 9:06 p.m. April 22, in the 1600 block of Northeast Second Street.

Theft — A theft was reported at 10 p.m. April 22, in the 63400 block of North U.S. Highway 97.

Criminal mischief — An act of criminal mischief was reported at 11:52 p.m. April 22, in the 61200 block of Larkspur Loop.

Criminal mischief — An act of criminal mischief was reported at 8:22 a.m. April 23, in the 20500 block of Button Brush Avenue.

Unlawful entry — A vehicle was reported entered and items stolen at 8:38 a.m. April 23, in the 1800 block of Northeast Linnea Drive.

DUII — Jodee Lynne Elene Brooks, 50, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants at 10:27 a.m. April 23, in the 63400 block of North U.S. Highway 97.

Unauthorized use — A vehicle was reported stolen at 1:14 p.m. April 23, in the 100 block of Northeast Bend River Mall Avenue.

Burglary — A burglary was reported at 2:22 p.m. April 23, in the 61100 block of Parrell Road.

Theft — A theft was reported at 5:35 p.m. April 23, in the 300 block of Northeast Greenwood Avenue.

DUII — Kimberly Rae Ellenberger, 42, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants at 1:51 a.m. April 24, in the 1500 block of Northeast Forbes Road.

Unlawful entry — A vehicle was reported entered and items stolen at 12:31 p.m. April 24, in the 2700 block of Northeast Jill Avenue.

Unauthorized use — A vehicle was reported stolen at 1:32 p.m. April 24, in the 200 block of Northeast Sixth Street.

Unlawful entry — A vehicle was reported entered and items stolen at 2:12 p.m. April 24, in the 1900 block of Northeast Zachary Court.

Burglary — A burglary was reported at 2:17 p.m. April 24, in the area of Bayou Drive and Fargo Lane.

Theft — A theft was reported at 3:52 p.m. April 24, in the 100 block of Southeast Wilson Avenue.

Criminal mischief — An act of criminal mischief was reported at 4:58 p.m. April 24, in the 21000 block of Gardenia Avenue.

Criminal mischief — An act of criminal mischief was reported at 5:30 p.m. April 24, in the 3100 block of Northeast Post Avenue.

Unlawful entry — A vehicle was reported entered and items stolen at 7:03 a.m. April 25, in the 63300 block of Majestic Loop.

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Redmond Police Department

Theft — A theft was reported and an arrest made at 7:44 p.m. April 22, in the 300 block of Northwest Oak Tree Lane.

Vehicle crash — An accident was reported at 4:19 p.m. April 22, in the area of Northwest 19th Street and Northwest Larch Avenue.

Vehicle crash — An accident was reported at 9:16 a.m. April 22, in the 200 block of Northwest Sixth Street.

Vehicle crash — An accident was reported at 9:08 a.m. April 22, in the 600 block of Southwest Rimrock Way. Unauthorized use — A vehicle was reported stolen at 8:42 a.m. April 23, in the 1000 block of Northwest Teak Avenue.

Vehicle crash — An accident was reported at 3:08 a.m. April 23, in the area of Northwest Eighth Street and Northwest Spruce Avenue.

Unauthorized use — A vehicle was reported stolen at 11:19 p.m. April 24, in the 400 block of Northwest Sixth Street.

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Prineville Police Department

Burglary — A burglary and criminal mischief were reported at 2:39 p.m. April 22, in the area of Northwest Fifth Street.

Theft — A theft was reported at 12:38 p.m. April 23, in the area of U.S. Highway 26 and Northwest Gardner Road.

Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office

Burglary — A burglary was reported at 3:32 p.m. April 22, in the 22600 block of Peacock Lane in Bend.

Theft — Cattle gates were reported stolen at 11:06 a.m.

April 22, in the 65700 block of U.S. Highway 20 in Bend.

Theft — Lawn ornaments were reported stolen at 10:48 a.m.

April 22, in the 16000 block of Burgess Road in La Pine.

Theft — A theft was reported at 2:38 p.m. April 23, in the 16500 block of Reed Road in La Pine.

Theft — Clothing was reported stolen and an arrest made at 2:15 p.m. April 23, in the 100 block of East Main Avenue in Sisters.

Theft — Metal yard art was reported stolen at 10:17 a.m. April 23, in the 300 block of West Hood Avenue in Sisters.

Theft — A theft was reported at 9:05 a.m. April 23, in the 56800 block of Enterprise Drive in La Pine.

Unauthorized use — A vehicle was reported stolen at 2:27 a.m. April 23, in the 9500 block of Northwest 19th Street in Terrebonne.

Vehicle crash — An accident was reported at 4:04 p.m. April 24, in the area of Huntington and La Pine State Recreation roads in La Pine.

Theft — Items were reported stolen from a vehicle at 2:18 p.m. April 24, in the 7900 block of Southwest 77th Street in Redmond.

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office

Burglary — A burglary was reported April 17, in the 2100 block of Southwest Bear Drive in Madras.

Theft — Gasoline was reported stolen April 18, in the 1700 block of South Adams Drive in Madras.

Criminal mischief — Damage to an alfalfa field was reported April 22, in the are of Northeast Clark Drive and Northeast Fir Lane in Madras.

Vehicle crash — An accident was reported at 2:40 a.m. April 24, in the area of Crestview Lane and South Adams Drive in Madras.

Criminal mischief — An act of criminal mischief was reported April 24, in the 600 block of Northwest Cherry Lane in Madras.

Oregon State Police

Vehicle crash — An accident was reported at 7:35 p.m. April 22, in the area of Cline Falls Highway near milepost 1.

DUII — Todd Michael Chorba, 39, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants at 7:55 p.m.

April 23, in the area of Camp Sherman Road and West U.S. Highway 20.

DUII — Andrew Thomas Johnson, 22, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants at 1:20 a.m. April 25, in the area of Third Street and Badger Road in Bend.

BEND FIRE RUNS Friday 10:22 a.m. — Authorized controlled burning, 640 S.E. Wilson Ave. 10:49 a.m. — Authorized controlled burning, 65176 Sturgeon Road.

26 — Medical aid calls.

Saturday 3:22 a.m. — Natural vegetation fire, U.S. Highway 97.

7:24 p.m. — Unauthorized burning, 20757 Crestview Court.

7:57 p.m. — Building fire, 66364 Gerking Market Road.

20 — Medical aid calls.

Sunday 7:22 p.m. — Authorized controlled burning, 1630 N.W. Juniper Street.

22 — Medical aid calls.

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Local actor Alastair Jaques walks through the sleet to get to the library on a dreary Monday afternoon in downtown Bend. Monday was his last day in Bend; he is moving to San Francisco to pursue more acting opportunities. To see if the rest of the week will bring unfavorable walking weather, turn to Page C6.

• State Rep. John Huffman, R-The Dalles, will be the master of ceremonies at the annual “Republicans’ Night Out,â€? in Madras; 5:30 p.m. May 7; $30 per person with reservations required; Inn at Cross Keys Station, 66 N.W. Cedar St., Madras; 541-546-9008. • Todd Dunkelberg, director of the Deschutes Public Library System, will speak at a luncheon sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Deschutes County about topics pertaining to the library; 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; May 5; King’s Buffet, 2050 N.E. Third St. No cost to hear the speaker, but the buffet costs $7.99. • A rally and march aimed at challenging the spending policies of U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., will be held May 7 in Bend. The “Rally and March to Walden’s Officeâ€? event will start at 1 p.m. at the Bend-La Pine School District building. The event is being organized by the Rural Organizing Project and CAUSA. For details, visit www.rop.org.

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4 hospitalized after crash on Highway 97 A three-vehicle crash shut down the northbound lanes of U.S. Highway 97 for nearly two hours Monday morning and sent four people to the hospital, according to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office.

At 9:46 a.m., deputies responded to a report of a crash at Deschutes Junction, north of Bend.

An initial investigation found that Morgan Nichole McCurdy, 21, of Bend, was driving a Ford Expedition south on Highway 97 when for unknown reasons she veered into northbound traffic.

McCurdy’s vehicle hit a Suzuki driven by Mary Rosenbalm, 43, of Redmond, then rolled and hit a rock wall on the east side of the highway.

The Expedition came to rest sideways on the outside northbound lane.

The impact from the Expedition had pushed the Suzuki backward into the path of a Volkswagon Jetta, which was driven by Shelley Marie Creswell, 36, of Redmond. Creswell, Rosenbalm, McCurdy and a passenger in the Expedition — Lacey Lee Satterfield,

22, of Bend — were hospitalized with unknown injuries.

The highway was closed in both directions for 30 minutes.

Intoxicants are not known to be a factor in the crash.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with additional information about the crash is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 541-693-6911.

Fire destroys trailer in La Pine RV park A La Pine woman and her three children lost most of their possessions early Easter morning when a fire destroyed their fifth-wheel trailer at the Whispering Pines RV Park in La Pine.

Lisa Choate and her family were sleeping when one of Choate’s children noticed the fire and alerted the rest of the family, according to the La Pine Rural Fire Protection District.

Neighbors assisted by calling 911.

Choate, a college student, did not have a working smoke detector.

According to the La Pine Fire Department, the family was lucky to escape.

The family has received assistance from the American Red

Cross and La Pine firefighters, who have raised more than $400.

uled to take place on Southeast 15th Street today has been canceled because of weather.

Construction scheduled Signals to shut down across Bend today in downtown Bend Several roads and intersections in Bend will undergo construction today that will cause lane closures and delays.

From 5:30 to 7 a.m. on Northwest Newport Market between 12th Street and 13th Street, the eastbound lane will be closed just west of 12th Street. Also during the construction hours, the westbound lane will be shifted to the center lane past the work zone.

On Northwest Portland Avenue and First Street between 6:30 and 8 a.m., the center intersection will be closed and two, 10-foot travel lanes will be maintained.

From 7:30 to 10 a.m. at Fourth Street just north of Penn Avenue, the center of the street will be closed with two, 10-foot travel lanes maintained.

From 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Butler Market Road just north of Madison Avenue, the center of the intersection will be closed, and two, 10-foot travel lanes will be maintained.

All road work will take place in the morning and will be dependent on weather conditions.

Construction that was sched-

The signals at the intersection of Northwest Wall Street and Northwest Franklin Avenue will be shut down Wednesday from 10 a.m. to noon.

The signals will not be operating while crews work to repair water valve boxes.

Flaggers, signs and cones will be in place to maintain and control traffic through the intersection and around the work zone area.

Local churches For contact information and Web links to local churches, visit www.bend bulletin.com/churches.

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O I B Dog’s killer accused of endangerment ESTACADA — An Oregon man who shot and killed a dog he said ran at him aggressively has been cited and accused of recklessly endangering other people.

The Oregonian reported that 57-year-old Gerald Nagle of Estacada took a wheelbarrow and tools to the end of his driveway Saturday morning when a neighbor’s German shepherd ran across the road toward him.

Clackamas County sheriff’s deputies said Nagle fired 12 shots at the dog with a 9mmsemiautomatic handgun, killing it when it reached within 10 feet of him.

Deputies said Nagle claimed the dog had barked at him, nipped at him and chased him on earlier occasions. He said he complained, but the dog owner’s son told him the dog guarded their house and they would not lock it up.

Gypsy patriarch gets year on tax rap PORTLAND — A used car dealer and patriarch of Portland’s tight-knit Gypsy community has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for filing a false tax return.

The Oregonian reported that Bobbie Ephrem willfully understated receipts from his auto sales business. He was also fined $10,000 and ordered to pay an outstanding tax debt of $109,000.

An initial Internal Revenue Service investigation accused Ephrem of owing the government $8.5 million in taxes, penalties and interest.

But Ephrem successfully sued the government, saying the bulk of the cash seized by the IRS was inheritance money, loans, gifts and proceeds from his extended family, and it was his duty to hold it as a family patriarch.

Portland is home to roughly 3,000 Gypsies, who call themselves Roma.

Defender appointed in killing of officer PORTLAND — The state office that chooses death-penalty attorneys has selected a Silverton lawyer to defend a woman accused of shooting to death a Eugene police officer.

Longtime defense attorney Gordon Mallon will represent 57-year-old Cheryl Kidd, who faces an aggravated murder charge in the shooting death of Chris Kilcullen last Friday.

The charge carries the possibility of the death penalty.

Mallon, of Silverton, has been practicing in Oregon since 1984.

On Monday morning, the state Office of Public Defense Services chose him as lead attorney in the case.

Guards, cons hurt in fight at state pen SALEM — Authorities say a fight among dozens of prisoners at Oregon State Penitentiary has left some of the prisoners and staff members with minor injuries.

Prison officials said the penitentiary was placed on lockdown after the fighting Sunday afternoon and was to remain under lockdown through Monday.

The violence began with a smaller fight involving about six inmates. The prison says as guards used chemical spray to control that altercation, some 75 inmates began fighting in a recreation yard.

Guards fired one warning shot and used the chemical spray to break up the melee.

The prison says some of the inmates and several guards had minor injuries, but it did not provide exact numbers.

It was the third recent case of violence at a state prison.

A fight at the penitentiary on April 13 left some inmates with minor injuries and the facility in a lockdown.

On April 20, some inmates were hurt in a fight at Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution; 17 were disciplined.

— From wire reports

Governors pick design for proposed I-5 span Gregoire, Kitzhaber: Deck truss option will keep project on schedule, on budget

By Damian Mann (Medford) Mail Tribune

By Tim Fought The Associated Press

PORTLAND — The governors of Oregon and Washington announced plans Monday for a replacement for the aging Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River they say will keep the project on schedule and on budget.

Govs. John Kitzhaber of Oregon and Chris Gregoire of Washington decided on a deck truss bridge design, similar to the newer Glenn Jackson Interstate 205 Bridge just to the east.

At a news conference near the I-5 bridge, the governors said other bridge designs would require delays for additional design work and environmental analysis, increasing the time and cost needed to complete the replacement project.

“Moving this project to completion in the most cost-effective way possible is critical to providing a safer, less congested transportation system,” Kitzhaber said.

The two governors said they also chose the deck truss design to take advantage of federal funding opportunities with hopes of breaking ground on the Columbia River Crossing project in 2013.

“Our timing is important — we are seeking nearly $1.3 billion in federal funding for this project,” Gregoire said.

Nobody has spelled out how to pay the total estimated cost of the replacement bridge, expected to be more than $3 billion. The

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Govs. Chris Gregoire of Washington, left, and John Kitzhaber have settled on a design for a planned Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River. The two leaders say the deck truss design will keep the project on schedule and on budget. obstacles could be big.

Planners have counted on significant federal help and assumed that users would be charged tolls. But even before Republicans won control of the U.S. House, members of the Oregon congressional delegation raised doubts about the cost. And tolls are unpopular among commuters from Vancouver, Wash.

The current bridge is two spans, one from 1917 and the second from 1958. Commuters and truck drivers complain of congestion, and the structures are considered vulnerable to an earthquake.

Replacing the bridge is a priority for business interests and labor unions on both sides of the Columbia, but planners had spent more than $100 million on it without reaching an agreement that accommodates a variety of interests.

Critics question the cost or say

a design that focuses on cars and encourages more traffic will add to the load of greenhouse gases.

Some, like the mayors of Portland and Vancouver, have said they prefer a design more visually appealing or “iconic” than the functional deck truss design.

In addition to the Glenn Jackson Bridge, the design would be similar to the Marquam Bridge that carries Interstate 5 over the Willamette River in downtown Portland.

Kitzhaber has made a push to get the project moving, seeking support from U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

In a March speech, Kitzhaber told a Portland audience the project has been around since the last time he was governor, and it’s something the state ought to be able to cross off its to-do list.

He said he hoped construction would begin in 2013.

Health exchange grant in danger

By Jonathan J. Cooper The Associated Press

SALEM — Republican opposition to the federal health care overhaul is endangering a $48 million grant from the federal government to help Oregon implement a health insurance exchange, Democratic lawmakers said Monday.

The budget committee has set today as the deadline to schedule a hearing on a bill that would allow the state to formally apply for the money, but Republicans and Democrats had not agreed Monday to let that happen. Oregon’s Medicaid system was one of seven in the U.S. to get federal funding to create the computer infrastructure to power insurance exchanges that could be models for other states.

An exchange would help connect individuals and small businesses with health insurance and help people determine whether they qualify for federal subsidies under the health care overhaul signed last year by President Barack Obama.

Democrats blame Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee for tying up money for the project because they oppose the federal law — a charge that Republicans deny.

“I think the only reason it would be rejected is political,” said Rep. Peter Buckley, an Ash-

IN THE LEGISLATURE land Democrat who serves as one of three co-chairmen of the committee, which oversees the budget.

“I’m cautiously optimistic that reasonable minds will prevail,” Buckley said.

Republicans say they’re concerned about the state’s record of managing complex information technology projects, including a recent struggle to create a statewide radio network for public safety agencies. The project has been criticized as mismanaged and over budget.

Rep. Dennis Richardson, a Central Point Republican who is the budget committee’s only GOP leader, said opposition to the health care overhaul had nothing to do with the hang-up over accepting money.

“We’re evaluating federal grant money with the same care as if it was Oregon General Fund money since it’s all taxpayer dollars,” Richardson said. “We want to make sure that (the state) has the ability to manage a $48 million IT project with a reasonable expectation for success.”

Richardson said a decision about whether to proceed would

Bill would add conditions to high school diplomas The Associated Press SALEM — A state lawmaker has proposed adding some requirements needed to get a high school diploma, including a college application.

The Oregonian reported a bill proposed by Democratic state Rep. Tobias Read of Beaverton would require students to show they are thinking seriously about their future and job opportunities.

Under House Bill 2732, they could demonstrate that in three

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ways — applying to a community college or university, submitting an application to enlist in the military or attending an orientation session for an apprenticeship or training program.

Read says it’s one way to increase education levels within the state’s current budget constraints.

But fellow Democrat Mike Schaufler of Happy Valley called the bill “horrible.” The House narrowly approved it Monday and sent it to the Senate.

be made today.

The state Senate voted 24-5 on Monday to create an exchange, sending SB 99 to the House.

That bill is silent about accepting the federal grant dollars and is not dependent on them. If Oregon declines the grant but still creates an exchange, the state would have to modify computer systems created elsewhere and would not have a hand in developing a system that will eventually be replicated in all 50 states — although the startup costs would still be paid by the federal government. It’s not clear how much money that could be.

“It’s a real opportunity for Oregon to shine here, to have our IT community step up and develop a program that can be a model for the state and the country,” said Sen. Alan Bates, D-Ashland, a physician and proponent of accepting the federal money.

MEDFORD — As political furor over unions continues nationwide, Bryon Blocher quietly wades through increasing workloads as a $34,900-a-year civil servant in an unassuming office in downtown Medford.

“It frustrates me when people say I get paid too much or get too many benefits,” said Blocher, 45, an office specialist with the Department of Human Services and a member of the Service Employees International Union Local 503.

With caseloads for food stamps and medical care rising during the recession, Blocher said colleagues in the cubicles surrounding him have taken on more work in recent years. In some cases, he said, he and other workers have volunteered time to get work done on weekends or after hours. He said he often performs duties outside his job descriptions, such as running cables or troubleshooting computers.

Blocher, a White City resident who already has lost wages from furlough days, wonders what’s in store for him as lawmakers put pressure on unions to make concessions given the state’s $3.5 billion budget hole.

Many people assume union workers such as Blocher get paid more than their counterparts in the private sector. But according to a study by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services in December, state workers earn almost 3 percent less on average.

Teachers often receive the brunt of criticism for high compensation, receiving an average $93,000 per year in Oregon in pay, health insurance and retirement benefits.

In Medford, teachers on average receive $91,300 in total compensation.

Teachers’ salaries and benefits packages are negotiated by school districts, not by the state, even though much of the funding for schools comes from the state budget.

By comparison, the average teacher at the private St. Mary’s School in Medford receives $55,900, including benefits. Most St. Mary’s teachers have master’s degrees.

Rep. Peter Buckley, D-Ashland, said teachers’ compensation packages have evolved over the years and are the result of past bargaining negotiations.

He cited one Southern Oregon teacher who in the 1970s earned $7,000 annually and had to take food stamps to help feed his family. The teacher continued working until 2003, when he received a decent retirement plan, Buckley said.

“People have to understand there was a trade-off,” Buckley said. “I think teachers deserve every penny they earn.”

Buckley said many school districts, such as Portland’s, now require teachers to pick up the 6 percent toward PERS that public employers pay for their workers.

He said Gov. John Kitzhaber already has asked more teachers and other unions to do the same or risk furlough days.

The concessions being asked of unions could save $350 million in the state budget, Buckley said.

Comparing union jobs with private sector jobs was part of a lengthy process between the state Department of Administrative Services and representatives from the Service Employees International Union.

Tom Perry, state labor relations manager, said every effort was made to compare a union job with a similar job in the private sector.

“We want to compare apples to apples,” he said.

The report found that Oregon public workers made almost 12 percent more than comparable salaries and benefits in the four surrounding states, but more than 10 percent less than their counterparts in cities and counties within Oregon.

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Dangers of sex offender registry

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he Oregon Senate unanimously passed a bill — Senate Bill 67 — to put the names of more Oregon sex offenders on the Internet. But the change in the law is not just a straightfor-

ward decision about increasing information available to the public.

The bill would increase the number of listed offenders to about 14,000 from 700 now. The online list would include the person’s name, date of birth, physical description and photograph, the city and ZIP code of the person’s residence, and the name of any institution of higher education where the person studies or works.

Most of the sex offenders who are going to be added to the list are not considered dangerous. Right now, the only offenders listed are those the state deems “predatory.”

Why should the law be changed?

The change in the law was requested by the Oregon State Police in response to public demand. Vi Beaty, who runs the sex offender registry for the state, said in legislative testimony that the most frequent request she gets is for a more complete list. People ask why that’s not online. Beaty also rattled off a list of neighboring states that publish more complete lists online than Oregon does.

Are those reasons to change the law? Maybe.

Some employers and property management companies also search sex offender registries for background checks. Two consulting firms that do background screening testified in favor of the bill, because it would help them. Presumably, if the law passes, it will become more difficult for sex offenders to get jobs or find housing.

Oregon law already has provisions that protect the so-called Romeo and Juliet offenders — consenting teens who may get charged with sex crimes

— from ending up on the sex offender registry. But what about other sex offenders who committed their crimes as juveniles?

SB 67 would protect them from appearing on Oregon’s Internet list while they were under state supervision. Once that supervision ended, they would go on the list, too. For life.

Another bill, Senate Bill 408, attempts to ensure that juvenile sex offenders who can demonstrate to a court that they are not an ongoing risk can get off the list.

The common belief may be that juvenile sex offenders are likely to offend again. That is not true. Convicted juvenile sex offenders who get treatment are not likely to re-offend. Recidivism rates are low. The Center for Sex Offender Management, a federal and state effort, quotes studies putting the rate at between 7 percent and 13 percent. If that’s true, most of the people who offend as juveniles and end up on Oregon’s list will not be any danger.

When Oregon limited its online sex offender registry to people the state calculated were dangerous, it was attempting to strike a reasonable balance. It wanted public notification.

It also protects sex offenders from discrimination or people who wanted to harm them.

It wasn’t perfect. It’s not an easy balance to strike. If SB 67 goes on to become law, it’s all the more important for SB 408 to also become law.

And at least remember if SB 67 passes, that not everyone on Oregon’s list will be dangerous.

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t wasn’t even close. The Oregon House of Representatives’ judiciary committee voted unanimously last week to tighten the rules on driving and talking on the telephone. The bill should get similar lopsided approval on its way to becoming law.

Just two years ago lawmakers approved a bill banning, sort of, the use of handheld cellular phones by drivers in this state. There was, unfortunately, a loophole big enough to drive a truck through. If HB 3186 becomes law, that loophole will be much, much smaller.

Currently Oregon drivers are banned from talking or texting on their handheld devices unless they’re doing so for work. Thus a reporter could jump into a car after a particularly contentious public meeting and call her editor to discuss what to do next, or a lawyer could call the office to check on his next appointment. This bill would substantially change that exception.

No longer would “I’m working” be a valid excuse for driving and talking or texting on a handheld device.

Exceptions remain, to be sure, but

they make sense. A driver could still call 911 from his car if no one else in the vehicle were capable of doing so.

Farmers, ambulance and other emergency vehicle drivers would also be exempt, as would those providing public safety services, either as a professional or a volunteer.

Talking on the telephone while driving is dangerous enough even with both hands on the wheel. Research shows the vast majority of us are far less successful at multitasking — in this case, paying attention to both the road and our conversation — than we’d like to believe. As for texting and driving, which is also outlawed in the bill, it’s difficult to believe anyone thinks that is a good idea.

Here in Central Oregon the new rules combined with a new willingness to ticket rather than merely warn cellphone scofflaws should make the roadways a bit safer.

They’d be even safer still if we all took the law to heart, or better yet, decided for ourselves not to telephone while driving at all, hands-free or otherwise.

My Nickel’s Worth Crack down on immigration Support Jefferson jail levy Our president and other elected officials and Oregon legislators are refusing to uphold their oath of office to protect the U.S. and the state of Oregon by not securing our borders and by allowing illegal immigrants to obtain benefits and recognize driver’s licenses issued by the states of Washington, New Mexico and Utah — and soon to be Oregon — thereby allowing persons illegally in the country to move freely and lawfully around the U.S., when in fact they are not even supposed to be in the U.S. at all.

This type of nonaction and legislation puts all Americans at risk of falling prey to illegal activity by persons illegally in the U.S. Think about this and please do something. We can no longer afford not to.

Mike Trotta Redmond

Don’t give driver’s licences This bill needs to be put on the ballot for all the legal citizens of Oregon to vote on.

It takes an “act of Congress” these days for us to get a license or a renewal (birth certificate, marriage or divorce decree, passport, etc.), yet an illegal immigrant needs only to produce an electric bill or a rent receipt and they are given a driver’s license. Give me a break! This will not force them to get insurance, so let’s not go there. It’s time we looked into better solutions for the illegal immigrant problem. Times are tough, and we have given away far too much already. I am a concerned senior citizen.

Wanda Dornik La Pine

We need your help, Jefferson County!

Community members from public safety, local businesses owners, teachers, and other community members have come together to help pass the sheriff’s jail operating levy. The political action committee Citizens for a Safer Jefferson County was formed for this purpose.

Here are some facts: 1) This is not a new tax. It simply renews the existing levy at the current rate for 3 more years.

The current levy expires June 30. 2) Jefferson County has experienced the lowest crime rate per 1,000 persons in Central Oregon the past decade that prior to the jail opening was the highest in Central Oregon. Criminals soon found out that committing crimes in Jefferson County had real consequences.

If the levy fails, more than half the current inmate population will be released and more than half of the corrections staff will be laid off. This, we feel, will make Jefferson County less safe and is unacceptable. If you feel the same way, please vote yes to continue your support of public safety. If you want to get involved or want more information please come to our weekly meetings at the Black Bear in Madras each Monday from 5-6:30 p.m. until Election Day. Marc Heckathorn Madras

Too much for military Is it just me, or does anyone else sense a strange disconnect in all the current shouting back and forth about our national deficit? We search and search for relatively minor social service programs to cut, but don’t seem to be able to see the elephant in the room:

the unimaginable amount of money we annually spend on the Pentagon.

Would it surprise readers to know that we spend 39 cents of every income tax dollar on the Pentagon, for current and past wars? Or that, in 2010, military spending accounted for 57 percent of total discretionary budget spending? Or that the U.S. military budget accounts for 46.5 percent of global military spending? Or that military spending has doubled in the past 10 years?

We can’t afford to adequately fund our schools, services for the poor, the homeless, the mentally ill, the unemployed, for all those in need due to the recent Great Recession, but we can cheerfully toss another $5 billion to the Pentagon whenever it asks, or dash into Libya — without actually knowing what we’re doing there. Does this really reflect our values as a nation?

Curtis Schade Sunriver

Poor choices in hit and run I have been following the Bend hitand-run stories and feel the need to comment. I feel sorry for all the parties involved. Yes, the driver should definitely have stopped, no question about that.

But is he the only one at fault? A recent column reported a comment made by one of Tony Martin’s family and I quote, “Tony could be alive today. A life could have been saved.” Perhaps Tony would be alive if he had walked to the intersection and crossed the street at the crosswalk instead of trying to cross a busy street, in the dark? Seems the driver of the vehicle was not the only one who made a poor choice that night.

Dory Edmunson Bend

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U.S. masks its true debt with massive insurance fund B y Harold Shrader Bulletin guest columnist

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ntitlements. The dictionary definition is that an entitlement is a guarantee of access to benefits based on established rights or by legislation. The distinction is that an entitlement can either be earned and paid for by the recipient of the entitlement (established rights) or granted without a financial “buy-in” (granted by legislation). Sometimes the entitlement is a combination of both.

Take Social Security and public employee pensions. In spite of the rhetoric, both are earned entitlements that have been (mostly) paid for via payroll taxes (Social Security) or contributions into a public employee retirement system. In both cases both the employee and employer have paid into the system. The difference is that in some cases, such as the state of Oregon, the public employer has assumed the employee’s portion of the payments. In both cases there are potential future funding deficits.

The irony is that while public pensions are legally protected as to the dollar amount received, Social Security is not.

In other words, we taxpayers who must legally pay increasing taxes to support public pensions cannot rely on receiving the promised benefits of the system we have paid taxes into for ourselves. We have paid $2.2 trillion into the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund during our entire working careers.

The trust fund is so large because there has been a surplus of funds flowing into it each and every year for the past 30 years.

Unfortunately, the entire $2.2 trillion was used by law to finance the federal debt. That’s right, the OASI trust fund, not China or any other country, is the single largest creditor of the U.S. government. Social Security is not part of the budget deficit problem; just the opposite.

The reality is that the OASI trust fund inflow surpluses have been used for decades to mask the true extent of the general fund deficit. Much is being made

IN MY VIEW of the fact that the OASI trust fund will expend more than it receives in payroll taxes in 2011. Hence some are claiming it is part of the federal deficit problem.

Nothing could be further from the truth as interest earnings still far exceed the expenditures versus payroll taxes “deficit” this year. Problem is the OASI interest earnings come from the federal government’s general fund, which owes the OASI trust fund that $2.2 trillion. When the two budgets are combined, the interest earnings and payments cancel each other out — the magical sleight of hand of governmental accounting.

It is our right to draw down the OASI trust fund once we reach retirement age. Yes, after 2014 OASI “deficits” are expected to grow rapidly as the baby boomer generation’s retirement causes the number of beneficiaries to grow substantially more rapidly than the number of covered workers. The annual deficits

will be made up by redeeming trust fund assets in amounts less than interest earnings through 2024, and then by redeeming trust fund assets until reserves are exhausted in 2037, at which point payroll tax income would be sufficient to pay about 75 percent of scheduled benefits through 2084, which is as far as projections go. Therefore even without an OASI funding fix, which would be only 0.66 percent of payroll, at no time will Social Security payouts impact the general fund other than by requiring repayment of the loans (Treasury bond purchases) that OASI has made to the federal government over the decades.

However, that’s the real problem the politicians don’t want discussed.

If retirees draw down on the OASI trust fund, as is our right, then the federal government has to borrow that money from someone else and probably at higher interest rates than are being paid to Social Security. The so-called deficit reduction budget proposals by both parties attempt to keep the debt

to the OASI trust fund intact at the expense of current and future retirees. It is easier for them to force Social Security to continue to fund the federal debt than to beg private investors and other countries to do so.

Finally, the hypocrites in Congress who want to reduce Social Security benefits rather than increase the payroll tax by less than 1 percent need to look in the mirror. A full pension is available to members 62 years of age with five years of service; 50 years or older with 20 years of service; or 25 years of service at any age. U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, has always refused to participate in the congressional pension system, labeling it “immoral.” How much of his or her own paycheck does a member of Congress contribute toward this? Nada. Zip. Zero. Nothing. Their retirement system is funded by increasing the federal debt — which is owed to, you guessed it, Social Security.

Harold Shrader lives in Bend.

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John Locke Butterfield, of Bend July 13, 1920 - April 21, 2011 Arrangements: Baird Funeral Home of Bend (541) 382-0903 www.bairdmortuaries.com Services: Memorial Services with full military honors will be held at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.

Kathleen "Apple" Marie Eddy, of Sisters Nov. 28, 1957 - April 23, 2011 Arrangements: Autumn Funerals (541) 318-0842 www.autumnfunerals.net Services: A Gathering will be held at a later date.

Theresa Anne Crnich, of Bend July 10, 1945 - Mar. 25, 2011 Arrangements: Autumn Funerals, Bend 541-318-0842 www.autumnfunerals.com Services: Celebration of Life, 2:00 pm 5:00 pm, April 29, 2011, 22982 Vintage Lane, Bend, OR.

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J. JoAnn Peterson June 12, 1930 - April 21, 2011 JoAnn was born in Eugene, OR to Eugene and Norma Lockard. She met her future husband, Robert Peterson, in Eugene, and they married Nov. 24, 1949, at the First Baptist Church in Eugene, OR. She was a homemaker, and loved gardening, snowskiing, and her family, especially the grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was an active member of Community Bible Church at Sunriver.

JoAnn is survived by her loving husband of 61 years, Robert, sons, Greg Peterson, of Portland, OR, and Mike Peterson, of Siloam Springs, AR; and daughter, Jackie Fischer of Eugene, OR; brothers, Dave Lockard or Salem, OR and Jim Lockard of Eugene, OR, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 30, at Community Bible Church in Sunriver.

Memorial contributions may be made to Missions at Community Bible Church at Sunriver.

Jan. 24, 1925 - April 18, 2011 Norma Aalvik Britt, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully in her home in Bend, on April 18, surrounded by her family.

Born in Stevenson, WA, to Jacob and Dorothy Aalvik, she was raised there, in South Dakota, and later in EuNorma Aalvik gene, after Britt her mother remarried to Clarence Halladey, her much-loved stepfather.

She attended the University of Oregon, receiving a B.A. in Journalism, and after leaving the U of O, taught grade school before she married Claude T. Britt and devoted herself to raising five children. She moved from Eugene to Bend in 1977, where she was an active member of the community, especially through Special Olympics in support of her youngest son, Tom, and through the Opportunity Foundation.

While living in Bend, she was also active in local quilting organizations and became an avid and accomplished quilter, producing many beautiful quilts over the years for family and friends.

When she was younger, she had a beautiful voice and sang in choir. She had a facility for foreign languages.

And she loved to play piano and to garden. But above all, she loved and nurtured her family, gifting them all with an amazing strength of character and a kind, loving and open heart.

She is survived by her half-brother, Ray Aalvik; her four sons, Randy, Theron, Bervin, and Tom; grandchildren, Joe Ingram and Louise Kerrigan and Jacob Britt; and great-grandchildren, Morgan and Gillian Kerrigan.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Claude; and her oldest child, her beloved daughter, Belinda Ann Tan; wife of devoted husband, Thomas Tan, passed away from cancer in December of 2007.

Marie-France Pisier, New Wave actress, dies at 66

By William Grimes New York Times News Service

Marie-France Pisier, a French actress who was discovered by Francois Truffaut and appeared in three of his films, including “Love on the Run,” and who worked with notable directors like Andre Techine and Luis Bunuel, died Sunday at her home in Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer in the South of France. She was 66.

Her husband, Thierry FunckBrentano, discovered her body in the swimming pool of their home, Agence France-Presse, the French news agency, reported. The cause of death was not known, but foul play is not suspected, the investigating magistrate in Toulon said.

Pisier, a stunning beauty with refined features, caught Truffaut’s eye when, at the age of 17, she successfully auditioned for the part of Colette Tazzi, the spirited but maddeningly elusive love object of Jean-Pierre Leaud’s Antoine Doinel in “Antoine and Colette.” The film, 32 minutes long, was Truffaut’s contribution to the anthology film “Love at 20.”

Smitten, Truffaut briefly left his wife and children for Pisier.

The romance was short-lived, but Pisier appeared twice more as Colette in Truffaut films — in a small uncredited role in “Stolen Kisses” (1968) and in “Love on the Run” (1979), which she helped write.

In the film, her character, now a successful lawyer, handles Antoine with the same dismissive ease as she did in their youth.

Nativity Continued from C1 The city has been working on the resolution since December, when it received a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national nonprofit group dedicated to the separation of church and state.

The group said one of its members living in Prineville questioned the constitutionality of a Nativity scene displayed at the entrance to City Hall.

About 100 Crook County residents showed up to a City Council meeting in January to speak in support of the city keeping the Nativity scene on display.

Roppe said she also has received about 60 letters from Christians, atheists and a pagan group supporting the Nativity.

Still, the council has exercised caution regarding the situation, with Roppe saying she believes in citizens’ rights to free speech.

Council members have voiced a wish to see the Nativity expanded to the plaza and opened for “secular items” to be displayed as well.

The resolution reads, “The City of Prineville will sponsor an annual Christmas display to be located at the plaza west of City Hall. Such display shall include a Nativity Scene and secu-

Council hopes meeting will inform students The Prineville City Council will hold its semimonthly meeting today at the Crook County High School Auditorium in an effort to educate students on how a local government operates.

“I believe it is very important for our youth to get a feel for how city government works,” Mayor Betty Roppe said. “They can vote at 18, and some of them will be that age soon if they aren’t already. We want them to know how it works and let them know that they can run for a position at 18 as well.”

Roppe said council members and city staff will present the basics of how a public meeting is held. They will also explain the difference between an ordinance and a resolution, what each staff member’s role is and introduce council members.

Students will also get to see the city discuss two resolutions that deal with freedom lar items. The City of Prineville may accept voluntary monetary donations, labor or physical items to support this event and may include at City’s sole discre-

of speech and religion.

A resolution establishing a “Holiday Plaza” is being discussed as a solution to a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation regarding a Nativity scene displayed on city property. The complaint came from the group on behalf of a resident of Prineville.

“I think it’s good for the students to see there are outside sources that affect how we work,” Roppe said. “The complaint is from a local citizen, but it came from a group in Wisconsin, and that can have an effect.”

The city will also discuss a resolution regarding what types of speech can be displayed on city signs and banners. The city took time in drafting a resolution after a lawsuit in Oregon determined that government agencies cannot regulate political speech more harshly than other advertisements.

— Erik Hidle, The Bulletin tion, displays fully sponsored by other organizations, which are determined by the city to be related to the Christmas holiday season.”

Election Continued from C1

Zone 3 Bagley was appointed to the school board in 2008, then elected in 2009. She is a deputy district attorney with the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office.

“I decided to run again so I can continue to be involved in helping the district move in a positive direction and see some of the important initiatives through that we have begun on the board,” she said.

Bagley said that since she joined the board, she’s been most pleased with the implementation of the International Baccalaureate program at Bend High, the two-way language immersion program at Bear Creek Elementary and the increased focus on professional development for teachers.

It will be a challenge to keep the focus on those programs, she said, with difficult budget times ahead.

“The biggest issue is going to be trying to maintain all these things with fewer and fewer dollars and fewer teachers and fewer school days,” Bagley said. “I think it’s important to not abandon important initiatives right after you start them, so I think there has to be some sort of priority placed on these things to not just jettison them when the budget gets tight.”

Bagley said she’s right for the job because she has the experience.

“There’s quite a steep learning curve when you get on the board just to learn how the entire organization works, and there are so many moving parts.

I felt like it took me a good year to have a basic understanding of how the district operated,” she said. “I have the experience

Forecasts Continued from C1 “We identified Bend as an airport that needs this service because they have quite a bit of traffic,” Vescio said. “It’s actually one of our busier airports in our forecast area.”

Six other airports in the Pendleton office’s coverage area — including Redmond, Pendleton and Yakima, Wash.

— receive these forecasts.

Before this new microforecast, pilots flying into Bend had to rely on the general area forecast, said Gary Judd, manager of the Bend Municipal Airport.

And on overcast days, the Federal Aviation Administration has strict rules for pilots. Better forecasts allow pilots to plan their trips with greater confidence.

Beth Bagley

Susanne Flynn

on the board, I have that understanding, and I’m knowledgeable about the direction and vision of the district.”

Flynn chose to run for the board position because she feels she has time to commit to the school board. She also has two children in the district and wants to give back.

“I’m definitely interested in the budget issues. I know they’re working on a lot of efficiencies right now, and I would like to be involved in that process,” she said. “I think we’re going to have to work harder with less and less in the coming biennium, and there are definitely ways we can make this work for educators and classified staff and students.”

If elected, Flynn said she’d also focus on student achievement, particularly state math and English standards, and on student and parent involvement.

“We need help from the community more now than we ever have,” she said. “I’d like to see some more outreach and as much community participation in the process as possible.”

Flynn, who said she works well on a team and is a good communicator and good listener, pointed to the recent middle school boundary changes and changes to the high school schedules as matters that would have benefitted from better communication.

“I felt like that (high school schedule change) was pushed through rather quickly, there was not a lot of transparency on

“This is accurate enough to tell you, ‘I’m going to be able to land safely,’ or ‘I’m going to go somewhere else,’ ” Judd said.

“It gives it a much higher level of predictability.”

Having the new forecasts could make Bend a more attractive destination for pilots, including those flying corporate planes, Judd said. They’ll have greater assurance that they won’t have to divert in midflight to other airports.

The improved forecasts cost the airport nothing, he said, and could make the airport more attractive to businesses.

“From a professional point of view, it makes it a stable place to come to,” Judd said.

Kate Ramsayer can be reached at 541-617-7811 or kramsayer@bendbulletin.com.

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that,” she said. “There was not an opportunity for teacher input or any other kind of input.”

Zone 6 Kinkade is the current BendLa Pine Schools board chairwoman. She was elected to the school board in 2007 after serving as co-chair of the successful 2006 campaign to pass a $119 million bond to build and renovate district schools.

“I want to continue the work we’ve started in Bend-La Pine. I still have that enthusiasm for the position and that passion for public education, of trying to reach students at all levels of learning and help them have an outstanding education,” she said.

Kinkade said the current board functions well and has a “good vision, a real focus on student achievement.”

Since she was elected to the board in 2007, she said she’s most proud of a 2-year-old program that informs board members about important district issues.

She also says she’s proud of the board’s decision to hire Superintendent Ron Wilkinson in 2008.

“I think we’ve been really rewarded for having selected him as superintendent,” Kinkade said. “He’s committed to moving the district forward, and he has a lot of great ideas about improvements and excellence.”

Kinkade said the greatest challenge will obviously be dealing with budget cuts.

But she said the district is also challenged to keep meeting the

The resolution also says, “When deemed appropriate, the month of December may be declared ‘Christmas Holiday Month’ and the plaza may be declared ‘Holiday Plaza.’ ” Fidanque said he views that language as being Christianspecific and is concerned about that limitation.

“Would they allow a Wiccan or atheist display that is antiChristian at the Nativity scene?”

Fidanque said. “Would an antiChristmas display by a group be welcome? When I read the resolution, I think the answer will be ‘no.’ ” Fidanque said he would try to communicate his concerns to city officials Monday night.

“It’s not our job to write (a resolution) for them,” Fidanque said. “But I certainly want them to know if we see a problem.”

The city has had multiple discussions on freedom-of-speech regulations since the beginning of the year. A resolution addressing what types of signs and banners can be displayed over city streets is also being discussed today. The council meets at 11:50 a.m. in the Crook County High School Auditorium, 1100 S.E. Lynn Boulevard.

Erik Hidle can be reached at 541-617-7837 or at ehidle@bendbulletin.com.

needs of all students.

“I’m proud of the work we’re doing in Bend-La Pine, but we’re not there yet,” she said.

“We have to take it to the next level for all kids. Are we meeting the needs of all kids?

We tend to focus on those who are not doing well in school, who have learning disabilities, and then the kids at the top. …

There’s this swath of most of the kids in the middle. Are we challenging them? Raising the bar constantly is our challenge.”

Page is a Realtor who homeschools her 15-year-old son.

“As a taxpayer and a parent, I think that I can serve our whole community, and I would like to be a help with budgets or sorting through decisions,” she said.

The biggest issue she expects to face as a board member is the budget shortfall facing the district.

“Dealing with budget shortfalls it sounds like (we’ll be cutting) teaching jobs and probably days of school as well as class size, so just trying to figure out how to sort through that,” she said. “It’s got to be done reasonably with all people in mind.”

Page doesn’t have particular concerns with recent school board decisions or issues facing the district.

“As a part of the community, my background and being a mom, I could help see things through different eyes,” she said.

To Page, there’s always a crisis of some sort; it’s how that crisis gets handled that matters.

“I’m willing to work through things, and I really do care about people, and I know that there has to be a solution to difficult things that may come over a period of time,” she said. “There’s always something to deal with, and I’m not a panicker. I’m kind of a calm doer.”

Sheila G. Miller can be reached at 541-617-7831 or at smiller@bendbulletin.com.

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THE BULLETIN WEATHER FORECAST

Maps and national forecast provided by Weather Central LP ©2011.

TODAY, APRIL 26 Today: Partly to mostly cloudy, slight chance of a few showers, afternoon breezes.

HIGH Ben Burkel

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FORECASTS: LOCAL

STATE Western Ruggs

Condon

Maupin

Government Camp

52/36

49/34

57/38

37/25

Warm Springs

Marion Forks

55/32

48/22

Willowdale

Mitchell

Madras

Camp Sherman 47/22 Redmond Prineville 52/25 Cascadia 50/26 51/26 Sisters 50/24 Bend Post 52/25

49/24

40/13

BEND ALMANAC

Vancouver 54/44

48/22

49/21

Seattle

Bend

52/35

58/39

45/26

Redding 70/49

46/28

Reno

48/29

61/40

Mostly cloudy, chance of San Francisco 63/48 showers to the northeast.

31/25

Elko

49/24

Crater Lake

Idaho Falls

Christmas Valley Silver Lake

50/31

Boise

52/25

Grants Pass

Eastern

47/22

Helena

56/39

Burns

51/23

45/19

49/33

Eugene

Mostly cloudy.

Hampton Fort Rock

Missoula

Portland

Salt Lake City 48/30

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Partly to mostly cloudy, slight chance of a LOW few showers, cool.

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OREGON CITIES City

54/44

48/23

Crescent

Chemult

Calgary

Sunrise today . . . . . . 6:04 a.m.

Sunset today . . . . . . 8:02 p.m.

Sunrise tomorrow . . 6:03 a.m.

Sunset tomorrow. . . 8:04 p.m.

Moonrise today . . . . 2:58 a.m.

Moonset today . . . . 2:00 p.m.

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Mostly cloudy, scattered snow showers, LOW very cool, windy.

HIGH

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Partly to mostly cloudy, slight chance LOW of a few showers, breezy.

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44/22

Brothers

THURSDAY

Cloudy skies across the region with showers along the coast and to the east.

Paulina

La Pine

43/15

HIGH

25

Central

48/23

Sunriver

45/20

LOW

52/34

49/21

Crescent Lake

Tonight: Partly to mostly cloudy and chilly.

50/27

53/30

Oakridge Elk Lake

Partly to mostly cloudy with showers likely.

54/31

WEDNESDAY

TEMPERATURE

Astoria . . . . . . . . 52/44/0.90 . . . . . 54/43/sh. . . . . . 56/43/sh Baker City . . . . . . 55/31/0.19 . . . . . . 49/29/c. . . . . . . 53/34/c Brookings . . . . . . 52/47/0.58 . . . . . 53/44/sh. . . . . . 55/44/sh Burns. . . . . . . . . . 49/34/0.13 . . . . . 51/30/pc. . . . . . . 57/35/c Eugene . . . . . . . . 54/47/0.34 . . . . . 56/39/sh. . . . . . 57/43/sh Klamath Falls . . . 48/37/0.07 . . . . . 50/33/pc. . . . . . . 56/35/c Lakeview. . . . . . . 48/36/0.02 . . . . . 49/32/pc. . . . . . 56/35/pc La Pine . . . . . . . . 46/33/0.24 . . . . . 49/21/pc. . . . . . 52/29/rs Medford . . . . . . .59/47/trace . . . . . 59/42/pc. . . . . . 64/44/sh Newport . . . . . . . 52/45/1.08 . . . . . 50/45/sh. . . . . . 52/46/sh North Bend . . . . . 55/48/0.26 . . . . . 53/44/sh. . . . . . 55/44/sh Ontario . . . . . . . . 61/39/0.13 . . . . . 55/36/pc. . . . . . . 61/41/c Pendleton . . . . . . 58/40/0.03 . . . . . . 58/37/c. . . . . . . 62/40/c Portland . . . . . . . 57/46/0.74 . . . . . 56/42/sh. . . . . . 57/44/sh Prineville . . . . . . . 47/37/0.10 . . . . . 50/26/pc. . . . . . . 56/32/c Redmond. . . . . . . 52/35/0.10 . . . . . . 52/31/c. . . . . . . 57/30/c Roseburg. . . . . . . 55/50/0.18 . . . . . 57/41/sh. . . . . . 61/43/sh Salem . . . . . . . . . 56/46/0.92 . . . . . 57/43/sh. . . . . . 59/44/sh Sisters . . . . . . . . . 46/35/0.12 . . . . . .50/24/rs. . . . . . 56/28/sh The Dalles . . . . . . 58/46/0.60 . . . . . . 58/42/c. . . . . . 61/40/sh

LOW 0

2

MEDIUM 4

HIGH 6

LOW

56 24

PRECIPITATION

SKI REPORT

The higher the UV Index number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Index is for solar at noon.

2

HIGH

Yesterday’s weather through 4 p.m. in Bend High/Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46/36 24 hours ending 4 p.m.. . . . . . . . 0.23” Record high . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 in 1977 Month to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.48” Record low. . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 in 1976 Average month to date. . . . . . . . 0.55” Average high . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Year to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.24” Average low. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Average year to date. . . . . . . . . . 4.36” Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.. . . 29.85 Record 24 hours . . . . . . . 0.85 in 1989 *Melted liquid equivalent

Tomorrow Rise Set Mercury . . . . . .5:21 a.m. . . . . . .5:53 p.m.

Venus . . . . . . . .5:06 a.m. . . . . . .5:26 p.m.

Mars. . . . . . . . .5:28 a.m. . . . . . .6:28 p.m.

Jupiter. . . . . . . .5:34 a.m. . . . . . .6:36 p.m.

Saturn. . . . . . . .5:37 p.m. . . . . . .5:28 a.m.

Uranus . . . . . . .4:51 a.m. . . . . . .4:58 p.m.

ULTRAVIOLET INDEX Wed. Hi/Lo/W

Mostly sunny and warmer.

V.HIGH 8

10

ROAD CONDITIONS Snow level and road conditions representing conditions at 5 p.m. yesterday. Key: T.T. = Traction Tires.

Ski report from around the state, representing conditions at 5 p.m. yesterday: Snow accumulation in inches Ski area Last 24 hours Base Depth Anthony Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . no report Hoodoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . no report Mt. Ashland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . no report Mt. Bachelor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . . 145-173 Mt. Hood Meadows . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . 150 Mt. Hood Ski Bowl . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . . . . 85-95 Timberline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . 194 Warner Canyon . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . no report Willamette Pass . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . no report

Pass Conditions I-5 at Siskiyou Summit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No restrictions I-84 at Cabbage Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No restrictions Hwy. 20 at Santiam Pass . . . . . . . Carry chains or T. Tires Hwy. 26 at Government Camp. . . Carry chains or T. Tires Hwy. 26 at Ochoco Divide . . . . . . . . . . . . No restrictions Hwy. 58 at Willamette Pass . . . . . Carry chains or T. Tires Hwy. 138 at Diamond Lake . . . . . . . . . . . No restrictions Hwy. 242 at McKenzie Pass . . . . . . . . .Closed for season

Aspen, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 Mammoth Mtn., California . . .1-2 Park City, Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 Squaw Valley, California . . . . . . 4 Sun Valley, Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 Taos, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 Vail, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0

For up-to-minute conditions turn to: www.tripcheck.com or call 511

For links to the latest ski conditions visit: www.skicentral.com/oregon.html

. . . no report . . . . 150-250 . . . no report . . . . . . . 188 . . . no report . . . no report . . . no report

Legend:W-weather, Pcp-precipitation, s-sun, pc-partial clouds, c-clouds, h-haze, sh-showers, r-rain, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, rs-rain-snow mix, w-wind, f-fog, dr-drizzle, tr-trace

TRAVELERS’ FORECAST NATIONAL

NATIONAL WEATHER SYSTEMS Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are high for the day.

S

S

S

Yesterday’s U.S. extremes

S

S

Vancouver 54/44

S

S

Calgary 52/34

S

Saskatoon 62/34

Seattle 54/44

S Winnipeg 63/40

S

S

S

S

Quebec 61/51

Thunder Bay 53/29

Bismarck 57/39

S

S S Halifax 58/46

Portland 53/46 Boston Boise Buffalo 62/54 Rapid City 52/35 Detroit 72/62 New York 51/38 • 107° 71/56 76/62 Des Moines Laredo, Texas Cheyenne Philadelphia Columbus 53/37 Chicago 49/30 77/61 79/65 61/44 • 8° Omaha San Francisco Salt Lake Washington, D. C. 52/38 63/48 Yellowstone National City 79/68 Las Denver Park, Wyo. Louisville 48/30 Kansas City Vegas 52/35 79/62 61/40 St. Louis 78/60 • 6.37” Charlotte 68/49 82/66 De Queen, Ark. Albuquerque Los Angeles Oklahoma City Nashville 70/36 66/55 70/50 81/65 Atlanta Little Rock Birmingham Honolulu 82/65 Phoenix 88/73 Dallas 81/61 Tijuana 82/69 91/65 84/60 71/54 New Orleans 87/73 Orlando Houston 91/71 Chihuahua 89/73 97/56 Miami 87/77 Monterrey La Paz 104/74 96/59 Mazatlan Anchorage 85/58 48/35 Juneau 50/33 (in the 48 contiguous states):

Portland 56/42

Billings 53/34

St. Paul 46/36

Green Bay 46/37

To ronto 65/50

FRONTS

Water study makes dire predictions for the West

By Michael Doyle McClatchy-Tribune News Service

WASHINGTON — Global warming could increase flooding, shrink salmon habitat and invite in more invasive species in the West, scientists conclude in a sobering new report.

Snow will melt sooner, the report predicts. Rain will replace snow altogether in some places.

Fisheries will stress out. Surface water will be harder to come by, and groundwater will be drained, as average temperatures rise.

“These changes pose a significant challenge and risk to adequate water supplies,” Mike Connor, the head of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, declared Monday.

The changes are identified in a congressionally ordered study of global warming and Western water resources that Interior Department officials call the first of its kind.

The 226-page study, issued Monday, examines eight Western water basins, including those served by the Colorado, Missouri and Columbia rivers.

Many other studies have traced the relationship between climate change and water supplies. This latest study, authorized in 2009, is unique for examining all the Western water basins that the Bureau of Reclamation serves.

The bureau operates dams, canals and power plants in 17 Western states.

“There’s already a lot of data out there,” Connor said in an interview. “This reaffirms a lot of what we already know.”

The new study anticipates average temperatures rising 5 to 6 degrees Fahrenheit through the 21st century. The federal scientists do not, however, wade into the political thicket of assessing blame for why the Earth is warming.

During the 20th century, scientists recorded a 3-degree increase in average temperatures through California’s Central Valley and a 2-degree increase in Washington state’s Columbia River Basin.

Yesterday Tuesday Wed. City Hi/Lo/Pcp Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Abilene, TX . . . . .87/64/0.00 . . .92/51/s . . . 79/47/s Akron . . . . . . . . .73/53/0.42 . . .77/57/t . . . .72/50/t Albany. . . . . . . . .55/47/0.06 . . .75/61/t . . . .75/58/t Albuquerque. . . .70/45/0.00 . 70/36/pc . . . 69/47/s Anchorage . . . . .51/35/0.00 . .48/35/sh . . . 50/33/c Atlanta . . . . . . . .84/65/0.00 . . .82/65/t . . . .81/58/t Atlantic City . . . .84/64/0.14 . . .70/61/c . . . .70/56/t Austin . . . . . . . . .93/74/0.00 . 95/65/pc . . . 89/54/s Baltimore . . . . . .85/61/0.02 . . .79/64/t . . . .82/66/t Billings. . . . . . . . .64/32/0.00 . .53/34/sh . . 59/37/sh Birmingham . . . .83/65/0.00 . . .82/69/t . . . .83/51/t Bismarck . . . . . . .66/32/0.00 . .57/39/sh . . 59/43/sh Boise . . . . . . . . . .57/43/0.10 . . .52/35/c . . . 59/40/c Boston. . . . . . . . .55/47/0.01 . . .62/54/c . . 68/55/sh Bridgeport, CT. . .63/52/0.00 . 71/58/pc . . 67/57/sh Buffalo . . . . . . . .57/46/0.91 . . .72/62/r . . . .73/49/t Burlington, VT. . .64/40/0.04 . . .68/56/r . . . .69/61/t Caribou, ME . . . .60/29/0.00 . . .51/37/r . . . .47/41/r Charleston, SC . .84/65/0.00 . 81/70/pc . . . 80/70/s Charlotte. . . . . . .84/63/0.00 . . .82/66/t . . . .83/67/t Chattanooga. . . .85/59/0.00 . . .81/65/t . . . .79/54/t Cheyenne . . . . . .55/32/0.02 . .49/30/sh . . 50/32/sh Chicago. . . . . . . .54/45/0.02 . . .61/44/c . . 54/43/sh Cincinnati . . . . . .75/59/0.22 . . .77/62/t . . . .73/50/t Cleveland . . . . . .61/46/1.69 . . .72/58/r . . . .69/48/t Colorado Springs 56/38/0.32 . .46/31/sh . . 53/34/pc Columbia, MO . .61/52/0.37 . . .62/43/c . . 56/42/sh Columbia, SC . . .87/66/0.00 . . .85/67/t . . . 89/69/s Columbus, GA. . .90/67/0.02 . 85/67/pc . . . .87/58/t Columbus, OH. . .74/57/0.05 . . .77/61/t . . . .75/51/t Concord, NH . . . .56/43/0.03 . . .68/52/t . . 67/55/sh Corpus Christi. . .89/76/0.00 . 83/75/pc . . . 90/61/s Dallas Ft Worth. .84/71/0.43 . 84/60/pc . . 77/51/pc Dayton . . . . . . . .70/56/0.51 . . .75/61/t . . . .72/48/t Denver. . . . . . . . .59/37/0.17 . .52/35/sh . . 57/36/pc Des Moines. . . . .58/47/0.14 . .53/37/sh . . . 51/39/c Detroit. . . . . . . . .52/49/0.51 . . .71/56/t . . . .67/45/t Duluth . . . . . . . . .65/38/0.00 . . 41/33/rs . . .38/33/rs El Paso. . . . . . . . .81/63/0.00 . . .89/56/s . . . 85/56/s Fairbanks. . . . . . .54/30/0.00 . . .52/30/c . . . 51/31/c Fargo. . . . . . . . . .66/36/0.00 . .58/41/sh . . 60/40/pc Flagstaff . . . . . . .63/29/0.00 . . .61/25/s . . . 68/26/s

Yesterday Tuesday Wed. City Hi/Lo/Pcp Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Grand Rapids . . .62/46/0.01 . . .67/47/t . . . .58/38/t Green Bay. . . . . .61/37/0.00 . .46/37/sh . . .46/36/rs Greensboro. . . . .82/65/0.00 . . .82/65/t . . . .82/66/t Harrisburg. . . . . .84/57/0.05 . . .79/64/t . . . .79/60/t Hartford, CT . . . .64/56/0.00 . . .75/60/c . . 70/59/sh Helena. . . . . . . . .58/30/0.00 . .50/31/sh . . . 55/33/c Honolulu . . . . . . .79/72/0.02 . . .88/73/s . . . 86/73/s Houston . . . . . . .88/76/0.00 . 89/73/pc . . . 88/56/s Huntsville . . . . . .83/64/0.00 . . .80/64/t . . . .79/52/t Indianapolis . . . .68/57/0.34 . . .70/57/t . . . .65/44/t Jackson, MS . . . .86/71/0.00 . . .87/72/t . . . .84/53/t Madison, WI . . . .64/39/0.00 . . .52/40/r . . 49/36/sh Jacksonville. . . . .87/60/0.00 . . .88/72/t . . . 92/72/s Juneau. . . . . . . . .53/37/0.00 . .50/33/sh . . 53/31/sh Kansas City. . . . .56/50/0.35 . . .61/40/c . . 57/42/pc Lansing . . . . . . . .57/50/0.07 . . .69/50/t . . . .61/40/t Las Vegas . . . . . .83/61/0.00 . 78/60/pc . . 82/65/pc Lexington . . . . . .78/60/0.08 . . .76/61/t . . . .73/46/t Lincoln. . . . . . . . .49/41/0.23 . . .58/38/c . . 59/41/pc Little Rock. . . . . .78/61/1.18 . . .81/61/t . . 69/48/pc Los Angeles. . . . .67/56/0.00 . . .66/55/s . . 71/58/pc Louisville . . . . . . .78/62/0.35 . . .79/62/t . . . .76/48/t Memphis. . . . . . .80/62/0.85 . . .81/65/t . . . .73/48/t Miami . . . . . . . . .87/77/0.00 . . .87/77/t . . 88/78/pc Milwaukee . . . . .54/41/0.00 . . .53/41/r . . 49/38/sh Minneapolis . . . .65/39/0.00 . . .46/36/r . . 47/38/sh Nashville . . . . . . .83/63/0.01 . . .81/65/t . . . .78/48/t New Orleans. . . .87/72/0.00 . 87/73/pc . . . 87/64/s New York . . . . . .75/57/0.00 . . .76/62/c . . . .73/61/t Newark, NJ . . . . .74/59/0.00 . 82/62/pc . . 75/62/sh Norfolk, VA . . . . .87/67/0.00 . . .78/66/t . . . .79/66/t Oklahoma City . .70/55/0.02 . 70/50/pc . . 65/47/sh Omaha . . . . . . . .53/45/0.35 . . .52/38/c . . 57/42/pc Orlando. . . . . . . .88/68/0.21 . . .91/71/t . . . 91/72/s Palm Springs. . . .88/59/0.00 . . .86/59/s . . . 93/62/s Peoria . . . . . . . . .57/50/0.00 . .62/44/sh . . 55/40/sh Philadelphia . . . .85/59/0.00 . . .79/65/c . . . .79/63/t Phoenix. . . . . . . .86/65/0.00 . . .91/65/s . . . 95/68/s Pittsburgh . . . . . .81/55/0.06 . . .80/60/t . . . .76/55/t Portland, ME. . . .52/46/0.02 . . .53/46/c . . 52/49/sh Providence . . . . .68/51/0.00 . . .68/57/c . . 66/56/sh Raleigh . . . . . . . .84/66/0.00 . . .83/66/t . . 83/68/pc

Yesterday Tuesday Wed. Yesterday Tuesday Wed. City Hi/Lo/Pcp Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Pcp Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Rapid City . . . . . .62/32/0.00 . .51/38/sh . . . 55/39/c Savannah . . . . . .87/62/0.00 . 82/68/pc . . . 84/70/s Reno . . . . . . . . . .58/45/0.00 . 61/40/pc . . . 69/43/c Seattle. . . . . . . . .50/44/0.62 . .54/44/sh . . 54/46/sh Richmond . . . . . .88/66/0.00 . . .84/66/t . . . .84/66/t Sioux Falls. . . . . .57/30/0.00 . .45/36/sh . . . 56/35/c Rochester, NY . . .58/44/0.42 . . .76/62/r . . . .76/53/t Spokane . . . . . . .49/37/0.23 . .52/34/sh . . . 54/38/c Sacramento. . . . .69/53/0.02 . 71/48/pc . . 75/49/pc Springfield, MO. .58/55/2.33 . . .66/47/c . . . .57/42/t St. Louis. . . . . . . .66/57/0.31 . . .68/49/c . . . 60/42/c Tampa . . . . . . . . .87/70/1.08 . . .88/70/t . . . 88/72/s Salt Lake City . . .55/43/0.02 . .48/30/sn . . 58/41/pc Tucson. . . . . . . . .83/56/0.00 . . .87/56/s . . . 90/61/s San Antonio . . . .94/74/0.01 . . .96/64/s . . . 93/56/s Tulsa . . . . . . . . . .64/55/2.20 . . .70/50/c . . 64/46/pc San Diego . . . . . .69/59/0.00 . . .69/56/s . . . 79/56/s Washington, DC .83/57/0.00 . . .79/68/t . . . .82/64/t San Francisco . . .62/53/0.02 . . .63/45/s . . 65/48/pc Wichita . . . . . . . .59/48/0.90 . . .66/46/c . . 61/44/pc San Jose . . . . . . .69/54/0.00 . . .70/47/s . . 72/50/pc Yakima . . . . . . . .57/39/0.22 . . .59/38/c . . 60/39/sh Santa Fe . . . . . . .62/40/0.02 . 58/23/pc . . . 59/36/s Yuma. . . . . . . . . .89/59/0.11 . . .94/61/s . . . 95/64/s

INTERNATIONAL Amsterdam. . . . .72/48/0.00 . . .66/43/s . . 60/41/pc Athens. . . . . . . . .62/42/0.00 . .61/52/sh . . 62/52/sh Auckland. . . . . . .66/61/0.00 . .65/56/sh . . 65/55/sh Baghdad . . . . . . .88/66/0.00 . 88/66/pc . . . 87/65/s Bangkok . . . . . . .88/75/0.00 . . .90/77/t . . . .91/77/t Beijing. . . . . . . . .64/46/0.00 . .63/49/sh . . 72/48/pc Beirut. . . . . . . . . .70/63/0.00 . . .75/61/s . . . 81/63/s Berlin. . . . . . . . . .63/46/0.00 . .64/49/sh . . 65/49/sh Bogota . . . . . . . .63/54/0.00 . .63/52/sh . . 66/53/sh Budapest. . . . . . .64/50/0.00 . . .68/50/c . . 70/50/pc Buenos Aires. . . .73/52/0.00 . . .75/50/s . . . 76/50/s Cabo San Lucas .84/68/0.00 . . .89/63/s . . . 90/64/s Cairo . . . . . . . . . .77/57/0.00 . . .88/65/s . . 95/71/pc Calgary . . . . . . . .57/30/0.00 . . .52/34/c . . . 52/32/s Cancun . . . . . . . .86/73/0.00 . 87/76/pc . . 87/75/pc Dublin . . . . . . . . .54/43/0.00 . .58/44/sh . . 59/42/sh Edinburgh . . . . . .59/41/0.00 . 56/38/pc . . . 57/38/s Geneva . . . . . . . .73/50/0.00 . . .70/47/s . . 66/45/sh Harare . . . . . . . . .82/61/0.00 . 80/59/pc . . 82/59/pc Hong Kong . . . . .84/68/0.00 . . .83/70/c . . 80/72/sh Istanbul. . . . . . . .57/46/0.00 . . .63/44/s . . 66/52/sh Jerusalem . . . . . .73/50/0.00 . . .73/49/s . . . 83/53/s Johannesburg . . .70/54/0.00 . . .63/52/t . . 64/47/pc Lima . . . . . . . . . .73/64/0.00 . 72/62/pc . . 74/64/pc Lisbon . . . . . . . . .77/61/0.00 . 77/56/pc . . 76/57/sh London . . . . . . . .72/50/0.00 . 64/43/pc . . 63/41/pc Madrid . . . . . . . .70/50/0.00 . . .74/51/t . . . .75/48/t Manila. . . . . . . . .93/75/0.00 . . .91/78/t . . . .91/77/t

Mecca . . . . . . . . .99/77/0.00 . .102/78/s . . 104/78/s Mexico City. . . . .84/57/0.00 . 87/55/pc . . 88/57/pc Montreal. . . . . . .61/39/0.00 . .61/52/sh . . . .65/55/r Moscow . . . . . . .66/36/0.00 . 63/40/pc . . 64/40/pc Nairobi . . . . . . . .81/63/0.00 . . .78/62/t . . . .79/63/t Nassau . . . . . . . .90/75/0.00 . . .86/75/t . . 87/75/pc New Delhi. . . . .104/77/0.00 . .104/78/s . . 104/77/s Osaka . . . . . . . . .63/43/0.00 . .66/52/sh . . . .67/54/r Oslo. . . . . . . . . . .70/39/0.00 . .55/38/sh . . 53/35/pc Ottawa . . . . . . . .59/37/0.00 . .63/52/sh . . . .65/56/r Paris. . . . . . . . . . .75/54/0.00 . . .70/48/s . . 65/44/pc Rio de Janeiro. . .82/73/0.00 . . .80/70/t . . 82/71/sh Rome. . . . . . . . . .68/55/0.00 . .66/53/sh . . 66/52/sh Santiago . . . . . . .81/43/0.00 . . .78/48/s . . . 76/46/s Sao Paulo . . . . . .75/64/0.00 . . .76/62/s . . 75/61/sh Sapporo. . . . . . . .52/43/0.00 . .53/42/sh . . 53/40/sh Seoul . . . . . . . . . .61/45/0.00 . .58/47/sh . . 58/45/sh Shanghai. . . . . . .75/55/0.00 . 84/64/pc . . . 72/54/s Singapore . . . . . .91/79/0.00 . . .90/78/t . . . .88/78/t Stockholm. . . . . .70/39/0.00 . 64/40/pc . . 53/34/pc Sydney. . . . . . . . .68/63/0.00 . .66/59/sh . . 68/59/pc Taipei. . . . . . . . . .84/64/0.00 . 87/64/pc . . 88/68/pc Tel Aviv . . . . . . . .72/55/0.00 . . .76/54/s . . . 83/59/s Tokyo. . . . . . . . . .68/52/0.00 . 66/53/pc . . 71/59/sh Toronto . . . . . . . .54/37/0.00 . .65/50/sh . . . .64/49/r Vancouver. . . . . .46/43/0.00 . .54/44/sh . . . .51/41/r Vienna. . . . . . . . .64/45/0.00 . .64/44/sh . . 66/46/sh Warsaw. . . . . . . .68/45/0.00 . 70/50/pc . . 71/50/pc

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME

Court finds salmon protections insufficient

By Jeff Barnard The Associated Press

GRANTS PASS — A judge has ruled that the California Department of Fish and Game’s deal allowing ranchers to continue drawing water from two Klamath Basin tributaries in return for habitat improvements does not do enough to protect threatened coho salmon.

The ruling from Judge Ernest Goldsmith of the Superior Court of California in San Francisco tells the department to figure out how many salmon are actu-

ally killed by water withdrawals from the Scott and Shasta rivers in Northern California, come up with some effective steps to improve salmon survival in those rivers, and give the public a chance to comment on it all.

Efforts not enough “Despite (the department’s) good faith efforts and potential hardship to water users, the Court must uphold the legislature’s mandate to preserve listed species and conduct environ-

mental review of all foreseeable consequences,” Goldsmith wrote.

The department is reviewing the ruling and considering its options for moving forward, said spokeswoman Jordan Traverso.

The ruling issued April 20 came in a lawsuit brought by groups representing salmon fishermen, an Indian tribe, and conservation groups challenging the legality of the Shasta Valley and Scott River WatershedWide Permitting Programs. The department approved the programs in 2010 to bring about 100

farms and ranches into compliance with the state Endangered Species Act in an area that had seen fierce pockets of resistance.

Program kept ‘at bay’ “This ruling does not put water back in the river or fish back in the river,” said Klamath Riverkeeper Erica Terence, one of the plaintiffs in the cases. “It just keeps at bay a program that quite possibly would have done more harm than good.”

Federal threatened species

protection for Klamath Basin coho led to the shut-off of irrigation water to more than 1,000 farms and ranches on a federal irrigation project straddling the Oregon-California border in 2002, but did not affect irrigation on private lands in the Scott and Shasta valleys. California protected coho in 2005.

Historically, the Scott and Shasta rivers offered important habitat for coho salmon in the Klamath Basin, but have seen numbers falling to dangerously low levels in recent years.

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NFL Judge orders end to lockout, but league to appeal MINNEAPOLIS — Seven weeks into the NFL lockout, players have an early triumph over the owners in court.

U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson ordered an immediate end to the lockout Monday, issuing a sharply worded ruling as she sided with the players in their fight with the owners over how to divide the $9 billion business.

The NFL responded by filing a notice of appeal questioning whether Nelson exceeded her jurisdiction, seeking relief from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis.

Nelson granted a request for a preliminary injunction to lift the lockout, saying she was swayed by the players’ argument that the NFL’s first work stoppage since 1987 is hurting their careers.

The plaintiffs “have made a strong showing that allowing the League to continue their ‘lockout’ is presently inflicting, and will continue to inflict, irreparable harm upon them, particularly when weighed against the lack of any real injury that would be imposed on the NFL by issuing the preliminary injunction,” Nelson wrote.

If the injunction is upheld, the NFL must resume business, although under what guidelines is uncertain.

Jim Quinn, an attorney for the players, said time is of the essence.

“They better act quickly, because as of right now there’s no stay and, presumably, players could sign with teams,” he said. “There are no guidelines as of right now, so they have to put something in place quickly.”

— The Associated Press

PREP BASEBALL

Cougs hold off Storm for IMC Hybrid victory Bulletin staff report Mountain View senior pitcher Alex Robinett went the distance Monday, striking out seven while scattering five hits in leading the Cougars to a 5-3 Intermountain Hybrid home victory over Summit.

The West Point-bound standout — Robinett has committed to play baseball for the U.S. Military Academy next year — threw six shutout innings before allowing three runs in the top of the seventh.

Mountain View led the entire game, scoring one run in the first inning and four in the second.

Summit right-hander Kevin Hamann, who also pitched a complete game, struck out nine and shut out the Cougars over the last four innings.

“I’d argue (Robinett and Hamann) are the best two pitchers in the state,” Mountain View assistant coach Ryan Jordan said. “Summit just had a couple of errors we were able to take advantage of.”

The Cougars (12-1 Intermountain Hybrid, 16-4 overall) grabbed control of the game in the bottom of the second off a misplayed ball at first base.

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Mountain View’s Alex Robinett reacts after a second-inning triple against Summit, Monday at Mountain View High School. Robinett also pitched a complete game for the Cougars.

COMMUNITY SPORTS

Colleges employ many tricks to comply with Title IX

By Katie Thomas New York Times News Service

COLLEGE FOOTBALL NCAA alleges Ohio State’s Tressel lied to hide violations COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a sharply worded rebuke of Ohio State’s Jim Tressel, the NCAA on Monday accused the 10-year coach of withholding information and lying to keep Buckeyes players on the field who had accepted improper benefits from the owner of a tattoo parlor.

In a “notice of allegations” sent to the school, the NCAA said Monday that the violations relating to the coach are considered “potential major violations.”

Ohio State was not cited for the most serious of institutional breaches because Tressel hid information from his superiors for more than nine months. The university has 90 days to respond to the ruling body of college sports’ request for information before a scheduled date before the NCAA’s committee on infractions on Aug. 12 in Indianapolis.

In a 13-page indictment of Tressel’s behavior, the NCAA alleged that Tressel had “permitted football student-athletes to participate in intercollegiate athletics while ineligible.” It also said he “failed to deport himself ... (with) honesty and integrity” and said he was lying when he filled out a compliance form in September that said he had no knowledge of any NCAA violations by any of his players.

— The Associated Press

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Bob Bender, 70, throws a horseshoe while practicing with Dave King, 71, left, and Jim Campbell, 75, Thursday afternoon at the Juniper Park horseshoe pits in Bend. A pair of tournaments will be held there this weekend.

Pitchers’ duel The Bend Horseshoe Club is hosting a pair of tournaments this weekend

By Amanda Miles The Bulletin

Now that spring has arrived, on Thursday afternoons, anyone in the vicinity of the horseshoe pits at Bend’s Juniper Park will likely hear the repeated sound of metal striking metal.

Clang. Clang. Clang.

It’s horseshoe season.

Weekly practices for the Bend Horseshoe Club have begun in earnest, and this weekend the group is scheduled to play host to the first two of four tournaments planned this spring in Bend: the Donna Graham Open and the High Desert Open.

Each year, starting roughly in the middle of April, pitchers — the proper term for horseshoe players — crisscross the state competing in Oregon Horseshoe Pitchers Association-sanctioned tournaments practically every weekend through the early fall. And champions are crowned at the state doubles tournament, planned this year for Aug. 20 in Eugene, and the state singles tournament, scheduled for Sept. 3 and 4 in Oregon City. The second set of tournaments in Bend in 2011, the Juniper Open 1 and 2, is slated for June 18 and 19.

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If you go A quick look at the horseshoe events taking place this weekend in Bend: DONNA GRAHAM OPEN: Saturday, starts at approximately 9 a.m.

HIGH DESERT OPEN: Sunday, starts at approximately 9 a.m.

Where: Juniper Park, Bend (both events) Entry fee: $15 per day (must be registered

by Thursday) More info: Bill Graham Jr., 541-385-5215; www.pitchwithus.com/oregon Notes: Spectators are welcome both days; no admission charge.

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Ever since Congress passed the federal gender-equity law known as Title IX, universities have opened their gyms and athletic fields to millions of women who previously did not have chances to play. But as women have surged into a majority on campuses in recent years, many institutions have resorted to subterfuge to make it look as if they were offering more spots to women.

At the University of South Florida, more than half of the 71 women on the cross-country roster failed to run a race in 2009. Asked about it, a few of those women laughed and said they did not even know they were on the team.

At Marshall University, the women’s tennis coach recently invited three freshmen onto the team even though he knew they were not good enough to practice against his scholarship athletes, let alone compete.

At Cornell, only when the 34 fencers on the women’s team take off their protective masks at practice does it become clear that 15 of them are men. Texas A&M and Duke are among the elite women’s basketball teams that also take advantage of a federal loophole that allows them to report male practice players as female participants.

Title IX was passed in 1972 at the height of the women’s rights movement and banned sex discrimination in any federally financed education program. It threw into sharp relief the unequal treatment of male and female athletes on college campuses.

Over the next 40 years, the law spawned a cultural transformation: The number of women competing in college sports has soared by more than 500 percent — to 186,000 a year from fewer than 30,000 in 1972.

But as women have grown to 57 percent of enrollment in U.S. colleges, athletic programs have increasingly struggled to field a proportional number of female athletes. And instead of pouring money into new women’s teams, many colleges are turning to a sleight of hand known as roster management.

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By Jaime Aron The Associated Press

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Portland’s Andre Miller loses his footing in front of Dallas’ Shawn Marion Monday.

DALLAS — Tyson Chandler is the active, energetic big man the Dallas Mavericks have never had before. He’s also a pretty good strategist.

Knowing the season was basically on the line in Game 5 of their first-round series against Portland, Chandler went to coach Rick Carlisle on Monday morning with a suggestion. Instead of always playing on the

Inside • Grizzlies take 3-1 lead over Spurs; Nuggets extend series vs. Thunder, Page D4 weak side of the offense, he wanted to move around to try getting more involved and to have a better chance at grabbing rebounds.

Go for it, Carlisle said.

Chandler wound up with 14 points and

20 rebounds, but his most important contribution might’ve been setting the aggressive, exciting tone the Mavericks needed to bounce back from a devastating loss and beat the Trail Blazers 93-82. Dallas leads the series 3-2, with two days to rest up before trying to close things out in Game 6 on Thursday night in Portland.

“He’s got to be active for us, and he knows that,” Mavs star Dirk Nowitzki said.

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Today Baseball: Molalla at Madras, 5 p.m.; Sisters at La Pine, 4:30 p.m.

Softball: Madras at Molalla, 4:30 p.m.; La Pine at Sisters, 4:30 p.m.

Girls golf: Bend hosts Redmond, Summit, Crook County at Crosswater, TBA; La Pine Invitational at Quail Run Golf Course, noon Boys tennis: Crook County at Mountain View, 4 p.m.; Redmond at CVC seeding match, 8 a.m.; La Salle at Madras, 4 p.m.

Girls tennis: Mountain View at Crook County, 4 p.m.; Madras at La Salle, 4 p.m.; Junction City at Sisters, 4 p.m.

4 p.m. — MLB, Seattle Mariners at Detroit Tigers, Root Sports.

4 p.m. — MLB, Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles, MLB Network.

7 p.m. — MLB, Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres or Oakland Athletics at Los Angeles Angels, MLB Network.

HOCKEY 4 p.m. — NHL playoffs, conference quarterfinals, Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers, Versus network.

7 p.m. — NHL playoffs, conference quarterfinals, Chicago Blackhawks at Vancouver Canucks, Versus network.

BASKETBALL 5 p.m. — NBA playoffs, first round, Indiana Pacers at Chicago Bulls, TNT. 7:30 p.m. — NBA playoffs, first round, New Orleans Hornets at Los Angeles Lakers, TNT.

WEDNESDAY BASEBALL 9 a.m. — MLB, Los Angeles Dodgers at Florida Marlins or Cincinnati Reds at Milwaukee Brewers, MLB Network.

4 p.m. — MLB, Oakland Athletics at Los Angeles Angels, ESPN. 4 p.m. — MLB, Seattle Mariners at Detroit Tigers, Root Sports.

SOCCER 2:30 p.m. — UEFA Champions League, Ral Madrid vs. Barcelona, FX.

BOWLING 4 p.m. — Women’s USBC Queens, ESPN2.

BASKETBALL 4 p.m. — NBA playoffs, first round, Philadelphia 76ers at Miami Heat, TNT. 6:30 p.m. — NBA playoffs, first round, Denver Nuggets at Oklahoma City Thunder, TNT.

RADIO TODAY BASEBALL 3 p.m. — College, Oregon State at Portland, KICE-AM 940.

Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible for late changes made by TV or radio stations.

S B Football • Hall of Famer, former 49ers great Joe Perry dies: Hall of Fame fullback Joe Perry, the first player with back-toback 1,000-yard rushing seasons and nicknamed “The Jet” for his sensational speed, died Monday. He was 84.

The San Francisco 49ers announced that Perry, also a World War II veteran, had died Monday in Arizona of complications from dementia. Perry was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1969 following a 16-year NFL career, 14 years with the 49ers and the other two for the Baltimore Colts. The 49ers retired Perry’s No. 34 jersey in 1971.

Winter sports • U.S. women beat Canada in overtime to win hockey worlds: The United States has won its third straight women’s world hockey championship, beating Canada 3-2 in overtime. Hilary Knight scored the winner 7:48 into the extra period Monday for her fifth goal of the tournament, giving the U.S. its fourth world title in the past five events.

The U.S. is scheduled to defend its title on home ice when the 2012 championship is staged in Burlington, Vt. • Kozuka first in qualifying at world championships: Japanese skater Takahiko Kozuka easily won the men’s qualifying Monday at the World Figure Skating Championships, which were moved to Moscow from Japan after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The top 12 in qualifying advanced to Wednesday’s short program, joining the 18 direct entries. Kozuka finished almost 30 points ahead of Sweden’s Alexander Majorov despite putting a hand down on his quadruple toe loop.

Basketball • Police: Lakers player shoved cashier: Authorities say Los Angeles Lakers forward Derrick Caracter was arrested in New Orleans, accused of public drunkenness and shoving a cashier at a pancake restaurant. Police said the 22-year-old player was arrested early Sunday and booked into jail on charges of battery, public drunkenness and resisting arrest. Caracter didn’t play in Sunday night’s playoff game against the Hornets.

• MRI negative on Derrick Rose’s sprained ankle: Good news for Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose: An MRI has come back negative on his sprained left ankle. The team confirmed the news Monday. Rose had a walking boot on his left foot Sunday but the All-Star point guard is expected to play against Indiana in Game 5 tonight in Chicago.

ker, Netherlands, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.

Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 6-4, 6-3.

Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Gastao Elias, Portugal, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 5-2, retired.

IN THE BLEACHERS

WTA Tour WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION ——— Estoril Open Monday Oeiras, Portugal Singles First Round Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Magali de Lattre, Portugal, 6-3, 6-1.

Alisa Kleybanova (1), Russia, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 6-2, 6-2.

Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Bethanie MattekSands (5), United States, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, def. Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Mathilde Johansson, France, def. Ksenia Pervak, Russia, 6-4, 6-3.

Romina Oprandi, Italy, def. Zheng Jie (7), China, 64, 6-2.

Elena Vesnina (6), Russia, def. Barbara Luz, Portugal, 6-1, 6-1.

Casey Dellacqua, Australia, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-2, 6-1.

Wednesday Track: Redmond at Summit, 4 p.m.; Mountain View at Bend, TBA; Madras at North Marion, 3 :30 p.m.

Baseball: Summit at Mountain View, 4:30 p.m.

Softball: Mountain View at Crook County (DH), 3 p.m.

Boys golf: Madras Invitational, TBA Boys tennis: Redmond at Bend, 4 p.m.

Girls tennis: Redmond at CVC seeding match, 8 a.m.

Boys lacrosse: Summit at Redmond, 5 p.m.

Thursday Baseball: Madras at Molalla, 5 p.m.

Softball: Redmond at Bend (DH), 3 p.m.; Molalla at Madras, 4:30 p.m.

Track: Sweet Home and Junction City at La Pine, 4 p.m.; Culver at East Linn, 4 p.m.

Boys golf: Summit hosts Crook County, Bend at Broken Top, 11 a.m.

Girls golf: Madras hosts Bend, Mountain View, Crook County at at Kahneeta, 10:30 a.m.

Boys tennis: Summit at Mountain View, 4 p.m.; Crook County at Redmond, 4 p.m.; Madras at Philomath, 4 p.m.; Bend at Sisters, 4 p.m.

Girls tennis: Mountain View at Summit, 4 p.m.; Redmond at Crook County, 4 p.m.; Philomath at Madras, 4 p.m.; Sisters at Bend, 4 p.m.

Boys lacrosse: Marist at Sisters, 5 p.m.

Friday Track: Redmond, Bend, Mountain View at Dean Nice Invitational in Gresham, 2:15 p.m.; Summit at Jesuit Twilight Invitational, TBA Baseball: Western Mennonite at Culver, 4:30 p.m.; Bend at Crook County, 4:30 p.m.; Cottage Grove at Sisters, 4:30 p.m.; La Pine at Elmira, 4:30 p.m.

Softball: Western Mennonite at Culver, 4:30 p.m.; Summit at Mountain View, 3 p.m.; Summit at Mountain View, 3 p.m.; Sisters at Cottage Grove, 4:30 p.m.; Elmira at La Pine, 4:30 p.m.

Girls golf: Summit hosts Crok County at Broken Top, noon Boys tennis: Mountain View at Medford Tournament, 3:30 p.m.

Girls tennis: Bend at Mountain View, 4 p.m.

Boys lacrosse: Bend at Summit, 8 p.m.

Saturday Track: La Pine, Culver at Small Schools Invitational in Gilchrist, 11 a.m.

Baseball: Culver at Central Linn (DH), noon.; Redmond at Lincoln (DH), 1 p.m.

Softball: Culver at Central Linn (DH), noon; Redmond at Lincoln (DH), 1 p.m.

Girls golf: Mountain View at Black Butte tourney, 10 a.m.

Boys tennis: Summit at Medford Tournament, 10 a.m.

Girls tennis: Cascade and Mountain View at Sisters, noon Girls lacrosse: Sheldon at Bend United, noon

HOCKEY NHL NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Playoffs All Times PDT ——— FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Washington 4, New York Rangers 1 Wednesday, April 13: Washington 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, OT Friday, April 15: Washington 2, N.Y. Rangers 0 Sunday, April 17: N.Y. Rangers 3, Washington 2 Wednesday, April 20: Washington 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, 2OT Saturday, April 23: Washington 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 Buffalo 3, Philadelphia 3 Thursday, April 14: Buffalo 1, Philadelphia 0 Saturday, April 16: Philadelphia 5, Buffalo 4 Monday, April 18: Philadelphia 4, Buffalo 2 Wednesday, April 20: Buffalo 1, Philadelphia 0 Friday, April 22: Buffalo 4, Philadelphia 3, OT Sunday, April 24: Philadelphia 5, Buffalo 4, OT Today, April 26: Buffalo at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m.

Boston 3, Montreal 2 Thursday, April 14: Montreal 2, Boston 0 Saturday, April 16: Montreal 3, Boston 1 Monday, April 18: Boston 4, Montreal 2 Thursday, April 21: Boston 5, Montreal 4, OT Saturday, April 23: Boston 2, Montreal 1, 2OT Today, April 26: Boston at Montreal, 4 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 27: Montreal at Boston, 4 p.m.

Pittsburgh 3, Tampa Bay 3 Wednesday, April 13: Pittsburgh 3, Tampa Bay 0 Friday, April 15: Tampa Bay 5, Pittsburgh 1 Monday, April 18: Pittsburgh 3, Tampa Bay 2 Wednesday, April 20: Pittsburgh 3, Tampa Bay 2, 2OT Saturday, April 23: Tampa Bay 8, Pittsburgh 2 Monday, April 25: Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 2 Wednesday, April 27: Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, TBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Vancouver 3, Chicago 3 Wednesday, April 13: Vancouver 2, Chicago 0 Friday, April 15: Vancouver 4, Chicago 3 Sunday, April 17: Vancouver 3, Chicago 2 Tuesday, April 19: Chicago 7, Vancouver 2 Thursday, April 21: Chicago 5, Vancouver 0 Sunday, April 24: Chicago 4, Vancouver 3 Today, April 26: Chicago at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

San Jose 4, Los Angeles 2 Thursday, April 14: San Jose 3, Los Angeles 2, OT Saturday, April 16: Los Angeles 4, San Jose 0 Tuesday, April 19: San Jose 6, Los Angeles 5, OT Thursday, April 21: San Jose 6, Los Angeles 3 Saturday, April 23: Los Angeles 3, San Jose 1 Monday, April 25: San Jose 4, Los Angeles 3 Detroit 4, Phoenix 0 Wednesday, April 13: Detroit 4, Phoenix 2 Saturday, April 16: Detroit 4, Phoenix 3 Monday, April 18: Detroit 4, Phoenix 2 Wednesday, April 20: Detroit 6, Phoenix 3 Nashville 4, Anaheim 2 Wednesday, April 13: Nashville 4, Anaheim 1 Friday, April 15: Anaheim 5, Nashville 3 Sunday, April 17: Nashville 4, Anaheim 3 Wednesday, April 20: Anaheim 6, Nashville 3 Friday, April 22: Nashville 4, Anaheim 3, OT Sunday, April 24: Nashville 4, Anaheim 2

BASKETBALL NBA NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Playoffs All Times PDT ——— FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Chicago 3, Indiana 1 Saturday, April 16: Chicago 104, Indiana 99 Monday, April 18: Chicago 96, Indiana 90 Thursday, April 21: Chicago 88, Indiana 84 Saturday, April 23: Indiana 89, Chicago 84 Today, April 26: Indiana at Chicago, 5 p.m. x-Thursday, April 28: Chicago at Indiana, 4 p.m. x-Saturday, April 30: Indiana at Chicago, TBA Miami 3, Philadelphia 1 Saturday, April 16: Miami 97, Philadelphia 89 Monday, April 18: Miami 94, Philadelphia 73 Thursday, April 21: Miami 100, Philadelphia 94 Sunday, April 24: Philadelphia 86, Miami 82 Wednesday, April 27: Philadelphia at Miami, 4 p.m. x-Friday, April 29: Miami at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. x-Sunday, May 1: Philadelphia at Miami, TBA Boston 4, New York 0 Sunday, April 17: Boston 87, New York 85 Tuesday, April 19: Boston 96, New York 93 Friday, April 22: Boston 113, New York 96 Sunday, April 24: Boston 101, New York 89 Atlanta 3, Orlando 1 Saturday, April 16: Atlanta 103, Orlando 93 Tuesday, April 19: Orlando 88, Atlanta 82 Friday, April 22: Atlanta 88, Orlando 84 Sunday, April 24: Atlanta 88, Orlando 85 Today, April 26: Atlanta at Orlando, 4:30 p.m. x-Thursday, April 28: Orlando at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. x-Saturday, April 30: Atlanta at Orlando, TBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Memphis 3, San Antonio 1 Sunday, April 17: Memphis 101, San Antonio 98 Wednesday, April 20: San Antonio 93, Memphis 87 Saturday, April 23: Memphis 91, San Antonio 88 Monday, April 25: Memphis 104, San Antonio 86 Wednesday, April 27: Memphis at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. x-Friday, April 29: San Antonio at Memphis, 5 p.m. x-Sunday, May 1: Memphis at San Antonio, TBA L.A. Lakers 2, New Orleans 2 Sunday, April 17: New Orleans 109, L.A. Lakers 100 Wednesday, April 20: L.A. Lakers 87, New Orleans 78 Friday, April 22: L.A. Lakers 100, New Orleans 86 Sunday, April 24: New Orleans 93, L.A. Lakers 88 Today, April 26: New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 28: L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 6:30 p.m. x-Saturday, April 30: New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, TBA Dallas 3, Portland 2 Saturday, April 16: Dallas 89, Portland 81 Tuesday, April 19: Dallas 101, Portland 89 Thursday, April 21: Portland 97, Dallas 92 Saturday, April 23: Portland 84, Dallas 82 Monday, April 25: Dallas 93, Portland 82 Thursday, April 28: Dallas at Portland, 7 p.m. x-Saturday, April 30: Portland at Dallas, TBA Oklahoma City 3, Denver 1 Sunday, April 17: Oklahoma City 107, Denver 103 Wednesday, April 20: Oklahoma City 106, Denver 89 Saturday, April 23: Oklahoma City 97, Denver 94 Monday, April 25: Denver 104, Oklahoma City 101 Wednesday, April 27: Denver at Oklahoma City, 6:30 p.m. x-Friday, April 29: Oklahoma City at Denver, 7:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 1: Denver at Oklahoma City, TBA Monday’s Summaries

Mavs 93, Blazers 82 PORTLAND (82) Wallace 5-11 6-6 16, Aldridge 6-15 0-0 12, Camby 2-4 0-0 4, Miller 8-14 1-2 18, Matthews 3-7 2-4 8, Batum 5-12 0-0 12, Roy 2-7 1-2 5, Fernandez 1-4 2-3 5, C.Johnson 0-0 2-2 2, Mills 0-0 0-0 0, A.Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Barron 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-74 14-19 82.

DALLAS (93) Marion 6-14 2-2 14, Nowitzki 8-18 9-11 25, Chandler 3-4 8-12 14, Kidd 1-7 2-2 4, Stevenson 0-3 0-0 0, Terry 8-18 3-3 20, Stojakovic 3-7 1-2 9, Barea 2-6 0-0 4, Haywood 1-1 1-3 3, Cardinal 0-0 0-0 0, Brewer 0-0 0-0 0, Mahinmi 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-78 26-35 93.

Portland 20 23 20 19 — 82 Dallas 15 29 31 18 — 93 3-Point Goals—Portland 4-16 (Batum 2-7, Miller 1-1, Fernandez 1-2, Matthews 0-2, Wallace 0-2, Roy 0-2), Dallas 3-17 (Stojakovic 2-4, Terry 1-5, Nowitzki 0-1, Stevenson 0-2, Kidd 0-5). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Portland 45 (Aldridge, Wallace 9), Dallas 57 (Chandler 20). Assists—Portland 13 (Miller 7), Dallas 22 (Kidd 14). Total Fouls—Portland 24, Dallas 19. Technicals—Portland Coach McMillan, Portland defensive three second, Dallas defensive three second.

A—20,837 (19,200).

Grizzlies 104, Spurs 86 SAN ANTONIO (86) Jefferson 0-4 0-0 0, Duncan 3-7 0-0 6, McDyess 2-5 0-1 4, Parker 9-12 4-4 23, Ginobili 5-13 2-2 14, Hill 4-7 1-2 10, Bonner 2-4 0-0 4, Splitter 5-9 0-1 10, Neal 3-6 4-4 11, Green 1-4 0-0 2, Blair 1-4 0-0 2, Novak 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-75 11-14 86.

MEMPHIS (104) Young 3-7 2-4 8, Randolph 3-7 5-5 11, Gasol 3-5 3-4 9, Conley 6-15 2-2 15, Allen 5-10 2-2 12, Battier 3-5 2-2 9, Mayo 4-10 1-2 11, Arthur 7-10 0-0 14, Haddadi 0-1 0-0 0, Vasquez 4-4 0-0 9, Smith 2-2 0-0 4, Powe 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 41-81 17-21 104.

San Antonio 26 24 15 21 — 86 Memphis 21 27 30 26 — 104 3-Point Goals—San Antonio 5-18 (Ginobili 2-6, Parker 1-2, Neal 1-2, Hill 1-3, Jefferson 0-1, Green 0-2, Bonner 0-2), Memphis 5-12 (Mayo 2-3, Vasquez 1-1, Conley 1-2, Battier 1-3, Allen 0-1, Randolph 0-1, Young 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—San Antonio 41 (Splitter 9), Memphis 46 (Randolph, Gasol 9). Assists—San Antonio 16 (Ginobili 4), Memphis 22 (Conley 7). Total Fouls—San Antonio 16, Memphis 19.

Technicals—McDyess. A—18,119 (18,119).

Nuggets 104, Thunder 101 OKLAHOMA CITY (101) Durant 8-18 10-11 31, Ibaka 5-9 3-4 13, Perkins 1-3 1-4 3, Westbrook 12-30 6-7 30, Sefolosha 2-4 0-0 5, Harden 2-5 2-2 7, Collison 3-5 1-1 7, Mohammed 0-1 0-0 0, Maynor 2-3 1-2 5, Cook 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 35-79 24-31 101.

DENVER (104) Gallinari 6-13 3-5 18, Martin 6-8 1-2 13, Nene 3-8 4-9 10, Lawson 8-16 9-9 27, Afflalo 2-7 2-2 6, Felton 2-10 6-9 11, Andersen 0-2 1-2 1, Chandler 0-4 0-0 0, Harrington 0-4 3-4 3, Smith 5-11 2-2 15. Totals 32-83 31-44 104.

Oklahoma City 20 25 24 32 — 101 Denver 26 19 26 33 — 104 3-Point Goals—Oklahoma City 7-19 (Durant 5-6, Sefolosha 1-2, Harden 1-3, Cook 0-1, Westbrook 0-7), Denver 9-19 (Gallinari 3-4, Smith 3-5, Lawson 2-4, Felton 1-3, Chandler 0-1, Harrington 0-1, Afflalo 0-1).

Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Oklahoma City 59 (Ibaka 14), Denver 56 (Nene, Martin 9). Assists—Oklahoma City 17 (Harden, Westbrook 5), Denver 19 (Gallinari 4).

Total Fouls—Oklahoma City 27, Denver 22. Technicals—Perkins. A—19,155 (19,155).

TENNIS ATP Tour ASSOCIATION OF TENNIS PROFESSIONALS ——— BMW Open Monday Munich Singles First Round Mikhail Youzhny (1), Russia, def. Matthias Bachinger, Germany, 7-5, 6-2.

Sergiy Stakhovsky (6), Ukraine, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 5-1, retired.

Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, def. Robert Kendrick, United States, 6-4, 6-4.

Marcos Baghdatis (4), Cyprus, def. Julien Benneteau, France, 7-6 (2), 6-3.

Serbia Open Monday Belgrade, Serbia Singles First Round Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, def. Tobias Kamke, Germany, 7-6 (0), 6-1.

Mischa Zverev, Germany, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-3.

Janko Tipsarevic (7), Serbia, def. Kei Nishikori, Japan, 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (0).

Estoril Open Monday Oeiras, Portugal Singles First Round Victor Hanescu, Romania, def. Rui Machado, Portugal, 6-3, 6-3.

Kevin Anderson (7), South Africa, def. Thiemo de Bak-

Barcelona Ladies Open Monday Barcelona, Spain Singles First Round Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Silvia Soler Espinosa, Spain, 6-2, 6-3.

Alexandra Dulgheru (2), Romania, def. Zuzana Kucova, Slovakia, 6-1, 5-0, retired.

Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, def. Chang Kaichen, Taiwan, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.

Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, def. Marion Bartoli (1), France, 6-4, 6-1.

Jill Craybas, United States, def. Akgul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan, 6-3, 6-3.

Estrella Cabeza Candela, Spain, def. Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, 6-3, 7-5.

Maria Elena Camerin, Italy, def. Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 6-4, 7-5.

SOCCER MLS MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER All Times PDT ——— EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF New York 3 1 2 11 9 Philadelphia 3 1 1 10 4 Houston 2 1 3 9 7 Columbus 2 1 3 9 5 New England 2 2 3 9 8 D.C. 2 3 1 7 9 Toronto FC 1 2 4 7 7 Chicago 1 3 2 5 9 Sporting Kansas City 1 3 1 4 10 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF Los Angeles 4 1 3 15 10 Real Salt Lake 4 0 0 12 8 Seattle 2 2 3 9 7 Colorado 3 3 0 9 8 Portland 2 3 1 7 9 FC Dallas 2 3 1 7 8 Chivas USA 1 2 3 6 5 Vancouver 1 3 3 6 10 San Jose 1 3 2 5 6 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Friday’s Game D.C. United at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games San Jose at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Sporting Kansas City at New York, 4:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.

Chicago at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Toronto FC at Seattle FC, 7 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Portland, 7:30 p.m.

New England at Chivas USA, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 1 Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 2 p.m.

GA 2 2 5 4 9 12 10 12 12 GA 7 1 7 7 13 9 6 12 9

15. Southern Miss.

16. Miami 17. Stetson 18. North Carolina 19. Oklahoma State 20. California 21. Stanford 22. Troy 23. Connecticut 24. UCLA 25. Rice

30-9 27-13 31-9 32-10 28-12 24-12 19-13 30-10 26-12 21-14 28-16

19 25 18 14 16 15 — — — 20 22

Collegiate Baseball Poll TUCSON, Ariz. — The Collegiate Baseball poll with records through April 24, points and previous rank.

Voting is done by coaches, sports writers and sports information directors: Record Pts Pvs 1. Virginia 40-4 496 1 2. South Carolina 31-8 494 2 3. Vanderbilt 35-5 493 3 4. Texas 30-10 490 4 5. Florida 31-10 488 6 6. Oregon State 29-8 486 7 7. TCU 29-11 484 10 8. Texas A&M 29-11 483 8 9. Georgia Tech 30-11 481 9 10. Arizona State 28-9 480 12 11. Cal State Fullerton 28-11 477 5 12. Florida State 31-10 474 18 13. UCLA 21-14 468 11 14. Miami 27-13 465 20 15. Oklahoma 29-11 463 16 16. Fresno State 28-7 460 13 17. North Carolina 32-10 458 14 18. Connecticut 26-12-1 455 26 19. Southern Miss.

30-9 450 22 20. UC Irvine 26-10 448 24 21. Oklahoma State 28-12 447 15 22. Arkansas 28-11 445 17 23. Stetson 31-9 444 21 24. California 24-12 442 19 25. Clemson 25-14 439 — 26. Charlotte 31-9 437 30 27. Stanford 19-13 436 — 28. Rice 28-16 433 25 29. Kent State 26-12 430 — 30. St. John’s 21-13 428 —

GOLF WORLD GOLF RANKING Through Sunday Rank. Name Country 1. Lee Westwood Eng 2. Martin Kaymer Ger 3. Luke Donald Eng 4. Phil Mickelson USA 5. Graeme McDowell NIr 6. Tiger Woods USA 7. Rory McIlroy NIr 8. Paul Casey Eng 9. Steve Stricker USA 10. Matt Kuchar USA 11. Charl Schwartzel SAf 12. Dustin Johnson USA 13. Jim Furyk USA 14. Nick Watney USA 15. Ernie Els SAf 16. Bubba Watson USA 17. Ian Poulter Eng 18. Adam Scott Aus 19. Francesco Molinari Ita 20. Hunter Mahan USA 21. Martin Laird Sco 22. Robert Karlsson Swe 23. Jason Day Aus 24. Retief Goosen SAf 25. Justin Rose Eng 26. Alvaro Quiros Esp 27. Miguel Angel Jimenez Esp 28. Tim Clark SAf 29. Edoardo Molinari Ita 30. Geoff Ogilvy Aus

Points 7.65 7.52 7.37 6.52 5.84 5.72 5.64 5.59 5.48 5.21 5.13 4.99 4.79 4.60 4.43 4.31 4.21 4.18 4.06 4.04 3.96 3.95 3.92 3.87 3.75 3.61 3.53 3.47 3.46 3.45

DEALS Transactions

Pacific-10 Conference ——— All Times PDT Conference Overall W L W L Oregon State 10 2 29 8 Arizona State 11 4 28 9 UCLA 10 5 21 14 California 9 6 24 13 USC 8 7 18 21 Stanford 5 7 20 13 Arizona 6 9 24 15 Oregon 4 8 21 17 Washington 3 9 12 25 Washington State 3 12 15 19 Monday’s Games x-Stanford 9, Cal 5 x-Brigham Young at Washington State, ppd., rain x-Washington at Gonzaga, ccd., rain Today’s Games x-Washington at Gonzaga, 1 p.m. x-Oregon State at Portland, 3 p.m. x-Stanford at St. Marys, 3 p.m. x-Brigham Young at Washington State, TBA (DH) x-UC Irvine at UCLA, 6 p.m. x-Long Beach State at USC, 6 p.m. x-Arizona State at Arizona, 6 p.m. x-nonleague

BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE—Named J. Thomas Schieffer monitor for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

American League OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Activated RHP Michael Wuertz from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Bobby Cramer to Sacramento (PCL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Selected the contract of INF Josh Wilson from Reno (PCL). Placed INF Willie Bloomquist on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 22.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Activated C Dioner Navarro from the 15-day DL. Optioned C A.J. Ellis to Albuquerque (PCL).

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Placed RHP Jose Contreras on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 22. Selected the contract of RHP Michael Stutes from Lehigh Valley (IL). Promoted RHP Chance Chapman from Reading (EL) to Lehigh Valley and RHP Jordan Ellis from Clearwater (FSL) to Reading.

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Recalled RHP Evan Scribner from Tucson (PCL). Optioned LHP Wade LeBlanc to Tucson.

COLLEGE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE—Suspended BYU baseball players Ryan Bernal, Bret Lopez, Brock Luker and Blake Torgerson three games and publicly reprimanded Wes Guenther and BYU baseball coach Vance Law and suspended New Mexico baseball players Luke Campbell, Quay Grant, Cory Maltz, Jonathan Mata and John Michael Twichell three games and publicly reprimanded Mitchell Garver for their involvement in an altercation after their game on April 23.

CALIFORNIA—Named Lindsay Gottlieb women’s basketball coach.

FLORIDA—Named Matt McCall men’s assistant basketball coach.

Baseball America Top 25 DURHAM, N.C.— The top 25 teams in the Baseball America poll with records through April 24 and previous ranking (voting by the staff of Baseball America): Record Pvs 1. Virginia 40-4 1 2. South Carolina 31-8 2 3. Oregon State 29-8 3 4. Vanderbilt 35-5 4 5. Florida 31-10 5 6. Texas A&M 29-11 6 7. Texas 30-10 7 8. Arizona State 28-9 9 9. Florida State 31-10 10 10. Cal State Fullerton 28-11 8 11. TCU 29-11 11 12. Georgia Tech 30-11 13 13. Fresno State 28-7 12 14. Oklahoma 29-11 17

Upstream daily movement of adult chinook, jack chinook, steelhead, and wild steelhead at selected Columbia River dams last updated on Sunday.

Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd Bonneville 539 8 29 7 The Dalles 216 5 19 12 John Day 79 4 33 18 McNary 26 2 24 16 Upstream year-to-date movement of adult chinook, jack chinook, steelhead, and wild steelhead at selected Columbia River dams last updated on Sunday.

Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd Bonneville 3,826 27 3,427 1,428 The Dalles 920 18 1,008 594 John Day 437 5 2,239 1,445 McNary 194 4 2,157 1,350

BASEBALL College

FISH COUNT

College athletics • NCAA panel members attended bowl-sponsored retreat: Nine of the 11 members of an NCAA panel that will help decide the Fiesta Bowl’s fate, including Oregon State athletic director Bob De Carolis, attended a bowlsponsored retreat that included free meals, resort rooms and golf outings. The nine names all showed up on a 2008 “Fiesta Frolic” attendee list obtained by Playoff PAC in a public records request. The group provided the list to The Associated Press. “This is a jury of the bowl’s former freeloaders,” charged Bryson Morgan, co-founder of Playoff PAC, which advocates switching to a playoff system to determine a national college football champion. Morgan questioned how a decision by the panel members can be considered credible given their attendance at the Fiesta Frolic.

Baseball • Schieffer hired by MLB to run Dodgers: Former Texas Rangers president J. Thomas Schieffer was hired

by Commissioner Bud Selig on Monday to run the Los Angeles Dodgers, less than a week after Major League Baseball took over operation of the franchise from owner Frank McCourt. Schieffer was an investor in the ownership group headed by George W. Bush and Rusty Rose that purchased the Rangers in 1989. He was the club president from 1991-99 and the franchise’s general partner from November 1994 until June 1998. Selig told Frank McCourt last Wednesday he would appoint an MLB representative to oversee all aspects of the business and the day-to-day operations of the club.

—From wire reports

Major League Baseball scouts praise college bats

By David Brandt The Associated Press

PEARL, Miss. — College baseball’s new metal bats have been praised by fans, coaches and pitchers. Game times are quicker and there are dramatically lower run totals.

But some of the biggest fans of the new bats are Major League Baseball scouts.

For these talent evaluators, the college variation of the game resembles “true” baseball for the first time in years, making their job a little easier as MLB’s draft approaches in June.

“It takes some of the guesswork out of recruiting in college baseball,” said Art Gardner, a Major League Baseball regional scout who is based in Mississippi. “You used to go to a game and it seemed like every team’s lineup had six guys with 10-plus homers.

“It was a constant struggle to figure out the true power hitters.”

The new metal bats — which must adhere to the NCAA’s new Ball-Bat Coefficient of Restitution (BBCOR) standard — aren’t perfect.

One difference: There’s no broken bats on inside pitches so there’s still bloop singles in the college game that wouldn’t occur at the professional level.

Jim Fleming, the Florida Marlins’ vice president for player development and scouting, agreed the new bats were a vast improvement, but said college baseball should go one step further and use wood bats.

College players currently use wood bats in some of the elite summer leagues like the Cape Cod League.

“We use wood — so anything other than wood isn’t a completely accurate representation,” Fleming said. “That being said, the new college bats are much better. It’s much more accurate. It’s more of a true, clean game.”

The old bats, which produced so much offense, made college base-

ball difficult for scouts to evaluate for many reasons. In 2010, there were 36 players in the Southeastern Conference who hit at least 10 home runs.

Even marginal power hitters could produce big numbers, and when those same players reached professional baseball and used wood bats, many of those homers turned into fly balls to the warning track.

Now with the new bats, power numbers have plummeted. Twothirds of the way through the season, LSU’s Mikie Mahtook leads the SEC with 10 homers. Florida’s Preston Tucker is second with eight.

“Now we have a much better idea who really has the ability to get the ball out of the park,” Gardner said.

It’s not just power hitters who are easier to evaluate. Gardner said the new bats have changed college baseball in every facet.

Instead of swinging for the fences, smaller players steal more bas-

es, execute hit-and-runs and bunt, which are the skills scouts want to see from players who aren’t projected to produce big power numbers at the professional level.

Pitching has changed, too.

“In the college game, the strategy was to pitch away from contact,” Fleming said. “But we want pitchers who pitch to contact. With the new bats, I think you’re starting to see pitchers regain their confidence and use their fastball a little more.”

Mississippi coach Mike Bianco said the SEC had become “a breaking-ball league” as pitchers tried to trick hitters. Nibbling at the corners was normal since a pitch over the plate often got crushed 450 feet.

Not anymore.

Before Tuesday’s game against rival Mississippi State at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss., Bianco gestured out to the outfield fences.

“Now if you’ve got a big park like this, you can throw fastballs and let your defense work,” Bianco said.

THE BULLETIN • Tuesday, April 26, 2011 D3

M AJ O R L E AGUE BA SE BA L L WHERE’S THE BALL?

AL BOXSCORES

STANDINGS, SCORES AND SCHEDULES

White Sox 2, Yankees 0 Chicago Pierre lf Al.Ramirez ss Quentin rf 2-Lillibridge pr-rf Konerko 1b A.Dunn dh Rios cf Pierzynski c Beckham 2b Morel 3b Totals

AB 4 4 4 0 3 2 4 3 3 3 30

R 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

H BI BB 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 3

AMERICAN LEAGUE SO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2

Avg. .266 .235 .291 .333 .314 .158 .165 .264 .200 .206

New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Jeter ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Granderson cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .294 Teixeira 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .261 Al.Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .346 Cano 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .304 Swisher rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Posada dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .145 Martin c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .311 Gardner lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .136 a-An.Jones ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 b-Chavez ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .421 1-E.Nunez pr-lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 28 0 3 0 2 7 Chicago 000 100 001 — 2 5 0 New York 000 000 000 — 0 3 0 a-was announced for Gardner in the 8th. b-singled for An.Jones in the 8th.

1-ran for Chavez in the 8th. 2-ran for Quentin in the 9th.

LOB—Chicago 4, New York 4. 2B—Quentin (12).

RBIs—Konerko (17), A.Dunn (9). SB—Lillibridge (3), Granderson (2), E.Nunez (1).

Runners left in scoring position—Chicago 3 (Beckham, Pierzynski, Rios); New York 3 (Al.Rodriguez, Swisher, Jeter).

Runners moved up—Konerko, A.Dunn. GIDP—Rios, Pierzynski, Teixeira, Posada.

DP—Chicago 2 (Konerko, Al.Ramirez, Konerko), (Konerko, Al.Ramirez, S.Santos); New York 2 (Cano, Jeter, Teixeira), (Jeter, Cano, Teixeira).

Chicago IP H R ER Humber W, 2-2 7 1 0 0 Sale H, 1 2-3 0 0 0 S.Santos S, 1-1 1 1-3 2 0 0 New York IP H R ER A.J.Brntt L, 3-1 8 3 1 1 R.Soriano 1 2 1 1 HBP—by Humber (Swisher).

T—2:41. A—40,506 (50,291).

BB 2 0 0 BB 2 1

SO 5 1 1 SO 2 0

NP 100 9 16 NP 108 21

ERA 3.20 5.79 0.00 ERA 3.52 6.75

AB 5 4 2 3 3 4 3 4 4 32

R 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 6

H BI BB 2 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 5

Avg. .286 .222 .364 .235 .148 .313 .173 .268 .000

Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Kinsler 2b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .232 Andrus ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .227 Mi.Young dh 4 0 2 1 0 0 .363 A.Beltre 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .259 N.Cruz rf-lf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .250 Dav.Murphy lf-cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Torrealba c 4 1 2 1 0 1 .258 Moreland 1b-rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Borbon cf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .227 a-Napoli ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .303 Totals 33 4 8 4 2 3 Toronto 000 060 000 — 6 9 0 Texas 000 012 001 — 4 8 0 a-grounded out for Borbon in the 7th.

LOB—Toronto 4, Texas 4. 2B—Kinsler (5), Mi.Young 2 (11). 3B—Jo.McDonald (1). HR—C.Patterson (2), off C.Lewis; Bautista (8), off C.Lewis; J.Rivera (1), off C.Lewis; Torrealba (3), off Drabek; N.Cruz (6), off Rauch.

RBIs—C.Patterson 3 (9), Bautista (11), J.Rivera 2 (3), Kinsler (11), Mi.Young (13), N.Cruz (14), Torrealba (4).

CS—C.Patterson (2).

Runners left in scoring position—Toronto 2 (Y.Escobar, J.Molina); Texas 3 (A.Beltre 2, N.Cruz).

Runners moved up—A.Beltre. GIDP—J.Rivera, Jo.McDonald, Mi.Young, Dav.Murphy.

DP—Toronto 2 (Y.Escobar, Jo.McDonald, Lind), (Jo. McDonald, Y.Escobar, Lind); Texas 3 (Andrus, Kinsler, Moreland), (A.Beltre, Kinsler, Moreland), (Dav.Murphy, Andrus, Moreland).

Toronto IP H R ER BB SO Drabek W, 2-0 6 5 3 3 2 2 Rzpcznski H, 2 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 Frasor H, 1 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 Rauch S, 4-4 1 1 1 1 0 1 Texas IP H R ER BB SO C.Lewis L, 1-3 5 7 6 6 4 3 Bush 3 2 0 0 1 0 Strop 1 0 0 0 0 1 Inherited runners-scored—Frasor 1-0.

T—2:49. A—22,915 (49,170).

NP 101 7 21 20 NP 95 34 13

ERA 3.30 3.38 2.61 2.79 ERA 6.95 1.13 1.42

Angels 5, Athletics 0 Oakland Crisp cf Barton 1b DeJesus rf Willingham lf Sweeney lf Matsui dh K.Suzuki c M.Ellis 2b Kouzmanoff 3b Pennington ss Totals

AB 4 4 4 2 2 4 3 4 3 3 33

R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

H BI BB SO 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 10

Avg. .281 .205 .240 .234 .250 .253 .239 .207 .215 .234

Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Bourjos cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .299 Abreu dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 .241 Tor.Hunter rf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .196 V.Wells lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .174 Callaspo 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .299 H.Kendrick 2b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .272 Aybar ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .343 Trumbo 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .229 Mathis c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Totals 30 5 8 3 3 7 Oakland 000 000 000 — 0 7 2 Los Angeles 021 200 00x — 5 8 0 E—Crisp (1), Pennington (2). LOB—Oakland 7, Los Angeles 4. 2B—Matsui (6), Abreu (4), Callaspo (3). RBIs—Abreu (7), H.Kendrick 2 (11). CS—Crisp (1), Bourjos (2).

Runners left in scoring position—Oakland 3 (M.Ellis 3); Los Angeles 1 (Callaspo).

Runners moved up—Sweeney, Matsui. GIDP— H.Kendrick, Mathis.

DP—Oakland 2 (Kouzmanoff, M.Ellis, Barton), (Kouzmanoff, Barton).

L 7 11 11 12 12 L 8 10 10 12 14 L 8 10 12 15

Pct .632 .500 .476 .455 .400 Pct .619 .545 .545 .429 .391 Pct .636 .565 .478 .348

Kathy Willens / The Associated Press

GB — 2½ 3 3½ 4½ GB — 1½ 1½ 4 5 GB — 1½ 3½ 6½

WCGB — 1½ 2 2½ 3½ WCGB — ½ ½ 3 4 WCGB — — 2 5

L10 7-3 7-3 8-2 4-6 2-8 L10 5-5 7-3 4-6 5-5 2-8 L10 5-5 5-5 5-5 4-6

Str L-1 W-2 W-5 W-1 L-3 Str L-3 W-4 L-3 W-3 W-1 Str L-1 W-1 L-1 L-2

Home Away 8-4 4-3 6-7 5-4 5-4 5-7 6-5 4-7 5-7 3-5 Home Away 7-2 6-6 6-3 6-7 9-5 3-5 4-3 5-9 4-6 5-8 Home Away 10-3 4-5 5-6 8-4 4-5 7-7 5-8 3-7

Today’s Games Boston (C.Buchholz 1-2) at Baltimore (Britton 3-1), 4:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Floyd 2-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 1-2), 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Hochevar 2-2) at Cleveland (Masterson 4-0),4:05 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 2-2) at Detroit (Coke 1-3), 4:05 p.m.

Toronto (Litsch 1-1) at Texas (Harrison 3-1), 5:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (W.Davis 2-2) at Minnesota (Liriano 1-3), 5:10 p.m.

Oakland (McCarthy 1-1) at L.A. Angels (Chatwood 1-1), 7:05 p.m.

East Division Philadelphia Florida Washington Atlanta New York Central Division St. Louis Cincinnati Milwaukee Chicago Pittsburgh Houston West Division Colorado Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego

W 15 14 10 11 9 W 12 12 11 10 10 8 W 15 12 10 9 9

L 7 7 11 13 13 L 10 11 11 12 12 14 L 7 12 11 12 14

Pct .682 .667 .476 .458 .409 Pct .545 .522 .500 .455 .455 .364 Pct .682 .500 .476 .429 .391

Monday’s Games Pittsburgh 4, Washington 2 Florida 5, L.A. Dodgers 4 Colorado 5, Chicago Cubs 3 Cincinnati 9, Milwaukee 5 Arizona 4, Philadelphia 0 San Diego 5, Atlanta 3, 13 innings

New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano drops the ball as Chicago White Sox pinch runner Brent Lillibridge steals second in the ninth inning of Monday’s game in New York.

GB — ½ 4½ 5 6 GB — ½ 1 2 2 4 GB — 4 4½ 5½ 6½

WCGB — — 4 4½ 5½ WCGB — 3 3½ 4½ 4½ 6½ WCGB — 3½ 4 5 6

L10 6-4 8-2 5-5 5-5 5-5 L10 7-3 4-6 4-6 4-6 5-5 5-5 L10 5-5 6-4 5-5 4-6 3-7

Str L-1 W-2 L-1 L-1 W-4 Str W-1 W-1 L-1 L-2 W-1 L-1 Str W-1 L-1 L-4 W-1 W-1

Home Away 7-4 8-3 9-4 5-3 5-4 5-7 4-5 7-8 5-8 4-5 Home Away 6-6 6-4 7-6 5-5 7-4 4-7 6-7 4-5 3-6 7-6 4-6 4-8 Home Away 6-4 9-3 7-5 5-7 4-5 6-6 5-5 4-7 4-9 5-5

Today’s Games N.Y. Mets (C.Young 1-0) at Washington (Zimmermann 1-3), 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Cain 2-1) at Pittsburgh (Morton 2-1), 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 2-2) at Florida (Volstad 1-1), 4:10 p.m.

Colorado (De La Rosa 3-0) at Chicago Cubs (J.Russell 1-2), 5:05 p.m.

St. Louis (J.Garcia 3-0) at Houston (Norris 1-1), 5:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 3-0) at Milwaukee (Estrada 1-0), 5:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Oswalt 3-0) at Arizona (D.Hudson 0-4), 6:40 p.m.

Atlanta (Jurrjens 1-0) at San Diego (Harang 4-0), 7:05 p.m.

American League roundup Oakland IP H R ER G.Gnzlz L, 2-2 5 8 5 4 Purcey 1 0 0 0 Wuertz 1 0 0 0 Blevins 1 0 0 0 Los Angeles IP H R ER Weaver W, 6-0 9 7 0 0 T—2:20. A—37,115 (45,389).

BB 1 0 0 2 BB 1

SO 5 0 2 0 SO 10

NP 95 11 14 15 NP 114

ERA 2.70 4.05 0.00 4.00 ERA 0.99

Marlins 5, Dodgers 4 SO 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4

W 12 11 10 10 8 W 13 12 12 9 9 W 14 13 11 8

Monday’s Games Chicago White Sox 2, N.Y. Yankees 0 Toronto 6, Texas 4 L.A. Angels 5, Oakland 0

NL BOXSCORES

Blue Jays 6, Rangers 4 Toronto Y.Escobar ss C.Patterson cf Bautista rf Lind 1b J.Rivera dh J.Molina c Snider lf Jo.McDonald 2b Woodward 3b Totals

East Division New York Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore Central Division Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota Chicago West Division Texas Los Angeles Oakland Seattle

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Los Angeles Miles 3b Carroll ss Ethier rf Kemp cf Sands lf Loney 1b Barajas c 1-Gwynn Jr. pr Navarro c De Jesus 2b Garland p Padilla p b-Thames ph Broxton p Totals

AB 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 33

R H 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10

BI 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

BB 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

SO 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

Avg. .235 .329 .380 .396 .233 .170 .188 .289 .000 .188 .000 --.231 ---

Florida AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Coghlan cf 4 3 3 2 1 0 .301 Infante 2b 4 0 1 1 1 0 .247 G.Sanchez 1b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .304 Stanton rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Sanches p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Dobbs 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .324 J.Buck c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .216 Bonifacio lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .320 Do.Murphy ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .105 c-H.Ramirez ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .194 Nolasco p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .111 R.Webb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Choate p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Mujica p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --a-Cousins ph-rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .200 Totals 34 5 8 4 4 5 Los Angeles 000 100 210 — 4 10 1 Florida 001 001 012 — 5 8 0 Two outs when winning run scored. a-walked for Mujica in the 8th. b-fouled out for Padilla in the 9th. c-singled for Do.Murphy in the 9th.

1-ran for Barajas in the 7th.

E—Carroll (3). LOB—Los Angeles 6, Florida 7.

2B—Kemp (8), Sands (4), Dobbs (2). HR—Coghlan 2 (4), off Garland 2. RBIs—Miles (4), Carroll (3), Sands (5), Loney (11), Coghlan 2 (13), Infante (8), G.Sanchez (9). SB—Carroll (3), Sands (2). S—Garland 2.

Runners left in scoring position—Los Angeles 4 (Loney 2, Carroll, Ethier); Florida 1 (Bonifacio).

Runners moved up—Miles, Sands. GIDP—Kemp, Navarro.

DP—Los Angeles 1 (Kemp, Kemp, Miles); Florida 3 (J.Buck, J.Buck, Infante), (Dobbs, Infante, G.Sanchez), (Infante, Do.Murphy, G.Sanchez).

Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Garland 7 4 2 2 1 4 97 3.60 Padilla H, 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 17 4.50 Broxton L, 1-1 2-3 2 2 0 2 1 27 4.35 Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Nolasco 6 1-3 7 3 3 2 4 94 3.24 R.Webb BS, 1-1 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 5 2.19 Choate 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 5 2.70 Mujica 1 2 1 1 0 0 11 4.15 Sanches W, 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.00 Inherited runners-scored—R.Webb 2-2, Choate 1-0.

IBB—off Broxton (Coghlan). WP—Nolasco.

T—2:53. A—11,633 (38,560).

Pirates 4, Nationals 2 Washington Espinosa 2b Desmond ss Werth rf Ad.LaRoche 1b Morse lf W.Ramos c Hairston Jr. cf c-Ankiel ph Bixler 3b Lannan p Coffey p Gaudin p b-L.Nix ph S.Burnett p Totals

AB 4 4 3 3 4 4 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 31

R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Pittsburgh AB R A.McCutchen cf 3 0 Tabata lf 3 1 Diaz rf 4 0 Walker 2b 4 1 Pearce 1b 2 1 Overbay 1b 1 0

Br.Wood 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .250 Snyder c 3 0 1 1 0 1 .346 Cedeno ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Maholm p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .111 a-Bowker ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Meek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Totals 30 4 6 3 3 4 Washington 200 000 000 — 2 5 2 Pittsburgh 000 400 00x — 4 6 0 a-singled for Maholm in the 7th. b-grounded out for Gaudin in the 8th. c-struck out for Hairston Jr. in the 9th.

E—Werth (2), Desmond (7). LOB—Washington 5, Pittsburgh 5. 2B—Werth (5), Br.Wood (1). RBIs— Ad.LaRoche 2 (10), Br.Wood 2 (2), Snyder (7).

Runners left in scoring position—Washington 2 (Morse, Ankiel); Pittsburgh 2 (Snyder, Diaz).

Runners moved up—Diaz. GIDP—Bixler, Tabata.

DP—Washington 1 (Desmond, Espinosa, Ad.LaRoche); Pittsburgh 1 (Maholm, Cedeno, Pearce).

Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Lannan L, 2-2 5 2-3 5 4 4 2 3 99 4.05 Coffey 2-3 1 0 0 1 1 22 5.40 Gaudin 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 13 6.48 S.Burnett 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 2.89 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Maholm W, 1-3 7 4 2 2 2 8 99 3.90 Meek H, 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4.50 Hanrahan S, 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 17 2.45 Inherited runners-scored—Coffey 2-0, Gaudin 2-0.

T—2:37 (Rain delay: 0:21). A—12,457 (38,362).

Diamondbacks 4, Phillies 0 Philadelphia Victorino cf Polanco 3b Rollins ss Howard 1b B.Francisco rf Ibanez lf Ruiz c W.Valdez 2b a-Orr ph-2b Cl.Lee p b-Gload ph Stutes p Totals

R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

H BI BB SO 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 10

Avg. .276 .372 .256 .274 .253 .179 .230 .254 .318 .000 .200 ---

Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg. C.Young cf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .213 K.Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .176 J.Upton rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .284 S.Drew ss 3 0 0 0 0 3 .328 Nady 1b 3 0 1 1 0 2 .250 Montero c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .294 R.Roberts 3b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .321 G.Parra lf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .308 I.Kennedy p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Totals 29 4 5 4 1 13 Philadelphia 000 000 000 — 0 3 0 Arizona 002 011 00x — 4 5 0 a-fouled out for W.Valdez in the 8th. b-struck out for Cl.Lee in the 8th.

LOB—Philadelphia 3, Arizona 2. 2B—Polanco (5), J.Upton (6). HR—C.Young (5), off Cl.Lee; G.Parra (1), off Cl.Lee. RBIs—C.Young 2 (16), Nady (4), G.Parra (4).

SB—J.Upton (4), R.Roberts (3).

Runners left in scoring position—Philadelphia 2 (Howard, Rollins); Arizona 1 (Montero).

Philadelphia IP H R ER Cl.Lee L, 2-2 7 5 4 4 Stutes 1 0 0 0 Arizona IP H R ER I.Knndy W, 3-1 9 3 0 0 Balk—I.Kennedy.

T—2:04. A—19,586 (48,633).

BB 1 0 BB 0

SO 12 1 SO 10

NP 102 9 NP 114

ERA 4.18 0.00 ERA 4.02

BB 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

SO 1 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 13

Avg. .276 .235 .383 .364 .211 .000 .279 .222 .265 .200 --.000 ----.258

H BI BB 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1

SO 1 0 1 0 0 0

Avg. .287 .247 .378 .345 .294 .267

Reds 9, Brewers 5

H BI BB SO 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 10

Avg. .265 .205 .218 .232 .241 .341 .175 .211 .000 .000 ----.290 ---

Cincinnati Stubbs cf Bruce rf Votto 1b Phillips 2b Gomes lf Jor.Smith p Cairo 3b Hanigan c Janish ss Arroyo p Ondrusek p c-Hermida ph Bray p Masset p Heisey lf Totals

H BI BB 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Avg. .237 .274 .237 .277 .238 .253

Milwaukee Weeks 2b C.Gomez cf Braun lf Fielder 1b McGehee 3b Kotsay rf

SO 1 0 0 0 0 0

AB 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 1 0 30

AB 5 4 5 4 5 0 5 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 39

R H 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 12

AB 5 4 5 4 5 3

R 1 0 1 0 1 0

BI 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9

Y.Betancourt ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .244 Lucroy c 4 1 2 1 0 1 .371 Narveson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Kintzler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --a-Almonte ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .103 Braddock p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --b-Counsell ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .182 Hawkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --d-B.Boggs ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Mitre p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Totals 37 5 10 4 3 5 Cincinnati 016 000 002 — 9 12 1 Milwaukee 000 010 112 — 5 10 0 a-reached on error for Kintzler in the 5th. b-walked for Braddock in the 7th. c-struck out for Ondrusek in the 8th. d-struck out for Hawkins in the 8th.

E—Janish (1). LOB—Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 9.

2B—Votto (7), Phillips (6), Hanigan (3), Weeks (4), McGehee (6), Lucroy (2). HR—Bruce (3), off Narveson; Braun (8), off Jor.Smith. RBIs—Bruce 2 (10), Phillips 3 (10), Gomes (16), Hanigan 2 (8), Arroyo (1), C.Gomez (8), Braun 2 (20), Lucroy (4). SB—Stubbs 2 (8), Bruce (3), Braun (3). SF—C.Gomez.

Runners left in scoring position—Cincinnati 2 (Arroyo, Bruce); Milwaukee 5 (McGehee, Braun 2, Y.Betancourt, B.Boggs).

Runners moved up—Hanigan, C.Gomez, Kotsay.

Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Arroyo W, 3-2 6 1-3 6 2 1 2 4 100 3.64 Ondrusek 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.68 Bray 1-3 1 1 1 1 0 11 1.04 Masset 2-3 1 0 0 0 1 7 5.11 Jor.Smith 1 2 2 2 0 0 14 4.26 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Narvesn L, 1-1 2 1-3 8 7 7 1 2 65 4.33 Kintzler 2 2-3 2 0 0 0 5 42 4.22 Braddock 2 0 0 0 1 3 28 2.16 Hawkins 1 0 0 0 0 2 11 4.50 Mitre 1 2 2 2 1 1 22 2.25 Inherited runners-scored—Ondrusek 2-1, Masset 2-1, Kintzler 1-1. Balk—Narveson.

T—3:16. A—35,794 (41,900).

Rockies 5, Cubs 3 Colorado Fowler cf Herrera 2b C.Gonzalez lf Tulowitzki ss Helton 1b S.Smith rf Jo.Lopez 3b Lindstrom p R.Betancourt p c-Spilborghs ph Street p Iannetta c Rogers p Wigginton 3b Totals

AB 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 33

R 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5

H BI BB SO 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 2 11

Avg. .282 .310 .217 .317 .310 .303 .153 ----.175 .000 .170 .222 .196

Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Fukudome rf 5 1 5 0 0 0 .478 Barney 2b 5 1 1 2 0 0 .320 S.Castro ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .357 Je.Baker 3b 4 1 3 0 1 1 .400 C.Pena 1b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .169 Byrd cf 4 0 2 0 1 0 .293 A.Soriano lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .235 Soto c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .239 Garza p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 a-Re.Johnson ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .381 Samardzija p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-DeWitt ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Mateo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Totals 36 3 11 3 4 6 Colorado 030 020 000 — 5 4 0 Chicago 300 000 000 — 3 11 4 a-was hit by a pitch for Garza in the 6th. b-struck out for Samardzija in the 8th. c-walked for R.Betancourt in the 9th.

E—Garza (1), S.Castro 3 (7). LOB—Colorado 4, Chicago 12. 2B—Je.Baker (4). 3B—Fowler (1). HR— Barney (1), off Rogers. RBIs—C.Gonzalez (14), Jo.Lopez (8), Barney 2 (13), A.Soriano (15). SB—Spilborghs (1).

CS—Tulowitzki (1). S—Herrera. SF—A.Soriano.

Runners left in scoring position—Colorado 3 (Fowler, Herrera, Wigginton); Chicago 6 (Soto, Garza 2, C.Pena, Je.Baker, Byrd).

Runners moved up—C.Gonzalez, Barney, S.Castro.

GIDP—A.Soriano.

DP—Colorado 1 (Herrera, Helton, Tulowitzki, Lindstrom).

Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Rogers W, 3-1 5 1-3 8 3 3 4 3 106 6.33 Lindstrom H, 5 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 1 18 0.93 R.Btncrt H, 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 14 2.61 Street S, 8-8 1 1 0 0 0 1 19 1.88 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Garza L, 0-3 6 3 5 1 1 7 102 4.11 Samardzija 2 1 0 0 0 2 30 3.14 Mateo 1 0 0 0 1 2 24 6.97 Inherited runners-scored—Lindstrom 2-0. HBP—by Rogers (Re.Johnson).

T—3:12. A—37,417 (41,159).

• Blue Jays 6, Rangers 4: ARLINGTON, Texas — Corey Patterson and Jose Bautista homered on consecutive pitches, tough-luck starter Kyle Drabek finally got another victory and Toronto beat AL West-leading Texas. Patterson’s three-run shot off Colby Lewis (1-3) with two outs in the fifth was followed by Bautista’s 405-foot blast to left — his majors-leading eighth homer. After pitching coach Mike Maddux visited the mound, Adam Lind drew a walk and Juan Rivera followed with his first homer of the season for a 6-0 lead.

• White Sox 2, Yankees 0: NEW YORK — Phil Humber held the Yankees hitless until Alex Rodriguez grounded a single up the middle with one out in the seventh inning and Chicago made

the effort stand up. The White Sox won for only the second time in 12 games. Chicago snapped a 23inning scoreless drought in the fourth when Carlos Quentin doubled and scored on Adam Dunn’s grounder, and added a run in the ninth after a popup fell behind the mound.

• Angels 5, Athletics 0: ANAHEIM, Calif.

— Jered Weaver struck out 10 and won his sixth straight start in the Los Angeles Angels’ victory over Oakland. Weaver pitched his second straight complete game to help Los Angeles snap a fourgame losing streak. He allowed seven hits, walked one and allowed only one runner as far as third base, lowering his ERA to 0.99. Oakland was shut out for the third time in five games.

National League roundup • Marlins 5, Dodgers 4: MIAMI — Omar Infante lined a two-out RBI single that left fielder Jerry Sands misjudged in the ninth inning, capping a two-run rally that helped Florida beat the Los Angeles Dodgers. Both runs were unearned. Scott Cousins’ two-out grounder scooted under the glove of shortstop Jamey Carroll for an error to score the tying run.

• Pirates 4, Nationals 2: PITTSBURGH — Brandon Wood’s two-run double in his first game for Pittsburgh was part of a four-run fourth inning and the Pirates defeated Washington in front of a sparse crowd at soggy PNC Park. Paul Maholm retired the final 13 batters he faced in seven strong innings as Pittsburgh made up the original series opener that was postponed by rain on Friday.

• Rockies 5, Cubs 3: CHICAGO — Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro committed three errors in the second inning and Colorado beat Chicago. Matt Garza’s errant throw to first on a bunt was the Cubs’ fourth error of the night and opened the door to two more runs.

• Diamondbacks 4, Phillies 0: PHOENIX — New father Ian Kennedy threw a three-hitter in the first complete game of his major league career, outpitching Cliff Lee to lift Arizona to a victory that ended Philadelphia’s five-game winning streak. The Diamondbacks snapped a four-game skid as they opened a 10-game home stand after being swept in three games by the Mets in New York.

• Reds 9, Brewers 5: MILWAUKEE — Jay Bruce hit a two-run homer, Bronson Arroyo pitched effectively into the seventh and Cincinnati used a six-run third inning to beat Milwaukee. Already ahead 1-0, the Reds sent 11 batters to the plate in the third, holding Chris Narveson (1-1) to his shortest outing in 38 career starts.

• Padres 5, Braves 3: SAN DIEGO — Ryan Ludwick’s second homer of the night, a two-run shot with one out in the 13th inning, lifted San Diego to a win against Atlanta. Ludwick’s winning shot, his fourth of the year, came on an 0-1 pitch from Cristhian Martinez (0-2).

SD

Padres 5, Braves 3 (13 innings) Atlanta AB R Prado lf 6 0 Heyward rf 5 1 C.Jones 3b 5 0 1-Hicks pr-3b 0 0 McCann c 5 0 Uggla 2b 5 0 Freeman 1b 5 1 Ale.Gonzalez ss 5 1 McLouth cf 5 0 D.Lowe p 2 0 O’Flaherty p 0 0 Linebrink p 0 0 b-Hinske ph 1 0 Venters p 0 0 Gearrin p 0 0 e-Conrad ph 1 0 C.Martinez p 1 0 Totals 46 3

H BI BB SO 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 10

Avg. .240 .247 .284 .000 .296 .183 .247 .225 .244 .125 ----.280 ----.100 .000

San Diego AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Maybin cf 4 1 0 0 2 1 .247 Bartlett ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 .240 Headley 3b 6 0 0 0 0 2 .213 Hundley c 5 1 1 1 1 3 .297 Ludwick lf 6 2 2 3 0 1 .195 O.Hudson 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .230 Hawpe 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .125 Luebke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Venable rf 2 0 0 1 1 1 .172 c-Denorfia ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .306 Moseley p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .250 a-E.Patterson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .050 Qualls p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Adams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --H.Bell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --d-Cantu ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .140 Gregerson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Frieri p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Alb.Gonzalez 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Totals 44 5 7 5 5 12 Atl 100 020 000 000 0 — 3 8 2

011 000 100 000 2 — 5 7 0 One out when winning run scored. a-lined out for Moseley in the 6th. b-struck out for Linebrink in the 8th. c-struck out for Venable in the 8th. d-grounded out for H.Bell in the 9th. e-flied out for Gearrin in the 11th.

1-ran for C.Jones in the 12th.

E—C.Jones (2), Venters (1). LOB—Atlanta 4, San Diego 8. 2B—C.Jones (7), Freeman (5), Hundley (4), Hawpe (2). HR—Heyward (6), off Moseley; Ludwick (3), off D.Lowe; Ludwick (4), off C.Martinez. RBIs—Heyward (12), Ale.Gonzalez (6), D.Lowe (1), Hundley (11), Ludwick 3 (11), Venable (5). SB—O.Hudson (8). S—Bartlett.

Runners left in scoring position—Atlanta 1 (Ale.Gonzalez); San Diego 5 (Ludwick 3, Bartlett, E.Patterson).

Runners moved up—McLouth, Headley, Venable.

GIDP—Hawpe.

DP—Atlanta 1 (Uggla, Ale.Gonzalez, Freeman); San Diego 1 (Denorfia, Alb.Gonzalez).

Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO D.Lowe 6 5 2 2 3 8 O’Flaherty H, 3 2-3 0 1 1 1 1 Lnbink BS, 1-1 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 Venters 1 0 0 0 0 1 Gearrin 2 0 0 0 0 2 C.Mrtnz L, 0-2 2 1-3 1 2 2 1 0 San Diego IP H R ER BB SO Moseley 6 4 3 3 0 2 Qualls 1 0 0 0 0 0 Adams 1 0 0 0 0 2 H.Bell 1 0 0 0 0 1 Gregerson 1 1 0 0 0 1 Frieri 1 0 0 0 0 2 Luebke W, 1-1 2 3 0 0 0 2 Inherited runners-scored—Linebrink 1-1.

T—3:36. A—18,288 (42,691).

NP ERA 107 3.21 10 1.54 5 5.19 9 0.71 26 0.00 37 4.50 NP ERA 79 1.99 10 3.65 14 0.75 16 0.90 13 1.59 14 1.35 27 6.00

LEADERS Through Monday’s Games AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING—Bautista, Toronto, .364; MiYoung, Texas, .363; Gordon, Kansas City, .356; Hafner, Cleveland, .348; Boesch, Detroit, .348; Kubel, Minnesota, .347; Fuld, Tampa Bay, .346; AlRodriguez, New York, .346.

RUNS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 21; Bautista, Toronto, 20; Gordon, Kansas City, 18; Crisp, Oakland, 16; Teixeira, New York, 16; Beltre, Texas, 15; Kinsler, Texas, 15; Quentin, Chicago, 15.

RBI—Beltre, Texas, 20; Francoeur, Kansas City, 18; Damon, Tampa Bay, 17; Konerko, Chicago, 17; AlRodriguez, New York, 17; Martin, New York, 16; Quentin, Chicago, 16; Teixeira, New York, 16.

HITS—MiYoung, Texas, 33; Gordon, Kansas City, 32; ISuzuki, Seattle, 30; MeCabrera, Kansas City, 28; Francoeur, Kansas City, 27; Fuld, Tampa Bay, 27; MIzturis, Los Angeles, 27; Konerko, Chicago, 27; Span, Minnesota, 27.

DOUBLES—Quentin, Chicago, 12; MiYoung, Texas, 11; Gordon, Kansas City, 10; Moreland, Texas, 8; 8 tied at 7.

TRIPLES—Crisp, Oakland, 3; SRodriguez, Tampa Bay, 3; Arencibia, Toronto, 2; Borbon, Texas, 2; Bourjos, Los Angeles, 2; MeCabrera, Kansas City, 2; YEscobar, Toronto, 2; Fuld, Tampa Bay, 2; JhPeralta, Detroit, 2.

NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING—Kemp, Los Angeles, .396; Votto, Cincinnati, .383; Ethier, Los Angeles, .380; Braun, Milwaukee, .378; Berkman, St. Louis, .377; Polanco, Philadelphia, .372; Phillips, Cincinnati, .364.

RUNS—Braun, Milwaukee, 22; Votto, Cincinnati, 21; Berkman, St. Louis, 19; Kemp, Los Angeles, 19; Phillips, Cincinnati, 19; Fowler, Colorado, 18; Weeks, Milwaukee, 18; DWright, New York, 18.

RBI—Fielder, Milwaukee, 22; Braun, Milwaukee, 20; Howard, Philadelphia, 19; IDavis, New York, 18; Kemp, Los Angeles, 18; Pence, Houston, 17; Pujols, St. Louis, 17.

HITS—Kemp, Los Angeles, 36; SCastro, Chicago, 35; Ethier, Los Angeles, 35; Polanco, Philadelphia, 32; Braun, Milwaukee, 31; JosReyes, New York, 31; Votto, Cincinnati, 31.

DOUBLES—Fowler, Colorado, 9; Ethier, Los Angeles, 8; Fielder, Milwaukee, 8; Kemp, Los Angeles, 8; Pence, Houston, 8; SSmith, Colorado, 8; 6 tied at 7.

TRIPLES—SCastro, Chicago, 2; SDrew, Arizona, 2; Espinosa, Washington, 2; Hall, Houston, 2; CaLee, Houston, 2; Maybin, San Diego, 2; Morgan, Milwaukee, 2; Rasmus, St. Louis, 2; JosReyes, New York, 2; CYoung, Arizona, 2.

Slimmed-down Sandoval finding his stride at plate for Giants

By Janie McCauley The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — A boy in a panda hat hollered from a corner above the dugout to greet Pablo Sandoval as the San Francisco slugger made his way out for batting practice.

Sandoval acknowledged the young fan with a smile and wave, then quickly got in line to take his pregame cuts. He chatted up hitting coach Hensley Meulens behind the cage and bumped fists with teammate Aubrey Huff. The free-swinging Sandoval made solid contact on several balls in a row, then jumped with an “Oh, gee!” after a high popup.

No longer the stressed-out, pressing third baseman he was a year ago for the Giants while

fighting significant weight gain and a loss of confidence, Sandoval is nearly 40 pounds lighter and has a spring in his step once again.

And, more importantly for the struggling World Series champions, he’s got some serious pop in his bat. Sandoval’s five home runs are his most ever in April and he is hitting .319 with 13 RBIs nearly a month into his third full big league season.

Sandoval isn’t ready to evaluate himself at this stage, or even say that he is encouraged by his strides so far.

“Too soon,” he said.

While others notice a big difference in his fit physique and mighty swing, Sandoval is cautious about getting too excited

about a quick start in April. Last year, he batted .368 over the opening month only to finish at .268 with just 13 home runs and 63 RBIs. Sandoval hit .307 in April in ’09, when he finished up at .330 with 25 homers and 90 RBIs. He was in the hunt for the NL batting title and among the last players left off the NL All-Star team.

Yet Sandoval has been a bright spot during a tough stretch for the Giants (10-11), who begin a 10-game East Coast road trip Tuesday at Pittsburgh, part of a span with 16 of 19 games away from AT&T Park. San Francisco was swept at home by Atlanta over the weekend.

“Right now I feel great. I’m hit-

ting the ball well right-handed.

I’m just trying to be more patient at home plate. It’s just one month,” Sandoval said. “This just started. You have to see after half of the season. I feel more comfortable and more patient.

That’s one of those things I didn’t have before.”

The switch-hitter is in top shape at last following a rigorous offseason regimen featuring regular hill sprints in Arizona.

Others have noticed, too.

“His body looks awesome,” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “And, why not, for the longevity of his career? He’s scary offensively. Physically, he’s looking good. He’s always been an athletic guy.”

While still not quite his for-

mer carefree, happy-go-lucky and outgoing self, Sandoval has made progress in so many ways to grow up at all of age 24. Hearing general manager Brian Sabean and skipper Bruce Bochy say at the end of last season he’d have to get lean or he might be headed for the minor leagues provided the very wake-up call this suddenly sluggish “Kung Fu Panda” so desperately needed.

“He’s a different player — defensively, offensively. With him getting in the type of condition that he’s gotten himself in, he’s back to being who we knew a couple years ago,” Bochy said.

“We talked on the off day and he said: ‘I can’t believe I let myself get that heavy. It’s not going to happen again.’ He’s got so much

energy, too. This game’s hard enough to play when you’re in great shape. You carry an extra 30 pounds or whatever and this game is really tough.”

The struggles were never only about his ballooning weight last year. There was a bitter divorce back home in Venezuela and a custody battle for his young daughter. All of that took its toll — and it showed all over Sandoval, from his hefty middle to his frustrated face.

“It’s mental,” he said. “When you have your confidence back all is going to be well. No matter if you have a bad game, you’re going to feel great because you’re playing hard and working hard.

Those are the things when you have your confidence.”

D4 Tuesday, April 26, 2011 • THE BULLETIN

N B A P L AYO F F R O U N D U P

Grizzlies grab 3-1 series lead vs. Spurs The Associated Press

Rob Kerr / The Bulletin

Mountain View third baseman Drew Wickham moves to tag out Summit’s Kruze Mingus during Monday’s game at Mountain View High.

Baseball Continued from D1 With Mountain View leading 2-0 with two outs and runners on second and third base, Cougar senior Jo Carroll hit a hard chopper to first base. Hamann covered the bag but missed the

toss, allowing another Mountain View run to score, making it 3-0 Cougars. The next batter, Robinett, hit a two-run triple to extend Mountain View’s lead to 5-0.

“That was the turning point,” Jordan said.

The Storm (4-6 Intermountain Hybrid, 7-11), the only team to hand the Cougars a league defeat

this season, battled back in the top of the seventh, scoring three runs before Konner Reddick lined out to shortstop with a man on first base to end the game.

“I’m just so proud of our kids,” Summit coach C.J. Colt said.

“Mountain View’s such a good offensive team and after the second inning we shut them down.”

Cody Hollister paced the Cougars at the plate with two doubles and a run batted in. Robinett helped himself out with his tworun triple. For the Storm, Landon Frost had a pinch-hit RBI single and Kruze Mingus recorded an RBI on a sacrifice bunt.

The two teams play again at Mountain View on Wednesday.

PREP ROUNDUP

Summit, Redmond golfers are co-medalists at Tetherow Bulletin staff report Summit junior Dylan Cramer and Redmond senior Jared Lambert tied for medalist honors Monday at the Tetherow Challenge, and Central Catholic of Portland finished first in the team standings at the 11-team event.

Cramer and Lambert continued their season-long rivalry in wild conditions at Tetherow Golf Club as each golfer shot a 4-over-par 76. Lambert led at the turn during the cold and blustery day, shooting an even-par 36 to Cramer’s 2-over 38. The Redmond standout held a two-stroke lead after the 16th hole, but Cramer recorded a birdie on the par-3 No. 17 while Lambert posted a bogey. Both players carded pars on hole No. 18 to finish tied.

In the team standings, Central Catholic just edged out the Storm, 322-325. Redmond placed third (329), South Salem took fourth (335) and Pendleton finished fifth (342).

Local teams Crook County (sixth, 346), Bend (seventh, 364), Madras (10th, 456) and Mountain View, which did not field a full

team, also competed at the tournament.

In other prep events Monday: SOFTBALL Redmond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 REDMOND — Sophomore Alyssa Nitschelm hit two home runs to spark Redmond in the Class 6A Special District 1 victory. The Panthers (1-0 league, 16-1 overall), the top-ranked team in 6A based on the Oregon School Activities Association’s power rankings, led 6-3 after 4 1⁄2 innings but scored seven runs in the bottom of the fifth to end the game early because of the 10-run mercy rule.

Courtney McCarthy and Alyssa Nitschelm hit back-to-back home runs in the fifth before Aubrey Nitschelm’s three-run blast later in the inning ended the game. Ashley Pesek picked up the win for the Panthers, striking out six in five innings of work. Redmond plays Lincoln in Portland on Saturday.

BASEBALL Redmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 REDMOND — Parker Vernon and Dalton

Smith combined for a two-hit shutout to lead the Panthers in the Class 6A Special District 1 contest. Vernon pitched 5 1⁄3 innings before Smith took the mound for the rest of the game. Redmond (1-0 league, 12-8 overall) led 2-0 after four innings but scored three times in the fifth and four runs in the sixth to seal the victory. Vernon, J.D. Abbas and Brady Anderson all recorded two hits and an RBI to lead the Panthers at the plate. Redmond is off until Saturday, when the Panthers travel to Portland to play Lincoln again in a 6A SD1 doubleheader.

BOYS LACROSSE Sisters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Mountain View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SISTERS — The Outlaws rallied back from a 6-4 halftime deficit to improve to 31 in High Desert League play. Scott Nelson scored four goals, Jacob Akaka added three and William Saunders and Beau Fitzke each added two as Sisters outscored the Cougars 10-3 in the second half. The Outlaws (8-4 overall) host Marist in a nonleague game on Thursday.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Whatever Memphis coach Lionel Hollins said to his team at halftime worked very, very well.

The eighth-seeded Grizzlies outscored San Antonio 30-15 in the third quarter, turning a two-point halftime deficit into a 104-86 rout Monday night of the Spurs for a commanding 31 lead in their opening series.

“It was an incredible performance in the third and fourth quarter,” Hollins said. “We outscored them 30-15 and from the second quarter on, our defense just kept getting better and better.”

San Antonio led 50-48 at halftime, and Grizzlies guard O.J. Mayo said Hollins lit such a fire in his team with telling them exactly what he wanted them to do that they couldn’t wait to get onto the court.

“We’re not playing too well in so many words,” Mayo said.

“That’s the clean version. And we need to get it together, and play with a lot of energy and play like we’re a desperate team. All year he’s been preaching that the desperate team usually wins, and we didn’t look very desperate that first half.”

The Grizzlies already had made franchise history by winning their first playoff game in Game 1 and added their first playoff win at home. Now they are a game away from becoming the second eighth seed to knock off a No. 1 seed since the NBA expanded to a bestof-seven series and join the 2007 Golden State Warriors.

“I know a lot of people didn’t expect us to be here,” Grizzlies guard Mike Conley said. “It’s not like we were expected to be up 3-1 at this point. In our locker room, we’re just playing it game by game. We want to come into San Antonio

looking to end it there. We’re focused and want to be able to move onto the next round.”

Conley had 15 points and seven assists. Darrell Arthur added 14 points off the bench for Memphis. Tony Allen had 12, Randolph and Mayo 11 apiece.

These are the same Spurs that won 61 games in the regular season. They opened up very energetic, shooting well and even had their first halftime lead in this series.

They finished the game with their starters on the bench for the final 5:43 with Spurs coach Gregg Popovich trying to rest them for Game 5 on Wednesday night in San Antonio. Now the Spurs will be trying to avoid their second 41 opening series loss in three seasons.

“Obviously, the whole team is very frustrated,” Spurs guard Tony Parker said. “I mean we go through a whole season and get that first seed, and now we’re just one game away to be eliminated so it’s most important for us to focus on Game 5. That’s the most important thing to get Game 5 and try to get another chance to get a win here.”

Also on Monday: Nuggets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Thunder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 DENVER — Ty Lawson scored a career playoff-high 27 points and J.R. Smith and Danilo Gallinari hit clutch shots down the stretch to help Denver beat Oklahoma City as the Nuggets avoided a firstround sweep.

The series resumes Wednesday night with Game 5 in Oklahoma City.

The Nuggets still face a huge challenge in trying to become the first NBA team ever to overcome a 3-0 series deficit, but they finally found a formula for beating their nemesis.

PREP SCOREBOARD BASEBALL Monday’s results ——— CLASS 6A SPECIAL DISTRICT 1 ——— Lincoln 000 000 0 — 0 2 8 Redmond 010 134 x — 9 9 0 Czopek, Martinez (6) and Reid; Vernon, Smith (6) and Branham.

W — Vernon. L — Czopek.

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Hamann and Mingus; Robinett and Miller. W — Robinett. L — Hamann. 2B — Mountain View: C. Hollister 2. 3B — Mountain View: Robinett.

SOFTBALL Monday’s results ——— CLASS 6A SPECIAL DISTRICT 1 (Five innings) ——— Lincoln 010 02 — 3 5 0 Redmond 030 37 — 13 14 0 Muier, Lamson (2) and Ashton; Pesek and McCarthy. W — Pesek. L — Muier. 2B — Redmond: Friend, Callen. HR — Lincoln: Schaefer, Lamson; Redmond: Alyssa Nitschelm 2, McCarthy,

Aubrey Nitschelm.

GOLF Boys Monday’s results ——— TETHEROW CHALLENGE Tetherow Golf Club, Bend Par 72 Team scores — Central Catholic 322, Summit 325, Redmond 329, South Salem 335, Pendleton 342, Crook County 346, Hermiston 364, Bend 364, Marshfield 379, Madras 456 Medalists — Jared Lambert, Redmond, 76; Dylan Cramer, Summit, 76

SUMMIT (325) — Dylan Cramer 38-38— 76; Declan Watts 41-40—81; T.K. Wasserman 43-40— 83; Ryan Blackwell 4243— 85; Cole Ortega 40-48—88.

REDMOND (329) — Jared Lambert 36-40—76; Ben Moore 42-42— 84; Mason Rodby 42-42— 84; Tim Messner 42-43— 85; Riley Cron 46-41—87.

CROOK COUNTY (324) — Kurt Russell 43-40—83; Jared George 43-42— 85; Dillon Russell 47-42— 89; Ben McLane 4643—89; Mitch Scofield 50-46—96.

BEND (364) — Ryan Crownover 43-45— 88; Carter McGowan 47-42— 89; Jaired Rodmaker 43-48—91; Robbie Wilkins 46-50— 96; Chapin Pedersen 47-51—98.

MADRAS (456) — Nick Johnson 46-49— 95; Devon Thompson 64-52—116; Cyrus Connor 54-67— 121; Jason Guzman 60-64—124.

MOUNTAIN VIEW (inc.) — Trevor Curtis 47-57—104; Colton Bachman 60-61—121; Tyler Robertson 73-64— 137.

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San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker tries to regain control of the ball under Memphis Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph during the first half of Game 4 of Monday’s playoff game in Memphis.

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Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Teddy Purcell (16) battles with Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ben Lovejoy during Monday’s game.

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning followed Dwayne Roloson’s lead to remain alive in the NHL playoffs.

The 41-year-old goaltender, who says the key to thriving in the postseason is to have a short-term memory, stopped 27 shots Monday night to outplay Pittsburgh’s MarcAndre Fleury and beat the Penguins 4-2 to force a Game 7 in their first-round Eastern Conference series.

The deciding game is Wednesday night in Pittsburgh, where fifth-seeded Tampa Bay has already won twice this postseason, including an 8-2 Game 5 blowout that began its comeback from a 3-1 deficit in the series.

“We just played two Game 7s because that is the position we are in,” Lightning coach Guy Boucher said after his team avoided elimination for the second time in three days. “That fifth game was a do or die for us, and the sixth was a do or die.”

Steve Downie put the Lightning ahead for good, scoring just over a minute after Pittsburgh’s Jordan Staal gave the fourthseeded Penguins life with a goal that made

it 2-2 early in the third. Teddy Purcell, Sean Bergenheim and Ryan Malone also scored against Fleury, who faltered for the second straight game.

“It’s a seven-game series. They’re a good team,” Pittsburgh’s James Neal said. “We’ve played them hard all series long. It comes down to one now. Lay it out on the line ... do what we can, and come out with the win.”

Pulled after yielding four goals on 14 shots in Game 5, Fleury couldn’t protect an early lead and struggled again when Pittsburgh looked like it had regained momentum.

The Pittsburgh goalie was spectacular in Game 1, delivering an acrobatic 32-save performance that produced his fifth career postseason shutout. He’s struggled in the Penguins’ three losses and allowed the Lightning to rally from two-goal deficits in two games Pittsburgh went on to win.

Still, Fleury expects the Penguins to regroup and win Game 7.

“We know we can play,” Fleury said. “I’m still positive and think we can do it.”

Downie’s go-ahead goal came moments after Roloson rejected point-blank shots

by Maxime Talbot and Pascal Dupuis. The Tampa Bay goalie also was at his best in the second period, when the Lightning killed four penalties and Pittsburgh’s Chris Conner failed to score on a penalty shot that would have tied the score.

Malone beat Fleury, who had 17 saves, on a breakaway to make it 4-2 midway through the third.

Also on Monday: Sharks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Kings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 LOS ANGELES — Joe Thornton scored 2:22 into overtime to give San Jose a victory over Los Angeles and send the Sharks to a first-round series win.

Kyle Wellwood, Jason Demers and Dany Heatley also scored for the Sharks, who wrapped up the all-California series in six games.

Justin Williams, Ryan Smyth and rookie Trevor Lewis scored for the Kings, who lost in the opening round for the second straight year and have won just one playoff series since their run to the 1993 Stanley Cup finals with Wayne Gretzky.

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Blazers Co n tin u ed from D1 “Hyping the crowd, being vocal in the huddle. That’s what he’s been doing for us all year long. If he keeps playing like that, with energy, we’ll be OK.” The Mavs were fresh off blowing a 23-point lead over the final 14 minutes of Game 4. Instead of having the Trail Blazers on the brink of elimination, they’d given the No. 7 seed new hope of pulling off the upset. Carlisle called it a must-win, a nod to Dallas being 0-4 in Portland this season and to the club having lost eight straight playoff road games.

Between Chandler’s new role and a healthy use of a zone defense, the Mavs again found themselves up by double-digits early in the fourth quarter. Only this time they were able to protect it, forcing 10 straight misses and playing smart on offense. Although Dallas’ shooting touch was off — the Mavs missed their first 10 threepoint tries of the second half — they got to the foul line and won the rebounding battle.

Dallas not only outrebounded its taller foes 49-37, the Mavs grabbed a whopping 20 offensive rebounds. Chandler had 13, and swatted several more to guards near midcourt. His offensive boards were the most ever by a Dallas player in the playoffs and the most for anyone in the playoffs since Shaquille O’Neal had 14 in 1995.

“They played like they wanted it more than we did,” said Portland’s Brandon Roy, who went from scoring 24 points in Game 4 to just five in 26 minutes. “They played harder than we did. I thought they played a little tougher than in the first four games. They had more of a sense of urgency. Now it’s our turn to show that same sense of urgency.”

Nowitzki led Dallas with 25 points, 11 coming in the third quarter, when the Mavericks broke open a tight game with a 15-5 run. Still, everyone was waiting to see whether they could protect it this time.

Chandler made sure of it. He had seven rebounds in the final period, including one that resulted in a layup by J.J. Barea that put Dallas up by 17 and prompted the Blazers to call time out. As the home crowd stood and roared

Title XI Continued from D1 According to a New York Times review of public records from more than 20 colleges and universities, and an analysis of federal participation statistics from all 345 institutions in NCAA Division I — the highest level of college sports — many are padding women’s team rosters with underqualified, even unwitting, athletes. They are counting male practice players as women. And they are trimming the rosters of men’s teams.

Donna Shalala, the president of the University of Miami, said nothing about college sports surprised her.

“Those of us in the business know that universities have been end-running Title IX for a long time, and they do it until they get caught,” she said.

Each year, institutions must report their male and female participation numbers to the Department of Education. And even though the numbers would not be used in a formal investigation, many colleges manipulate them to avoid bringing about one.

Shrinking budgets also spur universities to use these tactics, said Jake Crouthamel, a former Syracuse athletic director.

“It’s easier to add more people on a roster than it is to start a new sport,” he said.

Yet football, the pride of many universities and a draw for alumni, rarely faces cuts. The average Division I football team went from 95 players 30 years ago to 111 players in 2009-10, or the equivalent of five women’s teams.

“Football is the elephant in the whole thing,” Crouthamel said.

“That’s the monster.”

Advocates for men’s teams say roster management hurts their cause as well, because colleges tend to eliminate men’s sports rather than increase women’s sports to reach parity. Officials have also cut the size of men’s teams, compromising their competitiveness.

“I think roster management is almost a cuss word,” said Tommy Bell, the athletic director at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.

He wants to restore a men’s track team, he said, but to do so, he must trim men’s spots elsewhere.

“I hate doing it,” he said.

According to the most current federal numbers, women make up

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Baseball • Adult baseball league tryouts slated for next week: Tryouts for the Deschutes National Adult Baseball Association are scheduled to be held on Sunday.

The tryouts will be conducted at Big Sky Park in northeast Bend, starting at noon. Deschutes NABA is a wood bat hardball league open to players age 18 and older. The league starts play June 8, and playoffs conclude Sept. 1.

For more information, contact league commissioner Michael McLain at 541-410-2265 or at mclain@bendbaseball.com, or go to www.bendbaseball.com.

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• Registration open for park district program: Registration is now available online for the Bend Park & Recreation District’s youth tackle football program, for boys and girls in grades four through six (2011-12 school year).

The program, whose season starts Aug. 15 and ends Oct. 23, focuses on skill development, participation, sportsmanship and teamwork. Teams will practice twice per week and play games on Sundays.

Fourth- and fifth-graders will play together in one division, and sixth-graders will play in another division along with fifthgraders who weigh more than 125 pounds. All players will be

provided with protective gear and a jersey.

Registration fee is $90 for park district residents, $110 otherwise. Registration deadline is June 3. To register, go to https:// register.bendparksandrec.org.

Rugby • Blues cruise to convincing win: A week after losing for the second time this season, the Bend Blues high school boys rugby team rebounded Saturday with a 48-10 victory over the West Linn Lions at Big Sky Park.

The Bend club took control of the match early, Blues coach K.C. Greenleaf said, and built a 26-0 lead before the Lions scored two tries late in the first half, cutting the margin to 26-10.

But the second half was all Blues, as they outscored the Lions 22-0 after the intermission.

Trent Russel and Colton Nye led the way for the Bend side with two tries apiece, while Willy Abt and Dre Golden added one try each. Manny Preto Prebelo chipped in three conversions, and Conner Crossley added one conversion.

The Blues are now 4-2 for the season and sit in third place in the Rugby Oregon Division I standings. For its final home game of the regular season, the squad is scheduled to play the Sharks of Vancouver Rugby Club at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bend’s Hal Puddy Field.

— Bulletin staff reports

Dallas Mavericks center Tyson Chandler (6) battles for the ball against Portland Trail Blazers small forward Gerald Wallace (3) during the second half of Game 5 of Monday’s playoff game in Dallas. in approval, Chandler walked to the bench with a huge smile, nodding his head and rocking his shoulders.

“Coming out tonight, I knew my team would need me,” he said.

“After a bad loss, a lot of times it can carry over. Tonight, I wanted to bring energy and hope my teammates would feed off it, and they did.”

Chandler was tenacious from

the start, putting up seven points and seven rebounds in nine minutes. His teammates weren’t as crisp, but they eventually followed his lead.

“At the beginning of the game, both teams were so jacked, neither team could even run a play,” Carlisle said. “Hey, when guys are playing that hard, it’s just playing basketball and making plays. Tyson was the recpient of some stuff

and it was great.”

History is certainly on Dallas’ side to pull out the series. Of the previous 157 series tied at 2, the Game 5 winner has come out on top 83 percent of the time. Then again, it could easily still go to a seventh game. The home team has won every game this series.

“Let’s hope that it stays that way for us,” Portland coach Nate McMillan said.

53 percent of students at Division I institutions yet only 46 percent of all athletes. And that discrepancy does not take into account all the tactics used to boost the numbers artificially.

Roster management came under scrutiny last year when a federal judge ruled that Quinnipiac University in Connecticut had violated Title IX by engaging in several questionable practices, including requiring that women’s cross-country runners join the indoor and outdoor track teams so they could be counted three times.

The judge found earlier that Quinnipiac had been padding women’s rosters by counting players, then cutting them a few weeks later.

Quinnipiac is appealing.

Russlynn Ali, the assistant education secretary who heads the Office for Civil Rights, which is charged with enforcing Title IX, said the Quinnipiac case was “a check on what some were doing, either knowingly or unwittingly.”

Nancy Hogshead-Makar, an Olympic swimmer and the senior director of advocacy at the Women’s Sports Foundation, said: “The fraud is disheartening.

Intercollegiate athletics are rare educational opportunities, subsidized with our tax dollars, which deliver superior lifelong returns on investment. When an athletic department engineers itself to produce only the appearance of fairness, they flout the law and cheat women.”

were too low.

But university officials tried anyway. A primary strategy was to expand the women’s running teams. Female runners can be a bonanza because a single athlete can be counted up to three times, as a member of the cross-country team and the indoor and outdoor track teams.

In 2002, 21 South Florida women competed in cross-country. By 2008, the number had grown to 75 — more than quadruple the size of an average Division I crosscountry team. In 2009-10, South Florida reported 71 women on its cross-country team, but race results show that only 28 competed in at least one race.

Ali, the assistant education secretary, said that it was fair to count athletes multiple times, but that “if they didn’t know they were on the team, in all likelihood we would determine that not to be a meaningful participation opportunity.”

After being contacted by The Times, South Florida officials said they would end their practice of listing on team rosters athletes who did not participate. But Bill McGillis, the executive associate athletic director, defended providing “opportunities to women in cross-country in large numbers.”

South Florida is not the only university to open its rosters to women, no matter their skill level.

Florida State and Marshall encourage their women’s coaches to accept many walk-ons — athletes who were not recruited — while often prohibiting or limiting the same practice on men’s teams.

The Office for Civil Rights does not require athletes to compete to be counted. Still, some have questioned why elite Division I programs are opening rosters to underqualified athletes.

Kristen Galles, a lawyer who represents athletes in Title IX lawsuits, said colleges that were committed to gender equity “are going to add new women’s teams, not tell your softball coach to have 30 softball players.”

ing and practice with women.

Texas A&M, which just won the women’s Division I basketball championship, reported 32 players in the 2009-10 academic year, although 14 were men. Cornell included 19 men among the women’s fencing, volleyball and basketball teams in the 2009-10 numbers reported to Bergeron’s office. Yet Cornell counted the five female coxswains for the men’s rowing team as female athletes.

Cornell and Texas A&M officials said they were simply following the rules, odd as they are.

“We count who we’re supposed to count,” said J. Andrew Noel Jr., Cornell’s athletic director.

Ali said that universities investigated by her office would never get away with counting men as women but acknowledged that a formal inquiry is rare.

“I would hope, as someone who cares about these issues, that that data is accurate and that institu-

One equals three?

The roots of South Florida’s enormous women’s cross-country team can be traced to 1997, when the university added football in a bid to raise its profile.

Universities must demonstrate compliance with Title IX in at least one of three ways: by showing that the number of female athletes is in proportion to overall female enrollment, by demonstrating a history of expanding opportunities for women, or by proving they are meeting the athletic interests and abilities of their female students.

After South Florida added more than 100 football players, it was out of balance under the first test.

Lamar Daniel, a gender-equity consultant, told the university in 2002 that it failed the other two as well. He recommended adding a women’s swimming team and warned trying to comply with the proportionality option would be difficult because South Florida’s female participation numbers

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Guys and Gals — Kelly D’s Sports Bar; Ray Smith, 216/605; Michelle Smith, 247/739.

Early Risers — Golden Girls; Sue Robbins, 196/537.

tions would not try and game it,” she said.

Numbers up Double- and triple-counting women has allowed at least four dozen Division I universities to mask that they have fewer female athletes.

Oklahoma State reported 35 more female participants in the 2009-10 academic year than in 2003-04, although the number of women actually competing decreased by 12. The number of male athletes increased by 22 during that period. Amy Weeks, an associate athletic director, attributed the decrease in female athletes to natural fluctuation.

The University of California, Irvine, is among at least five California universities that sponsor women’s indoor track teams despite a mild climate and a dearth of indoor facilities. Those universities do not offer men’s indoor

Rejects — Gutter Dusters; George Turner, 248/612; Sue Snedden, 211/513.

Lava Lanes Classic — You and Me; Jayme Dahlke, 268/777; Joyce Trinque, 194/495.

Wednesday Inc — Civil War; Monte Marler, 257/742; Will Piland, 279/786.

Tea Timers — Pick Up Gals; Sandy Weaver, 213/543.

Afternoon Delight — did not bowl.

Latecomers — CO Trophies, Shannon Grimes, 179/510.

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Free Breathers — He’s and She; John Scott, 268/630; Shirley King, 178/504.

T.G.I.F. — Fox Billiards; Bret Borovec, 257/695; Deanna Olsen, 224/633.

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Last year, an investigation by the Office for Civil Rights concluded that Irvine was not complying with Title IX because its indoor track team was essentially a ruse. It competed in just one meet per year and several women on the roster “vigorously stated” that they were not on the team.

Jessie Rogers, 20, filed the complaint after her Irvine swimming team was cut in 2009.

“All I wanted was to get that women’s swimming team back,” she said.

That did not happen. Irvine reached an agreement with the Office for Civil Rights to expand its indoor track schedule and to increase its roster.

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Horseshoes Continued from D1 The Bend Horseshoe Club members gather at Juniper Park every Thursday during the season from 4 to 6 p.m. to hone their pitching skills for when they travel to competitions in Portland, Rogue River, Hermiston, Corvallis and other locations around the state. As with this weekend’s Bend tournaments, many of the contests are scheduled on back-toback days so that players can compete twice for the price of one drive.

“They kind of like to make it worth their while, drive all the way up here, and then they get to spend the night and pitch two days,” Bill Graham Jr. says of his fellow horseshoe pitchers.

But participating in tournaments is not a requirement for membership in the Bend Horseshoe Club. Graham, 53, and the club’s tournament director, says that new club members are always welcome — about 12 to 15 pitchers currently participate — and newbies can even borrow horseshoes to throw from club veterans until they decide about purchasing their own sets. In fact, the only thing prospective pitchers need to do to join the club is show up to practice.

And if pitchers want to play on their own or school Grandpa at the family reunion, the 14 pits at Juniper Park are available for public use. Reservations can be made through the Bend Park &

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Dave King, 71, throws a horseshoe while practicing with Bob Bender, 70, Thursday afternoon at the Juniper Park horseshoe pits in Bend.

Recreation District for $41 to guarantee use of the space, but reservations generally are not needed.

As for the Bend Horseshoe Club, membership is free, though if pitchers want to

compete in OHPA-sanctioned tournaments, the entry fee is $15 per tournament, and pitchers must also pay annual national/state membership dues of up to $32.50.

“It depends on what you want out of the sport,” Graham says. “If you want just a good time, we’ve got it. If you’re really serious and want to go to world tournaments, then we’ve got that too.”

Graham, for example, is a multipletime Oregon state champion, comes from a horseshoe-throwing family and has been pitching seriously for about two decades.

The Donna Graham Open, which is scheduled to begin at approximately 9 a.m. Saturday, is named after his mother, who also played. Bill Graham Sr. was inducted into the OHPA Hall of Fame in 1997, and Graham Jr. says his father placed 16th in the world in the mid-1980s.

Fundamentally, the game of horseshoes is a relatively simple one. Pitchers take turns tossing steel horseshoes at inch-thick metal stakes, which are driven into the ground 40 feet apart and whose tops are no more than 15 inches high. The pits surrounding the stakes can be made of surfaces such as clay, loam, sand or dirt.

With an underhand motion, each pitcher tosses two horseshoes per inning. “Ringers” — scored when the curved horseshoe encircles the stake — are worth three points each, and shoes

thrown within six inches of the stake (measured with calipers) are worth one point each. A “leaner” — a shoe that comes to rest leaning against the stake — is worth one point.

But a good pitch is no guarantee of points. OHPA plays under cancellation rules, in which pitches worth the same number of points tossed by each player cancel each other out. (So, for example, if each player throws one ringer in an inning, those throws cancel each other out and neither player receives those points.)

Usually, the first pitcher to 40 points win the game. But, as Graham explains, in a tournament with a high number of players, winners sometimes are declared based on points accumulated in a designated number of pitches.

In competitive settings, women, boys under age 18 and pitchers age 70 and older toss from a 30-foot foul line, while men in the open category (ages 18 to 69) pitch from a 40-foot foul line. Players are also divided into classes, if tournament field numbers allow, based on their ringer percentage — the percent of ringers they pitch in a certain number of attempts. Payouts are awarded in each class at tournaments, giving everyone the chance to win back their entry fees (or more).

One of the most appealing aspects of the sport is that it offers opportunities for pitchers of all ages and abilities.

“I liked horseshoes,” says Jim Campbell, 75, who is in his third year with

the Bend Horseshoe Club. “I mean, I always did. It was fun. Anybody can do it. Young or old — it doesn’t matter how old you are as long as you can throw the thing for 40 feet or 30 feet.”

Dave King, another club member, played horseshoes casually sometimes in his younger years but did not take it up seriously until six or seven years ago.

“It’s a good sport, I think, for seniors,” the 71-year-old Bend resident says. “It doesn’t demand the energy that some other sports do.”

King says he has become more skilled over the years since he first started playing.

“I have improved greatly from the time that I started,” he insists. “I used to have a 25-percent ringer percentage, and I’m up to 56 (percent).”

King attributes his improvement partly to moving to the 30-foot line and partly to concentration and learning how to flip the shoe — which can weigh up to 21⁄2 pounds — properly to get it onto the stake.

All it takes, the Bend Horseshoe Club members say, is a little practice.

“Just come out and start pitching,” Campbell says. “That’s all you can do.

If you come on Thursday nights, there’s always somebody here to help you if you need any pointers.”

Amanda Miles can be reached at 541383-0393 or at amiles@bendbulletin. com.

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PRIVATE LESSONS: With Ryan Jordan, a graduate of Bend High School and a former Bend Elk who played at Lane Community College and the University of La Verne; specifically for catching and hitting, but also for all positions; available after 3 p.m. on weekdays, open scheduling on weekends; at the Bend Fieldhouse or an agreed upon location; $30 per half hour or $55 per hour; discounts for multiple players in a single session, referrals or booking multiple sessions; cash only; 541-788-2722; rjordan@uoregon.edu.

BASKETBALL THREE-ON-THREE LEAGUE: For boys in grades three through eight who plan to attend Summit High School; Mondays and Wednesdays through May 25; 6-8 p.m.; will also include work in ballhandling, shooting and one-on-one moves: $135 through April 15, $150 otherwise (cost can be prorated based on availability for attendance); 541322-3347; daniel.munson@bend.k12.or.us.

BIKING MOUNTAIN AND ROAD BIKE RIDES: Join Trinity Bikes in Redmond Mondays or Wednesdays for evening rides; road bike ride from shop on Mondays and mountain bike ride at Peterson Ridge in Sisters or Phil’s Trail complex in Bend on Wednesdays; all riding levels welcome; bring own bike or rent from the shop; Trinity Bikes; 541923-5650; www.trinitybikes.com.

BEND ENDURANCE ACADEMY CYCLING PROGRAMS: Include options in youth development, junior teams, U23/collegiate teams, after-school programs; camps, races and shuttles; age 6 and older; mountain biking, road cycling, freeride mountain biking and cyclocross; info@bendenduranceacdemy. org; www.bendenduranceacdemy.org.

MT. BACHELOR SPORTS EDUCATION FOUNDATION CYCLING PROGRAM: Classes in both mountain and road biking are offered starting end of April through August; 541-3880002; mbsef@mbsef.org, www.mbsef.org.

WEEKLY RIDE: Saturdays, noon; weekly group road rides starting from Nancy P’s Baking Co., 1054 Milwaukee Ave. in Bend; Glen Bates, glenbates@bendcable.com, 541-382-4675.

MISCELLANEOUS FUN & FIT FRIENDS: For girls ages 11-14; Tuesdays through Fridays, noon-4p.m.; three sessions: June 21-July 1, July 12-22, August 2-12; each day starts with brown bag lunch and discussion of how to make good nutritional choices; afternoon activities including swimming, Zumba, Nia, yoga and more; $50 for district residents, $68 otherwise; www.bendparksandrec.org; 541-389-7665.

GUYS GET FIT: For middle school boys, ages 11-14; Tuesdays through Fridays, noon-4 p.m.; two sessions: July 12-15, July 26-29; each day starts with a brown bag lunch and discussion of how to make good nutritional choices; afternoon activities include weight training, sports conditioning, core training and outdoor boot camp; $25 for district residents; $34 otherwise; www. bendparksandrec.org; 541-389-7665.

INCH BY INCH HEALTHY LIFESTYLE PROGRAM KICKOFF: Today, at 5:30 p.m., to learn about spring session; eightweek program that includes goal setting; personal nutrition, counseling and fitness assessment; and exercise plan development; $240 for course, includes facility pass; at Juniper Swim & Fitness, 800 N.E. 6th St., Bend; Monica McClain-Smith; 541-3897665; monica@bendparksandrec.org.

BOWL FOR KIDS’ SAKE: Saturday, May 14,

10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sun Mountain Fun Center in north Bend; annual fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon; registration required; agow@bbbsco. org; 541-312-6047; www.bbbsco.org.

LULULEMON BOOT CAMP: Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.; 550 N.W. Franklin Ave., Bend; focuses on sport-specific drills, cardiovascular training and core strength exercises; for all ability levels; free; bring water bottle and sweat towel; Megan Hill; 541-480-5039 or Salt Fit on Facebook.

SPRING FENCING: For fitness and competition; for youths 10 and older, and adults; Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 5:30-7 p.m.; at High Desert Fencing in Bend; Randall, 541-389-4547; Jeff, 541-419-7087.

BABY BOOTCAMP: Wednesdays at 10 a.m. at Fleet Feet Sports Bend, 1320 N.W. Galveston Ave; bridget.cook@babybootcamp.com.

FITNESS 101: Classes in yoga, Pilates, cardio, weight training and indoor cycling at Juniper Swim & Fitness Center in Bend; four-week series of progressive classes that begins with the basics and helps build fitness and confidence to participate in group exercise classes; program fee includes facility pass and access to fitness classes; $55 for district residents, $74 otherwise; 541-389-7665.

TUMBLING/BEGINNING GYMNASTICS: Ages 5-11; Mondays and Wednesdays, May 2-25; 6:45-7:30 p.m.; basic exercises such as rolls, cartwheels, handstands and low balance beam; wear comfortable clothes and hair pulled back; RAPRD Activity Center; $35; 541-548-7275; www.raprd.org.

PARENT AND ME TUMBLING: Ages 24; Thursdays, May 5-26; introduction to fundamental tumbling skills with parental assistance; 11-11:30 a.m.; $22; at the RAPRD Activity Center in Redmond; 541-548-7275; www.raprd.org.

ARCHERY FOR YOUTH: Ages 8-13; includes proper safety, bow handling and archery etiquette; Thursdays, May 526; 5:30-7 p.m.; equipment provided; at CentWise, 533 S.W. 5th St., Redmond; $25; 541-548-7275; www.raprd.org.

PROJECT HEALING WATERS: Fly-fishing and fly-tying program for disabled active military service personnel and veterans; meetings held the second Wednesday of each month; 6 p.m.; Orvis Company Store; 320 S.W. Powerhouse Drive, Bend; outings begin in the spring; Brad at 541-536-5799; bdemery1@aol.com.

ADULT OPEN PLAY ROLLER HOCKEY: Sundays, 6:30-8 p.m.; $5; Cascade Indoor Sports, Bend; www. cascadeindoorsports.com; 541-330-1183.

ACROVISION TAEKWONDO: For those age 6 and up; Tuesdays and Thursdays, May 3-26; 7-8 p.m. at the RAPRD Activity Center in Redmond; students will train in a complete martial arts system; uniforms are required and will be available for purchase; $69; 541-548-7275 or www.raprd.org.

DIANE’S RIDING CENTER: For ages 7-14; learn proper skills and care for horse, and how to ride; Saturdays, May 7-28, 1-2 p.m. at Diane’s Riding Center in Tumalo; $100; 541-548-7275 or www.raprd.org.

TRAIL RIDES WITH DIANE’S RIDING CENTER: Saturday, May 28; 3-4:30 p.m.; age 7 and older; at Diane’s Riding Center in Tumalo; $45; 541-548-7275 or raprd.org.

FENCING: High Desert Fencing in Bend welcomes newcomers and former fencers; Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m.; free first session; Randall at 541-389-4547 or Jeff at 541-419-7087.

OPEN ROLLER SKATING: For all ages and ability levels; $5 per skater (includes skate rental), children under 5 are free; Tuesdays, 12:30-3:30 p.m.; Wednesdays, 1-4 p.m.; Fridays, 2-5 p.m. and 6-9 p.m.; Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m.; Sundays, 1-4 p.m.

541-330-1183; callie@cascadeindoorsoccer. com; www.cascadeindoorsports.com.

COWBOY ACTION SHOOTING: Pistols, rifles, shotguns; hosted by Horse Ridge Pistoleros at Central Oregon Shooting Sports Association, U.S. Highway 20 at milepost 24; on the first and third Sundays of each month at 10 a.m.; 541-923-3000 or www.hrp-sass.com.

SHOOTERS CLINIC: Learn about and fire the six-shooters, lever action rifles and shotguns of Cowboy Action Shooting; Saturday, May 14, 1:30-4:40 p.m.; guns and ammo provided; at the Central Oregon Shooting Sports Association range on U.S. Highway 20, milepost 24; free; 541-385-6021; www.hrp-sass.com.

BEND TABLE TENNIS CLUB: Evening play every

Monday; 6-9 p.m. (setup a half hour before); beginner classes available, cost is $60; at Boys & Girls Club of Bend, 500 N.W. Wall St.; drop-in fee, $5 for adults, $3 for youths and seniors; Jeff at 541-480-2834; Don at 541-318-0890; Sean at 267-614-6477; bendtabletennis@ yahoo.com; www.bendtabletennis.com.

AMERICAN POOLPLAYERS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE: Nine-ball play Monday and Wednesday nights; eight-ball on Thursdays; 7 p.m.; amateurs of all ability levels encouraged; Randee Lee at rlee973@ comcast.net or Marshall Fox at Fox’s Billiard Lounge, 937 N.W. Newport Ave., 541-647-1363; www.foxsbilliards.com.

PRACTICE WITH LAVA CITY ROLLER DOLLS ALL-FEMALE ROLLER DERBY TEAM: 3-5 p.m. on Sundays and 8-10 p.m. on Tuesdays; Central Oregon Indoor Sports Center, corner of Empire Avenue and High Desert Lane, Bend; $6 per session, $40 per month; deemoralizer@ lavacityrollerdolls.com, 541-306-7364.

RENEGADE ROLLER DERBY PRACTICES: For men and women of all skill levels; Midtown Ballroom, 51 N.W. Greenwood, Bend; 7 p.m., Sundays; first practice is free, $7 thereafter; skates available for beginners; nicholecp@hotmail.com or 415-336-0142.; www.renegadesor.com.

URBAN GPS ECO-CHALLENGE: Trips on paths and trails along Deschutes River in Bend through Old Mill District shops and Farewell Bend Park daily at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; like a scavenger hunt with clues and checkpoints; $65, includes guide, GPS and instruction, water, materials; 541-389-8359, 800-962-2862; www.wanderlusttours.com.

MULTISPORT UP THE CROOKED RIVER DUATHLON: Saturday, May 14; 10 a.m.; 5K run-40K bike-5K run or 2-mile walk-10-mile bike-2-mile walk; $40-$80; individuals and teams; start/finish at Pioneer Park in Prineville; 541-416-0455; normsxtreme@bendbroadband.com; www. normsxtremefitness.com/duathalon.htm.

POLE PEDAL PADDLE: Saturday, May 21; alpine and cross-country skiing, cycling, running and paddling from Mount Bachelor to Bend; individual, pair and team entries; $80-$180; www.pppbend.com.

KIDS MINI POLE PEDAL PADDLE: Sunday, May 22; teams of six; for kids in grades one through six; includes running, cycling, obstacle course and river rafting; $132 per team; entry deadline May 17; www.mbsef.org/events/ppp_mini PACIFIC CREST: Friday, June 24-Sunday, June 28; Sunriver; races include long-course triathlon, endurance duathlon, Olympic triathlon and duathlon; sprint triathlon and duathlon; marathon, half-marathon, 5K and 10K runs/walks, Kids Splash Pedal-n-Dash triathlon and kids dash; $12-$195; www.racecenter.com/pacificcrest.

OYSTER OFF ROAD ADVENTURE RACE: Saturday, June 25; Bend; teams of two to four individuals; full race, 8 a.m.; half race 10 a.m.; includes running and mountain biking; age 12 and older; $60-$70 per person; oysterracingseries.com/Bend.php.

PADDLING SPRING PADDLE FEST: Saturday and Sunday; free two-hour basic skills kayak clinics April 30, starting at 10 a.m.; at Tumalo Creek Kayak & Canoe, 805 S.W. Industrial Way, Suite 6, Bend; demos of paddleboards, kayaks and canoes May 1; at Riverbend Park, Bend; 541-317-9407; info@tumalocreek.com.

KAYAKING: For all ages; weekly classes and open pool; equipment provided to those who preregister, first come, first served otherwise; Sundays, 4-6 p.m., Cascade Swim Center, Redmond; $3; 541-548-7275; www.raprd.org.

KAYAK ROLL SESSIONS: At Juniper Swim & Fitness Center, Bend; Sundays through the end of May; indoor pool available Sundays, 4:15–6 p.m.; space is limited to 12 boats; registration is available beginning the Monday before each roll session at https://register.bendparksandrec.org; boats must be clean and paddles padded and taped to prevent damage to the pool; no instruction is provided; $8-$10 per boat.

RUNNING BAREFOOT RUNNING CLINIC: Today and Thursday; 6 p.m. both days; free; includes classroom session on techniques video analysis, discussion of minimalist footwear and an outdoor practice session; first session at Rebound Physical Therapy, second session at Sawyer Park; reserve spot by sending e-mail to heather@fleetfeetbend.com.

LITTLE FOOT RUNNING GROUP: Mondays

and Wednesdays through May 25; 4:30-5:30 p.m.; at Pine Nursery Park in Bend; for children in grades one through five (kindergartners welcome with parent); $10, includes membership in Central Oregon Running Klub (CORK), T-shirt and water bottle; promotes fitness, fun and the joy of running; all ability levels welcome; littlefootcork-youth.blogspot. com; cork.youth.running@gmail.com.

COCC 6 MILE RELAY: Thursday, May 5; 5:30 p.m.; COCC track; day of race registration 4:30-5:15 p.m.; teams of two, three or four participants alternate every quarter-mile; entry forms available at local running stores and at COCC club sports office; $5 per person; Bill Douglass; bdouglass@cocc.edu.

COCC JUNGLE RUN/WALK: Thursday, May 12; 5:30 p.m.; at the COCC track; 4-mile run or 2-mile run/walk; course includes single track trails, mud bogs, several steep ascents and descents and numerous log crossings; entry forms available at local running stores and at COCC club sports office; $5; Bill Douglass; bdouglass@cocc.edu.

16TH ANNUAL STORM THE STAIRS RUN/ WALK: Thursday, May 26; 5:30 p.m.; starts at COCC track; day of race registration at COCC track, 4:30-5:15 p.m.; 2-mile course takes entrants through campus and over several hundred steps; entry forms available at local running stores and at COCC club sports office; $5; Bill Douglass, bdouglass@cocc.edu.

RYSA 5K RUN/WALK: Saturday; 10 a.m.; supports Redmond Youth Soccer Association; $10-$20, children 12 and under participate for free; http://redmondsoccer.org/page/rysa-funrunwalk-canyon; www.footzonebend.com.

CROOK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL KEEP ON TRACK FUND RUN: Saturday; 10K, 5K and 2K; 10:30 a.m. (registration, 9 a.m.); Ward Rhoden Stadium, Prineville; $10-$20; also lunch, auction; 541-4169180; ernie.brooks@crookcounty.k12.or.us.

SALMON RUN: Saturday, May 7; 10K and 5K runs/walks and kids run; 9 a.m.; Riverbend Park, Bend; $5-$25; 541-3856908, ext. 10; envirocenter.org.

TRIUMPH FOR AVREY 5K RUN/WALK: Saturday, May 7; 10 a.m.; Sam Johnson Park, Redmond; $25; proceeds will benefit Avrey Walker, who is battling leukemia; 541350-5547; avrey@triumphfit.com; triumphfit. com/Triumph_for_Avery_5K.html.

LA PINE HIGH SCHOOL CONGRATS GRADS RUN: Sunday, May 8; fundraiser for LPHS grad-night party; 5K run/walk; $20-$25; registration forms located at Sabai Wellness Center and Anytime Fitness in La Pine; Jennifer; 541-610-6355.

HAPPY GIRLS HALF: Saturday, May 29; Bend; includes half-marathon and 5K; 9 a.m.; Happy Little Girls Run (May 28, ages 3-10); $20-$90, depending on race distance; www.happygirlsrun.com.

THREE SISTERS MARATHON: Saturday, June 4; starts and finishes at Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond; 7 a.m.; $75-$80; event also includes five person-marathon relay ($225--$275) and 5K ($25-$30); www.threesistersmarathon.com.

HEAVEN CAN WAIT 5K RUN/WALK: Sunday, June 5; 9 a.m.; Drake Park, Bend; fundraiser for Sara’s Project; $20-$40; T-shirts, $10; 541-706-7743; www.heavencanwait.org.

PRINEVILLE HOTSHOT MEMORIAL RUN: Saturday, June 11; 8K and 5K runs/walks and kids 1K fun run; 8:30 a.m.; proceeds benefit Wildland Firefighter Foundation; starts at Ochoco Creek Park; $12-$23; www. time2race.com; www.runningwildfire.org.

DIRTY HALF: Sunday, June 12; 8 a.m.; start and finish at Breedlove Guitars, 2843 N.W. Lolo Drive, Bend; USATF national championship for trail half-marathon; $30-$50; 541-3173568; superdave@footzonebend.com; www. footzonebend.com; www.time2race.com.

DRY CANYON RUN: Saturday, June 18; 9 a.m.; 10K and 5K runs/walks; American Legion Park, Redmond; $20-$25; scott. brown@redmond.k12.or.us; www. drycanyonrun.com; www.time2race.com.

CHARLIE’S CHALLENGE 15K: Sunday, June 19, 9:30 a.m.; starts and finishes at Sisters High School; single track and dirt roads; sistersmultisport.com.

REDMOND OREGON RUNNING KLUB: 4to-8-mile weekly run starting at 8 a.m.; runners of all ages and abilities welcome; follow “Redmond Oregon Running Klub” on Facebook for weekly meeting place or e-mail Dan Edwards; rundanorun1985@gmail.com.

FOOTZONE WOMEN’S RUNNING GROUP: Sundays at 9 a.m.; distances and locations vary; paces between seven and 11 minutes per mile; free; no registration necessary; Jenny; 541-314-3568; jenny@footzonebend.com.

GOOD FORM CLINIC: Tuesdays and Saturdays; learn the basics of good running form and what it can do to improve efficiency, reduce injury and make you

faster; at FootZone of Bend, 845 N.W. Wall St.; RSVP; free; 541-317-3568; shawn@ footzonebend.com; footzonebend.com.

LEARN TO RUN WORKSHOPS: Program for Heaven Can Wait 5K run/walk starts Wednesday; LTR Redmond starts Tuesday, May 3, practices held at 6 p.m. at American Legion Park; $50-$55; FootZone of Bend, 845 N.W. Wall St.; 541-317-3568; info@ learntorunfun.com; shawn@footzone. com; www.footzonebend.com.

PERFORMANCE RUNNING GROUP: 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at FootZone of Bend, 845 N.W. Wall St.; local running standout Max King leads workout; mking@reboundspl.com.

FOOTZONE NOON RUNS: Noon on Wednesdays at FootZone of Bend, 845 N.W. Wall St.; run up to 7-mile loop with shorter options; free; 541-317-3568.

WEEKLY RUNS: 6 p.m. on Wednesdays, at Fleet Feet Sports Bend, 1320 N.W. Galveston Ave.; 3 to 5 miles; two groups, different paces; 541-389-1601.

YOGA FOR RUNNERS: Wednesdays at 7 p.m.; at Fleet Feet Sports Bend, 1320 N.W. Galveston Ave.; $5 per session or $50 for 12 sessions; focuses on strengthening and lengthening muscles and preventing running injuries; 541-389-1601.

FUNCTIONAL FITNESS WORKOUT FOR RUNNERS: Thursdays starting at 6 p.m. at FootZone of Bend, 845 N.W. Wall St.; personal trainer Kyle Will will help participants strengthen muscle groups to help avoid common injuries; $5; 541-330-0985.

RUNS WITH CENTRAL OREGON RUNNING KLUB (CORK): 8 a.m. on Saturdays at Drake Park in Bend; runs of various lengths; free; runsmts@gmail.com.

SNOW SPORTS MAY DAY RACE: Friday-Sunday; at Mt. Bachelor ski area; for children 7-14; 541-3880002; mbsef@mbsef.org; www.mbsef.org.

SNOWSHOE TOURS: With Silver Striders; three guided tours per week geared toward those 55 and older; easy, intermediate and advanced trips available; locations include Deschutes, Ochoco, and Willamette national forests; $15 for first-time snowshoers; $20 otherwise; tours include nature talk; register at least two days in advance; 541-383-9077; strideon@ silverstriders.com; www.silverstriders.com.

SOCCER MEN’S SOCCER LEAGUE: Registration now available for Cascade Area Soccer Association men’s competitive outdoor league; season lasts from mid-April until early October; Joe Oberto; 541322-9686; joberto@bendcable.com.

OREGON RUSH U-10-U14 TRYOUTS: For 20112012 competitive soccer teams; May 9-12; Eagle Crest Resort soccer fields, Redmond; for times and dates for age groups and to register for tryouts online, go to www.oregonrush. com or call Eli Ulvi at 907-748-5075.

OREGON RUSH BRAZILIAN SOCCER CAMP: July 11-15, 2011; for boys and girls ages 6-15; Big Sky Park, Bend; $155, includes free ball and T-shirt; www.oregonrush.com.

SOCCER OPEN PLAY (ADULT): Age 14 and older; no cleats, but shinguards required; $7; Friday nights; coed 7-8:30 p.m., men 8:30-10 p.m.; Cascade Indoor Soccer, Bend; 541-330-1183; callie@cascadeindoorsoccer. com; www.cascadeindoorsports.com.

SWIMMING WATERBABIES: Basic water skills for infants and toddlers; ages 6 months through 3 years; games and challenges; Tuesdays and Thursdays, May 3-26; 6-6:30 p.m.; at Cascade Swim Center, Redmond; $28.50; 541-548-7275; www.raprd.org.

AQUA KIDS SWIM LESSONS: Ages 3-11; variety of days and times; next session begins Monday; at Cascade Swim Center, Redmond; 541-548-7275; www.raprd.org.

COSMIC SWIM: For middle school students only (student ID required); Saturday and Saturday, May 14, 8-10 p.m.; Cascade Swim Center, Redmond; $2.50; 541-548-7275; www.raprd.org.

REDMOND AREA PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT FAMILY SWIM NIGHT: 7:25 to 8:25 p.m., Tuesdays, Cascade Swim Center, Redmond; adult must accompany anyone under age 18; $10 per family, $3 per adult, $2 per child; RAPRD, 541-548-7275, www.raprd.org.

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SPOTLIGHT Wine tasting event to benefit area Humane Society JW Events & Consulting and the Humane Society of Central Oregon are hosting a wine tasting event VINO! Swirl.Sip.Savor from 5 to 7 p.m. May 16 at the Century Center in Bend to benefit the Humane Society of Central Oregon.

The event includes live music, samples of wines from the Columbia, Snake River and Walla Walla valley regions and the chance to talk to the winemakers.

Tickets are $30 and include wine tasting and hors d’oeuvres provided by Barking Squirrel.

The Century Center is at 70 S.W. Century Drive, Bend.

To purchase tickets and see a list of participating wineries visit http://vinobend.event brite.com. Members of the local wine industry can call 208-8661878 for more information on the separate tasting for trade members.

A variety of Kenny Rogers lookalikes are on the website www.menwholooklikekennyrogers.com, a popular website Jaimie Muehlhausen created in 2000.

Muehlhausen designed the cover of Tony Hawk’s 2010 book, “How Did I Get Here? The Ascent of an Unlikely CEO.”

Service planned to commemorate those killed in Holocaust Holocaust survivors Les and Eva Aigner will tell their stories Sunday at a remembrance event in Bend.

The Temple Beth Tikvah and Shalom Bayit Synagogue will jointly host the program to commemorate the death of approximately 6 million Jews during World War II. The service is free and open to the public.

At 15, Les Aigner was taken from his home in Hungary to Auschwitz concentration camp, and then to several other camps.

He was freed by American forces as they moved through Germany. Most of his relatives were killed in the Holocaust.

Eva Aigner at age 7 was taken from her home to the ghetto in Budapest, Hungary. Many of her relatives were also killed.

The pair married in Hungary after the war and moved to the U.S. The service will feature a candle lighting, music and poem reading. It will take place at the First United Methodist Church, 680 N.W. Bond St., in Bend, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Contact: tlrsboard@yahoo .com or 541-383-1709.

Inspired by his ex-wife’s family, Muehlhausen began collecting redneck witticisms, eventually compiling them into a website and book, “Redneck Words of Wisdom.”

Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program is designed to teach women construction skills while making a difference by building homes and communities. The program’s events have helped to construct more than 1,800 houses.

On May 6, Newberry Habitat for Humanity will participate in Women Build by working on a home in La Pine’s Terry Park subdivision.

Volunteers of all skill levels are welcome; skilled volunteers will be on hand to guide the work, which will run from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The deadline to register is May 2 at 541-593-5005 or amandag@ newberryhabitat.org.

Further information: www. newberryhabitat.org.

A day to honor seniors set in Warm Springs The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs is hosting the 21st annual Honor Seniors Day on May 13.

Registration for the free event begins at 8 a.m.

The day will include games, entertainment and other activities, including a lunch buffet and a salmon barbecue dinner at 5 p.m.

The event will be held at Agency Longhouse, 1250 Kot-Num Road, Warm Springs.

Contact: 541-553-3313.

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By David Jasper The Bulletin

Habitat seeks female volunteers/trainees

Jaimie Muehlhausen is brand manager for Tony Hawk Inc. and creator of the humorous website menwholooklikekennyrogers .com.

Tony Hawk to speak on his eclectic portfolio

on’t burn bridges.

That’s one theme Jaimie Muehlhausen, a wellrounded graphic artist, musician and editor from Carlsbad, Calif., plans to discuss when he visits Bend on Thursday for a lunch-time talk put on by the Advertising Federation of Central Oregon (see “If you go”).

Though not a household name himself, as creative director and brand manager at Tony Hawk Inc., Muehlhausen is largely responsible for the image of a man he calls the most famous athlete in America.

If Twitter is any barometer of fame, he just may be right. Professional skateboarder Hawk has 2,375,346 followers on Twitter (as of this writing).

Compare that with Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat, one of the NBA’s biggest stars, who has 1,086,815. LeB-

If you go

What: “Rednecks, Skateboarders & Men Who Look Like Kenny Rogers,” with Jaimie Muehlhausen When: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday; deadline to RSVP is noon today Where: St. Charles Bend Cost: $15 for Advertising Federation of Central Oregon members; $35 for nonmembers Contact: www.adfedco.org or director@adfedco.org.

ron James has “just” 1,740,989. Olympian snowboarder (and skateboarder) Shaun White has yet to crack 500,000.

Bear in mind, Hawk retired from competition way back in 1999, at age 31, after winning first place in some 73 professional skate contests, according to one of his websites —

www.boomboomhuckjam.com — so named for the Boom Boom HuckJam arena shows Hawk still skates in. As the site states, “In skateboarding, the word ‘retire’ doesn’t mean you stop skating.”

Along with his HuckJam shows, the popular “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” video game series hasn’t hurt the reputation or the finances of Hawk, whose most recent book, “How Did I Get Here?” smacks of success with the subtitle “The Ascent of an Unlikely CEO.” Wearing a variety of hats at Tony Hawk Inc. that go beyond his job titles, Muehlhausen, 50, has worked for the company for nine years, helping to maintain his employer’s stature in and beyond the skateboarding community. He also writes ad copy and serves as Hawk’s liaison with Activision, the company that makes the Hawk video game series.

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Sound of a voice becoming a beloved commodity

By Edward M. Eveld McClatchy-Tribune News Service

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An odd thing occurred in homes during a recent flurry of spring elections — the phone rang.

Sometimes more than once in an evening.

Nearly all were robo calls, of course. But family members were caught off guard, at first staring at one another about how to handle the jarring intrusion.

On a recent weekday morning, six people stood in line at Starbucks on the

Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo., and four were “on” their cellphones. That is, the four were interacting with their phones, performing various tasks, but not one was using the phone as a speaking device.

Remember way back — two or three years ago? — when we shook our heads at loud cellphone conversations by self-important people in public places? The next table at a restaurant, even?

It seems we’ve fallen silent. We don’t ac-

tually talk on the phone anymore. But it’s more than that: We don’t want to talk on the phone. Calling is rude.

That’s the feeling Beth Byrd-Lonski gets from business contacts and even some friends.

“They all operate by text and Facebook, in that order,” she says.

Byrd-Lonski is a theater producer as well as a professional clown and mime who personally has nothing against oneon-one voice conversations by telephone.

But she accepts that it’s now frowned upon.

“We want to be doing many more things all at once,” she says. “Societal change is driven by technology. When technology changes, the way we operate changes.”

But what’s so awful about a phone call?

Anymore, a phone call happens generally if it’s pre-arranged. That’s practically a rule in business circles but also holds sway among acquaintances.

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Freebies from charities can be used guilt-free

C’mon, would-be Idols, take the leap

By Ann Powers

Stefano Langone performs last week in front of the judges on the singing competition series “American Idol” in Los Angeles.

Langone received the fewest viewer votes on the Fox talent contest Thursday, despite impressing the judges.

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Dear Abby: I’m writing in response to “Feeling Guilty in North Carolina” (March 18), who feels guilty using address labels, calendars and notepads from organizations soliciting donations.

Last year, for about six months, I collected all the requests for donations I received. Abby, the total was 532 requests from 119 organizations! Yes, I’m overwhelmed, and I no longer feel guilty about tossing them.

I sent all of them letters requesting they delete my name from their lists. One hundred eighteen ignored my request. One asked how often I want information from them.

I give the notepads and other enclosures to Goodwill and shred the labels. Ironically, I receive more labels now than ever before, even though I pay most bills online and e-mail rather than write. I donate less than I ever have in the past because I feel so hounded, so in my case, it has worked against them.

— Karen H. , Fort Collins, Colo.

Dear Karen: Thanks for the input. Letters from readers complaining about charitable donation requests with labels arrive in my office on a daily basis, so you can imagine the mail I have received in response to the one I printed from “Feeling Guilty.”

Read on: Dear Abby: I, too, receive many “gifts” from organizations soliciting for donations. My view is, if they’re using my donation to send gifts, then they really don’t need my money. They should be using donations to help whomever or whatever it is they’re soliciting for.

I don’t feel guilty in the least for using the labels, gifts, etc. I give to organizations that do not send out freebies; that’s how I direct my charitable donations.

— Sabrina W., Southgate, Mich.

Dear Abby: I’m a professional fundraiser and I, too, receive the pads and address labels. I do not give to every organization that

DEAR ABBY sends them, but I do use what they send. No one should feel guilty for doing so. Nonprofits buy and rent lists from companies, and they don’t expect everyone to respond.

Nonprofits aren’t trying to make anyone feel guilty or trick them; they just want to do the work of the causes you love to support.

— Suzanne L., Staten Island, N.Y. Dear Abby: Many solicitation letters have a small box at the bottom asking you to indicate if you would like to be taken off their mailing list. It’s worth the 44 cents to return it.

Some areas recycle junk mail.

After removing the address labels, the rest can be put in the recycling bin with newspapers.

Note pads, greeting cards and calendar gifts could be donated to a military personnel drive, thrift store, nursing home or community center.

— Mary F., Stuart, Fla. Dear Abby: There’s nothing “free” when organizations try to guilt us into sending money. My solution for all this junk is, use the labels and anything personalized if I like them; if not, destroy them.

Anything else I give to a nursing home, local children’s museum to use for crafts or to the Goodwill.

When coins are attached, I put them in a jar and give them to my church.

— Claire P., Portland, Maine Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby. com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

It’s nearly May, and just as sure as spring, “American Idol” has entered crisis mode.

We’ve seen this arc before: gifted singers voted off too soon, nerves and exhaustion affecting the rest. But this year, the show also seems to be suffering from the very fixes that only recently proved so promising. The energy-drink jolt that new judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler provided has begun to fade.

Although ratings remain good, “Idol” pundits all across the Internet have panned the judges’ table as too Splenda sweet. This week, they went out of their way to take the hopefuls down a notch, but their efforts seemed forced, like they got the memo and were aiming for the bare minimum.

Meanwhile, a kind of anarchy has emerged among the surviving “Idol” strivers. Each follows a separate drumbeat, and right now, seems a little lost.

Musical diversity is what’s interesting about this group.

Although still strangely lacking in what actually sells in pop now — multifaceted divas and collabo-savvy rappers — “Idol’s” top slate represents the strong middle of niche-defined American music. Variety is the soul of today’s music, and “Idol” is finally reflecting that.

But why isn’t this variety producing healthy tension?

That’s what the judges should focus on. If “Idol” voters want a battle of the niches, they’ll favor champs gutsy enough to really duke it out. Instead, the surviving Idols keep failing

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their chosen genres in subtle but devastating ways.

Risk is a complicated subject for would-be Idols: just enough will make you memorable, but too much will send you into the bottom three. Yet real success in any pop niche now is grounded in gambles. “Idol” graduates like Adam Lambert and chart-toppers like Adele succeed by immersing in a particular musical tradition, and then pushing it forward by the force of a strong voice and personality.

That’s not happening on “Idol” right now. Whether flailing, courting boredom or getting things pretty much right,

his competitors, and this is a strong bunch. But the devoutly Christian soul baby keeps fighting his own sinful side. He refused to perform Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On”; he busts diva moves while fighting back the implications of his androgyny.

Lusk’s direct forebears — Gaye, Luther Vandross, Aretha Franklin — made meaning from the struggle between spirit and flesh.

He must confront that.

Repression also afflicts Scotty McCreery — who, as a triple threat heartthrob-SouthernerChristian, still might take it all.

His George Strait homages bearhug Nashville traditions, but (at the risk of making Scotty blush) he’s not promiscuous enough.

McCreery’s Southern cousin Lauren Alaina has the opposite problem. She’s a little bit country, a little bit Disney, a little bit adult contemporary and a lot boring.

This kid needs to decide who she is, if only for now.

these Idols still tend to refuse the ultimate dare. They stand up for the music they love — but they need to dive in.

My favorite singer this year, Jacob Lusk, wails circles around

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top of the butte in honor of sexualassault survivors; free; 8 p.m.; Pilot Butte State Park, Northeast Pilot Butte Summit Drive, Bend; 541-8155633 or rebecca@saving-grace.org.

WEDNESDAY

FRIDAY

VEGETARIAN POTLUCK: Bring a vegan dish with a list of its ingredients and a review of “Breaking the Food Seduction”; free; 6 p.m.; The Environmental Center, 16 N.W. Kansas Ave., Bend; 541-480-3017.

“THE METROPOLITAN OPERA, LE COMTE ORY”: Starring Juan Diego Florez, Joyce DiDonato and Diana Damrau in an encore presentation of Rossini’s masterpiece; opera performance transmitted in high definition; $18; 6:30 p.m.; Regal Old Mill Stadium 16, 680 S.W. Powerhouse Drive, Bend; 541-382-6347.

BOOK DISCUSSION: Discuss “Kapitoil” by Teddy Wayne; part of “A Novel Idea ... Read Together”; free; 6:30 p.m.; Sisters Public Library, 110 N. Cedar St.; 541-312-1070 or www. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar.

“TWELFTH NIGHT”: Students from the Shakespeare 101 Master Class present selected scenes from Shakespeare’s play, with narrative; followed by Q&A; free; 8 p.m.; Bend Performing Arts Center, 1155 S.W. Division St.; 541-977-5677.

GARAGE SALE FUNDRAISER: Proceeds benefit the Bend High School graduation party; free admission; 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Bend Factory Stores, 61334 S. U.S. Highway 97; 541-350-2471.

SILVER, SADDLE & SONG: Featuring Western art and gear shows and sales, a chili cookoff, rodeo events, cowboy poetry, live music and more; free; noon-8 p.m.; Crook County Fairgrounds, 1280 S. Main St., Prineville; 541-447-6304, gaylehunt@coinet.com or www. silversaddlesong .com.

TEDDY WAYNE: Teddy Wayne, author of “Kapitoil,” speaks as part of the “A Novel Idea ... Read Together” program; tickets required; SOLD OUT; 7 p.m., doors open 6:30 p.m.; Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-317-0700 or www. towertheatre.org.

“DISTRACTED”: Opening night of Cascades Theatrical Company’s presentation of Lisa Loomer’s play about a boy with behavioral issues and his mother’s search for answers; with champagne and dessert reception; $20, $15 seniors, $12 students; 7:30 p.m.; Greenwood Playhouse, 148 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-389-0803 or www. cascadestheatrical.org.

BLUES NIGHT 2011: Featuring performances by Portland-based The Sonny Hess Band, Bobby Sims & the Blue Rockers and Blues Quarter; ages 21 and older; $10 or $15; 7:30 p.m., doors open 7 p.m.; Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Resort & Casino, 100 Main St., Warm Springs; 541-5531112.

ANNIVERSARY SHOW: Featuring scenes and musical numbers from 10 years of productions; with a champagne reception; $25; 8 p.m., 7 p.m. reception; 2nd Street Theater, 220 N.E. Lafayette Ave., Bend; 541312-9626, 2ndsttheater@bendcable. com or www.2ndstreettheater.com.

FLOATER: The veteran Oregon trio plays an electric rock ’n’ roll set, with Tuck and Roll; $15 plus fees in advance, $18 at the door; 9 p.m., doors open 8 p.m.; Domino Room, 51 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541788-2989 or www. randompresents .com.

SUPER ADVENTURE CLUB: The San Francisco-based experimental pop duo performs, with art and fashion by Sarah Viles; free; 9 p.m.; MadHappy Lounge, 850 N.W. Brooks St., Bend; 541-388-6868 or loudgirlproductions@live.com.

THE STAXX BROTHERS: The Seattlebased rock and soul group performs; $8 plus fees in advance, $10 at the door; 9 p.m.; Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom, 24 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-388-8331 or www. silvermoonbrewing.com.

THURSDAY LIVING AND WRITING IN NEW YORK: Teddy Wayne talks about living and writing in New York, and the challenges of launching a career in the current publishing industry; tickets required; part of “A Novel Idea ... Read Together”; free; 4:30 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, Hitchcock Auditorium, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-383-7575.

STUDENT VOLUNTEERING STORIES: A service-learning forum, with students sharing stories of learning through community volunteering; with dinner; free; 5:307:30 p.m.; Bend’s Community Center, 1036 N.E. Fifth St.; 541-385-8977 or info@volunteerconnectnow.org.

“LORDS OF NATURE — LIFE IN A LAND OF GREAT PREDATORS”: A screening of the documentary about wolves in Yellowstone National Park; with a discussion led by Robert Klavins of Oregon Wild; RSVP requested; $3, free for museum members; 6 p.m.; High Desert Museum, 59800 S. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-382-4754, ext. 241.

MAD AS HELL DOCTORS: Doctors sing and tell stories in support of single-payer health insurance; free; 7 p.m.; First United Methodist Church, 680 N.W. Bond St., Bend; 541-3825647.

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CHAMBER CHOIR: The choir performs selections from Claudio Monteverdi, Luca Marenzio and Carlo Gesualdo, with American spirituals and more; free; 7 p.m.; Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-317-0700 or www. towertheatre.org.

“DISTRACTED”: Preview night of Cascades Theatrical Company’s presentation of Lisa Loomer’s play about a boy with behavioral issues and his mother’s search for answers; $10; 7:30 p.m.; Greenwood Playhouse, 148 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-389-0803 or www. cascadestheatrical.org.

“TWELFTH NIGHT”: Students from the Shakespeare 101 Master Class present selected scenes from Shakespeare’s play, with narrative; followed by Q&A; free; 8 p.m.; Bend Performing Arts Center, 1155 S.W. Division St.; 541-977-5677.

STAR PARTY: Kent Fairfield presents, followed by stargazing; proceeds benefit Pine Mountain Observatory; donations accepted; 8 p.m., doors open 7:30 p.m.; Redmond Proficiency Academy, 657 S.W. Glacier Ave.; 541-526-0882.

TAKE BACK THE NIGHT: Climb to the

SATURDAY GARAGE SALE FUNDRAISER: Proceeds benefit the Bend High School graduation party; free admission; 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Bend Factory Stores, 61334 S. U.S. Highway 97; 541-350-2471.

SILVER, SADDLE & SONG: Featuring Western art and gear shows and sales, rodeo events, cowboy poetry, live music and more; concert takes place at Crook County High School; free, $30 in advance, $35 at the door and $15 ages 12 and younger for concert; 9 a.m., 7 p.m. concert; Crook County Fairgrounds, 1280 S. Main St., Prineville; 541-447-6304, gaylehunt@coinet.com or www. silversaddlesong.com.

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“THE METROPOLITAN OPERA, IL TROVATORE”: Starring Marcelo Alvarez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Sondra Radvanovsky and Dolora Zajick in a presentation of Verdi’s masterpiece; opera performance transmitted live in high definition; $24, $22 seniors, $18 children; 10 a.m.; Regal Old Mill Stadium 16, 680 S.W. Powerhouse Drive, Bend; 541382-6347.

SENSATIONAL SATURDAY: Discover wolves of the High Desert with creative activities; $15 plus admission ($10 adults, $9 ages 65 and older, $6 ages 5-12, free ages 4 and younger), $10 members; 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; High Desert Museum, 59800 S. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-382-4754 or www. highdesertmuseum.org.

STEEL STAMPEDE: A vintage motorcycle rally for riders and spectators; proceeds benefit Crooked River Ranch service clubs and organizations; $10; 10 a.m.; field across from Trading Post, Southwest Chinook Drive and Commercial Loop Road, Crooked River Ranch; 541-923-2679 or www.100megsfree3.com/ ahrmanw/index.htm.

THE DAY OF THE CHILD/THE DAY OF THE BOOK: Rich Glauber leads musicin-action activities, with games, crafts and more to introduce children to other cultures; free; 10:30 a.m.; Redmond Public Library, 827 S.W. Deschutes Ave.; 541-312-1050 or www. deschuteslibrary .org/calendar.

“TWELFTH NIGHT”: Students from the Shakespeare 101 Master Class present selected scenes from Shakespeare’s play, with narrative; followed by Q&A; free; 1 p.m.; Bend Performing Arts Center, 1155 S.W. Division St.; 541-977-5677.

MISSION — WOLF: Meet live wolves from Colorado’s Mission: Wolf refuge and learn about their role in the ecosystem; ages 7 and older; $20 plus admission ($10, $9 ages 65 and older, $6 ages 5-12, free ages 4 and younger), $10 members; 1 p.m.; High Desert Museum, 59800 S. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-382-4754 or www.highdesertmuseum.org.

TEDDY WAYNE: Teddy Wayne, author of “Kapitoil,” reads as part of the “A Novel Idea ... Read Together” program; free; 1 p.m.; Redmond Public Library, 827 S.W. Deschutes Ave.; 541-312-1050 or www. deschuteslibrary.org/ calendar.

THE DAY OF THE CHILD/THE DAY OF THE BOOK: Rich Glauber leads music-in-action activities, with games, crafts and more to introduce children to other cultures; free; 2 p.m.; East Bend Public Library, 62080 Dean Swift Road; 541-3303760 or www.deschuteslibrary. org/calendar.

MISSION — WOLF: Meet live wolves from Colorado’s Mission: Wolf refuge and learn about their role in the ecosystem; ages 7 and older; $20 plus admission ($10, $9 ages 65 and older, $6 ages 5-12, free ages 4 and younger), $10 members; 5 p.m.; High Desert Museum, 59800 S. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-382-4754 or www.highdesertmuseum.org.

OPEN MIC FUNDRAISER: Music and spoken-word performances; proceeds benefit Redmond High School students traveling to the National Debate Finals in Texas; $3 suggested donation; 6-9 p.m.; Green Plow Coffee Roasters, 436 S.W. Sixth St., Redmond; 541-516-1128 or pat@greenplowcoffee.com.

BENEFIT CONCERT: Susan Rahmsdorff performs songs from the Great American Songbook; proceeds benefit Family Kitchen; donations accepted; 7-9 p.m.; St. Helens Hall, 231 N.W. Idaho Ave., Bend; 541-382-5542 or dj@ trinitybend.com.

“DISTRACTED”: Cascades Theatrical

Company presents Lisa Loomer’s play about a boy with behavioral issues and his mother’s search for answers; $20, $15 seniors, $12 students; 7:30 p.m.; Greenwood Playhouse, 148 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-389-0803 or www. cascadestheatrical.org.

HAL SPARKS: The actor, comedian, musician and former game-show host performs; $22 in advance, $27 day of show; 7:30 p.m.; Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-317-0700 or www.towertheatre .org.

ANNIVERSARY SHOW: Featuring scenes and musical numbers from 10 years of productions; with a champagne reception; $25; 8 p.m., 7 p.m. reception; 2nd Street Theater, 220 N.E. Lafayette Ave., Bend; 541312-9626, 2ndsttheater@bendcable .com or www.2ndstreettheater.com.

80S VIDEO DANCE ATTACK: The ’80s dance act performs, with VJ Kittyrox; ages 21 and older; $5; 9 p.m.; Domino Room, 51 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-7882989 or www.randompresents.com.

ACORN PROJECT: The Bellingham, Wash.based jam band performs; $7; 9 p.m.; Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom, 24 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541388-8331 or www. silvermoonbrewing. com.

MAD RAD: Hip-hop from Seattle, with DJs Prajekt and Caputo; free; 10 p.m.; MadHappy Lounge, 850 N.W. Brooks St., Bend; 541-3886868.

SUNDAY STEEL STAMPEDE: A vintage motorcycle rally for riders and spectators; proceeds benefit Crooked River Ranch service clubs and organizations; $10; 9:15 a.m.; field across from Trading Post, Southwest Chinook Drive and Commercial Loop Road, Crooked River Ranch; 541-923-2679 or www.100megsfree3.com/ahrmanw/ index.htm.

MAY FAIRE FESTIVAL: Celebrate spring with games, crafts, workshops, live music and more; fairy wings and forest costumes encouraged; proceeds benefit the school; free admission; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Waldorf School of Bend, 19888 Rocking Horse Road; 541-330-8841 or www.bendwaldorf.com/mayfaire.

MISSION — WOLF: Meet live wolves from Colorado’s Mission: Wolf refuge and learn about their role in the ecosystem; ages 4 and older; $20 plus admission ($10, $9 ages 65 and older, $6 ages 5-12, free ages 4 and younger), $10 members; noon; High Desert Museum, 59800 S. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-3824754 or www.highdesertmuseum .org.

FIDDLERS JAM: Listen or dance at the Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Jam; donations accepted; 1-3 p.m.; Pine Forest Grange, 63214 N.E. Boyd Acres Road, Bend; 541-447-5451.

“DISTRACTED”: Cascades Theatrical Company presents Lisa Loomer’s play about a boy with behavioral issues and his mother’s search for answers; $20, $15 seniors, $12 students; 2 p.m.; Greenwood Playhouse, 148 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-3890803 or www.cascadestheatrical .org.

AUTHOR PRESENTATION: Kai Strand reads from her children’s book “The Weaver”; free; 2 p.m.; Dudley’s Bookshop Cafe, 135 N.W. Minnesota Ave., Bend; 541-7492010.

BELLS OF SUNRIVER: The ecumenical handbell group performs Beethoven, Bach, The Beatles and more; free; 2-3:30 p.m.; Holy Trinity Church, 18143 Cottonwood Road; 541-593-1635.

CHARITY BINGO: Proceeds benefit Prineville Relay For Life; $5; 2 p.m.; Eagles Lodge & Club, 235 N.E. Fourth St., Prineville; 541-447-7659.

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REGAL PILOT BUTTE 6 2717 N.E. U.S. Highway 20, Bend, 541-382-6347

ARTHUR (PG-13) 2, 4:40, 7:05 THE CONSPIRATOR (PG13) 1:55, 4:35, 7:15 JANE EYRE (PG-13) 2:05, 4:45, 7:25 SOURCE CODE (PG-13) 2:30, 5:10, 7:50 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG-13) 2:15, 4:55, 7:35 WIN WIN (R) 2:25, 5:05, 7:45

REGAL OLD MILL STADIUM 16 680 S.W. Powerhouse Drive, Bend, 541-382-6347

AFRICAN CATS (G) 12:30, 3:40, 7:45, 10 ARTHUR (PG-13) 12:50, 3:30, 6:15, 9:40

HANNA (PG-13) 1:45, 4:20, 6:55, 9:30 HOP (PG) 12:40, 3:25, 6:30, 9:15 INSIDIOUS (PG-13) 12:25, 4:55, 8:05, 10:30 LIMITLESS (PG-13) 1:30, 4:45, 7:50, 10:20 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (R) 12:10, 3:15, 6:35, 9:50 RANGO (PG) 1:10, 3:50, 6:20, 9:20 RIO (DP — G) 1:20, 4:10, 7:15, 10:05 RIO (3-D — G) 12:05, 3:05, 6:10, 9:10 SCREAM 4 (R) 1:55, 5, 8, 10:35 SOUL SURFER (PG) 1, 4, 7:05, 9:35 SOURCE CODE (PG-13) 2:05, 4:30, 6:45, 9:25 TYLER PERRY’S MADEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY (DP — PG-13) 12:15, 3:10, 7:35, 10:15 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG13) 1:40, 4:40, 7:25, 10:10 YOUR HIGHNESS (R) 2, 5:05, 8:10, 10:35 EDITOR’S NOTE: Movie times in bold are open-captioned showtimes.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Digitally projected shows (marked as DP) use one of several different technologies to provide maximum fidelity. The result is a picture with clarity, brilliance and color and a lack of scratches, fading and flutter.

EDITOR’S NOTE: There is an additional $3.50 fee for 3-D movies.

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HALL PASS (R) 9:15 THE KING’S SPEECH (PG-13) 6

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ARTHUR (PG-13) 5, 7:15

HOP (PG) 6:15 RIO (G) 4:45, 7 SOURCE CODE (PG-13) 4:15, 6:45 YOUR HIGHNESS (R) 4

SISTERS MOVIE HOUSE 720 Desperado Court, Sisters, 541-549-8800

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Calls Continued from E1 If Byrd-Lonski wants to talk over details of a performance, she doesn’t call an artist outright.

A message by text, Facebook or e-mail is the first step: “When would be a good time to call?”

Darrel Wingo, owner of the Knotty Rug Co. in Kansas City, Kan., says he noticed that soon after most of his business interactions switched to text and e-mail messages — a great convenience and time-saver — so did much of his personal communication.

“More friends do texting to make the initial contact,” he says.

There is a frustration with texting that can require a phone call, but talking is a last resort: “If you’re trying to explain something, sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and make the call,” Wingo says.

Lisa Cordes is a tad busy of late. She’s the marketing and communications director for the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts and is gearing up for the center’s September opening. While she has no rule against answering her phone, a workday filled with training, lunch meetings and answering e-mail can make it unlikely.

Next generation Like most parents, she has given up on using the phone to talk to her children. Young people were the first adopters of the nocall rule.

“My kids stopped calling me, and we just text-message back and forth,” she says. “I had to increase the text-messaging on my phone plan.”

But to people whose adolescence was spent with one ear on a corded telephone, not talking can still seem weird.

Actress Erin McGrane recalls the days when there was one phone in the house, on the wall in the kitchen. Vying for it was part of life. Even with limited access to a telephone, a lot more phone talking was going on then than now.

“If you wanted a private phone call, you put the cord out the door and sat on the back steps,” she says. “We had the longest cord you could possibly buy.”

Now McGrane is a “huge texter,” she says. “It’s ‘Hey, I’m running a half-hour late’ or ‘I’m thinking about you.’ I know people who have big arguments over text, but I don’t do that. I don’t think that’s what it’s for.”

Phones that were once busy with voices, then texts, are now tied up for any number of reasons. The queued-up folks at the coffee shop?

“They’re checking the Internet, e-mail, their investments and looking at the New York Times front page,” says Cathy Corey, a Kansas City area etiquette expert.

From an etiquette standpoint, Corey doesn’t mourn the passing of loud public phone conversations at every turn.

“Praise God for texting in the airport,” she says.

Making appointments to talk later by phone has always been appropriate, she says, as has the

choice not to answer the phone just because it rings. “But you do have to return the call.”

Unfortunately, focusing on a device in public offers new opportunities for loutish behavior.

Attending to your phone can be as uncaring as barking into it, Corey says.

“It’s about treating people with honor, dignity and respect,” she says, “and we’re not honoring people when we’re constantly messing with our phones while we’re with other people.”

New guidelines With gadgets and functions come evolving guidelines for manners, agrees Dan Post Senning, a manager at the Emily Post Institute.

When home phone calls were more frequent, they were considered inappropriate at supper time or after a certain hour in the evening. Nowadays, a cellphone conversation is acceptable in a grocery store aisle — “What brand did you want?” — but discourteous while checking out.

“Once you’re in the proximity of the line, your talking on the phone becomes an intrusion on others,” Senning says.

Standards about texting in public are still shaking out, he says, but the same principle of respect requires that you don’t intrude on others or ignore them in favor of your gadget. Best not text at a restaurant, for example, and definitely not at the table, he says.

“People are becoming more aware that texting is not always the safe alternative to calling,” Senning says. “If your device is taking your attention away from the people you’re physically with, are you sending the message that the device is more important to you?”

People also are coming to grips with the limits of text communication, which works well for an exchange of factual information but is awful for “emotional” information, Senning says.

Face-to-face conversations are best because body language, facial expressions and voice inflection play important roles in personal communications. And voice alone is the next best thing.

Without it, “there’s a whole layer of information that’s incredibly deep that just goes away,” he says.

McGrane and others say they don’t want to lose voice calls altogether. They maintain a few phone friendships. For McGrane, those include her out-of-town sister and a couple of good friends.

She also likes to Skype, adding a face to the voice.

“I think there is something very precious and meaningful about the sound of someone’s voice,” she says.

Byrd-Lonski wants important personal information to come to her by voice — she was surprised when a friend texted that she was “going into surgery” — and she also treasures the telephone conversations she has with a few close friends.

“Those can go on for a whole hour, which is a hugely long conversation these days,” Byrd-Lonski says. “Yes, I still find myself wanting to call.”

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E4 Tuesday, April 26, 2011 • THE BULLETIN TUNDRA

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

HEART OF THE CITY

SALLY FORTH

FRAZZ

ROSE IS ROSE

STONE SOUP

LUANN

MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM

DILBERT

DOONESBURY

PICKLES

ADAM

WIZARD OF ID

B.C.

SHOE

GARFIELD

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE

PEANUTS

MARY WORTH

THE BULLETIN • Tuesday, April 26, 2011 E5 BIZARRO

DENNIS THE MENACE

SUDOKU Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S SUDOKU

CANDORVILLE

H

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR

GET FUZZY

NON SEQUITUR

SAFE HAVENS

SIX CHIX

ZITS

HERMAN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, April 26, 2011: This year, you make waves, as you are able to lead and manifest. This combo of talent might be a far bigger asset than you realize, especially within your community and business circle. Others respect your organization and drive more and more. Networking becomes unusually successful, especially during the summer. You also will enter a new luck and life cycle. Others who don’t know you sense an innate power.

Your charisma emerges. If you are single, after May you will have many choices to make. Don’t lose sight of the ultimate goal. If you are attached, you and your sweetie need to use spring 2011 for more private time together.

Summer could mark a period of great happiness in your relationship, if you so choose. PISCES likes you and makes an excellent friend.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH Use today to forge ahead on a key plan or idea. You know when enough is enough. Say so instead of thinking those thoughts. The other people involved are not mind readers and need to know. Tonight: Make it a point to get extra rest.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You are on top of your game. Listen to what is being shared within your immediate circle before deciding which way to go. An adviser who might not be evident to many people gives you important feedback.

Tonight: A must happening, which could become a fun event.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH Keep your eye on the big picture rather than focus on your concerns. With detachment comes success. Walk in another person’s shoes. A friend is full of exciting ideas.

Listen! Tonight: Join a friend after work.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH Investigate new possibilities as seen through your eyes. Also brainstorm with key associates.

The path you choose could be quite off the beaten track. You might hesitate for a little while. Go for it. Tonight: Detach and relax. Try music, exercise or TV as a vehicle.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Defer to others and take the pressure off of yourself. Although you like to be on center stage, sometimes letting others develop their strengths and at the same time identify with one of your many roles could be very important. Tonight: Accept an invitation.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH You could be trying to make a difference at work. The problem might be that others don’t see you in this role.

They might think you are trying to make a good impression or manipulate a situation. Tonight: Off for some exercise.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHH You might want to revise some of your ideas once a partner or friend presents the other side.

Not getting caught up in your ego could be very important here. Others appreciate candor as opposed to grandiose statements and bravado. Tonight: Stop bragging.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Realize what has happened in a personal or domestic situation.

You cannot color another’s opinions

before you even listen to them. Avoid being on center stage. Your positive attitude attracts many at the workplace.

Tonight: Where the action is.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHH Listen to your inner voice.

Conversations are active yet pique an unusual amount of interest.

Use your people skills — not to manipulate, but to help someone relax and open up. Question a random idea, even if it comes from you!

Tonight: Count on making it early.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HH Be aware of what you have to offer. Don’t sell yourself short. Modesty is one thing; insecurity is another issue. Sometimes insecurity seeps in. Be aware of those moments.

Tonight: Hold off on a conversation until you are comfortable.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH You are on prime-time TV. Your words strike many as accurate and generous. You know when to call a halt to someone’s pitch. You have no tolerance for ridiculous or worthless conversations, even if you try. Tonight: Listen to what is going on.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Reach out for someone whose wisdom you respect. This person’s knowledge will point you down the appropriate path professionally. You also can be secure in the knowledge that your personal business won’t be tossed everywhere. Tonight: Nap; then you might feel great!

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E6 Tuesday, April 26, 2011 • THE BULLETIN

COV ER S T ORY

How do you get teen boys to read? Girls, of course

By Joe Robertson

Eighth-grade boys, including Parker Ward, foreground, crowd around author Don Calame to get their books signed last week at Platte City Middle School in Platte City, Mo.

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The question wasn’t intended to be such a stumper.

Fourteen-year-old John Miller simply was supposed to name a favorite book he read before the one that changed his life — the one that had “naked girl” right there in the opening paragraph.

It wasn’t like he never read books. But truthfully, he and many of his classmates at Platte City Middle School in Platte City, Mo., were caught in the same malaise that seems to infect so many boys across the nation.

Book reading was a chore.

A time waster.

Said 13-year-old Parker Ward: “Most books don’t fit me.”

So goes the back story. This was the conflict that imperiled the teens before the big turnaround that would inspire young-adult fiction writer Don Calame — the very author of the words “naked girl” — to come all the way from his home in British Columbia on Wednesday to visit a school in a small town he’d never heard of.

You’ve got your typical boys.

Then bring in Kelly Miller, assuming the role of the relentless eighth-grade English teacher.

She’s determined to buck the odds and get all her students — boys and girls — to meet a goal of reading 30 novels this school year.

Miller knew the same general facts that had troubled Calame: Boys read less than girls. Surveys show they’re more likely to have a negative experience with books. And boys lag behind girls in reading skills.

Gender gap A 2010 study by the Center on Education Policy found an essentially universal gap between boys and girls performing proficient or better on state reading tests. The average gap in per-

Keith Myers Kansas City Star

centage points was seven to eight and persisted from grade school through high school.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress — known as the Nation’s Report Card — showed the same gender gap growing from seven points in fourth grade to nine points in eighth grade and 12 points in high school.

The boys in Miller’s class can explain what the teacher and the author were up against.

A collection of them, talking about reading late last week as their school prepared for Calame’s visit, figured that before this year probably 15 to 20 percent of the boys were big readers. Most of the remaining 80 to 85 percent basically didn’t read any more than they had to.

It was “more normal not to

read,” they agreed.

“It used to be I’d look at the first page,” 14-year-old Chris Barngrover said. “I’d look at the size of the print.” Small print meant more words, “and I’d throw it back.”

This state of affairs troubled Calame, a screenwriter originally from New York’s Long Island, who grew up loving to read.

His response? Write “Swim the Fly,” an honest tale of a teenage boy’s character-building summer, and begin it this way: “Movies don’t count,” Cooper says. “The Internet doesn’t count.

Magazines don’t count. A real, live naked girl. That’s the deal.

That’s our goal for this summer.”

It’s an often hilarious novel.

Although the obsession of seeing a naked girl drives much of the plot, that’s not really what the story is about. But that and

freelance or otherwise.

“It’s kind of funny,” Muehlhausen says. “Every once in a while somebody asks, ‘Well, you ever Google yourself?’ So the other day, I did, and it was weird what came up.”

Results you see include his personal website, where Muehlhausen promotes his solo country music. In the ’90s, his band, Angel.House, opened for Cheap Trick and The Plimsouls.

Then there are some of his other doings, including his Contusion Creative Studio, where you can look at his considerable portfolio of Hawk- and Airwalkrelated items, as well as freelance designs he’s done for guitar company websites, Playboy magazine and more.

He’s also the editor of the book “Redneck Words of Wisdom.”

“That literally just came out of sitting around at my now-exwife’s family’s house, and listening to them say all these dumb redneck sayings. I just started writing them down, and the next thing you know it was a website, and the next thing it was a book.

It’s just acting on these dumb ideas.”

Dumb ideas are something of which Muehlhausen is fond, you see.

Years ago, when he was at Airwalk shoes, he and a talented co-worker tended to sit around getting “so jaded about stuff,” he says. “You’d see something and go, ‘That’s kinda cool, but jeez, I could’ve done that.’ ” “Well, ‘jeez,’ I could’ve done a lot of things,” he continues. “You come up with dumb ideas all the time, and you never act on them.

So sitting around one night, I just decided, this is stupid. Whenever I come up with an idea, whether it’s dumb or not, if it seems worthy of giving it a try, I’m going to give it a try.

“And a couple of things that I’ve done from that came out really well. I got a book deal out of one of them.”

long ago this was — and take pictures of all these guys who look like Kenny Rogers. Eventually, you could do an installation in a gallery with all these Polaroid photos,” he says.

The idea stuck, and when the Internet boomed, he decided to teach himself how to design a website, using the Kenny Rogers idea as “my guinea pig.”

It started small, and he sent links to a few friends, “just as a joke.”

“The next thing you know, I was getting a hundred hits a day,” he says. “Not very long after that, a thousand people came to the site today.”

Muehlhausen says he’s heard from Kenny Rogers’ management that Rogers “thinks the site’s hilarious.” He must: Rogers’ management even asked Muelhausen to freelance design a logo for Rogers.

As for his full-time employer, Muehlhausen says, “I couldn’t be happier to be working for Tony.”

Over nine years of working for him, “I’ve gotten to know him pretty well over the years, obviously. There are all these athletes out there in the world that people want to look up to, and you never know what’s going on (with them). But Tony really is one of the good guys.

He does so much to give back,” through his Tony Hawk Foundation, which gives grants to skateparks.

To date, that figure is $3.2 million to more than 450 skatepark projects, according to tonyhawk.com. Muehlhausen’s time is also spent working with the foundation.

“When you attach Tony Hawk’s name to a grant, it legitimizes the effort that the kids are putting into trying to get a skatepark built,” he says. “What happens is kids come back to the city councils and say, ‘Hey, we just got a $10,000 grant from Tony Hawk.’

“And the city councils say, ‘Wow, Tony Hawk is involved.

Tony Hawk cares about our town.’ And it turns into bigger fundraising efforts and more money from the cities.”

Hawk also cares about his employees. Which is why he’s forbidden Muehlhausen to ride a skateboard.

“I’ve actually been banned from skating here, because I rode around on a skateboard one day and fell and ended up in the hospital for eight hours,” Muehlhausen says. “I’ve been told not to get on a skateboard any longer.”

some of the language, and the lowbrow humor of boys, not to mention the undercurrent of sexuality that dominates teen lives, prompted Common Sense Media to warn parents by labeling the book as “iffy.”

“I sat down to write a book that would speak to the 15-yearold boy I was,” Calame said. “Be true. Be honest. Make the kids real. Make their thoughts real. ... If it’s not what they hear, if it’s not how they talk, they’ll put it down. (They will think) it’s like the author is lying to us.

“You want to get books in the hands of kids. You want them to read the next page, then the next chapter. You want to keep them reading.”

Kelly Miller came across the book when she searched the Internet for “funny books for

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Creative Continued from E1 And of course, there’s the skateboards themselves.

If you or your child purchased a Birdhouse-brand skateboard — Hawk’s higher-profile skateboard company — or the lowerpriced HuckJam boards (sold at big-box stores such as Wal-Mart), chances are good it had graphics on it that were designed by Muehlhausen or one of the artists he works with (including Bend’s own Dana MacKenzie).

‘Not the best freelancer’ Muehlhausen says he first crossed paths with the unlikely CEO early in both of their careers. In 1987, the Tulsa-bornand-bred Muelhausen left his native Oklahoma at age 27 for the greener pastures of California.

“I came out here and was hoping to get into some kind of job in the art world. I was working at a 7-Eleven store and I actually took a $6,000-a-year pay cut just to take the job at Airwalk,” he says, referring to the skate-show company.

One of his first tasks was designing an ad that featured Tony Hawk wearing the company’s shoes. After Airwalk, Muehlhausen did freelance design work.

“I freelanced for about a year, and realized I’m probably not the best freelancer in the world. I just function better in somebody’s system, I guess,” Muehlhausen says.

In 1993, he became art director of Snowboarder Magazine, where Hawk’s older brother, Steve Hawk, served as editor.

Snowboarder went from being the number-three magazine of its kind to number one while Muehlhausen was there.

It was also during that period that Tony Hawk served as a guest editor for an issue of sibling publication Skateboarder, with which Muehlhausen was also involved.

“So I worked with him there, and worked for his brother, and then, when they launched Hawk Clothing, I did the logo for that company as a freelance job, so I had these weird connections to the Hawk family all these years,” he says.

Dumb ideas and ‘Redneck Wisdom’ Muehlhausen’s creative output is not limited to those things he does to collect his paychecks,

Roasting Rogers However, the hilarious website menwholooklikekennyrogers. com predated his embrace-everything, seize-the-dumb epiphany.

“That idea came about before the Internet, really,” Muehlhausen says. “When I was maybe in college, I remember seeing a couple of guys at the mall who looked like Kenny Rogers. I said to a friend of mine, ‘Look at that, he looks like “The Gambler,” ’ and then we went and got an Orange Julius or something.

“Later on, I started thinking it’d be fun to carry a Polaroid camera around — that’s how

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boys.” At the top of her list: “Swim the Fly.” Her copy arrived, “and six hours later,” she said, “I’d laughed so hard I knew I had success in my hands.”

She added several copies to the more than 2,000 books on shelves lining her classroom.

She suggested that a few of her students give it a try, and they took it from there.

‘Amazing’ “It clicked in my brain,” said John Miller, no relation to the teacher.

“It was amazing,” said Parker.

Boys who usually took more than a month to read a book were reading this one in a matter of days. Most also read Calame’s second book, “Beat the Band.”

The culture around reading

shifted dramatically, the boys said. By a show of hands, most were now past 20 books read for the year, and many had gone beyond 30.

The pained answers around what they had read before “Swim” turned to a flood when they were asked what they’ve read since.

“Twisted,” by Laurie Halse Anderson. “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” by John Boyne. “I Am Number Four,” by Pittacus Lore.

“Rot & Ruin,” by Jonathan Maberry. “The Hunger Games,” by Suzanne Collins. “King of the Screwups,” by K.L Going ... and on and on.

Some of the books bear themes that might make some parents nervous — zombies, deadly reality shows, teen sex angst.

But now, the boys figure, there is no longer the imbalanced division between readers and nonreaders. There’s a huge middle class, they say, with some 70 percent of the boys calling themselves readers, right behind the 15 percent who say they’re heavy readers.

Several boys said their reading levels, based on aptitude tests, had jumped far into the high school range. Miller said there were students in remedial reading programs who had surged toward the 30-book goal.

“That makes a teacher cry,” she said.

Kelly Miller dispatched an e-mail to Calame’s website last year, telling him of the reading renaissance his books had done so much to inspire. And Calame and his editor decided he had to come and see for himself. Teens were reading.

“That was the whole goal,” he said. “That it is happening is amazing to me.”

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It’s time to give some serious thought to hands-on, dirty-fingernail, aching-back-style gardening. As always, we probably are running guilt trips about being behind the idealistic schedule we set Inside for ourselves • When to back in Februplant by soil ary. If there temperature, is one thing a Page F5 gardener has to be, it is flexible — not in body, but in mental adjustment. With the wind and weather being what it was in February and in March, not many of us had the fortitude to brave the forces to be the first in the neighborhood to cross off an item on the to-do list.

Remember, gardening is supposed to be fun and stress-free.

Here are some ideas for what to do right now:

Working the soil too early is a mistake. When the soil is still saturated with water, it is easily compacted by either walking over it or working the soil with heavy equipment. Turning over the soil either by hand or by shallow tilling can be a problem if the soil is still wet. Large wet clods formed from turning the soil will dry into clods that lack the sufficient air spaces necessary for good root growth and would then require going back and breaking up the clods before planting. That’s extra unnecessary work.

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Chris Hess sprays a new coating on the fiberglass.

Refinishing a fiberglass stall is a complex process generally requiring a couple of days, specialized tools and professional know-how. The cost will be about $450.

By Liz Douville

Let soil dry

By Leon Pantenburg That fiberglass shower stall (or bathtub or sink) is becoming embarrassing.

The bathroom gets regular cleaning, but no matter what you do, it seems, the soap scum and grime build up on the fiberglass.

The dingy, grubby look on that fixture drags down the appearance of the rest of the bathroom.

And what happens if you try to sell your house? Is the dirty-looking fiberglass going to end up as one of the items the sale closing hinges upon?

You may decide the shower needs replacing. But that creates another problem: Where would you find another small, narrow tub or shower to fit that space?

Those problems may be averted with some regular cleaning, using the correct cleansers, tools and techniques, says Steve Hess, owner of ABC Painting in Bend.

Water drops cling to shower walls and dry, leaving a ledge of mineral deposits. After every shower, additional drops will cling to the mineral deposit. The mineral ledge grows larger, attracting more drops, minerals and soap scum.

Some experts recommend wiping down the shower with a squeegee or chamois after every use.

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f you like sweets, but want to lose some weight or not gain any, there is good news: You can have dessert every day, just lighten it up.

“Dessert needs to fit into your life regularly. If you say, ‘I’m not going to eat dessert any more,’ then you’re going to blow it someday,” said Bend registered dietician Lori Brizee.

Brizee is a nutrition consultant who works with clients of all ages and health concerns. She’s also author of the forthcoming cookbook “Healthy Choices, Healthy Kids: A Guide to Raising Fit, Happy Kids” from Paraclete Press (October 2011).

Brizee is a firm believer in dessert, as long as the portion size makes sense.

A small dessert — less than 200 calories per serving — suits best after a substantial meal, when you’re not really hungry, but crave something sweet.

“Have ice cream in a tea cup, so you’re having a half cup or about 150 calories.

I’ve had the fat-free frozen yogurt, and it just doesn’t taste that good, so why not eat a little of the real stuff?

“Or, better yet, have a big bowl of strawberries and put a couple tablespoons of vanilla ice cream on it. It’s 30-40 calories a cup for strawberries, and two tablespoons of ice cream are 40 calories,” Brizee said.

Brizee’s recipes for baked apples, fruit slushies and pudding parfaits are printed here (see Page F2), along with a variety of other desserts that average 100 to 200 calories per serving.

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Recipe makeover • Reduce fat: For baked goods, use half the butter, shortening or oil and replace the other half with unsweetened applesauce, mashed banana or prune puree.

•Reduce sugar: Reduce the amount of sugar by one-third to one-half. Instead, add spices such as cinnamon, cloves, allspice and nutmeg, or flavorings such as vanilla extract or almond flavoring to boost sweetness.

• Substitute fat-free milk for whole milk to save 66 calories and almost 8 grams of fat per cup.

• Cut back or get rid of some items added out of habit or for appearance, such as frosting, coconut or whipped cream toppings, which are all high in fat and calories.

— Source: www.mayoclinic.com/ health/healthy-recipes/NU00584

A frozen banana dipped in chocolate and rolled in nuts is a light and fun way to satisfy your sweet tooth after a meal.

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Instead of rushing the growing season, this might be a good time to decide if you want to continue on with the traditional long, straight garden rows that have worked well in previous locations. In our climate, raised beds have proved to be worth the time to create, even if the soil level is only raised by a few inches.

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T O DAY ’ S RECIPES • BAKED APPLE, F2 • PEACHES WITH HERBS AND ALMOND CRUNCH, F2 • CHOCOLATE-DIPPED STRAWBERRIES, F2 • FRUIT PUDDING & GRANOLA PARFAITS, F2 • APPLE PIE WITH OATMEAL CRUST, F2 • REFRESHING FRUIT SLUSHY, F2 • CHOCOLATE-COVERED BANANA POPS, F2 • VERY VANILLA RICE PUDDING, F2 • FROZEN BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP “ICE CREAM,” F2 • NANI’S TORTINO DI FAGIOLINI, F3 • CLEMENTINE’S BUTTERSCOTCH BROWNIES, F3 • DRUNKEN CHICKEN AND RICE, F3 • RED LOBSTER CHEESE BISCUITS, F6 • VIETNAMESE BEEF SOUP (PHO), F6

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Continued from F1 If you subscribe to the philosophy that “life is uncertain, eat dessert first,” Brizee suggests planning your meal around the finale.

“If you’re going to a restaurant because of their desserts, get an hors d’oeuvre or salad with shrimp on it for dinner, forgo the bread, and then get the dessert and enjoy it thoroughly,” Brizee said.

She’s also a fan of sharing. By all means, order the cheesecake, but get at least two forks.

“Most restaurant desserts are anywhere from 500-1,000 calories, so splitting them is always a good idea,” she said.

Brizee said one chocolate truffle per day would be a reasonable dessert, but some people find it hard to have tempting treats in the pantry at home.

“Some people just can’t have something in the house and eat just one. Sometimes it’s best to go to a candy store and buy one. Or go to Goody’s and buy an ice cream cone, or go out with a friend, buy one big Great Harvest cookie, split it, have a good cup of coffee, and really enjoy it once in a while,” Brizee said.

The whole idea of desserts is pleasure, after all.

Dessert cookbook author Lori Longbotham writes in “Luscious Creamy Desserts” that desserts “are indulgences and luxuries, and we count on them to raise our spirits.”

Brizee concurs, and says it’s important to sit down and enjoy dessert.

“The worst thing is to sneak cookies because you don’t want anyone to see you eating them. Sit down, enjoy one, savor it and make it worth its while. I think that’s one of the biggest reasons we eat too much is because we don’t take time to sit down and enjoy our food,” Brizee said.

Dark chocolate is another way to lighten up dessert because it’s lower in sugar than milk chocolate and has the added benefit of antioxidants that promote heart health.

Longbotham’s recipes (see right) include dark chocolate-covered banana pops.

Brizee said that a great dessert for adults is a square of dark chocolate along with a little red wine.

“Get chocolate that’s 85 percent cocoa, like a Lindt bar. One square is about 55 calories. Take a bite of chocolate and let it melt, then have a sip of red wine, like a cabernet or merlot. The taste is amazing.

Really rich, dark chocolate has a complex flavor, and doesn’t make you want more like milk chocolate would, which has more sugar.

Sugar makes you want to eat more, like can you eat just one M&M?” she said.

So stop thinking you have to deprive yourself by skipping dessert.

Fit a light dessert into every day, or plan ahead and cut some calories so you can splurge on a decadent treat occasionally.

The late, great humorist Erma Bombeck had the right idea: “Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart.”

Alison Highberger can be reached at ahighberger@mac .com.

Makes 8 servings.

This pudding is intoxicatingly fragrant and flavorful, offering a big dose of comforting deliciousness. Arborio rice, the same kind used in risotto, lends a thick creaminess to this pudding without the addition of any cream, while the vanilla soy milk imparts a richer flavor and texture than regular milk.

— Ellie Krieger 2 C water 1 C Arborio rice 3 C vanilla soy milk ¼ C sugar Pinch of salt 1 cinnamon stick ½ tsp vanilla extract ¼ tsp ground cinnamon, plus more for dusting ¼ tsp ground nutmeg, plus more for dusting

Photos by Rob Kerr / The Bulletin

Oats and apples are the primary ingredients for a light apple pie dessert.

PEACHES WITH HERBS AND ALMOND CRUNCH Makes 4 servings.

This is fantastic in the summer with just-picked peaches, but it’s also good with frozen peaches. Lavender or mint works in concert with the peaches to highlight their subtle flavors, while the nuts add a satisfying crunch. Make sure you’re using lavender that has not been sprayed with pesticides.

2 C sliced fresh peaches or frozen, defrosted at room temperature 1 TBS minced fresh lavender or mint 1 TBS sugar ¼ C almonds 1 TBS honey Toss the peaches, lavender and sugar in a medium bowl. Let sit for at least 5 minutes or up to an hour at room temperature or several hours refrigerated.

Combine the almonds and honey in a food processor and pulse until the almonds are in small pieces but not pureed, about 1 minute.

Divide the peaches into 4 individual serving bowls, top with the almond mixture and serve.

Nutrition information per serving, about: 113 calories, 3 g protein, 17 g carbohydrates, 2 g dietary fiber, 15 g sugars, 5 g total fat, 0 saturated fat, 0 cholesterol, 31 mg calcium, 1 mg sodium.

— From “The Best Life Diet Cookbook” by Bob Greene, Simon & Schuster 2009

BAKED APPLE Makes 1 serving.

1 apple, preferably tart 1 tsp butter 2 tsp brown sugar

¼ tsp cinnamon 1 TBS raisins (optional)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Core apple and peel off top ¼ of the skin. Use fingers or a butter knife to coat peeled apple and inside of core with butter. Mix sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle into core and on peeled part of apple. If desired, put raisins in core of apple.

Place apple in a baking pan, cover and bake for 30 to 45 minutes, until soft when poked with a fork. Take cover off and bake for another 5 to 10 minutes, or until top is slightly browned. Allow to cool for 15 to 30 minutes before eating.

— From “Healthy Choices, Healthy Children” by Lori S. Brizee, R.D., Paraclete Press, to 856 NW Bond • Downtown Bend • 541-330-5999 www.havenhomestyle.com be published in October 2011

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APPLE PIE WITH OATMEAL CRUST Makes 8 servings.

Makes 6 servings.

Succulent strawberries luxuriously coated in smooth dark chocolate is the ultimate healthy indulgence.

— Ellie Krieger 2.5 oz good-quality dark chocolate (60 to 70 percent cocoa solids) 1 (16-oz) container strawberries, washed, hulled and patted dry Line a tray with waxed paper.

Break the chocolate into small pieces and place about twothirds of it in the top of a double boiler set over barely simmering water. Make sure that the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water. Stir occasionally, very gently, until the chocolate has melted, about 1 minute.

Remove from the double boiler and add the rest of the chocolate, stirring gently until it has melted.

Dip the strawberries in the chocolate, place on the waxed paper, and chill in the refrigerator until the chocolate has set, about 15 minutes or up to several hours.

Serving size: 3 medium strawberries: 88 calories, 4 g total fat, 0 mono, 0 poly, 2.5 g saturated, 1 g protein, 13 g carbohydrates, 2.5 g fiber, 1 mg cholesterol, 1 mg sodium.

— From “The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life” by Ellie Krieger, The Taunton Press, 2008

2 C oatmeal 4 TBS healthy spread, such as Smart Balance 2 TBS water Vegetable oil cooking spray

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Combine the oatmeal, healthy spread and water in a food processor for 1 minute.

Coat a 9-inch pie plate with cooking spray and press the oatmeal mixture into the bottom of the plate. Bake the crust for 10 minutes.

Toss together the apples, sugar, cinnamon and flour in a large bowl.

Place the apple mixture on top of the crust and bake, covered with aluminum foil, for 45 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 5 minutes. Serve.

Nutrition information per serving, about: 195 calories, 4 g protein, 34 g carbohydrates, 4 g dietary fiber, 16 g sugars, 6 g total fat, 2 g saturated fat, 0 cholesterol, 23 mg calcium, 47 mg sodium.

— From “The Best Life Diet Cookbook” by Bob Greene, Simon & Schuster 2009

REFRESHING FRUIT SLUSHY

1 C fresh fruit, chopped, any kind (berries, peach, pear, melon, mango, pineapple, orange, banana, etc.)

1 C frozen fruit, any kind (freeze overripe bananas and use them in slushies)

Place fresh fruit in blender, or use a hand-held immersion blender, and blend until liquefied. Add frozen fruit and continue to blend. The result will be a thick slushy you can eat with a spoon or drink with a straw.

Nutrition information per serving (based on banana and orange): 110 calories, 2 g protein, 28 g carbohydrates, 1 g fat.

— From “Healthy Choices, Healthy Children” by Lori S. Brizee, R.D., Paraclete Press, to be published in October 2011

Dip frozen bananas into melted chocolate in a tall glass, then roll in crushed peanuts for a tasty yet light dessert.

Makes 6 servings.

Prepare pudding according to package instructions, using nonfat or 1 percent milk. Allow to cool in refrigerator for 10-20 minutes.

Use 6 clear glass dessert dishes, parfait cups or small drinking glasses. Put about 1⁄3 cup pudding in glass, followed by 2 tablespoons granola and ¼ cup fruit, repeat.

Nutrition information per serving: 140 calories, 5 g protein, 30 g carbohydrates, 1 g fat, 0 saturated fat, 2 mg cholesterol, 136 mg sodium, 2 g dietary fiber.

Variation: Replace pudding with yogurt: Mix together half vanilla and half plain yogurt.

— From “Healthy Choices, Healthy Children” by Lori S. Brizee, R.D., Paraclete Press, to be published in October 2011

When only chocolate will do

Makes 2 servings.

FRUIT PUDDING & GRANOLA PARFAITS

1 sm pkg vanilla pudding (the kind that needs to be cooked) Nonfat or 1 percent milk ¼ C granola (low-sugar, lowfat type) 1½ C frozen or fresh fruit (peaches, berries, bananas)

5 apples, cored and sliced ¼ C sugar 2 tsp cinnamon 2 TBS flour

CHOCOLATE-COVERED BANANA POPS Makes 8 servings.

These frozen bananas are fun to eat and feel like a real indulgence.

4 med, firm bananas 8 wooden craft sticks 3 TBS finely chopped lightly salted peanuts

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Bring the water to a boil in a medium, heavy, ovenproof saucepan. Add the rice, cover, reduce the heat to low, and simmer until the rice is nearly cooked, about 20 minutes.

In a large bowl, whisk together the soy milk, sugar and salt.

When the rice is cooked and still hot, add the soy milk mixture and cinnamon stick. Cover, place in the oven, and cook for 45 minutes.

Remove from the oven, uncover, and remove the cinnamon stick. Stir in the vanilla, ground cinnamon, and nutmeg.

The pudding will be slightly liquidy; the liquid will continue to absorb into the rice and thicken as the pudding cools. Distribute among 8 bowls. Dust with cinnamon and nutmeg. Serve warm or at room temperature.

The pudding will keep in the refrigerator in an airtight container for about three days.

Serving size: 2⁄3 cup: 154 calories, 2 g total fat, 0 mono, 0 poly, 0.5 g saturated, 5 g protein, 36 g carbohydrates, 0.7 g fiber, 1.7 mg cholesterol, 59 mg sodium.

— From “The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life” by Ellie Krieger, The Taunton Press, 2008

6 oz good quality dark chocolate (60 to 70 percent cocoa solids), chopped

Peel, then cut each banana in half crosswise and insert a craft stick into each half. Place on a tray, cover with plastic wrap and place in the freezer until frozen, about 3 hours.

Place the peanuts in a shallow dish or on a plate. Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler over slightly simmering water, over the lowest possible heat, stirring frequently. Make sure the water is not touching the bottom of the top pan. Pour the melted chocolate into a tall glass.

Dip each frozen banana into the chocolate, turning it to coat, and immediately roll in the peanuts. Place on a tray covered in wax paper.

Serve immediately or wrap individually in plastic wrap or waxed paper and freeze for up to 2 weeks.

Nutrition information per serving: 185 calories, 11 g total fat, 0 mono, 0 poly, 5 g saturated, 3 g protein, 25 g carbohydrates, 3 g fiber, 0 cholesterol, 23 mg sodium.

— From “The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life” by Ellie Krieger, The Taunton Press, 2008

1 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup 100 calories, 6 g total fat, 11 g carbohydrates, 2 g protein 1 Lindt Lindor Truffle, milk or dark chocolate 73 calories, 6 g total fat, 5 g carbohydrates, less than 1 g protein 9 Hershey’s Kisses 200 calories, 12 g total fat, 25 g carbohydrates, 3 g protein 8 Junior Mints 85 calories, 1.5 g fat, 17.5 g carbohydrates, .5 g protein

FROZEN BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP “ICE CREAM” Makes 4 servings.

This quick recipe is so decadent tasting, you might have a hard time believing it’s actually good for you. Dark chocolate contains powerful antioxidants that may help promote heart health. And it’s a great way to use up a surplus of bananas; peeled bananas can be stored in the freezer for several weeks.

3 bananas, peeled and frozen in a resealable plastic bag ¼ C dark chocolate, such as Hershey’s Extra Dark, chopped coarsely.

Slice the bananas and process in a food processor for 2 minutes. If the bananas are too hard to slice, let thaw at room temperature for 2 minutes before slicing.

Add the chocolate and process for 1 more minute. Spoon the mixture into chilled bowls and serve immediately.

Nutrition information per serving, about: 127 calories, 1 g protein, 26 g carbohydrates, 3 g dietary fiber, 16 g sugars, 4 g total fat, 2 g saturated fat, 0 cholesterol, 7 mg calcium, 2 mg sodium.

— From: “The Best Life Diet Cookbook” by Bob Greene, Simon & Schuster 2009

THE BULLETIN • Tuesday, April 26, 2011 F3

F Drunken chicken is a smashing hit on only 1 beer

By Linda Gassenheimer McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Beer is the secret ingredient to this chicken, rice and saffron dish. This is a simple one-pot meal that can be made for a midweek dinner or increased for a quick weekend crowd pleaser.

The rice should not be dry and flaky. It should be “drunk” with the liquid. Valencia-style rice is best for this dish. It’s a short-grain or pearl rice that can be found in most super-

markets. The grains are almost round and have a high starch content giving the rice a sticky, moist texture. Italian arborio rice, a short-grain rice used for making risotto, also can be used in this recipe.

The only chopping and cutting in this dinner is the onion. To cut down on preparation time, you can use frozen, chopped onions. The result will taste a little different, but still be good.

DRUNKEN CHICKEN AND RICE Makes 2 servings.

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This surprising green bean tart is served at Nani’s Cucina Italiana in Jackson Hole, Wyo.

Green beans, with Italian styling

By Noelle Carter Los Angeles Times

Q:

My family recently vacationed in Jackson Hole, Wyo., and our favorite meal by

far was at Nani’s Cucina Italiana. The surprise star of the evening was the tortino di fagiolini, a delicious green bean tart that reminded us of a refined Italian

version of green bean casserole.

Maybe you can convince them to share the recipe?

A great make-ahead recipe when you’re expecting

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company, this tortino from Nani’s combines fresh green beans, grated Parmigiano and a touch of garlic in a baked egg tart similar to a frittata.

NANI’S TORTINO DI FAGIOLINI Makes 8 to 12 servings.

Note: Adapted from Nani’s Cucina Italiana in Jackson Hole, Wyo. This recipe requires a 9-inch springform pan. To make ciabatta crumbs, dry out slices of the bread and pulse in a food processor. The restaurant serves this dish with roasted tomatoes and roasted almonds.

1½ lbs green beans, cleaned Salt 2 TBS extra-virgin olive oil 1 red onion, sliced into thin strips

1 sm garlic clove, chopped 5 eggs ½ C grated Parmigiano-Reggiano ¼ C milk

Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil. Add the green beans and boil just until tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain the beans, and immediately shock them in a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking. When the beans are just cool, drain again.

Coarsely chop the beans into pieces approximately 1½ inches in length and place in a large bowl.

In a large sauté pan, heat the olive oil over medium high heat until hot. Add the onion and cook, stirring frequently, until the onions are translucent and begin to color, 8 to 10 minutes.

Stir in the chopped garlic and continue to cook until the onion is caramelized, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove the pan from heat and cool slightly, then toss the onions and garlic with the green beans.

Meanwhile, make the egg base: In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, Parmigiano-Reggiano, milk, one-fourth teaspoon salt and several

Freshly ground pepper 1 C ciabatta crumbs

grinds of pepper.

Stir the egg base in with the beans and onion mixture.

Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare the pan: Line a 9-inch springform pan with foil, and grease the foil.

Pour the bean mixture into the pan and sprinkle over the bread crumbs. Bake the tortino until set (it should barely jiggle, and a knife inserted will come out clean), 30 to 40 minutes. Remove and cool the tortino, still in the pan, on a rack.

When the tortino is cool, cover the pan and refrigerate it until chilled (chilling the tortino will make it easier to slice). Serve the sliced tortino cool or at room temperature.

Nutrition information for each of 12 servings: 122 calories; 5 g protein; 12 g carbohydrates; 2 g fiber; 6 g fat; 2 g saturated fat; 91 mg cholesterol; 3 g sugar; 122 mg sodium.

Salty and sweet, the best of both worlds

By Noelle Carter Los Angeles Times

Q:

I absolutely love the butterscotch brownie at Clementine in Los Angeles. It’s chewy and full of brown-sugary goodness — the perfect afternoon treat or sweet for a picnic. I’d love to be able to make

it at home. Could you find the recipe for me?

Tender, rich and temptingly sweet, Clementine’s butterscotch brownies balance that brown-sugary goodness with a nice hint of salt to make this the perfect treat for almost any occasion.

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CLEMENTINE’S BUTTERSCOTCH BROWNIES Makes 12 to 16 servings.

Note: Adapted from Clementine Bakery in Los Angeles. ¾ C plus 2 TBS (3.5 oz) flour 1¼ tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1 C plus 2 TBS (9.25 oz) dark brown sugar 5 TBS butter, melted

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A hint of salt balances the brown sugar in these butterscotch brownies.

1 extra-large egg ½ plus 1⁄8 tsp vanilla extract ½ C plus 2 TBS coarsely chopped toasted walnuts

Heat the oven to 325 degrees.

In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt, and set aside.

In a large bowl, stir the brown sugar into the melted butter. Stir in the egg, then the vanilla.

Stir in the dry ingredients, then fold in the nuts.

Place the batter in a greased 8-inch square baking pan and bake until set (a toothpick inserted will have moist crumbs), 25 to 30 minutes.

Cool slightly before serving.

Nutrition information for each of 16 servings: 152 calories; 2 grams protein; 22 grams carbohydrates; 0 fiber; 7 grams fat; 3 grams saturated fat; 23 mg cholesterol; 16 grams sugar; 194 mg sodium.

½ C Valencia-style rice 1 lb skinless, chicken thighs, on the bone 2 tsp canola oil 1 C sliced red onion 1½ tsp minced garlic 1 C fat-free, low-salt chicken broth

1 C tomato sauce 1 C beer 1 ⁄8 tsp saffron threads ½ C drained, sliced sweet pimento 1 C frozen petite peas Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Place rice in a small bowl and add water to cover the rice. Let stand while preparing remaining ingredients.

If you didn’t buy skinless chicken thighs, remove skin and fat from chicken. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over mediumhigh heat. Brown chicken on all sides, about 2 minutes.

Lower heat to medium and add the onion and garlic. Saute 2 to 3 minutes.

Drain the rice and add to the skillet with the chicken broth, tomato sauce, beer, saffron and pimento. Cover and simmer 10 minutes over medium heat. Add the peas to the skillet. Cover and simmer 5 minutes. A meat thermometer should read 180 degrees. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Notes: Chicken breasts or any other cut can be substituted for chicken thighs. Any type of beer can be used. Minced garlic can be found in the produce section or use 3 garlic cloves, crushed.

Turmeric can be substituted for saffron.

Nutrition information per serving: 585 calories (17 percent from fat), 11.0 g fat (1.9 g saturated, 4.7 g monounsaturated), 115 mg cholesterol, 40.7 g protein, 71.6 g carbohydrates, 7.5 g fiber, 516 mg sodium.

F4 Tuesday, April 26, 2011 • THE BULLETIN

H Pondering new high-end furniture trends in Milan

By Julie Lasky New York Times News Service

MILAN — Philippe Starck, dressed in spattered coveralls, holds a paint roller. Marcel Wanders brandishes one, too. Patricia Urquiola rests on an overturned bucket.

When the Italian lighting company Flos introduced its new collection at the International Furniture Fair in Milan, which ended April 17, it was with a photomontage of the products’ creators: 11 eminent designers posing as house painters.

The life-size portraits adorning Flos’ booth can be seen as an allegory of an industry that by many accounts is pulling itself from the wreckage of a global recession and cleaning up the mess.

“Something is moving,” said Giorgio Busnelli, chairman of B&B Italia, predicting that next year the luxury furniture company will see worldwide sales it hasn’t achieved since 2007.

The images captured the buoyant spirit of the fair, which celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. Aisles were crammed with 320,000 visitors over the six-day event.

Recalling the crush of bodies in his 10,000-square-foot booth, Flos’ president, Piero Gandini, said: “I was even a little bit scared.

It was like the Piazza San Marco in Venice. We have to put in pigeons next year.”

Allegorical or not, the Flos portraits are fantasies. One imagines that designers like Starck, Wanders and Urquiola wouldn’t be caught dead in coveralls. And, as far as one could tell from the fingers gripping Champagne flutes at the fair’s many parties, their nails are clean. These men and women are royalty who can tolerate being taken down a peg because the furniture fair is their court.

For less prominent designers, Milan is something else: a gateway to an international reputation, the place where a prototype might be snapped up for production or a chat might lead to a job in a renowned studio.

Consider that a single aluminum chair, the Hudson, which Starck designed 10 years ago for the American manufacturer Emeco, earns him $200,000 a year in royalties, according to the company’s president, Gregg Buchbinder.

Now consider that Starck presented new products for at least half a dozen manufacturers this

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Paul Loebach, a designer from Brooklyn, sets up his exhibit at the International Furniture Fair in Milan. The fair celebrated its 50th anniversary this year with 2,775 exhibitors, some filling whole buildings with their wares, and bringing in an estimated 320,000 visitors over the six-day event. Loebach, however, had just the one table, the centerpiece of his collection, priced at $22,000. year, and it becomes clear why he can afford to live in four countries. Rather than lavish attention on celebrities, who receive plenty from a Milan fair press corps of 5,300 members, this reporter followed three emerging American designers, each with a different strategy for getting noticed.

Seeking top dollar The mission led to far-flung corners of the event. Milan at fair time has its own special geography — a city within the city that springs up every April like Brigadoon. Neighborhoods are remapped as temporary “design districts” with reputations for being luxurious or brutalist, safe or rebellious, depending on the qualities of the displayed objects (and their admirers). The Brooklyn designer Paul Loebach, for instance, was tracked down in Lambrate, a former industrial neighborhood far from Milan’s center. Last year, a Dutch group organized the area as the Ventura Lambrate design district, attracting youthful exhibitors with a reputation for unchecked creativity. This year, it was the must-see destination, despite the necessity of scuttling through a tunnel to get there.

Dressed in jeans and a buttondown shirt with a scarf — the Milanese weather had been as temperamental as a 2-year-old — Loebach discussed the centerpiece of his collection: a table with spiral legs inspired by the open twists of 17th-century English furniture. Except that his spirals were sandwiched layers of wood veneer and carbon fiber.

Best known for designs ex-

ecuted by the New York furniture producers Areaware and Matter (his work is also sold by the lighting company Roll & Hill, which was making its European debut across town), Loebach first exhibited in Milan in 2008 at the Salone Satellite, a portion of the fair dedicated to young designers. Many dream of a Lana Turner moment at the Satellite. Loebach actually had one, when the Italian manufacturer Luigi Billiani, taking a quick break from his own booth one morning, passed by and offered to produce Loebach’s chair prototype. They are now in discussions about their third project together.

Meanwhile, Loebach hoped to sell his table. There was only one, and it involved tricky engineering, so it was priced at $22,000. But he wanted to license the design and work on more democratic applications.

Organic design While Loebach was basking in the sunlight pouring through the multipaned factory windows and the prospect of earning the price of a small BMW, Brooke Woosley, a 32-year-old designer from Los Angeles, was tethered to her booth at the Salone Satellite, in the punishingly long fairgrounds building in the Milanese suburb Rho. She was showing Chloros, a faceted display case coated with pastel shades of automotive paint and lighted inside with a fluorescent tube. Also on view was Bundle, a dangling lamp she had assembled from blown glass, brass and wire.

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planter, Chloros was named for chloroplasts, the organelles responsible for photosynthesis.

Woosley, however, is not a science geek, and isn’t averse to pointing out that the shelf would look great in a bar. Bundle was inspired by sloppily tied newspapers; the “twine” is a cloth-covered wire Woosley says she fell in love with.

(Obviously, industrial design is exactly where she belongs.)

Laptop launch pad Back in a leafy, wisteria-scented patch of the city, Jonathan Olivares, 29 was busy with products he had designed for the Italian company Danese. Its offices occupy an early-20th-century mansion where beautiful young men glide around carrying armfuls of fresh flowers or pushing cookie plates on visitors.

Last week, Olivares unveiled his Hollis side table there, a piece introduced in 2010 as a prototype that was now being readied for the market.

Hollis is designed to support a laptop computer and to move fluidly with the user. Envisioning that person sitting at home on a sofa, Olivares researched the form by typing the words “my living room” and “my laptop” into Flickr and studying the images that popped up. The base, which users are expected to step on, is covered in a rubbery material made of ground-up sneakers.

With a week’s growth of beard and a wrinkled pink shirt, Olivares was looking, if not dusty, then at least a little rumpled himself.

But then, he appears to be casual in many things. He talked his way into Pratt’s industrial design program without a portfolio — just a sketchbook with drawings of the furniture he had seen on one of his annual visits to the Milan fair, which he has attended regularly since he was 20.

Olivares’ apparently easy ascent belies the stresses and anxieties of being an American designer — and therefore in the minority — at the Milan fair.

Of the 146 Salone Satellite booths this year, only nine, Woosley’s among them, were tended by designers from the States.

Loebach believes that Milan may intimidate American designers; just the idea of shipping a heavy object overseas can make them nervous. Business is often conducted in Italian. And unlike many international exhibitors who are subsidized by their governments (the Dutch and Thai are particularly generous), Americans lacking client support must pay their own way.

Still, however small the American contingent, it’s growing.

According to the designer Stephen Burks, who is a model for many aspirants to international design careers, there are “a lot more American designers here now than there were 10 years ago.”

Fiberglass Continued from F1 Others claim that using a daily shower mist product after each shower does a good job and saves extra work when it comes to the recommended weekly shower cleaning.

But who has time for that in the morning, when you’re rushing to get the kids to school and trying to get to work on time?

Hess cleans his shower weekly, he said, and follows a routine designed to maintain the appearance of the fiberglass. Hess always wears a respirator while cleaning, he said, because the fumes of some cleaners could be toxic.

“Start with a nonabrasive cleaner on fiberglass, such as Soft Scrub or Comet Scratch Free,” Hess advises. “Don’t use the abrasive cleaners that are designed for porcelain or glass.”

Abrasives tend to scratch and roughen up the gel coat on fiberglass, he added, making the surfaces more attractive to mineral deposits and scum.

Then, use a soft scrubbing tool.

“Those soft, two-sided sponge scrubby things, like you use for washing dishes, will work well without scratching the finish,” Hess said, referencing the noscratch scrubbers he likes (not the abrasive, green scrubber).

“If you use an abrasive material, such as steel wool, you’ll take the finish off along with the dirt and soap scum.”

There are many cleaning products available that are good scum and mineral deposit removers if given the time to dissolve, Hess said, but most people probably don’t give their cleaning products time to work.

“Spray the surface with the cleanser, then let it sit,” Hess advises. “Then, after a few minutes, hit it again with the cleanser, and scrub the surface with the scrubby.”

Repeat applications may be necessary for severe buildups.

Spraying and immediately wiping tends to be ineffective where there are scum and minerals. Also, Hess said, fiberglass has about a 10-year lifespan before it starts to lose that “new” look.

In some cases, severe soap scum buildup, scratched sur-

faces and age require that the fiberglass be refinished. While there are kits available for do-ityourselfers, Hess recommends the job be left to experts.

“We tried several of the kits, and they just don’t work that well,” he said. “We’re professional painters, and we still ended up with brush marks, and the end result didn’t look that good.”

A professional refinishing job of a fiberglass fixture is a complex process, Hess said.

The complete job will take between one and two days, he said, and require some expensive professional tools.

The process starts by removing all the doors, frames, faucets and drain. The surface is scrubbed clean, then sanded to remove all the stains and rough up the fiberglass so it will hold the finish. Then it is degreased before the initial primer coat is applied.

“We mask off the whole room, then use an air pump system to remove the fumes and dust and vent them outside,” Hess said. “A two-part epoxy is applied to bind the finish to the surface.”

After that, two or three coats of epoxy are applied and allowed to dry, and the surface is sanded again before two or three more coats of light epoxy are sprayed on. When completed, Hess said, the fiberglass will look new again.

The cost of refinishing a shower stall, Hess said, will be about $450. A replacement, he said, would cost about the same amount, but that doesn’t include the plumbing and drywall work, painting and installation. A complete replacement shower stall, he estimates, would end up costing between $1,800 and $2,500.

“The whole process is very messy, and you’ll get dust all over. You need to wear a respirator,” Hess said. “All of these chemicals are toxic, and they are very bad to breathe or come in contact with. In the long run, you’re best off letting a pro do the job.”

Or, maintain your fiberglass correctly from the beginning, starting with no-scratch cleaning practices.

Leon Pantenburg can be reached at survivalsenselp@ gmail.com.

Weighing options for hot-water heating

By Al Heavens The Philadelphia Inquirer

Q:

We are ready to gut our children’s bathroom. They are getting to the ages where they’ll be showering more frequently, and our 80-gallon electric hot-water heater isn’t enough to allow for five showers in a row. We are considering a separate hot-water heat source just for their shower.

I’ve read about instant heaters online, but a plumber recommended we get a second 80-gallon tank, which I feel is overkill and would be too expensive.

We have been told the electric tankless models aren’t satisfactory performers. We do have propane for our fireplace and grill, so that’s an option.

What is the best option for this situation?

I’m not sure any system — conventional or ondemand, gas or electric — will be able to provide enough hot water for five showers in a row, but that’s just the skeptic in me, since I’m usually the third in line with a 50-gallon water heater.

The answer depends on whom you speak to. I have no preference either way, but our present “standing” heater doesn’t seem to be a major expense, compared with the sump pump in the spring or basement dehumidifier in the summer.

There are differences of opinion among plumbers, who appear to favor conventional storage heaters, and the electric and gas on-demand manufacturers, who seem more interested in emphasizing the drawbacks to their competitors’ products than in helping consumers.

A “neutral” source of information, the U.S. Department of Energy, says the following:

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Demand water heaters heat water directly; they avoid the standby heat losses associated with storage water heaters.

When a hot-water tap is turned on, cold water travels through a pipe into the unit. Either a gas burner or an electric element heats the water. With a demand water heater, you don’t need to wait for a storage tank to fill up with enough hot water. However, its output limits the flow rate.

Typically, demand water heaters provide hot water at a rate of 2 to 5 gallons per minute — those that are gas-fired produce higher flow rates than electric ones. Yet even the largest gas-fired model cannot supply enough hot water for simultaneous, multiple uses in large households.

To overcome this problem, you can install two or more demand water heaters, connected in parallel for simultaneous demands of hot water.

You can also install separate demand water heaters for appliances, such as a clothes washer or dishwasher.

For homes that use 41 gallons or less of hot water daily, demand water heaters can be 24 to 34 percent more energy efficient than conventional storage-tank water heaters.

They can be 8 to 14 percent more energy efficient for homes that use a lot of hot water — around 86 gallons per day.

You can achieve even greater energy savings of 27 to 50 percent if you install a demand water heater at each hot-water outlet.

Questions? E-mail Al Heavens at aheavens@phillynews.com.

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THE BULLETIN • Tuesday, April 26, 2011 F5

G Season Continued from F1 The biggest benefit is that the soil will warm earlier. A raised bed can be as simple as hoeing the soil from the base to the top to form a planting area with slightly sloped sides.

I have seen fantastic raised beds using the native rocks that we all seem to have a supply of.

Think of what great heat collectors they are.

For those who already have the raised wood beds, you may want to add a bed using the rock construction for comparison.

As with any project, the more time you spend planning, in this case sizing the rocks and placing them, the more satisfied you will be with the end result.

Temperature concerns This is also the time to think about incorporating some sort of plant protection or season extenders. Have something in mind before you plant so you won’t be running in every direction when you hear that a frost is

headed our way.

Gardeners shouldn’t underestimate the value of a soil thermometer. We use charts and calendars and advice from the old-timers as guidelines, but the use of a soil thermometer is a more accurate timeline of when seeds should be sown direct to the garden. Soil thermometers are available at nurseries and garden centers and usually cost less than $20.

The soil temperature should be taken at approximately the same time each morning for a minimum of three days. For seed planting, get a measurement at about 2 inches of depth.

For transplants, measure 4 to 6 inches deep.

Patience is a virtue when it relates to direct seed planting. An example is carrots. A seed planted in 50-degree soil will take 17 days to appear as a seedling. At a soil temperature of 59 degrees, seedlings will appear in 10 days, and at 68 degrees, seedlings will appear in seven days. The optimum range for most seeds is 6075 degrees.

Your seed packet will tell you everything you need to know

Next week: Wall Straw-bale structure blocks noise, gets second looks.

A guide to planting vegetables by soil temperature

70°and above Plant tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, cucumbers, squash, corn and melons.

Tomatoes, eggplants and peppers are slowgrowing and take many weeks to grow to the stage where you can plant them out in the garden, so you might want to purchase these as starts from your local garden center. On the other hand, squash, cucumbers and corn grow quickly and are easier to start from seed.

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60°and above Plant beans, beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots and cauliflower.

(But be forewarned — beans will not tolerate any frost and may have to be planted again if the temperature goes below freezing.)

50°and above

40°and below

Plant Chinese cabbage, leeks, onions, Swiss chard and turnips.

Plant arugula, kale, lettuce, parsnips, peas, radicchio, radishes and spinach.

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to direct sow, including the soil temperature needed to germinate, the soil depth needed to

cover the seeds or directions to press the seeds into the mix and not cover.

So why does it really matter?

Our patience is rewarded with healthy seedlings that will grow

into productive plants. The impatience of starting too early will discourage the gardener with poor germination resulting from seeds rotting in cold, wet soil.

And then we wonder why people claim that you can’t grow anything in Central Oregon. I have said many times that we can be our own worst gardening enemy.

The tender, warm-season vegetables — tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers and squash — do best when started indoors or purchased as a plant rather than direct seeding to the garden. Watch for local Garden Club, Master Gardeners and nursery plant offerings for vegetable varieties that will do well in our climate.

This is definitely the year to try your hand at a little gardening — nothing elaborate, maybe a colorful mixture of salad greens in a container with a few flowers to grace the table. Beside the cost effectiveness, the produce you grow will only have to travel a few feet to your dinner table.

Liz Douville can be reached at douville@bendbroadband.com.

Heat makers, heat seekers: chili pepper devotion

By Anne Raver

Hot stuff — favorite chilies

New York Times News Service

PATAGONIA, Ariz. — There was a frost expected here two weeks ago, but Gary Paul Nabhan, a conservation biologist and inveterate seed-saver, was out in his hardscrabble garden anyway, planting his favorite food, hot chilies.

Chiltepin, chile de arbol (the one that scrambles up trees), tabasco, serrano, pasilla, Chimayo. These are only a few of the pungent peppers that Nabhan and two other chili lovers — Kurt Michael Friese, a chef from Iowa City, and Kraig Kraft, an agro-ecologist studying the origin of hot peppers — collected on a journey that began two years ago, in northern Mexico, and took them across the hot spots of this country.

In a van dubbed the Spice Ship, these three gastronauts set out to talk to farmers dealing with the effects of climate change on their crops, especially chilies, both wild and domesticated. Their collective tale, “Chasing Chiles: Hot Spots Along the Pepper Trail,” spiced up with recipes vetted by Friese, was published last month

by Chelsea Green.

And now Nabhan was putting in his favorite chilies, all started from seed, beneath heirloom fruit trees like a 2-year-old San Michel quince from the San Rafael Valley, a few hills over, and a Texas Mission almond, which has been grown for centuries from here to Southern California. He shares this hilly 5-acre spread, ringed by the Patagonia Mountains, with his wife, Laurie Monti, a nurse practitioner-turned-anthropologist, whose desert herbs surround their adobe house.

“These plants will not go out in the open,” Nabhan said, planting a habanero seedling. “Most seedlings in the desert get their start under nurse plants, like mesquite, but we’re using fruit trees.”

Taking advantage of precious shade in the high desert is an evolutionary strategy of the chili pepper, which originated in the Sierras of northern Mexico. As summers have become hotter over the years, farmers and gardeners have begun to plant their chilies in the shade of fruit trees, which also offer protection in a sudden freeze.

Green gardening Nabhan, a world traveler who has written some 20 books on the culture of food and plants, is rooting himself here with perennial crops that sequester carbon and help reduce greenhouse gases.

He has terraced this land, in the manner of his Middle Eastern ancestors, molding low walls out of the heavy clay soil and digging catchment basins, to slow and catch rainwater as it rushes downhill during downpours. And he has put in drip lines, fed by rainwater collected from the roof, as well as an artesian spring, to reach every plant.

He is also improving the soil with organic materials like goat manure and biochar, or charcoal, locally burned, from the dead-

Photos by Chris Hinkle / New York Times News Service

Gary Paul Nabhan, a conservation biologist, plants a chili at his home in Patagonia, Ariz. Nabhan was one of three men who set off to talk to farmers dealing with the effects of climate change on their crops, especially chilies, and shared the tale in “Chasing Chiles: Hot Spots Along the Pepper Trail.”

A collection of chilies in a bowl at Nabhan’s home. wood of his mesquite trees, which shed branches in the recent eightyear drought. (His fruit trees, near-indestructible prickly pear and agaves, survived the drought but succumbed to the freeze in February.)

“The worst possible thing we can do with that sense of being overwhelmed by the severity of climate change is to just resign ourselves to being victims,” Nabhan said, setting a chile de arbol under the canopy of a desert willow. “Planting in the face of all this uncertainty is probably the most important ethical choice that we could make.”

And chilies have a heat and flavor that many of us connect to in the same way we do to music, literature and our first dogs.

“None of us is eating chili peppers for their protein, calories or good or bad carbohydrates,” he

said. “They’re giving us pleasure and something vibrant and vital in our lives.”

Nabhan, 59, has worn many hats over the years, but his work, as he says, “isn’t just about conserving things.” It’s about “conserving relationships.”

The grandson of a fruit peddler from Lebanon, near the Syrian border, he grew up in the Indiana sand dunes, with the spicy cooking and fresh fruits and vegetables adored by his family. Nabhan, a high school dropout, ended up with a doctorate in arid-land resources, as well as a handful of awards, including a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant.

He learned to eat chilies and speak Spanish as a teenager, when he had manual-labor jobs and worked with Mexicans and Cubans. (His favorite dive served paella, and the owner had a pet European hare that would stand on its back legs and beg for jalapeños.)

He went on to co-found Native Seeds SEARCH — “search” stands for Southwestern Endangered Aridland Resource Clearinghouse — one of the first groups in the country to save and distribute the seeds of rare food crops.

Its growing fields spread out in the valley below his homestead.

Heirloom efforts More recently, he founded Renewing America’s Food Traditions, an alliance of groups, including the Chefs Collaborative. It is devoted to collecting and raising near-forgotten plants and animals, like heirloom apple trees or Navajo-Churro sheep. Be

it chilies or lamb, “these placebased foods that have deep roots in our cultures and that are attached to particular landscapes are the essence of how people locate themselves in relation to the earth,” Nabhan said.

“Chasing Chiles” captures the essence of why people continue, against all odds, to grow the food that they love — from the famous datil peppers of St. Augustine, Fla., steeped in vinegar in old whiskey bottles, to the habaneros that give pollo pibil, the Yucatan chicken dish, its kick — against all odds.

And though the book is an ode to the atomic, addictive flavors “that some of us need more than others,” Nabhan said, it isn’t exactly “Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in ‘Road to Zanzibar.”’

Referring to farmers who survived Hurricane Jimena, which dumped 27 inches of rain in 24 hours along the coast north of Guaymas, a port in northern Mexico, in August 2009, he said, “It was fairly cathartic going into some of these places, where people had spent 16 hours up in a tree, or were suffering post-traumatic stress.”

The travelers passed tilted powerlines and uprooted trees, finding no trace of the chiltepins that usually flourish beneath the shade of hackberry bushes on the banks of dry washes. But they did find Oscar Gonzalez, a citrus grower, and his young farmworker, Chano, who were still reeling from a night spent clinging to the branches of a palo verde tree as floodwaters ripped out fruit trees, smashed the irrigation system and carried off Chano’s house.

In the Yucatan, Hurricane Gilbert not only flooded the habanero fields outside the village of Muna, but blew in viruses from Africa, which spotted and curled leaves and decreased plant yields.

On the southern edge of Sonora, the wild chili crop failed almost completely during the fierce drought in 2009.

Dealing with drought And down in San Ignacio, about 60 miles from Nabhan’s house, Jesus and Casimiro Sanchez, brothers who have farmed since they could walk into the fields, were dealing with the same long drought that killed the chilies and fruit trees in Patagonia.

Visiting them again, two weeks ago, Nabhan surveyed the destruction in the nursery behind their house. The February freeze had damaged a grapefruit tree, which had shed its fruit on the ground but was blooming again.

A chili bush at its feet looked almost dead, but was sprouting some new leaves.

“Limes and lemons were hurt the most,” Jesus Sanchez said in Spanish, as Nabhan interpreted.

The tropical fruits — mangoes, avocados, guavas, papayas — that the brothers had planted in recent years in response to warmer temperatures had all died.

“But the grapefruits will survive, and the figs and pomegranates were fine,” Sanchez said.

Sanchez offered his visitors dried chiltepins, smiling as their eyes watered and they croaked, “Muy picante, muy sabroso.”

Then he gave them some seeds.

Chilies evolved in hot, dry climates, so they are drought-tolerant and can take high temperatures.

They are also ideal for pots, so these shrubby plants can spend the winter in a sunny room or greenhouse.

A few of Gary Paul Nabhan’s favorites are listed below, but many more — and their stories — can be found in “Chasing Chiles,” which he co-wrote.

The chiltepin, or wild chili of the Sonoran Desert, is hard to start from seed and will die if overwatered.

Its pea-size red fruit are packed with heat. “And yet its fire quickly burns out; you are left with a lingering taste of minerals, the thirsty desert earth itself,” the book says.

If growing from seed, start chiltepins indoors, setting pots or trays on a heat mat or warm surface (like the top of your refrigerator) until they germinate.

Then give them plenty of sun and move them into bigger pots, after the seedlings develop their first true leaves. Wait until night temperatures warm to 55 degrees before moving the pots outdoors or planting in the ground. Chilies also appreciate being watered from below, with drip lines or soaker hoses. If watering by hand, do not douse them with cold water from the hose; let it warm up a bit in a barrel or bucket.

The chile de arbol, which thrives in the semi-shade of a tree or shrub, is a red, pungent chili about two to four inches long. It’s terrific for salsa.

Seeds for both chilies are available through Native Seeds Search, 866622-5561 or nativeseeds .org.

The fish pepper, which is thought to have been brought to this country from the Caribbean by African slaves, is a favorite with Chesapeake Bay folk, who use it in fish, crab and shrimp dishes. The 2-foot plants have striking variegated foliage and mediumhot green fruit that turn bright red as they ripen.

Seeds are sold through the Seed Savers Exchange, 563-382-5990 or seed savers.org.

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Cheesy Red Lobster biscuits, made at home

By Julie Rothman

Salvaging a scrapbook

and I can understand how they could easily become addictive.

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Arlene Bird, of Sonoma, Calif., was looking for the recipe for the rich and delicious cheese biscuits that are served warm with every order at the Red Lobster restaurant chain. She clearly is not alone in her craving for these biscuits because Shirley Zehner, of Baltimore, sent in a copy of the recipe that was published in the August 1994 issue of Ladies Home Journal.

Just like Bird, several readers had written to the magazine and asked them to try and obtain the recipe for the biscuits from the restaurant chain.

When Ladies Home Journal told Red Lobster about the many readers who had requested their biscuit recipe, they came up with a version of their well-loved recipe that is perfect for baking at home.

While I have never tasted the biscuits at Red Lobster, I can report that this homemade version is cheesy and delicious,

RECIPE REQUEST: Kathleen Wilson, of Laurel, Md., is looking for the recipe she has lost from 25 years or so ago for “Lazy Day Lasagna.”

She said it came from the back of a box of Mueller’s brand ziti.

RECIPE FINDER

If you are looking for a recipe or can answer a request, write to Julie Rothman, Recipe Finder, The Baltimore Sun, 501 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21278 or e-mail recipefinder@ baltsun.com. If you send in more than one recipe, please put each on a separate piece of paper and include your name, address and daytime phone number. Important: Name and hometown must accompany recipes in order to be published.

Please list the ingredients in order of use, and note the number of servings each recipe makes. Please type or print contributions. Letter and recipes may be edited for clarity.

RED LOBSTER CHEESE BISCUITS Makes 10-12 biscuits.

2 C buttermilk baking mix (see below) 2 ⁄3 C milk ½ C shredded cheddar

cheese ¼ C butter or margarine, melted ½ tsp garlic powder

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Combine baking mix, milk and cheese with a wooden spoon until soft dough forms. Beat vigorously for 30 seconds. Drop dough by heaping tablespoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes until golden.

Combine melted butter or margarine and garlic powder; brush over warm biscuits before removing from cookie sheet. Serve warm.

Note: Bisquick is probably the best-known brand of buttermilk baking mix. It is also easy and cost effective to make a homemade version with the following recipe:

HOMEMADE BAKING MIX Makes 13 cups of mix.

10½ C flour ¼ C baking powder 1½ TBS salt ½ C sugar

2 C shortening 1 C buttermilk powder 1½ tsp baking soda

In a large bowl, mix all ingredients with an electric mixer until particles are small and uniform in size. Store on a shelf in a tightly covered container. Storage life is approximately three months.

MARTHA STEWART

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I have an old album with photos and newspaper clippings glued to the pages. Is it possible to remove, preserve and store these items without destroying them?

It’s probably best to leave the photos and clippings where they are. Only a conservator can tell what type of adhesive was used to attach the items and what kind of solvent will safely remove it. If you try to detach the pieces yourself, you’ll likely cause them to tear. But even if freeing the pictures were a risk-free prospect, conservators would probably still advise against it.

“An album is more than the sum of its parts,” says Adrienne Lundgren, senior photograph conservator at the Library of Congress.

“When you disassemble it, you lose the historical context, the sequence and format that the creator designed.”

Still, there are important steps you can take to ensure the longevity of your heirlooms. Place the album in an archival box to buffer the photos from temperature and humidity fluctuations, dust and insects, and store it in a cool, dry place. Avoid the basement and the attic, where conditions tend to be moist, promoting sticking and mold growth, or extremely dry, causing shrinking, curling or cracking.

Choose a box that has passed the Photographic Activity Test, which assesses whether storage material will cause fading or staining of photographs. (This information is often included in catalogs and websites for art and photography supplies. One source is University Products, www.universityproducts.com.)

If the pages of the album have come loose, place them, in order, in individual sleeves made of pure, uncoated polyester, polyethylene or polypropylene — all materials that pass the Photographic Activity Test. Number the sleeves to retain the initial sequence using a pen with archival-quality ink, such as a Pigma pen (also available at University Products). Stack the sleeves inside the original binding, and

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Vietnamese classic is an enticing meal in a bowl

By Kathleen Purvis McClatchy-Tribune News Service

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I’m having trouble getting butterscotch chips to melt. I tried it on the stove with a homemade double boiler and I tried the microwave. They just dried out.

With the butterscotch chips, the problem might be scorching. Anything made with sugar burns easily.

To melt either chocolate or butterscotch morsels in the microwave, use 50 percent power for 30 seconds at a time, stirring well each time. Repeat until the morsels are mostly melted but a few chips remain. Remove from the microwave, let stand about a minute and stir again to completely melt.

On the stove, I’d skip the double boiler and use a small, heavy saucepan. Be patient and use low heat, stirring frequently.

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Kathleen Purvis answers food questions at www.charlotte observer.com.

— Adrienne Lundgren, senior photograph conservator at the Library of Congress

place them inside a box. You can protect pages further in an intact album with sleeves or interleaving sheets. Just be careful not to overstuff the album, since this can break the binding.

If you think the album’s materials are harming its contents, find a qualified conservator; in the U.S., consult www .conservation-us.org.

Q:

I have a 20-year-old lilac bush that has flowered only once. How can I encourage it to bloom?

Common lilacs (Syringa vulgaris) are long-lived shrubs that are covered with large spikes of tiny, fragrant purple blossoms at the height of spring. If your shrub doesn’t flower regularly, there are three

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possible reasons: lack of sun, poorly timed pruning or your climate.

In order to flourish, common lilacs need a lot of sunshine. A shrub planted in full sun years ago may now find itself shaded by the much larger trees that surround it. In this case, start with a new plant in a sunnier location.

You should have blooms the first year.

These lilacs benefit from having old, woody stems removed to encourage air circulation and new growth, but proper timing is crucial. Almost immediately after blooming, the shrub begins to form buds for next season’s show. The only time you should prune is right after the blooms have faded.

Another factor required for

common lilacs to flower is a proper winter chill. Without one, they struggle and bloom irregularly; some don’t flower at all. If you live in a location that has mild winters, choose a Descanso hybrid. These lilacs have been developed to bloom reliably in such climates. Most local garden centers and nurseries offer them. You can learn more about Descanso lilacs at w w w. m a r t h a s te w a r t . c o m / southern-exposure-lilacs.

For more information on the topics covered in the Ask Martha column, visit www.martha stewart.com.

Questions should be addressed to Ask Martha, c/o Letters Department, Martha Stewart Living, 601 W. 26th St., 9th floor, New York, NY 10001. Questions may also be sent by e-mail to: mslletters@marthastewart .com. Please include your name, address and daytime telephone number.

Questions of general interest will be answered in this column; Martha Stewart regrets that unpublished letters cannot be answered individually.

Pinot noir, which tends to be fruity and lower in tannins, is one of the few red wines that can work with Asian seasonings. Makes 8 servings.

10 C beef broth (homemade or low-sodium canned) 2 med onions, thickly sliced 4 (½-inch-thick) slices fresh ginger 2 TBS fish sauce 3 lg garlic cloves, halved

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Use caution when melting butterscotch

“An album is more than the sum of its parts.

When you disassemble it, you lose the historical context, the sequence and format that the creator designed.”

VIETNAMESE BEEF SOUP (PHO)

By Carole Kotkin Vietnam’s fragrant, beef-based noodle soup, pho (pronounced “fuh”), is street food there, sold in small shops and from carts. Originally from the north, it has become a classic throughout Vietnam and a mainstay of Vietnamese restaurants in the United States.

Making this dish requires a few steps, but none of them is difficult, and everything can be ready in under an hour. For easier slicing, place the steak in the freezer for 30 minutes to firm it up.

Nicole Bengiveno / New York Times News Service

To preserve photo albums and scrapbooks, use archival materials that have passed the Photographic Activity Test.

Emily Michot / Miami Herald

Vietnam’s fragrant, beef-based noodle soup, pho (pronounced “fuh”), has become a mainstay of Vietnamese restaurants in the United States.

2 whole star anise 1½ tsp whole cloves 8 oz bean-thread noodles 1 lb flank steak, trimmed and thinly sliced crosswise 1 head romaine lettuce, thinly sliced

Combine broth, onion, ginger, fish sauce, garlic, star anise and cloves in heavy large pot and bring to boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes. Strain broth into bowl; discard solids.

Bring a large pot of water to boil. Remove from heat.

Add noodles and let stand until tender and pliable, about 15 minutes. Drain. Using scissors, cut noodles into 2-inch lengths. Transfer to another bowl.

(Noodles and broth can be prepared a day ahead. Cover

3 green onions, thinly sliced ¼ C fresh cilantro (or basil) leaves 2 jalapeño peppers, thinly sliced 1 C bean sprouts Lime or lemon wedges Bottled hot sauce

separately and refrigerate. Bring noodles to room temperature before continuing.)

Return broth to pot and bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Add steak slices to pot (the hot broth will cook them).

Place soup, noodles, lettuce, green onions, cilantro, jalapeños, bean sprouts, lime wedges and hot sauce in center of table. To serve, ladle soup into large soup bowls, and invite guests to garnish as desired.

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Call kfjbuilders@ykwc.net 541-280-1537 Building Materials before 10 pm. 541-389-0371. http://rightwayranch.wordpress.com/ Custom AK47, extras, ammo A farmer that does it right & is available for extra. $500 Call Classifieds at on time. Power no till seed270 Rottweiler, male pup, 5 mo., 541-771-3222.

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DO YOU HAVE vices, cut, rake, bale, Gopher FOUND electronic device, WaSOMETHING TO SELL control. 541-419-4516 English Bulldogs: adult, spayed Schnauzer, AKC mini female, noga Snow Park area Call to FOR $500 OR LESS? born 1/27. Mostly black. female $500; 4month, intact identify. 541-383-1709.

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541-420-5317. male, $1200. 541-588-6490 Looking for your next advertisers may FOUND JACKET NEAR employee? place an ad with our English Mastiff Brindle Fe- Shih Tzu Puppies for sale. 3 HORSE BUTTE. Call to identify Place a Bulletin help males/3 months old. $400 male Pup, 4 mo. , current on 541-389-5873 "QUICK CASH wanted ad today and ea. Call Mike 5414201409 shots, $300, 541-325-1029.

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Every Day through bendbulletin.com which Ad must Found Portable Hard Drive, in currently receives over 210 The Bulletin Classifieds include price of single item Most jobs completed in Old Mill near movie theater, 1.5 million page views of $500 or less, or mulFurniture & Appliances 5 days or less. eve of 4/19, 541-788-4882. every month at English Mastiff puppies. 1 Male tiple items whose total Best Pricing in the Industry. no extra cost. & 2 females, all fawn, Shots, Air Conditioner, Soleus, purdoes not exceed $500.

Found Wedding Ring, Sunriver, 541-647-8261 Bulletin Classifieds health guarantee, ready to Monday 4/18, call to identify, chased at Home Depot for Get Results! go. $800 ea, 541-279-1437.

Call Classifieds at 541-410-5396. $500, due to moving to westREDMOND Habitat RESTORE Call 385-5809 or place 541-385-5809 ern Oregon will sell for $350 Building Supply Resale your ad on-line at www.bendbulletin.com OBO, 541-382-0763 FERRET: 1-yr-old girl Find It in Quality at LOW PRICES bendbulletin.com with cage $150.

1242 S. Hwy 97 541-548-1406 The Bulletin Classifieds! !Appliances! A-1 Quality & Honesty!

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A-1 Washers & Dryers 541-385-5809 375 Buy, Sell, Trade $125 each. Full Warranty.

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Meat & Animal Processing Free Del. Also wanted W/D’s Lost: Female Black Lab, on The dead or alive. 541-280-7355. westside near Newport MarHardwood Outlet Good Healthy Beef Steers GUN SHOW ket, night of 4/18, my Best Ethan Allen dining set - table + Wood Floor Super Store 541-382-8393, leave msg April 30, May 1 Friend, 541-441-4777.

2 leaves, 6 chairs, matching 10 am - 5 pm china buffet, walnut finish LOST since 4/14 in south La Merchants’ Market $2000, 541-318-7308.

Pine, beautiful large gray & Dozens of Vendors _________________________ white long-haired male cat.

740 NE 3rd St. - Bend Bob Timberlake armoire with 2 541-536-2317; 541-815-1022 541-383-0023 drawers + space for TV, www.bendmerchantsmarket.com Lost Yorkie male, east side of perfect condition, walnut Bend 4/17 while we were on finish - $350. 541-318-7308 vacation. 541-408-5159 Lease Hunt Avail. on Private • Laminate from Fridge, Kenmore, side by side, Land for late season Cow Elk REMEMBER: If you have lost an black, ice and water in door, .79¢ sq.ft. hunt, in Eastern Oregon, animal, don't forget to check 26 cu.ft., $250.

Northside unit, call Jeff, • Hardwood from The Humane Society in 541-419-6552 541-987-2194,541-620-2335 $2.99 sq.ft.

Foster home has young adult & Bend, 541-382-3537 senior cats ready for adop- Full size bed frame & dresser Mossberg 12 Ga Model 500 Redmond, 541-923-0882 tion, spayed, shots, wormed, w/mirror, solid maple, from Prineville, 541-447-7178; waterfowl series, $275, like 541-322-0496 healthy, 541-548-5516 1950s. $500. 541-382-0890 OR Craft Cats, 541-389-8420. new, 541-815-5618.

The Bulletin is looking for a professional sales and marketing person to help our local customers grow their businesses with an expanding list of broad-reach and targeted products. This full time position requires a demonstrable background in consultative sales, territory management and aggressive prospecting. 2-4 years of outside advertising sales experience is preferable however we will train the right candidate.

The position offers a competitive compensation package including benefits, and rewards an aggressive, customer focused salesperson with unlimited earning potential.

Please send your resume, cover letter and salary history to: Sean L. Tate Advertising Manager state@bendbulletin.com You may also drop off your resume in person or mail it to: The Bulletin, Attn: Sean Tate, 1777 SW Chandler, Bend, OR 97701.

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Apt./Multiplex SW Bend

Houses for Rent SE Bend

Real Estate For Sale

Mig Welder for Manufacturing in Minot, North Dakota.

Year round, full-time inside work, wage DOE. Contact Butch at 701-838-6346.

On-Site Management Team & Handyperson for 14 unit mobile home park in La Pine.

Please send resume to resumemanager@hotmail.com

A quiet 4 bdrm, 2 bath, 1748 sq.ft., living room w/wood stove, newer carpet & inside paint, pellet stove, big 1/2 acre fenced lot, dbl garage w/opener. $1195.

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NEW 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath, 1731 sq.ft., bonus room, fenced yard, 20269 SE Knights Bridge Pl. $1095/mo. 1 yr lease, no pets. 541-350-2206

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2. Do u like 2 have fun @ work?

3. Do u want 2 make lots of $$$?

4. R u available afternoons & early evenings?

Work Part-Time with Full-Time Pay Ages 13 & up welcome

Personal Banker -Burns Part-time 38 hrs. per week Sterling Savings Bank, where you receive the power to succeed and the opportunity to advance, is seeking a dynamic individual at our Burns branch.

Responsible for offering and selling personal & business financial products and services to customers, provides basic sales and service functions, & performs teller functions while providing the customer with an exceptional customer experience.

We honor your commitment with competitive salaries & comprehensive benefits.

Please apply online at www.SterlingSavingsBank.com Equal Opportunity Employer Member FDIC.

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OREGON NEWSPAPER SALES GROUP 1-888-418-5039 Sports Reporter - Part-Time

The Bulletin, a growing 34,000 circulation daily newspaper in Bend, is looking for a reliable, sports minded journalist to join its sports staff on a part-time basis.

The job deals primarily with coverage of local high school sports, and therefore the position requires schedule flexibility and the ability to work weeknights and Saturdays. Writing/reporting experience is preferred, and a commitment to accuracy is a must. The successful applicant will also have good general knowledge of a broad range of sports, especially traditional high school sports. The position requires basic computer/keyboard skills and the ability to work against tight deadlines to turn raw information obtained via phone, e-mail or fax into accurate, readable accounts of local sports events.

Please send inquiries via e-mail to Bulletin sports editor Bill Bigelow at bbigelow@bendbulletin.com.

To apply, please send cover letter, resume, references and relevent writing samples to: Marielle Gallagher, Newsroom Administrator via e-mail to: mgallagher@bendbulletin.com or via mail to: The Bulletin PO Box 6020 Bend, OR 97701

RN – Care Coordinator Will provide nursing care to patients utilizing process of assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation. Support clinical team in a medical home model approach.

Experience in Triage and managing Anticoagulation clinic preferred.

Qualified Candidates may visit our website at: www.lapinehealth.org to apply and to view full job description.

Salary DOE and position is open until filled.

The Bulletin Recommends extra caution when purchasing products or services from out of the area. Sending cash, checks, or credit information may be subjected to F R A U D. For more information about an advertiser, you may call the Oregon State Attorney General’s Office Consumer Protection hotline at 1-877-877-9392.

Have an item to sell quick? If it’s under $500 you can place it in The Bulletin Classiieds for $ 10 - 3 lines, 7 days $ 16 - 3 lines, 14 days (Private Party ads only)

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Loans and Mortgages WARNING The Bulletin recommends you use caution when you provide personal information to companies offering loans or credit, especially those asking for advance loan fees or companies from out of state.

If you have concerns or questions, we suggest you consult your attorney or call CONSUMER HOTLINE, 1-877-877-9392.

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Long term townhomes/homes for rent in Eagle Crest. Appl. included, Spacious 2 & 3 bdrm., with garages, 541-504-7755.

Deluxe 2 Bdrm 1½ Bath Townhouse apt. W/D hookup, fenced yd. NO PETS. Great location, starting at $565.

179 SW Hayes (past Mike’s Fence Center) Please call 541-382-0162; 541-420-0133

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Apt./Multiplex Redmond 1/2 OFF 1ST MONTH!

Studio apt., $410 mo., 613 SW 9th, w/s/g/ + cable paid.

No smoking/pets.

541-598-5829 until 6 p.m.

Apt./Multiplex General The Bulletin is now offering a MORE AFFORDABLE Rental rate! If you have a home or apt. to rent, call a Bulletin Classified Rep. to get the new rates and get your ad started ASAP! 541-385-5809

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Apt./Multiplex NE Bend !! Spring On In !! $150 off Upstairs Apts.

Pet Friendly & No App. Fee! 2 bdrm, 1 bath as low as $495 Carports & Heat Pumps Lease Options Available

1, 2 and 3 bdrm apts. available starting at $575.

SPRING BLAST!

Studios $375 1 Bdrm $400 Free Move-in Rent!

• Lots of amenities.

• Pet friendly • W/S/G paid THE BLUFFS APTS. 340 Rimrock Way, Redmond Close to schools, shopping, and parks!

541-548-8735 Managed by

GSL Properties

BANK TURNED YOU DOWN? Private party will loan on real estate equity. Credit, no problem, good equity is all you need. Call now. Oregon Land Mortgage 388-4200.

Beautiful 2 Bdrms in quiet complex, park-like setting.

No pets/smoking. Near St. Charles.W/S/G pd; both w/d hkup + laundry facil. $595$625/mo. 541-385-6928.

Looking for 1, 2 or 3 bedroom? $99 First mo. with 6 month lease & deposit Chaparral & Rimrock Apartments

Look at: Bendhomes.com for Complete Listings of Area Real Estate for Sale

FREE BANKRUPTCY EVALUATION

1751 NE Wichita, W/S/G paid, on-site laundry, small pet on approval .$525/mo.

541-389-9901.

Great Location, by BMC & Costco, 2 bdrm., 2 bath duplex, 55+, 2342 NE Mary Rose Pl., #2 $795+dep, no pets/smoking, 541-390-7649

Call for Specials!

Limited numbers available 1, 2 and 3 bdrms.

W/D hookups, patios or decks, Mountain Glen, 541-383-9313 Professionally managed by Norris & Stevens, Inc. Pilot Butte Is Your Back Yard, 2/2.5, granite counters garage, W/D hookup, hardwood, sliding doors, deck, $675, 541-480-3666.

541-382-3402 LOCAL MONEY We buy secured trust deeds & note, some hard money loans. Call Pat Kelley 541-382-3099 extension 13.

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Apt./Multiplex NW Bend 1015 Roanoke Ave. - $590/ mo, $500 dep. W/S/G paid, 2 bdrm, 1.5 bath townhouse, view of town, no smoking or pets. Norb, 541-420-9848.

A small studio, $385 + dep. No pets/smoking. Applications at 38 #2 NW Irving Ave., 3 blocks from downtown Bend.

Call 541-389-4902 Beautiful updated, cozy, 1 bdrm, 2 bath Condo, A/C, 2 blocks from downtown, along banks of Deschutes, amenities incl., 1 parking spot, indoor pool, hot tub & sauna, serious renters only, credit & refs., check, minimum 1 yr. lease, no pets, $675/mo., utils incl., call Kerrie, 541-480-0325.

Fully furnished loft apt.

on Wall Street in Bend.

All utilities paid and parking.

Call 541-389-2389 for appt.

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Apt./Multiplex SE Bend SE Duplex, 3 bdrm., 1 bath, garage, small fenced yard, W/D hookup, kitchen appl., $725/ mo., 541-990-0426 or 541-258-5973.

A Newer 3 Bdrm, 2 bath, 1168 sq.ft., newer paint & carpet, patio, large lot, RV parking, dbl. garage, w/opener, $850, 541-480-3393, 541-610-7803

Crooked River Ranch, 4 acres, 3 bdrm., 2 bath, 1000 sq. ft., $695/mo. 1st, last. No inside pets. Mtn. views.

503-829-7252, 679-4495

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Mobile/Mfd. for Rent On 10 acres, between Sisters & Bend, 3 bdrm., 2 bath, 1484 sq.ft. mfd., family room w/ wood stove, all new carpet & paint, + 1800 sq. ft. shop, fenced for horses, $1095.

541-480-3393, 541-610-7803

Sunny, Warm So. Oregon!

Trade your Bend area home for my 7-yr 4 Bdrm 2.5 Bath Central Point home, in planned development, with nice views. 541-941-6915

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NOTICE:

All real estate advertised here in is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of this law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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Attractive 2 bdrm. in 4-plex,

541-330-0719 Professionally managed by Norris & Stevens, Inc.

Houses for Rent Redmond

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Clean, energy efficient smoking & non- smoking units, w/patios, 2 on-site laundry rooms, storage units available. Close to schools, pools, skateboard park and, shopping center. Large dog run, some large breeds okay with mgr. approval. & dep.

244 SW RIMROCK WAY Chaparral, 541-923-5008 www.redmondrents.com

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Houses for Rent General PUBLISHER'S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, marital status or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination." Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women, and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-877-0246. The toll free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

Mtn. View Gated Park, 3 bdrm., 2 bath, many ammenities, open floor plan, living, dining & family room, w/view windows, looking east to large & private back area.

Master bdrm. w/French doors to wrap-around covered porch, master bathroom w/soaking tub & seperate shower, $175,000, consider lease to buy contract, 2416 NE Crocus Way, Cell 480-357-6044.

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Homes with Acreage 10 acres bordering BLM - 2520 sq ft 3 Bdrm, 2½ Bath. Large horse barn, extra large detached garage, all well-built.

Extensive landscaping; 5 miles west of Redmond. $355,000. Call 541-923-7261

Bend’s Only Authorized Oreck Store.

Commercial for Rent/Lease ONE MONTH FREE with 6 month lease!

2 bdrm., 1 bath, $550 mo. includes storage unit & carport. Close to schools, parks & shopping. On-site laundry, non-smoking units, dog run.

Pet Friendly. 541-923-1907 OBSIDIAN APARTMENTS www.redmondrents.com

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New owners, $145-$165/wk.

541-382-1885

2 BDRM., 1 BATH flat near Old Mill, laundry, parking, $600/month. Victoria L. Manahan Real Estate, 541-280-7240.

(541) 383-3152 Cascade Rental Mgmt. Co.

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Sales - Full time. Wage + commission and benefits.

Apply in person at 304 NE 3rd St., Bend.

Rentals

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Northeast Bend Homes

Office / Warehouse

1792 sq.ft. & 1680 sq.ft. spaces, 827 Business Way, Bend. 30¢/sq.ft.; 1st mo. + $300 dep. 541-678-1404

In the Forum Center

541-330-0420

Office/Warehouse Space, 6400 sq.ft., (3) 12x14 doors, on Boyd Acres Rd, 541-382-8998.

Northwest Bend Homes

The Bulletin offers a LOWER, MORE AFFORDABLE Rental rate! If you have a home to rent, call a Bulletin Classified Rep. to get the new rates and get your ad started ASAP! 541-385-5809

BROKEN TOP bargain priced. 3 Bdrm, 3 bath, 2403 sq.ft., new slab granite countertops, hrdwd floors, gas fireplace, only $424,900. Randy Schoning, principal Broker, John L. Scott. 541-480-3393

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Lots Bargain priced Pronghorn lot, $89,999, also incl. $115,000 golf membership & partially framed 6000 sq. ft. home, too! Randy Schoning, Princ.

Broker, John L. Scott RE. 541-480-3393, 541-389-3354

Warehouse/Office space, 1235 sq ft, large roll-up door.

20685 Carmen Lp. No triple net; $600/mo, 1st + dep.

541-480-7546; 541-480-7541

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Ofice/Retail Space for Rent An Office with bath, various sizes and locations from $200 per month, including utilities. 541-317-8717

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Acreages

SPRING SPECIAL!

10 Acres S. of La Pine, Buildable, treed, septic approved, gravel drive, photos on request. $79,900 541-999-4325.

1/ 2 OFF SOME MOVE-IN RENTS

20 Acres, Christmas Valley, off oil dry (paved

w/ Lease Agreements

road), power at road, $12,500 or trade for ???

541-728-1036.

9.18 Buildable acres:

$147,000, Great Location; only 1 mile from Eagle Crest Resort! 503-260-7750 wtaaffe@comcast.net

• 1 Bdrm/1 Bath, Cozy, clean end unit Central location.

Fenced back yard. Off street parking. No Pets. $425 WST • Near Pioneer Park - 2 Bdrm/1 Bath upstairs units. Coin-op *** laundry on site. Private balconies. $495 WST CHECK YOUR AD • Near Costco - 2 Bdrm/1 Bath Duplex. Carport. Laundry room.

Please check your ad on the Totally refurbished. No Pets. $585 WS first day it runs to make sure • Newly Refurbished SE Unit - 2 Bdrm/1Bath. Private fenced it is correct. Sometimes inpatio. Coin-op laundry. Detached carport. Huge common yard. structions over the phone are Ask about Pets. $595 WST misunderstood and an error • Furnished STUDIO apt. - Down by the riverside. $595 (incan occur in your ad. If this cludes all Utilities) happens to your ad, please • 3 Bdrm/1 Bath Close to Downtown - Small fenced courtcontact us the first day your yard + large community area. Pets considered. W/D Hook-ups. ad appears and we will be $595 WST. happy to fix it as soon as we • Totally Furnished Mt. Bachelor Resort Unit. 1 Bdrm/1 can. R..E Deadlines are: Bath + Murphy beds. $550-$645 WST Weekdays 11:00 noon for • Charming Home Close In - 2 Bdrm, 1 Bath. Must See! next day, Sat. 11:00 a.m. for Washer & dryer included. Large partially fenced yard. Pet conSunday and Monday. sidered. Fireplace, GFA. $775 mo.

541-385-5809 • 3 Bdrm/1 Bath SE home. 1/3 acre. 2 Fireplaces. New carpet, Thank you! paint, laminate. Carport. W/D Hook-ups. 1317 sq. ft. Must See. The Bulletin Classified The Bulletin is now offering a No Pets. $795 mo. *** LOWER, MORE AFFORDABLE • 3 Bdrm/1.5 Bath SE ranch-style home. Plus Bonus Room Powell Butte: 6 acres, 360° Rental rate! If you have a 1450 sq. ft. on large lot. Woodburning stove. Double garage. views in farm fields, sephome to rent, call a Bulletin Pets considered. $825 mo. tic approved, power, OWC, Classified Rep. to get the 10223 Houston Lake Rd., new rates and get your ad ***** FOR ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES ***** $114,900, 541-350-4684. started ASAP! 541-385-5809 CALL 541-382-0053

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Antique and Classic Autos

Pickups

Automobiles

15.5' 96 Falco alum.

BROUGHAM 23½’ 1981, 2tone brown,perfect cond, 6 brand new tires. eng. perfect, runs great, inside perfect shape, great for hunting, fishing, etc., see to appreciate at 15847 WoodChip Ln off Day Rd in La Pine. $5000.

OBO 541-876-5106.

boat 25hp Merc, low hrs trolling motor, canopy, exc. cond. $3000 firm 541-390-7582.

17½’ 2006 BAYLINER 175 XT Ski Boat, 3.0L Merc, mint condition, includes ski tower w/2 racks - everything we have, ski jackets adult and kids several, water skis, wakeboard, gloves, ropes and many other boating items. $11,300 OBO . 541-417-0829 19’ Blue Water Executive Overnighter 1988, very low hours, been in dry storage for 12 years, new camper top, 185HP I/O Merc engine, all new tires on trailer, $7995 OBO, 541-447-8664.

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Snowmobiles

Last Chance Yamaha 600 Mtn. Max 1997 Now only $895!

Sled plus trailer package $1650. Won’t Last Long!

541-548-3443.

Polaris Indy Trail 1989, $500; 1998 RMK 500, $1200; 2000 RMK 700 $1500, all exc. cond., 541-419-4890.

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Harley Davidson Police Bike 2001, low mi., custom bike very nice.Stage 1, new tires & brakes, too much to list!

A Must See Bike $9800 OBO. 541-383-1782

Harley Ultra Classic 2001, Best of everything. Garage kept.

Madras. $9000 call 541-475-7459.

Honda CT70 Trail 1971 in Exc. cond.. Everything works, and it runs well. Take it camping or ride it on the street. $1500. John 541-954-5452.

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Honda Gold Wing GL 1100, 1980. 23,000 miles, full dress plus helmets, $3500 or best offer.

Call 541-389-8410 Honda XR400 2001, $1900; Yamaha TT90 $650, Honda XR50, $400, 541-419-4890.

20.5’ 2004 Bayliner 205 Run About, 220 HP, V8, open bow, exc. cond., very fast w/very low hours, lots of extras incl. tower, Bimini & custom trailer, $19,500. 541-389-1413

20.5’ Seaswirl Spyder 1989 H.O. 302, 285 hrs., exc. cond., stored indoors for life $11,900 OBO. 541-379-3530 Ads published in the "Boats" classification include: Speed, fishing, drift, canoe, house and sail boats. For all other types of watercraft, please see Class 875. 541-385-5809

GENERATE SOME excitement in your neigborhood. Plan a garage sale and don't forget to advertise in classified!

385-5809.

Used out-drive parts Mercury OMC rebuilt marine motors: 151 $1595; 3.0 $1895; 4.3 (1993), $1995.

541-389-0435 875

Watercraft

2 Wet-Jet personal water crafts, new batteries & covers, “SHORE“ trailer, incl spare & lights, $2450 for all. Bill 541-480-7930.

Ads published in "Watercraft" include: Kayaks, rafts and motorized personal watercrafts. For "boats" please see Class 870.

541-385-5809

(4) Falken Uro M&S 195/60R15, 70%, $100.

(4) Ohtsu 18570R13 M&S rated, 90%, $140.

Weekend Warrior Toy Hauler 541-480-5950.

28’ 2007, Gen, fuel station,exc. Fleetwood Elkhorn 9.5’ 1999, extended overhead cab, stereo, ARE CANOPY fits new style cond. sleeps 8, black/gray inChevy 6.5, top of the line, self-contained,outdoor shower, terior, used 3X, $29,900.

Silver birch. New $1800 askTV, 2nd owner, exc. cond., non 541-389-9188. ing $900. 541-383-2338. smoker, $7900 541-815-1523.

We Buy Scrap Auto & Looking for your next Truck Batteries, $10 each employee?

Also buying junk cars & trucks, Place a Bulletin help Dodge Brougham Motor(up to $500), & scrap metal! wanted ad today and home, 1977, Needs TLC, Call 541-912-1467 reach over 60,000 $1995, readers each week.

932 Pilgrim Camper 1981, Self Your classified ad will When ONLY the BEST will do! contained, Cab-over, needs also appear on Antique and 2003 Lance 1030 Deluxe TLC, $595, 541-382-2335 or bendbulletin.com which Classic Autos Model Camper, loaded, phe503-585-3240. currently receives over nomenal condition. $17,500.

1.5 million page views Gulfstream Scenic Cruiser 2007 Dodge 6.7 Cummins every month at Diesel 3500 4x4 long bed, 36 ft. 1999, Cummins 330 no extra cost.

58K mi, $34,900. Or buy as hp. diesel, 42K, 1 owner, 13 Bulletin Classifieds unit, $48,500. 541-331-1160 in. kitchen slide out, new Cadillac El Dorado Get Results! tires, under cover, hwy. miles 1977, very beautiful blue, Call 385-5809 or place only, 4 door fridge/freezer real nice inside & out, low your ad on-line at icemaker, W/D combo, Inmileage, $2500, please call bendbulletin.com terbath tub & shower, 50 541-383-3888 for more amp. propane gen & more! information.

882 $55,000. 541-948-2310.

Fifth Wheels

JAYCO SENECA 2008 36MS, fully loaded, 2 slides, gen., Alpha “See Ya” 30’ 1996, 2 diesel, 8k miles, like new slides, A/C, heat pump, exc. cond., $109,000 OBO. Call for cond. for Snowbirds, solid details 1-541-556-8224. oak cabs day & night shades, Corian, tile, hardwood. $14,900. 541-923-3417.

Marathon V.I.P. Prevost H3-40 Luxury Coach. Like new after $132,000 purchase & $130,000 in renovations. Only 129k orig. mi. 541-601-6350.

Rare bargain at just $104,000.

Look at : www.SeeThisRig.com Safari Serengetti 2000, diesel, 57K mi., inverter, gen, convection over, W/D, oak cabinets, many extra, $77,000 OBO, 541-620-0452

Winnebago Access 31J 2008, Class C, Near Low Retail Price! One owner, nonsmoker, garaged, 7,400 miles, auto leveling jacks, (2) slides, upgraded queen bed, bunk beds, microwave, 3-burner range/oven, (3) TVs, and sleeps 10! Lots of storage, maintained, and very clean! Only $76,995!

Extended warranty available!

Call (541) 388-7179.

slides, 44k mi., A/C, awning, good cond., 1 owner. $37,000. 541-815-4121

Winnebago Sightseer 30B Class A 2008 $79,500 OBO Top of the line! cell 805-368-1575

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ATVs

ers, 17’, fiberglass boats, all equip incl., paddles, personal flotation devices, dry bags, spray skirts, roof rack w/towers & cradles -- Just add water, $1850/boat Firm.

541-504-8557.

Cedar Creek 2006, RDQF. Loaded, 4 slides, 37.5’, king bed, W/D, 5500W gen., fireplace, Corian countertops, skylight shower, central vac, much more, like new, $39,900, please call 541-330-9149.

Everest 32’ 2004, 3

slides, island kitchen, air, surround sound, micro., full oven, more, in exc. cond., 2 trips on it, 1 owner, like new, REDUCED NOW $26,000. 541-228-5944

TERRY 27’ 1995 5th wheel with big slide-out, generator and extras. Great rig in great cond. $9,900 OBO. 541-923-0231 days.

Hitchhiker II 2000 32’ 2 slides, very clean and in excellent condition.

Only $18,000!

(541) 410-9423, (541) 536-6116.

A-Liner pop-up 15-ft 2010, 2-burner stove, frig, freshwater tank, furnace, fantastic fan, $9950. 541-923-3021 JAYCO 31 ft. 1998 slideout, upgraded model, exc. cond. $10,500. 1-541-454-0437.

Hitchiker II 32’ 1998 w/solar system, awnings, Arizona rm. great shape! $10,500.

541-589-0767, in Burns.

Jayco 31’, 1993, 13’ slide-out, AC, awnings, full Bdrm with queen bed, lots of closet space, solid Oak cabinet doors, couch, new catalytic heater & monitor, excellent cond., $4995. 541-389-2329 KEYSTONE COUGAR 26’ 2004 5th wheel, slide, extras, like new $15,000, 541-389-9444

KOMFORT 27’ 2000 5th wheel, fiberglass with 12’ slide.

In excellent condition, has been stored inside.

Only $13,500 firm.

Call 541-536-3916.

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POLARIS PHOENIX 2005, 2X4, 200cc, new rear end, new tires, runs excellent, $1800 OBO, 541-932-4919.

POLARIS RZRS 2010

Fast - Safe - Fun Call for info about many extras, then check internet for prices & make offer, 541-510-2330

Springdale 29’ 2007, slide, Bunkhouse style, sleeps 7-8, excellent condition, $16,900, 541-390-2504

Mobile Suites, 2007, 36TK3 with 3 slide-outs, king bed, ultimate living comfort, quality built, large kitchen, fully loaded, well insulated, hydraulic jacks and so much more.$59,500. 541-317-9185

Chevy Corvette 1984, 105K mi., runs strong, new tires & front end alignment, new battery, $8000 OBO, 541-706-1705

Barns

Computer/Cabling Install

Electrical Services

Home Improvement

M. Lewis Construction, LLC

QB Digital Living

Quality Builders Electric

Kelly Kerfoot Construction: 28 years exp. in Central OR, Quality & Honesty, from carpentry & handyman jobs, to quality wall covering installations & removal. Senior discounts, licenced, bonded, insured, CCB#47120 Call 541-389-1413 or 541-410-2422

Building/Contracting NOTICE: Oregon state law requires anyone who contracts for construction work to be licensed with the Construction Contractors Board (CCB).

An active license means the contractor is bonded and insured.

Verify the contractor’s CCB license through the CCB Consumer Website www.hirealicensedcontractor.com

or call 503-378-4621. The Bulletin recommends checking with the CCB prior to contracting with anyone.

Some other trades also require additional licenses and certifications.

•Computer Networking •Phone/Data/TV Jacks •Whole House Audio •Flat Screen TV & Installation 541-280-6771 www.qbdigitalliving.com CCB#127370 Elect Lic#9-206C

BAXTER ELECTRIC FIND IT! Remodels / Design / Rentals BUY IT! All Small Jobs•Home Improve.

SELL IT! All Work by Owner - Call Tom 541-318-1255 CCB 162723 The Bulletin Classiieds

Debris Removal JUNK BE GONE

l Haul Away FREE For Salvage.

Also Cleanups & Cleanouts Mel 541-389-8107

DMH & Co.

Clean Up/Yard Debris, Hauling.

Wild Fire Fuel Reduction.

Licensed & Insured 541-419-6593, 541-419-6552

Domestic Services Home Is Where The Dirt Is

Concrete Construction 10 Yrs Housekeeping Exp., RefJJ&B Construction - Quality Concrete work, over 30 yrs experience. Sidewalks, RV Pads, Driveways.... Call Josh 541-279-3330 • CCB190612

Check out the classiieds online www.bendbulletin.com Updated daily

• Remodels • Home Improvement • Lighting Upgrades • Hot Tub Hook-ups 541-389-0621 www.qbelectric.net CCB#127370 Elect Lic#9-206C

erences, Rates To Fit Your Needs Call Crecencia Today!

Cell 541-306-7426

Handyman ERIC REEVE HANDY SERVICES

Home & Commercial Repairs, Carpentry-Painting, Pressure-washing, Honey Do's. Small or large jobs.

On-time promise.

Senior Discount.

All work guaranteed.

541-389-3361 or 541-771-4463 Bonded & Insured CCB#181595 Margo Construction LLC Since 1992 • Pavers •Carpentry •Remodeling • Decks • Window/Door Replacement • Int/Ext Paint CCB 176121 • 541-480-3179

Drywall

I DO THAT! Home Repairs, Remodeling, Professional & Honest Work.

Rental Repairs. CCB#151573 Dennis 541-317-9768

ALL PHASES of Drywall.

Small patches to remodels and garages. No Job Too Small.

25 yrs. exp. CCB#117379 Dave 541-330-0894

Bend’s Reliable Handyman Lowest rates, quality work,clean -up, haul, dispose, repair, odd jobs, paint, fences, & more.

CCB#180267 541-419-6077

All types remodeling/handyman Decks, Painting, Carpentry Randy Salveson, 541-306-7492 CCB#180420

Handyman Service

Repair & Remodel We Move Walls Small jobs welcome.

Another General Contractor, Inc. CCB# 110431.

541-617-0613, 541-390-8085

Landscaping, Yard Care

Landscape Management

• Evaluating Seasonal Needs • Pruning Trees and Shrubs • Thinning Overgrown Areas • Removing Undesired Plants • Hauling Debris • Renovation • Fertilizer Programs • Organic Options EXPERIENCED Senior Discounts

541-390-3436

International Flat Bed Pickup 1963, 1 ton dually, 4 spd. trans., great MPG, could be exc. wood hauler, runs great, new brakes, $1950. 541-419-5480.

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1/3 interest in Columbia 400, located at Sunriver. $150,000. Call 541-647-3718 WANTED: Parts for Rotorway Scorpion I helicopter. Call 541-382-3526, after 6pm.

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Trucks and Heavy Equipment

GMC Ventura 3500 1986, refrigerated, w/6’x6’x12’ box, has 2 sets tires w/rims., 1250 lb. lift gate, new engine, $5500, 541-389-6588, ask for Bob. Pettibone Mercury fork lift, 8000 lb., 2-stage, propane, hard rubber tires. $4000 or Make offer. 541-389-5355.

Truck with Snow Plow!

Utility Trailers 6X12 Steel Flatbed trailer, 5’ tongue, 3500lb axle weight, ST205/75R15 tires, $1000 FIRM, 541-480-7823 for info, can be seen TradeNTool, 61406 S Hwy. 97.

Big Tex Landscaping/ ATV Trailer, dual axle flatbed, 7’x16’, 7000 lb.

GVW, all steel, $1400.

541-382-4115, or 541-280-7024.

Have an item to sell quick? If it’s under $500 you can place it in The Bulletin Classiieds for $ 10 - 3 lines, 7 days $ 16 - 3 lines, 14 days

Chevy El Camino 1979, 350 auto, new studs, located in Sisters, $3000 OBO, 907-723-9086,907-723-9085

• 4WD, 68,000 miles.

• Great Shape.

• Original Owner.

$19,450!

541-389-5016 evenings.

Plymouth Barracuda 1966, original car! 300 hp, 360 V8, centerlines, (Original 273 eng & wheels incl.) 541-593-2597

Grand Laredo

Cherokee 1998, 6 cyl.,

4L, 180K mi., new tires & battery, leather & alloy, ask $3450, Bill, 541-480-7930.

WILLYS JEEP 1956

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Dodge pickup 1962 D100 classic, original 318 wide block, push button trans, straight, runs good, $1250 firm.

Bend, 831-295-4903

Ford crew cab 1993, 7.3 Diesel, auto, PS, Rollalong package, deluxe interior & exterior, electric windows/door locks, dually, fifth wheel hitch, receiver hitch, 90% rubber, super maint. w/all records, new trans. rebuilt, 116K miles. $6500, Back on the market.

541-923-0411

Ford F-150 2006 LOOKS BRAND NEW! Supercab Lariat 5.4L V8 eng.,approx.

20K mi! 4 spd auto, rear wheel drive. Black w/lots of extras: Trailer tow pkg, Custom bedliner, Pickup bed extender, Tan leather trimmed captain chairs, only $18,000. 541-318-7395

Cargo

Sport,

12x6, side door, 2 back doors, shelves, exc. cond., $2750, call 541-815-1523.

Mercury Monterrey 1965, Exc. All original, 4-dr. sedan, in storage last 15 yrs., 390 High Compression engine, new tires & license, reduced to $2850, 541-410-3425.

541-322-7253

MERCEDES C300 2008

New body style, 30,000 miles, heated seats, luxury sedan, CD, full factory warranty. $23,950.

Like buying a new car!

503-351-3976.

Toyota Highlander 2006, 28K mi., heated leather seats, tow pkg., exc. cond., $23,500, 541-388-4453.

Mini Cooper 2006, immaculate cond, 42,500 mi, 40mpg green w/white top, $13,500.

Steve, 541-408-2265 Mitsubishi 3000 GT 1999, auto., pearl white, very low mi. $9500. 541-788-8218. convertible, 2 door, Navy with black soft top, tan interior, very good condition. $5200 firm. 541-317-2929.

SUBARUS!!!

Nice clean and fully serviced . Most come with 3 year, 36,000 mile warranty.

Call The Guru: 382-6067 or visit us at www.subaguru.com

Ford E150 1988, short wheel base, 4.9 L, 6 cyl., owner auto tech. $1200.480-5950

Ford Windstar GL1998.

35,000 miles, 3 door, 3 seats, white, $4900 for an almost new van! 541-318-9999.

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Automobiles

FORD Pickup 1977, step side, 351 Windsor, 115,000 miles, MUST SEE! $3800.

541-350-1686

Mercedes V-12 Limousine.

Hand crafted for Donald Trump. Cost: $1/2 million.

Just $38,900. 541.601.6350 Look: www.SeeThisRig.com

Chevrolet 1-ton Express Cargo Van 1999, with tow package, good condition, $4800.

Call 541-419-5693

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Ford F250 4x4 1993. 5.8L engine, Auto, AC, shell, new brakes, tow package, 127K miles, $2800. 541-408-8330

Mercedes GL450, 2007

All wheel drive, 1 owner, navigation, heated seats, DVD, 2 moonroofs. Immaculate and never abused. $27,950.

Call 503-351-3976

Saab 9-3 SE 1999

Ford F-250 1996, X-Cab, runs well, gas, tow pkg., $2000, 541-788-8575.

Ladder Racks (2), custom, fits 8’ bed, fit 2 ladders on ea. side+enclosed overhead stor- International Travel All 1967, age compartment, 8” high, 4’ exc. cond., 4WD, new tires, wide, 8’ long, $375 ea. or shocks, interior seat cover, $700/both, 541-480-7823 for everything works, 121K orig. Ford Flatbed 1985, diesel, new tires, rims and glow plugs, info, can be seen TradeNTool, mi.,original operators manual gooseneck hitch and rear 61406 S Hwy. 97. and line setting ticket incl. hitch, 4WD., great condition, $5000 OBO, 503-559-4401 $2500.

541-419-6593. or 541-419-6552.

Wells

Porsche Cayenne Turbo 2008, AWD, 500HP, 38K mi., exc. cond, meteor gray, 2 sets of wheels and new tires, fully loaded, $59,750 firm.

541-480-1884

Vans

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Ford T-Bird 1955, White soft & hard tops, new paint, carpet, upholstery, rechromed, nice! $32,000. 541-912-1833

Porsche Cayenne 2004, 86k mi.

Immac,, Loaded, Dlr. maintained, $23k. 503-459-1580

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El Camino 1972, camper shell, fully loaded, runs great. $4995. 541-548-7896

99% Complete, $12,000, please call 541-408-7348.

Jeep Wrangler 2004, right hand drive, 51K, auto., A/C, 4x4, AM/FM/CD, exc. cond., $14,500. 541-408-2111

Pickups

Chevy 3/4 Ton 1989, 4x4, 100K miles, 350 engine, Great cond. $3900. Call 541-815-9939

Ford 2 Door 1949,

Mazda Miata MX5 2003, silver w/black interior, 4-cyl., 5 spd., A/C, cruise, new tires, 23K, $10,500, 541-410-8617.

New rebuilt motor, no miles, Power Take-off winch. Exc. tires.

2, 4 barrel, 225 hp.

Matching numbers $62,500, 541-280-1227.

FIAT 1800 1978 5-spd., door panels w/flowers & hummingbirds, white soft top & hard top, Reduced to $5,500, 541-317-9319,541-647-8483

MAZDA MIATA 1992, black, 81k miles, new top, stock throughout. See craigslist. $4,990. 541-610-6150.

CHEVY SUBURBAN LT 2005

CHEVROLET 1970, V-8 automatic 4X4 3/4 ton. Very good condition, lots of new parts and maintenance records. New tires, underdash air, electronic ignition and much more. Original paint, truck used very little.

Chevy Wagon 1957, $5700, 541-575-3649 4-dr., complete, $15,000 OBO, trades, please call Chevy 3/4-Ton 1976, 350, 541-420-5453.

4X4, wood truck, ready to go, $1500, 541-389-7472.

Corvette 1956, rebuilt 2006, 3 spd.,

Ford Mustang Convertible LX 1989, V8 engine, white w/red interior, 44K mi., exc. cond., $6995, 541-389-9188.

Sport Utility Vehicles

541-389-5355

Call 541-385-5809 to promote your service • Advertise for 28 days starting at $140

"POLE BARNS" Built Right!

Garages, shops, hay sheds, arenas, custom decks, fences, interior finish work, & concrete. Free estimates .

See Facebook Business page, search under M. Lewis Construction, LLC CCB#188576•541-604-6411

Plymouth 4-dr sedan, 1948, all orig., new tires, exlnt driver, all gauges work, 63,520 miles, $8500. 541-504-2878

Ford Ranger 2004 Super Cab, XLT, 4X4, V6, 5-spd, A/C bed liner, tow pkg, 120K Like New! KBB Retail: $10,000 OBO 360-990-3223

Asking $3,999 or make offer.

(Private Party ads only)

Starcraft 2008 Centennial 3612 tent trailer, like new, sleeps 6, slide-out, Arizona room, range w/oven, micro, toilet & shower, stereo system, heated mattresses, roof rack, Bounder 34’ 1994. One new 6-ply tires, twin 6-volt owner, low miles, generator, batteries, outside shower, 2 roof airs, clean in and out, twin propane tanks, BBQ. rear walk-round queen bed, 2 $10,500. 541-312-9312 TV’s, leveling hydraulic jacks, backup camera, awnings, non Need help ixing stuff smoker, no pets, Motivated around the house?

MONTANA 3585 2008, exc. seller. Just reduced and Call A Service Professional cond., 3 slides, king bed, lrg priced to sell at $10,950, and ind the help you need.

LR, Arctic insulation, all opwww.bendbulletin.com 541-389-3921,503-789-1202 tions $39,500. 541-420-3250

Beaver Patriot 2000, Walnut cabinets, solar, Bose, Corian, tile, 4 door fridge., 1 slide, w/d, $99,000. 541-215-0077

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Motorhomes Dinili 50cc Quad 2003. Electric start, adjustable suspension.

It's in exc. condition, and runs well. A great kid’s quad. $750. John 541-954-5452

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Chevy Bonanza 1978, runs good. $4800 OBO. Call 541-390-1466.

Winnebago Class C 28’ 2003, Ford V10, 2

Travel Trailers

Sea Kayaks - His & Hers, Eddyline Wind Danc-

Monte Carlo 1970, all original, many extras. MUST SELL due to death. Sacrifice $6000.

541-593-3072

Autos & Transportation

People Look for Information About Products and Services Every Day through KTM 400 EXC Enduro 2006, like new cond, low miles, street legal, hvy duty receiver hitch basket. $4500. 541-385-4975

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Volvo C70-T5, 2010

Audi A4 1999, dark blue, automatic sunroof, runs great, comes w/studded snow tires, $5,000. Jeff, 541-980-5943

Audi S4 2005, 4.2 Avant Quattro, tiptronic, premium & winter wheels & tires, Bilstein shocks, coil over springs, HD anti sway, APR exhaust, K40 radar, dolphin gray, ext. warranty, 56K, garaged, $30,000.

541-593-2227

BUICKS !

LeSabres 1998 and 2004 $1900-$5900.

90 and 58k miles, silver and white colors, full size 4-door sedans, 30 mpg hwy, luxury cars, trouble-free, too! ask anyone that owns one!

541-318-9999

Convertible Hardtop. 10,800mi.

Celestial Blue w/Calcite Cream leather int. Premium & Climate pkgs. Warranty & Service to 10/2014. KBB SRP $33,540. Asking $31,900.

541-350-5437 WANTED - Honda Car, not running, any year. Please call 541-447-7807 Looking for your next employee?

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Spring Clean Up

•Leaves •Cones and Needles •Broken Branches •Debris Hauling •Defensible Space •Aeration/Dethatching •Compost Top Dressing Weed free bark & flower beds

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“Because weekends WERE NOT made for yard work!”

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NOTICE: OREGON Landscape Contractors Law (ORS 671) requires all businesses that advertise to perform Land scape Construction which in cludes: planting, decks, fences, arbors, water-fea tures, and installation, repair of irrigation systems to be li censed with the Landscape Contractors Board. This 4-digit number is to be in cluded in all advertisements which indicate the business has a bond, insurance and workers compensation for their employees. For your protection call 503-378-5909 or use our website: www.lcb.state.or.us to check license status before con tracting with the business.

Persons doing landscape maintenance do not require a LCB license.

Nelson Landscape Maintenance Serving Central Oregon Residential & Commercial

• Sprinkler activation & repair • Thatch & Aerate • Spring Clean up • Weekly Mowing & Edging •Bi-Monthly & monthly maint.

•Flower bed clean up •Bark, Rock, etc.

•Senior Discounts

Bonded & Insured 541-815-4458 LCB#8759 Find exactly what you are looking for in the CLASSIFIEDS

Landscape Design Installation & Maintenance.

Specializing in Pavers.

Up to 4 maintenance visits free.

Call 541-385-0326

Bend Landscaping & Maint.

Thatching, aerating, spring cleanup, sprinkler turn-ons, weekly mows.

WESTERN PAINTING CO. Richard Hayman, a semi-retired painting contractor of 45 years.

Small Jobs Welcome.

Interior & Exterior.

Wallpapering & Woodwork.

Restoration a Specialty.

Ph. 541-388-6910.

CCB#5184

Remodeling, Carpentry

RGK Contracting & Consulting 30+Yrs. Exp. •Additions/Remodels/Garages •Replacement windows/doors remodelcentraloregon.com Spring Clean Up! Aerating, 541-480-8296 CCB189290 thatching, lawn restoration, Vacation Care. Full Season Openings. Senior discounts. Andrew Russell Construction, New construction, remodels, Call Mike Miller, 541-408-3364 siding, decks, fences & much more! FREE ESTIMATES. Call The Yard Doctor for 541-390-1005 CCB#164571 yard maint., thatching, sod, hydroseeding, sprinkler sys, Rooing water features, walls, more!

Allen 541-536-1294 LCB 5012 AMERICAN ROOFING Quick, efficient, quality work Collins Lawn Maintenance New • Re-roofs • Repairs Weekly Services Available Free Estimates CCB #193018 Aeration, One-time Jobs Call Jorge - 541-497-3556 Bonded & Insured Free Estimate. 541-480-9714

541-382-1655 LCB# 7990

Tile, Ceramic

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V Spring Clean Up! V Thatch, Aerate, weeding, raking & monthly maint.

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Steve Lahey Construction Tile Installation Over 20 Yrs. Exp. Call For Free Estimate 541-977-4826•CCB#166678 Advertise your car!

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LEGAL NOTICE Application for Allocation of Conserved Water The Department has received an application for an Allocation of Conserved Water pursuant to ORS 537.455 to 537.500 and OAR Chapter 690, Division 18. The Department's review will consider whether the diversion for the uses allowed under the original water right will be reduced by the conservation project; whether existing water rights will be protected from injury and whether the project is in compliance with local comprehensive land use plans.

Notice of Application for Allocation of Conserved Water CW-69 On March 28, 2011, the Deschutes River Conservancy (DRC), in conjunction with Three Sisters Irrigation District, and the following landowners, Ralph Affatati, Ed and Barbara Carollo, Brian Conner, Susan Conner, Doug Duey, Kristine Falco, John Gloeckner, Jerry and Sharon Hakes, Donna Harris, David Hurtley, Carl and Shelly Johnson, Mark and Sheila Kelley, Sandy Kennedy, Phillip Krohn, Gary and Angie Larson, Kara Lin Mickaelson, David and Christine Nelson, Peter Small, Ken and Rae Swearingen, Barbara Temple and Melissa Ward filed an Application for Allocation of Conserved Water under ORS 537.470.

The Department designated the application as CW-69.

The Applicants propose to conserve water by replacing approximately 6,450 feet of the TSID Hurtley Lateral water conveyance system with, high density polyethelyne (HPDE) pipe. Replacement of the existing, inefficient, damaged and leaky portions of the delivery system will completely eliminate water losses through this irrigation delivery system.

The Hurtley Lateral serves approximately 102 acres, of which, 85.6 acres will be involved in this project.

The project is expected to yield approximately 0.419 cfs of conserved water from Whychus Creek under Water Right Certificate 74135 with a priority date of 1895. It is proposed that 100% of the conserved water will be protected instream from the point of diversion (at approximately River Mile 23.5) to the confluence with the Deschutes River and then to River Mile 120 on the Deschutes River (near Lake Billy Chinook).

LEGAL NOTICE Bend LaPine Schools is scheduling a pre-bid walk for Standing Seam Roofing at the LaPine High School on May 3, 2011 at 2:00PM. Spec may be pick up at district office.

LEGAL NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF DESCHUTES In the Matter of the Estate of THOMAS R. OVERBAY, Deceased, Case No. 11PB0057AB NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-Administrators. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the undersigned Co-Administrators at 747 SW Mill View Way, Bend OR 97702, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred.

All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the court, the Co-Administrators, or the lawyer for the Co-Administrators, Daniel C. Re. Dated and first published on April 26, 2011.

INGA S. OVERBAY Co-Administrator CONNIE OVERBAY-WEISHOFF Co-Administrator HURLEY RE, P.C. Attorneys at Law 747 SW Mill View Way, Bend OR 97702 Phone: 541-317-5505 / Fax: 541-317-5507 LEGAL NOTICE Symbiotics LLC, on behalf of Wickiup Hydro Group, LLC (PO Box 535, Rigby, ID 83442), submitted a Final License Application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the Wickiup Dam Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 12965) on March 25, 2011. The project would add a 7.15-MW run-of-river generation facility to the existing Wickiup Dam in Deschutes County, Oregon. A copy of the Final License Application is available for public viewing at the La Pine Public Library. The document can also be downloaded at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-fil ing/elibrary.asp by searching for the project number.

Any interested person may comment in writing, on CW-69. Comments must be received by May 23, 2011 or within 20 days of the last date of publication in the newspaper, whichever is later. Comments should be sent to Kody Thurgood, Water Resources Department, 725 Summer Street NE, Suite A, Salem, OR 97301-1266.

Comments may be faxed to 503-986-0903. The Department will review all comments received when determining whether to approve the proposed allocation of conserved water.

A copy of the application and other information on the allocation and use of conserved water may be obtained from the Department by contacting Kody Thurgood at 503-986-0892 or thurgokj@wrd.state.or.us.

LEGAL NOTICE TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE The Trustee under the terms of the Trust Deed described herein, at the direction of the Beneficiary, hereby elects to sell the property described in the Trust Deed to satisfy the obligations secured thereby.

Pursuant to ORS 86.745, the following information is provided: 1. PARTIES: Grantor: TIMOTHY M. NAFZIGER AND REBEKAH C. NAFZIGER. Trustee: FIRST AMERICAN TITLE. Successor Trustee: NANCY K. CARY. Beneficiary: OREGON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, STATE OF OREGON, as assignee of BANK OF THE CASCADES. 2.

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: The real property is described as follows: Lot Twenty-two (22), SISTERS PARK PLACE, recorded October 7, 2003, in Cabinet G, Page 57, Deschutes County, Oregon. 3. RECORDING. The Trust Deed was recorded as follows: Date Recorded: March 31, 2006. Recording No.: 2006-022390 Official Records of Deschutes County, Oregon. 4. DEFAULT. The Grantor or any other person obligated on the Trust Deed and Promissory Note secured thereby is in default and the Beneficiary seeks to foreclose the Trust Deed for failure to pay: Monthly payments in the amount of $1,618.00 each, due the first of each month, for the months of October 2010 through January 2011; plus late charges and advances; plus any unpaid real property taxes or liens, plus interest. 5. AMOUNT DUE. The amount due on the Note which is secured by the Trust Deed referred to herein is: Principal balance in the amount of $241,966.50; plus interest at the rate of 5.2500% per annum from September 1, 2010; plus late charges of $296.24; plus advances and foreclosure attorney fees and costs. 6. SALE OF PROPERTY. The Trustee hereby states that the property will be sold to satisfy the obligations secured by the Trust Deed. A Trustee's Notice of Default and Election to Sell Under Terms of Trust Deed has been recorded in the Official Records of Deschutes County, Oregon. 7.

TIME OF SALE. Date: June 16, 2011. Time: 11:00 a.m.

Place: Deschutes County Courthouse, 1164 NW Bond Street, Bend, Oregon. 8.

RIGHT TO REINSTATE. Any person named in ORS 86.753 has the right, at any time that is not later than five days before the Trustee conducts the sale, to have this foreclosure dismissed and the Trust Deed reinstated by payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due, other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred, by curing any other default that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or Trust Deed and by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Trust Deed, together with the trustee's and attorney's fees not exceeding the amount provided in ORS 86.753. You may reach the Oregon State Bar's Lawyer Referral Service at 503-684-3763 or toll-free in Oregon at 800-452-7636 or you may visit its website at: www.osbar.org. Legal assistance may be available if you have a low income and meet federal poverty guidelines. For more information and a directory of legal aid programs, go to http://www.oregonlawhelp.o rg. Any questions regarding this matter should be directed to Lisa Summers, Paralegal, (541) 686-0344 (TS #07754.30357). DATED: January 26, 2011. /s/ Nancy K. Cary. Nancy K. Cary, Successor Trustee, Hershner Hunter, LLP, P.O. Box 1475, Eugene, OR 97440.

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LEGAL NOTICE TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to O.R.S. 86.705 et seq. and O.R.S. 79.5010, et seq.

Trustee's Sale No. 09-NC-107885 NOTICE TO BORROWER: YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE UNDERSIGNED IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND THAT ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Reference is made to that certain Deed of Trust made by, LANCE CAVAN KUYKENDALL, as grantor, to WESTERN TITLE AND ESCROW, as Trustee, in favor of NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as beneficiary, dated 5/18/2005, recorded 5/25/2005, under Instrument No. 2005-32218, records of DESCHUTES County, OREGON. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee, for New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-3. Said Trust Deed encumbers the following described real property situated in said county and state, to-wit: LOT 9, BLOCK B, DESCHUTES RIVER WOODS, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. The street address or other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 59625 NAVAJO CIRCLE BEND, OR 97702 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the above street address or other common designation. Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and a notice of default has been recorded pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes 86.735(3); the default for which the foreclosure is made is grantor's failure to pay when due, the following sums: Amount due as of April 4, 2011 Delinquent Payments from April 01, 2010 10 payments at $ 1,237.34 each $ 12,373.40 3 payments at $ 1,152.80 each $ 3,458.40 (04-01-10 through 04-04-11) Late Charges: $ 667.94 Beneficiary Advances: $ 1,821.11 Suspense Credit: $ 0.00 TOTAL: $ 18,320.85 ALSO, if you have failed to pay taxes on the property, provide insurance on the property or pay other senior liens or encumbrances as required in the note and deed of trust, the beneficiary may insist that you do so in order to reinstate your account in good standing. The beneficiary may require as a condition to reinstatement that you provide reliable written evidence that you have paid all senior liens or encumbrances, property taxes, and hazard insurance premiums. These requirements for reinstatement should be confirmed by contacting the undersigned Trustee. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said trust deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following: UNPAID PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF $176,184.88, PLUS interest thereon at 6.5% per annum from 03/01/10 to 2/1/2011, 6.5% per annum from 2/1/2011, until paid, together with escrow advances, foreclosure costs, trustee fees, attorney fees, sums required for the protection of the property and additional sums secured by the Deed of Trust. WHEREFORE, notice hereby is given that the undersigned trustee, will on August 5, 2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, in accord with the standard of time established by ORS 187.110, at FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE DESCHUTES COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 1164 NW BOND STREET, BEND, County of DESCHUTES, State of OREGON, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the said described property which the grantor had, or had the power to convey, at the time of the execution by him of the said trust deed, together with any interest which the grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said trust deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in ORS 86.753 has the right, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or trust deed, and in addition to paying said sums or tendering the performance necessary to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and trust deed, together with trustee's and attorney's fees not exceeding the amounts provided by said ORS 86.753. In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes the plural, the word "grantor" includes any successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said trust deed, and the words "trustee" and "beneficiary" include their respective successors in interest, if any. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same. DATED: 4/4/2011 REGIONAL TRUSTEE SERVICES CORPORATION Trustee KAREN JAMES AUTHORlZED AGENT 616 1st Avenue, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: (206)340-2550 Sale Information: http://www.rtrustee.com ASAP# 3960091 04/12/2011, 04/19/2011, 04/26/2011, 05/03/2011

LEGAL NOTICE TRUSTEES NOTICE OF SALE Loan No: 0031392426 T.S. No.: 11-00970-6 Reference is made to that certain Deed of Trust dated as of October 2, 2006 made by, WILLIAM H. WATSON was the original Grantor to AMERITITLE, was the original trustee, in favor of MERS AS NOMINEE AMERICAN BROKERS CONDUIT, was the original beneficiary, recorded on October 5, 2006, as Instrument No. 2006-67175 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Deschutes County, Oregon (the "Deed of Trust") to wit: APN: 103074 LOTS EIGHTEEN (18) AND NINETEEN (19) IN BLOCK EIGHT (8) OF HIGHLAND ADDITION. RECORDED MARCH 3, 1916 IN CABINET A, PAGE 211, CITY OF BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. Commonly known as: 356 NW COLUMBIA STREET. BEND, OR The current beneficiary is: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for American Home Mortgage Assets Trust 2006-6, Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2006-6 Both the Beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.735(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes: the default(s) for which the foreclosure is made is that the grantor(s): failed to pay payments which became due; together with late charges due; and which defaulted amounts total:$111,444,06 as of March 9, 2011. By this reason of said default the Beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said deed of trust immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: The sum of $1,305,854 56 together with interest thereon at the rate of 4.90400% per annum from April 1, 2009 until paid, plus all accrued late charges thereon; and all trustee's fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the Beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said deed of trust.

Whereof, notice hereby is given that FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, as the duly appointed trustee under the Deed of Trust will on July 27, 2011 at the hour of 11:00 AM, Standard of Time, as established by section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, at the front entrance of the Courthouse, 1164 N.W. Bond Street, Bend, County of Deschutes, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the grantor or his successor(s) in interest acquired after the execution of the Deed of Trust, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.753 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, trustee's or attorney's fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or Deed of Trust, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale. FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, 1920 Main Street, Suite 1120, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252Â4900 SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.lpsasap.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-730 - 2727 In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes plural, the word 'grantor" includes any successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other persons owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Deed of Trust, the words "trustee" and 'Beneficiary" include their respective successors in interest, if any. Dated: March 29, 2011 FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Trustee Juan Enriquez, Authorized Signature State of California County of Orange I, the undersigned, certify that I am the Trustee Sale Officer and that the foregoing is a complete and exact copy of the original Trustee's Notice of Sale. Juan Enriquez, Authorized Signature ASAP# 3955632 04/05/2011, 04/12/2011, 04/19/2011, 04/26/2011 LEGAL NOTICE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Loan No: 0031125362 T.S. No.: 11-00869-6 Reference is made to that certain Deed of Trust dated as of April 21, 2006 made by, LARRY W. PRINCE, SHELLEY L. PRINCE, AS TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETY was the original Grantor to AMERITITLE, was the original trustee, in favor of MERS AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN BROKERS CONDUIT, was the original beneficiary, recorded on April 27, 2006, as Instrument No. 2006-29003 Book N/A Page N/A of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Deschutes County, Oregon (the "Deed of Trust") to wit: APN: 194263 LOT FIFTY-SEVEN (57), HAYDEN ACRES PHASE 2, RECORDED OCTOBER 1, 1997, IN CABINET D, PAGE 201, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. Commonly known as: 836 NW QUINCE PLACE, REDMOND, OR The current beneficiary is: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-7 Both the Beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.735(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes: the default(s) for which the foreclosure is made is that the grantor(s): failed to pay payments which became due; together with late charges due; and which defaulted amounts total:$6,178.00 as of March 12, 2011. By this reason of said default the Beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said deed of trust immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: The sum of $245,370.11 together with interest thereon at the rate of 3.57000% per annum from September 1, 2010 until paid; plus all accrued late charges thereon; and all trustee's fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the Beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said deed of trust. Whereof, notice hereby is given that FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, as the duly appointed trustee under the Deed of Trust will on July 25, 2011 at the hour of 11:00 AM, Standard of Time, as established by section 187.110, Oregon Re-

vised Statues, at the front entrance of the Courthouse, 1164 N.W. Bond Street, Bend, County of Deschutes, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the grantor or his successor(s) in interest acquired after the execution of the Deed of Trust, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.753 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, trustee's or attorney's fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or Deed of Trust, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, 1920 Main Street, Suite 1120, Irvine, CA 92614 949-2524900 SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.lpsasap.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-730 - 2727 In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes plural, the word "grantor" includes any successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other persons owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Deed of Trust, the words "trustee" and 'Beneficiary" include their respective successors in interest, if any.

Dated: March 29, 2011 FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Trustee Juan Enriquez, Authorized Signature ASAP# 3955614 04/05/2011, 04/12/2011, 04/19/2011, 04/26/2011

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LEGAL NOTICE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Loan No: 0031037559 T.S. No.: 11-00918-6 Reference is made to that certain Deed of Trust dated as of April 12, 2006 made by, WALLY ROTH, VICTORIA ROTH was the original Grantor to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, was the original trustee, in favor of MERS AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN BROKERS CONDUIT, was the original beneficiary, recorded on April 26, 2006, as Instrument No. 2006-28691 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Deschutes County, Oregon (the "Deed of Trust") to wit: APN: 108811 THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF DESCHUTES, STATE OF OREGON, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A 1/2 INCH IRON ROD ON THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE DESCHUTES MARKET ROAD, WHENCE THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION FOURTEEN (14), TOWNSHIP SEVENTEEN (17) SOUTH, RANGE TWELVE (12), EAST OF THE WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, BEARS SOUTH 21º55" WEST, 3924.49 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89º56' EAST 646.20 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 21º10'30" WEST, 60.65 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89º56' EAST, 560.70 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0º01' 15" WEST, 384.70 FEET TO THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE HAMEHOOK ROAD AS NOW BUILT; THENCE ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY NORTH 89º59' WEST, 578.85 FEET; THENCE AROUND A CURVE TO THE LEFT SUBTENED BY A CHORD BEARING SOUTH 73º51" WEST, 341.83 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 48º31' WEST, 369.42 FEET ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE DESCHUTES MARKET ROAD TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. EXCEPTING THEREFROM IN TOWNSHIP SEVENTEEN (17) SOUTH, RANGE TWELVE(12), EAST OF THE WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SECTION FOURTEEN (14): A PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (SE1/4NW1/4), DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A 1/2 INCH IRON ROD WHENCE THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION 14 BEARS SOUTH 33º42' WEST, 4773.04 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89º59" WEST, 326.40 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 31º35'30" WEST, 395.85 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 21º10 30' WEST, 60.65 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89º51" IS" EAST, 560.70 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0º01' 15" WEST, 382.70 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as: 63480 DESCHUTES MARKET ROAD, BEND, OR The current beneficiary is: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-7 Both the Beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.735(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes: the default(s) for which the foreclosure is made is that the grantor(s): failed to pay payments which became due; together with late charges due; and which defaulted amounts totai:$12.171.11 as of March 14, 2011. By this reason of said default the Beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said deed of trust immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: The sum of $580,685.47 together with interest thereon at the rate of 2.95300% per annum from October 1, 2010 until paid; plus all accrued late charges thereon; and all trustee's fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the Beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said deed of trust Whereof, notice hereby is given that FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, as the duly appointed trustee under the Deed of Trust will on July 26, 2011 at the hour of 11:00 AM, Standard of Time, as established by section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, at the front entrance of the Courthouse, 1164 N.W. Bond Street, Bend, County of Deschutes, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the grantor or his successor(s) in interest acquired after the execution of the Deed of Trust, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee.

Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.753 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, trustee's or attorney's fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or Deed of Trust, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, 1920 Main Street, Suite 1120, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-4900 In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes plural, the word "grantor" includes any successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other persons owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Deed of Trust, the words "trustee" and 'Beneficiary" include their respective successors in interest, if any. Dated: March 29, 2011 FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Trustee SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.lpsasap.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-730 - 2727 Juan Enriquez, Authorized Signature ASAP# 3955622 04/05/2011, 04/12/2011, 04/19/2011, 04/26/2011

CULTUS LAKE COURT, BEND, OR The current beneficiary is: US Bank National Association as successor Trustee to Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Wells Fargo Asset Securities Corporation, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-AR16 Both the Beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.735(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes: the default(s) for which the foreclosure is made is that the grantor(s): failed to pay payments which became due; together with late charges due; and which defaulted amounts total: $7,650,64 as of March 28, 2011. By this reason of said default the Beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said deed of trust immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: The sum of $369,121.93 together with interest thereon at the rate of 3.12500% per annum from November 1, 2010 until paid; plus all accrued late charges thereon; and all trustee's fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the Beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said deed of trust. Whereof, notice hereby is given that FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, as the duly appointed trustee under the Deed of Trust will on August 8, 2011 at the

hour of 11:00 AM, Standard of Time, as established by section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, at the front entrance of the Courthouse, 1164 N.W. Bond Street, Bend, County of Deschutes, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the grantor or his successor(s) in interest acquired after the execution of the Deed of Trust, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.753 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, trustee's or attorney's fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or Deed of Trust, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSUR-

ANCE COMPANY, 1920 Main Street, Suite 1120, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252Â-4900 SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.lpsasap.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-730-2727 In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes plural, the word "grantor" includes any successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other persons owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Deed of Trust, the words "trustee" and "Beneficiary" include their respective successors in interest, if any.

Dated: April 4, 2011 FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Trustee Juan Enriquez, Authorized Signature ASAP# 3961241 04/19/2011, 04/26/2011, 05/03/2011, 05/10/2011

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LEGAL NOTICE TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to O.R.S. 86.705 et seq. and O.R.S. 79.5010, et seq.

Trustee's Sale No. 09-CM-107387 NOTICE TO BORROWER: YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE UNDERSIGNED IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND THAT ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Reference is made to that certain Deed of Trust made by, SERGIO SANDOVAL AND REBECCA SANDOVAL, JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY, as grantor, to DESCHUTES COUNTY TITLE COMPANY, as Trustee, in favor of THE HANSON GROUP, LLC, as beneficiary, dated 3/31/2006, recorded 4/14/2006, under Instrument No. 2006-25720, records of DESCHUTES County, OREGON. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held

by THE HANSON GROUP, LLC. Said Trust Deed encumbers the following described real and personal property situated in said county and state, to-wit: Parcel One of PARTITION PLAT NUMBER 2001-34, Deschutes County, Oregon. TOGETHER WITH all interests, estates, and rights that Grantor now has or may acquire in (1) the Property; (2) any and all options, agreements, and contracts for the purchase or sale of all or any part or parts of the Property or interests in the Property; (3) all easements, rights-of- way, and rights used in connection with the Property or as a means of access to the Property; and (4) all tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances in any manner belonging, relating, or appertaining to the Property; and TOGETHER WITH all interests, estates, and rights of Grantor, now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to any land lying within any streets, sidewalks, alleys, strips, and gores adjacent to or used in connection therewith; and TOGETHER WITH all rights, titles, and interests of Grantor, now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to any and all buildings and other improvements of every nature now or hereafter located on the Property, all fixtures located on the Property, and all appurtenances and additions to and substitutions and replacements of the Property, all equipment and inventory on the Property used in connection with the truck wash business operated on the Property including, but not limited to, the items listed in Exhibit C attached hereto (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to below as the "Improvements"); and TOGETHER WITH any and all mineral, oil and gas rights, air rights, development rights, water rights, water stock, and water service contracts, drainage rights, zoning rights, and other similar rights or interests that benefit or are appurtenant to the Property or the Improvements or both, and any of their proceeds; and TOGETHER WITH all present and future rights in and to the trade name by which all or any portion of the Property and the Improvements are known; all books and records relating to the use and operation of all or any portion of the Property and Improvements; all right, title, and interest of Grantor in, to, and under all present and future plans, specifications, and contracts relating to the design, construction, management, or inspection of any Improvements; all rights, titles, and interests of Grantor in and to all present and future.licenses, permits, approvals, and agreements with or from any municipal corporation, county, state, or other governmental or quasi-governmental entity or agency relating to the development, improvement, division, or use of all or any portion of the Property to the extent such trade names, licenses, permits, approvals, and agreements are assignable by law; and all other general intangibles relating to the Property, the Improvements, or their use and operation; and TOGETHER WITH all rights of Grantor in and to any escrow or withhold agreements, title insurance, surety bonds, warranties, management contracts, leasing and sales agreements, and service contracts that are in any way relevant to the ownership, development, improvement, management, sale, or use of all or any portion of the Property or any of the Improvements; and TOGETHER WITH Grantor's rights under any payment, performance, or other bond in connection with construction of any Improvements, and all construction materials, supplies, and equipment delivered to the Property and intended to be used in connection with the construction of any Improvements; and TOGETHER WITH all rights, interests, and claims that Grantor now has or may acquire with respect to any damage to or taking of all or any part of the Property or the Improvements, including without limitation any and all proceeds of insurance in effect with respect to the Improvements, any and all awards made for taking by eminent domain or by any proceeding or purchase in lieu thereof, of the whole or any part of the Property or the Improvements, and any and all awards resulting from any other damage to the Property or the Improvements, all of which are assigned to Beneficiary, and, subject to the terms of this Trust Deed, Beneficiary is authorized to collect and receive such proceeds, to give proper receipts and acquittances for the proceeds, and to apply them to the Obligations secured by this Trust Deed.

The street address or other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 17071 TRACY ROAD LA PINE, OR 97739 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the above street address or other common designation. Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and a notice of default has been recorded pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes 86.735(3); the default for which the foreclosure is made is grantor's failure to pay when due, the following sums: Amount due as of March 29, 2011 Delinquent Payments from September 01, 2010 7 payments at $ 2,735.19 each $ 19,146.33 (09-01-10 through 03-29-11) Late Charges: $ 6,974.73 Beneficiary Advances: $ 0.00 Suspense Credit: $ 0.00 TOTAL: $ 26,121.06 *** LOAN WILL MATURE ON JULY 1, 2011*** ALSO, if you have failed to pay taxes on the property, provide insurance on the property or pay other senior liens or encumbrances as required in the note and deed of trust, the beneficiary may insist that you do so in order to reinstate your account in good standing. The beneficiary may require as a condition to reinstatement that you provide reliable written evidence that you have paid all senior liens or encumbrances,property taxes, and hazard insurance premiums. These requirements for reinstatement should be confirmed by contacting the undersigned Trustee. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said trust deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following: UNPAID PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF $316,070.09, PLUS interest thereon at 7.000% per annum from 8/1/2010, until paid, together with escrow advances, foreclosure costs, trustee fees, attorney fees, sums required for the protection of the property and additional sums secured by the Deed of Trust THIS LOAN WILL MATURE ON JULY 1, 2011. WHEREFORE, notice hereby is given that the undersigned trustee, will on July 29, 2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, in accord with the standard of time established by ORS 187.110, at MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE DESCHUTES COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER, 1100 NW BOND STREET, BEND, County of DESCHUTES, State of OREGON, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the said described property which the grantor had, or had the power to convey, at the time of the execution by him of the said trust deed, together with any interest which the grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said trust deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in ORS 86.753 has the right, at any time prior to June 30, 2011 (day before the maturity date), to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or trust deed, and in addition to paying said sums or tendering the performance necessary to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and trust deed, together with trustee's and attorney's fees not exceeding the amounts provided by said ORS 85.753. In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes the plural, the word "grantor" includes any successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said trust deed, and the words "trustee" and "beneficiary" include their respective successors in interest, if any. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same.DATED: 3/29/2011 REGIONAL TRUSTEE SERVICES CORPORATION Trustee By DEBORAH KAUFMAN; VICE PRESIDENT 616 1st Avenue, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: (206)340-2550 Sale Information: http://www.rtrustee.com ASAP# 3956680 04/05/2011, 04/12/2011, 04/19/2011, 04/26/2011

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Offer not valid with any other offers. Offer good at time of initial estimate only. Offer good at participating franchises only. Each franchise independently owned and operated. Offer valid through 5/31/11

$

DRYER VENT CLEANING

(See reverse side of coupon)

DID YOU KNOW? Poor Indoor Air Quality can: Result in Illness • Including Nausea Eye & Skin Irritation • Headaches • Allergic Reactions • Respiratory Problems

PRINEVILLE

CULVER

1225 NW Gardner Rd. Prineville, OR 97754

603 1st St. Culver, OR 97734

(541) 385-7001

(541) 447-5609

(541) 546-6603

Visit us on facebook • www.rbseed.com

149 95

SOFA CLEANING

$

(UP TO 500 SQ. FT.)

EXPIRES May 31, 2011

FOR A TOTAL SAVINGS OF $45.00!

Offer not valid with any other offers. Offer good at time of initial estimate only. Offer good at participating franchises only. Each franchise independently owned and operated. Offer valid through 5/31/11

or visit us online at www.budgetblinds.com

ANY 5 AREAS

Save $20 On – AND –

PROFESSIONAL INSTALLATION

Call 1-541-788-8444

BEND 63353 Nels Anderson Bend, OR 97701

M&J CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING • 541-549-9090

BREATHe Better AIR! SAVE AN ADDITIONAL $5 OFF WHEN YOU HAVE A CHIMNEY & A DRYER VENT CLEANED AT THE SAME TIME

a style for every point of view®

®

142 E. Main • Sisters • 541-549-6900 • Mon. - Sat. 9am - 7pm

(541) 389-8715

25% OFF

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We have a new Coupon tab on our Facebook page!

We bring you the best brands including:

$5 or Less!!!

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25% OFF

NEW OWNERSHIP!

for Spring Break!!!

• 541-388-1580

• SPOT TREATMENT & TOUGH STAIN REMOVAL • NO HIDDEN CHARGES • LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED

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99 95

INCLUDES PRE-TREATMENT & SPOT REMOVAL

STANDARD SIZE CUSTOM FABRIC EXTRA

PRESENT COUPON AT TIME OF SERVICE. EXPIRES 6/15/11.

DOES NOT COMBINE WITH OTHER OFFERS. STAIRS EXTRA.

PRESENT COUPON AT TIME OF SERVICE. EXPIRES 6/15/11.

DOES NOT COMBINE WITH OTHER OFFERS. STAIRS EXTRA.

ANY 7 AREAS ALL ORIENTAL & AREA RUG CLEANING $ 95

179

(UP TO 650 SQ. FT.)

INCLUDES PRE-TREATMENT & SPOT REMOVAL PRESENT COUPON AT TIME OF SERVICE. EXPIRES 6/15/11.

DOES NOT COMBINE WITH OTHER OFFERS. STAIRS EXTRA.

Bonus Discount Special

Save $$$ Save now on any Parts or Service!

If you spend: $50 - $100 $101 - $200 $201 - $300 $301 - $400 $401 - $500 $501 - $700 $701 - $900 $901 or more

You Save: $10 Off $20 Off $30 Off $40 Off $50 Off $70 Off $90 Off $110 Of

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PRESENT COUPON AT TIME OF SERVICE. EXPIRES 6/15/11.

DOES NOT COMBINE WITH OTHER OFFERS. STAIRS EXTRA.

FREE BRAKE INSPECTION Good brakes save lives! Take advantage of this FREE brake inspection to ensure your brakes are working properly.

• Inspect brake pads &/or shoes, rotors/drums, calipers & wheel cylinders • Add brake fluid as needed • Road test

FREE

Must present coupon. Expires 4/30/11

Must present coupon. Expires 4/30/11

J.L. Scott

Lawn & Landscape Maintenance

Complete Landscape Maintenance Commercial & Residential * Mowing Services * Lawn Reseeding * De-thatching

*Aeration *Fertilization * Spring & Fall Clean Up * Edging & Bed Reshaping

* Trimming *Bark Installation * Top Dressing

If it has to do with landscape maintenance, give us a call.

WE DO IT ALL!

541-382-3883

Serving Central Oregon for Over 20 Years

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541-593-1799

IICRC Certiied Technician

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FLY MASK, BLANKETS, FLY SPRAYS

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541-548-5195

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(800) 970-0153

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541.548.4883

541.548.4883

(fred meyer shopping center)

(fred meyer shopping center)

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Coupon Required | Expires 5-9-11 Cannot be combined with other offers.

Coupon Required | Expires 5-9-11 Cannot be combined with other offers.

With purchase of any menu item of equal or greater value.

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Open ’til 3:00 pm daily

974 veterans way #1 redmond, OR 97756

541.548.4883 (fred meyer shopping center)

and we have everything you need in stock to protect your animals.

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BREATHe Better AIR!

Save UP TO $50 on Air Duct Cleaning!

RESTAURANT

RESTAURANT Tel. 541.548.4883

RESTAURANT

By Osathanon’s Family

Tel. 541.548.4883

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Tel. 541.548.4883

By Osathanon’s Family

974 veterans way #1 redmond, OR 97756

974 veterans way #1 redmond, OR 97756

541.548.4883

541.548.4883

(fred meyer shopping center)

(fred meyer shopping center)

Lunch Special

FREE SOUP Dine-in only.

Open ’til 3:00 pm daily

(541) 389-8715

DRYER VENT CLEANING – AND –

SAVE AN ADDITIONAL $5 OFF WHEN YOU HAVE A CHIMNEY & A DRYER VENT CLEANED AT THE SAME TIME

FOR A TOTAL SAVINGS OF $45.00!

(See reverse side of coupon)

DID YOU KNOW? Poor Indoor Air Quality can: Result in Illness • Including Nausea Eye & Skin

Now Featuring Dish TV While you Eat

Now Featuring Dish TV While you Eat

Coupon Required | Expires 5-9-11 Cannot be combined with other offers.

Coupon Required | Expires 5-9-11 Cannot be combined with other offers.

With purchase of any menu item of equal or greater value.

Irritation • Headaches • Allergic Reactions • Respiratory Problems

974 veterans way #1 redmond, OR 97756

541.548.4883 (fred meyer shopping center)

Superior Carpet and Tile & Stone Cleaning

Save $20 On

EXPIRES May 31, 2011

THE BULLETIN • COMMUNITY SAVINGS

Our Hot Carbonating Truck Mount Extraction cleans deep! We use one-fifth the amount of water compared to steam cleaners so carpet dries in 1 to 2 hours.

Our cleaner, The Natural®, is green certified, non-toxic, so it’s safe for your family and pets who are allergy sensitive! Leaves no sticky residue!

Using Chem-Dry resists re-soiling so your carpet fibers stay cleaner, longer!

Don’t forget your area rugs & upholstery too!

Call today for your FREE ESTIMATE!

Chem-Dry of Bend

*Video Inspection Available 541-389-8715 | LICENSED • BONDED • INSURED | www.masterstouchblend.com

541-388-7374 Bend • 541-923-3347 Redmond Serving Deschutes, Crook & Jefferson Counties • Independently Owned & Operated

J.L. Scott

Lawn & Landscape Maintenance

Complete Landscape Maintenance Commercial & Residential * Mowing Services * Lawn Reseeding * De-thatching

*Aeration *Fertilization * Spring & Fall Clean Up * Edging & Bed Reshaping

* Trimming *Bark Installation * Top Dressing

If it has to do with landscape maintenance, give us a call.

541-382-3883

WE DO IT ALL!

25% OFF Selected Signature Series® Window Treatments by Budget Blinds®

FLY SEASON IS COMING…

25% OFF

a style for every point of view® We fit your style and your budget!

Shop-at-home convenience Personal Style Consultants Thousands of window coverings Professional measuring & installation

Selected Signature Series® Window Treatments by Budget Blinds®

We bring you the best brands including:

a style for every point of view®

a style for every point of view®

CENTRAL OREGON RANCH SUPPLY

PROFESSIONAL INSTALLATION

3457 SW HIGHWAY 97 • MADRAS, OR

Offer not valid with any other offers. Offer good at time of initial estimate only. Offer good at participating franchises only. Each franchise independently owned and operated. Offer valid through 5/31/11

1726 SOUTH HIGHWAY 97 • REDMOND, OR

®

by Budget Blinds ®

PROFESSIONAL INSTALLATION Offer not valid with any other offers. Offer good at time of initial estimate only. Offer good at participating franchises only. Each franchise independently owned and operated. Offer valid through 5/31/11

Call 1-541-788-8444 or visit us online at www.budgetblinds.com

Serving Central Oregon for Over 20 Years

and we have everything you need in stock to protect your animals.

$

…we have it all and in stock!

541-548-5195

15 OFF

ANY 5 AREAS CLEANED

UPHOLSTERY CLEANING

Must present coupon at time of cleaning. An area is defined as any room up to 300 square feet. Baths, halls, large walk-in closets and area rugs are priced separately.

Offer does not include protector.

Residential only. Valid at participating locations only. Not valid with any other coupon. Some restrictions may apply. $99 minimum service order. Expires 4/18/11.

Must present coupon at time of cleaning. Sectional sofas may not be separated. Sofas over 7 feet and certain fabrics may incur additional charges. Offer does not include protector. Residential only. Valid at participating locations only. Not valid with any other coupon. Some restrictions may apply. $99 minimum service order.

Expires 4/18/11.

FLY MASK, BLANKETS, FLY SPRAYS

541-460-5100

$

195

Schedule Online at www.stanleysteemer.com Call for Free Estimate 541-706-9390 • 1-800-STEEMER WE ALSO OFFER YOU PEACE OF MIND AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE THROUGH: • ARRIVAL TIMES SCHEDULED AT YOUR CONVENIENCE • SAME DAY SERVICE • CAREFUL MOVING OF FURNITURE

• SPOT TREATMENT & TOUGH STAIN REMOVAL • NO HIDDEN CHARGES • LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED

M&J CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING • 541-549-9090

ANY 5 AREAS $

149 95

SOFA CLEANING

$

(UP TO 500 SQ. FT.)

99 95

INCLUDES PRE-TREATMENT & SPOT REMOVAL

STANDARD SIZE CUSTOM FABRIC EXTRA

PRESENT COUPON AT TIME OF SERVICE. EXPIRES 6/15/11.

DOES NOT COMBINE WITH OTHER OFFERS. STAIRS EXTRA.

PRESENT COUPON AT TIME OF SERVICE. EXPIRES 6/15/11.

DOES NOT COMBINE WITH OTHER OFFERS. STAIRS EXTRA.

NEW OWNERSHIP! Brand Name Clothes at Affordable Prices Clothing, Shoes, Jackets, Handbags, Swimwear, Formal Gowns Gear up

ANY 7 AREAS ALL ORIENTAL & AREA RUG CLEANING $ 95

179

(UP TO 650 SQ. FT.)

INCLUDES PRE-TREATMENT & SPOT REMOVAL PRESENT COUPON AT TIME OF SERVICE. EXPIRES 6/15/11.

DOES NOT COMBINE WITH OTHER OFFERS. STAIRS EXTRA.

for Spring Break!!!

20% OFF

PRESENT COUPON AT TIME OF SERVICE. EXPIRES 6/15/11.

DOES NOT COMBINE WITH OTHER OFFERS. STAIRS EXTRA.

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$4599 with coupon.

100s of Items Now on Sale

Limit 2 per person.

Expires 5/31/11

$5 or Less!!!

142 E. Main • Sisters • 541-549-6900 • Mon. - Sat. 9am - 7pm

Call for FREE Information Package

(800) 970-0153

Bonus Discount Special

Save $$$ New Plan Designed for Central Oregon Views!

Save now on any Parts or Service!

Plan #1780

If you spend: $50 - $100 $101 - $200 $201 - $300 $301 - $400 $401 - $500 $501 - $700 $701 - $900 $901 or more

You Save: $10 Off $20 Off $30 Off $40 Off $50 Off $70 Off $90 Off $110 Of

Must present coupon. Expires 4/30/11

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FREE BRAKE INSPECTION Good brakes save lives! Take advantage of this FREE brake inspection to ensure your brakes are working properly.

• Inspect brake pads &/or shoes, rotors/drums, calipers & wheel cylinders • Add brake fluid as needed • Road test

FREE

Must present coupon. Expires 4/30/11

Ct.

• 541-388-1580

We have a new Coupon tab on our Facebook page!

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BEND

PRINEVILLE

CULVER

63353 Nels Anderson Bend, OR 97701

1225 NW Gardner Rd. Prineville, OR 97754

603 1st St. Culver, OR 97734

(541) 385-7001

(541) 447-5609

(541) 546-6603

Visit us on facebook • www.rbseed.com

Reach 130,000 readers for as little as $295 per month! of Central Oregon

541-593-1799

IICRC Certiied Technician

This unique section publishes twice each month in The Bulletin and in Central Oregon Marketplace, wrapping the front of a section for amazing and never-before-offered visibility!

Only 18 coupon positions are available!

Space is limited, so call 541-382-1811 and reserve your full color coupon position today!