Bulletin Daily Paper 06/03/11

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From rink to river: NHL gives water to Deschutes

SPRING FLING RETURNS SATURDAY

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By Kate Ramsayer

No pay raises in fire union talks

The Bulletin

Whether the Boston Bruins or the Vancouver Canucks take home the Stanley Cup this month, the Deschutes River will come out ahead. The National Hockey League has decided to make up for all the water used in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals — from creating the rink ice to quenching thirst at the concession stands — by putting water back in the Deschutes River. It’s part of a year-old effort by the Bonneville Environmental Foundation, which has started a water restoration plan to allow companies and individuals that use water to help restore streams and rivers that need water. “We created the water restoration certificate plan as a vehicle to connect water-users everywhere with projects that restore water in iconic places,” said Todd Reeve, vice president of watershed programs with the Portland-based foundation. “There’s more opportunities and need to restore flows than there is money to support those projects.” And one of the places the Bonneville Environmental Foundation works with is the Deschutes River through a partnership with the Deschutes River Conservancy. See Hockey / A5

Photos by Ryan Brennecke / The Bulletin

More than 200 entries of home-brewed and -bottled beer will be judged this weekend during the Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization’s Spring Fling. At left, Eric Moore, a brewer with Deschutes Brewery, judges an entry Thursday at The Brew Shop in preparation for the Fling.

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Bend’s firefighters won’t get a pay raise in the coming year if they decide to approve a tentative agreement that was reached this week between union representatives and the city. In addition to no cost-of-living adjustments, the contract amendment includes a provision that the city will not decrease firefighter wages in the first year of a new contract that has yet to be negotiated and is set to take effect in 2012. The recent salary negotiations were part of the Bend Firefighters Association’s current collective bargaining agreement. That agreement runs from 2009 to 2012, and included 2 percent pay raises for all union members on July 1, 2010 and a reopening of salary negotiations this spring. Bend’s police union has a similar stipulation in its contract for renewed salary negotiations this year, but as of Thursday afternoon had not reached an agreement. Trish Connolly, vice president of the Bend Firefighters Association, said she didn’t want to comment on the specifics of this week’s agreement until it was approved by the union membership. See Fire / A4

As snow melts and dams fill, floods feared across West

By A.G. Sulzberger LINCOLN, Neb. — Residents here like to repeat a well-worn saying about Nebraska: It is home to more cows than people. Unlike some cliches, this one has the advantage of being true. According to the most recent counts, there are more than three times as many cows (6.2 million) as people (1.8 million). But another surprising population statistic is challenging the identity of Nebraska, the nation’s largest beef-producing state, as an essentially rural place. More than half the population, according to recent census data, is now clustered in just three counties, out of 93 total, that are home to the state’s three largest cities. The people who remain in rural parts of the country are used to seeing declining enrollment at schools and shuttered businesses on Main Street, as well as weakening political muscle in Washington. But now they see their political power falter even in states that have long been considered synonymous with rural America. As capitals across the country tackle the contentious work of redrawing state legislative districts, one sure loser will be rural representation. See Rural / A5

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Brett Thomas, a brewer at Silver Moon Brewing, looks at the color of a entry while judging beers Thursday.

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By Erik Hidle • The Bulletin

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undreds of bottles of home-brewed beer are back on the way to Bend now that a yearlong prohibition on sharing the handcrafted libations has ended.

With more than 200 entries coming in from across the state, the Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization has brought back its annual Spring Fling beer competition. The event returns thanks to a bill signed into law March 28 permitting home-brewed alcoholic beverages to leave their creators’ homes and rebooting home-brew judging events across the state. In June of last year, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission ruled that events judging home-brewed beer

were illegal. The ruling found that even transporting a home-brew from the creator’s premises was prohibited. “The camaraderie between homebrewers that is developed through these events ended with that ruling,” said Aaron Hofferber, president of Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization. “Getting together is extremely important to the process of homebrewing. We’re very happy to have this back up and going. This strengthens the home-brew community.”

Once the law was changed, the local home-brew group got its competition back up and running and is among the first wave of events to return to the state. The event — held last year in April — is a few months behind schedule, but Hofferber said he has been surprised by the amount of entries this year. “Last year the overall count was 146 entries,” he said. “We were expecting lower numbers this year because of the law but we’re seeing record numbers so far. By Saturday’s deadline (to submit beer entries) we’re going to be easily over 200 entries.” The local event will be held Saturday but is a judging competition only, and is not open to the public. See Brew / A4

“These events (give) home-brewers professional experience and it gives them a chance to get their feet wet, to see if they want to brew professionally. — Chris Hummert, a founding member of the Oregon Homebrewers Alliance

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Vol. 108, No. 154, 76 pages, 7 sections

INDEX Abby

E2

Business

B1-6

Calendar

E3

TOP NEWS INSIDE

Classified

F1-6

Editorial

Comics

E4-5

Family

E1-6

Obituaries

Local

C1-6

Sports

Crosswords E5, F2

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GRAND COULEE DAM, Wash. — The giant concrete dams of the Pacific Northwest are overflowing with water. Wyoming has deployed National Guard troops to pile up sandbags. A federal official compares the impending situation to a bucking bull ready to storm out of his chute. States across the West are bracing for major flooding in the coming weeks once a record mountain snowpack starts melting and sending water gushing into rivers, streams and low-lying communities. The catalyst will be warmer temperatures forecast for the next week that could set off a rapid thaw. Randy Julander, a supervisor with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, says flooding this year could be worse than anyone has ever seen. Julander said in a typical year the weather warms gradually, allowing snow in the mountains to melt slowly and ease into rivers and streams over time. That’s not the case this year after a cool, rainy spring. See Flooding / A4

Movies

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Stocks

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TV listings

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Weather

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