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Reports clear Hayes in energy contract probe By Lauren Dake The Bulletin

SALEM — The state released a large number of documents Tuesday related to an investigation of Oregon Department of Energy employees accused of steering a contract to a company tied to Cylvia Hayes, a Bend resident and girlfriend of Gov. John Kitzhaber.

Among the documents are a pair of reports declaring that Hayes did nothing wrong. One stated that Hayes was simply “pursuing her passion — making Oregon green,” and the other referred to her reputation as a “rock star” in the state’s green energy field. “I think the results say it all,” Hayes said. “Throughout the process, it’s always been

clear I wasn’t involved with or aware of any wrongdoing.” But the reports are not nearly as complimentary to the Department of Energy or the four employees accused of steering a contract to Hayes’ company, all of whom were cleared last week of criminal wrongdoing. See Hayes / A6

Reports say Cylvia Hayes, of Bend, Gov. Kitzhaber’s girlfriend, did nothing wrong.

By Lauren Dake

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Goose Watch Alliance member Foster Fell, 63, of Bend, helps Emily Strome, 19, of Bend, her cousin Savanna Jones, 18, visiting from Savannah, Ga., and Amanda Bishop, 17, of Bend, sign a petition in front of the Bend Public Library downtown on Tuesday. Fell said he had collected more than 150 signatures on the petition to convince the Bend Park & Recreation District to hold a public hearing before any geese are killed.

Given green light to kill geese, park district faces opposition By Nick Grube • The Bulletin

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illing Canada geese is a numbers game. At least it is for the Bend Park & Recreation District.

The district has approval from the state to use lethal force against the so-called pest this summer, but only if park officials can determine the killing is warranted. What that ultimately comes down to is the number of adult geese in the district’s riverfront parks. If the population exceeds 150,

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then officials will be allowed to catch and euthanize up to 100 adult geese to bring the population down to that numeric threshold. This means if there are 200 adult geese in Bend’s parks, then the district can kill 50. If there are 600, then the district can kill 100. But those who oppose lethal management

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of geese say there are several flaws in this system, which was developed recently by the district, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife. “I think it’s totally unnecessary,” Bend resident Foster Fell said. “We don’t need to resort to these periodic exterminations.” Fell and others organized a goose memorial last year for the 109 birds the district gassed as part of its population-reduction effort. That memorial garnered national attention for what has become a controversial issue here in Bend. See Geese / A4

Cyber police stymied by hackers’ anonymity By Michael Riley, Greg Farrell and Ann Woolner WASHINGTON — Hardly a month has gone by this year without a multinational company such as Google, EMC Corp. or Sony disclosing it’s been hacked by cyber intruders who infiltrated networks or stole customer information. Yet no hacker has been publicly identified, charged or arrested. If past enforcement efforts are an indication, most of the perpetrators will never be prosecuted or punished.

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“I don’t have a high level of confidence that they will be brought to justice,” said Peter George, chief executive of Fidelis Security Systems Inc., a data protection consulting firm whose clients include IBM, the U.S. Army and the Department of Commerce. “The government is doing what they can, but they need to do a lot more.” In the United States, the FBI, the Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies are confronting a massive crime wave that’s highly organized and hard to combat with tradi-

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Sony Corp., targeted since April by hacker attacks that have compromised more than 100 million customer accounts, is investigating two new possible intrusions. tional methods. The hacker organizations are well-funded and global, eluding arrest except in the rarest of cases. See Hackers / A4

SALEM — Oregon lawmakers announced new legislative boundaries on Tuesday that could lead to a change in who represents Central Oregonians in Salem. The agreement Central Oregon districts was hailed by some Once ever y decade, the Legi as a historic biparslature is tasked with redrawing legis lative tisan agreement. districts. On Tuesday, It marks the first a bipartisan set of state house and time since 1981 INSET senate district map the two parties AREA proposals was have been able to released. agree on redrawExistin52 g state House districts ing the state’s legislative boundD57 D18 W A S D59 CO aries. But some D17 GR ANT J E F F. WHE. Central Oregon LINN D54 lawmakers said D55 LANE the redrawing of CROOK D7 D53 the maps show DESCH. D60 signs of political KLA. LAKE Inside maneuvering. Propo d H Though re- • See existing and proposed districting rules district maps, Page A4 mandate that political parties not draw the lines to their advantage, Tuesday’s reaction to the maps shows what an inherently political process redistricting can be. Rep. Jason Conger, R-Bend, said he was “offended” by the results, saying the maps were drawn “in an effort to create a partisan outcome” by shrinking his district to include more Democrats and fewer Republicans. He said the maps point to an intent to secure a Democratic seat east of the Cascades. The state’s population needs to be evenly divided into districts. Each House district must have 63,851 people, and each Senate district must comprise 127,702 people. Because it’s grown faster than the rest of the state, Bend has become too large for one state House district. And Deschutes County can no longer be represented mostly by one district, either. See Districts / A4

Star TV anchors are moving on, often to invest in themselves By Brian Stelter New York Times News Service

It’s enough breaking news to make even a news anchor’s head spin. Television is undergoing a sea change this season as a dozen famous television anchors and celebrities — whose shows are Jim Lehrer watched by more than 40 million left “PBS viewers every day — are leaving NewsHour.” their longtime perches. To name a few, on Friday, Jim Lehrer ended his daily duties on the “PBS NewsHour”; on Monday, Scott Pelley replaced Katie Couric on the “CBS Evening News”; today, Meredith Vieira will leave the “Today” show on NBC; and later this month, her former colleague Keith Olber- Katie Couric mann will start a new show on stepped down Current TV. as anchor of By now, viewers may barely “CBS Evening recognize their favorite shows News.” and channels. It seems like the most tumultuous time on the small screen in a generation, but much of the tumult is off the screen, in business meetings about how the media industry is transforming. Although some of those departing, like Lehrer and Regis Philbin, are leaving their shows because of a generational shift, others are moving on because they want a bigger financial stake in their own brands. Couric, Oprah Winfrey and Glenn Beck, among others, are taking equity stakes in themselves, separating from the media conglomerates that have profited mightily from their star power. See Anchors / A4


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