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2 cougar sightings reported
Accused rapist violated terms of his release, reports show
By Scott Hammers The Bulletin
Two cougar sightings reported near Bend on Wednesday afternoon are almost certainly two different animals, an Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife official said. The first sighting, reported in the Cimarron City area about a mile northeast of the Bend Airport, was called in by a resident shortly after 1 p.m. The resident told police dispatchers he had seen a small cougar cross through his property, then spend a few minutes sitting in an adjacent lot. A deputy sent to the location did not see the animal, but was able to confirm a cougar had recently been in the area. In the second instance, on the edge of the Deschutes River canyon on the north side of Awbrey Butte, two deputies responded shortly after 6:30 p.m. A resident had seen a cougar in the neighbor’s yard and was concerned about her dog. See Cougars / A4
By Nick Grube The Bulletin Submitted photo
The branch’s first graduation, in 2004. Oregon State University-Cascades Campus was established in 2001.
OSU-CASCADES CAMPUS: 10TH ANNIVERSARY Today: History of the branch
Saturday: Future of the branch
Sunday: Impact of the branch
Seeing a need, local leaders pushed to expand higher education in Central Oregon — but it wouldn’t be easy.
As the campus enters its next decade, questions over what the school could and should look like continue to pop up.
What does OSU-Cascades mean for the wider region? On graduation day, The Bulletin examines the school’s impact.
30 years in the making, the last 10 as a school Sheila G. Miller • The Bulletin
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In March, accused rapist Thomas Harry Bray wanted to walk under the trees on Sauvie Island in the Columbia River northwest of Portland. The problem was, the island was outside his court-or- Thomas Bray dered boundaries that forced was arrested him to essentially stay within Feb. 26 on Multnomah County while he suspicion of awaited trial here in Bend. raping a 24On March 17, the physician year-old Bend and former Central Oregon woman. Community College anatomy instructor pleaded with the Deschutes County Adult Parole and Probation office to release him from those restrictions. Twice he was told no. Six days later, Bray’s GPS tracking bracelet alerted officials that he was not in compliance. The battery he was supposed to keep charged had died, and for more than eight hours there was no way he could be monitored. This wasn’t the only time Bray violated the conditions of his release. See Bray / A7
n Sunday, 257 students will cross a dais to receive diplomas from Oregon State
Bray’s electronic monitoring bracelet
University-Cascades Campus. These members of the branch’s 10th graduating class may not realize it, but their degrees were made possible by local leaders
who pushed for years to expand higher education opportunities in Central Oregon.
Awaiting trial set for October, Thomas Bray must wear this device, which relays his every movement to authorities.
“For literally decades, various organizations in Bend and
Four locals who made the campus possible
Central Oregon worked on one committee after another to Noah Berger / New York Times News Service
Luca Gaskill, 2, eats a strawberry at Gizdich Ranch in Watsonville, Calif. More farmers rely on agritourism to make money.
Small farms aim to profit with tourism By William Neuman New York Times News Service
SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. — For all the talk about sustainable agriculture these days, most small farms are not self-sustaining in a very basic sense: They can’t make ends meet financially without relying on income from jobs off the farm. But increasingly farmers are eking more money out of the land in ways beyond the traditional route of planting crops and raising livestock. Some have opened bed-and-breakfasts, often known as farm stays, that draw guests eager to get a taste of rural living. Others operate corn mazes — now jazzed up with modern fillips like maps on cellphones — that often turn into seasonal amusements, with rope courses and zip lines. Ranchers open their land to hunters or bring in guests to ride horses, dude ranch style. Known as agritourism, such activities are becoming an important economic boost for many farmers. See Farms / A7
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campus in 2001. “It was quite a marathon.” Oregon University System formed a group to produce a report on higher education in rural Oregon, but again no concrete action ever happened. Bryant saw competition as the main reason for this lack of progress. “All of (the seven universities at the time) liked to attract students from Central Oregon, and so they kind of liked the system the way it was. Why, in their words, do you want to thin the soup?” he said. “But that wasn’t fair to Central Oregonians, and we felt the demand was here. And so many students couldn’t afford to travel, to go to Eugene or Corvallis or Portland to get an education.” See Cascades / A4
Barbara Schenck Former chair woman of the Central Oregon Regional Advisory Board who identified key needs
Jerry Colonna Former superintendent of the Redmond School District who served on CORAB
Ben Westlund Former state legislator who was a key force in ensuring funding.
10 years of growth at OSU-Cascades Scholarship dollars awarded
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678 students
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Source: University of Oregon
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• Records minute-by-minute movements • Can determine the wearer’s location within 24 feet • Requires charging every 24 hours • Water-resist ant, but not waterproof
Former state senator who fought for four-year options in Central Oregon
sory board that finally succeeded in establishing the branch
Back in the 1990s, Bend was further away from a four-year college or university than any small urban community in the country. The nearest university, the University of Oregon, was at least 130 miles away. But beginning in the 1980s, thenOregon Rep. Tom Throop invited various community members to serve on a committee dedicated to creating a four-year university in Central Oregon. Neil Bryant, an attorney and former state senator, was part of that committee, but nothing came of it. In 1993, when he was elected to the state Senate, Bryant served on the education subcommittee and tried to focus on rural areas. During that time the chancellor of the
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gon,” said Barbara Schenck, who was a member of the advi-
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GPS device tracks Bray’s every move By Scott Hammers The Bulletin
The device secured to Thomas Bray’s ankle is about four inches by two inches, resembles a garage door opener and relays his every movement to a network of satellites orbiting more than 12,000 miles above Earth. Charged in the alleged late February rape of a Bend woman, Bray, 37, has been wearing the electronic monitoring device since early March, when a judge allowed him to move to Portland. Under the terms of his release, Bray has been required to stay within a defined perimeter roughly corresponding to the borders of Multnomah County. Bray is one of 30 to 60 people who during any given month are being tracked with electronic monitoring devices by Deschutes County Parole and Probation, said Deborah Feffer, administrative manager of the department. The administration of the program is provided by Vigilnet Community Monitoring, a private company that contracts with law enforcement agencies to help supervise people who are on parole or probation or, like Bray, are awaiting trial. See Device / A7
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