Bulletin Daily Paper 06/21/11

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Education bills snagged in Salem; more talks today By Lauren Dake The Bulletin

SALEM — A political showdown over a slew of education reform bills materialized at the state Capitol on Monday as expected. But instead of making progress, the two parties could only agree to give it another shot today. Representatives were expected to vote on a package of bills that some lawmakers

2 fired CEC workers win lawsuit, are awarded nearly $4M

said would transform the state’s education system. The bills are wide ranging, from dipping into the education reserves to bolster the K-12 budget to expanding online charter schools. Some are clearly Democrat priorities, like requiring school districts to offer full-day kindergarten. Others, which Republicans are being more vocal about, allow community

colleges to sponsor charter schools. The package of bills also includes one of Gov. John Kitzhaber’s top priorities for the session, Senate Bill 909, which would create one entity, the Oregon Education Investment Board, to oversee all education starting from the early childhood level through graduate school. See Education / A4

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Two top deputies leaving DA’s office By Patrick Cliff The Bulletin

The two top deputies of Deschutes County District Attorney Patrick Flaherty have resigned, and will leave by July 5. Flaherty announced the resignations of Chief Deputy District Attorney Traci Anderson and Deputy District Attorney Pat Horton in a news release Monday. In January, soon after taking office, Flaherty hired Anderson and Horton. Both were key hires after Flaherty fired five attorneys who had served under Mike Dugan, the previous district attorney. In their letters of resignation, Anderson cited personal reasons and Horton said his work was nearly completed. In a news release Monday, Flaherty praised both employees. He described Anderson as “a stellar prosecutor who enthusiastically took on the many challenges our office has encountered during the transition period.” Flaherty wrote in the news release that both attorneys “efficiently went about implementing or setting in motion many of the procedural and structural changes (Horton) recommended.” Flaherty also wrote he would not make any further comment. Another January hire of Flaherty’s, former Deschutes County Sheriff Les Stiles, resigned in April after more than three months in the office. When he resigned, Stiles, who was a part-time investigator in the office, said at the time he had finished his duties for Flaherty. See Deputies / A5

By Erik Hidle The Bulletin

A jury is awarding nearly $4 million in damages to two former Central Electric Cooperative employees who say they were fired in 2007 because of their age. A verdict was reached in the nearly 3-year-old case on Wednesday. The Deschutes County Circuit Court jury found Robert Hoar, who was 53 when he was fired, and Paul Yancey, who was 57, were the victims of age discrimination. Hoar, a former line superintendent for the co-op, receives $1,705,797 in economic damages. Yancey, formerly a senior lineman, receives $986,693 in economic damages. Both men are also being awarded $250,000 in noneconomic damages and $400,000 in punitive damages, according to court documents. Jeff Beaman, a spokesman for the co-op, released a statement Monday saying the company will contest the verdict. “CEC was disappointed with the jury verdict in the recent case brought by two former employees concerning their termination,” Beaman said in the statement. “CEC believes there is a strong basis under Oregon law for a new trial in this matter, and that motion will be filed with the court promptly. Because this matter is continuing litigation, we will have no further comment.” See Lawsuit / A5

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Two neurons glow in response to a roundworm being exposed to certain chemicals at Rockefeller University in New York.

In a tiny worm, unlocking secrets of the human brain

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The Stephenson brothers — Tristyn, 10, left, and Kyler, 9, both from Bend — build a miniature waterworks Monday in the sand at McKay Park. Today is the summer solstice and the longest day of the year, with sunrise set for 5:22 a.m., sunset at 8:52 p.m. and a temperature forecast to be in the high 80s. To see more of what the official start of summer has in store for us weather-wise, check out the full forecast on Page C6.

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In an eighth-floor lab overlooking New York’s East River, Cornelia Bargmann watches two colleagues manipulate a microscopic roundworm. They have trapped it in a tiny groove on a clear plastic chip, with just its nose sticking into a channel. Pheromones are being pumped through the channel, and the researchers have genetically engineered two neurons in the worm’s head to glow bright green if a neuron responds. These ingenious techniques for exploring a tiny animal’s behavior are the fruit of many years’ work by Bargmann’s and other labs. Despite the roundworm’s lowliness on the scale of intellectual achievement, the study of its nervous system offers one of the most promising approaches for understanding the human brain, since it uses much the same working parts but is around a million times less complex. See Worms / A5

In the rising income gap, CEO pay holds much of the sway

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By Peter Whoriskey The Washington Post

It was the 1970s, and the chief executive of a leading U.S. dairy company, Kenneth Douglas, lived the good life. He earned the equivalent of about $1 million today. He and his family moved from a

three-bedroom home to a four-bedroom home, about a half-mile away, in River Forest, Ill., an upscale Chicago suburb. He joined a country club. The company gave him a Cadillac. The money was good enough, in fact, that he sometimes turned down raises. He said making too

much was bad for morale. Forty years later, the trappings at the top of Dean Foods, as at most big U.S. companies, are more lavish. The current chief executive, Gregg Engles, averages 10 times as much in compensation as Douglas did, or about $10 million in a

typical year. He owns a $6 million home in an elite suburb of Dallas and 64 acres near Vail, Colo., an area he frequently visits. He belongs to as many as four golf clubs at a time — two in Texas and two in Colorado. See Wealth / A4


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