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Blaze sets off fire season and a helicopter during the initial attack, but were released from duty when the fire’s forward progress was halted after 6 p.m. As of 7 p.m., nine engines and two hand crews from the BLM remained, according to Kevin Baker of the Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center. Roads were closed in the immediate area, and a transient camp on BLM land was evacuated. The fire burned near power lines, but no structures were threatened. See Fire / A5
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Some cattle wandered off-course at the start of the drive, taking a brief detour down Southwest
Meadow Lakes Drive, and some spectators scrambled for cover near Main Street when cattle trotted onto the sidewalk. For more information on the 66th annual Crooked River Roundup, including tonight’s official kickoff party at the Crook County Fairgrounds, see Sports, Page D1.
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A wildfire broke out northwest of Redmond on Wednesday, burning through an estimated 30 to 40 acres and serving as a wakeup call that the fire season has arrived in Central Oregon. Only hours earlier, fire officials said at a news conference the cool spring points toward a tamer than normal fire season for Central Oregon, while cautioning that the forecast could change significantly under
the right conditions. Wednesday’s fire came on the hottest day of the year as temperatures hit 90 degrees. It started about two miles west of U.S. Highway 97, northwest of the intersection of Northwest Lower Bridge Way and Northwest 43rd Street, and was first reported around 3:20 p.m. Driven by winds gusting to 19 mph, the fire burned south, jumping Lower Bridge Way. Units from multiple agencies joined Bureau of Land Management hand crews, engines
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WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama expanded the Afghanistan war a year after taking office, Republicans fiercely criticized his deadline to bring troops home. But his decision on Wednesday to accelerate their w ithdrawa l came with President few reprisals, Barack a sign of a reObama said markable shift the “tide of in the politics war is recedof war. ing,” during The presihis speech on dent, who adWednesday. dressed the nation in a primetime speech from the White House, stopped short of declaring victory, but he suggested that the mission had been a success and that it was time to turn to a new foreign policy and to place a greater focus on domestic concerns. A debate inside the Republican Party over Afghanistan, along with larger questions about American military engagement, has changed the political dynamic facing Obama as he prepares for re-election. He made clear that he would not be haunted, like many Democrats before him, by being cast as weak on national security. But he pledged to “chart a more centered course,” a phrase that could well serve as a metaphor for how he has sought to reset his presidency after Democrats were soundly defeated last fall. See Afghanistan / A4
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LAS VEGAS — Oscar Goodman, the mayor, loves to gamble. “Every single waking moment of my life,” he said. Carolyn Goodman, his wife, has not been near a gaming table in 30 years. Oscar Goodman savors at least one martini a day — Bombay Sapphire gin, straight up. Not his wife. “They smell like hair tonic,” she said. He made a career as a mob lawyer; she founded a private preparatory school. Oscar Goodman, 71, is the reluctant and colorful outgoing mayor of Las Vegas, his retirement forced on him by term limits after 12 years as America’s self-described “happiest mayor.” Carolyn Goodman, 72, is the eager incoming mayor of Las Vegas,
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Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman and his wife, Mayor-elect Carolyn Goodman. and will be sworn into office by her husband on July 6. For everyone who has been riveted by Oscar Goodman’s antics as he
has promoted his city and himself, rest assured: The reign of the Goodman family of Las Vegas is not over yet. But as a visit to their home four miles north of the Strip made clear, Carolyn Goodman is not Oscar, even after 49 years of marriage. It is hard to imagine her telling a class of fourth-graders that all she required on a desert island was a bottle of gin. (“They had no idea what I was talking about,” Oscar Goodman protested weakly as his wife recalled a moment “that made me want to slide under the couch.”) Or delivering a State of the City address flanked by two Las Vegas showgirls, as the mayor did in January. No disrespect to the outgoing mayor, but the incoming mayor plans to put a different face on this very colorful city. See Vegas / A5
SALEM — At the start of the legislative session, Rep. Gene Whisnant, R-Sunriver, made his priority clear: renew Central Oregon’s groundwater pumping program. On Wednesday, the bill he was determined to see IN THE passed sailed LEGISLATURE through the House with only one representative vot- • OSU-Cascade bond on hold ing against the in committee, idea. Whisnant Page A5 expects a similarly positive reaction on the Senate side sometime this week. The bill’s passage, the lawmaker said, was the result of numerous meetings, lobbying the bill and working the relationships he has created after several years of working in the state’s Capitol. The bill to extend the current Deschutes Water Mitigation program hit numerous snags along the way, nearly dying in committee and running up against opposition from environmental groups. On the House floor Wednesday, legislators from both sides of the aisle praised the work that went into the successful passage of the bill. Rep. Ben Cannon, D-Portland, said the lawmaker from “rural Deschutes County” was able to get this “bill to where it really makes sense.” Eight years ago, the cities in Central Oregon faced a growth moratorium because of the amount of groundwater being pumped from the basin. The Deschutes Water Mitigation program was created to help offset the pumping. Boiled down, the program ensures that when water is pumped from the basin, enough water is put back in. In order to drill a new well, a city or developer must buy or lease rights, usually from a farmer, to maintain flows in the river. The program is unique to the area and one Whisnant said he believes could serve as a model for the rest of the state and nation. See Water / A5
How’s your stress level? Where you come from might make a difference By Malcolm Ritter The Associated Press
NEW YORK — This may come as no surprise to residents of New York City and other big urban centers: Living there can be bad for your mental health. Now researchers have found a possible reason why. Imaging
scans show that in city dwellers or people who grew up in urban areas, certain areas of the brain react more vigorously to stress. That may help explain how city life can boost the risks of schizophrenia and other mental disorders, researchers said. Previous research has found
that growing up in a big city raises the risk of schizophrenia. And there’s some evidence that city dwellers are at heightened risk for mood and anxiety disorders, although the evidence is mixed. In any case, the volunteers scanned in the new study were healthy, and experts said that
while the city-rural differences in brain activity were intriguing, the results fall short of establishing a firm tie to mental illness. The study, done in Germany and published in today’s issue of the journal Nature, focused on how the brain reacts to stress caused by other people.
To do that, investigators had volunteers lie in a brain scanner and solve math problems. The volunteers expected easy problems, but they were in fact hard enough that each volunteer ended up getting most of them wrong. See Stress / A5