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Plenty of Construction magnate helped build region fireworks, but zero citations KIRBY NAGELHOUT • 1955 – 2011

By Sheila G. Miller The Bulletin

It’s almost impossible to travel through Central Oregon without seeing Kirby Nagelhout’s work. Nagelhout’s influence is evident everywhere you look, from dozens of public schools and the new terminal at the Redmond Airport to Westside

Church and the Deschutes Brewery Restaurant & Pub. Nagelhout, who died Saturday at age 55 after a long battle with cancer, was a homegrown construction magnate who built his company from scratch to become one of the top builders in the region. “He’s had his fingerprints on a lot

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of this town, both on the surface and behind the scenes,” said Todd Turner at BBT Architects. Born in Breckenridge, Minn., Nagelhout lived in Minnesota and the Dakotas before moving to Oregon in 1965. He graduated from Bend High in 1974, then went to work at Chambers Construction Co. as a carpenter and su-

pervisor on projects around the state. He oversaw construction of Sunrise Lodge and the Summit lift terminal at Mt. Bachelor. In 1986, Nagelhout stepped away to start his own company, Kirby Nagelhout Construction Co., with a home office and a couple of trucks. See Nagelhout / A6

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Despite widespread use of illegal fireworks on the Fourth of July, Bend police officers issued no citations. Pressed for time and inundated by calls for service, they opted for confiscation and public education. “Day shift calls were really slow,” said Scott Vincent, a Bend patrol officer, but the calls started flowing in rapidly as the sun went down and parties ramped up. The Bend Police Department received 471 calls on its busiest day of the year. Eighty-six were fireworks-related, with other calls ranging from reports of drunken driving and hit-and-run incidents to assault. Based on the sheer number and the higher priority calls, officials say they didn’t have time to spend writing citations. “It’s like trying to put your finger in a dam,” said Vincent. “You really have to be selective. It’s difficult to deal with the volume of calls.” Bend’s police and fire departments joined forces to respond to fireworks-related calls. They found many people using illegal fireworks, but seized the contraband material and issued warnings rather than citations. See Fireworks / A6

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Reps. Jason Conger, RBend, top, and Mike McLane, R-Powell Butte, above, were two of 11 freshman lawmakers in the last Legislature.

SALEM — Central Oregon’s new lawmakers knew the legislative session would be demanding. Now, with their first session behind them — it adjourned last week — and a long weekend to reflect, the freshman lawmakers both said: They were right. The pace of the session was fast. The learning curve was high. There were meetings with constituents, lobbyists, fellow lawmakers. Days lasted at least 12 hours. Nighttime leisure reading was replaced with the scanning of new legislation. They drove more than two hours to get home on the weekends and headed back to Salem on Sunday evenings. Rep. Jason Conger, R-Bend, missed his 8-year-old son’s first leap off the diving board. Rep. Mike McLane, R-Powell Butte, missed several of his daughter’s softball games. Most of their litigation work — both are lawyers — was put on hold or picked up by colleagues. “It’s fairly constant, from before the session starts until the moment you adjourn,” Conger said. “I was not completely aware of how all-consuming it would be while we were in session. ... It certainly took its toll. But again, I think you have to go into any job or position like this knowing you’ll have to devote all your attention and energy to it. You have committed to a lot of people that you will do that.” While speaking of the demands, they said they have too many friends and family deployed overseas to lose perspective. See Freshmen / A4

RETIREMENT

Study urges delaying Social Security benefits, adding an annuity By Margaret Collins Bloomberg News

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Nina Adams, of Bend, brings a stray dog into the Humane Society of Central Oregon in Bend Tuesday as employee Karalie Stroman helps with the intake process. The Humane Society picked up several dogs Tuesday morning, many of which were likely scared by Fourth of July fireworks. Did you lose a pet over the holiday? Check these Central Oregon locations:

TOP NEWS INSIDE CASEY ANTHONY: Found not guilty of murdering her daughter, Page A3 FORMER BEND RESIDENT DIES: Bobbi McCrea and her 2 kids killed in fire, Page C1

By Rachael Rees The Bulletin

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Bend police opt for warnings, confiscations of illegal items

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Humane Society of Central Oregon, 61170 S.E. 27th St. Call 541-382-3537 or log on to www.hsco.org/contact. Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Humane Society of Redmond, 1355 N.E. Hemlock Ave. Call 541-9230882 or e-mail shelter1@ redmondhumane.org. Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Humane Society of the Ochocos, 1280 S. Tom McCall Road. Call 541-447-7178 or e-mail ochocoshelter@ cbbmail.com. Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

NEW YORK — Retirees may have to delay Social Security benefits and buy an annuity to have enough money for retirement, a federal government study suggests. “The risk that retirees will outlive their assets is a growing challenge,” according to a study from the Government Accountability Office released Friday. Increased life expectancies and health care costs coupled with declines in financial markets and home equity over the last few years have “intensified” workers’ concerns about how to manage their savings in retirement, the report said. Annuities are insurance contracts that can offer a steady stream of income for life. Highincome households generally don’t need them, according to experts the GAO consulted. Middle-income households, defined in the study as having a net worth of about $350,000 including their homes, that don’t have traditional pensions should consider using a portion of their savings to purchase an inflation-adjusted annuity, the study said. Lower-income families need to accumulate some cash savings first. The study recommended that retirees make withdrawals from their investment portfolios at a rate of 3 percent to 6 percent annually. Many also should wait to take Social Security until at least the full retirement age, or 66 for those born from 1943 to 1954. See Retirement / A4

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LONDON — Political pressure is bearing down on Rebekah Brooks, a top executive of News Corp. in Britain, following allegations that one of its newspapers hacked the cellphone of a 13-year-old girl who was abducted and murdered in 2002, when Brooks was its editor. Prominent politicians chastised the

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company and Brooks, and Ford Motor Co. suspended advertising in the News of the World, the tabloid that has faced a long-running scandal over the widespread interception of voice mail messages of celebrities and other public figures. Ed Miliband, leader of the opposition Labour Party, said Tuesday that Brooks should “consider her conscience and consider her position” after the disclosures.

“It wasn’t a rogue reporter,” Miliband said. “It wasn’t just one individual. This was a systematic series of things that happened, and what I want from executives at News International is people to start taking responsibility for this.” News International is News Corp.’s British newspaper division, and Brooks is its chief executive. See Hacking / A4

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Some have called on Rebekah Brooks to resign.


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