Bulletin Daily Paper 10/11/11

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

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70-foot ponderosa topples, narrowly missing Bend home By Rachael Rees The Bulletin

When a 70-foot ponderosa pine fell to the ground in an east Bend back yard Saturday, nobody yelled “timber.” The tree toppled on its own, but miraculously landed in a perfect location, sparing the home of Joy and John Lewis. “The way it fell is unbelievable. It fell two feet from another tree and two feet from my neighbor’s fence,” said Joy, noting that the collapse occurred about 10 minutes after the couple left their home

on Southeast Virginia Road to attend their granddaughter’s soccer game. “I’m glad I wasn’t here to see it fall, I probably would have cried, “ said Joy. “We’re going to miss it. It’s been with us for years.” Traci Benjamin said she saw the tree fall from across the street. “I heard this crackling sound. ... I turned around and had a good view of it,” said Benjamin, who says the tree created a cloud of dust when it landed. See Tree / A5

LA PINE MOLESTATION

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John Lewis, 77, examines the ponderosa pine that fell over in his east Bend backyard. Lewis said he had been worried about it falling for some time and is happy that nobody was hurt.

Underage girl was lured on Facebook By Sheila G. Miller The Bulletin

State may sell some lands and change use of others • A vote is scheduled for today on 2,000-plus acres in Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook counties “unproductive” acres, said Doug Parker, an asset planner for state lands. Such parcels are “ones that have not generated revenue,” Parker said. The state has traditionally raised money on its lands through grazing leases and timber sales, he said. It also holds onto lands — those deemed to have potential for development — as investments. Critics say the state should keep the land deemed suitable for sale in Central Oregon, look for recreation opportunities that may bring money and wait for the Central Oregon real estate market to improve. “I don’t understand the rush,” said Paul

By Dylan J. Darling The Bulletin

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o raise money for public schools, the state may put lands around Central Oregon up for sale or trade. The board that oversees the Department of State Lands is set to vote today on a plan that would allow for more than 2,000 acres in Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook counties to end up eventually on the real estate market. The lands are part of a stockpile of holdings, in some cases as old as the state itself, maintained by the department to raise money for schools. The lands that would be sold or traded are

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Madras Hold, agricultural 2 Grizzly Mountain 2 Communications site 3 3 Prineville Airport For sale or trade Future industrial 4 Allen Creek 4 Millican Road For sale Future industrial 5 Mahogany Butte 5 Davis Road Tract For sale Hold, rural residential sub. 6 Powell Buttes North 6 West Juniper Canyon For sale Hold, rural residential sub. 7 Powell Buttes Southeast 7 Juniper Canyon For sale Hold, rural residential sub. 8 South Combs Flat East 8 Cayuse Road Tract For sale Hold, rural residential sub. 9 South Combs Flat West 9 North Combs Flat For sale Hold, rural residential sub. 10 Wickiup Creek 10 Little Bear Creek North For sale or trade Hold, range lease 11 Horse Heaven 11 Little Bear Creek South For sale Hold, range lease 12 Alkali Creek 12 Highway 20 Tract For sale Hold, agriculture 13 Peterson Burn Road 13 Alfalfa Market Road For sale Hold, range lease 14 Fremont Canyon 14 Todd Road For sale or trade Hold, rural residential sub. 15 Fryrear Road For sale LANDS WITH SEPARATE 16 Cline Buttes MANAGEMENT PLANS For sale or lease 1 Forked Horn 17 Red Band Road Tract For sale 2 South Redmond Tract 18 Tumalo Reservoir 3 Stevens Road Tract For trade 4 Ward Road Tract 19 Lava Butte For energy lease 20 Lava River Caves For energy lease 1

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Dewey, executive director and attorney for Central Oregon LandWatch, a Bend-based nonprofit group. While the plan designates which lands might be sold, the three-member state land board, which is chaired by Gov. John Kitzhaber, would still have to approve individual sales, said Julie Curtis, spokeswoman for state lands. “We won’t be selling or trading anything immediately,” she said. That especially holds true for 400 acres near the Cline Buttes north of Bend that someday could be part of the proposed Thornburgh destination resort, Parker said. See Lands / A5

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Greg Cross / The Bulletin

A 27-year-old La Pine man was arraigned Monday on four counts of sexual abuse and one count of second-degree online sexual corruption of a child for allegedly inappropriate contact with an underage girl he befriended on Facebook. Richard Brummel was arrested Oct. 4 on four counts of first-degree sexual abuse. Mary Anderson of the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office said Brummel knew the victim and her family, but contacted her on Facebook “to avoid any suspicion.” Eventually, the pair met in person and Brummel allegedly sexually assaulted her. According to the company’s Brummel terms of use, children under age 13 cannot have their own Facebook pages. Though court documents do not reveal the exact age of the girl Brummel allegedly abused, they indicate that on June 1, 2010, he allegedly touched the breasts, vagina and mouth of a child under 14. Brummel is being held in the Deschutes County jail on $50,000 bail. During his arraignment Monday, Brummel asked for a hearing to reduce his bail. In 2009 he was convicted of fourth-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. In March, Brummel was arrested and convicted of possession of less than one ounce of marijuana. First-degree sexual abuse is class-B felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and as much as $250,000 in fines. Seconddegree online sexual corruption of a child is a class-C felony, punishable by up to five years in prison and as much as $125,000 in See Abuse / A4

Teacher’s approach to stutterer: Don’t speak out in class By Richard Perez-Pena New York Times News Service

RANDOLPH, N.J. — As his history class at County College of Morris discussed exploration of the New World, Philip Garber Jr. raised his hand, hoping to ask why China’s 15th-century explorers, who traveled as far as Africa, had not also reached North America. He kept his hand aloft for much of the 75-minute session, but the professor did not call on him. She had already told him not to speak in class. Garber, a precocious and confident 16year-old who is taking two college classes this semester, has a lot to say but also a profound stutter that makes talking difficult, and talking quickly impossible. After the first couple of class sessions, in which he participated actively, the professor, an adjunct named Elizabeth Snyder, sent him an email asking that he pose questions before or after class, “so we do not infringe on other students’ time.” As for questions she asks in class, Snyder suggested, “I believe it would be better for everyone if you kept a sheet of paper on your desk and wrote down the answers.” See Stutter / A5

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Correction In a story headlined “Sisters students get skate park rolling,” which appeared Monday, Oct. 10, on Page A1, the source of a matching donation to a Tony Hawk Foundation grant was attributed incorrectly. The Bob and Yvette Chandler family are contributing the $10,000 matching donation to the park. The Bulletin regrets the error.

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