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APRIL 7, 2012
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Genetic tests ushering in a new era of personal care By Sonja Isger Cox Newspapers
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A genetic test can be found for any one of about 1,300 conditions, and three to five new tests emerge every month. Millions of people, from cancer patients to would-be parents, have tapped into these tests to reveal what is making them sick or could sicken their children. Two-thirds of doctors report that the technology has helped them identify diseases they couldn’t have identified otherwise, according to a survey commissioned by health care giant UnitedHealth Group. The survey is part of a study that concludes that a $5 billion-a-year market in genetic testing is poised to mushroom to $15 billion to $25 billion within a decade. “Genetic science offers unprecedented potential to prevent disease and improve diagnosis and treatment, ushering in an era of truly personalized care,” Simon Stevens, UnitedHealth’s executive vice president, said in a statement. See Genetic / A7
And around we go • Redmond is getting its first roundabout ahead of Ridgeview High’s opening — and Powell Butte and Sisters may soon join the club
GH Surveying employee Greg Hopper, of Bend, takes a measurement at the roundabout under construction at Southwest 27th Street, Southwest Yew Avenue and South Canal Boulevard in Redmond on Wednesday. Andy Tullis / The Bulletin
Future roundabouts
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Roundabouts are being considered at several city, county and state roads across Central Oregon. Listed are a few locations that planners are considering for roudabout construction.
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Marine who ripped Obama on Facebook faces discharge Bulletin wire reports SAN DIEGO — For a second time, a federal judge Friday refused to order a halt to the Marine Corps’ process of discharging a sergeant who made comments critical of President Barack Obama on Facebook. District Judge Marilyn Huff refused a request from civilian attorneys for Sgt. Gary Stein to issue a temporary restraining order to block the discharge process. But she did schedule a hearing for Friday to hear the attorneys’ assertion that the Marine Corps is violating Stein’s First Amendment rights and that the Administrative Separation Board is an unfair process that denies due process. A Marine Corps administrative board voted 3-0 Thursday at Camp Pendleton, Calif., that Stein violated the policy when he posted anti-Obama comments and images on Facebook, including allegedly putting the president’s face on a “Jackass” movie poster. The board recommended that Stein be dismissed with an other-than-honorable discharge. The recommendation will be sent to the commanding general of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. See Marine / A7
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By Erik Hidle The Bulletin
REDMOND — Redmond’s first major roundabout is nearly complete, and more could be heading to busy intersections throughout Central Oregon. Redmond’s roundabout sits on the Old Redmond-Bend Highway and connects Southwest 27th Street, South Canal Boulevard and Southwest Yew Avenue. It’s part of a $3 million project to improve roads in anticipation of this fall’s opening of nearby Ridgeview High School. Planned for a May opening, the roundabout marks a shift in the city’s thinking on road design.
Melinda Henneberger The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Between Civil War battles in early 1864, Clara Barton was stuck in Washington with time on her hands.
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• Counties fix budgets without relying on aid By Andrew Clevenger The Bulletin
WASHINGTON — Last month, the House of Representatives hastily passed a 90-day extension of the transportation bill. It was the ninth time that Congress extended the most recent multiyear transportation bill, which passed in 2005 and expired in 2009. IN D.C. The extension solved an immediate problem, allowing big infrastructure projects to continue and extending the government’s ability to collect the gasoline tax. But in doing so, it left the future uncertain for federal timber payments, which had been attached to the Senate’s transportation bill. Senate leaders, including Oregon Democrat Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, had hoped that the House would endorse its two-year, $109 billion bill, which passed 82-16, with 46 Democrats and 36 Republicans supporting it. The Senate bill included a oneyear extension of Secure Rural Schools payments for fiscal year 2012. Nationwide, payments would total $346 million, with Oregon receiving $102 million. “We remain optimistic that the House will eventually do what the Senate has done and force the federal government to live up to its historic obligation to rural schools and rural counties,” said Wyden spokesman Tom Towslee. “The Senate has done what it needed to do. The burden is really on the House now.” Merkley spokeswoman Julie Edwards also said the House should pass the Senate bill. “We need the House to act and pass the two-year bill. Given how important the transportation bill is, for timber-dependent counties but also for infrastructure projects and construction jobs across Oregon, there really is no excuse for the House to continue to stand,” she said. In the meantime, Oregon counties must prepare their budgets for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins on July 1, without knowing whether they will receive timber payments. See Funds / A6
Clara Barton’s secret war: crippling depression
Clara Barton circa 1865. The diaries of the Red Cross leader reveal that she battled depression.
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Though roundabouts are still new to some drivers, planners note that they can enhance safety without stopping traffic along busy roads. Nearly all Redmond intersections are controlled by stop signs or traffic lights. A small traffic circle in a northwest residential zone serves as Redmond’s only other departure from standard stop-and-go intersection design. That circle sits on a
quiet street, however, and one exit leads to an empty lot. “That one was put in there for some reason by the developers of the area,” said city engineer Mike Caccavano. “That isn’t what you would consider a real roundabout. The real ones channel you around in a way that mitigates traffic, that makes it safer and keeps things flowing.” Bend has 29 roundabouts, and at least five more are on the way. Sunriver has 11, and Madras has two. Most of those have been developed in the past decade, and their ability to mitigating traffic problems has other Central Oregon governments, including Redmond, interested in joining the trend. See Roundabouts / A6
timber funds still in limbo
She was mentally exhausted by physical inactivity during a winter pause on the front, and frustrated that her latest effort to open a new warehouse for supplies hadn’t panned out.
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“I am depressed and feel dissatisfied with myself,” she wrote in fine, tiny script in diaries now stored on microfilm in the Library of Congress. With so little to do, she
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paradoxically couldn’t rest, and so “rose not refreshed, but cold and languid.” For neither the first nor last time, she considered suicide. See Clara Barton / A6
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