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IT’S ELECTION DAY Election board workers open ballot envelopes and check signatures Monday in the Deschutes County building in Bend. All ballots must be received by 8 p.m. today. For locations and hours of operation for the ballot drop box nearest you, see Page C1, or visit www.sos.state.or.us/dropbox. Voter turnout as of late Monday afternoon, by county: • Deschutes .................24.8 percent • Crook .........................31.7 percent • Jefferson ...................35.4 percent Photo by Pete Erickson / The Bulletin
Portland lands a coveted flight route By Andrew Clevenger The Bulletin
WASHINGTON — Portland International Airport will receive one of four coveted daily round-trip direct flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the Department of Transportation announced Monday. Congress approved eight more “slots” (four departures and four arrivals) at the Washington airport in February’s Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill. The flights were reserved for cities at least 1,250 miles from Washington with little or no presence at Reagan National. By law, airlines can operate long-distance flights into Reagan National only with the permission of Congress. Alaska Airlines will carry the direct flights between Portland and Washington. “These new flights will provide convenient nonstop service to our nation’s capital for travelers from four major cities,” Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a prepared statement. “The flights will increase competition for airlines serving Washington, which can lead to lower fares for consumers.” Alaska Airlines spokeswoman Marianne Lindsey said that it usually takes the Department of Transportation a few weeks to tell airlines approved for new routes into Reagan National what time it wants the new flights to take off and land. After that, Alaska will determine when the route will start operating, but it hopes to have flights up and running well before the Sept. 8 deadline set in the FAA law, she said. See Flights / A5
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Redmond tech center to break ground soon
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A rendering shows Central Oregon Community College’s planned Redmond Technology Education Center. The building’s exterior will feature native lava stone and aluminum, among other materials. The 30,000-square-foot building will house a high-performance automotive repair training center, the Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence and Development and a program to train people to test the strength of structures such as bridges. By Patrick Cliff The Bulletin
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entral Oregon Community College is about to shift its construction focus to Redmond. The college’s next major construction project is the $12.5 million Redmond Technology Education Center. The 30,000-square-foot building will house new programs for Central Oregon, including a high-performance automotive repair training center and the Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence and Development (CEED). The center will also host a program in nondestructive testing and in-
spection, which will train people to test the strength of structures such as bridges. COCC now has a rendering of the building, the exterior of which will feature native lava stone and aluminum, among other materials. The two-story building will sit just across from Redmond Airport’s main exit. Groundbreaking is set for summer. “It’s going to be a beautiful building,” said Karin Hilgersom, COCC’s vice president for instruction. Of the $12.5 million price tag, half will come from state funding, while COCC will pay its share with money from a bond voters approved in 2009. The bond money has also helped pay
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Five years ago, on a muggy August morning in Hicksville, N.Y., Ann Kornhauser was out walking her golden retriever when bones in her left foot suddenly cracked. Kornhauser, then in her late 50s, soon
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By Hillary Borrud The Bulletin
A settlement with advocacy group 1000 Friends of Oregon has revived a plan to boost the supply of large-lot industrial land in Central Oregon. Supporters of the plan argue that it will attract businesses to the region and create badly needed jobs. Opponents have argued, among other things, that it could prove costly to the public. Following the settlement, which was hammered out on April 30, 1000 Friends is excited to work with Deschutes County and other parties on implementation, said Jason Miner, the group’s executive director. In addition to 1000 Friends, the parties include the area’s cities, counties and Oregon’s land use agency. The settlement was possible, Miner said, because the group was able to get a clearer picture of how Oregon’s land use agency plans to change rules on industrial land. In effect, the agreement limits such industrial-land plans to Central Oregon, at least for a while. “I think the settlement is putting together an innovative approach to large lots and may set a precedent for other areas of the state, and we’re happy to be involved in that,” Miner said. See Industrial / A4
Amputees’ once-unthinkable choice eases as artificial limbs improve
Half of Anne Kornhauser’s left foot was amputated after doctors discovered a rare tumor in it. The prosthetic foot she received left her in constant pain. After two years of discomfort, she decided to have her left leg amputated to make room for a new, high-tech model. “I was able to walk again,” she says. “And it looks real.”
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for projects in Prineville, Madras and on COCC’s main campus. In recent years, COCC has used the money to build the Junger Culinary Center and help pay for classroom spaces in Madras and Prineville. This fall, COCC will open about 100,000 square feet of bond-funded classroom and laboratory space in its science and health careers buildings. The technology center is designed to be a flexible space. One automotive training bay, for instance, may be converted into a training area for unmanned drone repair. See Center / A4
Industrial land plan clears a hurdle
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learned why: Doctors discovered a rare tumor in her foot. They amputated half of it. The prosthetic foot she received afterward left her in constant pain; she often cried in her car after trips to the grocery store because she dreaded carrying the bags
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into the house. Her prosthetist offered a solution. Artificial limbs had greatly improved, he said, and she could benefit from one of the new high-tech models — but it would fit only if her left leg was amputated below the knee. See Limbs / A4
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