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A few more foreclosure protections on the way

‘I believed in Ashton’

By Lauren Dake The Bulletin

SALEM — By now, the stories of those facing foreclosure are familiar: the endless tales of lost paperwork, contradictory advice, and homeowners who believe they are working toward modifying loans only to find their banks have foreclosed on them. On July 11, new legislation will go into effect aimed at changing the story. Not all homeowners will keep IN their homes, SALEM but most will have a better grasp of their options. The goal, said Keith Dubanevich, chief of staff and associate attorney general with the Oregon Department of Justice, is to help people “understand what they are facing.” The legislation ends what’s known as “dual track,” in which a homeowner can be foreclosed on despite being in the midst of renegotiating a loan. If a homeowner works with a housing counselor, banks would be required to go through mediation with the homeowner. See Foreclosure / A7

Raised with the strength and support of a devoted single mother, Bend’s Ashton Eaton has achieved the decathlon world record and will go for Olympic gold in London. Above, 7-month-old Ashton tries walking with the help of his mom, Roz Eaton.

Photo illustration. Thumbnail photos (from top left) courtesy Roz Eaton (2) and by Rob Kerr / The Bulletin. Background photo by The Associated Press.

LOANS

Brief relief, long-term questions for students

Roz and Ashton pose for a photo on Mother’s Day during Ashton’s junior year at Oregon in 2009. “My mom and I are pretty close. … When I was growing up, she always told me I had a purpose and I’m not here or doing what I am doing by accident.”

By Christine Armario The Associated Press

Congress may have averted a doubling of interest rates on millions of new federal student loans, but the fix is only for a year, leaving students on edge over whether they’ll face a similar increase next summer. “It’s scary,” said Faith Nebergall, a student at Indiana University whose loans currently total upward of $20,000. “And it’s unfair to kind of be kept in the dark as to how much money we owe.” Under the agreement, interest rates on new subsidized Stafford loans will remain at 3.4 percent. That’s estimated to save 7.4 million students about $1,000 each on the average loan, which is usually paid off over 10 or more years. See Loans / A5

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Ashton embraces his mom (right) and fiancee (left) after setting the world record at the Olympic trials last Saturday in Eugene. Says Roz: “It was just the culmination of all the years and of the struggles that Ashton and I have been through.”

By Mark Morical • The Bulletin

N

ot old enough for a driver’s license and without a bike of his own, young Ashton Eaton had to find another way to get around when he wanted to visit friends across town. So he ran.

“I didn’t have to, but I just wanted to get there faster, so I would take shortcuts on the side of Pilot Butte,” Eaton, who spent his teen years in Bend, recalled in an interview last month. “I basically ran from Costco to Highway 97 and back (about four miles round trip), sometimes at night. I would always be outside running or doing something active.” In his even younger years, as a grade-schooler in La Pine, he wanted to measure how far he could jump. So he placed sticks on the ground outdoors and tried to jump from one to the other. “If I cleared them, then I would move them apart more and try again,” Eaton said. “Yes, long jump training without knowing it.”

The early running and jumping paid off. Last Saturday during the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Eaton, now 24, set a new world record in the 10event decathlon to earn the title “World’s Greatest Athlete.” He is now the clear favorite to win the gold medal in the decathlon at the upcoming London Olympics. Just after Eaton crossed the finish line in the competition’s final event, the 1,500 meters, to win the decathlon and claim the world record, he was embraced on the track by his mother, Roz Eaton, and his fiancee, Brianne Theisen. See Eaton / A5

COMMEMORATIVE PAGE INSIDE • Ashton Eaton’s world-record performance at the Olympic trials, in photos • A4

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Vol. 109, No. 183, 48 pages, 7 sections

TODAY’S WEATHER

INDEX Business Books Classified

G1-6 F4-6 E1-8

Community C1-8 Crosswords C7, E2 Local News B1-6

Milestones Obituaries Opinion

C6 B4 F1-3

Sports D1-6 Stocks G4-5 TV & Movies C2

Partly cloudy High 76, Low 46 Page B6

TOP NEWS SYRIA: Russia softens stance, A3 STORMS: Heat wave hits East, A3


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