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Hantavirus hits a ninth visitor to Yosemite
Deployed to the Libyan coast, the Navy destroyer USS McFaul honors a SEAL from Bend who died heroically
By Alex MacLean Wescom News Service
A ninth person has been diagnosed with a deadly rodent-borne illness after visiting Yosemite National Park this summer. Public health officials informed the park Thursday that a California resident has recovered from a hantavirus infection after being exposed to the disease while staying in one of Curry Village’s tent cabins for two nights in early July, said National Park Service spokesman John Quinley. The victim’s name, age, gender and city were not released to the park, Quinley said. “The precise reason why this cluster of hantavirus cases occurred at the same time in Curry Village isn’t known at this time,” Quinley said. Three visitors who contracted the disease while staying in the same style of cabin during June have died. Another four were hospitalized and are recovering or have recovered. Among the dead were a 36-year-old Alameda County, Calif., man; a 45-year-old man from Pennsylvania; and a tourist from Kanawha County, W.Va. Public health officials have said their names are being withheld at the request of their families. One camper who visited the remote Tuolumne Meadows area of the park in July exhibited mild symptoms of hantavirus and is recovering. That case is not believed to be connected to the Curry Village outbreak.
Virus symptoms Hantavirus is spread by contact with the droppings, urine or saliva of infected rodents, primarily deer mice. Sweeping can stir up dried particles and make exposure more likely. Symptoms of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome begin with fever and aches similar to the flu, but can move on to respiratory problems that can result in death. The fatality rate for hantavirus is more than 30 percent. The latest Yosemite victim was diagnosed with a hantavirus infection that did not become hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, or HPS, like the other eight cases, according to the California Department of Public Health. “Hantavirus infection patients don’t show the respiratory symptoms of full-fledged HPS. See Hantavirus / A4
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Jail space: no simple solutions By Erik Hidle The Bulletin
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The USS McFaul, named after Bend High School graduate Donald L. McFaul, is shown headed to the Libyan coast. It has since arrived. McFaul, a Navy SEAL, was killed in action during an operation in Panama in 1989.
Ship’s namesake was a Bend grad By Ben Botkin The Bulletin
Bend High School graduate Donald L. McFaul died in 1989, but the Navy SEAL’s spirit lives on aboard the missile destroyer named for him: the USS McFaul. The McFaul is headed to the Libyan coast in a season of conflict. The McFaul and USS Jason Dunham arrived near the Gulf of Sidra, which lies between Tripoli and Benghazi along the nation’s northern coast, The Associated Press reported Friday. Militants overran the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday, killing Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
The ship was outside the Strait of Gibraltar, a few days away, and ordered to reposition to the coast of Libya, CNN reported Wednesday. The destroyer’s namesake, Chief Petty Officer McFaul, was no stranger to dangerous territory. He joined the Navy shortly after graduating from high school in 1975, and was selected for the Naval Special Warfare Community in 1977. McFaul traveled widely. There were deployments out of the Philippines. He took a break from the military in 1985, returning in 1988 to SEAL life, according to the ship’s website. Then came Panama.
In Operation Just Cause, the 1989 U.S. invasion of the Central American country, McFaul’s team stormed the Paitilla Airfield in Panama City to prevent Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega from departing in his jet. Facing heavy small arms fire there, he headed to help a wounded team member. McFaul, 32, was killed while carrying his comrade to safety, one of four American casualties at the airfield. At Bend High, McFaul was on the cross-country team, helping his team to second place in the district his senior year, according to Bulletin archives. See McFaul / A4
Chief Petty Officer Donald L. McFaul joined the Navy shortly after graduating from Bend High School in 1975.
Anti-U.S. protests flare beyond Middle East By Rick Gladstone New York Times News Service
Anti-American rage that began this week over a video insult to Islam spread to nearly 20 countries across the Middle East and beyond Friday, with violent and sometimes deadly protests that convulsed the birthplaces of the Arab Spring revolutions, breached two more U.S. embassies and targeted diplomatic properties of Germany and Britain. The broadening of the protests appeared to reflect a pent-up resentment of Western powers in general, and defied pleas for restraint from world leaders including the new Islamist president of Egypt, Mohammed Morsi, whose country was the instigator of the demonstrations that erupted four days earlier on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The anger stretched from North Africa to South Asia and Indonesia and in some cases was surprisingly destructive. In Tunis, a U.S.-run school that was untouched during the revolution nearly two years ago was completely ransacked. See Protests / A6
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Egyptian security forces use water cannons against protesters, some climbing cement blocks that were used to close the street leading to the U.S. Embassy, during clashes in Cairo on Friday. Anger spread across the Muslim world Friday, with protests erupting in countries in the Middle East and beyond.
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Community Justice Director Ken Hales described a troubling scenario two weeks ago during the Deschutes County Commissioners’ debate on the future of detention facilities in Deschutes County. Hales said a youth who acts out in the county’s juvenile detention facility can take a time-out from the group in a distant corner of the spacious facility off Britta Street on Bend’s north end. Sometimes the time-out includes yelling and screaming. On occasion, the upset juvenile makes a bigger ruckus in the cell. The preferred method: The youth lies on their back and kicks against the wall or door. The goal is to let them work it out, because as Hales puts it, “anytime you lay hands on a kid is not a good situation.” But if the county chooses to reopen a smaller facility for juvenile detention on Northwest Harriman Street, that scenario may change. Because the downtown facility is so small, the noise is likely to disrupt others. Hales said that could result in staff restraining children. And that is the last thing he wants to happen. “We strive to never put our hands on kids,” he said. “Because when you do, then they fight. That’s just not a good situation.” However, it is a situation that is being discussed. A plan to add 144 beds to the county’s adult jail, located just a few hundred feet from the juvenile facility, through a $10 million bond sale was rejected by commissioners last week. And while the county hasn’t made an official decision, it appears likely the juvenile facility will be converted to an adult jail in the near future. See Jail / A4
“As we continue to develop new media and new means of expression, it is important to ensure that they are constitutionally protected.” — Rebecca Glenberg, lawyer, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia
Does a Facebook ‘like’ deserve free speech protection? By Michael Doyle McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — “Like” the First Amendment? Then prepare for a fight, as courts and employers figure out whether a simple click on Facebook deserves free speech protection. It’s 21st-century technology meets an 18th-century Constitution, and the realworld implications are starting to erupt. In rural Mississippi, two firefighters and a police officer are serving 30-day suspensions because they hit “like” on a controversial Facebook post. In Virginia, a sheriff’s department employee said he was fired for “liking” a page sponsored by the sheriff’s political rival. One federal appellate court already is being asked to weigh in; others surely will follow. “As we continue to develop new media and new means of expression, it is important to ensure that they are constitutionally protected,” Rebecca Glenberg, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, said in an interview. See ‘Like’ / A6
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