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bendbulletin.com ELECTION: HOUSE DISTRICT 54
Conger has a financial edge in race that may tip the balance By Lauren Dake The Bulletin
Bend schools seek $98M bond • Officials say renovations and new schools are needed as enrollment climbs By Ben Botkin The Bulletin
Bend-La Pine school district administrators recommend putting a $98 million bond measure before voters in May 2013 to pay for a slew of building improvements and construction of two new schools. The proposal is part of district recommendations to the school board for dealing with growing
SALEM — One seat: That’s all it will take to end the historic 30-30 split in the Oregon House of Representatives. Both sides of the aisle have eyes on House District 54, where incumbent Jason Conger, a Republican, faces Democratic challenger Nathan Hovekamp Inside in the November election. • Obama “The Bend race is one of eases the top races in the state,” said ahead in Jared Mason-Gere, spokesbattleman for Future PAC, the House ground Democrats’ campaign comstates, A2 mittee. “I think you increasingly see there is recognition • Romney the House is where the action releases is and control of the House is 2011 tax what everyone is going to be records, watching. The Bend race is a A3 centerpiece in the effort to reclaim the House.” After the most recent legislative redistricting, Democrats have a nearly 5 percent voter registration edge District 54. The district encompasses the city of Bend. Both candidates will need money to get their messages to voters — and that’s where Conger has a distinct advantage. So far this year Conger’s campaign has raised $187,859. That compares to Hovekamp’s $43,364. See House / A4
student enrollment. The school board will hear the proposal and recommendations when it meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Under the recommendation, the existing property tax rate would remain the same, at about $1.60 for every $1,000 of assessed value. The proposal is intended to address long-term projections that put Bend-La Pine enrollment at 19,262 students by 2020.
The district has a history of steady growth. This year, more than 200 additional students enrolled for about 16,500 total. That reflects a trend of growth since 1986 each year, with the exception of 2009. Scott Reynolds, chairman of the volunteer sites and facilities committee, said the group spent several months looking at project ideas, setting priorities and look-
ing at options while taking into consideration safety, security and maintenance needs. The committee, made up of community members, played a key role in putting the recommendation together. With the increased numbers of students, simply redrawing school boundaries to distribute youngsters isn’t realistic logically, he said. “Bend’s going to continue to grow,” Reynolds said. “Those schools will fill in.” See Schools / A6
Roping them in early
House District 54 money Incumbent Republican Jason Conger has out-fundraised and outspent Democratic challenger Nathan Hovekamp.
CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES $250K
Contributions
200 $187,859 150 100
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Expenditures $72,293 Contrib. $43,364 Expend. $32,313
50 0 Jason Conger, Republican candidate
Nathan Hovekamp, Democratic candidate
Source: Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division Andy Zeigert / The Bulletin
Study gives supporters of pop ban new ammo By Roni Caryn Rabin New York Times News Service
Amid fervid criticism that New York City risks becoming a nanny state, city health officials this month banned the sale of supersize sugar-laden drinks in restaurants and movie theaters. Now scientists have handed the ban’s advocates a potent weapon: strong evidence that replacing sugary drinks with sugar-free substitutes or water can indeed slow weight gain in children. Two-thirds of all adults and one-third of children in the United States are overweight or obese. Two new randomized clinical trials published Friday in The New England Journal of Medicine lend credence to the idea that limiting access to sugary sodas and fruit drinks may help reduce obesity. See Soda / A4
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during the 2012 Northwest Professional Rodeo Association Finals at the Crook County Fairgrounds in Prineville. The association finals continue tonight. For more information, visit www.nwprorodeo.org.
Changing technology means Racehorse vets constant training for workers caught between By Shaila Dewan
Over the last decade, Ty Hallock has steered his business from website creation to social media to mobile apps. In three more years, he expects to be back at the drawing board. To prepare, Hallock, 29, spends an hour or two a day at his business, TopFloorStudio in Asheville, N.C., tracking venture capitalists and startup news. He created TopFloorUniversity, where experts teach his employees and clients the latest in app development. When he could not find a good curriculum for information architecture, he and a colleague developed one themselves. As a pretext to learn from the luminaries in his field, Hal-
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lock even produces his own podcast. “You’re always reaching for something that’s kind of like unknown, because you don’t know what is really going to be the future,” Hallock said. “I’m not in my 30s yet, and I’m sure at some point I’m going to be
like, ‘Enough.’” But exhaustion may be a luxury that Hallock can never afford. The need to constantly adapt is the new reality for many workers, well beyond the information technology business. See Workers / A6
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ethics and money By Walt Bogdanich, Joe Drape and Rebecca R. Ruiz New York Times News Service
Only after Bourbon Bandit broke a leg racing in November did his owner, Susan Kayne, learn the full extent of prescription drugs that veterinarians had given him at Belmont Park on Long Island. Until then, Kayne had believed that Bourbon Bandit was “sound and healthy,” because that is what her trainer told her, she said. But new veterinary bills arrived, showing that the horse had been treated regularly with clenbuterol, a widely abused medication for breathing problems that can build muscle by mimicking anabolic steroids. “If a horse is sound, why does it need all these drugs?” she asked. “I never gave consent.” See Horses / A6
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