Bulletin Daily Paper 10/02/12

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October 2, 2012

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Brothers face charges in slayings of 3 sheepdogs

BRIDGE CREEK WATER PROJECT

ELECTION

Terrain has shifted in 2nd District rematch

By Joseph Ditzler

By Andrew Clevenger

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Two brothers have been indicted by a Crook County grand jury on charges related to the killing in August of three Great Pyrenees sheepdogs in the Ochoco Mountains, according to the county Sheriff’s Office. Paul Johnson, 66, of Roseburg, and Craig Johnson, 59, of Bend, told a sheriff’s deputy they killed the animals “because they believed they were wild dogs,” according to a sheriff’s news release Monday. “I have never had another report of a wild dog in that area,” said Undersheriff John Gautney on Monday. “I’m not going to say there’s not any there. I’ve never seen any up there.” He said he knows of no other hunters’ reports of wild dogs in that area. The Johnson brothers were indicted Friday on three counts each of first-degree criminal mischief, a felony, and first-degree animal abuse, a misdemeanor. Hired hands working for sheep owner Gordon Clark, of Madras, discovered the dogs’ bodies Aug. 27 on an Ochoco grazing allotment near the Walton Lake Sno-Park off Forest Service Road 4210, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The animals were discovered close to one another with fatal gunshot wounds. Deputy Bryan Bottoms, who responded to the call, found spent .223-caliber shell casings in the road along with other evidence, according to sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Chapman. Bottoms also seized a Ruger Mark II .223caliber rifle from the Johnsons, a rifle believed to be the firearm used to kill the dogs, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Bottoms interviewed hunters in their camps before focusing on “two suspects camped very close to the crime scene,” according to the Sheriff’s Office. Bow hunters were out for deer, elk or both at the time. Gautney said he didn’t know what the Johnsons were hunting. Bottoms returned later in the day to speak with the Johnsons again and “at that time obtained a confession” from the brothers. See Dogs / A4

WASHINGTON — When voters in Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District look at their ballots this fall, they’ll see a pair of familiar names: Republican Greg Walden and Democrat Joyce Segers. The pair also faced off in 2010, with incumbent Walden handily defeating Segers to earn his seventh term in Congress. But circumstances — including Walden’s position in Washington — are different in 2012. Thanks to a nationwide surge in 2010, Republicans reclaimed control of the House of Representatives, putting the speaker’s gavel in the hands of longtime Walden friend and ally John Boehner, R-Ohio. Walden became deputy chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, and Boehner hinted recently that Walden could become chair of the party’s campaign efforts in the House after the election. “I think it can be a real benefit to the people I represent,” Walden said of the possibility of becoming fifth in seniority in the House and continuing as the only member of Oregon’s congressional delegation in a leadership position in Congress. “It puts you at the leadership table,” which doesn’t mean you always get your way, but at least you get to have input into the discussion,” he said. See 2nd District / A4

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Despite legal challenge, Bend preps for pipeline Tumalo Falls Road closure

By Dylan J. Darling The Bulletin

Although it faces a challenge in federal court to the Bridge Creek water-pipeline project, the city of Bend continues to prepare for construction of the project in the Cascades foothills west of town. “As of now we are proceeding with staging equipment and look forward to starting construction,” said Justin Finestone, city spokesman. Construction is set to begin Oct. 10, but the court or the state Land Use Board of Appeals could stop it before then. The city is planning a $20.1 million overhaul of the capture system and delivery pipeline that provides drinking water from Bridge Creek. The pipeline would replace the two current pipelines, installed in the 1920s and 1950s, which Finestone said are crumbling. “They are in danger of failing and that would be catastrophic,” he said. Central Oregon LandWatch, a Bend-based nonprofit, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Forest Service in District Court in Eugene. See Water / A4

The U.S. Forest Service Monday updated the map detailing the closure of Tumalo Falls Road, announced last week. The road and trailhead at Tumalo Falls will be closed until late May, which the road possibly reopening at times for winter recreation. While Bridge Creek, Fairwell and other trails leading into the Tumalo Falls trailhead will remain open, hikers will have to turn around there rather than connect to other trails. 370 4602

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Senate works to avert Health care case damaged reputation automatic spending cuts SUPREME COURT

By Adam Liptak

New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — In June, the Supreme Court pulled off a neat trick. By upholding President Barack Obama’s health care law, it simultaneously bolstered public support for the law and hurt its own reputation. That puts the health care case, a new study concluded, “in a public opinion class by itself among Supreme Court opinions.” The complicated reaction to the most important case of the last term may weigh on the justices, who started a new term on Monday. Andrea Campbell, a politi-

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Supreme Court decision involving the right to die, half a million Americans drafted living wills.” Along these same lines, you will be hearing more about affirmative action in the coming months, thanks largely to a new case challenging race-conscious admissions at the University of Texas. But that does not mean the eventual ruling will change anyone’s mind about whether it is a good idea. When a court decision does have an effect, it is often negative, at least in the short term. See Court / A5

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By Jonathan Weisman New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — Senate leaders are closing in on a path for dealing with the “fiscal cliff” facing the country in January, opting to try to use a postelection session of Congress to reach agreement on a comprehensive deficit reduction deal rather than a short-term solution. Senate Democrats and Republicans remain far apart on the details, and House Republicans continue to resist any discussion of tax increases. But lawmakers and aides say that a bipartisan group of senators is coalescing around an ambitious three-step pro-

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cess to avert a series of automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts. First, senators would come to an agreement on a deficit reduction target — likely to be around $4 trillion over 10 years — to be reached through revenue raised by an overhaul of the tax code, savings from changes to social programs like Medicare and Social Security, and cuts to federal programs. Once the framework is approved, lawmakers would vote on expedited instructions to relevant congressional committees to draft the details over six months to a year. See Cuts / A4

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