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OnStar developer returns to alma mater North Bend High BY CHELSEA DAVIS The World
NORTH BEND — One push from a high school counselor put Doug Schmidt on the path to becoming the highly-recruited engineer he is today. Schmidt was born in Aberdeen, Wash., and moved to North Bend when he was in sixth grade. In between class and basketball, Schmidt and his buddies were volunteer firefighters. They
carried pagers at school and had to run out to their cars, throw on their gear and run to fires during the school day. But his high school counselor, Pat Choat Pierce, saw something else in Schmidt: “a technical mind.” She helped him apply to the U.S. Air Force Academy, though he didn’t get in. Instead, he enlisted and served in the Air Force from 1983 (the year he graduated high school) until 1992. During that time, he was an
emergency action controller and a survival specialist in Operation Desert Storm. “I went into the military to get money for my education,” he said. “Purdue: That was it. There was no option other than electrical engineering. “Pat definitely opened my eyes to becoming an engineer through the Air Force.” Schmidt enrolled at Purdue University to study electrical SEE SCHMIDT | A8
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Doug Schmidt, a North Bend High School alumnus who went on to work as a lead engineer in the advent of General Motors OnStar, spoke to Oregon Coast Technology School students Friday morning.
Air travel an issue in driver’s card debate
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PORTLAND — One of the most contentious issues on Oregon’s November ballot is whether immigrants who can’t prove legal presence in the U.S. should be given cards that would let them legally drive. One of the biggest points of dispute is whether holders of these driver’s cards could use them as identification to board airplanes. Proponents of Measure 88 say the cards could only be used for driving — and not for flying. But opponents say the cards could be used for that purpose. Fact-checking by The Associated Press found that federal rules would indeed allow the cards to be used for domestic air travel, but it’s a moot point because showing a foreign passport already gets you on the plane — you don’t necessarily need a state-
issued driver’s license. Following are some facts about Measure 88 and air travel. What Measure 88 says: The measure asks voters to accept or reject a state law signed by Gov. John Kitzhaber last year that would grant licenses to four-year Oregonians who can’t prove legal status in the United States. To qualify for the driver’s card, a person would have to present a valid foreign passport or consular document and proof of state residency. TSA’s current rules on ID for travel: For flights within the United States, passengers need to prove their identity, usually with a driver’s license or some other state-issued ID, but a U.S. or foreign passport can be used. The TSA does not check immigration status. Essentially, immigrants who lack legal status can already board airplanes with a foreign SEE TRAVEL | A8
Health care workers monitored following Ebola case in Texas Photos by Amanda Loman, The World
Tom Wells, of Lakeside, relaxes in the beer tent after volunteering directing traffic at the at the Lakeside Brew Fest on Saturday afternoon in Tenmile Lake County Park. The new event was held to showcase the new beach venue at the park. Top, event glasses.
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WASHINGTON— A free steak dinner for everyone who predicted the Senate races in Kansas and South Dakota would be in doubt three weeks from Election Day. Or that the most-discussed campaign TV ad would show a smiling woman talking about castrating hogs. Oh? No takers? When the run toward the 2014 election began, several things were certain: ■ Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, was in deep trouble.
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■ Republicans easily would hold Senate seats in states that President Barack Obama lost badly. ■ Domestic issues, and especially the president’s health care law, would rise above all others. All that, and more, has changed. Kasich’s re-election now seems so assured that fans talk of his making a second run for president. (It helped that his Democratic opponent was found in a dark parking lot with a woman who’s not his wife.) In the Senate, Republicans still seem on track to pick up the six seats they need to take control. They recruited good candidates and
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focused on several states Obama lost. Democratic retirements made West Virginia and South Dakota slam dunks. Democrats facing re-election offered big targets in Arkansas, Louisiana, Alaska and North Carolina. But with Senate control so tantalizingly close, Republicans find themselves investing time, staff and money into protecting a three-term senator in Kansas — one of the most conservative states. “Anyone who predicted that last SEE ELECTION | A8
DALLAS — Health officials are intensifying the monitoring of hospital workers who provided care to the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. after one of them was infected with the virus despite wearing protective gear. Tests confirmed the first known case of Ebola transmitted in the nation, raising questions about assurances by health officials here that the disease will be contained and any American hospital should be able to treat it. Dr. Tom Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Sunday there had been a breach of protocol that led the worker to become infected while treating
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patient Thomas Eric Duncan, but officials are not sure what occurred. Duncan, who traveled from Liberia to visit family, did not get sick until he arrived in the U.S. He died Wednesday. The worker, who has not been identified, has not been able to point to how the breach might have occurred. President Barack Obama asked the CDC to quickly investigate the incident, the White House said. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of and Infectious Allergy Diseases was asked on ABC’s “Good Morning America” if federal health authorities should consider requiring that Ebola patients be sent only to highly specialized “containSEE EBOLA | A8
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