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ASPEN RIDGE MEMORY CARE
Night reSCue — Gordon
Woman worked as nurse using fake license
Kenyon neededhelp from above — literally — whenhe dislocated his shoulder on North Sister on Friday.B1
Prep footdall —Intermountain Conference play kicks off Friday.C1
Aging report —Oregon's workforce is getting older.C6
CraCked SCreenS — Our quest for lighter but bigger cellphones are to blamefor our broken screens.A3
• Sales start today; 'No zones'forpurchasingrecreational marijuana of Sept. 29, 21 cities and 7 counties in Oregonhaveprohibited the establishment of facilities that could sell 15 of 21dispensaries As recreational marijuana. Thesecounties and cities will not receive any tax revenue related to these sales. launchingthe market ~ C O UNTY THAT BANNED SALES • CITY THAT BANNEDSALES Umati east of theCascades El nza a~ are in Bend,most sag lone Isla Ci San y along ThirdStreet
By Tera Bannow The Bulletin
A 46-year-old Bend woman is on probation after being convicted this
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month of two felony counts
of identity theft for using a fake nursing license containing someone else' s
Chipetle —Thepopular chain opens its first Central Oregon location Friday.C6
And a Wed exclusivePeoplewhowalk down the street with their heads buried in their phones makethe roads more dangerous for everyone. bentibulletin.corn/extras
By Scott Hammers
Baker C'
The Bulletin
Oregon woke up to the first day of legal recreational marijuana sales this morning,
Bro svi
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J ction City
By Dave Philippe New York Times News Service
WEST POINT, N.Y.
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Abellclangedandtwo cadets in boxing gloves surged from their corners in a gym at the U.S. Military Academy last week, throwing jabs and uppercuts while other cadets yelled "Keep working him!" and "Use the hook!"
For more than a century, boxing for male freshmen
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but for well over half the state,
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Of the 286 medical marijua-
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facility since June 2013 as
Pete Smith l The Bulletin
retail marijuana sales to be
implemented in January, for now, these medical dispensaries are the only way for Oregonians to legally purchase marijuana. Just as roadside signs alert drivers of their last opportuni-
ty to fill their gas tanks before a long journey, Bend is the last stop for legal marijuana for anyone heading east or south.
Long a regional destination for shopping and other services not available in
mainstream?
SeeBend pot/A4
Rules for marijuana outside of city limits have be-
zone. On Wednesday, commis-
gun to take shape this week
sioners fine-tuned some of
after two work sessions held by Deschutes County officials. A draft ordinance proposes restrictions on lighting, odor, noise and zoning for marijuana-related business operations in unincorporat-
the proposed restrictions,
businesses. The draft ordinance
which will be sent to the
could potentially split the
Deschutes County Planning Commission for further review and public hearings. Oregon law allows marijuana production and processing to be permitted
ed areas of the county.
outright in the exclusive
definition of processing into two categories. Type 1 processing would be limited to packaging of marijuana, curing, trimming and drying. 7ype 2 processing would include creating marijuana-infused products, production of extracts
or additional chemical processing. See Rules /A4
Medical marijuana dispensaries in Oregonbegan retail sales of recreational pot today, selling buds, leavesand joints. Joints are being sold in various sizeshalf-gram, gram andgram-and-a-half. Buds and leaves are available, also at various prices, depending on the store and the strain. Herearesome measurements and approximate prices. For comparison, this graphic uses half-gram joints.
academy than in Iraq or Afghanistan." SeeBoxing/A6
A small amount
Corrections A story headlined "Where pot can be bought," which appeared Monday,Sept. 28, on PageA1, incorrectly stated testing requirements for marijuana sold in Oregon medical marijuana dispensaries. Products do not haveto be tested for pesticides, mold and mildew. A map that appearedon Page 26 ofShaping OurFuture, a special publication inside The Bulletin on Saturday, Sept. 26, showed incorrect locations for breweries, cideries, wineries, distilleries and production facilities in Bend. Acorrected map appears today onPageA6. The Bulletin regrets the errors.
Should we trust
the polls? Bloomberg News
Marijuanamathematics...
the cadets fight. "We' d rather teach that at the
SeeFakelicense /A5
By Steven Yaccino, Robert Hutton and Margaret Talev
them to fear and stress and
physical education at West Point, said as he watched
said it is routine practice at
board websites.
in the exclusive farm use
needed for combat. "We want to expose
olas Gist, the director of
Dusty Gentry, Frontier's
director of clinical services,
ner of marijuana-related
over marijuana processing
The Bulletin
farm use zone, meaning it state law in what it can rewould require a review only strict, but Deschutes County by a planning official and commissioners hope to have doesn't require additional more regulatory control conditions on operations.
reporter to Aspen Ridge's corporate owner, Frontier Management.
The county can impose "reasonable regulations" for the time, place and man-
By Ted Shorack
The county is limited by
ment, instead directing a
Aspen Ridge to verify the information prospective employees provide them, including looking up their credentials on licensing
better way to teach the grit
teach them a confidence to respond," Lt. Col. Nich-
Memory Care, did not
DeschutesCounty officials still fine-tuningmarijuana ordinance
ing to set up a framework for
the Air Force Academy and midshipmen of both sexes at the Naval Academy. Officials say there is no
director of Aspen Ridge return a call seeking com-
Control Commission is work-
juana trade moves into the
Kim Luis, the executive
Source: Oregon Liquor Control Commission
Madras. While the Oregon Liquor
a similar role as the mari-
residents and nurses but does not require a nursing license.
math
in Hood River and three in
requirement — one they share with male cadets at
nator, a job that involves coordinating care between
rant'sPas
Oregon dispensaries will be selling to the public — three
passage and an academic
a residential care coordi-
Jordan Vali
recreational marijuana to
more lightly populated areas, might Bend come to serve
number and her own name. Olson had worked at the
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saries have been given the green light to begin selling
here has been a rite of
sister-in-law's valid license
Bend
in Bend. Fifteen of those 16 dispen-
maining Central and Eastern
ssa,
Adrian
na dispensaries licensed with the Oregon Health Authority,
anyone 21 or older starting today, while just six of the re-
Melissa Olson was hired
in June as a nurse at Aspen Ridge Memory Care in Bend after providing a fraudulent Oregon nursing license that contained her
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well
nothing had changed.
cades — and 16 of those are
Military academies' concussion problem
oh Canyo City
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30 arelocated east ofthe Cas-
EDITOR'5CHOICE
license number to get a job as a nurse.
gram (about 2 joints)
Amount yeu can carry
Amountyeucanhave in your home 8 oz. /224 grams/ f/2 lb. (about 448 joints)
front-runner even as he
f oz./28 grams (about 56 joints)
insults large swaths of the country and brushes off policy questions; Hillary Clinton haunted by an email controversy Dem-
ocratsshrug offwhile a Vermont socialist keeps gaining on her. Are the polls correct? While that is hardly a
A popular Amount youcan buyat amounttobuy a dispensaryinoneday f/8 oz. /3'/s grams (about 7 joints)
Polls for the 2016 U.S. presidential race have been defying all expectations: Donald Trump as the persistent Republican
1 / 4 oz. /7 grams (about 14 joints)
new question, doubts are
intensifying after a series of high-profile misfires around the world in the
past year, notably in Greece, Israel and Britain. As politics and business
lean increasingly on surveys and data, technological and social shifts are $5-$15
$ 1 7.50-$52.50
$35-$105
$140-$420
$1,120-$3,360 Ryan Brennecke, Carii K rueger/The Bulletin
Source: Bulletin reporting
plus, a new studylinks car accidents to marijuana legalization. Andsee our QSAon page A4.
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