Serving Central Oregon since 1903$1
THURSDAY November5,2015
a iona ores seers win ervoun eers LOCAL• B1
bendbulletin.corn
What the EastCoast iswilling to do to get oLlr beer • From social media to songs, cities vie for the coast's 1stDeschutesBrewery
The Deschutes 2 Roanoke Facebook page attracted
bringing a nationally known business organization to
1,000 followers in its first
Roanoke," Galliher, a Ro-
Listen to thesong Steve Primo, of Montvale, Virginia, wrote a song hehoped would inspire Deschutes to locate to Roanoke, Virginia. Tohear "Deschutes, a Brewery for Roanoke,"
48 hours, and Wednesday By Joseph Ditzler
Facebookcampaign aimed
The Bulletin
at sending much love to the
News that Deschutes
Brewery executives came courting in Roanoke, Virginia, this fall sparked a
anoke County court clerk, counted more than 4,000. said Wednesday, "but also a A Twitter hashtag, way to encourage our econNDeschutes2Rke, inspired omy and have an economic Michael Galliher to create the impact through not only job Facebook campaign. creation but tourism." "This is a way of not only See Brewery/A5
Bend-based brewer, the nation's seventh-largest craft brewer and the 12th largest
overall.
visit bit.ly/20vmbg J. Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
Legalized marijuana
TODAY' S READERBOARD Search for healingBend parents usealternative remedies to help their son with cerebral palsy. B1
in motion in Mexico owned by Bend-La Pine • A hearing on potential development isSchools, which has sought sell the land to help fiat the location hasbeenset for December tonance the building of new
Goss resigns — Jefferson
By Tyler Leeds
ment, a prospect that has
County treasurer DeenaGoss resigns from her position, nearly a weekafter being found guilty of stealing county money. B1
The Bulletin
irked community members
An independent hearings officer on Dec. 3 will consider whether Troy Field is fit for commercial develop-
who hope to preserve the property as open space.
Small-town suicides-
More potential lodging in downtownBend
Rural teens commit suicide at twice the rate of adolescents in urban areas, according to a study published this year. A3
Prep soccer — Summit High School's girls soccer teamadvancestotheClass5A quarterfinals. C1
EDITOR'5CHOICE
The downtown parcel,
currently a fenced-in park,
schools. In June, the district accepted a $1.9 million offer from the Portland-based Brownstone Development
Inc. While no formal plans have been released, the dis-
trict has said the company is interested in building a bou-
By Elisabeth Malkin and Azam Ahmed
tique hotel on the 0.8-acre
New Vortt Times News Service
Troy Field. For that to happen, howchange the site's general plan designation from pub-
The Mexican Supreme Court opened the door to legalizing marijuana on Wednesday, delivering a pointed challenge to the
lic facilities to commercial.
nation's strict substance
ever, the city will have to
See Troy Field /A5
bate in Latin America over
McMenamins Old St. Francis School plans to build two new lodges downtown. And if a boutique hotel gets built on Troy Field, the southeast edge of downtown Bendwill be a hub of hospitality or hotels. it/ra/y
Rendering of new lodges
Siteof2newlodges '
City Hall I
p~
Troy Field This has the potential to be the site of a new boutique hotel.
•
the costs and consequences of the war against drugs. The vote by the court's
criminal chamber declared individuals should have the right to grow and distribute marijuana for their
personal use. While the
~ n/r//n< O
ruling does not strike down
espg
current drug laws, it lays the groundwork for a wave
Mell/tearriins
of legal actions that could
S. Francis c ooi
Sources: City of Bend; Ankrom Moisan Architects
Pete Smith / The Bulletin
With Gl Bil, veterans
abuse laws and adding its weight to the growing de-
WINTER ON ITS WAY
ultimately rewrite them, proponents of legalization say. The decision reflects a changingdynamic in Mexico, where for decades the U.S.-backed war on drugs has produced much upheaval but few lasting victories. Today, the flow of drugs to the United States continues, along with the
still accrue
political corruption it fuels in Mexico. The country,
student debt
dispirited by the ceaseless fight with traffickers, remains engulfed in violence.
By Alan Zarembo
all of our efforts," said Juan
Los Angeles Times
Francisco Torres Landa, a
"It's the drama behind
Despite the generous
corporate lawyer who was one of the plaintiffs in the
benefits of the latest GI Bill, military veterans attend-
Supreme Court case. With little to show after
ing college are taking out substantial student loans, raising concerns among
years of tough-on-crime policies, countries in the
Western Hemisphere have enacted laws allowing
veterans' organizations
thattheyareunnecessarily diving into debt.
some marijuana use.
Uruguay, Chile and more
For most veterans, the GI
Bill covers four academic years of tuition at public colleges and universities and has programs to cover the vast majority of
than 20 states in the U.S.
expenses at many private institutions. Veterans also
use in Mexico is low, and most Mexicans oppose
receive a monthly living allowance — averaging about $1,300, depending on where they live — to help cover expenses while they attend school.
have passed laws allowing medical or recreational use. The rate of marijuana legalization. The U.S. is the Joe Kline /The Bulletin
Snow covers the top of Mount Bachelor wast of Bend on Wednesday. Winter is moving into Central Oregon as temperatures cool,
with periods of snow projected for Monday, according to Accuweather. For a complete forecast, sae B6.
main market for marijuana grown there. See Marijuana /A4
But data compiled for the
Los Angeles Times by the Department of Education show that in one academic year — 2012, the latest
Police violence is nothing new to black millennials
available — 26 percent of undergraduates receiving
By Jesse J. Holland
veterans education benefits
The Associated Press
also took out federal or pri-
WASHINGTON — Long before the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and
vate education loans. The
average loan was $7,400 — slightly more than for
Freddie Gray, more than half of
African-American millennials
The information, from the
indicated they, or someone they "Black Millennials in America" report issued by the Black knew, had been victimized by
violence or harassment from
Youth Project at the Study of
law enforcement,anew report says.
Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago, re-
among black, Latino, Asian
veyed millennials several times during the past decade, point
and white millennials when it
out that the disparities existed
fleet starkly different attitudes
comes to policing, guns and the well before the "Black Lives legal system in the U.S. Matter" movement began. Researchers, who have surSee Report /A4
students who had never
served in the military. The figure suggests that beneficiaries could easily accrue more than $25,000 in debt to graduate with a four-year degree. See Veterans /A4
TODAY'S WEATHER Cloudy, chilly
High 49, Low 27
Page Be
The Bulletin
INDEX Business Calendar Classified
C5-6 Comics/Puzzles E3-4 Health D1-6 Obituaries B2 Crosswords E 4 H o roscope D6 S oI Ef-6 Dear Abby D6 Lo cal/State B1-6 TV/Movies
B5 C1-4 D6
An Independent Newspaper
Vol. 113, No. 309,
30 pages, 5 sections
Q ri/f/e use recycinewspri ed nt
:'IIIIIIIIIIIIII o 8 8 267 02329