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Evaluating possible Bend UGB expansions
COLORADO AVENUE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION
By Tyler Leeds The Bulletin
After a summer of
By Abby Spegmane The Bulletin
calculations, models and
fieldwork, the city of Bend has an idea of the repercus-
They say when one door closes, another one opens. For drivers in Bend, one road opened just as a
sions stemming from three
distinct plans to expand its urban growth boundary. The boundary is a line
major bridge closed, and the traffic isn't much better.
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Speaker race — with
that limits
where cities inside are a b le to • See the g r o w , servproposals, ing as a cleft
Kevin McCarthy dropping out, House Republicans are frantic to find a front-runner.AS
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between
Not endangered — The
urban and rural development.
Sierra Nevadaredfox was discovered in theCentral Oregon Cascades, whichmeansit's not in eminent danger.B1
boundary must be approved by the state, which
Expansions to the reviews any request based
on how it uses available land, potential infrastructure costs, impacts on the environment and how it
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may affect driving patterns, among other factors. At a meeting Thursday morning, a group of community advisers who developed the boundary
And a Wed exclusivePatientswho havebariatric surgery are more likely to attempt suicide. bendbulletin.corn/extras
proposals met to soak in the results of the summer' s
investigation of 46 factors pegged to the state's review
EDITOR'SCHOICE
criteria. See UGB/A4
It's party time in
Pyongyang
creased amount of traffic has beendetoured through the area because of the Colorado Avenue bridge closure.
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This week Reed Market
By Anna Fifield The Washington Post
This Saturday is party day in North Korea. Well,
actually, Party party day. Kim Jong Un's regime
Road opened in both directions after more than tion, a coup for drivers. On the city's Facebook page, commenters hailed the news: "It's a mira-
foundation of the Korean
"Woohoo!!"
authoritarian state.
the Deschutes River
There will be a huge parade through Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang, home
closed to all traffic to allow crews working for the city to upgrade the sewer system in the area, and to allow crews working for
of the party headquarters,
complete with goose-stepping soldiers, dancing children, tanks and missiles
mounted on carriers. It's shaping up to take on a much larger scale than previous parades. And it' s all about making Kim Jong Un look good.
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Coloradodvo. bridge closed
the Bend Park & Recreation District to install a tunnel underneath Colorado Avenue to connect
Reed Market Rd,
NEW YORK — On one
of the first days of class at Dos Puentes Elementary School in Manhattan last month, a new student
named Michell epeered up through pale blue glasses and took a deep breath. "Can I drink water?" Mi-
wood Boulevard, among
chelle, 6, said. "Diga en Espanol," her first-gradeteacher, Rebeca Madrigal, answered. Michelle paused. "Can I drink agua?" she replied.
other places.
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So far, most seem to be taking it in stride.
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"We have not had calls Source: City of Bend
Pete Smith / The Bulletin
Officials have said completely closing the bridge allows the work to be done sible. It is expected to reopen Nov. 17. Eastbound drivers used to
River Trail.
New York Times News Service
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in the shortest window pos-
pieces of the Deschutes
By Elizabeth A. Harris
have gotten used to road closures." community relations manager for the Bend Park & Recreation District
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"l think people in this community
— Jan Taylor,
through Nov. 17
remains the linchpin of his
the Com-
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cle!" "Looks great!" and But just as those drivers were celebrating, others were facing backups. On MondaytheColorado Avenue bridge across
munist organization that
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two years of construc-
celebrates Saturday the 70th anniversary of the
ANALYSIS Party,
Speaking 2 languages in schools
Ryan Brennecke l The Bulletin
Traffic begins to congest near the intersection of Bond Street and Columbia Street during rush hour Thursday evening. An in-
taking the bridge are advised to take SW Colorado Avenue down to SW Reed Market Road and over to SW Bond
Street, causing traffic to back up at the roundabout where Bond Street meets Brooks-
of complaints about the roads closed," said Jan Taylor, community relations manager for the park
It was a start.
Dos Puentes, a 3-year-
district, noting it tried
to give drivers plenty of warning the closure was coming. See Closures /A6
old school in the Wash-
ington Heights neighborhood, is a dual-language program. See Dual-language /A4
"For Kim Jong Un, it' s
another way to emphasize his connection with his Lankov, a historian who
Cbeers andboozeat college stadiums
teaches at Kookmin University in Seoul.
By Merc Tracy
grandfather and to increase his power," says Andrei
The third-generation
leader in the world's only Confucian Communist dy-
nasty, Kim has something of a legitimacy problem. For one, he's youngprobably 32 or 33 — in a society that reveres age. Plus, he's got none of the mythology that surrounded his grandfather Kim Il Sung, an anti-imperialist revolu-
tionary fighter, or his father Kim Jong Il, born on the
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Jeff Swensen / The New York Times
More universities are embracing the sale of alcohol at football games to try to keep attendance in the stands, but not everyone is comfortable with it.
New York Times News Service
small minority of college teams that no beer in the stands." sell alcohol at football games to genBut he was quick to add, "From
MORGANTOWN, WVa. — Fans of professionalsports teams would
eral admission ticket holders, which it has done since 2011. And it is one
a n economic standpoint, I
can
understand. not have noticed anything out of the of very few in the five most promiIn an era of seven-figure coachordinary at Milan Puskar Stadium's nent conferences to do so, although ing salaries and demands for more concession stands on a recent sun- many more make alcohol available resources for athletes, universities ny Saturday afternoon. Domestic in suites and to holders of other are always looking for ways to inand imported beer,w ineand a hard kinds of premium tickets. crease revenue. But college football "I'm a traditionalist," said Alan cider advertised as gluten-free were is also eager to keep up attendance, all for sale during West Virginia's Cage, 65, a West Virginia fan who which averaged 44,190 last season, football game against Maryland. sold Coca-Cola at the old Mountain- the lowest figure since at least 2003, But these options were actual- eer Field when he was a boy. "It' s according to the NCAA. ly unusual. West Virginia is in the college football, and I grew up with SeeAlcohol/A6
spiritually important Mount
Paekdu under a bright star, or at least that's how North
Korean legend tells it. gn reality, he was born in a camp in the Russian Far East.) See North Korea /A5
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