Bulletin Daily Paper 10-09-15

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bendbulletin.corn TODAY' S READERBOARD

Prep SOCCer —TheSisters boys soccer teamwasali business in a 7-0 rompover Sweet Home on Thursday.C1

Odama inRosedurgThepresident's visit today has divided this rural town.B3

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.

@aPhiC

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

France train heroSpencerStone stabbed. A4

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-

~oetou route

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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