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bendbulletin.corn TODAY' S READERBOARD Alpine Trail —Atwo-hour drive from Bend, it’s "a combi› nation of every pleasure known to mountain biking."D1
• The capital infusion is among the largest in the region’s history received a $76 million private
ners, which specializes in soft›
"They’ ve got a lot of experi› encein taking agood company and making it better," Hobin
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investment, the largest in com›
ware investments. Dan Hobin,
said.
Continuing its record of growing and attracting inves›
pany history. The investment was led by
president and CEO of G5, said the equity firm’s track record of
tors, Bend software company
the Pennsylvania-based private
success made it a natural fit as
G5 announced today that it has
equity firm Peak Equity Part›
a partner for G5.
RogerLee,executivedirector of Economic Development for Central Oregon, said the deal represented one of the largest
By Stephen Hamway
infusions of capital in the re›
gion that he could remember during his 16 years with EDCO. "If you want to stack that
up against other investments, I’m not sure much else comes
dose," Lee said. See G5/A4
Plus: PikeminnowsBountiesmeanyou can fish for profit as well as fun.D1
CHINA
What the currency devaluation could mean
Jefferson and Jackson
Once revered asfounders of the Democratic party, the tide of history is turning against the ex-presidents.A4
Plus: Campaign trail —A
• It’s hot now, but just imagine: Hockey and skating lovers hopethe rink set to open thisyearwill kick off a newtrend in winter sports
roundup of the day’s events.A4 ROanOke —Archaeologist are a step closer to solving the colonial-era mystery.A3
The Pavilion
By Abby Spegman
Plus: Perseid —The mete›
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or shower peakstonight. A3
John Laherty grew up in Detroit playing hockey. When
And a Web exclusiveWhyDonald Trump and others shrug so much. benribunetin.cern/extras
he moved to sport-obsessed
Bend a few years back, he looked for an adult hockey league to join, but came up short.
"It was something of a dis›
appointment. It
EDITOR'5CHOICE
When a bear takes the life of a human By Sarah Kaplan
Where the first NHL regulation-sized rink east of the Cascades will be, nowunder construction at the corner ofSimpson and ColoradoavenuesinBend.
November-March
What will be the "ice season," promised to becold even when weather is marginal.
w a s u n ex›
pected, too," said Laherty, president of Bend Ice, a group working to promote ice sports in Central Oregon. "Given Bend’s reputation as
classes (ages 6 to 14; $70 for district residents) and adult coed hockey and curling leagues ($270/$150 for district residents). Bend Ice also plans to host a competitive youth hockey program as well as youth and adult figure skating and curling programs at the new rink.
The $11.4 million facility was funded through the dis› trict’s $29 million bond ap› proved in 2012.
Classes
Registration beganMondayfor youth skating and hockeyclasses(ages6to14)andadultcoedhockey and curling leagues.
See Ice /A4
out there’s not."
That will change this fall with the opening of Bend Park 5 Recreation District’s ice pa› vilion, now under construc›
Pavilion
Nov. 30
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Park officials may
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harm American compa›
nies and inflame a heated debate in the United States about whether China is
stealing middle-class jobs. The announcement about the Chinese cur›
rency, known as the yuan or renminbi, represented
The move stirred concern among U.S. pol› iticians who have long complained that China
Sources: Bend Park tt Recreation District, Bulletin reporting
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currency, a move likely to boost its economic growth,
cent, to 17,402.84.
son Ave.
The ice pavilion’s scheduled opening date.
and Colorado avenues. Reg› istration began Monday for youth skating and hockey
China took a dramatic step Tuesday to devalue its
two decades and upended global financial markets, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down 212.33 points, or 1.2 per›
500 pairs
Ice and hockeyskates to rent from Bend Park & Recreation. (Somestores in town are reportedly open to the idea of carrying skates, too.)
tion at the corner of Simpson
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the largest devaluation in
a four-season sports mecca,
there’s an assumption that of course there’s hockey here. Then you move here and find
By Ana Swanson
The Bulletin
leaves its currency at a lower value to benefit its
domestic industries. A weaker currency makes
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Crosby and the bear that attacked him in the back›
U.S. goods exported to China more expensive and Chinese goods exported abroad relatively cheap. China’s move could weigh
woods of Yellowstone.
on sales of American com›
There were no witnesses to the incident that left the
panies, from well-known brands such as Apple
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never know for sure what
happened between Lance
63-year-old veteran hiker dead amid pine needles and dirt half a mile from the nearest trail, so it’ s
to thousands of smaller
companies, threatening to slow the U.S. economic recovery. Liberals and conserva› tives, some of whom have held out China as a global boogeyman taking advan› tage of U.S. workers and
unclear what could have
pushed a normally reclu› sive mother grizzly to maul him and leave his body "partially consumed." The attack was a trag›
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ers out to dry," said Sen.
threatened species
will
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By Brenda lasevoli The Hechinger Report
are painful and deeply unsettling. On the one hand, they have 3.5 million yearly park visitors to pro› tect. On the other, all 3.5
governmentseems tobe doubling down." SeeChina/A6
High schoolmaysoonrequire morethan grades, tests
have dedicated their lives derness, cases like this
their ways, the Chinese
sonand Colorado avenues.
also be put down. For park officials who to the protection of wil›
Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. "Rather than changing
Construction is underway on the Bend Park & Recreation District's ice pavilion at the corner of Simp-
officials have captured the sow believed to have killed Crosby along with one of her two cubs. If DNA ev› idence matches her to the killing, she will be eutha› nized and her cubs offered to a rehabilitation center or zoo. If they can’t be placed,
the decision on Tuesday. "For years, China has rigged the rules and played games with its currency, leaving American work›
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sadly for the bears. Park
the baby bears members of a federally protected
companies, lashed out at
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edy for Crosby’s family and friends, and for the park, where Crosby had long worked as a summer employee. It also seems likely to end
Seated in front of Magana
Looking smart in a blue button-down shirt, Jorge Magana, 18, zipped through
in a classroom at Los Ange› les High School of the Arts was a panel of three judges: the school’s assistant prin› cipal, a school coordinator
a PowerPoint presentation
and a former student. It was
LOS ANGELES›
with the confidence of a For› time for his senior defense. tune 500 CEO.
Magana had toconvince the
It could be coming to a school graduate. near you. If you thought high school Magana had 45 minutes to graduation remains solely de› present a portfolio emblem› pendent on report cards and atic of his high school work. standardized tests, a quick, His also included a personal less costly measure of stu› expression: a piece he wrote dent performance, welcome for AP English about his to high school graduation 2.0. father’s alcoholism and its panel that he was ready to
effect on his family. Then came the grilling by the panel: What was your
research process’? What ob› stacles did you face? How did you overcome them? How
will the skills you learned help with your future plans? See School /A6
million of those visitors,
along with park employees themselves, are interlopers on the bears’ land.
How can we condemn animals for their wild behavior? SeeBear /A6
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