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By Tyler Leeds The Bulletin
EDITOR'5CHOICE
A way to fight stress: Color inside the lines
An expected decision by the Bend City Council
Third Street
about the future of NW Galveston Avenue came af›
Only one laneopen overnight (6 p.m.-4:30 a.m.) between Empire andGreenwoodavenues. Estimated completion: July 23.
ter press time during a meeting Wednesday night. The effort to create a new vision for Galveston is the result of nearly
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five years of public outreach led by the COunCil city staff and a task force of citizen • Gas tax survey volunteers. Opinions on the task r esults,e1 forceranged from concern about increased traffic to a desire to slow things down even more, according to testimony given at the meeting. Nick Arnis, the city’s growth management direc› tor, says a plan endorsed by city staff will make the
9th Street
Estimated completion: July 30.
Repaving overnight (7 p.m.-7 a.m.); estimated comple› tion: July 22-24. Roundabout (at 8th and Franklin Avenue), estimated comple› tion: late summer.
Newport Avenue
Estimated completion for roundabouts: July 24.
By Beth J. Harpaz
street safer for pedestrians and bicyclists, while also
giving the city the chance to fix an antiquated storm› water system that dumps into the Deschutes River. As proposed by city staff, some medians will be added to the street, providing islands for pedestrians
The Associated Press
NEW YORK
Adult
coloring books are giving Harper Lee a run for the money on best-seller lists
crossing from one side to the other. For much of the stretch, however, it would remain a three-lane street.
i Rd.
Milwaukee Avenue
The council’s decision was set to be broken into
Between12th and13th streets. Estimated completion: July 31.
three parts
this summer. Dover Publications has sold more than 3 million
adult coloring books with titles like
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"Flower Fashion Fan›
tasies." Quarto Publishing will have 1.3 million in print this year ranging
tersection; and whether to add diagonal on-street
ColoradoAvenue
One-lane closure between Lava Road andSisemore Street. Estimated completion: Aug. 14.
from mandalas to fairies. "Secret Garden: An Inky
Treasure Hunt," by one of the genre’s most popular illustrators, Johanna Bas›
ford, remains a top seller on Amazon two years after its initial publication.
In fact, adult coloring books occupied as many of eight of the top 20 slots in
a spot-check of Amazon’s
Stress Relieving Patterns." "We cannot print them
fast enough," said Amy Yodanis, Quarto’s head of marketing. "We are getting orders of 60,000 at one time from some of our biggest retailers." There are coloring clubs,
Pettigrew Road
Wall Street
Nuclearagreement’s challenge:Keep Iran from ’cheating’
Reed Market Road
Brookswood Boulevard roundabout
Estimated completion: November.
Estimated completion: Mid-September.
By Ishaan Tharoor Sources:City of Bend; Oregon Department of Transportation
The Washington Post
Pete Smith, Ted Shorack, David W ray/The Bulletin
WASHINGTON
So many signs...
undreds of roadwork
H signs are dotting
The road closure shown at left (Wall Street/Ar› izona Avenue) is set to be among the earliest proj› ects to finish› Friday.
Bend city streets as summer road improvement
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and maintenance projects get into full swing.
ponents seem to realize, is something in between.
The deal, they argue, is the most practical solution to a vexing geopolitical challenge. It places the nuclear program of a regime few trust under strict, verifiable
controls, and averts the likelihood of yet another mil› itary escalation in an already fractious region.
Photos by Joe Kline/TheBulletin
azine devoted a Sunday cover to the trend. Dover
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plans a national coloring book day on Aug. 2. SeeColor/A5
See Iran /A5
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Pot use might be down among teens
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Correction Images that accompanied a story headlined "Businesses wary of west-side revamp," which appearedWednesday, July 15, on PagesA1and A5, were of a reimagined Galveston Avenuebutmay have beenmisleading for this story. The images, andthetext explaining them, illustrate the city’s broader Central Westside Plan, which includes Galveston and proposes future density and building heights as well as street improvements. The separate Galveston Corridor Project features discussion of roadwork changes only, and some businesses arecon› cerned about those changes. The Bulletin regrets theerror.
After months of negotiations,
world powers announced an accord with Iran on Tuesday over Tehran’s nuclear program that, according to the deal’s most ardent • But first, supporters and detractors, may either obama p a ve the way for a historic rapproche› must keep ment between the Islamic Republic and it alive,A2 the West or enable the Iranian leader› ship to pursue its destabilizing agendas in the Middle East unchecked. The more likely prospect, as most of the deal’s pro›
By Ted Shorack» The Bulletin
coloring contests and a
frenzy of coloring posts on social media. Parade mag›
parking along Harmon and NW Columbia Street south of Galveston. SeeGalveston/A5
,, Estimated ’ completion: July 27.
Between Arizona Avenue and Industrial Way. Estimated completion: Friday.
best-seller list this week,
including "Creative Cats" and "Adult Coloring Book:
how to set up vehicle and bike lanes
and pedestrian crossings; whether to include a mini-roundabout at the NW Harmon Boulevard in›
The roadwork happens to coincide summer season and this year is about with many summer events in the city the same level of public response. ’We and can cause traffic headaches for get complaints every summer and peo› anyone driving across town. Last ple always call when there are detours," weekend, the Bend Summer Festi› Aurand said. "It’s a seasonal thing. It’ s val brought closures to some down› not any different than other (summers)." town streets, making it a frustrating Paul Neiswonger, the city’s street endeavor to drive through, on top of supervisor, said road maintenance, road construction elsewhere. such chip seal and repairing ruts, is Anne Aurand, a spokeswoman for based on a list of road needs and a the city, said the city typically gets a three-year plan. lot of calls about roadwork during the SeeRoadwork/A5
•.. didwe miss any?
By Asher Price Cox Newspapers
AUSTIN, Texas Since 2002, fewer adolescents report using marijuana and more younger adoles› cents report strong disapproval of marijuana use, according to a new report by University of Texas
Let us know of any big road projects that may be getting in your way.
researchers.
The study, published in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, examined the perceptions and use of marijuana among young people in the
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United States between 2002 and 2013. See Pot/A3
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