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ST. CHARLES

Ryan speaks

— Paul Ryan, the GOP's2012 vice presidential candidate, all but announced a bid for speaker of the House — with conditions.A2

By Tare Bannow

phasized that won't happen hospital hopes to resume deliv- at the Madras hospital, which nurses trained in obstetrics has eries in early January, she said. delivered 183 babies last year "This is one of our highest — about 15 per month. forced it to go on longer than "It's not any kind of hidden expected, saidJeanieGentry, priorities in St. Charles right the CEO of St. Charles Madras now," Gentry said. agenda to keep it closed," Genand Prineville. Four nurses Although the Prineville try said. "It's just taking longer who will staff the hospital are hospital stopped delivering than we expected to get all of one month and end in August,

The Bulletin

training in December, and the

but a continued shortage of

St. Charles Madras will continue to divert deliveries to

BenghaZI QSA — Asthe

Redmond or Bend until early

House prepares to grill Hillary Clinton on Thursday, what do we know about the attack?A3

2016, the hospital's CEO said

Tuesday. The temporary moratorium was originally supposed to last

scheduled to complete their OB

babies in 2010, Gentry em-

the training completed."

The hospital needs to have 10 OB nurses on its roster and two working at all times to

ensuresafedeliveries,Gentry said. When the hospital originally stopped deliveries July 10, it was because two OB nurses left the Madras hospital. See Births /A5

Plus —Democrats eye down-ballot races. And there's one fewer contender for the White House.A4

Fine far free pOt —Port-

COLORADO AVENUE

BREAST CANCER

By Scott HammerseThe Bulletin

Later, fewer tests are advised

land dispensary is slapped with a $2,500 penalty.B3

Lexus is dest —It's the most reliable brand, plus other automotive bits from Consumer Reports.C6

Odituary —GeorgeMueller helped to put men onthe moon.BS

The pre-cast tunnel under Colorado Avenue is now in place, but it will be nearly another month until the road is opened to traffic. The tunnel, pass-

ing under the road on the east bank of

Pet pigletS —These gene-edited porkers havea limit to how big they' ll grow — exciting scientists and pet sellers both.A3 PluS —Experiment in human-assisted evolution involves coral and targets climate change.A4

By Denise Grady

the Deschutes River, will connect two

The New Yorh Times

segments of the De-

respected and influential groups

One of the most

schutes River Trail

that were separated by the construction

in the continuing

of the Bend Whitewater Park. Prior to the whitewater park, walkers and runners

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were able to pass through the area on

EDITOR'5CHOICE

Unraveling a genetic mystery

breast-cancer screening debate said Tuesday women should begin

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mammograms later

and have them less frequently than it had long advocated.

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an informal trail be-

neath the bridge. In coordination

The American

with the city, the Bend Park 8t Recreation District shut down the road Oct. 5 to install the tunnel

Cancer Society, which has for years taken the most aggressive approach to screening, issued new guidelines recommending that

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and is taking the opportunity to do some additional work on

women with an av-

the adjacent white-

water park. The $9.7 million

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erage risk of breast cancer start having mammograms at 45

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By Markian Hawryluk

whitewater park

Crews work on the Colorado Avenue tunnel Tuesday morning in Bend. When completed, this tunnel will

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openedjustovera month ago. Early reviews suggested

reconnect two segments of the Deschutes River Trail.

Researchers announced an important discovery Monday about the struc-

was more difficult

terial, an advance that one

to navigate than ex-

day could enable scientists to fix genetic defects that

pected and waves in

lead to disease.

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the floaters' channel

ture of human genetic ma-

the whitewater channel were in need of

Writing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the authors, who included experts from Stanford

fine-tuning, so the district is moving rocks

University, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard,

user experience. Two

~ Detouir route

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ColoradoAve. bridge closeti through Nov. 17

in both channels and

making other adjustments to improve the

described the process

damaged air hoses used to inflate the

through which the 6-foot-

bladders that create

long string of human DNA folds and organizes itself to fit within the microscopic

waves in the whitewater channel will also be repaired.

confines of a cell nucleus.

See Project /A4

The bridge isscheduled to remain closed through

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to live another 10

years. The organization also said it no longer recommended clin-

Nov. 17, while the trail

through the new tunnel should be open by midDecember. The whitewater

park is expectedto remain closed through the end of the year.

Pete Smith /The Bulletin

ical breast exams, in which doctors

or nurses feel for lumps, for women of any age who have had no symptoms of abnormality in the

breasts. Previously, the

Bridge closureFAI} and commen ts

Source: City of Bend

and continue once a year until 54, then every other year for as long as they are healthy and likely

society recommend-

ed mammograms and clinical breast exams every year,

http://bendparksa ndrec.org/current projects/colorado-bridge

starting at 40.

See Cancer /A6

Genetic mutations can lead to errors in DNA

folding that have been linked with certain diseas-

es, including some types of cancer. Ifconfirmed, the discovery could have

far-reaching implications, enabling scientists to understand how genes are

Canadian shake-up:from ISISfight to Keystone By Rob Gillies

turned on and off in differ-

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ent cells, and potentially

TORONTO — The stunning victory of Justin Trudeau will

to correct errors in DNA

folding. "It's one of these simple

reverberate beyond Canada's

questions that you think

ty leader emphatically ended a decade of rule by the most

we would know the answer to, but actually we

borders after the Liberal Par-

country's history. Among the areas in which

nationally renowned pioneer in the field of genome cell biology who was not this paper is really in generating the hypothesis that

can now be tested." See DNA /A5

will change. Philosophically, Obama and Trudeau are much closer." — Robert Bothwell, professor, University of Toronto

Speaking at a rally in Ottawa on Tuesday, the 43-year-

simple message for you on behalf of 35 million Canadians.

old Trudeau — son of one of

We' re back," he declared.

the country's most dynamic politicians — underlined the sea change.

voters reclaimed their coun-

"I want to say this to this

er they should hinge on the

other parties.

the latter specifically, wheth-

Trudeau differs from his

future of the Keystone XL oil

tive voice in the world over the

predecessor, Stephen Harp-

relations with the U.S.— on

pipeline.

past 10 years. Well, I have a

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try's liberal identity, giving the new prime minister a

er: airstrikes against the Islamic State group, climate change, immigration and

TODAY'S WEATHER

With Trudeau's decisive victoryMonday, Canadian

country's friends around the world: Many of you have worried that Canada has lost its compassionate and construc-

conservative leadership in the

really don' t," said Tom Misteli of the National Cancer Institute, an inter-

involved in the research. "But I think the value of

"The whole tone of the U.S;Canada relationship

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