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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,
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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.
gE,
an informal trail be-
neath the bridge. In coordination
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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.
(l
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
S;m sonA
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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