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Airport chief resigns
Where Odama failedAnalysis:Bernie Sanders can attribute his rise in the 2016 presidential primaries in part to being viewedas a better economic liberal than the Democrat in office today.A6
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By Beau Eastes The Bulletin
REDMOND — Red-
one may date to the birth of Islam — and it's in England.A2
mond Airport manager Jeff Tripp has resigned after little more than a year on the job. Tripp handed in his resignation Monday,
Grand StairCaSe — The
Redmond
Utah national monument was once a steamyforest and a stomping ground for odd beasts. That's what tens of thousands of fossils tell us.A3
City Manager Keith Witcosky confirmed,
The oldest Quran? —This
which was
also his last Tri p p day of work. Tripp, who did not respond to interview requests, will r
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Catching hats — Researchers are on a mission near Brothers: finding where a certain long-eared bat hides during the day.B1
Pro women race the Cascade Cycling Classic Stage 1 course along the O' Neil Highway near Terrebonne on Wednesday. In its 36th
city of Redmond's fifth-
year, the CCCbegan Wednesday in Madras, kicking off five days of professional road cycling all around Central Oregon.
highest-paid employee and one of only six people working for the city to make more than $100,000. Witcosky said the city
SIMILAR SCENE.. .BUT THIS IS NEW
For the first time, Madras is init
And a Web exclusiveThestory behind the quest to bury the Wild West mystery of Billy the Kid's death. bendbnlletin.corn/extras
... and in it to win it, with some locals hoping the CCC will help the area
EDITOR'5CHOICE
Disability fund out of money next year By StephenOhlemacher and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The 11 million Americans who
become a destination for cycling — as well as the events that come with it. By Beau EasteseThe Bulletin Joe Kiine /The Bulletin
The crowd of spectators taking pictures and cheering on the promency-
The trustees who oversee Social Security and Medicare said the disability trust fund will run out
of money in late 2016. That would trigger an automatic 19 percent cut in benefits, unless Congress acts. The average monthly benefit for disabled workers and their families is $1,017. The typical beneficiary would see a reduction of $193 a month. "Today's report shows that we must seek meaningful, in some instances even urgent, changes to ensure the program is on
drug from Eli Lilly might be effective. At the same
somewhat that an experimental Alzheimer' s
"The riding here is fabulous, and really nobody knows about it. The drivers are courteous and there's not
a Madras resident who came out to watch the
very many of them. It really is a great place to ride."
start of the pro men's and women's races at Jefferson County Middle School. "Especially
that could
for the kids. It exposes them to some different
pectations a
opportunities." A small but spirited crowd cheered on racers during Wednesday's McKenzie Pass Road Stage. Cyclists started in Madras before heading south to Prineville and then west to Sisters before finishing at the Dee Wright Observatory atop McKenzie Pass. The pro men went a total
bit for a similar drug being developed by Biogen. The drugs are designed
— Maura Schwartz, who helped develop Madras'
Mountain Views scenic bikeway
Sports
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Coverage of Stage 1: The McKenzie Pass Road Race,C1
Road closures for today' s Crooked River Time Trial and the rest of the week's races,B1
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of 123 miles while their female counterparts cycled 83 miles.
"Empty bike racks are an awful sight," said Gary Clowers, of Madras, pointing to the racks at Jefferson County Middle School. "A race like
this hopefully inspires kids of all ages to get a bike." SeeMadras/A5
Photos from Stage 1 and more,bendbulletin.corn/ccc
time, other
results were released Wednesday reduce ex-
• Alzheimer' s hit this
family early — multiple timesB3
to prevent or remove so-
called amyloid plaques in the brain. The buildup of the plaques has become a leading hypothesis about the cause of Alzheimer' s disease. But so far in clin-
ical trials, drugs aimed at reducing the plaques have failed to stem the decline in
cognition that is a sign of the disease. SeeAlzheimer's/A5
Armingservicem embers athome: Pentagon saysno vice member on a domestic
is awaiting recommendations
military installation despite a growing clamor in Congress
from the five military services on fortifying their recruiting
project there will be no
for such a step in the wake
centers and domestic bases
SeeSocial Security/A4
New data released
dras for the first time Wednesday, highlighting the High Desert beauty of Jefferson County. "Yeah, it's a good thing," said Leslie Weigard,
In more bad news for beneficiaries, the trustees
adjustments were adopted in 1975.
MADRAS-
race in the country started in Ma-
tive officer of AARP.
increase since automatic
By Andrew Pollack
this year was a big deal.
has comeoutsquarely against giving weapons to every ser-
the third year without an
Alzheimer's treatment?
may have been small, but the fact that cyclists were racing through this area
clists near the start of the Cascade Cycling Classic's Stage 1 race in Madras
generations," said Jo Ann Jenkins, the chief execu-
cost-of-living increase in benefits at the end of the year. It would mark only
Hope for
Wednesday raised hopes
of the Tennessee shooting rampage. Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, said Defense Secretary Ashton Carter
stableground forfuture
rector to replace Tripp. SeeAirport/A4
he Cascade Cycling Classic is finally, truly a Central Oregon race. The longest-running bicycle stage
disability face steep benefit
campaign.
would not immediately look for another airport di-
New York Times News Service
receive Social Security cuts next year, the government said Wednesday, handing lawmakers a fiscal and political crisis in the middle of a presidential
be paid through Aug. 31. He was scheduled to make $111,660 this year, which wouldhave made him the
By James Rosen McClatchy Washington Bureau
The Defense Department
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following the July 15 assault variety of reasons," Davis told that left six people dead — four reporters at the Pentagon. "(There are) safety concerns, Marines, a Navy corpsman and the shooter, Kuwait-born the prohibitive cost for use-ofMuhammad Youssef Abdulaforce and weapons training, zeez — at a naval reserve cenqualification costs as well ter in Chattanooga. as compliance with multiple "We do not support arming weapons-training laws." all military personnel for a SeeWeapons/A4
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Inside • Tennessee shooting: How it went down, in under five minutes,A4
Plus • South Carolina shooting: Federal indictment on 33 charges,A2 • Colorado shooting: Prosecutors call for the death penalty,A2
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