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TODAY' S READERBOARD

Few have

COCC

applied

POpe WatCh —PopeFrancis addresses Congress inD.C., calling on theU.S. to healthe planet's "open wounds."A2

for wildfire relief funds By Taylor W.Anderson The Bulletin

SALEM — Tammie and Darrell

Pac-12 challenge for

Reynolds lost their

OSII —No. 21 Stanford a tough test for the Beavers.C1

three-bedroom house

near Troy in late August. They heard from the sheriff's office the day after they evacu-

Electric skatedoard-

It'sthe latest must-have toy among NFL players. C1

ated that their home,

shop and vehicles all burned in the Grizzly

Haggen closures — The

Bear Complex Fire

grocery chain seeks to close all its stores in California, Arizona and Nevada.B5

that charred more than 76,000 acres in Wallowa County

and in Washington east of Walla Walla

Stressed sepuoias — The

before firefighters caught up with it. "I had a great big shop and it was plum full of everything," Tammie Reynolds said, her voice wavering. "We lost all of

drought takes its toll on California's famed giant sequoias.BS

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that." SeeRelief /A4

EDITOR'5CHOICE

The 'Silicon Prairie' takes bloom inthe Midwest By Prashant Gopal

Policing,

aided by algorithms Joe Kline/The Bulletin

Jazmyne Strohm, 18, left, of Roseburg, and her aunt Chenee Booth haul a cart filled with Jazmyne's belongings up a hill while moving into the residence hall at Central Oregon Community College on Thursday in Bend. Volunteers and members of the COCC rugby team

By John Eligon and Timothy Williams

were around to help students onmove-in day andcame to assist Jazmyne moments later.

The New Yorh Times

• Students getacquaintedwith new $21M,330-bed residencehall

Bloomberg News

By Kailey Fisicaro

Michael Hollman says he has a job offer from

The Bulletin

Amazon.corn and just in-

terviewed at Google. But he might ditch them both for Lincoln, Nebraska.

Hudl, a startup that provides video tools for coaches and athletes, is offering

With armloads of blankets, bags and plastic crates, moms, dads and siblings helped move students Thursday into the new $21 million

But come Thursday, ac-

cording to Bilbrey, things were running smoothly. Stu-

"It was insane this morn-

dents were pleased with their

senior a chance to become a hometown hero. It's raised

more than $72 million and

coordinator.

boasts a location that's ri-

brey added. Going into moving day, she was anxious, if not excited. "New building, new people ... how's it all gonna work?" Bilbrey said.

egon Community College.

residential hall at Central Or-

ing," said Stephanie Spalding Bilbrey, the college's student housing marketing

the University of Nebraska

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At the request

Insane in a good way, Bil-

rooms, she said, and their families' reactions were even better. The 330-bed residence

hall was completed this summer to replace the smaller

Juniper HalL "The parents' reactions are pretty significant," Bilbrey said. The building is filled with light from its many win-

dows, and there are views of the mountains from upper

floors. "We had some parents from Hawaii complimenting our view," Bilbrey said, adding it's pretty good if an Oregon view impresses people from a place like Hawaii. Earlier this month COCC

said 257 students were accepted as residents; Thursday afternoon, Bilbrey

of his probation officer, Tyrone Brown

estimated the count to be at

came to a community auditorium here in

about 270, accounting for

June and sat along-

last-minute cancellations and

side about 30 other

applications. Bilbrey said that as recently as a couple of days ago, COCC accepted an applica-

mostly young black men with criminal records — men who

were being watched closely by the police,

tion for a student to move in. One student, Aime Max-

just as he was.

well,24, was one of the

He expected to hear an admonition

last-minute applicants. She

applied to get a room last week.

from law enforcement

to help end violence in the community. SeeAlgorithm/A5

SeeCOCC /A4

diculously more affordable than the pricey precincts that neighbor Amazon

headquarters. "Compared to Seattle, here is dirt-cheap awe-

some," said Hollman, an intern for Hudl, where employee perks include free

2.7B later, Pentagon defenseblimpsstill grounded

sports tickets (with travel

By David Willman

stipends), catered lunches

Los Angeles Times

and an "unlimited vacation"

WASHINGTON — Unknown to most Americans,

policy. "In my mind, working at Amazon is on par with working here at Hudl." High prices on the West Coast are making it easier for the fresh crop of com-

the Pentagon has spent $2.7 billion developing a system of giant radar-equipped blimps to provide an early warning if the country were ever at-

tacked with cruise missiles, drones or other low-flying weapons. After nearly two decades of disappointment and delay, the system — known as JLENS — had a chance to prove its

worker flew a single-seat,

worth on April 15.

That day, a Florida postal

soon afterward, Rep. Jason

just such a tree-skimming in-

ing sentry above the capital region. Yet 61-year-old Douglas Hughes flew undetected through 30 miles of highly restri cted airspacebefore landing on the West Lawn of

truder, and two of the blimps

the U.S. Capitol.

him?" Chaffetz asked.

rotary-wing aircraft into the heart of the nation's capital to dramatize his demand for

campaign finance reform. JLENS is intended to spot

were supposed to be stand-

Chaffetz, R-Utah, demanded

to know how "a dude in a gyrocopter 100 feet in the air" was able to pull off such an audacious stunt. "Whose job is it to detect

At a congressional hearing

SeeBlimps/A4

puter-science graduates and other techies to choose heartland hubs that are

growing, in part, because putting down roots there doesn't require a small

fortune. See Prairie /A5

TODAY'S WEATHER Partly sunny High 77, Low 43

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