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TODAY' S READERBOARD SmartphonerefugeesMigrantsto Europe from Syria and elsewhere are finding connectedness tobeanecessity.A6

Lookout Mountain — A grueling climb on abike, followed by athrilling 8-mile descent.D1

Buehler said he' ll i n stead seek • Legislator will seek re-election; future run is possible re-election as a Republican in a Dem-

By Taylor W.Anderson

Tuesday he won't run for governor in

ocratic-led House district, and he

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2016.

paired his announcement with a call

race for the Republican gubernatorial

Buehler had announced in July he was deciding whether to run again for

for money from donors to fend off what may be another contentious race Buehler

nomination wide open,Bend Repub-

the House or try his hand at statewide

in Bend.

licanRep. Knute Buehler announced

office for the second time.

SALEM — In a move that leaves the

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Soldiers turned firefighters probably are headed today to Grant County. Done with a fast,

four-day training in Salem, the soldiers-

Plus: Safe dogs — The

more than half from units

heat's not over yet. Hereare some tips to keepyour dog cool on outdoor adventures.D1

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• Area fire mapB1 • More fire news,B3

Math anxiety —Astudy finds that if you haveit, it can spread to your kids — through homework help.A3

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EDITOR'5CHOICE

Serving fix for nutrition abes coud backfire

Central

Oregon — are set to

relieve firefighters near John Day, said Nick Choy, spokesman for the Oregon Military

Dividingthespoils

State Police 15%

When Oregon begins taxing recreational marijuanasales in January, the tax windfall will benefit a wide Mental variety of government agencies. The health, Oregon Liquor Control Commission alcoholism estimates the total revenuegenerated and drug before July 1, 2017, to beabout $7.36 treatment services million, and the lion's share of that will 20% go into the state's common school fund. But individual cities and counties Common that haven't banned recreational School Fund marijuana also will get a cut. 40% j

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AFTER JULY 1, 2017 The rules for cities will change within the first year of the newtax system. Initially based on populaCities tion, after July1, 2017, acity' s share of the 10 percent of total marijuana tax revenuewill be based on two factors. Half of that money will be distributed based onhow many retail licenses exist in a city, Oregon and half will be distributed based on Health Authority the city's number of producers, processors or wholesale licenses. 5%

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Counties 10%

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to other fire lines

around the state," he said. Their main

chore is likely to be mop up, or putting out hot spots where wildfire is not active.

The Canyon Creek Complex Fire, which

started Aug. 12 and

Redmond

Prineville

has destroyed 39

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homes, was 37 per-

cent contained and had burned 74,744 acres — more than

115 square milesas of Tuesday. More than 700 firefighters,

By Roberto A. Ferdman

not counting the soldiers, were assigned

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to the fire.

The good news is that the U.S. Food and Drug Admin-

Originally, the soldiers were going to help firefighters on the Stouts Creek Fire near Canyonville. SeeGuard/A5

istration is poised to make the Nutrition Facts label on

many packaged foods significantly more honest. The

bad news is that this well-intentioned fix could seriously backfire.

As part of a label over-

sume. The proposed tweak,

I(icked out of school at age 3?

which is almost through its monthslong comment

By Sarah Chacko

period and is expected to

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haul, which the FDA announced last year, the

agency is planning to update the serving sizes to better reflect the amount of

food people actually con-

begin to take effect next year, would affectpackaged foods for which serving sizes are seen as too low (just under20percentofallpackaged foods), including popular items like ice cream, potato chips, and soda. The thinking behind the portion adjustment is fairly simple. It's meant to correct

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Note: Cities and counties are shown in terms of estimated proportional share of recreational marijuana tax incomeexpected based on Portland State University Population ResearchCenter's 2014 population estimates. *Crook, Douglas, Umatilla, Harneyand Malheur counties are not represented becausethey havebannedrecreational marijuana sales.

for the fact that recent stud-

ies show that Americans

** Not all cities havebeenrepresented — only the top 30 cities by

tend to eat a good deal more in one sitting than is

indicated on current labels

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population havebeenshown lo comparewith cities in Central Oregon. Sources:Oregon uquor Control Commission; portland State University

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— which were last adjust-

out as bad behavior.

ed 20 years ago, based on data from a survey con-

By Ted Shorack

missing out on much in 2017

ducted from 1977 to 1988.

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when such revenue is doled

Changing the serving size for ice cream, for example

Five Oregon counties and 11 cities have opted to ban

the firs ttime.

— from the current half

marijuanabusinesses and

cup to a more realistic full cup — meanstheamount of calories, fatand sugarper serving will double. And that would theoretically

will be collected from recre-

convince people to eat less

It also involves teachout to local governments for

According to the Legisby doingsohavebeen cutoff lative Revenue Office, up to from state tax revenue that $7.4 million in net revenue ational pot sales. But sparsely populated cities and counties will not be

will be generated for a state

sharedaccount afterthefirst period of recreational sales. Tax dollars from recre-

ational mar-

• HemP ijuana will halted,B1 initially be

distributed to

cities and counties based on population estimates from Portland State University's Population Research Center.

The state will divvy up 10 percent of the shared

and 10 percent among cities. Local governments that ban

ers who lack consistent support and are

marijuana are left out of the equation, creating a bigger piece of the pie for the rest. Crook County, which is

more concerned with starting the day's lesson than exploring why four boys in her

the most recent county to

classroom described their feelings that

institute a ban, would have only received 0.6 percent of

morning as "mad," "sad," "angry," and "upset." SeeSchool/A4

the county allocation.

revenue among counties

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ice cream. It's also in accordance with the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act, which

was passed in 1990, and, in part, requires that serving sizesaccuratelyrefl ectconsumption patterns. SeeServing/A5

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