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The investi-
By Claire Withycombe
tional group for restoring and collecting
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historic military ground transport, ac-
explosion in a World War II-era tank
Two Oregon City men were killed in an explosion inside a World War IIera tank destroyer 'Ittesday at a public
Car seat recalls — Most repairs don't end upgetting made — here's how to make sure you don't miss one.D1
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cording to an association representative. Austin Lee, 22, was also killed in the
destroyer
explosion, Nelson wrote in a Wednes-
continues Wednesday near a shooting range in
that killed two
shooting range east of Bend, accord- day morning news release. A group ing to Deschutes County Sheriff Shane present during the midafternoon exploNelson. sion was filming the tank destroyer firOne of the men, Steven Preston, 51, ing rounds in preparation for an exhibit, was a prominent member of the Military Nelson wrote. Vehicle ~servation Association, a na-
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Cruz and Rubio could break out By Dan Balz The Washington Post
BOULDER, Colo. — For most of this
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Cruz have won modest plaudits for their
The Washington Post
It may be time for retirement. With a criminal record
performances in the first two debates, but there was a demonstrable difference in
dating back to 1952, the
what unfolded on the
5-foot-5 octogenarian has
stage at the University
seen her share of career achievements and pitfalls. Completing heists in Las Vegas and Monte Carlo, Paris and San Diego,
of Colorado. They outshone Donald Trump
Doris Payne to consider
Payne has made both
a name and a living for herself as an international jewel thief. She is, perhaps, the oldest, longest-lasting and
and Ben Carson, the The Gilchrist Theatre reopened this week for the first time in more than 20 years — as a haunted house. New owners Jeri and Kim McGinnis hope to turn the space into a community center of sorts, in addition to a place to see movies.
By Beau Eastes
to do," Payne said in the
it showed its last movie, the
2013 documentary "The Life and Crimes of Doris
Gilchrist Theatre reopened Wednesday as a haunted house, giving northern Klamath County residents a sneak peak of what new owners Jeri
Payne." The clip shows her sporting a stylish blonde bob, purple eye shadow, large hoop earrings and a beige scarf slung over one shoulder — the kind of out-
fit that's been essential to hersuccess. To be sure, Payne isn' t
one to trifle with smalltime, convenience store
pilfering. She sets her sights on high-end jewelry, dressing the part of an affluent woman with plenty of dollars (or thousands of dollars) to spare. Her alleged shoplifting this week was no exception, as she was supposedly caught in the act of slipping $690 earrings into her pocket at a Christian Dior store inside a Saks Fifth Avenue in Atlanta, WSBTV reports.
"I think these officers just thought it was a run-ofthe-mill shoplifting," Atlanta police sergeant Warren Pickard said. "She put them
in her pocket and politely walked out of the store." SeeThief /A5
da governor Jeb Bush. SeeDebate/A4
plans for
GILCHRIST — The
day that I went to steal that I did not get what I went
"There's never been a
owed his onetime mentor, former Flori-
Kim McGinnis talks about
The Bulletin
77-year-old Gilchrist Theatre is rising from the dead this Halloween. M ore than 20 yearsafter
most elegant one around.
leaders in the polls, and Rubio overshad-
Photos by Joe Kline/The Bulletin
the future of the theatre
Wednesday.
Hospitals at risk in war zones
"I'd really like to show a lot
of independent films," she said. "We volunteered at the BendFilm Festival this year and it was really
and Kim McGinnis hope to
turn into a performing arts centerand community space.
By Thomas Gibbons-Neff
who live in La Pine, expect
eye-opening how many
the 200-seat theater with its stage and screen still intact
indie films are out there."
The mother-daughter duo,
The Washington Post
Late Monday night a series of Saudi-led airstrikes leveled a Doctors Without
to host everything from Gilchrist High choir concerts
Borders hospital
and independent films to bel-
kids were growing up there,
ly-dancing classes and band
but the startup costs — she estimated them at more than
practices. "We' re right next to the
school," said Jeri McGinnis, who worked more than 30 years in the construction industry. "With that in mind,
we' re very conscious of being kid-friendly." Jeri McGinnis said she had always hoped to put a movie theater in La Pine while her
$1 million — were too high. According to Klamath County records, she and her daughter boughtthe 5,058-square foot
theater from Charanne Graham on Oct. 2for$125,000. Graham had owned the
building since 2006, when she purchased the theater from members of the Gilchrist fam-
ily for $100,000. "We' re hoping to get everything south of Bend," Jeri Mc-
the McGinnises said. It later
in Saada, Yemen,
servedasavideostore,office
effectively denying
space for the U.S. Forest Ser-
Ginnis said in terms of where
vice and even a home before
medhcal access to more than 200,000
the theater will draw business. sitting vacant for the last few "It's 80 miles to a theater in years. While the building's Eugene, 80 miles to a theater to-do list is plenty long — bathin Klamath Falls and 45 or 50 room upgrades, outside paintmiles to a theater in Bend." ing, interior water damage-
people, according to a statement from the gTOUp.
Only one staff member was injured,
Built in 1938 by the Gilchrist
the McGinnises hope to have
as the hospital's per-
Timber Company, the Gilchrist
the theater up and running as soon as possible.
sonnel were evacuated in between further
Theatre operated as a movie hall until the mid-1980s,
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strikes.
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