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A lesson in energy use Every day, a few students don their biking gear and learn about conserving fossil fuel the hard way, all as part of an education plan

By Keith Chu The Bulletin

WASHINGTON — The White House has proposed increasing federal funding for education this year, but it wants states and school districts to fight for that extra money.

While most Oregon school districts, especially the small rural districts that dot Eastern Oregon, have come out against President Barack Obama’s proposed budget, Central Oregon schools said they’re ready for the challenge.

“From where we were going in our planning, it just seems to parallel real well” with Obama’s proposal, said Dennis Dempsey, superintendent of the High Desert Education Service District, which works with the Jefferson County, Crook County, Sisters, Redmond and Bend-La Pine school districts in Central Oregon.

Top officials from several local districts meet each month to plan out strategy, said Redmond School District Superintendent Vicki Fleming. They even worked together to apply for a grant to study ways to pay teachers more fairly, increase teacher training and find new ways to evaluate teachers.

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The challenge taught the students about energy conservation and complemented other academic projects about energy. Through education about conserving energy and raising awareness, according to Biancucci, habits can change at any age.

“It’s fun,” Ben Walter, 11, said about biking to school. “It’s not burning as much fuel.”

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Ian Churchill rides his bike home after school, pulling a trailer containing his saxophone and school supplies. Ian, 11, is one of several sixth-grade students at Seven Peaks School in west Bend who have taken up a challenge to ride to school as much or more than their teacher does. The prize? An end-of-semester sandwich. Plus the activity dovetails with other lessons the class is learning about sustainability.

Bend city planners have appealed the state’s decision that the city’s proposal to expand its boundaries to allow more growth was inadequate. At issue is the city’s decision to use plain language to describe the planned expansion, while the state Department of Land Conservation and Development found the use of non-standard zoning language confusing and inadequate.

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Saturday was a tense day in and around the Pacific Ocean.

There was a wave on the loose. It was reputed to travel at the speed of a jet airplane. Beyond that, this tsunami was a mystery. No one knew precisely how big it would be when it came ashore. So went a very long day, full of anxious waiting and much staring at a sea that did little to signal its intentions.

The sirens sounded in Hawaii at dawn. Tsunami warnings were posted from Panama to Japan, from Ecuador to New Zealand.

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Bend city planner Damian Syrnyk spent a frenzied three weeks in January working days, nights and weekends to fight a state decision that the city’s proposal to expand its urban growth boundary fell far short of complying with Oregon law.

Department of Land Conservation and Development Director Richard Whitman had issued a 156-page report on Jan. 8 saying, in essence, that Syrnyk and his colleagues needed to go back to the land use drawing board. This after city staffers had spent five years — and about $4 million — drafting a proposed addition of about 8,500 acres to Bend’s urban growth boundary.

Now, Syrnyk and his colleagues use words like “baffled” and “mystified” to describe their reactions to Whitman’s report. For weeks, the city’s planning staff and advisers spent hundreds of hours, and worked on little else to meet a Jan. 29 deadline to file an appeal.

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SCIENCE With no specific destination, NASA faces question: Where to next?

For the melanoma patients who signed on to try a drug known as PLX4032, the clinical trial was a last resort. Their bodies were riddled with tumors, leaving them almost certainly just months to live.

But a few weeks after taking their first dose, nearly all of them began to recover.

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Mehdi Saharkhiz, of Wayne, N.J., acts as a conduit for reformists in Iran, posting photos and videos on his blog and YouTube channel. “For me, it’s about getting the word out there,” he says.

Online community covers unrest in Iran, post by post

By Ashley Kindergan The Record (Hackensack, N.J.)

HACKENSACK, N.J. — From coffee shops in Ridgewood, N.J., his home in Wayne, N.J., and anywhere there is cell service, a 28-year-old Iranian is broadcasting the ongoing uprising in his home country — one of a growing number of people intent on helping share with the world what happens on the streets of Tehran.

Mehdi Saharkhiz — known as “onlymehdi” on his blog, YouTube channel and Twitter feed — has been posting photographs and videos of opposition protests in Iran since the disputed Iranian presidential election last June sent thousands of protesters into the streets and triggered a brutal crackdown by the regime.

“For me, it’s about getting the word out there,” Saharkhiz said.

Videos and images like the ones Saharkhiz posts have become crucial to scholars, journalists and ordinary people who want to know what’s going on inside an increasingly closedoff Iran.

“I think it’s been critical, and we’ve seen what may in fact be a real birth of citizen journalism,” said Gary Sick, an Iran scholar and adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. “The coverage basically after the initial demonstrations in June has been extremely sparse, except for the things that people are sending out.”

Opposition a bit in the shadows Indeed, much of the postelection media coverage has centered around Iran’s military ambitions and the possibility of imposing more sanctions on the country. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this month cautioned that Iran’s armed forces were becoming increasingly important in the country’s decision making. And a recent report by the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency accused Iranian leaders of having worked to produce a nuclear warhead.

But the story of the opposition movement continues, recorded and shared by an online community.

For example, on Feb. 11, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was largely successful at keeping demonstrators out of a main square in Tehran when he gave a major speech celebrating the regime’s anniversary.

Satellite images available through Google — not television cameras — showed a square that wasn’t filled and buses that brought in supporters from outside Tehran. Saharkhiz showed photos of the buses on his site, too.

Sick noted that the Iranian regime has closed down many newspapers, especially those affiliated with the opposition.

There are 47 journalists — including Mehdi’s father, noted reform writer Isa Saharkhiz — imprisoned in Iran, accord-

“They’ve been trying to effect another blackout where nobody knows what’s going on. (People) have to be really sophisticated and keep on top of everything to continue to surf the Web and occasionally access a Facebook page or whatever.”

— Kelly Golnoush Niknejad, Boston-based Iranian-American journalist

ing to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Getting information out of the country has also been made difficult by technological roadblocks and fears of government spying.

And the fear reaches beyond Iran’s borders, with Saharkhiz being careful about identifying his home and other North Jersey Iranians reluctant to even speak about communication with their home country.

The Iranian government recently blocked Gmail, Google’s popular e-mail service. The regime has also frequently disrupted Internet service by slowing it to a crawl or shutting off some servers altogether, experts and Iranians here say. Sites such as Facebook and Twitter are reportedly monitored by the government to track the opposition.

“They’ve been trying to effect another blackout where nobody knows what’s going on,” said Kelly Golnoush Niknejad, a Boston-based Iranian-American journalist who started a Web site, Tehran Bureau, as an independent source of in-depth Iran coverage. “(People) have to be really sophisticated and keep on top of everything to continue to surf the Web and occasionally access a Facebook page or whatever.”

Always adjusting Niknejad and Saharkhiz were both reluctant to talk about the specific ways in which their sources got around cyber obstacles in order to communicate.

They didn’t want to put sources in danger or to risk getting the avenues of communication shut down. But both said that people seem to adjust to each new obstacle.

“Seventy percent of Iran’s population is under 35 years of age,” Niknejad said. “The young population came of age with the Internet. ... They have just had to get more sophisticated.”

Mana Mostatabi, an online community organizer with the San Francisco-based United4 Iran.com, said Saharkhiz’s videos have been critical to spreading information, even as she hears from her own friends and relatives about increasing difficulty accessing Web sites.

“Mehdi has been such a key figure in getting that footage in and out,” Mostatabi said. “He’s acting as a conduit to people

who are just snapping it on their cell phones.”

Saharkhiz said he was not interested in Iranian politics before the 2009 elections. But then he saw footage of a crackdown on university students.

The crackdowns “These are just normal students going to school,” he said.

“They went out and voted ... and now they’re being massively arrested. That’s when I feel it’s my duty as an Iranian citizen to get their word out.”

Isa Saharkhiz, Mehdi’s father, worked as a journalist for many years, bringing his family to the U.S. in 1994 when he headed the New York office of IRNA, the official Iranian news agency.

Isa Saharkhiz served as head of domestic publications under former President Mohammad Khatami and later published a monthly reformist newspaper that was shuttered in 2004.

In 2009, Isa Saharkhiz was active in the presidential campaign of opposition candidate Mehdi Karroubi. He was arrested eight days after the election.

Mehdi Saharkhiz, who moved to the U.S. permanently in 2001, said his family suspects that his father was tracked down on his Nokia cell phone.

People are working on solutions to make communication safer.

Austin Heap, executive director of the Censorship Research Center, has monitored the blocks placed on the Internet by the Iranian government.

The center is now waiting for a license to distribute a technology called Haystack that would allow users inside Iran to hide their Internet use.

“Haystack does two things: First, it encrypts the data, and second, it coats the data to look like normal traffic,” Heap said.

“It just removes the middleman’s ability to filter.” Nahid Ahkami, a Clifton, N.J., resident and cofounder of the Persian Cultural & Humanitarian Association, said she reads Tehran Bureau, and her husband runs his own Web site that gathers Iranian news.

Ahkami said she believes the opposition movement will ultimately succeed.

“It’s going to flourish,” Ahkami said. “It’s not going to go away. Iranian people are very resilient people and patient people.”

SAN FRANCISCO — As more people reveal their whereabouts on social networks, a new site has sprung up to remind you that letting everyone know where you are — and, by extension, where you’re not — could leave you vulnerable to those with lessthan-friendly intentions. The site’s name says it all: Please Rob Me. Launched last week, Please Rob Me is exceptionally straightforward. Pretty much all it does is show posts that appear on Twitter from a location-sharing service, Foursquare. Please Rob Me puts these posts into a long, chronological list it refers to as “Recent Empty Homes.”

Please Rob Me assembles its list by taking information that Twitter makes freely available so that many Web sites can show tweets. But the point of Please Rob Me could be made with data that flows on dozens of other sites as well.

People are comfortable sharing all kinds of personal details on social sites such as Facebook. And now people are flocking to location-based Web services, such as Foursquare, Gowalla or Loopt, that let them use their cell phones to alert friends to where they are.

Some people choose to show their whereabouts only to approved buddies. But plenty push these very specific updates through public Twitter profiles that anyone can see.

This phenomenon is what motivated the creators of Please Rob Me, according to one of them, Boy Van Amstel, 25. Van Amstel said in a phone interview from Holland, where the site is based, that technology has become so easy to use that people are sharing too much online without even realizing it. He and his co-founders want people to think twice about it.

The site doesn’t really show empty houses, or even people’s home addresses. Instead, the posts on the list show Twitter users’ photos, their Twitter usernames, how long ago they “left home” (which is determined by when they checked in with Foursquare) and where they went, along with a link to their destination on Foursquare’s Web site.

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The Foursquare application, appearing here on an iPhone, lets you share your whereabouts with friends, no matter if you’re at a hot new bar or a neighborhood pet store. A new site called Please Rob Me aggregates posts on Twitter that come from Foursquare into one long, chronological list that Please Rob Me refers collectively to as “Recent Empty Homes.”

Some of the posts on Please Rob Me have come from Christopher Lynn, who often publishes his Foursquare updates on his Twitter feed.

Lynn, director of sales and marketing for the Colonnade Hotel in Boston, was a little unnerved to realize his location was also being shared on Please Rob Me as it automatically captured the data. He said knowing that would make him more cautious about posting on Foursquare when he’s far from home. He also plans to keep details about where he lives off the Web. But Lynn doesn’t think Please Rob Me — or the second thoughts it is trying to spark — will hamper the rise of location-based services.

“I think the power of wanting to share where you’re at and what you’re experiencing at the time is going to trump most people’s wariness,” he said.

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T S President calls it ‘an emergency unparalleled in the history of Chile,’ suggests toll could climb well past 700 Bulletin wire reports SANTIAGO, Chile — Amid frantic rescue efforts and isolated outbreaks of looting, the Chilean president on Sunday raised the earthquake death toll to 708 and issued an order that will send soldiers into the streets in the worstaffected area to both keep order and speed the distribution of aid.

After huddling in a crisis meeting with her Cabinet, President Michelle Bachelet called the damage caused by Saturday’s magnitude-8.8 quake “an emergency unparalleled in the history of Chile” and suggested the death toll would likely spiral higher in the days ahead.

The police fired water cannons and tear gas to disperse hundreds of people who forced their way into shuttered shops in the southern city of Concepcion, which was devastated. But law enforcement authorities, heeding the cries of residents that they lacked food and water, eventually settled on a system that allowed staples to be taken but not televisions and other electronic goods.

Bachelet later announced that the government had reached a deal with supermarket chains to give away food to needy resi-

Natacha Pisarenko / The Associated Press

Firemen look for survivors Sunday in an earthquake-destroyed building in Concepcion, Chile. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday, and the death toll stands at 700 so far.

Experts say repairs will take years and will probably cost tens of billions of dollars. dents. Her aides also called on residents not to horde gas or food, both of which were being bought up in huge amounts by residents fearful of shortages.

Using power saws and their bare hands, rescue workers atop the rubble of collapsed buildings tried to recover those caught inside. Although there were successes — like Julio Beliz, who managed to free his neighbor from the rubble in Santiago after hearing him yell out, “Julio, help me!” — the search for survivors was frustratingly slow.

“It’s very difficult working in the dark with aftershocks, and

inside it’s complicated,” Paulo Klein, who led a group of rescue workers at a collapsed 15-story apartment building in Concepcion, told The Associated Press.

Residents of that building, opened just months ago, were outraged that it had suffered so much damage and were convinced that contractors had not complied with building codes that require buildings to be able to withstand temblors. Already, there was talk among residents of taking builders to court once the emergency is over.

The magnitude-8.8 earthquake, one of the strongest in re-

corded history, left a devastating imprint on a country that knows quakes well.

In Cobquecura, 50 miles to the north of Concepcion, state television showed collapsed bridges, crashed buses and sunken pavement. Residents had fled to the hills, prompting local journalists to declare it a virtual ghost town.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who has long planned to spend this week in Latin America, will arrive in Santiago on tonight, officials said. Once there, she intends to reiterate the Obama administration’s willingness to assist..

Comparing magnitude Energy released by an earthquake is measured on a moment magnitude scale. Each step on the scale is 10 times greater than the step before it. Each gray sphere below is 10 times greater in volume than the sphere to its left.

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Tsunami Continued from A1 Authorities told Californians to get out of the water to avoid being swept away by strong currents. The forecasts showed the waves reaching Nome, Alaska, more than 24 hours after the huge earthquake off the coast of Chile.

By Saturday evening, the calamity had not materialized. Although reports were still coming in, it did not appear to have been a killer tsunami like some in the past.

Jenifer Rhoades, tsunami program coordinator of the National Weather Service, said tsunami forecasting remains an imprecise science, and officials would rather err on the side of warning people about the worst-case scenario than underplay the risk.

“Forecasting tsunamis is a relatively new science. We learn a lot every time we have an event like this,” she said. “In some ways, you want to ensure people respond to the event based on the information we have available to us.”

The wave when it reached Easter Island on Saturday measured only about a foot above sea level. Ditto on Tahiti. On the Marquesas Islands, it reached 6 feet. Talcahuano, a coastal town in Chile, reported a 7.7-foot wave. There were reports of three people drowned and more

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By Charles Duhigg and Janet Roberts New York Times News Service

Thousands of the nation’s largest water polluters are outside the Clean Water Act’s reach because the Supreme Court has left uncertain which waterways are protected by that law, according to interviews with regulators.

As a result, some businesses are declaring that the law no longer applies to them. And pollution rates are rising.

Companies that have spilled oil, carcinogens and dangerous bacteria into lakes, rivers and other waters are not being prosecuted, according to Environmental Protection Agency regulators working on those cases, who estimate that more than 1,500 ma-

HONOLULU — Scientists acknowledged Sunday that they overstated the tsunami threat but defended their actions, saying they took the proper steps and learned the lessons of the 2004 Indonesian tsunami that killed thousands of people who didn’t get enough warning.

“It’s a key point to remember that we cannot under-warn. Failure to warn is not an option for us,” said Dai Lin Wang, an oceanographer at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii. “We cannot have a situation that we thought was no problem and then it’s devastating. That just cannot happen.”

— The Associated Press missing on the island of Juan Fernandez, off the Chilean coast.

But by the time the tsunami reached Hawaii, the waves measured only about 3 feet or less.

Nathan Becker, an oceanographer at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu, said there were no reports of major flooding or damage.

Soon afterward, warnings were lifted for most of the Pacific.

Even with scientific measurements, forecasts, alarms and civil defense measures, Saturday’s events showed that tsunamis are unpredictable. And even if a wave is precisely measured in the open sea, its effect can be greatly magnified by shallow bays and harbors.

“Harbors are like musical instruments. They have specific pitches, if you wish, specific frequencies,” said Emile Okal, a professor of earth and planetary sciences at Northwestern University who has spent his career studying tsunamis. “The structure of a harbor is such that for some of these periods it can amplify the wave.”

Okal, as it happens, was in Tahiti, in a laboratory, when his instruments sounded an alarm signaling a major earthquake. The initial reading showed an 8.5-magnitude quake in Chile, Okal said. It was in the early evening, Tahiti time. He would not get more than 40 minutes of sleep during the night.

He knew what tsunamis could do. He knew that the 2004 tsunami not only killed hundreds of thousands of people in Sumatra, and some 30,000 in Sri Lanka, but it crossed the breadth of the Indian Ocean and killed 300 people on the African coast in Somalia.

Over short distances, tsunamis can create waves of stunning

dimensions. A tsunami in 1946 created a wave 138 feet high that obliterated a lighthouse in the Aleutian Islands where five people were stationed, he said.

“Once you’ve seen a tsunami, it’s probably too late to outrun it,” said Eric Geist, a research geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey, as the waves neared Hawaii.

As it comes ashore, a tsunami is not a normal wave, something that breaks once in a mass of foam and then dissipates. Rather, it is a mass of water that has no back side.

“A tsunami is a 6-foot wall of water that hits the shore like a freight train,” said Susan Hough, a U.S. Geological Survey seismologist.

Based on history, the Chilean earthquake appeared likely to trigger a major tsunami, experts said.

“All the evidence indicated it would be larger,” said Barry Hirshorn, a geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. “This was a very large earthquake in a part of the world that tends to produce very large tsunamis. We need to walk a line between a false alarm, and missing something that’s dangerous and could kill people. Since the science is not exact, we chose to err on the side of not killing people by missing something.”

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LONDON — Greece, in the midst of a financial meltdown, is planning a bond deal this week that depends on a lot of things going right.

For one, other members of the European Union — much as they would prefer not to — are discussing ways to show that they will stand behind Greece. In recent days, the outlines of a rescue plan have started to come together, probably involving loan guarantees from the German and French governments to encourage their banks to buy Greek debt.

But even as the negotiations continue, the bloc insists that Athens impose further austerity measures, in part to overcome political opposition in Germany to providing aid to what it sees as the spendthrift Greeks.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama hasn’t kicked the smoking habit, takes antiinflammatory medication to relieve chronic tendinitis in his left knee and should eat better to lower his cholesterol, his team of doctors concluded Sunday after the 48-year-old’s first medical checkup as commander in chief.

The hoops-happy chief executive, who has endured an exhausting White House run and yearlong battles with congressional Republicans, was otherwise declared in excellent health and fit for duty.

The White House physician, Navy Capt. Jeffrey Kuhlman, said Obama should stick with “smoking cessation efforts,” the use of nicotine gum, and come back in August 2011 after he turns 50.

Obama’s cholesterol levels have crept up to borderline high, and he should alter his diet accordingly, based on a report the White House released after the 90-minute examination at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.

Details released in Dubai assassination DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Hamas official who was killed in his hotel room here in January was first injected with a fast-acting muscle relaxant and then suffocated, Dubai police officials said Sunday.

The disclosure was the latest in a near-daily drip of information about the killing, which has riveted people across the Middle East and provided a rare level of detail about a political assassination widely believed to have been carried out by Israel’s intelligence service, the Mossad.

— From wire reports

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UGB Continued from A1 Director Whitman sent at least four lengthy letters detailing problems with the city’s analysis of its housing, transportation, employment land and public facilities needs.

And on Thursday, Whitman issued yet another report saying the city’s appeal still doesn’t fulfill the requirements of Oregon land use planning law. In an interview Friday, Whitman said the DLCD’s major areas of concern include the size and location of the proposed UGB expansion as well as the city’s housing plan.

In Oregon, cities over 25,000 in population must show a “demonstrated need” for additional land before urban growth boundaries can be expanded.

City planners must do in-depth analyses in myriad areas, including population and employment trends, as well as the projected need for infrastructure, public utilities and housing 20 years out.

And, perhaps most importantly, cities must show those needs cannot be met within the existing urban growth boundary.

Past correspondence between the city and DLCD reads in some places as though their staffers were speaking a different language. State planners say that, because the city failed to use proper terminology and zoning codes, DLCD staff could not make sense of significant portions of the UGB proposal.

Local officials and city planners respond that DLCD rules and state land use planning laws are nearly impossible for the public and other participants in the process to understand, so they used simpler language to be more inclusive.

That approach caused confusion at the state level, DLCD staffers say, and was a major reason Bend planners have had to go back and explain their work.

Whitman said Friday that he does believe the city “fundamentally has made a case” for expansion. He cautioned, however, that Bend planners still have not sufficiently addressed the possibility of infill, or making the city denser by building on lands already within city limits.

That position faces pushback from planners like Syrnyk. He said an all-out effort to build within current city limits will dramatically change the face of Bend and, “taken to its theoretical conclusion, could mean that a UGB expansion might not go forward altogether.”

The expansion Whitman said Friday that city planners still have two big questions to address — whether the city needs the amount of land it is proposing to add to the UGB and whether the proposed annexation is in the right place.

The city’s initial expansion proposal, sent to the DLCD in 2007, said 4,900 acres should be added to the growth boundary. That was based on the city’s projected housing needs and some analysis of future economic development, Syrnyk said.

Back then — in a similar response to Whitman’s 2010 report — the DLCD told city planners they needed to do a full employment projection, including what kind of jobs people will have and where they’ll be working.

So Syrnyk and city planners teamed up with consultants to make those projections and submitted a second proposal in 2008 asking to annex 8,900 acres.

That drew objection from Whitman, who said the city had not justified such a large expansion.

The DLCD also questions how the city chose the location of its expansion — focusing mainly on the northeast side and including two 50-acre industrial plots as well as land for a hospital and a university campus.

For its part, the city says the buildout of Juniper Ridge — a 1,500-acre mixed-use development project on Bend’s northeast side — and the location of the city’s water and sewer treatment facilities were major considerations when deciding where to expand, Syrnyk said.

And the projected higher cost of expanding to the west, where terrain poses challenges to adding infrastructure and running utility lines, was a deterrent to expanding there.

So planners focused on bringing in land where providing those services made the most economic sense, Syrnyk said.

Housing When city staffers started discussing a potential UGB expansion in 2004, their main focus was housing. They reasoned that the city had not expanded its boundaries for housing purposes since its UGB was established in 1981, while the city’s population had grown 365 percent.

The appeal The city of Bend’s appeal of the Department of Land Conservation and Development’s decision that a proposed urban growth boundary expansion was inadequate will be heard on March 18 and 19 at the Bend Municipal Court located at 555 N.E. 15th Street. The hearings are open to the public and are scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m.

The city’s forecasting projects the need for about 16,000 additional housing units over the next 20 years, a number the DLCD does not dispute. But Whitman says the city has failed to push for infill through “up-zoning” and did not provide for enough affordable housing in the city, particularly along major transit corridors.

One of the goals of Oregon’s unique statewide land use planning is to prevent sprawl by requiring growing cities to develop on lands already within the city when possible.

Bend’s UGB proposal suggests that about 11,000 future housing units, or about two-thirds of the total projected housing need, will be built within existing city boundaries.

But Whitman maintains in his most recent report — and reiterated Friday — that there is still room for additional infill.

Syrnyk and Bend City Councilor Jeff Eager say that is just one area where Bend and the DLCD part ways.

“There is a difference between saying the city should do that, in terms of higher density, and actually doing that in my neighborhood,” Syrnyk said.

He said planners tried to preserve established neighborhoods, allowing for larger lot sizes and more open spaces.

Eager, who practices law but is not a land use lawyer, said he believes increasing density will actually thwart efforts to bring more affordable housing to Bend.

“I think the preference for greater density is ignorant of economics,” Eager said, “because when you restrict the supply of something, the price goes up. So, to the extent that the DLCD prefers our UGB be smaller, then that further restricts the availability of land and drives up the cost of land.”

The DLCD’s philosophy of increasing density is more consistent with larger metro areas that have little in common with Bend, Eager said.

“I think it’s a cultural thing.

These people live over in the valley, probably some of them live in Portland, and they are used to a more urban environment,” Eager said.

Economic development Tom Hogue, economic development specialist with the DLCD, reviewed the section of Bend’s proposal forecasting its need for land to house offices, work spaces and industrial buildings.

“I went through 10,000 pages of documents and wasn’t able to make sense of it,” Hogue said.

“There are some very difficult language gaps both in common parlance and the (DLCD) rule.

They used that common parlance, and that doesn’t necessarily gibe with the rule.”

So Hogue said he simply could not tell if the amount of land the city identified for future employment needs was appropriate or not. He said the city did not justify its proposal to add about 1,300 acres of “employment land” in the way Oregon land use rules require. Planners also did not adequately explain the inclusion of two 50-acre industrial parcels on the city’s north side or why it designated 114 acres located in residential areas for employment needs, Hogue said.

Whitman’s report notes multiple times that Bend has a dearth of industrial lands and says acreage around Juniper Ridge designated for light industrial use will have to be preserved.

Bend Senior Planner Brian Rankin said the planners did follow Oregon’s planning rules, including provisions for industrial lands, and he spent about 200 hours on the city’s appeal to prove it.

“We did the analysis that was required; we just used different language,” Rankin said. “Part of my job is to take the state law and turn it into a document the public and the development community can use. And so our job is to put the nomenclature in laymen’s terms.”

In the appeal, Rankin went through the city’s UGB proposal and translated its analysis to show planners had met the technical requirements of state land use rules.

Bend City Councilor Jodie Barram, who served as vice chair of the city’s planning commission from 2006 to 2008, said the decision to use clear language came from numerous public meetings

where hundreds of people expressed confusion about the UGB process.

“And we thought that the state should know what we were talking about,” Barram said. “So when (the DLCD) was asking questions, we would think we gave a response that answered the question, and maybe, looking back, it didn’t.”

Barram says the city made the right call in terms of helping the public understand the UGB process.

“But, at this stage of the game, if we need to change the semantics, if changing the word makes it compliant with what they want and makes it work for them, I would be all for that,” Barram said.

Hogue said that the city’s appeal does go a long way toward explaining planners’ analyses and how they came to their conclusions.

“They have done the math and so, in the appeal language, they have pointed their way from the beginning to the end of their analysis. And we’ve said, ‘yeah, that’s the kind of analysis they need to do,’” Hogue said. “But if they had responded clearly to the (earlier) requests for clarification, then we wouldn’t be in this position.”

Director Whitman echoed that statement Friday, saying the appeal, along with face-to-face meetings with city officials, have “narrowed the differences substantially from both sides.”

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When it comes to planning for roads and utilities, the DLCD wants more specific cost estimates on projects related to expanding into various parts of the city and more detailed plans about those projects.

City planners say that work, which is both costly and time consuming, is not required by land use planning rules. They say the DLCD is asking staffers to spend even more time and money on analysis that is not required until the city actually expands its UGB. Specifically, the DLCD has asked for cost analyses on upgrades to different areas of Bend’s major transit corridors for traffic impact caused when the expansion takes place.

Robert Cortright, the DLCD’s transportation planning coordinator, said he still has concerns that Bend planners did not fully consider the relative transportation costs associated with expanding into other lands around the city.

“You’re a comparison shopper — how much does it cost to add land here versus to add land there, and you want an accurate estimate of the cost,” Cortright said.

City documents show about $1 million was spent on transportation planning, which included analysis by a national transportation planning firm.

That work fulfills the requirements of DLCD rules and Oregon law, so more work would be a waste of time and money, according to the city’s appeal.

In addition to transportation cost concerns, the DLCD notes the city’s water and sewer services aren’t able to handle the city’s current needs, much less those of an expanded growth boundary.

Whitman’s report says city planners have not shown how their aging sewer system will be upgraded to serve the expanded UGB in a “timely, orderly and efficient arrangement ...”

But the city says it doesn’t have to adopt a specific public facilities plan until the actual expansion of the growth boundary.

In the meantime, the appeal says planners will limit development until sewer system upgrades have been put in place.

Continued from A1 It’s more sustainable for his brother and him to ride their bikes to school, Ian said.

“There’s no real reason to drive,” Ian said. “You get in a huge SUV with a small backpack with you, and you have to drive it — it doesn’t make sense.”

At the beginning of the year, when students introduced themselves and shared something about their interests, Biancucci told them that he enjoys riding his bike. He knew some eighth-grade students challenged themselves to ride their bikes to school last year, and Biancucci decided to present his sixth-grade students with a similar mission.

“I do it myself, and it’s fun. I enjoy the exercise, and I realize that it’s a more sustainable method of transportation,” Biancucci said. “I invited the kids along to see what I would get, and the kids were really excited about it.”

Last semester, Ian and Ashlynn Kitatake-Meyers, 12, won the challenge. Ashlynn rode her bike to school all but four days, and Ian all but six days.

At the end of the semester, Biancucci paid for roast beef and turkey sub sandwiches for the two students from Tony’s Delicatessen.

Ashlynn participated because she likes to bike, it’s a healthy activity and it helps the environment.

“I would be using a lot of fuel even to go half a mile,” she said about riding in a car to school.

“Biking wouldn’t use any fuel other than the food you eat. I see it as being green.”

The students biked through snowstorms, rough terrain and even at night as the days became shorter. Obstacles did not deter the sixth-graders, though.

“Snowstorms are kind of fun,” Biancucci said.

“Because you can’t see,” Ian added with a smile.

Flat tires, icy paths and uphill climbs were all part of the challenge. Ian crashed his first trailer in the snow earlier in the school year, Ashlynn fell on the ice at least five times, and Ben had to bike five miles to the top of Awbrey Butte, where his family lives.

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Syrnyk said Friday that city planners will now file “exceptions” to the latest report, which recommends that most of the city’s appeals be denied.

And, Syrnyk said, they don’t have much time.

Oregon’s Land Conservation and Development Commission is scheduled to hear the city’s appeal March 18 and 19, and will then decide to either approve the UGB expansion proposal or send it back to the city for even more work.

Both Syrnyk and Rankin say they hope the LCDC will see that they’ve complied with Oregon land use planning laws and allow the proposed expansion to move forward.

“Our appeal says we have done the work, but it seems (the DLCD) is asking us to go back to the drawing board, and that’s not necessary,” said Rankin. “The underlying analysis meets the statutes’ requirements and is acceptable. We just need to cast that work, and explain that work in a way that satisfies the state.”

Cindy Powers can be reached at 541-617-7812 or at cpowers@bendbulletin.com.

new strategy commits the United States to developing no new nuclear weapons, including the nuclear bunker-busters advocated by the Bush administration.

But Obama has already announced he will spend billions of dollars more on updating America’s weapons laboratories to assure the reliability of what he intends to be a much smaller arsenal.

Sixth-graders at Seven Peaks School watch infomercials by fellow classmates on different types of energy production.

According to teacher Dante Biancucci, the project aimed to address the question of how the world will meet its future energy needs.

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Obama’s new strategy — which would annul or reverse several initiatives by the Bush administration — will be contained in a nearly completed document called the “Nuclear Posture Review,” which all presidents undertake.

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were equipped with lights. Backpacks contained water, coldweather gear, spare tires, patches, Band-Aids, energy boost pouches and CO2 bike tire refills.

“I think he does it more for the challenge than for the free sandwich,” said Bruce Churchill, Ian’s father.

Some mornings were hard for Ian to get up and bike to school, he said. But as the days passed and biking became routine, it was easier for him to get out of bed. This semester, he continues to rise early and pedal to school.

The students helped the teacher get out of bed, too.

“Knowing that Ian was biking every day gave me more inspiration to get up and bike,” Biancucci said.

On some days, the challenge was biking home.

“You might just have a bad day at school and you don’t want to bike home, but you choose to,” Ashlynn said.

Biking to school every day has taught the students not only about energy conservation, but other habits as well.

“I liked the independence of it,” said Alex Browning, 12.

Students problem solve and fix flat tires along the route. They are responsible for their safety and learn to be aware, Biancucci said.

The sixth-grade teacher also organizes academic projects to teach students about the environment.

Last month, students created three- to five-minute infomercials that described different types of energy sources, such as solar, biomass, wind and even coal. The infomercials, which were created using a green screen and video technology, were presented at a sixth-grade viewing last month.

The purpose of the project, according to Biancucci, was to address the question of how the world will meet its energy needs in the future. He hopes to take the students on field trips to wind farms and Bonneville Dam in the future.

Information about the environment and future energy needs is being increasingly incorporated into school curriculum and government policy, according to Biancucci.

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“It’s a growing awareness,” he said. “It’s a different world.

There’s more people on the planet, and we are realizing that we can’t live the way we did 100 years ago.”

Seven Peaks also is working toward earning the Oregon Green School certification, which acknowledges schools that are making green goals and have programs to recycle, reduce waste, save energy and conserve water.

Transportation was one habit some students changed, biking to school instead of riding in a car, Biancucci said, and as people become more educated about energy conservation, other habits could change, too.

“They will have the education to change their habits, things at home and be able to educate the student body here,” he said.

Halfway through the spring semester, Biancucci’s students are continuing the challenge. And they plan to pursue the biking habit into the future.

“I’ll probably go through high school” biking to school, Ian said.

“I don’t want to grow up and walk around in spacesuits,” he said about burning fuel and its reported effect on global warming.

“We could save money by not buying a car and biking to school,” Ben said.

“And then we could use the money to go to college,” Alex added.

Ashlynn hopes to purchase an energy-efficient car when she gets older, and plans to bike to school depending on distance.

Ian, Ben and Alex recommend to everyone to bike at least once somewhere — whether to school, work or the gym.

“At least try to bike to school, just to try it once,” Ben said, “and if you can’t do it again, then don’t do it.”

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Drug trial Continued from A1 Lee Reyes, 30, of Fresno, Calif., who had begun using a feeding tube because of a growth pressing against his throat, bit into a cinnamon roll.

Nothing, he told his mother, had ever tasted as good.

Rita Quigley, who had been grateful just to find herself breathing each morning since learning she had the virulent skin cancer, went shopping for new clothes with her daughters at a mall in Huntsville, Ala. Randy Williams, 46, who drove 600 miles from his home in Jonesboro, Ark., to the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, the nearest he could get the drug, rolled out of bed. “Something’s working,” he thought, “because nothing’s hurting.”

It was a sweet moment, in autumn 2008, for Dr. Keith Flaherty, the University of Pennsylvania oncologist leading the drug’s first clinical trial. A new kind of cancer therapy, it was tailored to a particular genetic mutation that was driving the disease, and after six years of disappointments, his faith in the promise of such a “targeted” approach finally seemed borne out. His collaborators at five other major cancer centers, melanoma clinicians who had tested dozens of therapies for their patients with no success, were equally elated.

In a kind of “pinch me” exercise, the six doctors sent each other “before and after” CT scans of their patients.

One was of Mark Bunting, 52, an airline pilot in Sandy, Utah.

His initial scan in early October showed the cancer in his bones, an incursion considered virtually impossible to reverse. After two months on the drug, it had all but disappeared.

“Holy Cow!” Flaherty typed in reply to the slide from Dr. Antoni Ribas at the University of California, Los Angeles, that Dec. 17.

“Are you sure it is the same patient??” added Dr. Jeffrey Sosman at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville.

From New York, Dr. Paul Chapman of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, perhaps the most determined skeptic of the group, acknowledged, “This looks impressive.”

The trial of PLX4032 offers a glimpse at how doctors, patients

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Randy Williams, 46, a construction worker in Jonesboro, Ark., is a cancer patient who signed on for a clinical trial to try a drug known as PLX4032 — as a last resort. His body was riddled with tumors, leaving him almost certainly just months to live. But a few weeks after taking his first dose, he began to recover. and drug developers navigate a medical frontier at a time when drugs tailored to the genetic profile of a cancer are being widely tested on humans for the first time.

Throughout the fall, the only two patients on the trial whose tumors continued to grow were the ones who did not have the particular gene mutation for which the drug had been designed. They were removed from the trial. By late December, tumors in the 11 patients who did have the mutation had shrunk. Those involved in the trial held their collective breath waiting to see how long the remissions would last.

It was a far cry from where they had been a year earlier, when a previous incarnation of the drug had no effect. Urged on by Flaherty and Chapman, the companies that owned it had spent months devising a new formulation that could be absorbed at higher doses.

But the new drug, still in the earliest phase of testing, had to pass several more hurdles before federal regulators would determine whether it was safe and effective enough for widespread use.

In December, as the doctors added more patients to the Phase 1 trial, looking for the highest dose they could give without intolerable side effects, they scrambled to prepare slides with graphs and statistics to convince the Food and Drug Administration that the

drug should be tested in a larger Phase 2 trial. The agency required a summary of any and all side effects — there had been only a few — and any deaths of patients on the study; thankfully, there had been none since the drug was reformulated. In a matter of days, they needed to submit their findings for a prestigious meeting of clinical oncologists in June.

The side effects struck at the 1,120-milligram dose.

Many patients had been taking the reformulated drug for five months with no signs of relapsing. The doctors had hoped that by pushing up the dose they could shut down the cancer more effectively. Some patients were taking as many as 28 pills a day.

Kerri Adams, in Oklahoma City, woke up one morning covered in a rash. Frightened that she would be dropped from the trial, she tried to ignore it. But at work, her boss was horrified and insisted that she call the doctor. Another woman’s hand swelled up, and she could not make a fist. A Philadelphia patient had horrible nausea and diarrhea, and Bunting’s joints grew so stiff that he had to hand jars to his wife to remove the lids, even when they had already been opened.

Maybe the drug, designed to turn off only the defective B-RAF protein, was, at high doses, also affecting its role in healthy cells.

Or perhaps it was interfering with other proteins the body needed to function properly.

On their next conference call, the doctors agreed that they had to dial back the dose.

As the side effects began to subside, many of the patients began to believe they had beaten their cancer.

In mid-May, right before he was to fly to Orlando, Fla., to present the trial’s data, Flaherty received a message on his BlackBerry as he was walking on campus.

The first patient to respond in the trial, Elmer Bucksbaum, had been admitted to the hospital. The cancer had spread to his brain.

Flaherty stopped walking.

The drug, Flaherty knew, was powerless in the brain. But had the drug held off the cancer elsewhere in Bucksbaum’s body? Or would other patients, too, begin to relapse?

Bucksbaum died a few days later.

Flaherty called his family and offered his condolences. It had been not quite eight months.

Education Continued from A1 “We’re marching toward working together very efficiently,” Fleming said. “I don’t think there’d be an issue with one district competing against another.”

Some smaller and rural districts have complained that the Obama funding proposal will put them at a disadvantage when it comes to winning competitive grants. While the Race to the Top program is based on competition between states, Obama’s budget for next year features more grants that school districts would apply for directly.

Randy Tweten, who sits on La Grande’s school board and the Oregon School Board Association board of directors, said his district can’t afford to pay a grant writer either full or part time.

“For us here, we’re kind of a skeleton crew, and our budget is barely keeping the shingles from leaking, so that would be a hardship we couldn’t bear,” Tweten said.

Tweten was one of several Oregon school board members who traveled to Washington, D.C., to lobby for changes in the Obama administration’s education proposal.

It’s likely that lawmakers will opt to scale back some of the grant programs and replace them with formula funding (which usually sends districts and states a certain amount of money per student, with adjustments for income and other factors), said Jennifer Cohen, policy analyst for the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank that watches federal education budgets.

“All of your constituents pay taxes, but not all of them are going to receive funding because these grants are competitive,” Cohen said.

Rural school districts have a legitimate argument, she said.

“I do think there are going to be capacity problems — both for small states and also for small school districts,” Cohen said.

“There is a lot of work up front and a lot of work on the back end in terms of evaluations and reporting.”

Obama’s budget proposal doesn’t detail the precise dollar amount of competitive grants, but it proposes that a portion of $2.8 billion in competitive grants be open to direct applications by school districts or individual schools. That’s out of the total of nearly $50 billion in education funding (excluding federal Pell grants to college students).

Those programs include: • $1.3 billion in new Race for the Top grants, to pay for education reform proposals.

• $1 billion for low-income school districts to improve teaching in a range of subjects, including reading and science.

• $410 million for states, districts and schools to improve student health and safety.

• $175 million for rural school districts to meet federal education mandates.

Both the budgeting process and the reauthorization of the federal education policy law, formerly known as No Child Left Behind, are in their early stages, with many changes likely before either bill becomes law. The U.S. House began holding its first hearings of the year on Obama’s education policy last week.

Another solution, said Dempsey, is for smaller districts to partner with education service districts to apply for grants.

Service districts already exist to pool costs between school districts on services that are too expensive for individual districts to provide.

“ESDs in our state are going to have to help the small districts do this stuff,” Dempsey said. “They just don’t have the time or energy, even if they have the expertise.”

Tweten said La Grande and other Eastern Oregon districts have just begun exploring ways to share grant costs with education service districts.

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The White House has been open to partnerships between schools and businesses, Cohen said, in grant applications.

“I can imagine because this administration seems to be very positive about things like collaboration and partnership with the private sector ... that my guess is we’ll see some degree of that included in a lot of these competitive grants,” Cohen said.

The Culver School District has decided to aggressively go after grants on its own, even though it means more work for administrators and several thousand dollars to hire a contract grant writer.

Culver Superintendent Stephanie Garber — who also serves as the Culver Elementary School principal — said her district’s school board and union have formally agreed to participate in the Race to the Top program if Oregon is awarded a grant this year.

The district has already applied for a handful of other grants and is looking to partner with Oregon State University and Central Oregon Community College on grants to expand the district’s course offerings, Garber said.

Asked if Culver has an inhouse grant writer, Garber said, “I wish.”

To apply, Culver uses a contract grant writer, who charges about $5,000 to prepare applications for more than $100,000, Garber said.

“Really it’s just pushing everyone to excellence rather than being a penalty for not being great,” Garber said. “We look at it as an opportunity to grow.”

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OREGON Raising sheep is a family affair for Glide residents, see Page B2.

OREGON Bill for 6-year-old accident irks company’s owners, see Page B3.

OBITUARY “Rebel Without a Cause” actress Steffi Sidney-Splaver, see Page B5.

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Visitors to Round Butte Overlook Park keep a sharp lookout for majestic birds of prey (and other feathered friends) at annual event v

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DESCHUTES COUNT Y WORKERS’ HEALTH CARE

Officials take a healthy interest in an on-site clinic Option being considered here after discovery that such clinics cut other local governments’ health costs

By Hillary Borrud The Bulletin

Photos by Andy Tullis / The Bulletin

Harry Phillips, 70, and his grandson Devery Knight, 6, both of Metolius, look for eagles Sunday during the Eagle Watch at Round Butte Overlook Park. About 1,000 people attended the weekend-long event, an annual tradition for the last 15 years.

By Patrick Cliff • The Bulletin

Maria Mejia, 9, of Culver, left, follows the lead of Jake Frank, 10, of Warm Springs, as the two dance during the Eagle Watch.

Frank is a member of the Quartz Creek Dance and Drum Group, which dances at the event every year.

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aria Mejia, 9, visited the Eagle Watch at Round Butte Overlook Park on Sunday to learn about birds, but she ended up dancing. The Quartz

Creek Dance and Drum Group of Warm Springs was performing traditional dances when Maria was plucked from the crowd by one of the dancers. She was happy with the unexpected turn of events, but she was still focused on what she had learned about eagles.

“The bald eagle feathers, I never knew they would be so big,” said Maria, of Culver, as she watched more dancers perform.

The dancers were a cultural part of a weekend event designed to raise awareness of eagle habitats. Held annually for the last 15 years, the event drew about 1,000 people on Saturday and Sunday combined.

Several birdwatchers leaned against a fence at the park’s edge, which is on a cliff high above Lake Billy Chinook. Using binoculars, they searched the sky for eagles

and other birds.

Though the warm weather — on Sunday, it reached nearly 60 degrees — drew large crowds, it wasn’t ideal for eagle watching, according to Jeanette Bondsteel, a park ranger with the Oregon State Parks Department.

Eagles often prefer gustier conditions, she said.

In years past, the event has more commonly been hit with harsh weather. A few years ago, organizers had to shovel snow to clear spots for educational displays.

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“The bald eagle feathers, I never knew they would be so big.”

— Maria Mejia, 9, of Culver, shown above taking part in a traditional dance at Eagle Watch on Sunday

For Deschutes County employees, going to the doctor could eventually be as simple as walking down the block from their offices.

County officials are exploring the concept of an on-site employee health clinic as a way to reduce health care costs, after County Administrator Dave Kanner read that the clinics have generated significant savings to local governments across the nation.

The county self-insures for employee health care, so it currently uses a third-party administrator to process insurance claims, and it pays other health care providers to treat employees. The county provides employees and their dependents with medical, dental and vision benefits, and charges premiums to departments based on how many employees they have.

While the county’s insurance plan is currently in good financial health, rising medical costs could put a strain on it in the future. “Our plan on average has seen 11 percent increases in claim costs each year, and that’s directly related to medical inflation,” Kanner said.

Money saved through the on-site clinic could be used to pay for county services, he said.

Cost-saving measures stemming from a clinic could include cheaper office visits, buying prescriptions wholesale and offering preventive care to keep employees’ chronic diseases from escalating to the point where they are costly to treat, according to a county document.

The clinic could serve as many as 2,555 people, said county Personnel Services Manager Debbie Legg.

See Clinic / B5

How the clinic might work An on-site clinic is typically a primary care office in the workplace, where employees and their families enrolled in the county’s health insurance plan can receive services at low cost or no cost.

The full-time clinic could provide services such as pre-employment drug screening, primary care, prescriptions, lab work, access to a nutritionist, workers compensation treatment and health risk assessments. It would not include dental or vision care, alternative care or surgery.

Employees and dependents would not be required to use the on-site clinic, but there could be benefits to doing so. For example, employees might be able to see a doctor on county time.

Source: Deschutes County

It’s been nice, but say goodbye to sunny skies Cooler weather expected to bring clouds, rain to region this week

By Patrick Cliff The Bulletin

SISTERS PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT

Agency opts to do without executive director In a bid to save money and amid other cuts, board of directors decides to eliminate Carrie Ward’s position

By Patrick Cliff The Bulletin

The Sisters Park and Recreation District eliminated Executive Director Carrie Ward’s job last month, a move that is part of continued cuts at the district.

Beginning in September, the district cut staff and ended some afterschool programs as it tried to dig out of a budget crisis caused largely by falling enrollment and donations.

The district is currently running an

online survey to figure out what programs residents actually want and will sign up for.

Because the district staff has shrunk from seven to three full-time employees, including Ward, it became clear to the board of directors that such a small organization didn’t need an executive director, according to board members.

“With that reduction in staff, there wasn’t as much management needs,” Tehan said. “We’re not try-

ing to save the district by eliminating employees. We’re adding hours for additional employees.”

The district wants to spread its money further, Tehan said. The district will use Ward’s $57,000 salary to hire a business manager and some part-time employees to handle duties like marketing and registration.

Without an executive director, the board will have to take a more active role in district decisions than it has in the past, according to board member Andrew Gorayeb.

“Historically, you had a board that functioned in sort of a supportive role,” Gorayeb said. “I don’t think

that’s possible anymore. I think the board, every member, has to take on more of an active role in how the district operates, and what direction it can take and what it can handle.”

The move ends Ward’s more than four-year run with the district.

Before joining the Sisters district, Ward held the same position at the Bend Park & Recreation District.

After the Bend board of directors fired her, Ward sued the Bend district, where she had worked for 25 years, and four board members for damages that could have totaled more than $1 million.

See Parks / B5

Warm temperatures in Central Oregon today will likely give way Tuesday to slightly cooler weather marked by cloudy and rainy skies.

Today should be the warmest day of the week, when temperatures are expected to reach the low 60s. Low evening temperatures are forecast to dip to 30 degrees throughout the week.

Once a ridge of warm air moves east on Tuesday, daytime temperatures should peak in the low 50s for the rest of the week. Two separate weather systems also are likely to bring rain to the area.

Douglas Weber, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pendleton, said a disturbance will probably bring precipitation to the region beginning Tuesday.

“There might be a brief break Thursday and Friday, as a transition between two systems,” Weber said. Because of the low nighttime temperatures expected this week, there is a slight chance the precipitation will be a mixture of rain and snow, according to Weber.

With respective highs of around 50 degrees in the forecast, Thursday and Friday are expected to be cloudy but dry. There is less than a 20 percent chance of rain on both days, Weber said.

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B2 Monday, March 1, 2010 • THE BULLETIN

Search continues for missing teen skier Washington state youth disappeared on ski trip in Umatilla National Forest The Associated Press TOLLGATE — A search will continue today for a 13year-old Washington state boy who disappeared while on a cross-country ski trip in northeastern Oregon.

Blue Mountain Television reports that Nathan Cain, of Walla Walla, Wash., was skiing with his father and some adult friends when he got separated from the group Saturday near the Andies Prairie Sno-park area, in Union County.

Nathan is a seventh-grader at Rogers Adventist School in College Place, Wash., the school’s principal, Jim Weller, told the station.

The sheriff’s office confirmed a search was under way but released no further details.

Weller says crews looked for the boy throughout the night Saturday, when temperatures dropped to the 20s.

The search continued Sunday, reportedly with the help of a helicopter, but was suspended for the night when darkness fell.

Andies Prairie is in the Umatilla National Forest, just off State Highway 204.

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Raising sheep is a family affair – especially in lambing season The (Roseburg) News-Review

A productive time During the present lambing season, the Quimbys have 1,100 ewes that will give birth to lambs over a four- to five-week period.

That’s an average of 36 ewes giving birth daily over 30 days, but on several days at the peak of lambing season, 60 to 100 ewes will have their lambs. Many of the ewes drop twins, and a hand-

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By Craig Reed GLIDE — Five-year-old Hannah Quimby turns the bummer lambs lose in the barn for their morning romp and run. She calls them by name — Blackie, Sparkles, Rose — names that she’s given them.

Brother Ian, 12, helps his mother, Julie Quimby, feed and water the mother ewes who are with their newborn lambs in individual pens in the barns.

Father John Quimby and his dad, Butch Quimby, ride their four-wheelers around the sheep pastures of the French Creek Ranch just east of Glide in search of ewes with new babies or ewes having trouble giving birth.

On Friday and weekend mornings, when there’s no school, from about Jan. 20 through February, this is the routine for the Quimby family. The family lives, works, eats and breathes at the lambing barn, not only through the day, but also for most of the night.

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John and Julie Quimby check on their sheep and lambs in a barn on the French Creek Ranch near Glide. ful will have triplets, so the flock can easily triple by the hour.

Every lamb is a future paycheck for this ranching family, so it’s important to provide any care needed after their births. There’s hardly a dull moment or even a restful one as it can be pretty hectic providing that care to the mothers and the babies.

The Quimbys enjoy seeing new life spring forth, but are also pleased when the surge is over.

“I love lambing season,” Julie said on a recent morning while feeding a pen of about eight bummer lambs (lambs whose mothers weren’t able to care for them).

“I like working the sheep, I like

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All together Like many families involved in farming or ranching, all members are involved. John and Julie Quimby like the experiences their children are getting. Although there are times of impatience on all parts, the parents enjoy having their kids with them through the days they’re not in school.

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Lindbergh baby kidnapped in 1932 The Associated Press Today is Monday, March 1, the 60th day of 2010. There are 305 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY On March 1, 1932, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, N.J. (Remains identified as those of the child were found the following May.) ON THIS DATE In 1790, President George Washington signed a measure authorizing the first U.S. Census.

In 1809, the Illinois Territory came into existence.

In 1867, Nebraska became the 37th state.

In 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed an act creating Yellowstone National Park.

In 1890, J.P. Lippincott published the first U.S. edition of the Sherlock Holmes mystery “A Study in Scarlet” by Arthur Conan Doyle.

In 1940, the novel “Native Son”

by Richard Wright was first published by Harper and Brothers.

In 1954, Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five congressmen.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps.

In 1981, Irish Republican Army

T O D AY IN HISTORY member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland; he died 65 days later.

In 2003, suspected 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was captured by Pakistani and CIA agents.

TEN YEARS AGO Candidates in both major parties turned their focus to Super Tuesday, a day after Texas Governor George W. Bush won Leap Day primaries in Virginia, North Dakota and Washington state, while Vice President Al Gore won in Washington state. A gunman in Wilkinsburg, Pa., fatally shot three men and wounded two others; the shooter, Ronald Taylor, was later convicted and sentenced to death. Classes were canceled at Buell Elementary School in Mount Morris Township, Mich., a day after 6-year-old Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by a fellow first-grader. (The boy shooter was never prosecuted because of his age.)

FIVE YEARS AGO Dennis Rader, the churchgoing family man accused of leading a double life as the BTK serial killer, was charged in Wichita, Kan., with 10 counts of firstdegree murder. (Rader later pleaded guilty and received multiple life sentences.) A closely divided Supreme Court outlawed

the death penalty for juvenile criminals.

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ONE YEAR AGO The Association of Southeast Asian Nations concluded its 14th annual summit in Thailand by vowing to push ahead with plans to become a European Unionstyle economic community by 2015. At a one-day summit in Brussels, European Union leaders flatly rejected a new multibillion euro bailout for eastern Europe.

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Logging company owners irate over bill for 6-year-old accident No one was injured and no citations were issued in 2004 mishap, but ODOT now says it wants its $3,342.43 — pronto

By Alex Paul Albany Democrat-Herald

ALBANY — It has been almost six years since logging company owners Gary and Mary Betts last thought about an April 8, 2004, accident when one of their company’s trailers blew a tire and dumped a stack of logs into a ditch on Highway 20 about eight miles west of Toledo.

The 22- to 26-foot logs were cleared quickly. Because there were no injuries or citations, the accident was quickly forgotten in the daily rush of trying to keep More Logs Fibre Inc. operating.

That is, until two weeks ago, when Mary Betts opened a letter from the state Department of Justice. It demanded the couple pay the state $3,342.43 for services provided by the Oregon Department of Transportation for cleanup and damage repair.

A minor incident — or so they thought The Bettses say their insurance company will pay the bill, but what irks them is that while the state took six years to send them a bill, it wants the money in 30 days.

Gary Betts did not go to the accident scene that day because his truck driver told him by phone that everything was handled.

The driver, now retired, said an ODOT sweeper arrived only minutes after the accident and helped him push the logs completely off the highway and into the ditch.

Betts called a Toledo-area company that owned a self-loading truck. The accident happened about 3 p.m., and both More Logs Fibre’s truck and the self-loader made it to the mill in Toledo in time to dump the logs before 5 p.m.

“I called our former driver the

other day, and he remembers looking around and not seeing hardly any debris,” Betts said. “I was in Lebanon and was going to head over there. He remembers calling and telling me there was nothing to see. The point is that we haven’t been trying to escape anything. We had no clue we owed anything.”

Tom Wilson, the driver of the 1988 Kenworth tractor, was not injured. No other vehicles were involved. There were no citations, and no police report was filed. The couple turned information over to their Eugene-based insurance company, which paid $10,000 to repair the trailer.

That was that, or so the couple thought. They never talked about the accident again, until the letter arrived.

The Oregon Department of Transportation is seeking $1,755.23 for 61 hours of labor; $1,221.39 for equipment, including a sweeper, dump trucks, asphalt kettle, a backhoe and tilt trailer; $62 in materials; and $303.86 for “field supervision and overhead.”

ODOT’s explanation Why send the bill now, six years later?

Tony Green, a spokesman for the Department of Justice, said the bill was recently uncovered in a “pile of low amounts with incomplete information. ... It got stuck in a pile, and, more recently, we have been attempting to clear that pile.”

Green said for many years the Department of Justice operated short-handed. Recently, with additional staffing, the backlog has been getting cleared up.

“We handle about 2,000 of these types of things every year for the Oregon Department of Transportation,” Green said. “Last year, we collected about $4.6 million. It’s quite a bit of work.”

Green said the Department of Justice receives a 10 percent commission on the money it recovers, so income generated by collecting larger settlements helps offset the cost of collecting smaller bills, such as the one sent to More Logs Fibre Inc. “There was no police report, and there was incomplete infor-

O B Woman found dead in Portland parking lot PORTLAND — The Portland Fire Bureau has identified a 30year-old woman found dead in a parking lot.

The body of Tameco Qualls was found around 12:30 a.m.

Sunday at a lot near 8600 N. Columbia Blvd.

Portland Police Sgt. Greg Steward said someone called and requested the fire bureau to check on a person.

Fire bureau members were unable to revive the woman and summoned the medical examiner. An autopsy was conducted, but the cause of death remains undetermined.

Portland police detectives are investigating it as a suspicious death.

Fast-moving blaze damages Eugene mill EUGENE— Eugene fire officials say a fast-moving blaze caused about $1 million in damage to a plywood mill.

District Fire Chief Randy De-

Witt said the fire Saturday at Emerald Forest Products took three hours to control and drew 90 percent of the city’s firefighters.

DeWitt said there were no injuries, and the cause of the blaze has not been determined.

He said a huge amount of lumber and plywood fed the fire, which broke out in one of five buildings at the mill.

Fire crews were able to protect the other four buildings and limit the damage at the structure that burned, DeWitt said.

Man dies while playing with shotgun SILVERTON — Silverton police say a 22-year-old man died from a shotgun wound after he and some friends were playing with firearms at a party.

Sgt. Jerry Blaylock said Mark Berry died immediately from the shotgun blast early Saturday.

Blaylock said it appears the shooting was accidental, and that Berry and the others apparently thought the weapon was not loaded.

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mation on the paperwork provided to us,” Green said. “In order for the Department of Justice to send out this type of order, we need to make sure it goes to the right person. We stake our reputation on identifying the correct person.”

Green said More Logs Fibre Inc. and its insurance carrier should bear some responsibility for not contacting ODOT after the accident.

“A lot of people, when there is an incident, will report it to their insurance company, and the insurance company will come to us and ask how they can settle up,” Green said. “If they had come forward, it would have been dealt with at the time.”

He called the delay “unfortunate,” and added, “we are working to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

‘It’s ridiculous’ Gary Betts fears that the letter could have serious implications for his company: “What if we were bidding on a federal job or, for that matter, with a company

like Weyerhaeuser, and they see that we have this demand letter from the Department of Justice?

Do you think they would want to do business with us?”

Betts, 62, is a two-time Oregon Logger of the Year. His wife, 59, was Sweet Home’s 1999 First Citizen and spearheaded Sweet Home High School’s alcohol-free graduation parties.

Gary Betts called Green’s comments “asinine.” “It’s ridiculous, timing-wise,” he said. “Again, no one in government is taking responsibility. It’s the same old game. There are no consequences for their decisions.”

His wife’s reaction to the bill: “I wish I could submit a bill six years late to someone and, without ever billing them before, demand that they pay within 30 days.”

ODOT spokesman Rick Little said the law that grants ODOT the right to reclaim costs associated with the damage to state property puts no time limit on the claims process.

“We have the responsibility to taxpayers to reclaim the costs from damage to state property, no matter how long it takes,” he said.

Car salesman shot during test drive The Associated Press MEDFORD— Medford police say a car salesman was shot while taking a man on a test drive.

Officers say 32-year-old Robert Joe Johnson, a salesman at Lithia Toyota, was wounded in the abdomen during an alleged carjacking Saturday. It was unclear Sunday what his condition was.

Police Chief Randy Schoen said Johnson was giving the man a test drive of a Ford Mustang when they pulled into a parking lot to switch drivers.

Schoen said the man drew

a pistol and shot Johnson before speeding away.

Witnesses called police and while some officers aided Johnson, others chased the Mustang, which eventually crashed in a field.

The Mail Tribune in Medford says a man identified as 49-year-old Clayton Emil Huff, of Eagle Point, was taken into custody.

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Don’t ban tobacco at parks in Bend

T

he Bend Park & Recreation District wants to ban tobacco in its parks.

It’s one of a series of new rules the district’s board is

scheduled to discuss on Tuesday.

Some of the rule changes are reasonable. The district wants to ban glass containers — perhaps it will mean less booze and broken glass. The rules would prohibit cell phone use in restrooms or changing areas — many phones have cameras. And with the district’s geese problem, it’s going to put up more signs and crack down on feeding the waterfowl.

The tobacco ban is far less reasonable. The district told us there are basically three reasons to ban tobacco.

1. Butts and the other refuse left behind by tobacco users must be cleaned up.

The rules already say people can’t litter, so we really don’t get that.

2. Smoking is not healthy.

People know that. Park users are not some special segment of society that haven’t heard. And park users are not dumber than anybody else.

But the district must assume park users are so witless that they can’t be trusted to make choices about their health and tobacco themselves. The district already has a policy that enables smoking to be banned at special events.

3. Allowing tobacco doesn’t fit with the district’s mission of promoting health.

If the district is going to enforce healthy-only choices in the parks, it’s going to need to bring in more police and step up enforcement. We have spotted such behavior as people going to Goody’s and then slipping across the border into Drake Park munching a very delicious-looking but not-so-very-healthy ice cream cone. Park police could confiscate such goodies and hand the perpetrator an apple.

If the district is going to enforce healthy-only choices in the parks, it’s going to need to bring in more police and step up enforcement.

We have spotted such behavior as people going to Goody’s and then slipping across the border into Drake Park munching a very delicious-looking but not-so-very-healthy ice cream cone.

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Bonuses were OK? All the venom this administration directed to the banks and their hefty bonuses, but not one word of criticism against Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae CEOs for the millions they are receiving in bonuses, and they were the main reason for the economy tanking.

I guess the fact that the government owns them, we are supposed to say, “That’s OK”?

Isn’t that our taxpayer $$$$?

Margaret Bortner Redmond

Finish health reform The district’s desire to ban tobacco is undoubtedly born of the best intentions. But we don’t need the park district to be so relentless in its diligence to protect us from ourselves.

And Bend police have better things to do than enforce a tobacco ban.

Legislature should have stopped revolving door pparently, members of the Oregon Legislature aren’t tired of watching their brethren run for the nearest highly paid state job at session’s end. We say that because they failed to enact a law requiring the seats to go cold in Salem before new state jobs could be had.

They say they’ll take it up again, and they certainly should. The rush at the end of last year’s session was especially noticeable, with three well-known Democrats — Margaret Carter of Portland, Larry Galizio of Tigard and Vicki Walker of Eugene — all moving to relatively cushy state jobs. Carter and Galizio got jobs created just for them, without even the pretense of a search by state agencies to find the best person for the job. Walker was appointed to the state parole board but took a federal job before being confirmed by the Senate.

That didn’t sit well with Bruce

My Nickel’s Worth

Hanna, the House minority leader, a Roseburg Republican, and he came close to stopping the revolving door during the special session just ended.

His bill would have required the state to advertise such jobs publicly and interview at least three candidates before offering the job to a legislator. An exception would be made for lawmakers who had been away from Salem for a year.

The measure, which was approved unanimously in the House, died mid-month of neglect in the Senate, thanks in part to opposition from Rick Metsger, D-Welches.

That’s unfortunate. In a state drowning in public employee retirement red ink, the sight of legislators trading their relatively low-paying positions for far cushier full-time jobs with far cushier retirement benefits, is unseemly at best. Lawmakers should have recognized that and put a stop to the practice.

My wife and I recently became unemployed. I will return to the work force in a week with another employer.

I had been covered through my wife’s health plan. With money being tight, we did not continue the plan with COBRA. Here is the really sad point.

When we are able to get health coverage, I will probably be denied coverage for high cholesterol because it will be a pre-existing condition.

We personally know several people that this has happened to with just small health issues. What will happen to someone who has major health problems? Declare bankruptcy and put more burden on the nation’s economy. We are incredibly close to passing real health reform. I stand with President Obama in calling on Congress to finish the job.

Mike Whittle Bend

The mess we are in With the type of thinking that the city officials have on wasting $13,000 to an outside source getting an opinion

on more taxes is what got us into the mess we are in. When times were good, they hire and spend like there is no tomorrow. Things go bad; they do not want to cut a dime, raising taxes and trying to convince us that revenues are not keeping up with their spending.

I believe the city officials themselves should grab a phone book as well as the teacher union representatives that don’t seem to have a clue about the pulse of the taxpayers in Central Oregon. The union should be grateful for the 80 hours of sick pay the teachers already have, while so many folks don’t have jobs right now.

Scott Adkisson Bend

Tax smoking to end it On Feb. 8, The Bulletin declared its opposition to letting local governments in Oregon impose their own tax on tobacco because “tobacco taxes are also regressive. They tax poor people more, because poorer people are more likely to be smokers.”

Yet The Bulletin regularly expresses its support for adoption of a state sales tax, which of course is also regressive because those on the lower end of the income scale must spend a greater share of their earnings on basic consumption. How does The Bulletin square the two positions?

The Bulletin also argues that “the pool of smokers is shrinking, so it’s folly to try to finance government with tobacco taxes.” I would contend that the primary purpose of a tobacco tax is not to raise general revenue, but to discourage smoking, help government offset the health-related costs of tobacco consumption, and to provide a smoke-free and clean environment for

our residents and the tourists that we hope to attract. Just a glance around downtown Bend confirms that way too many young Oregonians continue to smoke, and we must do all that we can to end this dirty and destructive habit.

Karen Berky Bend

Avoiding recalls In the past several years, the media have reported many product recalls for inadequate quality affecting safety and function, Toyota vehicles currently being much in the news. These recalls have included such diverse items as automobiles, infant car seats and cribs, food, over-the-counter medicines and home appliances. Achieving acceptable product quality includes careful design, correct materials and controlled manufacturing processes. For these three areas, most of the recent recall problems appear to have originated during the design process.

Fundamental to achieving quality designs are competent engineers and their first-level managers. Supplementing these personnel, it is necessary to have peer reviews, management technical reviews, formal design review boards and prototype test programs.

These supplementary design quality assurance activities are not inexpensive, and add substantially to new product marketing schedules.

It may be that extreme cost and schedule pressures are encouraging managements to pay less attention to design quality. It would be interesting to know if the expense of recall programs is cost effective relative to any design quality cost reductions.

Wilfred Nagel Bend

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Parents who don’t immunize their children aren’t demons

By Bradley Scott Bulletin guest columnist

F

irst on Dec. 4 and then again on Feb. 9, Bulletin editorials were printed espousing the virtues of immunizations and demonizing parents who choose to question the policy. The first article issued an alarmist call for the state Legislature to take away a parent’s right to choose to care for her child in a manner consistent with her beliefs.

Oregon is one of several states that permits a religious or medical exemption from mandatory vaccination.

The author leans on the conventional wisdom or assumption that if all parents do not immunize their children according to national/state mandates, we are doomed to revisit the days of polio epidemics and the black plague.

The author fails to mention the science and analysis of public records that lead

one to the conclusion that improved personal hygiene, behavioral changes and improved public sanitation infrastructure were the true causes of the demise of polio, whooping cough and other viral epidemics of the recent past, not vaccines or the policy mandate (see www.drtenpenny.com).

The most recent editorial gloats over the debunking of a British scientific study that showed cause and effect between the MMR vaccine and autism.

It states how the lead scientist of the study has been found guilty of conflict of interest because he stood to gain from promoting his own measles vaccine if the MMR could be shown to do possible harm. It fails to mention the conflict of interest inherent in the mandated national vaccination policy whereby pharmaceutical firms and their investors turn huge profits from the sales of their

IN MY VIEW vaccines to the U.S. government and the world. Wouldn’t you love to know your business was guaranteed to sell millions of units because the government would ensure the consumption of your product by its citizens through enforcement, or else? And who funded and stood to benefit from all those unnamed studies that support the notion there is no harmful effect from vaccines?

Enough! I am willing to accept that the British doctor is no better than the pharmaceutical companies and their “experts,” but I’d like the establishment to admit there is not nearly enough unbiased research being done on the benefits/costs of vaccines and their effects on our children. Since 1980, the number of mandated vac-

cines has increased from 10 to 32, a 220 percent increase. During the same period, reported autism rates have grown from one in 1,000 to one in 150 (www.fourteenstudies.org). Needless to say, more research is necessary. You should also acknowledge the conclusions drawn by reputable doctors and scientists that question the wisdom of mandated herd immunization, which, much like the overuse of antibiotics, could do more harm than good.

My wife and I are among the Deschutes County parents you so readily marginalize as misguided and a danger to society. We have chosen not to immunize our son at all. We instead pay close attention to what he eats, his physical activity, his hygiene and his emotional health. We believe through these decisions we are strengthening his immune system such that his body can fight off

the many viruses that will inevitably invade his body. It so happens he is a very healthy child who has only been to see a doctor three or four times in his six years of life, never for any serious illness. We are grateful the state of Oregon chooses to offer an exemption to mandated vaccines. In fact, it is one of the reasons we choose to live in Oregon.

Were the policy to change, we would surely leave and go elsewhere.

Planners and policymakers ought to consider this when analyzing the costs and benefits of public health policy.

What will be lost by turning to more draconian measures, and what will be gained? We are an asset, not a liability, to our county. Please consider the alternatives. Do not go blindly forward. Our world is changing, and so must we.

Bradley Scott lives in Redmond.

C OV ER S T OR I ES

Clinic Continued from B1 The county has about 847 fulltime employees, and also offers insurance to their families and to employees of the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council, Legg said.

County officials said they are still figuring out whether the clinic would save the county money.

“This is in a real early exploratory phase,” Kanner said. “This is one of these things where we’re aware that other jurisdictions have been doing it for a long time, and it worked well for them and saved them a lot of money. But I intend to proceed cautiously with this.”

Before the county would move ahead with the clinic, the county’s Employee Benefits Advisory Committee would have to make a recommendation on the plan, and the County Commission would have to approve it.

Commissioner Dennis Luke, a member of the county’s Employee Benefits Advisory Committee, said he also plans to proceed carefully. “Anything that saves the (county insurance) plan money eventually saves taxpayers money, and until we can determine that (an on-site clinic) clearly saves the plan money, we won’t be going down this road,” Luke said.

Kanner said he began noticing on-site clinics popping up more frequently last fall on a daily news feed for a professional organization for local government managers. “These other jurisdictions were reporting savings in the hundreds of thousands or

Weather Continued from B1 The coldest days will probably be Saturday and Sunday, he said. High temperatures might only reach the high 40s over the weekend, and the area will also probably experience more rain, he said.

“Another large-scale system (will arrive) over the weekend,” Weber said. “There’s a decent chance you could see some rain.”

Patrick Cliff can be reached at 541-633-2161 or at pcliff@bendbulletin.com.

even millions on their employee health insurance plans,” Kanner said. “I though, ‘Wow, I’d like to save hundreds of thousands or millions on our employee insurance, too.’”

He said he was especially interested in a clinic in Indiana where local officials were projecting a savings of $600,000 in just the first year. “When I first saw these numbers, I thought this is ridiculous. This is just somebody pumping up their numbers to make themselves look good.”

Kanner assigned a couple of county employees to research how the idea has worked elsewhere, and how long it took them to recoup their startup costs.

The county is currently putting together a request for proposals from companies to set up and administer the clinic, and is waiting to see the cost projections in the bids. There are about 20 companies in the country that specialize in operating on-site clinics for companies and governments, Kanner said.

These companies charge a flat fee established in a contract, so the county would not have to pay a fee each time a person covered by county insurance visited the on-site clinic. Reduced paperwork could lower administrative costs, since the clinic would not have to bill the county for each visit.

Now Kanner thinks an 80 percent utilization rate of an onsite clinic could save Deschutes County hundreds of thousands of dollars in health care costs.

Hillary Borrud can be reached at 541-617-7829 or at hborrud@bendbulletin.com.

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Parks Continued from B1 A federal jury eventually found that the board and district had not violated Ward’s rights. There is no such acrimony this time around, Ward said. She said she understands why the district needs to use its money differently as it faces continued budget pressures.

“I think we’re really a smallsized operation in a very small community,” she said. “I think this is a way the district can still operate and provide services.”

Ward will work at the district until the end of March, training its remaining employees in how to run a public agency. At the same time, she is searching for a new job, most likely outside the area, she said. “It’s very exciting.

Scary, but exciting.”

Andy Tullis / The Bulletin

Birdwatchers scan the cliffs above Lake Billy Chinook on Sunday during Eagle Watch at Round Butte Overlook Park. The weather was clear, but not many eagles were spotted during the weekend.

Eagles Continued from B1 “This is an unusually beautiful day for the event,” Bondsteel said.

Bend resident Engin Tokaj, 37, spends many weekends birdwatching around Central Oregon. On Saturday, he had spent the day near Summer Lake, and he hoped to spot several eagles soaring above the lake Sunday.

Tokaj caught sight of a few young eagles across the lake, but

he planned to look for more.

“I’ll probably stay around a couple more hours,” he said.

Much of the weekend is designed to teach people about birds and their habitats. Several yurts formed a ring around a large green lawn. Inside each yurt, there were educational materials, and groups of children lined up to build birdhouses, color pictures and study photos of eagles.

Harry Phillips, 70, of Metolius, spent the day with his 6-year-old grandson, Devery Knight, at the event.

They had come to see eagles and learn about them, Phillips said. The duo saw a few eagles, but Devery, also of Metolius, was most excited about the new birdhouse he built.

Devery smiled as he held the birdhouse, made of unfinished wood. He was eager to replace a birdhouse he already had.

“I have another one, but it’s old,” he said. “It stinks.”

Patrick Cliff can be reached at 541-633-2161 or at pcliff@bendbulletin.com.

‘Rebel Without a Cause’ actress dies at 74

By Claire Noland Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — Steffi Sidney-Splaver, who as a young actress appeared in “Rebel Without a Cause,” then gave up acting to become a Hollywood writer, publicist and producer, has died.

She was 74.

Sidney-Splaver died Feb. 22 of kidney failure at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, said her husband, Rick Splaver.

Born April 16, 1935, in Los Angeles, she was raised in the enter-

tainment business. She was the daughter of famed Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky, who observed movie stars and other personalities from his perch at Schwab’s Pharmacy on Sunset Boulevard and claimed to have been the first to call the Academy Award statuette “Oscar.”

A graduate of Fairfax High School, Sidney-Splaver studied at the Actors Lab in Los Angeles.

Her first movie role was in “The Eddie Cantor Story,” a 1953 film her father produced.

Two years later, the darkhaired actress landed the role of Mil in “Rebel Without a Cause,” Nicholas Ray’s 1955 film about adolescent angst starring James Dean and Natalie Wood. Billed as Steffi Sidney, she played one of the girls in the gang of teenagers tormenting Jim Stark, played

by Dean.

Decades later, teenagers still gushed about Sidney-Splaver’s part in the classic film, she said in a 2000 interview with the Los Angeles Times.

“They just flip,” she said. “I just find that amazing. They still identify with that movie.”

A few more movie roles followed, including “Hold Back Tomorrow” (1955). Then she left acting to write for teen magazines Datebook and Tiger Beat, and work as a production assistant and associate TV producer.

After she married Splaver in 1985, they formed a public relations agency, Splaver Associates.

They moved to Whidbey Island near Seattle in 1998.

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B6 Monday, March 1, 2010 • THE BULLETIN

THE BULLETIN WEATHER FORECAST

Maps and national forecast provided by Weather Central LLC ©2010.

TODAY, MARCH 1

TUESDAY

Today: Partly cloudy.

Ben Burkel

Bob Shaw

FORECASTS: LOCAL

LOW

62

35

STATE Western

Maupin

Government Camp

62/36

Ruggs

Condon

61/39

58/38

49/36

Warm Springs

Marion Forks

64/42

57/42

Willowdale Mitchell

Madras 62/40

Camp Sherman 56/32 Redmond Prineville 61/35 Cascadia 63/36 60/46 Sisters 59/34 Bend Post 62/35

Oakridge Elk Lake 58/44

49/23

Increasing clouds near the coast, otherwise partly cloudy skies.

Central

63/41 64/37

Sunriver 58/32

58/31

Burns 59/33

59/31

57/30

Fort Rock

52/43

Seattle

Chemult 57/29

57/47

Grants Pass

56/32

44/30

Bend

Helena Boise

62/35

57/38

50/25

Idaho Falls 42/19

Redding

Elko

63/46

49/27

60/34

Reno

51/32

Crater Lake

53/25

58/41

Christmas Valley Silver Lake

Missoula

Eugene

60/33

52/25

City

59/45

Partly cloudy skies with mild conditions.

59/34

San Francisco

Salt Lake City

62/51

49/32

Yesterday Hi/Lo/Pcp

LOW

HIGH

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Mar. 7

New

First

Full

Mar. 15 Mar. 23 Mar. 29

Monday Hi/Lo/W

LOW

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Astoria . . . . . . .not available . . . . . . 60/50/c. . . . . . 55/42/sh Baker City . . . . . . 53/20/0.00 . . . . . 52/36/pc. . . . . . 48/36/rs Brookings . . . . . . 54/40/0.00 . . . . . 59/48/sh. . . . . . 54/47/sh Burns. . . . . . . . . . 50/24/0.00 . . . . . 49/31/pc. . . . . . 47/30/rs Eugene . . . . . . . . 59/45/0.00 . . . . . 57/47/pc. . . . . . 53/40/sh Klamath Falls . . . 53/23/0.00 . . . . . 54/33/pc. . . . . . 47/28/rs Lakeview. . . . . . . 52/21/0.00 . . . . . 52/33/pc. . . . . . 48/26/sh La Pine . . . . . . . . 56/21/0.00 . . . . . 59/31/pc. . . . . . 46/31/rs Medford . . . . . . . 62/32/0.00 . . . . . 59/40/pc. . . . . . 57/37/sh Newport . . . . . .not available . . . . . . 62/49/c. . . . . . 56/44/sh North Bend . . . . . 55/39/0.00 . . . . . . 60/46/c. . . . . . 55/44/sh Ontario . . . . . . . . 59/33/0.00 . . . . . . 58/37/s. . . . . . 55/38/rs Pendleton . . . . . . 59/34/0.00 . . . . . 65/42/pc. . . . . . 65/37/sh Portland . . . . . . . 59/42/0.01 . . . . . 63/46/pc. . . . . . 54/41/sh Prineville . . . . . . . 56/25/0.00 . . . . . 63/36/pc. . . . . . 52/33/rs Redmond. . . . . . . 60/22/0.00 . . . . . 62/37/pc. . . . . . 49/29/rs Roseburg. . . . . . . 63/40/0.00 . . . . . 59/42/sh. . . . . . 57/39/sh Salem . . . . . . . . . 60/45/0.00 . . . . . 61/47/pc. . . . . . 55/40/sh Sisters . . . . . . . . . 59/23/0.00 . . . . . 59/34/pc. . . . . . 47/34/rs The Dalles . . . . . . 63/34/0.00 . . . . . 63/39/pc. . . . . . 57/37/sh

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The higher the UV Index number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Index is for solar at noon.

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MEDIUM 2

4

HIGH 6

PRECIPITATION

Yesterday’s weather through 4 p.m. in Bend High/Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57/32 24 hours ending 4 p.m.. . . . . . . . 0.00” Record high . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 in 1986 Month to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.19” Record low. . . . . . . . . . . . . . -8 in 1960 Average month to date. . . . . . . . 1.13” Average high . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Year to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.09” Average low. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Average year to date. . . . . . . . . . 2.89” Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.. . . 29.97 Record 24 hours . . . . . . . 0.42 in 1996 *Melted liquid equivalent

Tomorrow Rise Set Mercury . . . . . .6:30 a.m. . . . . . .4:57 p.m.

Venus . . . . . . . .7:15 a.m. . . . . . .6:54 p.m.

Mars. . . . . . . . .1:53 p.m. . . . . . .5:25 a.m.

Jupiter. . . . . . . .6:43 a.m. . . . . . .5:41 p.m.

Saturn. . . . . . . .7:28 p.m. . . . . . .7:46 a.m.

Uranus . . . . . . .7:15 a.m. . . . . . .7:02 p.m.

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LOW

50 30

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Mostly cloudy.

51 32

PLANET WATCH

OREGON CITIES

Calgary 50/21

Eastern

Hampton

Crescent

Crescent Lake

Vancouver

Sunrise today . . . . . . 6:42 a.m.

Sunset today . . . . . . 5:54 p.m.

Sunrise tomorrow . . 6:40 a.m.

Sunset tomorrow. . . 5:55 p.m.

Moonrise today . . . . 7:47 p.m.

Moonset today . . . . 6:51 a.m.

FRIDAY Mostly cloudy.

54 30

SUN AND MOON SCHEDULE

Yesterday’s regional extremes • 63° The Dalles • 20° Baker City

Portland

Partly cloudy skies with mild conditions.

HIGH

Dry weather and mild conditions can be expected today across much of the region.

63/46

Brothers

LOW

52 32

BEND ALMANAC

59/32

La Pine

HIGH

THURSDAY

Mostly cloudy, chance for rain showers.

NORTHWEST

Paulina

59/33

Mostly cloudy, chance for rain showers.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy.

HIGH

WEDNESDAY

V.HIGH 8

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ROAD CONDITIONS Snow level and road conditions representing conditions at 5 p.m. yesterday. Key: T.T. = Traction Tires.

Ski report from around the state, representing conditions at 5 p.m. yesterday: Snow accumulation in inches Ski area Last 24 hours Base Depth Anthony Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . . . . 54-78 Hoodoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . . . . 30-62 Mt. Ashland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . . . 76-102 Mt. Bachelor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . . . 93-104 Mt. Hood Meadows . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . . . 99-104 Mt. Hood Ski Bowl . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . . . . 30-37 Timberline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . . . 86-101 Warner Canyon . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . . . . 30-32 Willamette Pass . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . . . . 21-55

Pass Conditions I-5 at Siskiyou Summit . . . . . . . . . Carry chains or T. Tires I-84 at Cabbage Hill . . . . . . . . . . . Carry chains or T. Tires Hwy. 20 at Santiam Pass . . . . . . . Carry chains or T. Tires Hwy. 26 at Government Camp. . . Carry chains or T. Tires Hwy. 26 at Ochoco Divide . . . . . . Carry chains or T. Tires Hwy. 58 at Willamette Pass . . . . . Carry chains or T. Tires Hwy. 138 at Diamond Lake . . . . . Carry chains or T. Tires Hwy. 242 at McKenzie Pass . . . . . . . . .Closed for season

Aspen, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 Mammoth Mtn., California . . . . 5 Park City, Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 Squaw Valley, California . . . . . 0.0 Sun Valley, Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Taos, New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . 0.0 Vail, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0

For up-to-minute conditions turn to: www.tripcheck.com or call 511

For links to the latest ski conditions visit: www.skicentral.com/oregon.html

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Legend:W-weather, Pcp-precipitation, s-sun, pc-partial clouds, c-clouds, h-haze, sh-showers, r-rain, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, rs-rain-snow mix, w-wind, f-fog, dr-drizzle, tr-trace

TRAVELERS’ FORECAST NATIONAL

NATIONAL WEATHER SYSTEMS Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are high for the day.

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Yesterday’s U.S. extremes

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Seattle 59/45

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Halifax 41/30 Portland Billings To ronto Portland (in the 48 43/32 49/27 36/23 63/46 St. Paul Green Bay contiguous states): Boston 35/17 35/20 Boise 41/32 Buffalo Rapid City Detroit 57/38 33/25 New York 38/21 • 76° 36/25 46/33 Des Moines Thermal, Calif.

Cheyenne Philadelphia Columbus 34/16 Chicago 37/22 34/22 45/30 34/25 • -6 ° Omaha San Francisco Salt Lake W ashington, D. C. 32/12 62/51 Wadena, Minn.

City 48/31 Las Denver Louisville 49/32 Kansas City Vegas • 1.33” 40/24 42/30 39/22 St. Louis 65/45 Charlotte Oracle, Ariz.

41/26 54/35 Albuquerque Los Angeles Oklahoma City Nashville Little Rock 50/31 65/53 45/29 46/32 47/32 Phoenix Atlanta 70/51 Honolulu 55/37 Birmingham 80/66 Dallas Tijuana 55/33 47/33 67/52 New Orleans 58/38 Orlando Houston 68/53 Chihuahua 54/40 67/30 Miami 72/62 Monterrey La Paz 74/43 72/48 Mazatlan Anchorage 75/52 33/23 Juneau 41/36 Bismarck 25/14

FRONTS

Yesterday Monday Tuesday City Hi/Lo/Pcp Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Abilene, TX . . . . .60/40/0.00 . .42/31/sh . . . 55/35/s Akron . . . . . . . . .34/29/0.00 . .34/22/sn . . 33/23/sn Albany. . . . . . . . .38/32/0.05 . . 38/30/rs . . . 40/30/c Albuquerque. . . .53/36/0.00 . 50/31/pc . . . 55/32/s Anchorage . . . . .28/19/0.00 . . 33/23/rs . . 34/24/sn Atlanta . . . . . . . .54/34/0.00 . . .55/37/c . . .42/31/rs Atlantic City . . . .41/30/0.00 . 44/31/pc . . 41/35/sh Austin . . . . . . . . .67/29/0.00 . .57/40/sh . . . 59/32/s Baltimore . . . . . .46/34/0.00 . 47/29/pc . . . 43/33/c Billings. . . . . . . . .49/29/0.00 . 49/27/pc . . 52/26/pc Birmingham . . . .59/28/0.00 . 55/33/pc . . .39/31/rs Bismarck . . . . . . .23/16/0.00 . 25/14/pc . . 22/11/pc Boise . . . . . . . . . .55/35/0.00 . 57/38/pc . . . 55/41/c Boston. . . . . . . . .38/29/0.00 . . 41/32/rs . . . 42/32/c Bridgeport, CT. . .40/33/0.00 . . 43/32/rs . . . 42/34/c Buffalo . . . . . . . .37/30/0.03 . .33/25/sn . . 33/25/sn Burlington, VT. . .37/23/0.01 . .36/27/sn . . . 37/23/c Caribou, ME . . . .36/30/0.16 . . 35/27/rs . . . 35/18/c Charleston, SC . .58/33/0.00 . 57/44/pc . . . .50/38/r Charlotte. . . . . . .52/31/0.00 . . .54/35/c . . .38/30/rs Chattanooga. . . .44/37/0.00 . . .49/34/c . . .38/31/rs Cheyenne . . . . . .37/26/0.02 . .37/22/sn . . 46/23/pc Chicago. . . . . . . .38/32/0.00 . . .34/25/c . . 34/23/pc Cincinnati . . . . . .39/33/0.00 . . .37/25/c . . . 35/26/c Cleveland . . . . . .38/32/0.06 . .34/23/sn . . 33/24/sn Colorado Springs 46/28/0.00 . .35/21/sn . . . 50/23/s Columbia, MO . .46/19/0.00 . . .39/22/c . . 34/23/pc Columbia, SC . . .56/29/0.00 . 58/37/pc . . .39/33/rs Columbus, GA. . .61/32/0.00 . 61/41/pc . . 45/35/sh Columbus, OH. . .38/30/0.00 . . .34/22/c . . 34/24/sn Concord, NH . . . .36/24/0.00 . . 38/26/rs . . . 43/24/c Corpus Christi. . .64/44/0.00 . . .71/45/t . . . 64/43/s Dallas Ft Worth. .65/38/0.00 . . .47/33/r . . 54/32/pc Dayton . . . . . . . .36/30/0.00 . . .35/23/c . . 33/23/sn Denver. . . . . . . . .36/28/0.00 . . 40/24/sf . . . 54/29/s Des Moines. . . . .35/11/0.00 . . .34/16/s . . 32/14/pc Detroit. . . . . . . . .41/31/0.00 . . .36/25/c . . 36/22/sn Duluth . . . . . . . . .34/17/0.00 . 35/14/pc . . 37/16/pc El Paso. . . . . . . . .60/44/0.02 . 58/38/pc . . . 63/40/s Fairbanks. . . . . . . 4/-10/0.00 . . 16/-3/sn . . . 25/1/sn Fargo. . . . . . . . . . 21/-2/0.00 . . . .28/7/s . . . 27/8/pc Flagstaff . . . . . . .43/30/0.01 . 45/20/pc . . 50/25/pc

Yesterday Monday Tuesday City Hi/Lo/Pcp Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Grand Rapids . . .39/33/0.00 . . .35/22/c . . . 34/19/c Green Bay. . . . . .34/28/0.03 . . .35/20/c . . . 35/18/s Greensboro. . . . .50/32/0.00 . 53/35/pc . . .38/29/rs Harrisburg. . . . . .42/30/0.04 . 44/29/pc . . .43/31/rs Hartford, CT . . . .41/32/0.00 . . 40/29/rs . . . 44/28/c Helena. . . . . . . . .51/30/0.00 . 50/25/pc . . . 48/27/c Honolulu . . . . . . .76/68/0.00 . . .80/66/s . . . 80/69/s Houston . . . . . . .65/38/0.00 . . .54/40/r . . . 56/37/s Huntsville . . . . . .55/29/0.00 . . .49/33/c . . .38/29/rs Indianapolis . . . .38/30/0.00 . . 37/25/sf . . .36/26/sf Jackson, MS . . . .61/31/0.00 . . .51/36/r . . 45/32/sh Madison, WI . . . .36/31/0.00 . . .34/20/c . . 33/17/pc Jacksonville. . . . .63/33/0.00 . 64/46/pc . . . .58/35/t Juneau. . . . . . . . .42/39/0.10 . . .41/36/r . . . .42/33/r Kansas City. . . . .40/16/0.00 . 39/22/pc . . 38/22/pc Lansing . . . . . . . .38/30/0.00 . . .34/21/c . . 34/19/sn Las Vegas . . . . . .66/43/0.00 . . .65/45/s . . 67/45/pc Lexington . . . . . .34/30/0.00 . . .39/27/c . . 35/26/sn Lincoln. . . . . . . . .33/15/0.00 . 34/14/pc . . 36/13/pc Little Rock. . . . . .54/29/0.00 . . .47/32/c . . . 45/28/c Los Angeles. . . . .63/46/0.02 . . .65/53/s . . 64/52/pc Louisville . . . . . . .39/32/0.00 . . .42/30/c . . .39/28/sf Memphis. . . . . . .54/30/0.00 . . .49/34/c . . .42/29/rs Miami . . . . . . . . .68/50/0.00 . . .72/62/s . . . .79/51/t Milwaukee . . . . .35/32/0.00 . . .32/24/c . . 32/22/pc Minneapolis . . . .38/16/0.00 . . .35/17/s . . . 37/12/s Nashville . . . . . . .45/35/0.00 . . .46/32/c . . .38/30/sf New Orleans. . . .65/40/0.00 . .58/38/sh . . 47/35/sh New York . . . . . .40/33/0.00 . . .46/33/c . . .41/31/rs Newark, NJ . . . . .41/31/0.00 . . .45/32/c . . 42/31/sn Norfolk, VA . . . . .49/29/0.00 . 52/34/pc . . 42/35/sh Oklahoma City . .56/35/0.00 . . 45/29/rs . . . 50/30/s Omaha . . . . . . . .31/11/0.00 . 32/12/pc . . 33/12/pc Orlando. . . . . . . .65/40/0.00 . . .68/53/s . . . .69/45/t Palm Springs. . . .75/46/0.01 . . .76/50/s . . 75/51/pc Peoria . . . . . . . . .38/17/0.00 . . .37/24/c . . .36/20/sf Philadelphia . . . .42/31/0.00 . 45/30/pc . . 44/32/sh Phoenix. . . . . . . .59/50/0.75 . . .70/51/s . . . 75/52/s Pittsburgh . . . . . .36/28/0.01 . .35/23/sn . . 36/25/sn Portland, ME. . . .40/26/0.00 . . 43/32/rs . . . 40/31/c Providence . . . . .41/28/0.00 . . 42/32/rs . . . 44/30/c Raleigh . . . . . . . .51/26/0.00 . 53/33/pc . . .40/29/rs

Yesterday Monday Tuesday Yesterday Monday Tuesday City Hi/Lo/Pcp Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Pcp Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Rapid City . . . . . .29/24/0.00 . . .38/21/c . . 42/20/pc Savannah . . . . . .60/32/0.00 . 63/43/pc . . . .50/34/r Reno . . . . . . . . . .54/28/0.00 . 59/34/pc . . 53/33/sh Seattle. . . . . . . . .56/43/0.00 . 59/45/pc . . 55/43/sh Richmond . . . . . .51/28/0.00 . 53/31/pc . . . 42/31/c Sioux Falls. . . . . . .29/1/0.00 . . . .29/5/s . . . 30/5/pc Rochester, NY . . .36/32/0.01 . .32/28/sn . . 33/26/sn Spokane . . . . . . .52/29/0.00 . 55/36/pc . . 54/41/sh Sacramento. . . . .63/38/0.00 . 64/49/pc . . . .60/45/r Springfield, MO. .49/16/0.00 . . .43/23/c . . 40/21/pc St. Louis. . . . . . . .47/24/0.00 . 41/26/pc . . .37/27/sf Tampa . . . . . . . . .64/45/0.00 . . .69/54/s . . . .67/45/t Salt Lake City . . .48/30/0.00 . 49/32/pc . . 52/38/pc Tucson. . . . . . . . .58/42/0.85 . 66/42/pc . . . 72/46/s San Antonio . . . .67/37/0.00 . .62/39/sh . . . 62/38/s Tulsa . . . . . . . . . .53/28/0.00 . . .47/27/c . . 49/28/pc San Diego . . . . . .62/49/0.32 . . .66/55/s . . 65/54/pc Washington, DC .47/36/0.00 . 48/31/pc . . . 44/34/c San Francisco . . .62/48/0.00 . 62/51/pc . . . .60/50/r Wichita . . . . . . . .50/29/0.00 . . .43/23/c . . 47/24/pc San Jose . . . . . . .67/44/0.00 . 63/49/pc . . . .61/47/r Yakima . . . . . . . .57/30/0.00 . 60/39/pc . . 58/33/sh Santa Fe . . . . . . .47/33/0.00 . . .44/22/c . . 45/24/pc Yuma. . . . . . . . . .71/47/0.00 . . .76/52/s . . . 78/53/s

INTERNATIONAL Amsterdam. . . . .48/37/0.14 . 43/27/pc . . . 39/26/c Athens. . . . . . . . .60/48/0.00 . 78/58/pc . . . 76/54/s Auckland. . . . . . .77/59/0.00 . 76/64/pc . . . .72/60/t Baghdad . . . . . . .68/47/0.08 . .61/47/sh . . 62/50/pc Bangkok . . . . . . .95/81/0.00 . 97/80/pc . . . 95/78/s Beijing. . . . . . . . .39/25/0.00 . 36/21/pc . . . 42/20/s Beirut. . . . . . . . . .64/54/2.16 . 62/50/pc . . 65/51/pc Berlin. . . . . . . . . .54/37/0.00 . . 43/26/sf . . .38/29/sf Bogota . . . . . . . .70/46/0.00 . . .71/48/t . . . .67/47/t Budapest. . . . . . .50/28/0.00 . . .44/28/s . . 43/30/pc Buenos Aires. . . .79/59/0.00 . . .82/64/s . . 80/60/pc Cabo San Lucas .75/57/0.00 . . .75/51/s . . . 76/58/s Cairo . . . . . . . . . .70/61/0.00 . . .73/56/s . . . 74/53/s Calgary . . . . . . . .45/25/0.00 . . .50/21/s . . . 49/23/s Cancun . . . . . . . .79/48/0.00 . 85/71/pc . . . 77/62/s Dublin . . . . . . . . .41/30/0.02 . 38/26/pc . . . 39/24/c Edinburgh . . . . . .39/30/0.00 . . 38/28/rs . . 37/33/sh Geneva . . . . . . . .55/39/0.13 . . .47/32/c . . . 49/30/s Harare . . . . . . . . .73/64/0.01 . . .76/64/t . . . .78/66/t Hong Kong . . . . .79/73/0.00 . 82/68/pc . . 85/69/pc Istanbul. . . . . . . .52/45/0.05 . . .63/47/c . . 61/38/pc Jerusalem . . . . . .55/44/1.06 . . .61/42/s . . . 63/44/s Johannesburg . . .79/57/0.00 . 83/62/pc . . 85/66/pc Lima . . . . . . . . . .79/72/0.00 . .83/70/sh . . . .81/69/t Lisbon . . . . . . . . .55/50/0.00 . .57/48/sh . . 64/53/sh London . . . . . . . .45/36/1.09 . 42/30/pc . . . 44/29/c Madrid . . . . . . . .55/45/0.00 . 55/41/pc . . 59/43/pc Manila. . . . . . . . .90/75/0.00 . . .90/75/s . . 89/73/pc

Mecca . . . . . . . . .90/63/0.00 . . .88/67/s . . . 85/63/s Mexico City. . . . .73/41/0.00 . . .78/47/s . . . 74/50/s Montreal. . . . . . .36/32/0.05 . . 35/17/sf . . 34/15/pc Moscow . . . . . . .30/25/0.00 . . 27/13/sf . . .25/10/sf Nairobi . . . . . . . .77/61/0.30 . . .82/63/t . . . .84/65/t Nassau . . . . . . . .72/63/0.00 . . .72/61/s . . . .76/62/t New Delhi. . . . . .89/60/0.00 . . .88/64/s . . . 87/63/s Osaka . . . . . . . . .52/45/0.90 . .66/52/sh . . . 64/51/s Oslo. . . . . . . . . . .28/19/0.02 . . . 19/7/sf . . . 22/4/pc Ottawa . . . . . . . .39/32/0.00 . . 36/19/sf . . 35/12/pc Paris. . . . . . . . . . .55/41/0.84 . . .39/27/c . . 45/30/pc Rio de Janeiro. . .84/73/0.00 . .84/73/sh . . . .85/74/t Rome. . . . . . . . . .61/52/0.00 . . .61/44/s . . . 63/45/s Santiago . . . . . . .72/66/0.00 . 85/58/pc . . . 86/59/s Sao Paulo . . . . . .70/66/0.00 . .81/67/sh . . . .80/66/t Sapporo. . . . . . . .28/28/0.00 . . .30/21/s . . 29/18/sn Seoul . . . . . . . . . .48/37/0.00 . . .45/34/r . . . 41/30/s Shanghai. . . . . . .59/48/0.00 . .71/54/sh . . . .66/50/r Singapore . . . . . .93/79/0.00 . 92/78/pc . . . .93/78/t Stockholm. . . . . .36/32/0.00 . .25/14/sn . . . . 21/3/sf Sydney. . . . . . . . .79/68/0.00 . .76/63/sh . . 71/60/sh Taipei. . . . . . . . . .79/68/0.00 . 80/65/pc . . 82/64/sh Tel Aviv . . . . . . . .64/55/0.00 . . .66/50/s . . . 65/49/s Tokyo. . . . . . . . . .46/39/0.00 . .64/49/sh . . 59/47/pc Toronto . . . . . . . .37/32/0.07 . . 36/23/sf . . .33/20/sf Vancouver. . . . . .54/46/0.59 . 52/43/pc . . 52/41/sh Vienna. . . . . . . . .57/37/0.00 . 43/25/pc . . 46/27/pc Warsaw. . . . . . . .46/28/0.00 . . 35/18/sf . . .32/15/sf

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Central Oregon’s bioscience industry is banding together

GREEN

By Andrew Moore The Bulletin

Central Oregon is known for its mountain views and pastoral setting. Lesser known is its bioscience industry, which one group hopes to change.

According to a recent study by Portland-based ECONorthwest, the bioscience industry in Central Oregon employs more than 350 people who earn more than $20.3 million in income and generate more than $88 million in output or economic activity.

Last summer, several bioscience companies in the region formed the Central Oregon Bioscience Industry Consortium.

Its formation represented a chance to network, but also to band together for the sake of their industry and the community, said Tony Hnyp, a Bend

business consultant who spearheaded the effort.

“Our goals are really to establish Bend as a place with ... a bioscience cluster that’s worth looking into, and it’s also my hope this will help (Economic Development for Central Oregon) when they are out trying to find the next Facebook,” said Hnyp, referring to the social networking company that worked with EDCO for nearly two years before selecting Prineville as the site for its first data center.

COBIC has recently grown to 10 members and includes area heavyweights such as Bend Research and Suterra, and smaller firms such as Metabolic Maintenance Products, a Sisters company that manufactures custom nutritional supplements.

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OTECH

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Ryan Miller, 32, of Energy Conservation Insulation Co. in Bend, blows fiberglass insulation in a home in Bend on Wednesday.

Insulated home, insulated wallet Good insulation can save you from high energy bills

By Kate Ramsayer The Bulletin

If cranking up the heat still doesn’t warm up a drafty house, it could be a homeowner’s first clue that his or her home’s insulation doesn’t measure up.

Samples of insulation Different materials provide different benefits.

• FIBERGLASS Fiberglass is generally cheaper and easier to install than other forms of insulation, and is commonly used for floors.

• SPRAY FOAM Spray foam insulation is more expensive, but prevents air leaks and does a better job of trapping heat.

• CELLULOSE Costs slightly more than fiberglass, and is made predominantly of recycled material treated with fire retardant.

If rooms feel uncomfortable, or the heating bill starts to skyrocket, it could be another clue, experts say, especially if a quick peek in the attic shows less than 10 inches of insulation.

Or if there’s no insulation at all.

“It amazes me,” said Ken Davis, an owner of Davis Insulation in Bend.

“Every now and then, I’ll go into someone’s house, and they have absolutely no insulation in it.”

But insulation can make a huge difference, he and others said.

Heating and cooling costs can add up to more than half of a home’s energy bill, according to a federal Department of Energy publication. And insulation helps prevent the heat from leaking out, or the cool air from escaping in the summer — losses that waste energy and money.

Depending on what insulation a home is lacking, adding proper insulation can change the heating efficiency of a home by 30 percent to 50 percent, said Will Lebeda, owner of Energy Conservation Insulation Co. in Bend.

See Insulation / C6

“Our goals are really to establish Bend as a place with ... a bioscience cluster that’s worth looking into, and it’s also my hope this will help (Economic Development for Central Oregon) when they are out trying to find the next Facebook.”

Insulation rebates Many utilities offer incentives and rebates for people adding insulation to their homes.

• The Energy Trust of Oregon, which is set up for people who get either electric heat from Pacific Power or Portland General Electric, or natural gas heat from Cascade Natural Gas or NW Natural, offers rebates including 25 cents per square foot of insulation added to attics and ceilings, and 30 cents per square foot of insulation added to floors.

For more information on the Energy Trust’s weatherization programs, visit energytrust.org/ residential/incentives/ Weatherization.

• Central Electric Cooperative also offers incentives for its customers with electric heating systems, offering discounts applied to contractors’ bills for services such as installing installation and sealing ducts.

For more information, visit www.cec-co.com/ prodserv/residential/ weatherization/ weatherization.html.

• Midstate Electric has a weatherization program as well; for more information, visit www.midstateelectric .coop/ProductsAndServices/ PSResidential/ ConservationPrograms/ wxrebates/default.aspx.

Ryan Brennecke / The Bulletin

— Tony Hnyp, on the Central Oregon Bioscience Industry Consortium

Destination unknown: NASA needs new plan

By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Where to next?

It’s a simple question that NASA can’t answer so easily anymore. The veteran space shuttle fleet is months from being mothballed, and the White House has nixed a previous plan to fly to the moon.

For the first time in decades, NASA has no specific space destination for its next stop, although it has lots of places it wants to go. Future space flight, NASA officials say, now depends

on new rocket science and where it can take us.

There are only a few places in space where humans can go in the next couple of decades.

NASA wants to go to all of them, with the ultimate destination, as always, being Mars.

“The suite of destinations has not changed over time,” NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver said in an interview. “The moon, asteroids, Mars — if you’re going to go anywhere — is where we are going.”

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Free kidney screening helps ‘The Tonight Show’ still has put woman on path to health to worry about tomorrow Dear Abby: In March of last year, I saw your column about the upcoming World Kidney Day when the National Kidney Foundation would offer free screenings around the country through its Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP). You encouraged your readers to find the location of their local KEEP screenings, so I did — figuring I had nothing to lose.

Well, my lab tests from the KEEP screening showed that my kidneys had not been properly filtering toxins from my body.

Armed with those test results, I made an appointment with my doctor. She had never checked my kidney function before. Once she saw the results of my kidney function tests were low, she suggested major diet and exercise changes, and took me off two medications she suspected were too much for my kidneys to handle.

Today, I feel great. My blood pressure is normal, my weight is 30 pounds lighter and my kidney function is continually improving. What a blessing that I read your column that day, Abby, and went to the KEEP screening before it was too late. If I hadn’t, I could be on dialysis, waiting for a kidney transplant or, worse, not here at all.

— Carol Ann Johnson, Independence, Mo. Dear Carol Ann: I am pleased that an item you saw in my column was so helpful. I hope your experience encourages other readers to look for the KEEP screenings in their local areas this year.

Readers, this year World Kidney Day is being held on Thursday, March 11. On that day, the

DEAR ABBY

Your problem is that you are not assertive enough. A way to remedy the situation would be to interrupt the interrupter by saying immediately, “Excuse me — I am still talking,” and finish your story.

National Kidney Foundation will once again hold screenings all over the U.S. for those at risk.

This includes anyone who has high blood pressure, diabetes or a family history of those conditions or kidney disease.

Those of you who would like more information regarding kidney disease and free screenings should log on to www.kidney.org.

Dear Abby: I don’t think I have a recessive personality, yet I constantly find myself in conversations with people who appear to have no interest in what I have to say. Regardless of the subject,

I am never able to finish what I want to say before the other person interrupts with his/her own “more important” story.

An example: I said, “My mother-in-law came to visit last night ...” Before I could get the next word out, someone started talking about an incident she suffered through with her M-I-L. She continued on for more than five minutes.

Another time, during an hourlong lunch with a girlfriend, she spent 45 minutes (I timed her) talking about herself. And then there’s my co-worker who spent seven minutes of a conference we had for a project we shared discussing the project, and the rest talking about herself.

Am I expecting too much to be heard, respected, empathized with and supported by people I consider close friends and associates? What can I do to remedy this?

— Let Me Fini...

Dear Let Me: Your problem is that you are not assertive enough. A way to remedy the situation would be to interrupt the interrupter by saying immediately, “Excuse me — I am still talking,” and finish your story.

And as to a colleague blathering on about herself during the discussion that was supposed to be about your project — you should have said, “Oh, I’d love to chat.

But right now I have too much work to do. Bye!” Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby .com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

By Scott Collins Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — TV executives are holding their breath to see whether Jay Leno can recapture his old fans tonight when the comedian returns to “The Tonight Show.” But for NBC, its painful late-night saga may be just beginning, as the restoration doesn’t solve the programming and financial problems that still afflict the network and its prime-time rivals.

Though his good-guy image took a serious hit during the battle with Conan O’Brien over “Tonight’s” host chair, many analysts expect Leno, who turns 60 in April, to win back most if not all of his old fan base, which made the show No. 1 in late night during most of his 17-year tenure.

The long-term future of the franchise, however, is up for grabs.

“NBC would be wise to start test-piloting some guest hosts in the Leno slot,” said Jeffrey McCall, professor of media studies at DePauw University. “When (Johnny) Carson retired, they had already run a bunch of guest hosts through at 11:35 and had a sense of who could cut it and who couldn’t.

“NBC needs Jay to stay put for three or four years to reestablish the franchise and give them a chance to studiously figure out where to go,” McCall added.

Perhaps more distressing for NBC executives, pulling Leno out of prime time has meant a retreat to developing expensive scripted dramas for the 10 p.m. hour — a luxury that bosses had emphatically said they could no

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Analysts expect Jay Leno to win back most if not all of his old fan base. longer afford in an era of everfragmenting audiences.

Station managers may smile on Leno’s return to 11:35 p.m. because it will likely help revive ratings for their local newscasts, but the move is unlikely to cheer NBC’s financial officers.

The good news for the network is that Leno remains a popular personality. When O’Brien left “Tonight” after balking at NBC’s plan to move the show to 12:05 a.m., Leno was depicted by rival host Jimmy Kimmel and others as a spotlight hog who elbowed a younger competitor out of the way. But analysts point out that most Americans blame network management, not Leno, for the fiasco.

“There are definite Jay loyalists, probably in middle America, who see Jay as a victim in this debacle and will stand by him,” said Bill Carroll, vice president at Katz Media in New

York, which advises local stations on programming and other issues.

Producers have also lined up a star-studded guest roster for Leno’s first week back, including Sarah Palin, Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn, Morgan Freeman and Simon Cowell. A heavy rotation of promos during the Winter Olympics has trumpeted Leno’s return, to the strains of the Beatles’ tune “Get Back.”

Yet NBC may have just kicked its late-night woes down the curb.

The network lost O’Brien, who has a large youth following and will likely start a rival program as soon as the exit provision in his contract permits later this year.

While the network has a potential Leno successor in Jimmy Fallon, he has been hosting “Late Night” for only a year and is jockeying for viewers in a crowded field.

NBC also learned a painful lesson about the difficulty of trying to break Americans’ deeply ingrained media consumption patterns. No matter how much executives and media experts squawk about the future and changing business models, there are still certain things viewers won’t accept. One of them turned out to be a “Tonight”-like comedy show at 10 p.m.

“Television viewers are still largely creatures of habit,” McCall said. “They expect late-night comedy at late-night time slots.”

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CALENDAR TODAY GOOD CHAIR, GREAT BOOKS: Read and discuss “Island of the Blue Dolphins” by Scott Dell; free; noon; Bend Public Library, Brooks Room, 601 N.W. Wall St.; 541-617-7089 or www.dpls.us/calendar.

TALK OF THE TOWN: COTV hosts “City Managers of Central Oregon — Round Table”; reservations required; free; 6:30 p.m.; Greenwood Playhouse, 148 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-388-5814, talk@ bendbroadband.com or www .talkofthetownco.com.

TUESDAY “THE POWER OF COMMUNITY” AND “A THOUSAND SUNS”: A screening of films about community members working together to survive and thrive in difficult circumstances; free; 6:30-8:30 p.m.; First Presbyterian Church, 230 N.E. Ninth St., Bend; 541-815-6504.

HIGH DESERT CHAMBER MUSIC — CROWN CITY STRING QUARTET: String musicians will be joined by Don Foster to play selections from Wolf, Schumann and Weber; $30, $15 children and students with ID; 7 p.m.; Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-317-0700, info@ highdesertchambermusic.com or www.highdesertchambermusic.com.

“BOBBY GOULD IN HELL”: Volcanic Theatre and The Actors Realm present the play by David Mamet about a misogynistic narcissist interrogated by the devil; ages 21 and older; $7 in advance, $10 at the door; 8 p.m., doors open 7 p.m.; Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom, 24 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-215-0516, volcanictheatre@bendbroadband.com or www.bendticket.com.

WEDNESDAY “IT’S IN THE BAG” LECTURE SERIES: Neil Browne presents “Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead — Religion, Pragmatism and the Ecology of Place”; the lecture explores how the novel takes a tradition and teases out its potential for an ecologically oriented future; free; noon-1 p.m.; OSU-Cascades Campus, Cascades Hall, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-322-3100, info@osucascades. edu or www.osucascades.edu/ lunchtime-lectures.

“A FORCE MORE POWERFUL — POLAND — WE’VE CAUGHT GOD

BY THE ARM”: A screening of the film about striking shipyard workers in Poland, followed by a discussion; free; 4-5:30 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, Hitchcock Auditorium, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-383-7412.

“RAGING BULL”: A screening of the 1980 film starring Robert De Niro; free; 5:30 p.m.; Bend Public Library, Brooks Room, 601 N.W. Wall St.; 541-312-1039 or www.dpls .us/calendar.

AMERICAN ME: Hard-core show, with Suffokate and more; $10; 7 p.m.; Domino Room, 51 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; www .myspace.com/ redlightartistagency.

DOGPAC TALK: Talk about off-leash opportunities in parks and trails; free; 7-9 p.m.; Pine Mountain Sports, 255 S.W. Century Drive, Bend; 541-788-7865 or www. dogpac.org.

LYNX AND JANOVER: The Coloradobased duo plays a hybrid of acoustic and electronic music; ages 21 and older; $7; 8 p.m.; Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom, 24 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-3888331.

THURSDAY GOOD CHAIR, GREAT BOOKS: Read and discuss “Olive Kitteridge” by Elizabeth Strout; bring a lunch; free; noon; Sunriver Area Public Library, 56855 Venture Lane; 541-617-7085 or www.dpls.us/calendar.

LATINO FILM FIESTA: The third annual cultural event hosted by the Latino Community Association features a screening of awardwinning films from Mexico, Bolivia and Chile; $5-$10 suggested donation; 5-9 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, Hitchcock Auditorium, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-382-4366 or www .latinocommunityassociation.org.

“THE SEUSSIFICATION OF ROMEO AND JULIET”: The Crook County High School performing arts department presents a retelling of the Shakespearean tragedy, with a nod to Dr. Seuss; donation of nonperishable food; 7 p.m.; Crook County High School, Eugene Southwell Auditorium, 1100 S.E. Lynn Blvd., Prineville; 541-4166900.

“ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST”: Cascades Theatrical Company presents the story of a charming rogue committed to a mental institution; adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey; $20, $15 seniors, $12 students; 7:30 p.m.; Greenwood Playhouse, 148 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-389-0803 or www .cascadestheatrical.org.

TONY SMILEY: The Portland-based indie rocker performs; free; 9 p.m.; Bendistillery Martini Bar, 850 N.W. Brooks St., Bend; 541-388-6868 or www.myspace.com/tonysmiley.

FRIDAY SPRING GARAGE SALE: A sale of new and gently used items; proceeds benefit the Humane Society of Redmond; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Humane Society of Redmond, 1355 N.E. Hemlock Ave.; 541-923-0882.

BACHELOR BUTTE DOG DERBY: A trophy race for sled dogs and skijoring; free for spectators; 11 a.m.; Wanoga Sno-park, Century Drive, Bend; 541-598-2839.

TASTE OF THE TOWN: Featuring live music and restaurants, bakers and caterers offering food samples; $35 in advance, $45 at the door; 6-10 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, Mazama Gymnasium, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-3838268, Barbara@impressive-events .net or www.thetasteofthetown.org.

AUTHOR PRESENTATION: Diane Goeres-Gardner talks about her book “Murder, Morality and Madness: Women Criminals in Early Oregon”; free; 6:30 p.m.; Paulina Springs Books, 252 W. Hood Ave., Sisters; 541-549-0866.

ST. CHARLES BEND TALENT SHOWCASE: A showcase of St. Charles employees demonstrating a variety of talents; $10, $5 ages 12 and younger; 7 p.m., doors open 6 p.m.; Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St.; 541317-0700 or www.towertheatre.org.

“ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST”: Cascades Theatrical Company presents the story of a charming rogue committed to a mental institution; adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey; $20, $15 seniors, $12 students; 7:30 p.m.; Greenwood Playhouse, 148 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541389-0803 or www.cascades theatrical.org.

“SIN NOMBRE”: A screening of the R-rated 2009 film; free; 7:30 p.m.; Jefferson County Library, Rodriguez Annex, 134 S.E. E St., Madras; 541475-3351 or www.jcld .org.

BACKCOUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL: A screening of films about backcountry skiing in Japan, the United States and Australia; proceeds benefit the Bend Backcountry Alliance; $5; 7:30 p.m., doors open 7 p.m.; McMenamins Old St. Francis School, 700 N.W. Bond St., Bend; 541-382-5174 or www .backcountryfilmfestival.com.

FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY WALK: Event includes art exhibit openings, artist talks, live music, wine and food in downtown Bend, the Old Mill

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District and NorthWest Crossing; free; 5 to 9 p.m., and until 8 p.m. in NorthWest Crossing; throughout Bend.

TONY SMILEY: The Portland-based indie rocker performs; $5; 9 p.m.; Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom, 24 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-388-8331 or www.myspace .com/silvermoonbrewing.

SATURDAY BACHELOR BUTTE DOG DERBY: A trophy race for sled dogs and skijoring; free for spectators; 9 a.m.1 p.m.; Wanoga Sno-park, Century Drive, Bend; 541-598-2839.

SPRING GARAGE SALE: A sale of new and gently used items; proceeds benefit the Humane Society of Redmond; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Humane Society of Redmond, 1355 N.E. Hemlock Ave.; 541-923-0882.

HEALTH CARE REFORM PANEL DISCUSSION: Panelists discuss health care reform and ways for people to influence the direction of Oregon’s health care; free; 9:30 a.m.noon; First Presbyterian Church, 230 N.E. Ninth St., Bend; 503-221-1054, ext. 213 or mmathis@emoregon.org.

RAINING LOVE 5K WALK/RUN: Walk or run to help Sisters High School raise money for the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Charles Bend; $10 in advance, $15 day of race for participants; 9 a.m. registration, events begin at 9:30, 9:45 and 10 a.m.; Sisters Athletic Club, 1001 Desperado Trail; 549-6878.

FAMILY & BABY FAIR: Meet pregnancy, birth and parenting representatives, listen to speakers, watch demonstrations, shop for family-friendly products and more; proceeds benefit Bend’s Community Diaper Bank; $7, free ages 5 and younger; free with unopened package of diapers or incontinence products, $7 for two in advance; 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; The Riverhouse Convention Center, 2850 N.W. Rippling River Court, Bend; 541647-8417 or www .familyandbabyfair .org.

PUBLIC HIKE AND BARBECUE: Hike with a llama provided by the Central Oregon Llama Association, with a lunch, poker run and llama obstacle course; reservations requested; free; 10 a.m.; Halligan Ranch, 9020 S. U.S. Highway 97, Redmond; 541420-1334.

10TH ANNUAL AUCTION: Olympicthemed event includes dinner, and live and silent auctions; proceeds benefit Tumalo Community School; 4:30-9 p.m.; Tumalo Community School, 19835 Second St.; 541-383-0013.

AUTHOR PRESENTATIONS: Jennie Shortridge speaks about her book “When She Flew,” and Erica Bauermeister speaks about her book “The School of Essential Ingredients”; reservations requested; free; 5 p.m.; Sunriver Books & Music, Sunriver Village Building 25C; 541-593-2525.

CENTRAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS AUCTION: A dinner, with live and silent auctions; proceeds benefit Central Christian School; $30-$40; 5 p.m.; Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, 3800 S.W. Airport Way, Redmond; 541-548-7803 or tbristow@ centralchristianschools.com.

MEAL OF THE YEAR: The black-tie event features a gourmet dinner and a recognition of Shirley Ray; $110, $1,250 per table; 5-10 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, Mazama Gymnasium, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-383-8268, Barbara@impressive-events.net or www.themealoftheyear.org.

LATINO FILM FIESTA: The third annual cultural event hosted by the Latino Community Association features music, dance, art exhibits and a screening of award-winning films from Mexico, Bolivia and Chile; $10, free ages 12 and younger; 6-9:30 p.m.; Bend High School, 230 N.E. Sixth St.; 541-382-4366 or www .latinocommunityassociation.org.

AUTHOR PRESENTATION: Diane Goeres-Gardner talks about her book

“Murder, Morality and Madness: Women Criminals in Early Oregon”; free; 6:30 p.m.; Paulina Springs Books, 422 S.W. Sixth St., Redmond; 541-526-1491.

BELLUS VOCIS: The Central Oregon Community College choir performs a winter concert, under the direction of James Knox; $6, $5 students and seniors; 7 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, Wille Hall, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-3837512 or jwknox@cocc.edu.

“ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST”: Final performance of Cascades Theatrical Company’s presentation of the story of a charming rogue committed to a mental institution; adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey; $20, $15 seniors, $12 students; 7:30 p.m.; Greenwood Playhouse, 148 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-389-0803 or www.cascadestheatrical.org.

VIENNA BOYS CHOIR: The choir performs popular masterpieces; $25-$30; 7:30 p.m.; Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-3170700 or www.towertheatre.org.

“BOBBY GOULD IN HELL”: Volcanic Theatre and The Actors Realm present the play by David Mamet about a misogynistic narcissist interrogated by the devil; ages 21 and older; $10; 8 p.m., doors open 7 p.m.; The Wine Shop, 55 N.W. Minnesota Ave., Bend; 541-215-0516 or volcanictheatre@ bendbroadband.com.

TONY SMILEY: The Portland-based indie rocker performs; $5; 8 p.m.; Three Creeks Brewing, 721 Desperado Court, Sisters; 541-549-1963 or www.myspace.com/tonysmiley.

STEVE KIMOCK & CB-3: The welltraveled guitarist performs; ages 21 and older; $20 plus service charges in advance, $25 at the door; 9 p.m., doors open 8 p.m.; Domino Room, 51 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; www.randompresents .com.

SUNDAY BACHELOR BUTTE DOG DERBY: A trophy race for sled dogs and skijoring; free for spectators; 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; Wanoga Sno-park, Century Drive, Bend; 541598-2839.

CROOK COUNTY PIONEER QUEENS DINNER: Bring a dish and table service for a potluck dinner with the Crook County Pioneer Queens and their families; free; 1 p.m.; A.R. Bowman Memorial Museum, 246 N. Main St., Prineville; 541-447-4342.

FIDDLERS JAM: Listen or dance at the Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Jam; donations accepted; 1-4 p.m.; Pine Forest Grange, 63214 N.E. Boyd Acres Road, Bend; 541-447-7395.

BUNCO PARTY: Featuring games, prizes and refreshments; proceeds benefit Prineville Habitat for Humanity; $5; 2 p.m.; Eagles Lodge & Club, 235 N.E. Fourth St., Prineville; 541-447-7903.

CAKE DECORATING CONTEST: Featuring decorated cakes and skits portraying prominent events in Madras’ history; contestants must register in advance; free; 2-4 p.m.; Madras High School, 390 S.E. 10th St.; 541-475-2350.

CASCADE WINDS SYMPHONIC BAND: ”From Russia With Love,” featuring works by Shostakovich, Tschesnokoff, Stravinsky and more, performed under the direction of Dan Judd; donations accepted; 2 p.m.; Summit High School, 2855 N.W. Clearwater Drive, Bend; 541-5931635 or www.cascadewinds.org.

DEAN PRESCOTT BENEFIT: Featuring performances by Dan Chavers, Emerald City, Allan Byer, Doug Zinn Band and Steve Neth; with a silent auction and more; proceeds will go toward medical expenses incurred by Prescott’s stroke; $10, free ages 18 and younger; 2 p.m.; Crook County Fairgrounds, 1280 S. Main St., Prineville; thesubstitutes@ bendbroadband.com.

BELLUS VOCIS: The Central Oregon Community College choir performs a winter concert, under the direction of James Knox; $6, $5 students and seniors; 3 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, Wille Hall, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-3837512 or jwknox@cocc.edu.

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11:50 a.m., 3:45, 7:10, 10:30 AVATAR (PG-13) 1:10, 4:35, 8 THE BLIND SIDE (PG-13) 11:15 a.m., 3:35, 6:30, 9:25 THE BOOK OF ELI (R) 11:55 a.m., 3:50, 6:45, 9:35 COP OUT (R) 11:40 a.m., 2:20, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25 THE CRAZIES (R) 11:30 a.m., 1:50, 4:15, 7, 9:30 DEAR JOHN (PG-13) 11:20 a.m., 2, 4:45, 7:25, 10 EDGE OF DARKNESS (R) 1:30, 4:10, 6:55, 9:55 PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (PG) 11:25 a.m., 2:10, 4:55, 7:40, 10:20 SHERLOCK HOLMES (PG-13) 1, 3:55, 6:50, 9:50 SHUTTER ISLAND (R) Noon, 1:25, 3:30, 4:25, 6:40, 7:30, 9:45, 10:35 TOOTH FAIRY (PG) 11:15 a.m., 1:40, 4:40, 7:15, 9:40 VALENTINE’S DAY (PG-13)

1:20, 4:05, 7:20, 10:10 WHEN IN ROME (PG-13) 11:45 a.m., 2:25, 5:15, 7:55, 10:05 THE WOLFMAN (R) 11:35 a.m., 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:15 EDITOR’S NOTE: Movie times in bold are open-captioned showtimes.

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A CBS control room is shown during a broadcast of the Evening News with anchor Katie Couric in New York in 2008. The network’s money-losing news division has cut about 70 jobs this year.

Network news hoping smaller will be better

By Brian Stelter and Bill Carter New York Times News Service

ABC News is making no secret about what is behind the sweeping staff cuts it now faces: raw survival instinct.

“I just looked out at the next five years and was concerned that we could not sustain doing what we were doing,” said David Westin, the president of ABC News, as he explained the decision last week to jettison up to 400 staff members, a quarter of the news staff, in the coming months.

The same compelling motive already instigated strategic retrenchment at ABC’s broadcast competitors. NBC, the one network with a cable news channel, MSNBC — and, not coincidentally, the only network in a sound position of profitability — has drastically pared down its operations over the last few years. So has CBS, which is losing money already and has cut about 70 jobs this year.

But with news available more places than ever, on cable channels and Internet sites, and with revenue challenged by heavy dependence on shrinking advertising dollars, the future for the news divisions at ABC and CBS remains deeply insecure.

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“Long term, it’s going to get harder for these guys to exist as they are currently constructed, with the exception of NBC because it can offload the costs on MSNBC,” Michael Nathanson, an industry analyst for Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., said.

But can you shrink your way to prosperity? Andrew Heyward, the former president of CBS News who is now a news media consultant (NBC News is one client), said of the ABC cuts: “The real issue after this is what is going to drive growth? How do you generate more profit? And this doesn’t address that.”

The easy answer would seem to lie in NBC’s structure, because in contrast to its competitors, that news organization is flush, making an estimated $400 million in profit a year. That model: Win every significant ratings competition on the broadcast side and rely on MSNBC’s revenue stream of

advertising plus cable subscriber fees to subsidize the high costs of news gathering.

The effectiveness of that formula inevitably resurrects predictions that a marriage with a cable news organization is imperative for CBS and ABC. The obvious partner is CNN, and both those networks have been in courtships with it before.

To date, the cultural challenges have been insurmountable. CNN, which has said last year was its most profitable since its founding in 1980, would seem to have little incentive to rush to the aid of a network. And neither network wants to cede editorial control to CNN.

‘A glacial erosion’ Network news divisions have historically been family jewels for their parent corporations, lending prestige and an aura of public service — as well as a shield against government intrusion.

While they have steadily shed viewers, to a cumulative 22 million in 2009, from about 50 million in 1980, the newscasts still amass an audience that dwarfs any show on a cable news channel. The more lucrative network morning shows have also shown declines, Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, said. “What’s occurring in broadcast news is not some sudden crisis. This has been a glacial erosion,” he said.

A survey by the Pew Research Center last year reported that three-quarters of respondents thought the cancellation of the evening newscasts would be an “important loss” to the country.

Rosenstiel said, “None of these news division presidents wants to be the first guy to kill an evening newscast.”

Not that it would be their call.

That decision would fall to the networks’ corporate parents.

Executives from CBS News and ABC News said the top corporate executives for both networks remained outspoken supporters of the news divisions.

ABC employees are reviewing buyout packages. Eligible staffers have until March 26 to decide whether to leave. If ABC cannot meet its goal, layoffs will follow.

C4 Monday, March 1, 2010 • THE BULLETIN CATHY

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

HEART OF THE CITY

SALLY FORTH

FRAZZ

ROSE IS ROSE

STONE SOUP

LUANN

MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM

DILBERT

DOONESBURY

PICKLES

ADAM

WIZARD OF ID

B.C.

SHOE

GARFIELD

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE

PEANUTS

MARY WORTH

THE BULLETIN • Monday, March 1, 2010 C5 BIZARRO

DENNIS THE MENACE

SUDOKU Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

SOLUTION TO SATURDAY’S SUDOKU

CANDORVILLE

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GET FUZZY

NON SEQUITUR

SAFE HAVENS

SIX CHIX

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HERMAN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, March 1, 2010: This year, you are ending one cycle and entering a new luck cycle. You often look at what is ahead and want to follow a nontraditional route. A partner could be overly serious, and you often feel that he or she rains on your parade. Joint finances are a key interest, and a profitable one at that. You might be making a major investment. Don’t stretch yourself too far. If you’re single, you might be ambivalent about many of your suitors. Trust that you will know when the right person comes down the alley. If you are attached, the two of you often forget how much fun you used to have. Re-create your first date! Learn to lighten up more.

VIRGO can be quite challenging.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Your inner voice weaves through conversations and events. You might question what is going on behind the scenes.

Lie back and do your thing. Soon enough, you will see the complete story. Tonight: Discussions lead you in a new direction.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Creativity often fills in the gaps. Let this energy work one more time. You note that a friend or a group of associates isn’t following through. Be open to understanding, though you

might not like your role. Tonight: Burning the midnight oil.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH If you have trouble getting going, don’t push. Honor your inner needs, and you will be more likely to perform at the level you like. Others could push.

Do only what you must. Tonight: A long-overdue discussion.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Return calls and keep judgments at bay. You want to get the facts. Schedule meetings, though information could cast an interesting light onto an issue.

Make no decisions until you are sure. Tonight: Clear out an errand.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Don’t lose sight of your fiscal sanity, as many situations could encourage you to go overboard. A partner or associate could be erratic and demanding.

Stay centered. Listen to what is being said. Tonight: Talk is cheap.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH Know that you are in the pink and in much better shape than many of your cohorts.

Know that you might need to assume the lead in the midst of chaos and change. You know what works; now follow through. Tonight: Slow down.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Don’t push. If you don’t feel like doing something, there is probably a good reason why.

Unexpected developments easily could point to a different path.

Observe and reflect. Tonight: Feeling better? Do your thing.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

HHHHH Investigate a suggestion.

Though you might see that many people are in support of this idea, you still could be questioning it. Understanding is heightened through a brainstorming session. Tonight: Take some much-needed personal time.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH The boss reminds you who is in charge. You might not have been wondering, but he or she needs to claim his or her power. Be willing to back off if you value your job! Tonight: Beam in what you want.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Listen to other people’s ideas. Explain with care that you might need to explore your alternatives more fully. Follow your instincts with a sudden event or startling conversation.

Tonight: Working late.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Let a partner run with the ball. When you are stunned by events or a request, be ready to say “no.” Certainly don’t give anyone carte blanche with your checkbook. Recognize a limitation when you see it.

Tonight: Let your mind wander.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH You might need to get your two cents in, but you hit a wall no matter what you try. Ultimately, you might just turn tail and walk away from the situation. Some people might have a problem understanding. Tonight: Listen to a friend who could be down. © 2010 by King Features Syndicate

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Plastic you can compost at home?

This would be huge. Right now, most “compostable” plastics have to be sent to industrial-size facilities. And they’re often made from food crops such as corn, sugar beets and potatoes, creating ethical concerns in a world where many poor people go hungry, and using food stocks for plastics might drive up prices.

By Sandy Bauers The Philadelphia Inquirer

London researchers have come up with a new sugar-based polymer that they say could make food packaging and other disposable plastic items suitable for being composted at home, along with the usual veggie peelings and other organic waste.

Insulation

Michael Stravato / The Associated Press

Ad Astra Rocket Co. scientists Chris Olsen and Ben Longmier work inside a vacuum chamber testing the company’s electric VASIMR rocket engine in Webster, Texas. President Barack Obama plans to divert billions of dollars from the Bush moon plan toward better rocketry. “We clearly need the technology leap if we really want to go to Mars,” says former astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz. “We are not going to Mars on chemical rockets.”

NASA Continued from C1 But with any itinerary, there is a first stop. So what is that?

Check back in a couple of years. That’s when new technology should be developed enough to answer that question, Garver said. President Barack Obama plans to divert billions of dollars from the Bush moon plan toward developing better rocketry.

New technologies “The best way to get anywhere ... is really invest in technologies that will reduce the cost, reduce the time, reduce the risk and so forth,” Garver said.

Some of those technologies seem like science fiction. The possibilities noted by experts inside and outside of NASA include the equivalent of an in-orbit gas station, electric-hybrid rockets, nuclear thermal rockets, inflatable parts for spaceships, and methods of beaming power between Earth and space.

Former astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz, who has developed a new type of electric propulsion engine called VASIMR that the NASA leadership mentions specifically, said this new emphasis is especially welcome because six years ago NASA killed its advanced rocket technology program.

“We clearly need the technology leap if we really want to go to Mars,” Chang-Diaz said. “We are not going to Mars on chemical rockets.”

Chemical rockets are what have always been used to get into space, and they require carrying lots of expensive fuel. Electric propulsion would get better mileage, but versions so far don’t have nearly enough thrust to get off Earth.

A destination To some critics, however, technology isn’t as important as a destination. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., who will be chairing Wednesday’s Senate subcommittee hearing, plans to push for some kind of commitment and

specific plan of action.

“The president is the only one that can lead the space program, and he ought to set a goal,” Nelson said in an e-mail. “He needs to say where we’re going and let NASA design the architecture to do it.”

Former NASA associate administrator Alan Stern said he’s waiting to hear what NASA officials outline in the Capitol Hill hearings, but he too has concerns about not having a precise destination.

“We need a destination and a timetable, and that’s really lacking,” Stern said. He said that relying on technology to dictate a location “sounds like a program to nowhere.”

Because human spaceflight is about inspiration, science and international cooperation, Stern said, “you need a specific destination, a proper noun, something that’s capitalized.”

Focusing on goals The outline for much of NASA’s future was sketched out by an independent spaceflight panel the White House appointed last year. Led by retired Lockheed Martin Chairman Norman Augustine, the panel laid out options, including canceling an immediate return to the moon and instead proposing a “flexible path.”

Panel member Chris Chyba, a professor of astrophysics and public affairs at Princeton University, said just because the flexible path doesn’t point to a specific starting point doesn’t mean it’s without a goal.

“You begin by saying what your goal is, not what your destination is,” Chyba said. “And the goal is the human expansion into the solar system.”

The spaceflight panel charted a possible road map, based on the easiest trips first, such as a flight to the moon but no landing. Next might be any of a handful of points in space where the gravitational pull between the Earth and the moon, or the Earth and the sun are equal. Such locations are places of engineering importance because future space telescopes and other science sat-

ellites are slated to go there, and this would allow astronauts to repair them. But they risk ridicule as flights to nowhere, Chyba said.

Then the panel suggested landing on a near-Earth asteroid, followed by flights to and around Mars, and landing on a Martian moon. The panel also noted that landing on Earth’s moon is “an obvious alternative” to Mars, maybe after an asteroid mission and serving as a possible training stop for other flights.

The space agency also might still opt to go to the moon before anywhere else, NASA’s Garver said.

Asteroids Several experts believe the most sensible place for astronauts to go first is an asteroid.

“If the goal is ultimately the human exploration of Mars,” landing on an object near Earth is a logical first step because it’s easier,” says Donald Yeomans, chief of NASA’s near Earth object program.

What asteroids offer is a lack of gravity, making it easy to leave.

Landing on larger objects, such as the moon and Mars, would require the extra but expensive thrust that chemical rockets provide, demonstrating the need for a hybrid vehicle.

Visiting an asteroid would have the appeal of someplace new, would provide legitimate scientific study and could even help scientists figure out how to save Earth from some future killer asteroid, Stern said.

Another of the key points in future spaceflight will be the ability to stop in space to refuel or even switch vehicles, said NASA’s new chief technologist Bobby Braun.

The future for NASA is not about future space destinations, contends MIT astronautics professor Ed Crawley, a member of the White House-appointed panel.

“It’s about the journey,” he said. “It’s a journey of technology. It’s a journey of discovery.

It’s a journey of capability. It’s a journey away from the cradle. At some point, we have to learn how to leave the planet.”

the fiberglass material to obtain the recommended insulating levels in attics.

Because the fiberglass insulation comes in sheet rolls, it’s easier to install and is usually most effective for floors, Schwencke said.

But for attics, he prefers blownin cellulose insulation, which is cleaner and not as irritating.

“It’s actually, a lot of times, made out of recycled newspaper and recycled or reused organic materials,” Schwencke said Cellulose can be made out of 99.5 percent recycled materials, Lebeda said, but it does cost a little more than standard fiberglass, and sometimes people have to use more of the cellulose to get the same insulating value.

A job that costs $1,000 with fiberglass, for example might cost about $1,400 with cellulose, he said.

Cellulose also can compact in walls, he said, so he typically only uses it in attics.

One of the better products out there, he said, is a spray foam.

It can be made from byproducts of soybeans, sugar beets or post-consumer plastic products, Lebeda said, and more people have been asking for the foam over the last five years.

It’s more expensive than the other two options, at about $2,500 to $3,500 for the $1,000 fiberglass example. But you get what you pay for, Lebeda said.

“The spray foam has changed the insulation industry considerably,” he said. “You get higher R-values, better overall thermal performance. These products

Continued from C1 Homeowners can determine where they could use a little more protection from the elements by contacting their heating utility, Davis said. Utilities can point customers to contractors who will examine the building, and will have information about available incentives and rebates. Most insulation companies evaluate a home’s insulation, too.

Professionals also can ensure the insulation is installed correctly, said John Schwencke, owner of Make it Green, a Bend company that conducts energyefficiency audits. Gaps between insulation and walls can let the warm air leak out, or the cold air seep in — an uncomfortable scenario during Central Oregon’s long, cold winters.

It’s one of the things contractors check for, he said.

“We test insulation levels, we run tests for air leakage on buildings, we test duct leakage as well, and we determine where we can make the improvements,” he said.

There are several different types of insulation for different jobs, each with its own pros and cons.

“The standard fiberglass insulation is obviously a product that most consumers are aware of,” Lebeda said.

It comes in thick sheets called batts, or smaller pieces also can be blown into a wall, he said. It usually takes about 16 inches of

Lead researcher Charlotte Williams says significant research is going into developing greener plastics — not only for environmental reasons, but also because of economic and supply considerations. Around 7 percent of worldwide oil and gas resources are consumed in the manufacture of plastics.

have renewable resources in them.”

An R-value represents how resistant to heat the material is and measures the effectiveness of different insulations. If a specific type has an R-value of 4 per inch, for example, and a homeowner wants to have a total R-value of 40 for his floor, he’d need to lay down 10 inches of insulation.

Oregon law requires that new homes have insulation with an R-value of 38 in ceilings for new homes, and an R-value of 30 under floors.

Those standards are set to reflect a point that balances energy savings that come from the added insulation, with the cost of the insulation itself, Davis said.

“It’s kind of the optimal,” he said, noting that after that level, the return on investment starts to decline.

And Davis said he has noticed an uptick in people installing a little more padding to their existing homes, adding that people usually do insulation in the fall, when it starts to get chilly.

“We had a pretty good fall with weatherization this year,” Davis said. “A lot of people were taking advantage of the programs out there.”

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COBIC Continued from C1 The group’s initial goal was a simple one: to attract instructors and other educators to Central Oregon who can put on workshops and teach classes about bioscience subjects to the group’s employees, said Carla Powell, president of Metabolic Maintenance.

Prior to COBIC’s formation, companies such as Metabolic Maintenance had to send employees to Portland or other metropolitan areas for such classes, she said. That added travel costs, including meals and lodging, and also cost companies in the form of absent workers.

Keeping workers close to home, “it’s a big cost savings for us,” Powell said.

According to Hnyp, it costs bioscience companies roughly $2,000 to send their employees to training sessions outside the region. By banding together to bring trainers to Central Oregon, the cost drops to roughly $200, he said.

Forming COBIC offers a chance to network, grow an employee base and attract new bioscience companies to the region, added Powell, who is also the president of COBIC. “This is one way we could help them grow, because if we have an organization to support them, if we’re inviting businesses in these

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fields to look at us, it helps if we already have a support group here,” Powell said.

On at least two occasions in the last several years, the Oregon Bioscience Association has attempted to organize the region’s bioscience companies into a Central Oregon chapter, but those efforts ultimately failed.

Last year, Hnyp stepped into the void and tried anew, though taking a more local approach.

Hnyp is not in the bioscience industry but indirectly works with bioscience companies through his business, RnD Consulting, which

helps companies find and maximize research and development tax credits.

Several of the COBIC companies are Hnyp’s clients.

In discussions with prospective members and EDCO, Hnyp decided it was best to form a consortium and limit membership to companies with bioscience goals rather than form an association with open membership that would allow service providers to join. However, retired scientists and others in the community interested in the growth of a bioscience sector in Central Oregon are encouraged to join. Annual dues are $250.

The organizing effort was realized after Hnyp applied for and won a $35,000 grant from the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council’s Workforce Training program.

The group doesn’t yet have a Web site, but Hnyp hopes one will be online soon.

Powell said COBIC members aren’t opposed to eventually joining OBA. She added that joint membership in OBA and COBIC is encouraged. Bend Research and Suterra are OBA members.

But for now, COBIC companies want to maintain local control, Powell said.

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Torre, Koufax chat for a good cause LOS ANGELES — The story line was a simple one: two guys from Brooklyn talking baseball.

Joe Torre invited Sandy Koufax to visit with him and talk about their lives playing a game as a way to raise money for his Safe At Home Foundation to combat domestic abuse.

But the Dodgers manager didn’t think the reclusive Koufax would come.

“Sandy’s not comfortable with this stuff,” Torre told his wife, Ali. Only Koufax did show up.

“It gave me goosebumps,” Torre said of the sold-out crowd of 7,100 at Nokia Theater, which included the likes of Ron Howard, Billy Crystal, Penny Marshall and Jon Lovitz and raised more than $750,000.

“Where’d you go,” sportswriter T.J. Simers asked the 74-year-old Hall of Famer Koufax, who retired from the game at the age of 30 and was returning for one of his rare public appearances.

“I went home,” Koufax said, later explaining that it was something his grandfather taught him that has kept him out of the limelight.

“Your most precious asset is time,” Koufax said. “Spend your money foolishly, spend your time wisely.”

And the reason he came back?

“Joe Torre,” Koufax said.

“It’s about friendship, a very special friendship,” said Torre, 69, of Koufax, even though the two were never teammates.

— The Associated Press

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre, right, shares the stage with pitching legend Sandy Koufax Saturday.

C O M M E N TA RY

Incredible hockey final made these Games special

By Jim Litke The Associated Press

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Andy Tullis / The Bulletin

Sue Carroll takes off from the start while skiing in the 5-kilometer race during the Par Fore the Course II competition on the Mount Bachelor Zigzag nordic trail Sunday morning.

Second act Cross-country skiers compete in the Par Fore the Course II race at Mount Bachelor to see how much they improved this winter Inside

By Katie Brauns

with times from the second race to measure each skier’s improvement.

• Results, MOUNT BACHELOR — In racing, The greater the improvement, the Page D2 winners are usually the fastest. But in higher the place.

Sunday’s Par Fore the Course II nordic The overall winner was Daniel skate-ski race, it didn’t matter who could cross Stroud, 38, of Bend, who finished 21 minutes the finish line first. and 10 seconds faster Sunday (41:52.6) than in “This is more of a citizen race. The course is the December race. Stroud learned how to skate easy and it’s less serious,” explained Dan Simo- ski at the end of last winter. neau, a race organizer with Mt. Bachelor Sports “I thought, ‘I just want to be the most imEducation Foundation, which has hosted the Par proved. I really want that,’ ” noted Stroud, grinFore the Course races for the last nine years. ning as he squinted in the midday sun at the More than 70 skiers participated Sunday. finish line near the nordic center at Mt. Bach“It is a relatively rolling course, designed for elor ski area. “Now, I can smile for a little while the average person,” Simoneau observed. “And and then I can’t use the (beginner) excuse any the whole idea is how much you improve over more.” the course of the year.”

Courses were the same for both Par races, held This winter’s first Par Fore the Course race on Zigzag trail. Three course distances were ofwas held at the beginning of the ski season in fered for different age categories and genders.

December. Times were saved and compared See Second / D6 The Bulletin

IN SID E GOLF Mahan denies Fowler at Phoenix Golfer earns first win since 2007 by holding off talented rookie, see Page D3

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — hese were the best Winter Games ever.

Just not in the way most of us expected.

What were the odds that two teams of mercenary, millionaire pros from the U.S. and Canada would breathe new life into those hopelessly romantic words that helped revive the modern Olympics more than a century ago? The ones about how competing honorably was even more imporInside tant than winning?

But they made it happen.

• Canada tops At least for one afternoon.

United States Had the local heroes lost, everyone in overtime, in this land of 33 million might have Page D4 called in sick Monday morning. They might anyway, judging by the celebration that erupted right after rising star and soon-to-be-cast-in-gold icon Sidney Crosby pounced on a loose puck and slipped it underneath lunging U.S. goalie Ryan Miller to seal the hockey gold medal with a 3-2 win in overtime.

“It doesn’t even feel real,” Crosby said. “It feels like a dream.”

But as more than a few of his French-speaking, sometimes-contrarian countrymen are shouting to the rooftops still: “Au contraire!”

See Final / D5

P R E P S P O R T S C O M M E N TA RY

Madras wrestler’s state title is a big one for White Buffs

Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press

Team USA’s Ryan Miller lays on the ice after Canada’s Sidney Crosby’s goal during overtime action in the men’s Olympic ice hockey gold medal final on Sunday.

Tragedy, glitches, glory among big Olympic stories

By Erin Mcclam The Associated Press

Hunter Mahan holds the Phoenix Open trophy.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL No. 3 Purdue is the latest to fall Boilermakers’ loss means top three teams have lost this weekend, see Page D3

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adras senior Ryan Brunner’s wresting state title on Saturday was for more than just himself.

After defeating Hermiston’s Matt Kilsdonk by technical fall in the 140-pound state finals at the Class 5A state championships, Brunner returned to the warm-up room at Portland’s Memorial Coliseum and celebrated with teammates, coaches and White Buffalo alumni.

State titles from Madras are rare. When Brunner recorded his technical fall against Kilsdonk, he joined an exclusive club. In 2000, Jesse Armstrong became the first White Buffalo to ever bring home a wrestling championship after taking top

Matthew Aimonetti / For The Bulletin

Madras High School wrestler Ryan Brunner defeated Hermiston’s Matt Kilsdonk for the Class 5A state title at 140 pounds during their match in Portland on Saturday. honors in the Class 3A 145pound bracket. Chad McFarland was Madras’ second state champ in 2002, winning a 3A title at 130 pounds. With his revenge win over Kilsdonk — the

Hermiston senior pinned Brunner in last week’s Intermountain Conference district tournament — Brunner recorded the Buffs’ third state championship.

See Wrestler / D6

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — These Olympics will be remembered for all the wrong reasons.

For every golden moment, there was a glitch. Opening day of an electrifying hockey tournament in Vancouver was also the day 20,000 tickets had to be canceled for Cypress Mountain.

Even the games’ emotional high point — a figure-skating bronze for Canada’s Joannie Rochette, whose mother had died four days earlier — was tinged with sorrow.

And it all began, of course, with the worst news imaginable.

Son of a Soviet-era slider, pride of a spruce-nestled ski town half a world away, member of an almost laughably small Olympic delegation, Nodar Kumaritashvili shot down the luge track at nearly 90 mph.

Athletes had suggested the course at Whistler was so fast it tempted fate, and Kumaritashvili himself was terrified of it. He raced anyway. “I will either win or die,” he told his father.

He lasted 49 seconds before the track claimed his life.

The start of a star-crossed Olympics.

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Tuesday Girls basketball: Class 6A state playoffs, first round: Redmond at Tigard, TBA; Class 5A state playoffs, first round: Sherwood at Mountain View, TBA; Class 4A state playoffs, La Pine at Brookings-Harbor, 7 p.m.

4 p.m. — Men’s college, Georgetown at West Virginia, ESPN. 4 p.m. — Women’s college, Connecticut at Notre Dame, ESPN2.

5 p.m. — NBA, Portland Trail Blazers at Memphis Grizzlies, 5 p.m.

6 p.m. — Men’s college, Oklahoma at Texas, ESPN.

TENNIS 6 p.m. — Billie Jean King Cup, Serena Williams vs. Kim Clijsters (single elimination), ESPN2.

HOCKEY 6 p.m. — NHL, Detroit Red Wings at Colorado Avalanche, VS. network.

TUESDAY

Wednesday Boys basketball: Class 6A state playoffs, first round: Redmond at Wilson, TBA; Class 5A state playoffs, first round: Summit at Hillsboro, 7 p.m.

Thursday Alpine skiing: OISRA state championships at Mount Hood, TBA Friday Alpine skiing: OISRA state championships at Mount Hood, TBA Girls basketball: Class 5A state playoffs, second round: TBD at Bend High, TBA

4 p.m. — Men’s college, Vanderbilt at Florida, ESPN.

Saturday Boys basketball: Class 5A state playoffs, second round: TBD at Mountain View, TBA

4 p.m. — Men’s college, Villanova at Cincinnati, ESPN2.

NORDIC SKIING

6 p.m. — Men’s college, Illinois at Ohio State, ESPN.

PAR FORE THE COURSE II Mount Bachelor Feb. 28 (Place, name, time (improvement).)

3-kilometer race Girls J4 — 1, Isabelle Selman, 22:14.8 (N/A).

J3 — 1, Emily Hyde, 11:50.2 (2:00). 2, Denali Hart, 12:22.3 (N/A). 3, Abigail Lange, 12:42.2 (N/A). 4, Annie Jarvis, 15:15.4 (N/A). 5, Scarlett Turfler, 15:59.2 (N/A).

Boys J5 — 1, Thomas Hochman, 17:10.9 (4:16).

J4 — 1, Leo Lukens, 13:36.4 (3:18). 2, Nate Hochman 12:43.5 (2:09).

J3 — 1, Sam Biskup, 13:10.1 (3:35). 2, Claire Johnston 13:20.1 (3:09). 3, Casey Shannon, 11:39.7 (1:55). 4, Teddy Widmer (12:16 (N/A). 5, Jazmin Kopacz 13:56.1 (N/A).

5-kilometer race Women J2 — 1, Piper McDonald, 18:26.3 (N/A). 2, Vivian Hawkinson, 18:36.3 (N/A).

M2 — 1, Janna Bednorz, 21:11.4 (9:48). 2, Cynthia Engel, 16:20.9 (4:46). 3, Renne Mansour, 19:14.1 (4:24).

4, Ericka Luckel, 17:59.5 (N/A).

M3 — 1, Reagan Desmond, 19:28.1 (5:09). 2, Juliet Hochman, 17:13.5 (5:04). 3, Julie Downing, 16:15.1 (2:31.0). 4, Kim Young, 20:57.2 (N/A).

M4 — 1, Jan Terhaar, 19:42 (5:41). 2, Carolyn Daubney, 16:15.5 (1:45).

M6 — 1, Sue Carroll, 21:12.7 (8:59). 2, Susan Parker, 21:19.0 (N/A).

M7 — 1, Sandy Gilliard, 27:52.5 (8:06). 2, Dagmar Eriksson, 17;59.6 (3:16).

Boys J2 — 1, Niko Giannioses, 16:08.2 (9:09). 2, Skyler Kenna, 16:46.3 (8:03). 3, Colin Dunlap, 16:03.4 (6:00).

10-kilometer race Men SR — 1, Andrew Boone, 27:21.2 (7:48.9). 2 Erik Jacobson, 27:26.0 (6:09).

M1 — 1, Damon Kluck, 29:04.8 (6:42.4). 2, Joe Gardepy, 31:18.8 (5:54). 3, Colin Mahood (5:53). 4, Aaron Tarnow, 32:56.0 (N/A).

M2 — 1, Daniel Stroud, 41:52.6 (21:10). 2, Nathan Boddie, 34:41.9 (12:57). 3, Eric Smith, 35:06.3 (10:15).

4, Jason Tedrow, 29:35.0 (5:53). 5, Andrew Sargent (29:26.6 (N/A). 6, Mike Brown, 32:16.5 (N/A). 7, Britt Sexton, 46:42.3 (N/A).

M3 — 1, David Sarmiento 37:42.9 (15:21). 2, Ray Tien, 37:02.4 (14:05). 3, Pete LeRoy 38:04.4 (11:43). 4, Miles Lilly, 33:19.6 (11:25). 5, Brian Desmond 31:20.6 (9:10). 6, Steve Hochman, 41:22.5 (8:49). 7, Chris Clemow, 34:20.2 (8:25). 8, Joseph Sebulsky, 33:03.3 (N/A). 9, Todd Randy, 31:16.0 (N/A). (Only female) 10, Kathleen Kretz, 31:35.1 (N/A).

M4 — 1, Ron Carpenter, 31:01.3 (6:40). 2, Matt Hoskins, 33:50.9 (6:38). 3, James Nelson, 33:09.1 (5:28).

4, Brad St. Clair (29:41.3 (5:23).

M5 — 1, Ron Taylor, 38:25.4 (9:04). 2, David Blair, 31:08.4 (4:07). 3, Rick Goldstein, 34:37.4 (N/A). 4, Scott Yount, 31:19.8 (N/A).

M6 — 1, Christian Schuster, 35:54.8 (9:30). 2, Oriol Sole-Costa, 38:01.8 (9:20).

M7 — 1, Gary Reynolds, 39:49.3 (8:51). 2, Joe Heiserman, 37:06.1 (7:33). 3, Bert Hinkley, 33:01.7 (6:02).

M8 — 1, Rob Dwan, 47:22.2 (N/A).

M9 — 1, Reider Peteron, 38:47.9 (18:19).

BASKETBALL

6 p.m. — Men’s college, Cal State Bakersfield at Gonzaga, FSNW. 8 p.m. — Men’s college, Portland State at Seattle, FSNW.

HOCKEY 4:30 p.m. — NHL, Philadelphia Flyers at Tampa Bay Lightning, VS. network.

7:30 p.m. — NHL, New Jersey Devils at San Jose Sharks, VS. network.

RADIO TODAY BASKETBALL 5 p.m. — NBA, Portland Trail Blazers at Memphis Grizzlies, KBND-AM 1110, KRCO-AM 690.

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S B Basketball • Wolves suspend Jefferson for after arrest: The Minnesota Timberwolves have suspended center Al Jefferson for the next two games without pay after his arrest on suspicion of DWI. The Minnesota State Patrol says a trooper stopped the 25-year-old Jefferson on Interstate 394 early Sunday for speeding and changing lanes without signaling. Jefferson was taken to a hospital for a blood test, then to Hennepin County Jail on suspicion of fourth-degree driving while impaired. He was released after an hour in jail.

• O’Neal to have surgery to repair injured thumb: Shaquille O’Neal’s regular season could be over. Now the Cavaliers hope the center they acquired for the postseason will be back in time for the playoffs. O’Neal will undergo surgery today to repair his injured right thumb.

He was examined Sunday by Dr. Thomas Graham at the National Hand Center in Baltimore. Graham will perform the surgery. The Cavaliers said they will update a timeline for his return following the procedure, but a typical recovery period is 6 to 8 weeks.

Tennis • Gulbis wins Delray Beach title; Bryans win doubles: Ernests Gulbis became the first Latvian to win an ATP Tour title when he upset second-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-2, 6-3 at the Delray Beach International Championships on Sunday. The 72nd-ranked Gulbis, who never dropped a set all week, will move to a top-40 ranking next week after his first title. He won 45 of 48 service games in five matches played this week. Defending champions Bob and Mike Bryan moved into second place on the Open Era doubles titles list when they won their 58th career title at the tournament. The Bryans 6-3, 7-6 (3) final victory over Philipp Marx of Germany and Igor Zelenay of Slovakia ended their tie at 57 titles with Peter Fleming and John McEnroe, and Bob Hewitt and Frew McMillan. The Bryans are four titles away from surpassing the 61 titles record held by Australians Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.

• Djokovic beats Youzhny to retain Dubai title: Novak Djokovic successfully defended his Dubai Championships title on Sunday, beating Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 in a rain-delayed final in the United Arab Emirates.

Leading 7-5, 2-0 before rain suspended play on Saturday, the second-seeded Serb won his 17th career title in a match lasting 3 hours, 21 minutes at the Aviation Club.

There were seven breaks of serve in Sunday’s 19 games.

Roger Federer is the only other player to win the Dubai title in successive years, winning three straight from 2003-05.

• Kleybanova wins 1st career title: Alisa Kleybanova won her first WTA title at the Malaysian Open on Sunday, beating top-seeded Elena Dementieva 6-3, 6-2 in an all-Russian final. The 21-year-old Kleybanova dominated the Olympic champion, using her raw power and booming first serve to earn most of her points. Once described as the new Monica Seles due to her aggressive play, Kleybanova served four aces in the first set.

Football • Citadel quarterback charged in armed robbery case: A quarterback for The Citadel has been charged with three others in connection with an armed robbery of a man at his home, Charleston police said Sunday.

Miguel Starks, 19, and former Citadel player linebacker Reginald Anthony Rice, 22, were charged Saturday with armed robbery, first-degree burglary, kidnapping and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, Charleston police spokesman Charles Francis said in a news release.

Baseball • Pitcher leads Beavers over Vols: Oregon State pitcher Greg Peavey dominated Tennessee Sunday afternoon, holding the Volunteers to three hits in a 1-0 shutout in Corvallis as the Beavers (5-2) won the series 2-1. Peavey gave up a single to Charley Thurber in the second, and a double to Chris Fritts in the fifth. He also walked Cody Hawn and hit Zach Osborne with a pitch in the first.

• Ducks split doubleheader with Rainbows: Oregon ended its series with Hawaii and snapped a three-game losing streak with a 3-0, seven-inning, shutout victory over the Rainbows in the second game of a doubleheader on Sunday evening in Honolulu. Zack Thornton got his first win of the season on the mound for Oregon as he went 51⁄3 innings. Oregon (4-4) fell to Hawaii in the first game 5-2.

— From wire reports

IN THE BLEACHERS

SNOW SPORTS SPECIAL OLYMPICS OREGON REGIONAL WINTER GAMES Mount Bachelor Feb. 27 (High Desert results only) Alpine Giant Slalom Ski Advanced — Michael Backstrom, bronze medal, 54.79.

Intermediate — Kailee Amberson, silver, 1:05.96.

Melissa Murray, fourth, 1:40.28. Joshua Arnold, gold, 1:08.16. Tiffany Heineck, bronze, 1:19.34. Roy Ritter, silver, 1:48.59. Robert Arata, bronze, 1:49.50.

Snowboarding Advanced — Nicole Harder, gold, 1:07.69. Anthony Brohard, gold, 1:24.72.

Slalom Ski Advanced — Michael Backstrom, silver, 29.9. Eric Cain, gold, 30.9.

Snowboard Advanced — Nicole Harder, bronze, 36.0. Anthony Brohard, gold, 49.1.

Ski Intermediate — Kailee Amberson, gold, 37.9. Melissa Murray, fourth, 1:16.00.

Super-G Ski Advanced — Michael Backstrom, gold, 44.03. Eric Cain, gold, 46.15.

Intermediate — Kailee Amberson, silver, 56.10.

Melissa Murray, silver, 1:19.22. Joshua Arnold, bronze, 1:12.41. Tiffany Heineck, fourth, 1:12.65. Robert Arata, silver, 1:25.63. Roy Ritter, bronze, 1:25.85.

Advanced — Nicole Harder, silver, 56.97. Anthony Brohard, silver, 1:15.53.

Nordic Snowshoe 50 meter — Mary Stevens, gold, 19.49. Kori Barnett, gold, 17:67. Michele Swager, gold, 16.31. Leanne Melvin, silver, 26.22. Spencer White, gold, 31.00.

100 meter — Michele Swager, bronze, 32.69. Lisa Grisaffi, gold, 30.50. Kristel Wieglenda, Silver 34.78.

Mary Stevens, fifth, 41.37. Tambrea Aguas, gold, 33.16.

Kori Barnett, silver, 36.97. Leanne Melvin, gold, 50.75.

James Kappus, gold, 21.16. Spencer White, DQ, participant ribbon.

200 meter — Lisa Grisaffi, silver, 1:30.51. Kristel Wieglenda, gold, 1:46.02. James Kappas, gold, 47.59.

4x100-meter relay — High Desert Thunderbolts: Kori Barnett, Kristel Wieglenda, James Kappas, Lisa Grisaffi, silver, 2:08.07.

Cross-country skiing 50 meter — Andrea Gifford, gold, 22.50. Joey Campagna, silver, 1:03.00. Adam Fullerton, gold, 56.00. Eric Fullerton, Bronze, 1:12.35.

100 meter — Andrea Gifford, fourth, 50.53. Adam Fullerton, fourth, 2:35.56. Joey Campagna, silver, 1:52.78. Eric Fullerton, gold, 1:45.71.

BASEBALL College Sunday’s Scores ——— FAR WEST Hawaii 5-0, Oregon 2-3 Oregon State 1, Tennessee 0

BASKETBALL College MEN Sunday’s Games ——— EAST Fairfield 80, Niagara 74, OT Hartford 85, Albany, N.Y. 79, OT Iona 49, St. Peter’s 48 Louisville 78, Connecticut 76 Loyola, Md. 71, Manhattan 59 Marquette 84, Seton Hall 83, OT N.J. Tech 91, North Dakota 73 New Hampshire 77, Stony Brook 55 Penn St. 79, Northwestern 60 Rider 86, Canisius 70 Siena 76, Marist 51 Temple 65, La Salle 53 Vermont 78, Binghamton 69 SOUTH Clemson 53, Florida St. 50 Duke 67, Virginia 49 MIDWEST Iowa 73, Indiana 57 Michigan St. 53, Purdue 44 Xavier 78, Richmond 76, 2OT FAR WEST Portland St. 84, Weber St. 79 UC Davis 66, UC Riverside 43 ——— Standings PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE Through Saturday’s Games Conference All Games W L Pct. W L Pct. California 12 5 .705 20 9 .689 Arizona St. 10 6 .625 20 9 .689 Washington 9 7 .562 19 9 .678 Arizona 8 8 .500 14 14 .500 Southern Cal 8 8 .500 16 12 .571 UCLA 8 8 .500 13 15 .464 Oregon St. 7 9 .437 13 15 .464 Stanford 7 10 .411 13 16 .448 Washington St. 6 10 .375 16 12 .571 Oregon 6 10 .375 14 14 .500

Thursday’s Games USC at Arizona, 5:30 p.m.

Washington State at Oregon State, 7 p.m.

Washington at Oregon, 7 p.m.

UCLA at Arizona, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games USC at Arizona, 10:30 a.m.

UCLA at Arizona State, 1 p.m.

California at Stanford, 3 p.m.

Washington at Oregon State, 5 p.m.

Washington State at Oregon, 5 p.m.

WOMEN Sunday’s Games ——— EAST Army 49, Bucknell 37 Boston U. 79, New Hampshire 65 Fairfield 59, Canisius 55 Hofstra 53, Northeastern 37 Iona 79, Rider 43 Loyola, Md. 68, Siena 50 Manhattan 65, Marist 62 North Dakota 59, N.J. Tech 49 Saint Joseph’s 69, Duquesne 58 St. Peter’s 63, Niagara 59 Towson 56, Delaware 45 UNC Wilmington 60, Drexel 58 Xavier 74, Fordham 59 SOUTH Alabama 66, Florida 61 Auburn 65, Kentucky 53 Charlotte 85, Massachusetts 51 Clemson 67, Wake Forest 62 Florida St. 94, Maryland 61 George Mason 47, Georgia St. 43 Georgia 69, Arkansas 48 James Madison 71, William & Mary 59 LSU 76, Mississippi St. 47 Miami 76, Boston College 68, OT N.C. State 54, Georgia Tech 46 North Carolina 64, Duke 54 Old Dominion 67, Va. Commonwealth 65 South Carolina 73, Vanderbilt 70 Tennessee 75, Mississippi 63 Virginia 55, Virginia Tech 46 MIDWEST Illinois 58, Northwestern 48 Illinois St. 69, N. Iowa 66 Indiana 77, Penn St. 68 Indiana St. 70, Bradley 57 Iowa 68, Wisconsin 60, OT Michigan 64, Purdue 63 Michigan St. 70, Minnesota 50 Missouri St. 83, Evansville 60 Richmond 67, Saint Louis 59 Wichita St. 59, S. Illinois 57 SOUTHWEST Baylor 70, Kansas 47 Oklahoma St. 80, Texas Tech 70 FAR WEST Utah 52, Wyoming 48

GOLF PGA Tour PHOENIX OPEN Sunday At TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Purse: $6 million Yardage: 7,216; Par 71 Final Round (a-amateur; FedExCup points in parentheses) Hunter Mahan (500), $1,080,000 68-70-65-65—268 Rickie Fowler (300), $648,000 65-67-69-68—269 Y.E. Yang (190), $408,000 66-70-69-65—270 Mathew Goggin (115), $248,000 66-67-70-68—271 Chris Couch (115), $248,000 67-66-70-68—271 Charles Howell III (115), $248,000 69-66-68-68—271 Vaughn Taylor (90), $201,000 68-68-68-68—272 Bryce Molder (73), $156,000 68-67-70-68—273 Robert Allenby (73), $156,000 69-65-69-70—273 Joe Ogilvie (73), $156,000 71-66-66-70—273 Camilo Villegas (73), $156,000 62-69-71-71—273

Scott Piercy (73), $156,000 Matt Every (73), $156,000 Ryan Moore (53), $87,360 Ryan Palmer (53), $87,360 D.J. Trahan (53), $87,360 Rich Beem (53), $87,360 Andres Romero (53), $87,360 Fred Couples (53), $87,360 Alvaro Quiros (0), $87,360 Tom Lehman (53), $87,360 Mark Wilson (53), $87,360 Ryuji Imada (53), $87,360 Michael Letzig (42), $42,525 Nick Watney (42), $42,525 Ian Poulter (42), $42,525 Zach Johnson (42), $42,525 Jeff Overton (42), $42,525 Greg Chalmers (42), $42,525 Pat Perez (42), $42,525 Chad Campbell (42), $42,525 Phil Mickelson (42), $42,525 Anthony Kim (42), $42,525 Jimmy Walker (42), $42,525 Lee Janzen (42), $42,525 J.P. Hayes (32), $27,043 Tom Gillis (32), $27,043 Kevin Streelman (32), $27,043 James Driscoll (32), $27,043 Bubba Watson (32), $27,043 Ben Crane (32), $27,043 Skip Kendall (32), $27,043 Matt Kuchar (25), $18,270 Jeff Maggert (25), $18,270 Chad Collins (25), $18,270 Fredrik Jacobson (25), $18,270 Ted Purdy (25), $18,270 J.B. Holmes (25), $18,270 Mark Calcavecchia (25), $18,270 Brandt Snedeker (25), $18,270 Nathan Green (20), $14,580 Ricky Barnes (20), $14,580 Parker McLachlin (15), $13,697 John Rollins (15), $13,697 Scott Verplank (15), $13,697 John Merrick (15), $13,697 Kenny Perry (15), $13,697 Sean O’Hair (15), $13,697 Kevin Na (15), $13,697 Chris DiMarco (11), $13,140 Johnson Wagner (11), $13,140 Justin Rose (7), $12,660 Geoff Ogilvy (7), $12,660 Carl Pettersson (7), $12,660 Scott McCarron (7), $12,660 J.J. Henry (7), $12,660 Billy Mayfair (7), $12,660 Briny Baird (3), $12,180 Brian Gay (3), $12,180 Heath Slocum (1), $11,820 Brian Stuard (1), $11,820 Paul Goydos (1), $11,820 Kevin Stadler (1), $11,820 Joe Durant (1), $11,340 Aaron Baddeley (1), $11,340 Ben Fox (0), $11,340 Michael Sim (1), $11,340 a-Braxton Marquez

68-67-65-73—273 63-70-68-72—273 66-66-74-68—274 69-68-69-68—274 70-68-69-67—274 70-65-70-69—274 69-67-69-69—274 67-70-68-69—274 67-66-71-70—274 66-67-71-70—274 65-66-72-71—274 65-71-68-70—274 69-70-67-69—275 74-63-69-69—275 72-63-70-70—275 66-68-71-70—275 67-68-70-70—275 68-66-73-68—275 65-68-71-71—275 68-68-69-70—275 68-68-72-67—275 67-65-76-67—275 67-70-67-71—275 69-67-67-72—275 69-68-70-69—276 70-68-67-71—276 69-67-71-69—276 69-69-69-69—276 69-70-68-69—276 68-70-71-67—276 67-70-67-72—276 68-70-68-71—277 69-67-71-70—277 67-69-70-71—277 70-67-68-72—277 68-69-71-69—277 69-68-71-69—277 68-68-67-74—277 66-67-66-78—277 70-68-69-71—278 68-71-71-68—278 67-70-70-72—279 69-66-72-72—279 70-68-70-71—279 70-67-67-75—279 68-70-72-69—279 70-69-71-69—279 70-69-72-68—279 69-69-69-73—280 72-67-71-70—280 65-70-71-75—281 66-70-71-74—281 66-70-71-74—281 68-71-69-73—281 73-66-72-70—281 72-67-73-69—281 68-69-73-72—282 70-66-74-72—282 69-70-71-74—284 72-64-76-72—284 70-67-75-72—284 66-73-77-68—284 66-71-73-76—286 71-67-74-74—286 67-72-74-73—286 69-70-75-72—286 74-65-70-78—287

LPGA Tour HSBC WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS Saturday At Tanah Merah Country Club, Singapore Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,457; Par: 72 (36-36) Final (a-amateur) Ai Miyazato, $195,000 69-71-69-69—278 Cristie Kerr, $123,739 68-73-71-68—280 Jiyai Shin, $65,207 71-71-72-67—281 Song-Hee Kim, $65,207 69-70-75-67—281 Yani Tseng, $65,207 74-67-71-69—281 Suzann Pettersen, $65,207 70-70-72-69—281 Vicky Hurst, $35,906 73-71-69-69—282 In-Kyung Kim, $35,906 70-72-71-69—282 Jee Young Lee, $24,964 73-73-68-69—283 Sakura Yokomine, $24,964 73-71-69-70—283 Na Yeon Choi, $24,964 73-69-71-70—283 Angela Stanford, $24,964 68-71-74-70—283 Hee Young Park, $24,964 68-74-69-72—283 Juli Inkster, $24,964 70-70-69-74—283 Seon Hwa Lee, $18,156 73-71-72-68—284 Michelle Wie, $18,156 72-73-69-70—284 Momoko Ueda, $18,156 75-68-68-73—284 Sun Young Yoo, $18,156 70-70-71-73—284 Mika Miyazato, $15,853 73-72-70-70—285 Karrie Webb, $15,853 70-72-72-71—285 Eunjung Yi, $14,498 72-74-72-68—286 Stacy Prammanasudh, $14,498 73-71-74-68—286 Katherine Hull, $14,498 71-72-72-71—286 Amy Yang, $13,177 73-70-71-73—287 Hee-Won Han, $13,177 73-67-71-76—287 Shanshan Feng, $11,991 74-72-70-72—288 Brittany Lincicome, $11,991 71-73-72-72—288 Maria Hjorth, $11,991 73-70-71-74—288 Meena Lee, $10,637 75-70-74-70—289 Christina Kim, $10,637 69-75-75-70—289 Anna Nordqvist, $10,637 73-73-70-73—289 Kyeong Bae, $9,051 73-76-70-71—290 Chie Arimura, $9,051 74-74-70-72—290 Kristy McPherson, $9,051 70-77-71-72—290 Meaghan Francella, $9,051 72-74-72-72—290 Inbee Park, $9,051 72-73-69-76—290 Lindsey Wright, $7,995 72-71-71-77—291 Stacy Lewis, $7,059 76-71-73-72—292 Morgan Pressel, $7,059 74-73-73-72—292 Lorena Ochoa, $7,059 68-79-73-72—292 Shinobu Moromizato, $7,059 74-72-74-72—292 Candie Kung, $7,059 71-76-72-73—292 Soo-Yun Kang, $6,097 77-72-72-72—293 Se Ri Pak, $6,097 74-74-70-75—293 Catriona Matthew, $5,555 73-75-73-73—294 Teresa Lu, $5,555 72-74-74-74—294 Nicole Castrale, $5,555 77-74-68-75—294 Ji Young Oh, $4,945 74-77-76-68—295 Brittany Lang, $4,945 76-72-77-70—295 M.J. Hur, $4,945 73-74-76-72—295 Eun-Hee Ji, $4,539 77-72-76-71—296 Angela Park, $4,539 76-69-77-74—296 Jimin Kang, $4,268 77-75-73-72—297 Sophie Gustafson, $4,268 69-74-74-80—297 Natalie Gulbis, $3,997 73-77-73-75—298 Helen Alfredsson, $3,997 78-70-72-78—298 Wendy Ward, $3,794 75-77-75-73—300

Bo Bae Song, $3,658 Pat Hurst, $3,523 Michele Redman, $3,354 Sandra Gal, $3,354 Amanda Blumenherst, $3,251 a-Joey Poh

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HOCKEY NHL NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE All Times PST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA New Jersey 61 37 21 3 77 162 144 Pittsburgh 62 36 22 4 76 195 179 Philadelphia 60 32 25 3 67 179 160 N.Y. Rangers 62 28 27 7 63 161 169 N.Y. Islanders 62 25 29 8 58 159 194 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Ottawa 63 36 23 4 76 178 179 Buffalo 60 33 18 9 75 166 152 Boston 60 27 22 11 65 149 154 Montreal 63 29 28 6 64 164 176 Toronto 61 19 31 11 49 162 208 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 62 41 13 8 90 247 177 Tampa Bay 61 26 24 11 63 160 182 Atlanta 60 26 24 10 62 182 194 Florida 61 24 27 10 58 155 177 Carolina 61 24 30 7 55 168 194 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 61 41 15 5 87 199 146 Nashville 61 33 23 5 71 170 173 Detroit 61 28 21 12 68 159 164 St. Louis 62 28 25 9 65 163 172 Columbus 63 25 28 10 60 166 203 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 61 37 22 2 76 194 152 Colorado 61 35 20 6 76 178 158 Calgary 62 30 23 9 69 156 156 Minnesota 61 30 27 4 64 171 178 Edmonton 61 19 36 6 44 153 211 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 62 40 13 9 89 204 153 Phoenix 63 37 21 5 79 167 158 Los Angeles 61 37 20 4 78 185 166 Dallas 61 28 21 12 68 175 186 Anaheim 62 30 25 7 67 177 189 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Sunday’s Games No games scheduled Today’s Games Detroit at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Montreal at Boston, 4 p.m.

Chicago at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.

Florida at Atlanta, 4 p.m.

Vancouver at Columbus, 4 p.m.

Carolina at Toronto, 4 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Nashville, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

New Jersey at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

TENNIS ATP ASSOCIATION OF TENNIS PROFESSIONALS ——— BARCLAYS DUBAI CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday Dubai, United Arab Emirates Singles Championship Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Mikhail Youzhny (7), Russia, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3.

DELRAY BEACH INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday Delray Beach, Fla. Singles Championship Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. Ivo Karlovic (2), Croatia, 6-2, 6-3.

WTA WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION ——— MALAYSIAN OPEN Sunday Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Singles Championship Alisa Kleybanova (4), Russia, def. Elena Dementieva (1), Russia, 6-3, 6-2.

DEALS Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to terms with C Brayan Pena and INF Chris Getz on one-year contracts.

NEW YORK YANKEES—Designated RHP Edwar Ramirez for assignment.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Agreed to terms with RHP Jason Jennings and RHP Brett Tomko on minor league contracts.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES—Recalled G Justin Peters from Albany (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Recalled F Tom Pyatt from Hamilton (AHL).

VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Recalled D Nolan Baumgartner from Manitoba (AHL).

Defenders make strong case for top pick

By Michael Marot The Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Ndamukong Suh thinks he should be the No. 1 pick.

Gerald McCoy and Eric Berry both contend they should go first, too.

Suddenly in the quarterbackdriven NFL, defense is becoming all the rage. Early draft projections have Suh and McCoy, defensive tackles, going among the top four picks. Berry could join them in the top five, and none of the three defenders are shy about making their cases for who is the best.

“In my eyes, I feel like I’m the best player in the draft because I bring a lot to the table,” Berry said Sunday. “I was a game-changer in college. If you want to compare the big playmaking ability, you can put that there. As soon as I stepped foot on campus, I was a star for three years.”

McCoy and Suh can’t exactly say the same thing though they are clearly the bigger stars now.

Suh came to the league’s annual scouting combine a little shorter than 6-foot-4 and 307 pounds, two months after joining the other Heisman Trophy finalists in New York.

McCoy, a playful character with oodles of charisma, checked in at 6-4, 295.

NFL: COMBINE Those two and Berry, of Tennessee, are presumably battling a pair of quarterbacks, Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford and Notre Dame’s Jimmy Clausen, to become this year’s draft lottery winner.

History does not bode well for these defenders.

Quarterbacks have gone first in nine of the last 12 drafts. The last defensive tackle to go No. 1 overall was Cincinnati’s Dan Wilkinson in 1994. Of the five defensive tackles taken No. 1 since 1964, only one — Dallas’ Russell Maryland — played in a Pro Bowl. He made it once.

Coaches think McCoy, of Oklahoma, or Suh, of Nebraska, could change the legacy.

“You have to talk about a dominant defensive tackle, somebody that changes the game, somebody that changes schemes, changes how you would block it,” St. Louis coach Steve Spagnuolo said, when asked to describe a franchise defensive tackle. “He gives offensive coordinators in the run game or the pass game a little bit of a headache.

I think that’s the type of guy you describe. Both of those guys are good football players.”

The Rams have the No. 1 pick, the Lions are No. 2, and McCoy said he

has already spoken to both teams.

Suh had not spoken with the Rams as of Sunday afternoon.

Do they fit the mold of franchisetype players?

In McCoy’s case, he says yes and illustrates the point by recounting the story of a 238-pound, 12-yearold kid from Oklahoma City.

“One time in little league, I tackled three people,” McCoy said. “I came through and the quarterback didn’t know who to give it to, so I just grabbed everybody.”

Now that’s chaos.

Suh has a more serious approach.

He emerged as a Heisman contender after almost single-handedly stifling Texas’ high-scoring offense in the Big 12 title game. He’s also gaining a reputation as a serious, cerebral player with a massive body.

The questions about Suh are more about whether he can adapt to the NFL style, which will require him to play the run on the way to the pass.

“I think I can do that, I just haven’t had the opportunity just yet to do that because of the scheme that we were in,” Suh said Saturday in Indy. “I’m not saying that was a problem because there’s opportunities in our scheme when I had a

chance to do that, but it wasn’t as much as some of the teams did.

Gerald had that opportunity a little bit more.”

Berry has more significant obstacles to overcome.

Safeties have rarely gone in the top 10, much less the top five. The last defensive back taken No. 1: Safety Gary Glick of Colorado A&M, who went to Pittsburgh in 1956.

Most teams place a premium on cornerbacks or pass rushers instead of interior linemen or big-hitting safeties.

Those days could be changing.

“I look at those two players, McCoy and Suh, and from my opinion, they’re the two best players in the draft,” said Mike Mayock, draft analyst for the NFL Network.

“They’re both clean off the field. I like McCoy ahead of Suh, only because he’s more disruptive in the pass game, but they’re both great players.”

The talent pool runs deep on defense this year.

Nearly two-thirds of the first round picks could come on defense. Among the possibilities are Florida cornerback Joe Haden and Gators defensive end Carlos Dunlap and linebackers Sergio Kindle of Texas and Rolando McClain of Alabama.

THE BULLETIN • Monday, March 1, 2010 D3

COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Purdue is latest of top teams to tumble The Associated Press WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — One game into Purdue’s season without Robbie Hummel, things already have changed significantly for the worst.

The junior forward tore the ACL in his right knee earlier in the week and will miss the rest of the season. Without its No. 2 scorer and rebounder, thirdranked Purdue produced its lowest point total of the season in a 53-44 loss to No. 14 Michigan State on Sunday.

The loss snapped the Boilermakers’ 10-game winning streak, and came while their other two stars — E’Twaun Moore and JaJuan Johnson — combined to go seven for 27 from the field.

“It’s no secret we go through three guys,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said. “A lot of games this year, two of those three guys would score well offensively and allow that other guy to have an off night. Now it’s a little bit different. Now you have that traditional one-two punch and both of those guys have to be productive in the scoring column.”

Opportunity knocked for Purdue (24-4, 12-4 Big Ten) a day after No. 1 Kansas lost to Oklahoma State and No. 2 Kentucky lost to Tennessee. Now, the Boilermakers’ shot at a No. 1 ranking is gone, their chance at a top seed in the NCAA tournament took a hit, and they fell a half game behind Ohio State in the conference race.

“As soon as Rob went down, our backs went up against the wall,” Purdue guard Chris Kramer said. “We can’t expect him to be there anymore. We still control our own destiny.

Everything we did wrong is fixable.”

Raymar Morgan had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Draymond Green added 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Spartans (22-7, 12-4), who avenged a 76-64 loss to the Boilermakers on Feb. 9 in East Lansing, Mich.

Also on Sunday: No. 20 Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 La Salle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 PHILADELPHIA — Juan Fernandez sank seven threepointers and scored 23 points, Lavoy Allen had 17 points and 20 rebounds and the Owls rolled over their Philly rival. Temple (24-5, 12-2 Atlantic 10) wiped out a one-point halftime deficit with an 18-0 run to open the second half. Fernandez led the way, hitting four threes during the gamechanging spurt.

Xavier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 No. 23 Richmond . . . . . . . . . . . 76 CINCINNATI — Terrell Holloway scored seven of his 24 points during the second overtime as the Musketeers held on in an Atlantic 10 first-place showdown.

Both teams came into the game as part of a three-way tie with No. 20 Temple for a share of first.

Xavier (21-7, 12-2) is trying to win a fourth straight A-10 regular-season title.

No. 5 Duke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Kyle Singler scored 21 points as Duke beat shorthanded Virginia. The Blue Devils (25-4, 12-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) remained a game ahead of Maryland heading into a first-place showdown with the Terps in College Park, Md., on Wednesday night.

AJ Mast / The Associated Press

Michigan State forward Raymar Morgan, left, fights for a rebound with Purdue forward Patrick Bade in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in West Lafayette, Ind., Sunday.

GOLF ROUNDUP

Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard (12) comes down with a loose ball over Miami Heat guard Quentin Richardson, left, and center Joel Anthony, right, during the first half of Sunday’s game in Orlando, Fla.

Mahan rallies for victory at Phoenix Open The Associated Press

John Raoux / The Associated Press

Magic beat slumping Heat NBA ROUNDUP

The Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic found a way to win without much help from All-Star center Dwight Howard.

Rashard Lewis scored 22 points and the Magic pulled together to beat the slumping Miami Heat 96-80 on Sunday night.

Vince Carter scored 17 points, and J.J. Redick 15 for the Magic, but the key to the game was that every player in the lineup had at least one field goal and two rebounds.

“If everybody plays well, nobody has to play great,” said Magic guard Jameer Nelson, who had 12 points and four assists.

“You never want to see a guy struggle the way Dwight did, but if he does, we’ve got no choice but to step up and contribute a little more,” added Lewis.

Howard, who was on a run of 20 straight games where he had double-figure points and rebounds, scored only seven points on one of seven shooting. He tied a season low with five rebounds and played only 24 minutes.

“Dwight has been doing yeoman’s work and we needed to step up and help him when he was having a frustrating night,” Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said. “Virtually everyone who played in the game played well and we were

able to get a solid win.”

The Heat welcomed back Dwyane Wade, who missed four games with a strained calf muscle, but he ran out of gas in the second half. Wade had 17 of his 21 points in the first half. He hit only one of five shots from the field in the second half.

In other games on Sunday: Spurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Suns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 SAN ANTONIO — Richard Jefferson scored 20 points in his best game since losing his starting job, and San Antonio beat Phoenix to end the Suns’ five-game winning streak. Amare Stoudemire had a season-high 41 points and 12 rebounds for Phoenix.

Lakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Nuggets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 LOS ANGELES — Lamar Odom scored nine of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, Pau Gasol had 15 points and 14 rebounds, and the Lakers overcame an 11point third-quarter deficit.

Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Nets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Andray Blatche scored a career-high 36 points and had 15 rebounds, and Randy Foye hit two jumpers in the final 44 seconds to

lead Washington to a comeback victory over New Jersey.

Hawks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Bucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 ATLANTA — Joe Johnson scored nine of his 24 points in overtime, Josh Smith had 22 points and 15 rebounds, and Atlanta ended Milwaukee’s winning streak.

Thunder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Raptors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant scored 29 points, Nenad Krstic had a rare three-pointer and added 16 points and Oklahoma City handed Toronto its third straight loss without All-Star forward Chris Bosh (sprained left ankle).

Kings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Clippers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 SACRAMENTO, Calif.

— Tyreke Evans scored 22 points to help Sacramento beat Los Angeles. The Kings took the lead midway through the first quarter and never trailed again in winning their second straight.

Mavericks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Hornets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki scored 36 points, Caron Butler had 19 in his return to the Dallas lineup and the Mavericks held on for a victory over New Orleans to extend their NBA-high winning streak to seven games.

NBA SCOREBOARD SUMMARIES Sunday’s Games ——— WASHINGTON (89) Thornton 7-13 6-6 20, Blatche 17-31 2-3 36, McGee 2-6 0-2 4, Foye 4-13 6-7 16, Miller 3-8 22 9, Singleton 0-1 0-0 0, Oberto 0-0 0-0 0, Ross 0-1 0-0 0, Boykins 2-7 0-0 4, Young 0-2 0-0 0, M.Harris 0-0 0-0 0, Livingston 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 35-83 16-20 89.

NEW JERSEY (85) Hassell 1-4 5-6 7, Yi 7-17 6-8 20, Lopez 8-20 0-0 16, D.Harris 7-24 3-4 18, Douglas-Roberts 2-7 0-0 4, Hayes 0-4 0-0 0, Dooling 2-6 0-0 5, Humphries 1-4 2-4 4, Williams 4-5 2-2 11. Totals 32-91 18-24 85.

Washington 24 20 25 20 — 89 New Jersey 31 19 18 17 — 85 3-Point Goals—Washington 3-9 (Foye 2-5, Miller 1-3, Blatche 0-1), New Jersey 3-14 (Williams 1-1, Dooling 1-4, D.Harris 1-5, DouglasRoberts 0-1, Hayes 0-3). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Washington 57 (Blatche 15), New Jersey 60 (Yi 19). Assists—Washington 19 (Miller 6), New Jersey 21 (D.Harris 14). Total Fouls—Washington 22, New Jersey 21. Technicals—New Jersey defensive three second.

A—11,844 (18,974).

——— DENVER (89) Anthony 7-19 7-8 21, Martin 3-11 0-2 6, Nene 4-6 6-9 14, Billups 4-12 6-7 17, Afflalo 512 3-3 16, Andersen 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 3-12 0-0 7, Graham 0-1 0-0 0, Lawson 1-3 4-4 6, Carter 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 28-78 26-33 89.

L.A. LAKERS (95) Artest 6-13 1-2 17, Gasol 6-14 3-6 15, Bynum 3-7 0-0 6, Fisher 3-5 0-0 8, Bryant 3-17 8-8 14, Brown 2-5 0-0 4, Odom 8-13 3-4 20, Farmar 22 0-1 5, Powell 3-3 0-0 6, Mbenga 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 36-79 15-21 95.

Denver 29 23 18 19 — 89 L.A. Lakers 21 22 24 28 — 95 3-Point Goals—Denver 7-25 (Billups 3-7, Afflalo 3-7, Smith 1-7, Nene 0-1, Lawson 0-1, Anthony 0-2), L.A. Lakers 8-16 (Artest 4-7, Fisher 2-2, Farmar 1-1, Odom 1-4, Bryant 0-2). Fouled Out—Anthony. Rebounds—Denver 54 (Nene 11), L.A. Lakers 52 (Gasol 14). Assists—Denver 15 (Billups 4), L.A. Lakers 22 (Bryant 12).

Total Fouls—Denver 20, L.A. Lakers 19. Technicals—Bryant, L.A. Lakers defensive three second 2. A—18,997 (18,997).

——— PHOENIX (110) Gr.Hill 3-6 0-0 6, Stoudemire 15-28 10-15 41, Lopez 3-8 2-2 8, Nash 8-13 0-0 18, Richardson 8-13 2-2 20, Dudley 1-4 0-0 2, Frye 3-7 2-4 11, Dragic 1-4 0-0 2, Amundson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 43-84 16-23 110.

SAN ANTONIO (113) Bogans 0-3 0-0 0, Duncan 10-15 1-2 21, McDyess 6-10 0-0 12, Parker 6-11 4-4 16, Ge.Hill 3-9 3-4 9, Ginobili 5-13 9-9 21, Jefferson 7-11 4-5 20, Blair 6-12 2-4 14, Bonner 0-0 0-0 0, Hairston 0-0 0-0 0, Mason 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 43-85 23-28 113.

Phoenix 25 27 24 34 — 110 San Antonio 21 28 28 36 — 113 3-Point Goals—Phoenix 8-15 (Frye 3-4, Nash 2-2, Richardson 2-4, Stoudemire 1-1, Dragic 0-2, Dudley 0-2), San Antonio 4-14 (Jefferson 2-3, Ginobili 2-6, Mason 0-1, Ge.Hill 0-2, Bogans 02). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Phoenix 48 (Stoudemire 12), San Antonio 47 (Duncan 10).

Assists—Phoenix 23 (Nash 11), San Antonio 23 (Ginobili 8). Total Fouls—Phoenix 20, San Antonio 16. A—18,581 (18,797).

——— MILWAUKEE (102) Delfino 4-12 2-2 11, Mbah a Moute 0-2 0-0 0, Bogut 5-11 4-4 14, Jennings 1-5 0-0 3, Salmons 11-20 8-9 32, Ilyasova 3-9 3-4 9, Ridnour 6-8 0-0 13, Stackhouse 7-14 6-6 20, Thomas 0-0 0-0 0, Bell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-81 23-25 102.

ATLANTA (106) Williams 3-5 0-0 7, Jos.Smith 8-13 6-8 22, Horford 7-13 3-3 17, Bibby 2-8 0-0 4, Johnson 10-26 2-2 24, Pachulia 1-3 3-4 5, Crawford 3-14

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Boston Toronto Philadelphia New York New Jersey

W 36 31 22 20 6

L 21 27 36 38 53

Orlando Atlanta Charlotte Miami Washington

W 40 37 28 29 21

L 20 21 29 31 36

Cleveland Chicago Milwaukee Detroit Indiana

W 46 31 30 21 20

L 14 28 29 38 39

Pct .632 .534 .379 .345 .102

GB — 5½ 14½ 16½ 31

L10 5-5 5-5 5-5 1-9 2-8

Str L-2 L-3 L-2 L-1 L-1

Home 16-11 21-9 10-17 12-20 3-26

Away 20-10 10-18 12-19 8-18 3-27

Conf 23-13 22-17 10-20 14-24 5-32

Away 17-14 14-14 8-22 15-17 9-18

Conf 28-11 19-12 17-18 18-17 15-21

Away 21-10 12-19 12-20 7-22 7-23

Conf 26-8 19-17 21-15 14-19 15-22

Southeast Division Pct .667 .638 .491 .483 .368

GB — 2 10½ 11 17½

L10 7-3 6-4 4-6 5-5 5-5

Str W-1 W-1 W-1 L-4 W-1

Home 23-6 23-7 20-7 14-14 12-18

Central Division Pct .767 .525 .508 .356 .339

GB — 14½ 15½ 24½ 25½

L10 7-3 7-3 7-3 4-6 3-7

Str W-3 L-1 L-1 L-3 W-1

Home 25-4 19-9 18-9 14-16 13-16

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Dallas San Antonio New Orleans Memphis Houston

W 39 33 31 30 29

L 21 24 29 29 29

Denver Utah Oklahoma City Portland Minnesota

W 39 38 35 35 14

L 20 21 23 27 47

L.A. Lakers Phoenix L.A. Clippers Sacramento Golden State

W 45 37 24 20 17

L 15 24 35 39 41

Pct .650 .579 .517 .508 .500

GB — 4½ 8 8½ 9

L10 8-2 5-5 5-5 4-6 3-7

Str W-7 W-1 L-1 W-1 L-1

Home 20-9 21-10 20-9 18-12 16-13

Away 19-12 12-14 11-20 12-17 13-16

Conf 21-16 19-17 20-14 17-20 22-17

Away 14-15 14-13 17-12 16-14 5-26

Conf 23-13 23-15 17-17 22-14 7-29

Away 17-10 15-17 7-23 5-25 4-23

Conf 26-11 23-14 11-25 12-23 9-27

Northwest Division Pct .661 .644 .603 .565 .230

GB — 1 3½ 5½ 26

L10 6-4 7-3 8-2 5-5 1-9

Str L-1 W-1 W-2 W-1 L-3

Home 25-5 24-8 18-11 19-13 9-21

Pacific Division Pct .750 .607 .407 .339 .293

GB — 8½ 20½ 24½ 27

L10 Str 7-3 W-2 7-3 L-1 3-7 L-2 4-6 W-2 4-6 W-1 ——— Sunday’s Games

San Antonio 113, Phoenix 110 Atlanta 106, Milwaukee 102, OT Oklahoma City 119, Toronto 99 Sacramento 97, L.A. Clippers 92

Home 28-5 22-7 17-12 15-14 13-18

L.A. Lakers 95, Denver 89 Washington 89, New Jersey 85 Orlando 96, Miami 80 Dallas 108, New Orleans 100 Today’s Games

Dallas at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

Orlando at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Portland at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Utah at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

New York at Cleveland, 4 p.m.

Atlanta at Chicago, 5 p.m.

San Antonio at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Denver at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games

Boston at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Golden State at Miami, 4:30 p.m.

Indiana at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

All Times PST

8-9 14, Evans 3-4 0-0 6, Teague 2-3 0-0 4, J. Smith 0-1 3-4 3. Totals 39-90 25-30 106.

Milwaukee 24 22 27 19 10 — 102 Atlanta 24 20 30 18 14 — 106 3-Point Goals—Milwaukee 5-15 (Salmons 2-4, Ridnour 1-1, Jennings 1-3, Delfino 1-4, Ilyasova 0-1, Stackhouse 0-2), Atlanta 3-13 (Johnson 2-5, Williams 1-1, Evans 0-1, Crawford 0-2, Bibby 0-4). Fouled Out—Ilyasova.

Rebounds—Milwaukee 47 (Bogut 9), Atlanta 55 (Jos.Smith 15). Assists—Milwaukee 23 (Jennings 5), Atlanta 21 (Jos.Smith 6). Total Fouls—Milwaukee 25, Atlanta 23. Technicals— Milwaukee defensive three second. A—16,381 (18,729).

——— MIAMI (80) Richardson 2-6 0-0 4, Beasley 0-4 1-1 1, O’Neal 8-17 0-0 16, Alston 5-8 1-1 15, Wade 617 9-12 21, Anthony 3-6 2-3 8, Chalmers 1-4 0-0 3, Haslem 3-8 1-1 7, Wright 2-7 0-0 5, Cook 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-77 14-18 80.

ORLANDO (96) Barnes 2-4 0-0 4, Lewis 8-14 4-4 22, Howard 1-7 5-8 7, Nelson 3-8 5-6 12, Carter 7-10 1-1 17, Bass 1-4 0-0 2, Williams 3-7 0-0 6, Redick 3-7 7-7 15, Gortat 3-4 3-4 9, Pietrus 1-5 0-0 2.

Totals 32-70 25-30 96.

Miami 24 24 16 16 — 80 Orlando 26 26 24 20 — 96

3-Point Goals—Miami 6-16 (Alston 4-6, Chalmers 1-2, Wright 1-4, Richardson 0-2, Wade 0-2), Orlando 7-24 (Carter 2-4, Redick 2-4, Lewis 2-7, Nelson 1-3, Barnes 0-1, Pietrus 0-2, Williams 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Miami 47 (Richardson 10), Orlando 47 (Barnes 8). Assists—Miami 17 (Wade 5), Orlando 15 (Nelson 4). Total Fouls—Miami 22, Orlando 19. Technicals—O’Neal, Orlando defensive three second 2. A—17,461 (17,461).

——— L.A. CLIPPERS (92) Butler 5-9 0-0 13, Gooden 5-9 7-7 17, Kaman 7-15 4-5 18, Davis 5-17 2-4 13, Gordon 4-13 4-4 13, Jordan 0-2 3-6 3, Outlaw 3-10 5-5 11, Blake 1-4 0-0 2, Smith 1-4 0-0 2, Brown 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 31-83 25-31 92.

SACRAMENTO (97) Casspi 4-11 3-4 12, Landry 6-13 6-8 18, Hawes 8-16 0-0 16, Udrih 4-11 0-0 9, Evans 921 4-8 22, Garcia 3-8 0-0 7, Dorsey 0-0 1-2 1, May 0-2 2-2 2, Greene 3-4 0-0 7, Udoka 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 38-88 16-24 97.

L.A. Clippers 18 24 26 24 — 92 Sacramento 32 24 20 21 — 97 3-Point Goals—L.A. Clippers 5-20 (Butler 3-5, Davis 1-4, Gordon 1-5, Blake 0-2, Outlaw 0-4), Sacramento 5-14 (Greene 1-1, Udoka 1-2, Udrih 1-2, Garcia 1-4, Casspi 1-4, Hawes 0-1).

Fouled Out—Gooden. Rebounds—L.A. Clippers 62 (Kaman 11), Sacramento 54 (Hawes 9). Assists—L.A. Clippers 14 (Davis 8), Sacramento 17 (Udrih 6). Total Fouls—L.A. Clippers 18, Sacramento 23. A—13,071 (17,317).

——— TORONTO (99) Turkoglu 3-8 0-0 7, Nesterovic 4-10 0-0 8, Bargnani 6-9 0-0 14, Jack 4-8 2-2 11, DeRozan 4-10 5-6 13, Evans 2-4 1-5 5, Wright 2-8 1-2 6, Calderon 2-5 0-0 4, Weems 5-11 4-4 14, Johnson 3-7 0-0 6, O’Bryant 1-3 1-2 3, Belinelli 2-4 3-3 8. Totals 38-87 17-24 99.

OKLAHOMA CITY (119) Durant 9-18 9-10 29, Green 6-12 5-7 20, Krstic 7-9 1-1 16, Westbrook 4-10 6-7 14, Sefolosha 2-4 0-0 4, Harden 4-8 4-4 12, Collison 2-4 0-0 4, Ibaka 6-8 1-2 13, Maynor 1-4 1-2 3, Ollie 0-1 0-0 0, Mullens 2-5 0-0 4. Totals 43-83 27-33 119.

Toronto 24 23 20 32 — 99 Oklahoma City 34 27 30 28 — 119 3-Point Goals—Toronto 6-15 (Bargnani 2-2, Jack 1-1, Wright 1-2, Belinelli 1-2, Turkoglu 1-5, Weems 0-1, Johnson 0-1, O’Bryant 0-1), Oklahoma City 6-12 (Green 3-3, Durant 2-3, Krstic 1-2, Sefolosha 0-1, Harden 0-3).

Fouled Out—Harden. Rebounds—Toronto 56 (Johnson 11), Oklahoma City 46 (Ibaka 10).

Assists—Toronto 15 (Calderon 7), Oklahoma City 23 (Westbrook 10). Total Fouls—Toronto 23, Oklahoma City 25. Technicals—Toronto Coach Triano, Toronto defensive three second.

A—18,203 (18,203).

——— NEW ORLEANS (100) Stojakovic 6-16 2-2 16, West 3-15 4-4 10, Okafor 3-5 2-2 8, Collison 15-21 2-3 35, Peterson 2-7 2-2 6, Posey 0-1 0-0 0, Thornton 6-15 8-10 21, Wright 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 37-83 20-23 100.

DALLAS (108) Marion 4-8 1-1 9, Nowitzki 14-25 8-9 36, Haywood 4-6 4-5 12, Kidd 5-12 0-0 13, Butler 9-18 1-2 19, Terry 5-10 0-0 11, Najera 3-5 0-0 6, Barea 1-2 0-0 2, Stevenson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 45-87 14-17 108.

New Orleans 24 26 25 25 — 100 Dallas 35 34 17 22 — 108 3-Point Goals—New Orleans 6-21 (Collison 3-5, Stojakovic 2-9, Thornton 1-4, Posey 0-1, Peterson 0-2), Dallas 4-15 (Kidd 3-7, Terry 1-5, Butler 0-1, Barea 0-1, Najera 0-1).

Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—New Orleans 46 (Okafor 17), Dallas 48 (Kidd, Haywood 9).

Assists—New Orleans 14 (West 6), Dallas 31 (Barea 9). Total Fouls—New Orleans 15, Dallas 20. Technicals—New Orleans Coach Bower, New Orleans defensive three second. A—19,911 (19,200).

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Hunter Mahan has been one of the most successful golfers not to win a tournament the last two years.

That’s not the case anymore.

Mahan came from four strokes back to win the Phoenix Open by a shot over Rickie Fowler on Sunday in a 1-2 finish for former Oklahoma State players.

“It’s always a little better to lose to a Cowboy,” Fowler said.

The 27-year-old Mahan had an eagle and a pair of birdies in a late four-hole span to finish at 16-under 268. Mahan, whose first victory came at the 2007 Travelers Championship, closed with consecutive bogey-free 6-under 65s.

He’s the eighth U.S.-born player still in his 20s to win more than one tournament.

Fowler, just 21 and a tour rookie, had a final-round 68 for the second runner-up finish of his young career, both of them in Arizona.

In his second PGA Tour event last Oct. 25, Fowler lost in a three-way playoff to Troy Matteson in the Frys.com Open just down the road at the Grayhawk Golf Club.

South Korea’s Y.E. Yang also shot a 65 to finish at 14 under, two off the pace. Last year’s PGA Championship winner, Yang led until his tee shot went in the water at No. 17.

Mathew Goggin, Chris Couch and Charles Howell III tied for fourth at 13 under.

Third-round leader Brandt Snedeker struggled mightily with a 78 to wind up far back at 7 under.

The win was worth $1.08 million.

Although he hasn’t won, Mahan has played well the past two years. He played on the 2008 Ryder Cup team and had six top-10s in 2009, including a runner-up finish at the AT&T National. His earnings the last two years topped $5 million.

“It’s just finding a way to win. I just haven’t been able to do it,” he said. “So obviously it feels great to get off the year on my fifth tournament to win. It gives me a lot of confidence in myself that I’m doing the right things in my game, and it feels great, it really does.”

A total of 0.67 inches of rain fell and wind reached 47 mph overnight at TPC Scottsdale and sprinkles lingered Sunday morning. But the rain subsided by the time the leaders teed off at noon.

The tournament, in its 75th year, was known as the FBR Open but returned to its longtime Phoenix Open name when Waste Management Inc. took over as the title sponsor this year.

The poor weather held the estimated final-round crowd to just under 44,000, well off

last year’s 60,000-plus. That brought the week’s total attendance to nearly 426,000, down from 470,000 a year ago at the rowdy event that always draws the biggest crowds on the tour.

Yang, whose PGA Championship victory made him the first Asian-born golfer to win a major, eagled No. 10, then reeled off four consecutive birdies to take the lead at 15 under through 15 holes.

Trouble came, though, at No. 17, where his tee shot bounced into the water.

Yang’s 25-foot putt for par was on line but stopped an inch short of the cup, and the bogey left him at 14 under.

Mahan, meanwhile, hit his second shot on the par-5 13th 250 yards within 7 feet and made the eagle putt to reach 14 under.

His 18-foot birdie putt on the par-4 14th moved him ahead of Yang at 15 under.

The clincher came at the notorious 16th, the par 3 surrounded by bleachers filled with noisy, irreverent fans who cheer and boo with equal enthusiasm.

Mahan’s tee shot caught the edge of the green and he made the subsequent 14½foot putt to regain the lead at 16 under.

“You still have a tournament to win, you can’t really worry about the people,” he said. “You just kind of have to block it out, but at the same time kind of enjoy it because you don’t have that opportunity to have so many people watching you on one hole.”

In other Sunday events: Miyazato wins by two strokes SINGAPORE — Ai Miyazato won the HSBC Champions to become the first LPGA Tour player in 44 years to sweep the first two events of a season, closing with a 3under 69 for a two-stroke victory over Cristie Kerr.

Miyazato, the 24-year-old Japanese star who won the LPGA Thailand last week, took the lead with a birdie on the par-4 16th — a hole she played in 5 under for the week — and parred the final two holes to finish at 10 under on Tanah Merah’s Garden Course.

Quinn takes Nationwide title PANAMA CITY — Fran Quinn won the Panama Championship for his fourth career Nationwide Tour title, shooting a 1-over 71 for a two-stroke victory over Brian Smock.

Quinn, the 44-year-old Massachusetts native who took a five-stroke lead into the final round, had a tournament-record 15-under 265 total at Panama Golf Club.

Davies tops New Zealand field CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — English star Laura Davies won the New Zealand Women’s Open for her 73rd worldwide title, shooting a 4under 69 for a two-stroke victory over three players.

Paul Connors / The Associated Press

Hunter Mahan points to fans after making a putt for birdie on the 16th hole during the final round of the Phoenix Open Sunday in Scottsdale, Ariz. Mahan won with a final score 16-under 268.

D4 Monday, March 1, 2010 • THE BULLETIN

2010 Winter Olympics SCOREBOARD MEDALS Nation United States Germany Canada Norway Austria Russia South Korea China Sweden France Switzerland Netherlands Czech Republic Poland Italy Japan Finland Australia Belarus Slovakia Croatia Slovenia Latvia Britain Estonia Kazakhstan

Medals Table Final 86 medal events G 9 10 14 9 4 3 6 5 5 2 6 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

S 15 13 7 8 6 5 6 2 2 3 0 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 1

B Tot 13 37 7 30 5 26 6 23 6 16 7 15 2 14 4 11 4 11 6 11 3 9 3 8 4 6 2 6 3 5 2 5 4 5 0 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1

RESULTS Sunday All Times PST ——— CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING At Vancouver, Canada Men’s 50 km Mass Start 1. Petter Northug, Norway, 2:05:35.5.

2. Axel Teichmann, Germany, 2:05:35.8.

3. Johan Olsson, Sweden, 2:05:36.5.

4. Tobias Angerer, Germany, 2:05:37.0.

5. Devon Kershaw, Canada, 2:05:37.1.

U.S. Finishers 28. James Southam, Anchorage, Alaska, 2:10:08.3.

NR. Kris Freeman, Andover, N.H., DNF.

February 12-28 • Vancouver

ICE HOCKEY

CROSS COUNTRY

Canada’s Sidney Crosby (87) is congratulated by Drew Doughty (8) and Scott Niedermayer (27) after Crosby scored the game-winning goal in the overtime period of a men’s gold medal ice hockey game against USA at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday.

Canada won 3-2.

Norwegian wins men’s 50K race The Associated Press

Chris O’Meara / The Associated Press

MEN’S HOCKEY Playoff Round ——— Gold medal At Canada Hockey Place Canada 3, United States 2 (OT)

MULTI-MEDALISTS Final MEN Four Petter Northug, Norway, cross-country skiing, 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze.

Three Emil Hegle Svendsen, Norway, biathlon, 2 gold, 1 silver.

Lee Jung-Su, South Korea, short track speedskating, 2 gold, 1 silver.

Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway, alpine skiing, 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze.

Bode Miller, Franconia, N.H., alpine skiing, 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze.

Johan Olsson, Sweden, cross-country skiing, 1 gold, 2 bronze.

Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austria, ski jumping, 1 gold, 2 bronze.

Johnny Spillane, Steamboat Springs, Colo., nordic combined, 3 silver.

Apolo Anton Ohno, Seattle, short track speedskating, 1 silver, 2 bronze.

Two Marcus Hellner, Sweden, cross-country skiing, 2 gold.

Simon Ammann, Switzerland, ski jumping, 2 gold.

Charles Hamelin, Canada, short track speedskating, 2 gold.

Kevin Kuske, Germany, bobsled, 1 gold, 1 silver.

Andre Lange, Germany, bobsled, 1 gold, 1 silver.

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Norway, biathlon, 1 gold, 1 silver.

Bill Demong, Vermontville, N.Y., nordic combined, 1 gold, 1 silver.

Mo Tae-Bum, South Korea, speedskating, 1 gold, 1 silver.

Shani Davis, Chicago, speedskating, 1 gold, 1 silver.

Lee Seung-Hoon, South Korea, speedskating, 1 gold, 1 silver.

Evgeny Ustyugov, Russia, biathlon, 1 gold, 1 bronze.

Vincent Jay, France, biathlon, 1 gold, 1 bronze.

Bernhard Gruber, Austria, nordic combined, 1 gold, 1 bronze.

Sven Kramer, Netherlands, speedskating, 1 gold, 1 bronze.

Mark Tuitert, Netherlands, speedskating, 1 gold, 1 bronze.

Francois-Louis Tremblay, Canada, short track speedskating, 1 gold, 1 bronze.

Ivica Kostelic, Croatia, alpine skiing, 2 silver.

Christoph Sumann, Austria, biathlon, 2 silver.

Axel Teichmann, Germany, cross-country skiing, 2 silver.

Adam Malysz, Poland, ski jumping, 2 silver.

Lee Ho-Suk, South Korea, short track speedskating, 2 silver.

Sung Si-Bak, South Korea, short track speedskating, 2 silver.

Ivan Skobrev, Russia, speedskating, 1 silver, 1 bronze.

Chad Hedrick, Spring, Texas, speedskating, 1 silver, 1 bronze.

Lukas Bauer, Czech Republic, cross-country skiing, 2 bronze.

J.R. Celski, Federal Way, Wash., short track speedskating, 2 bronze.

——— WOMEN Five Marit Bjoergen, Norway, cross-country skiing, 3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze.

Three Wang Meng, China, short track speedskating, 3 gold.

Magdalena Neuner, Germany, biathlon, 2 gold, 1 silver.

Martina Sablikova, Czech Republic, speedskating, 2 gold, 1 bronze.

Stephanie Beckert, Germany, speedskating, 1 gold, 2 silver.

Justyna Kowalczyk, Poland, cross-country skiing, 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze.

Two Maria Riesch, Germany, alpine skiing, 2 gold.

Zhou Yang, China, short track speedskating, 2 gold.

Olga Zaitseva, Russia, biathlon, 1 gold, 1 silver.

Anastazia Kuzmina, Slovakia, biathlon, 1 gold, 1 silver.

Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle, Germany, cross-country skiing, 1 gold, 1 silver.

Claudia Nystad, Germany, cross-country skiing, 1 gold, 1 silver.

Charlotte Kalla, Sweden, cross-country skiing, 1 gold, 1 silver.

Lindsey Vonn, Vail, Colo., alpine skiing, 1 gold, 1 bronze.

Tina Maze, Slovenia, alpine skiing, 2 silver.

Julia Mancuso, Squaw Valley, Calif., alpine skiing, 2 silver.

Anna Haag, Sweden, cross-country skiing, 2 silver.

Marianne St-Gelais, Canada, short track speedskating, 2 silver.

Marie Laure Brunet, France, biathlon, 1 silver, 1 bronze.

Marie Dorin, France, biathlon, 1 silver, 1 bronze.

Kristina Groves, Canada, speedskating, 1 silver, 1 bronze.

Katherine Reutter, Champaign, Ill., short track speedskating, 1 silver, 1 bronze.

Elisabeth Goergl, Austria, alpine skiing, 2 bronze.

Simone Hauswald, Germany, biathlon, 2 bronze.

Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Finland, cross-country skiing, 2 bronze.

Park Seung-Hi, South Korea, short track speedskating, 2 bronze.

Canada takes gold Sidney Crosby scores in overtime to give his team a 3-2 victory

By Alan Robinson The Associated Press

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — With the flick of Sidney Crosby’s wrist, Canada found Olympic redemption.

From the pall of a luger’s death, from a series of embarrassing glitches, from a first half so disappointing that Canadian Olympic officials prematurely conceded the medals race, from the men’s hockey team losing to the upstart Americans in a preliminary game.

All that was forgotten Sunday.

Canada is the Olympic champion in men’s hockey, and the whole nation can finally celebrate its Winter Olympics.

The national honor is served.

Canada survived one of the greatest games in Olympic history to beat the Americans 3-2 in overtime and cap the host country’s record gold rush in the Vancouver Games.

Crosby — The Next One, hockey heir to Canada’s own Great One, Wayne Gretzky — won it when he whipped a shot past U.S. goalie Ryan Miller 7:40 into overtime after the U.S. had tied it with 24.4 seconds left in regulation.

Canada’s collection of all-stars held off a young, desperate U.S. team that had beaten it a week ago and, after staging a furious comeback from down 2-0 on goals by Jonathan Toews and Corey Perry, almost beat the Canadians again.

With Canada less than a minute away from celebrating the gold medal, Zach Parise — the son of a player who figured in Canada’s finest hockey moment — tied it with Miller off the ice for an extra attacker.

The moment he scored, the groans of disappointed fans likely were heard from Vancouver to the Maritimes. But Crosby, scoreless the previous two games, brought back the

cheers with his second post-regulation game-winner of the tournament, a shot from the left circle that Miller was helpless to stop. He also beat Switzerland in a shootout during the round robin.

It was close. It was nerve-racking.

It was a game worthy of an Olympic hockey final.

Before the game, Crosby received a brief text message from Penguins owner Mario Lemieux that said: “Good luck.”

Now, Crosby joins Lemieux — whose goal beat the Soviet Union in the 1987 World Cup — and Paul Henderson, who beat the Soviets with a goal in the 1972 Summit Series, among the instant national heroes of Canadian hockey. At age 22, Crosby has won the Stanley Cup and the Olympics in less than a year’s time.

Minutes after the game ended, delirious fans chanted, “Crosby! Crosby! Crosby!” International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge paused before giving the final medal to Crosby as the crowd got even louder. Then he gestured with his right hand, calling for more cheers for Crosby.

As “O Canada” played, the Canadian team stood shoulder to shoulder, arms over each others’ shoulders.

The U.S. team stood dejected, staring at the ice, many with their hands on their hips.

“Our team worked so unbelievably hard,” Crosby said. “Today was really tough, especially when they got a goal late in regulation. But we came back and got it in overtime.”

To win, Canada withstood a remarkable and determined effort from a U.S. team that wasn’t supposed to medal in Vancouver, much less roll through the tournament unbeaten before losing in the first overtime gold-medal game since NHL players

joined the Olympics in 1998.

“No one knew our names. People know our names now,” said Chris Drury, one of three holdovers from the 2002 U.S. team that also lost to Canada in the gold-medal game.

Miller, the tournament MVP, was exceptional, and Parise scored a goal that — if the U.S. had won — would rank among the storied moments in American Olympic history.

With less than a half minute remaining and Miller out of the net and off the ice for an extra attacker, Patrick Kane took a shot from the high slot that deflected off Jamie Langenbrunner to Parise, who shot it off Canadian goalie Roberto Luongo’s blocker and into the net.

Three minutes before Parise scored, Kane — who also set up Ryan Kesler’s goal in the second period — knocked the puck off Crosby’s stick on a breakaway that would have sealed it for Canada.

Luongo didn’t outplay Miller, but still proved he is a big-game goalie — something he has never been previously — by making 34 saves in his own NHL arena. Luongo went 5-0 in the tournament and 4-0 after replacing Martin Brodeur following America’s 5-3 win the previous Sunday.

Canada won its eighth hockey gold medal and only its second since 1952 — it beat the U.S. 5-3 in Salt Lake City in 2002. For the United States, considered on a tier slightly below the Canadians, Russians and Swedes when the games began, it was an immense letdown, especially since it was the best team from nearly start to finish. Nearly.

“It stings right now,” said Miller, who made 33 saves after giving up only a goal per game in the first five games.

“It’s devastating. It was the biggest game any of us have played in,” U.S. defenseman Jack Johnson said.

WHISTLER, British Columbia — Petter Northug saw the back of a familiar rival ahead of him, and knew this race would have a familiar ending.

The Norwegian blew past Germany’s Axel Teichmann near the finish line for the second time at these Olympics, using his trademark sprint to win the 50-kilometer classical cross-country race for his second gold medal of the games.

“I knew I could take him,” Northug said with his usual bravado. “I had another gear to use if I needed it.”

This gear was more than enough.

Northug specializes in winning mass starts just like this one, where he can simply tag along behind the leaders for much of the way before deciding the race with his unrivaled closing ability. Teichmann knows that very well — Northug overtook him in similar fashion to give Norway the gold in the team sprint.

On Sunday, the German tried to pull away from the rest of the leading group in the final uphill section, but never got enough of a gap to shake Northug.

“I knew that if I don’t fall or end up breaking a pole, I have a very good chance to sprint down Teichmann,” Northug said, before paying tribute to the German — and himself.

“Teichmann is maybe the second-best sprinter after 30K, or after 50K,” he said, not bothering to point out who’s the best. “He’s really fast at the end.”

Just not fast enough. Teichmann had to use a lot of energy making up a 20-second gap to the leading group over the last 10 kilometers. He then didn’t have enough left to give Northug a serious challenge at the end.

“I tried in the last uphill everything I could, but it wasn’t there,” Teichmann said. “I used everything I had in my arms to push as hard as I could to the finish line. Then I saw him (Northug) at the last 50 meters. He’s a good sprinter, and he took the gold.”

Northug finished in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 35.5 seconds, with Teichmann 0.3 seconds back for the silver medal. Johan Olsson of Sweden took bronze, a second back.

Lukas Bauer of the Czech Republic, one of the favorites, spent much of the last 20K near the lead but faded toward the end and ended up 12th. Dario Cologna of Switzerland, who won the opening 15K freestyle race, was part of a group of skiers chasing Teichmann into the stadium but fell on the final straightaway.

“It is very hard now because I was so close to a medal,” Cologna said. “If you are so close to a second, it is very, very hard.”

Blind skier crushed that he did not race for Canada in 50K WHISTLER, British Columbia — It would have been one of the more heartwarming stories of the Vancouver Games: A legally blind Canadian cross-country skier was all set to become the first winter sports athlete to compete in the Paralympics and Olympics.

But the Canadians benched Brian McKeever for Sunday’s grand finale, the men’s 50-kilometer classical mass start race, denying him the chance to triumph for the seeing-impaired and many others living with physical, emotional or psychological challenges.

Not because of his disability — but his abilities.

The harsh reality: he’s just not good enough.

“I don’t think we can fairly ask others to stand aside.

It’s their dreams, too,” said Dave Wood, one of Canada’s coaches. “We’re being fair. We’re being fair to our sport. We’re telling people to be as best as you can and when they are, you have to let them participate.”

So, the team instead raced Alex Harvey, Ivan Babikov, Devon Kershaw and George Grey, all of whom have top-10 finishes here. Under International Ski Federation rules, the team can only enter four skiers. Kershaw finished fifth overall at 2 hours, 5 minutes, 37.1 seconds.

Canadian coach Inge Braten said these four were simply faster than McKeever.

McKeever, 30, who still has his peripheral vision, never wanted special treatment when he started going blind in college, but he was crushed by the decision.

“Olympic dream over,” he wrote on his Twitter account. “I don’t think I’ve ever been so sad.”

— The Associated Press