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Bend police open inquiry into embezzlement FAA order that property firm’s owner disclosed last fall could halt By Andrew Moore The Bulletin

Elizabeth J. Rose — the owner of PRG Property Management in Bend, which abruptly closed April 9 — confessed to Oregon Real Estate Agency investigators in September that she embezzled $150,000 from the company, according to an agen-

cy investigative report obtained by The Bulletin. The agency then shared its information with the Bend Police Department, which took no action, according to the report. The Oct. 5 report said Rose confessed to agency investigators on Sept. 15 to taking $150,000 of

client funds to “keep her business afloat.” An agency investigator then notified Bend Police Sgt. Brian Kindel of the confession the same day, but Kindel did not follow up with the agency, according to the report. The report states Kindel knew Rose’s husband, Gary Rose, a re-

tired deputy with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and a police academy instructor. The Bend Police Department opened a theft investigation regarding Elizabeth Rose’s role at PRG on Monday, according to Bend Police Lt. Ben Gregory. See Property / A5

A town hall here, a few voters there ...

Sheriff Blanton works nonstop for jail bond Deschutes County Sheriff Larry Blanton uses a laser pointer and chart at a town hall meeting Thursday in Terrebonne to explain the cost of the jail expansion bond that will go to Deschutes County voters next month. Blanton has attended more than 35 media events and presentations to provide information and campaign for the bond.

Oregon’s wind plans ‘It’s like dropping a bomb on jobs in Central Oregon,’ Merkley says By Keith Chu The Bulletin

WASHINGTON — Wind farm development nearly everywhere in Central and Eastern Oregon could be held up by a Federal Aviation Administration order issued last month that was intended to protect a U.S. Air Force radar installation in Fossil, according to Oregon’s U.S. senators. The FAA order halted the Shepard’s Flat wind farm, which was on the verge of breaking ground in the Columbia Gorge, near Arlington. On Inside Thursday afternoon, U.S. Sens. • Nantucket Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, Sound both Oregon Democrats, said the wind project justification used to object to the threatened, Arlington wind project could also Page A5 apply to nearly all Oregon wind farms east of the Cascades, including two in Central Oregon. “This is just a really egregious, shortsighted act by the FAA,” Merkley said. “To me it’s like dropping a bomb on jobs in Central Oregon.” An FAA spokeswoman couldn’t be reached for comment late Thursday afternoon. Wyden’s staff said he plans to place holds on three Defense Department nominees today — essentially preventing a vote on their nominations — to register his objections. Asked if he would join Wyden, Merkley said “we’ve informed (the Pentagon) holds may be forthcoming.” See Wind / A5

According to an FAA notice, any wind turbine more than “0 feet above ground level,” such as these near Wasco, could confuse a military radar installation in Fossil.

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“There’s only one person who’s responsible for what’s going on in the jail, out on the street and in the Sheriff’s Office, and that’s me.” — Larry Blanton

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By Erin Golden The Bulletin

On the calendar in Deschutes County Sheriff Larry Blanton’s house, there’s a note on the square marking May 19, the day after Election Day. “Life begins again,” it reads. Over the last several weeks, Blanton’s schedule has been consumed by his campaign for a $44 million jail expansion bond that will go to Deschutes County voters next month. Since February, he’s made the case for the bond at City Council meetings, town hall forums and business

ELECTION luncheons. He’s been on television and radio programs, and frequently talks with people who call him at work or stop by the Sheriff’s Office to chat about the issue. Though other elected officials have expressed support for the bond, Blanton has primarily been going it alone when it comes to campaigning. He puts in time

when he’s on and off the clock — and though it has taken him away from other activities, Blanton said he believes pushing for the bond is part of the job people elected him to do. “There’s only one person who’s responsible for what’s going on in the jail, out on the street and in the Sheriff’s Office, and that’s me,” he said. In Oregon, election laws limit many public employees from campaigning for political candidates, ballot measures or issues when they are at work. See Blanton / A5

The journey to earth’s ‘last extreme,’ nearly 7 miles below the sea By Michael E. Ruane The Washington Post

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High-profile Russian adoption case reveals tangle of emotions, accusations By Bonnie Miller Rubin Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — To many, the act seemed inhumane and indefensible. A Tennessee woman having trouble with her adopted son placed the 7-year-old on an airplane last week for an 11-hour flight alone back to Russia, his native country. The incident was quickly con-

Inside • Russia seeks ways to keep its children, Page A5 demned by scores on the Web, and authorities in Russia have halted adoptions to the U.S. But parents of adopted chil-

dren who exhibit severely challenging behavior are using the sad tale to speak out, opening a window into their chaotic lives. Rather than condemn the Tennessee woman, they are blasting adoption agencies that are not always reliable reporters about a child’s troubled past, leaving families adrift without training. See Adoptions / A5

WASHINGTON — The sunlight began to fade a few hundred feet down. Shades of gray turned to black. The steel gondola groaned as the water pressure increased, and the Trieste sank toward the fabled gorge in the Pacific Ocean floor known as Challenger Deep. At 2,400 feet, the two crewmen dimmed the cabin lights to let their eyes adjust. At about 13,000 feet, they entered the abyssal zone — “the timeless world of eternal darkness,” one of them wrote later. Don Walsh At 31,000 feet, they echo sound- is one of two ed for the bottom. There was no men who return. At 32,400 feet, a thick win- reached the dow cracked with a bang. Farther bottom of down they went. Into the bleak Challenger hadal zone, named for Hades, the Deep in 1960. ancient Greek underworld. Finally, at 35,800 feet, Navy Lt. Don Walsh, 28, phoned the surface: “This is Trieste. We are on the bottom of Challenger Deep. ... Over.” See Submarine / A2


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