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What of those who were cited by ‘Evers’?
Details emerge, but ‘why’ still elusive in homeless man’s death by train By Patrick Cliff The Bulletin
Mark Dorsey had lived in the area for two years.
REDMOND — When Mark Dorsey died, was he walking to grab a beer? Or did the homeless man commit suicide by jumping in front of a train that was passing through Redmond? A Redmond Police report was inconclusive on the April 1 incident in which Dorsey died. A train struck him about 300
yards south of Evergreen Avenue in Redmond. Accidents like Dorsey’s are rare in Oregon, with fewer than 10 people dying when walking on tracks away from a crossing. The Sunday before Dorsey died, he spoke with his mother,
Andrea Dorsey, for the first time in about two years. “People in Redmond, they probably say, ‘Oh, did you hear a bum got hit by a train?’” she said. “He may be a bum, but he’s a brother, he’s a father. He was a person.” See Death / A5
An unknown person has built a memorial for Mark Dorsey, who was struck and killed by a train in Redmond in April. Dorsey’s nickname, “Truble,” is etched in the cross.
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Licensees’ options are unclear; one lawmaker says the OLCC should review each of his cases By Cindy Powers The Bulletin
A local legislator has told the Oregon Liquor Control Commission it should review every case investigated by an enforcement agent now accused of stealing the identity of a murdered child. Jason Evers, once the Bend-based regional manager for the OLCC, was arrested in Idaho last week and has been charged in federal court with providing false information on a passport application. It is unclear what options are available to licensees investigated or sanctioned by Evers, and OLCC officials have yet to say how the agency plans to handle those cases going forward. But lawyers who represent those licensees say the case against him raises questions about whether all of the information Evers provided to the agency during his eight years there can be trusted. State Rep. Judy Stiegler, D-Bend, said she had a frank conversation with the OLCC executive director shortly after Evers’ arrest about the agency’s next step. “I did go so far as to say to Steve Pharo that I am hoping there will be, internally, a review of the cases Mr. Evers handled to see if there is anything problematic,” Stiegler said. Pharo could not be reached for comment Thursday and will not be back in the office until May 17, said OLCC spokeswoman Christie Scott. She also said questions about whether the agency will review the cases Evers investigated were premature. “I think the answer at this point is that it’s too early to tell right now,” Scott said. “(The charges are) allegations, and we’re waiting to see the court proceedings continue. We’ll do what is appropriate based on that.” See Evers / A5
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Rescue personnel carry Peter A. Chamberlain 50, of Salem, up an embankment where he crashed his vehicle Thursday morning on U.S. Highway 20. The 2002 GMC Yukon, indicated by the arrow above at right, crashed through a guardrail and rolled an estimated 300 feet down the hill after Chamberlain lost control at around 9:45 a.m. The Bend Fire Department Steep Angle Rescue Team and Deschutes County Search and Rescue assisted Oregon State Police and the Sisters and Black Butte fire departments with the rescue. Chamberlain was transported to St. Charles Bend with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Alwin Landry, captain of a ship docked nearby as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig caught fire, assisted with his crew in the rescue of survivors.
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For some lapsed homeowners, Oil workers recount Illinois man is face of despair a fateful night at sea
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“It’s like I’m a doctor,” says Joseph Laubinger, seen here photographing a water termination notice at a foreclosed home in Lake Villa, Ill. “People ask me how much time they have left.”
LAKE VILLA, Ill. — If you see Joseph Laubinger on your doorstep, start packing. His courtly presence means you have exhausted all excuses, arguments and options for keeping your house. “It’s like I’m a doctor,” said Laubinger, an agent here for big lenders. “People ask me how much time they have left.” Hardly any. Legally, they have already lost ownership. If they do not respond to the carrot the lenders offer — as much as $5,000 in cash in exchange for leaving the house in good order — he employs the stick: the county sheriff, who evicts them.
Laubinger is having a busy spring. Nearly 4 million households nationwide are severely delinquent on their mortgages, the biggest backlog since the housing crisis began. As more and more of the homes edge toward repossession — a record quarter of a million were seized by lenders in the first three months of this year — agents like Laubinger are trying to coax people out. Sometimes, the process is briskly efficient. The occupants have either abandoned the home or are methodically planning their departure well before Laubinger arrives bearing an incentive officially known as relocation assistance, but always called cash for keys. See Housing / A4
By Eli Saslow and David A. Fahrenthold The Washington Post
BELLE CHASSE, La. — Before the explosion, the oil spill, the declarations of “environmental crisis” or the emergency visit by President Barack Obama, 126 oil riggers were passing another quiet night. The skies were clear and the seas calm on April 20. Boredom and loneliness were the Inside main concerns. • Giant Matt Hughes lifted weights containment in the gym before his midnight box deployed, shift. Kevin Eugene lay down Page A4 on his queen-sized bed and turned on ESPN, thinking television might make him feel closer to land. Other men watched action movies in the theater or played poker. They called the Deepwater Horizon their “floatel,” because the rig was a world unto itself: an isolated tower with only scratchy satellite phones and the occasional helicopter to bridge the 50 miles to Louisiana’s shores. See Spill / A4