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Empathy, duty drive searchers to volunteer Volunteers in the Kyron Horman case included Central Oregonians Inside
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• Search is scaled back, but “the process is not over,” authorities say, Page C3
Raymond Lee, with Crook County Search and Rescue, didn’t wait for someone to call him to help look for the missing 7-year-old Portland boy. As soon as he heard on the news that the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office would be asking for help from searchand-rescue volunteers around the state, he started to prepare. He doublechecked his two backpacks, one full of
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overnight gear — extra socks, a tent, sleeping bag — and his small daypack. “I have two grandsons about the same age,” Lee said. “With a small child like that, you pull all the plugs. You don’t sit back.” Crook County Sheriff’s Office sent 13 volunteers to help Multnomah County officials search for Kyron Horman, a second-grader who was last seen at Skyline Elementary School on June 4. See Search / A5
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Few builders make use of fee deferrals
Can you help? Authorities are asking anyone with information about the case of 7-yearold Kyron Horman, who was last seen at Portland’s Skyline Elementary School on June 4, to call the tip line at 503-261-2847.
Impact of initiative difficult to assess amid slump in construction industry
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Nearly two years into a city of Bend program intended to stimulate development, 17 companies and individuals have used it to defer certain development fees. The city has deferred $291,561 in fees for 25 projects since the program began, and developers have paid off $175,000 so far, according to city data and an interview with City Finance Director Sonia Andrews. To put that in perspective, the city expects to receive a total of $3.8 million in development fees during the 200911 biennium, spokesman Justin Finestone wrote in an e-mail. The City Council extended the program last year. It is set to run through August. The city charges fees, known as system development charges, to pay for the impact of construction on sewers, streets and the water system. The developers who received the most fee deferrals are Mike
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MINNEAPOLIS — As a sheriff’s deputy dumped the contents of Joy Uhlmeyer’s purse into a sealed bag, she begged to know why she had been arrested while driving home to Richfield after an Easter visit with her elderly mother. No one had an answer. Uhlmeyer spent a sleepless night in a frigid Anoka County holding cell, her hands tucked under her armpits for warmth. Then, handcuffed in a squad car, she was taken to downtown Minneapolis for
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Related • In some cases, debtors are fighting back in court, Page A2 booking. Finally, after 16 hours in limbo, jail officials fingerprinted Uhlmeyer and explained her offense — missing a court hearing over an unpaid debt. “They have no right to do this to me,” said the 57-year-old patient care advocate, her voice as soft as a whisper. “Not for a stupid credit card.” See Debt / A2
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Chad Elliott, 17, outgoing Mountain View High School Cadet Chief Petty Officer, places a flag along the Newport Avenue bridge in Bend on Monday morning to mark Flag Day and the beginning of Flag Week.
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In a story headlined “Best path to a stronger food chain?” which appeared June 14 on Page A1, an amendment by Sen. Jon Tester, DMont., was incorrectly described. It would exempt food processing facilities with less than $500,000 in annual income from new safety regulations. The Bulletin regrets the error.
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Is the Internet making teenagers do more dumb things than ever? Some child specialists worry that it is. Teenagers have always been prone to taking foolish risks (thanks partly to the prefrontal cortex, which governs decision-making and is still developing in adolescence). But with the rise of sites like YouTube, these experts say, teens now face virtual peer pressure to emulate all kinds of dangerous stunts and dares, and post them online. There is not data to demonstrate whether Web-inspired recklessness is really increasing or whether teenagers are taking the same risks as earlier generations — just finding it easier to document idiotic exploits. But some doctors say that at the very least, the Internet is causing adolescents to ratchet up the danger level. See Teens / A4
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By Keith Chu WASHINGTON—Freshly returned from a trip to the oil-tainted Louisiana coast, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Monday released a plan to reduce the country’s reliance on foreign oil. M e r k l e y ’s plan concentrates on relatively noncontroversial items such as home and commercial energy efficiency, increasing auto fuel efficiency and encouraging quicker adoption of electric vehicles with research and implementation funding. It comes as the U.S. Senate inches forward on an energy bill scheduled for sometime this year and lawmakers consider ways to respond to the devastating spill in the Gulf of Mexico. See Oil / A4
down one of the snowmelt-swollen tributaries to Sparks Lake from the Cascade Lakes
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Virtual audience may be fueling a rise in stupid teenage tricks By Tara Parker-Pope
ike Barker, 62, right, and his wife, Sherrie Barker, 60, of Jefferson, paddle their kayaks
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Merkley floats plan to wean U.S. off of foreign oil
Tennant, through his company, Tennant Developments, and Yelas Developments. Both received deferrals on five single-family homes, for a total amount of $59,300 each, according to data from the city of Bend. Most of the projects that received deferrals were single-family homes. Developers also received deferrals on one light industrial building and one commercial building. The impact of the deferrals on the city’s budget has been “not much,” Andrews said. For Rick Wight, the managing member of Wight Development LLC, the program has made a difference. Wight is slowly building out a subdivision in northeast Bend, off Eagle Road. And for two homes there, he took advantage of a city of Bend program that began in August 2008 and allows builders and developers to defer payment of development fees for up to nine months. See Fees / A4
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IRAQ: New parliament convenes, but political fights continue, Page A3
OIL SPILL: Obama tries to boost hopes, economy in the Gulf, Page A3