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Drug-sniffing dogs will be on patrol at some schools in Redmond By Patrick Cliff The Bulletin
REDMOND — The Redmond School District plans to use drug-sniffing dogs annually in its middle schools and at Redmond High School, broadening a policy that has been in place for more than a decade. The district has had a drugsniffing dog policy on its books since 1998, and it was renewed in 2008. Until this year, the district has only used the dogs periodically and not for several years. But new Superintendent Shay Mikalson believes the dogs will make district schools safer, and their more consistent use will act as a deterrent — preventing students from bringing drugs to campus. The district is still finalizing the details of the plan, but more frequent use should begin this school year, Mikalson said. District staff is not certain if there will be a cost, but the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, for example, does not charge for the service. Mikalson realizes that some may criticize the use of drugsniffing dogs in the schools, but he maintains their use is justified. “Students do not leave their rights at the school’s doorstep,” Mikalson said. “(But) it’s very common practice, and it’s just one of many things we do to ensure kids’ safety.” See Dogs / A5
More students receiving more financial aid
Average aid package
As Central Oregon Community College has seen more students taking classes, so too has the college seen an increase in the number of students receiving financial aid and the amount of financial aid they’re receiving.
Amount of aid
$3,800
$4,000
Summer 2008
$3,000
$2,370
$2,000 $1,929 $1,000 $0
Summer Summer Summer 2008 2009 2010
Summer 2009
Summer 2010
One-year change
Amount of Grants Amount of Scholarships Amount of Loans
$223,878 $871,165 $1,807,826 +107.5% $2,801 $1,209 $975 -19.4% $382,983 $1,353,758 $2,631,573 +94.4%
Students with Aid Amount of Aid
316 939 1,150 $609,662 $2,226,132 $4,440,374
Source: COCC
+65.1% +99.5%
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COCC sees sharp rise in student grants, loans Number of applicants and amount of aid have increased By Sheila G. Miller The Bulletin
As enrollment has dramatically increased over the past three years at Central Oregon Community College, the number of students applying for and receiving financial aid has also spiked. Now, with summer enrollment reaching record numbers, more students are taking classes
— and requiring financial aid to do so — than ever before. This summer, 1,150 students have received a total of $4.4 million in financial aid. In summer 2008, only 316 students requested financial aid, and received about $609,600. Last year, that amount increased significantly to more than 900 students and more than $2.2 million in aid.
Financial reform OK’d, but what’s in store for consumers?
KAYAKER’S HARROWING ORDEAL IN THE DESCHUTES
By Ruth Mantell MarketWatch
Correction In a story about Justin Burkhart’s mother, Eloisa Chavez, which appeared Thursday, July 15, on Page A1, the headline was misleading. While Chavez said she felt some comfort from the investigation and the autopsy results, she is still looking for answers regarding her son’s death. The Bulletin regrets the error.
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Bill Weaver describes the events that led to him being pinned against a Central Oregon Irrigation District canal intake while kayaking on the Deschutes River on Thursday afternoon.
Bend man rescued from river Swift water team extracts kayaker pinned against canal grate By Lauren Dake The Bulletin
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Be prepared, and don’t boat alone.” — George Cocores, 47, of Bend, who was kayaking with Weaver
WASHINGTON — For many consumers, the only thing that’s clear about their credit cards is that the terms are confusing. But with the Senate’s Thursday vote to pass a far-reaching financial-reform bill, credit cards and other consumer financial products will undergo a makeover. No matter how quickly President Barack Obama signs the bill into law, Inside changes may • Questions take some time and answers to come. But on the the bill’s advofinancial cates said the overhaul, new consumer financial proPage A4 tection bureau will eventually make it easier for consumers to understand products’ costs and benefits. Still, some of the changes may go unnoticed by consumers. “A lot of harm is done in ways that most consumers never know about (such as) hidden fees that are added unfairly, or even unlawfully,” said David Arkush, director of Congress Watch at Public Citizen, a Washingtonbased nonprofit consumer advocacy group. “When those practices end, consumers won’t necessarily see the changes,” he said. One change that consumers will notice is that contracts should be less confusing, as the new law should lead to simplification of products’ terms and conditions. See Financial / A4
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Bill Weaver stayed calm Thursday afternoon as swift water pinned him against a canal intake on the Deschutes River in southwest Bend. The 45-year-old Bend resident and experienced kayaker was with some friends when he hurt his shoulder on a bad kayak roll. He pulled the skirt on his boat and the river current steered him toward the grate. Just as he was about to hit the fish screen, he jumped up to keep his head out of the water. Once he hit the grate, he said, the water pressure kept him from moving.
His friends quickly got out of the water and threw a rope down to him so he could lift his head farther out of the water. He was stuck for about 30 to 45 minutes. “My friends gave me a rope, and we would have been on our merry way, but my knee was stuck at the bottom (of the grate),” Weaver said. At about 4 p.m., an official from the Central Oregon Irrigation District shut off the intake, which relieved the pressure pinning Weaver to the screen. Swimmers from the Bend Fire Department’s swift water rescue team pulled him to safety. See Rescue / A4
“(Bill Weaver) has done this run about 15 times this summer. It was a freak thing, but that’s the lesson. It can happen.
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But it’s the amount the average student is receiving that has COCC administrators shaking their heads. While in summer 2008 the average student received a bit less than $2,000, this year it’s $3,800 on average. That means, Moore said, more students have higher financial needs than in past years. See COCC / A4
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Spill’s domino effect touches many lives By Dan Barry New York Times News Service
BAYOU GRAND CAILLOU, La. — The ongoing economic fallout from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has had a sneaky domino effect, touching the lives of everyone from the French Quarter shuckers who turn oysteropening into theater to the Minnesota businessman who grinds the shells for chickenfeed supplement. Some victims were unaware that they were even tiles in the game, so removed were they from the damaged waters. See Spill / A4
In Haiti, hope fades for a return to normalcy A woman and her child sit under a makeshift shelter in a tent city near the airport in Port-AuPrince, Haiti. Charles Trainor Jr. Miami Herald
By Fred Grimm McClatchy-Tribune News Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The concept of temporary, amid Haiti’s teeming refugee camps, has morphed into a dismal variation of forever. A deluge of earthquake victims spilled out of the city’s ruins after the disaster and found refuge in parks, school yards, soccer pitches, garden patches, almost any space they could find. Their flimsy tents reinforced the assumption that these impromptu settlements, 1,300 of them, would vanish before the summer rains could wash them away. Six months later, the dispossessed remain, in transition to nowhere, with nowhere to go. See Haiti / A5