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Lumber company to fill Culver’s Seaswirl building Metolius landowners plan more buildings By Lauren Dake The Bulletin
Since Seaswirl Boats Inc. left the community of Culver in 2007, after more than 30 years of serving as the town’s largest employer, officials have had one main goal: attract a new busi-
ness to fill the building. On Friday, officials from Mid-Columbia Lumber, of Madras, announced they had bought the former boat manufacturing building and they are moving to town. Culver Mayor Shawna Clanton said one of the reasons she ran for
City Council and mayor was to help fill the Seaswirl building. “When Seaswirl left, it was sad,” Clanton said. “There were people who worked for Seaswirl for years, and there was the downturn of the economy and it made it seem even
more bleak. … You just can’t imagine my feeling from going from such bleakness to such enthusiasm and hope. We’re going from a sad little town to one with a lot of enthusiasm and excitement.” See Seaswirl / A7
Cop car! Or is it?
Opponents worry about precedent; previous structures don’t have proper permits By Lauren Dake The Bulletin
Polaroid pictures from 1988 show a few camper trailers parked on a piece of property on the Metolius arm of Lake Billy Chinook. A 1996 snapshot captured a shed and a couple of docks. By the next decade, the landowners had added a couple of more buildings, a large dock and a boat lift — none of which Jefferson County had issued permits for. Past construction on the property attracted little interest. Now, the landowners are trying to comply with the county’s land use policies. But their proposal has environmental advocates concerned. The owners are suggesting turning their piecemeal camp into a more permanent development by building 15 fishing accommodations, or guest rooms. They point out their property is flanked by similar developments and that county and state land use regulations allow for fishing guest rooms on their property. See Buildings / A7
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Ken Medenbach, 57, of La Pine, shows off the onetime police car he bought at an auction a few years ago to deter speeding on U.S. Highway 97. Normally parked off Drafter Road, the car seems to do the job, Medenbach said — even he has caught himself slowing down when he spots it while driving by.
It isn’t anymore, but the faux speed trap is giving some lead-footed drivers pause By Scott Hammers The Bulletin
LA PINE — Despite a cracked windshield, several weeks’ worth of dust and a backseat full of junk mail and old cups, Ken Medenbach’s car has a way of making people slow down to take a closer look. Generally found parked along
U.S. Highway 97 near the intersection with Drafter Road in La Pine, Medenbach’s 1999 Ford Crown Victoria is a castoff from the Tualatin Police Department, and still bears the white-on-black paint job familiar to anyone who’s ever tempted fate by driving just a little too fast. For the last 2 1/2 years it’s served as a faux speed trap, prompting locals
and out-of-towners alike to ease off the gas as they pass through La Pine’s north end. A 20-year resident of La Pine, Medenbach, 57, had just opened his nearby woodworking shop, “Chainsaw Creations,” about three years ago when he noticed that hardly anyone was obeying the speed limit. He tried contacting the
Oregon Department of Transportation about reducing the speed limit in front of his shop — it’s 55 mph, and drops to 50 mph about 100 yards south — but was unable to gain any traction. “I thought, it’s the city of La Pine, people shouldn’t be driving through here so fast,” he said. “People come blasting through here at 70 mph.” Looking for another way to slow traffic, Medenbach went to a used car auction in Salem a few months later — he forked over $1,200 and brought his own police cruiser back to La Pine. See Cruiser / A7
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Dengue fever has CDC cautious, Key West defensive
U.S. stalls on tough food-ad standards By William Neuman New York Times News Service
Lucky Charms. A ConAgra frozen dinner with corn dog and fries. McDonald’s Happy Meals. These foods might make a nutritionist cringe, but they have been identified by food companies as healthy choices they can advertise to kids under an initiative by the food industry to fight youth obesity. Now an effort by the federal government to forge tougher standards has become stalled amid industry opposition and divisions among regulators. See Food / A6
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A black salt marsh mosquito is examined in Key West, Fla. Key West is experiencing the first dengue fever outbreak in Florida since 1934, so mosquito control has gained new relevance.
A woman planning a Florida vacation in Key West called the health department there last week to ask if it were true that the city was being evacuated because of an epidemic of dengue fever. “No!” Chris Tittel, a spokes-
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man for the Monroe County Health Department, says he told her. “No, no, no, no, no.” Dengue (pronounced DENGgay) is a viral illness, spread by mosquitoes, that can cause fever, headaches, body aches and a rash. Symptoms range from mild to severe, although some people have no symptoms. See Dengue / A6
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Pictures dating from 1988 to 2007 show an evolution of structures, including ones built without permits, at a site on the bank of Lake Billy Chinook.
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