Bulletin Daily Paper 08/03/10

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A master on the move

Cascade Bancorp files $427M lawsuit

76-year-old from Bend isn’t slowing down, but is breaking records • SPORTS, D1

BUSINESS, B1

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As benefits run out, desperation grows for the jobless Growing ranks of ‘99ers’ have exceeded long-term aid limits

ROOSTER ROCK FIRE

Fast-moving blaze rages near Sisters An inferno: Within just a few hours, fire grew to 1,000 acres

Evacuations: Some residents told to prepare to leave homes

Deschutes deputy DAs making bid to form union Group files petition with state as Patrick Flaherty prepares to take over DA job from Mike Dugan

By Michael Luo New York Times News Service

By Erin Golden

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — Facing eviction from her Tennessee apartment after several months of unpaid rent, Alexandra Jarrin packed up whatever she could fit into her two-door coupe recently and drove out of town. Jarrin, 49, wound up at a motel here, putting down $260 she had managed to scrape together from friends and from selling her living room set, enough for a weeklong stay. It was essentially all the money she had left after her unemployment benefits expired in March. Now she is facing a previously unimaginable situation for a woman who, not that long ago, had a corporate job near New York City and was enrolled in a graduate business school, whose sticker is still proudly emblazoned on her back windshield. “Barring a miracle, I’m going to be in my car,” she said. Jarrin is part of a hard-luck tribe of jobless whose members have taken to calling themselves “99ers,” because they have exhausted the maximum 99 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits that they can claim. For them, the resolution recently of the lengthy Senate impasse over extending jobless benefits was no balm. The measure renewed two federal programs that extended jobless benefits in this recession beyond the traditional 26 weeks to anywhere from 60 to 99 weeks, depending on the state’s unemployment rate. But many jobless have now exceeded those limits. See Jobless / A4

The Bulletin

A group of Deschutes County deputy district attorneys has filed a petition with the state to create a union, but it’s not yet clear what type of agreement the group is looking for. The proposed bargaining group could include all of the 18 deputy district attorneys and one investigator who work for the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office, according to the petition submitted last month to the Oregon Employment Relations Board. More than half of the people in the proposed group would need to sign off on the idea for it to move forward. Deputy district attorneys declined to comment on what prompted the proposal. Becky Gallagher, a Eugene attorney representing the group, said she couldn’t comment but hoped to be at the bargaining stage within a month. The discussions come at a time when the office is gearing up for a major transition. District Attorney Mike Dugan, who has been the county’s top prosecutor since 1987, was unseated in last fall’s election by Bend attorney Patrick Flaherty, who once served as his chief deputy. The race was often heated, with the candidates exchanging jabs about the role of politics in the office, leadership styles and the handling of high-profile cases. Dugan received endorsements from 16 of his deputies. See Union / A5

AT ISSUE A group of Deschutes County deputy district attorneys has filed a petition to unionize with the Oregon Employment Relations Board. The deputy DAs have declined to discuss what prompted the move.

WHAT’S NEXT The bargaining unit could include all 18 deputy district attorneys and one investigator; more than half of them would need to sign off on the unionization plan for it to move forward.

TOP NEWS INSIDE

Dudley stands out on campaign trail

IRAQ: Obama reaffirms that troop pullout is on schedule, Page A3

By Thomas Kaplan New York Times News Service Pete Erickson / The Bulletin

A plume of smoke from Monday’s Rooster Rock Fire hangs in the air behind Jet Cowan, 22, as he walks back to his vehicle from a pond near his family’s property southeast of Sisters. He said U.S. Forest Service firefighting helicopters are planning to use the pond to help drop water on the fire.

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Rooster Rock Fire started here (approx.) Greg Cross / The Bulletin

An estimated 1,000-acre wildfire erupted about six miles south of Sisters on Monday afternoon, causing some people to be barricaded from their homes and forcing authorities to put residents of about 50 homes in the Plainview area on alert for evacuations. The Rooster Rock Fire, as it has been named, started near Forest Road 16 and Whychus Creek in the Deschutes National Forest at 11:44 a.m. and quickly spread out of a canyon, with 8- to 12-mph winds pushing it southeast onto sparsely populated private lands. As of Monday evening, it was unknown exactly how big the fire was because of the smoke, or how it started, and crews were expected to work through the night in an effort to contain the blaze. Forest Service officials also said Monday that there is no containment on the fire, which is Central Oregon’s first large blaze of the season. See Fire / A4

PORTLAND — Among politicians in this state, Chris Dudley stands out. Especially when he is standing up. In a visit to a rodeo in Tillamook, Dudley dwarfed a port commissioner who asked for greater investment in salmon hatcheries. At a farmers market in Portland’s suburbs, he towered over a state senator. Like most people who run for governor, Dudley is crisscrossing his state to shake hands, kiss babies and chitchat with voters. Unlike most, he is doing so at the height of 6 feet 11 inches. See Dudley / A4

Leah Nash / New York Times News Service

Chris Dudley, center, a former NBA player turned GOP gubernatorial hopeful, campaigns at the farmers market in Beaverton on June 26.


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