Bulletin Daily Paper 09/08/10

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Aces up his sleeve

Make your leather last Local tips on maintenance, repairs

17-year-old scores second hole-in-one • SPORTS, D1

SAVVY SHOPPER, E1

WEATHER TODAY

WEDNESDAY

Cloudy, widespread showers, unseasonably cool High 64, Low 38 Page C6

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Bend builds Culinary school gets large on cellular endowment boost, name tower rules By Sheila G. Miller The Bulletin

By Nick Grube The Bulletin

Many Bend residents could soon be safe from cell phone companies that want to erect 80- to 100-foot-tall towers in their neighborhoods. A proposed city ordinance aims to regulate new telecommunication towers and where they could be placed, especially if they exceed certain heights and are considered highly visible under the new law. Specifically, monopoles and towers that soar above building tops and tree lines would not be allowed in low- and standarddensity residential areas, such as on top of Awbrey Butte.

Several large gifts to Central Oregon Community College’s Cascade Culinary Institute have helped the program’s endowment grow to more than $700,000, giving college admin-

istrators hope that with a new building and a large endowment, it may begin its transformation into the best culinary program on the West Coast. As construction gets under way for the college’s new culinary facility, COCC admin-

istrators are now working to increase the endowment to pay for unique additions to the program like visiting professional chefs and a fund for student travel to national and international culinary competitions. See COCC / A5

COCC’s endowments

$724,500

$7.4 M

Total amount endowed to Cascade Culinary Institute. This includes: $250,000 from the Starview Foundation and $125,000 from College Spark, matched by Frank Jungers at 50 cents for every dollar, for an additional $187,500; also $32,000 from Anthony’s “Feast at the Old Mill” and $130,000 from Hooker Creek.

Total amount endowed to COCC Foundation, as of 2008-09, for scholarships. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, this ranks Central Oregon Community College 19th in the country among community colleges.

GOP aims to dominate redrawing of districts

FIRST DAY BACK

Rules on camouflage

Statehouse gains would come at a critical time

There would also be restrictions on camouflaged towers, like the ones designed to mimic trees, to make sure they don’t stick out in their surroundings. Historic buildings and districts would also be off limits to telecommunications equipment unless deemed it will not have any impacts. See Towers / A6

By Michael Cooper New York Times News Service

Corrections A story headlined, “Rewarding Regulars; Daily and season pass prices holding steady,” and an accompanying chart, both of which appeared Saturday, Aug. 28, on Page A1, incorrectly reported the year Mt. Bachelor ski area eliminated its lower-priced season pass that came with blackout dates, due to incorrect information supplied to The Bulletin. The ski area eliminated the partial, or nonholiday, season pass after the 2008-09 season. In a story headlined “Irrigators uneasy as Wickiup Reservoir dwindles,” which appeared Monday, Sept. 6 on Page A1, the impact of groundwater pumping in the Klamath Basin was unclear. Pumping caused the water table to drop 20 to 40 feet at some sites. The Bulletin regrets the errors.

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irst-grader Serena Franco, 6, receives a kiss on the cheek from her mother, Michelle, on Tuesday before class at High Lakes Elementary School in Bend. Two new elementary schools opened their doors for the first time Tuesday, Sage Elementary School

in Redmond and Rosland Elementary School in La Pine. Today is the first day of school for students in Jefferson County.

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ELECTION

London Stone shrouded in mystery, myths

OBAMA: President refuses to compromise on tax cuts, Page A3

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The midterm elections are being closely watched to determine whether Republicans will have a majority in Congress for the next two years. But it is the outcome of a lower-profile battle over state legislatures that could strengthen the Republican Party for a decade. Republicans are within reach of gaining control of eight or more chambers in state legislatures this fall, according to interviews with Republicans, Democrats and independent political analysts. That would give Republicans the power to draw more congressional districts in their favor, since the expected gains would come just as many legislatures will play a major role in the oncea-decade process of redrawing district boundaries. Republicans said that they expect to win control of the Wisconsin Senate and the house chambers in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. See Districts / A5

By Henry Chu Los Angeles Times

LONDON — It isn’t much to look at: a gray lump of rock behind an ugly metal grill, attached to an even uglier building. You have to crouch down to see it, and its admittedly modest (or maybe nonexistent) charm can seem trifling compared with the glories of St. Paul’s Cathedral or Westminster Abbey. Unloved and neglected, lost in the shadows of gleaming bank towers and the bustle of a city hard at work, the London Stone gets short shrift from the tourist hordes and even Londoners themselves. But it’s one of the city’s most ancient and storied relics. Modern legend even says London’s existence depends on it. This chunk of limestone has sat in or around the same spot on present-day Cannon Street, in London’s financial district, for at least one millennium, possibly two, throwing up mysteries and inspiring myths as to its origins and purpose. See Stone / A5

Who was America’s first policewoman? Retired investigator tracks down the answer By Colleen Mastony Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — Her story had been lost amid dusty records that were long ago stashed in deep storage and forgotten. Forgotten until a retired federal agent, researching the history of Chicago law enforcement, stumbled upon a mention of her name and a reference to the fact that, in the 1890s, she had become a police officer in Chicago. The date caught his attention. A female police officer in the 1890s? Now, after three years and hundreds of hours of research, Rick Barrett, a former DEA agent and amateur historian, says he has found definitive evidence that a woman named Marie Owens was not only the first policewoman in Chicago, but also the first known female officer in the United States. If true, Barrett’s discovery would be “huge,” said Dave MacFarlan, a police historian and member of the Chicago Police History Committee, who noted that the police department

Nancy Stone / Chicago Tribune

Chicago resident Rick Barrett has no shortage of documents on the life of Chicagoan Marie Owens, who he claims, after years of sleuthing, was the first policewoman in the United States. previously believed the first female officers joined the force in 1913. Debate has long swirled around the identity of the nation’s first female cop. Los Angeles claimed the distinction of hiring the first, saying a woman joined their depart-

ment in 1910. Yet Portland points to its own female officer, hired in 1908. Barrett’s claim would trump them both, and already the discovery has created a ripple of excitement among local historians. See Officer / A6


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