Bulletin Daily Paper 09/15/10

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ELECTION

Economy in the spotlight as Stiegler, rivals vie in Bend debate By Cindy Powers The Bulletin

Three candidates running for Bend’s state House District 54 seat agree on one thing: Something must be done to spur the economy. They just don’t agree on what that something should be. For the first time, state Rep. Judy Stiegler, DBend, faced off against her opponents — Bend lawyer Jason Conger, a Republican, and unaffiliated candidate Mike Kozak, owner of a Bend real estate investment firm — at a Tuesday debate. A Running for crowd of about 80 the District people showed up for the lunchtime 54 seat in event, put on by the House the Rotary Club are, from of Greater Bend. top, Jason Topics ranged Conger, Mike Kozak from the state’s green energy tax and Judy credit to the poStiegler. tential dismantling of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, but the candidates’ focus was on the local impact of Oregon’s economic downturn. See House / A4

Deschutes deputy DAs to form union Prosecutors’ vote comes as DA-elect Flaherty prepares to take over office By Erin Golden

Attorney’s Office. The votes of 15 deputy district attorneys were tallied Tuesday afternoon by the Oregon Employment Relations Board, two months after a group of prosecutors petitioned the state to create a collective bargaining group. Ten prosecutors voted in

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Deschutes County prosecutors have voted to form a union, less than four months before a new district attorney is set to take over — and amid discussions about possible employment shake-ups in the District

favor of the union, five voted no, and one did not return a ballot. None of the union’s organizers have spoken publicly about their goals or motivation, but some recent e-mail exchanges and letters from county officials indicate that some prosecutors may be worried about keeping

their jobs — and that District Attorney-elect Patrick Flaherty has plans to make some staffing changes in the office. On Tuesday, Flaherty said he’s heard that the effort to organize was prompted by employment-related concerns, but didn’t want to speak specifically about his plans for the office’s staff.

He said he respects the prosecutors’ right to form a union, but disagrees with the idea that they’d be able to change their status as at-will county employees. He said county and state rules make it clear that the district attorney can hire and fire his or her deputies. See Union / A5

The dirt on local water buffalo

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ater buffalo wallow in an irrigation pond at the Breese family ranch east of Prineville on Tuesday afternoon. The buffalo lack sweat glands and use the pond to cool off on hot days. There are about 250 water buffalo on the ranch. Rancher Jere

Breese plans to sell their meat, which he describes as similar in flavor to grass-fed beef. Further down the road, he’d like to turn

More election news • Primaries: Tea party scores key victory in Delaware, Page A3 • County Commission candidates weigh in on roads, jobs, Page C1

Dudley focuses on jobs during tour of COCC By Sheila G. Miller The Bulletin

Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley visited Central Oregon Community College on Tuesday to hear from students and faculty about the challenge of finding jobs in a difficult economy. Chris DudDudley toured ley is the the growing colGOP canlege campus, visdidate for iting Ochoco Hall governor. to see the nursing program’s tight quarters and to hear from the directors of various health programs. See Dudley / A4

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their milk into ice cream and open an ice cream parlor. For the full story on Central Oregon’s water buffalo, see Local, Page C1.

Recent egg recall Too old to serve? Not this infantryman part of an ongoing salmonella mystery AFGHANISTAN

By Saeed Shah

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ASHEQEH, Afghanistan — Jeffery Williamson was so angered by the 9/11 attacks that he decided to join the military, only to be told that at 36, he was a year too old to enlist. Five years later, on the day the Army raised the age limit to 42, he joined at 41. He’s served in Iraq, and now he’s back on the front lines, this time in Afghanistan. Not only is Williamson, who’s now 45, a soldier, he’s an infantryman in

the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell. Ky. Here’s how the Army describes the requirements: “Infantryman must perform strenuous physical activities, such as marching while carrying equipment, digging foxholes and climbing over obstacles. Being in top physical condition is a plus. Infantrymen need good hearing and vision.” Even that wasn’t enough for Williamson, though. See Scout / A5

Scientists have been tracking rise and fall of bacteria for three decades By David Brown David Belluz / McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Jeffery Williamson, left, now 45, joined the U.S. Army at age 41.

U.S. ponders Karzai’s role in fight against corruption By Mark Mazzetti and Rod Nordland New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is debating whether to make Afghanistan’s president, Hamid Karzai, a more central player in efforts to root out corruption in his own government, including giving him more oversight of graft investigators

and notifying him before any arrests, according to senior U.S. officials. Such a change would represent a significant shift in strategy for an administration that once pinned much of the blame for Afghan corruption on Karzai but now is worried that escalating tensions between Kabul and Washington could alienate Karzai

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and sabotage the broader campaign to battle the Taliban. Some administration officials, though, are concerned that such a move could undermine efforts to hold officials in Kabul accountable for a web of corruption inside the Afghan government. See Karzai / A5

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Bouncing back

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WASHINGTON — The unU.S. CASES folding story of how salmonella OF SE 1970: After diffe rent 1994: bacteria infected two giant egg salmonella stra ins states were identified in operations in Iowa this summer linked the 1960s, stric ter compa rules led to a is the latest chapter of a mys40 d terious narrative about how a Inside minor bacterial annoyance took • Salmonella off 35 years ago to become the strain’s history second most common cause of in the U.S., foodborne illness in the United Page A4 States. For more than three decades, the strain of salmonella bacteria with a fondness for eggs has taken advantage of changes in this country’s animal husbandry, food distribution and eating habits. See Eggs / A4

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HIKER: Iran frees American woman, Page A3

MIDEAST: Second round of talks hits snag, Page A3


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