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Redmond college fair gives Central Oregon students options to explore
By Cindy Powers The Bulletin
The candidates running for Bend’s seat in the state Legislature have their talking points down. But on Thursday morning State Rep. Judy Stiegler and her challengers, Republican Jason Conger and unaffiliated candidate Mike Kozak, delved into some new areas. Fielding questions at a candidates forum put on by the Bend Chamber of Commerce and COTV11 Talk of the Town, they discussed negotiating with unions, toning down the state’s role in land use decisions and what role, if any, the Oregon National Guard should play in the war in Afghanistan. An underlying theme of the 17 questions was the size and cost of state government and what statelevel controls should be shifted to municipalities. See District 54 / A5
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Brittany Ferera, 17, from the Redmond Proficiency Academy, and John Matthews, 19, left, look over college material while learning more about the Oregon Coast Culinary Institute from Karl Easttorp, 36, at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center in Redmond on Thursday at the ninth annual Central Oregon college fair.
By Sheila G. Miller The Bulletin
REDMOND — Kyler Jocelyn knows what he wants to do with the rest of his life. On Thursday, he was looking for the place that would help him get there. The 16-year-old junior plans to own a video-game design and production studio, and at the ninth annual Central Oregon college fair, he set out to find a college that offered design programs. “I’m 100 percent certain I want to go to college,” he said. “I’m going to have to get my bachelor’s degree and my master’s degree if I want to run my own business.” Kyler, who attends the public
“My ultimate goal is that students will walk away with the belief that they can go to college, that they can get funding for college, and an awareness perhaps of new institutions they had not considered.” — Carolyn Platt, organizer, Central Oregon college fair charter school Redmond Proficiency Academy, found two schools he thinks might fit with his goals: Evergreen State College and Whitworth College, both in Washington. Kyler was one of hundreds of high school students from around the region who milled around the
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Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center’s Middle Sister Room on Thursday, peppering college representatives with questions, reading brochures and filling out forms to get more information. Representatives from more than 70 colleges, universities and other educational institutions were on
hand to share with students what majors and degrees they offer and what students might enjoy about the schools. Students were interested in finding programs that matched their interests, school size and distance from home, and the cost of getting a degree. Melody Reinholt and Kathryn Murders, both 17-year-old seniors at Redmond Proficiency Academy, were less certain than their classmate about their futures. But that didn’t stop them from gathering information. “I grabbed a little bit of everything,” Melody said, laughing. See College fair / A5
Halt in foreclosures deals new blow to home sales By Andrew Martin and David Streitfeld New York Times News Service
OCALA, Fla. — Amanda Ducksworth was supposed to move in to her new home this week, a three-bedroom for a steal here in central Florida with a horse farm across the road. Instead, she is camped out with her 7-year-old son at her boss’s house. Like many buyers, Ducksworth was about to complete the purchase of a foreclosed house when it suddenly went
off the market. Fannie Inside Mae, the • Obama mortgage set to veto holding comforeclosure pany that bill, Page A3 buys loans from commercial lenders, is pulling back sales of homes that might have been foreclosed in bad faith. “I gave up my rental thinking I would have a house,” said Ducksworth, a 28-year-old catering assistant. “Now I’m
sharing a room with my son. What the hell is up with that?” With home sales this past summer at the lowest level in more than a decade, real estate is ill-prepared to suffer another blow. But as a scandal unfolds over mortgage lenders’ shoddy preparation of foreclosure documents, the fallout is beginning to hammer the housing market, especially in states like Florida where the number of distressed properties are abundant. See Homes / A4
“I think the decisions about where to grow ... should be made here, not by the (state Department of Land Conservation and Development).” — Jason Conger on urban growth boundary expansion
“I have been opposed to the war effort and our national guard being used in support of that.” — Mike Kozak on the Oregon National Guard’s role in Afghanistan
“I think the problem now is the 6 percent match and, obviously, that is going to have to be on the table, pure and simple, in the next biennium.” — Judy Stiegler on the Public Employee Retirement System
Some Republicans find soft spot for former president By Jennifer Steinhauer New York Times News Service
WASHINGTON — Many Republicans with a deep animus for President Barack Obama find their hearts aflutter with the memory of a former leader. He was a compassionate conservative, a guy who cared about free trade, who reached across the aisle. He is the husband of the secretary of state. Sen. Orrin Hatch recently said that former President Bill Clinton “will go down in history as a better president” than the sitting one. Sean Hannity of Fox News, who has verbally abused Clinton for years, recently referred to him as “good old Bill.” Republicans in Congress have begun speaking of him with respect, even pining. See Clinton / A4
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Former President Bill Clinton in New York on Sept. 23.