Bulletin Daily Paper 10/13/10

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Local case heads to U.S. Supreme Court Lower tax bills mean 2 counties may hurt Rescue under way Board PROPERTY VALUES

By Erin Golden The Bulletin

A pair of cases from Deschutes County about when and where authorities can interview children they believe may have been abused is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. On Tuesday, the court agreed to hear arguments in the cases of Camreta v.

Greene and Alford v. Greene. The court has not yet scheduled a date for the arguments, which will be consolidated. But when the justices take up the cases, they’ll be asked to weigh in on an issue that’s drawn considerable attention from law enforcement officials and child advocates in several states. The cases stem from the 2003 arrest of

a Bend man who was suspected of sexually abusing a 7-year-old boy. When police and the Oregon Department of Human Services received information that the man may have abused his two young daughters, a DHS caseworker and a sheriff’s deputy went to one girl’s school and interviewed her. See Court / A4

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• Vaccination law’s wording stumps Supreme Court justices, Page A6 • Court refuses to hear case of pair ejected from Bush speech, Page A6

BEND-LA PINE

By Hillary Borrud The Bulletin

Plummeting real estate values mean more Central Oregonians could receive lower property tax bills in the mail this month, and local governments in Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties will receive less tax revenue than expected. Deschutes County’s assessor certified the tax roll — the total taxable assessed property value — on Tuesday, while assessors in Crook and Jefferson counties certified them last week. The property tax bills being sent out to people this month are based on a snapshot Inside of real estate values from Jan. 1. • Home prices The most dramatic change in Bend, in value was in Crook County, Redmond where the tax roll decreased this rebound, year by 1 percent from last year, Page B1 County Assessor Tom Green said. “We’re kind of the bellwether of black sheep in the state right now,” Green said. “Hardly anybody besides us and Deschutes (County) has dropped down into that zone of misery.” Deschutes County’s tax roll grew by 1 percent over last year, which fell below expectations. As recently as May, Deschutes County officials had projected the tax roll would grow by 2.2 percent this year. “The real estate market kind of fell of a cliff in 2009, and now it’s being reflected in the tax roll,” County Assessor Scot Langton said. See Property / A5

reviews magnet schools policy By Sheila G. Miller The Bulletin

The Bend-La Pine Schools board took a closer look on Tuesday at its magnet schools, and members raised more questions than they answered. The board set out to determine whether magnet students were receiving at least the same level of education as students in the other elementary schools, what was preventing more diversity in the district’s four magnet schools, and how best to allow more students to access those successful programs. Bend’s magnet schools are Amity Creek, Highland, Westside Village and Juniper schools. Juniper still serves as a neighborhood elementary school but has a magnet program focused on technology. That is the only magnet program on Bend’s east side. The district examined Oregon assessment scores for students currently in 11th and 12th grades who attended Amity Creek, Highland and Westside Village schools. Those tests indicate that magnet school students, when socio-economic status are taken into account, performed at the same levels as students from other elementary schools. The schools’ free and reduced lunch population was roughly 18 percent for those two classes of students. Other schools with similar levels of free and reduced lunch populations performed at the same levels as the magnet schools. See Bend-La Pine / A5

“I’m just not seeing that magnet effect of drawing, at least to my satisfaction, from other places to have a more equitable, diverse population.” — Beth Bagley, board member, Bend-La Pine School Board

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Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera, center right, hugs rescued miner Florencio Avalos after Avalos was rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for more than two months near Copiapo, Chile. He was pulled out early today.

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First of the miners topside; goal is 1 miner per hour By Michael Warren The Associated Press

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — s of 10 p.m., PST, the first two of 33 men trapped in a collapsed mine were rescued early today after 69 days underground, pulled to fresh air and freedom at last in a missile-like escape capsule to the cheers of family and countrymen. Rescued first was Florencio Avalos, who wore a helmet and sunglasses to protect him from the glare of bright lights. He smiled broadly as he emerged and hugged his sobbing 7-year-old son, Bairon, and wife,

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“This won’t be over until all 33 are out. Hopefully the spirit of these miners will remain forever with us. ... This country is capable of great things.” — President Sebastian Pinera then bearhugged Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and rescuers. A second miner, Mario Sepulveda Espina, was pulled to the surface

Family members, veterans groups take issue with inscriptions

about an hour later. After hugging his wife, he jubilantly handed souvenir rocks to laughing rescuers. After the first capsule came out of the manhole-sized opening, Avalos emerged as bystanders cheered, clapped and broke into a chant of “Chi! Chi! Chi! Le! Le! Le!” — the country’s name. Avalos gave a thumbs-up as he was led to an ambulance and medical tests after his more than two months deep below the Chilean desert — the longest anyone has ever been trapped underground and survived. See Chile / A4

By Christian Davenport The Washington Post

Along the meticulously spaced rows of graves at Arlington National Cemetery, the names of the nation’s wars are clearly etched into the headstones: World War I, World War II, Vietnam, Korea, the Persian Gulf. Soon, a new inscription for troops killed in Iraq could appear: “Operation New Dawn.” Unlike in past conflicts, the overwhelming majority of headstones for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan at the nation’s most hallowed military burial ground use the military’s official names for those conflicts: Operation Enduring Freedom for Afghanistan, Operation Iraqi Freedom for Iraq. As of Sept. 1, Operation Iraqi Freedom has been rebranded Operation New Dawn. Some families and veterans groups say those slogans are little more than propaganda tactics, ways for politicians and the Pentagon to sanitize the wars and drum up public support. The phrases are also confusing, the veterans groups say, because many people have no idea that Operation Enduring Freedom refers to Afghanistan. Using the words “new dawn” to mark a person’s final resting place is inappropriate, even insulting, some family members say. See Arlington / A4

Rescue workers cheer as the capsule carrying rescued miner Florencio Antonio Avalos Silva arrives at the surface early today from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine. Smiles, hugs, clapping and chanting ensued as hope returned to the Chilean mine. Jorge Saenz The Associated Press

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Vol. 107, No. 286, 38 pages, 6 sections

INDEX Abby

E2

Business

B1-6

Calendar

E3

Classified

F1-8

Editorial

C4

Horoscope

Comics

E4-5

Education

C3

Local

Crossword E5, F2

Environment A2

Movies

E5 C1-6 E3

Obituaries

C5

Stocks

B4-5

Shopping

E1-6

TV listings

E2

Sports

D1-6

Weather

C6

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