Bulletin Daily Paper 10/23/10

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Cooking school: COCC plans changes

James Dawson at the High Desert Museum • COMMUNITY, B1

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Redmond sister school stymied amid scrutiny of charters By Patrick Cliff The Bulletin

The organization that opened the Redmond Proficiency Academy had hoped to open another charter school, in the Tigard-Tualatin School District, by the beginning of this school year.

Personalized Learning Inc.’s plan came to a halt, though, when that district’s school board turned down the charter application. The board said the backers of the proposed Proficiency Academy of Tigard-Tualatin failed to prove community support

and so rejected the charter. Now, Personalized Learning has filed an appeal with the Oregon State Board of Education, hoping to open the charter high school for next school year. The charter school’s struggles

come at time when charter schools are receiving significant attention, both because of the Obama administration’s support of them and the education documentary “Waiting for ‘Superman’.” See Charter / A3

Civil War in Bend Cougs and Bears show their flair

Recovery plans: close but tinted by parties Observers fault governor hopefuls on lack of details in economic plans

ELECTION

By David Holley The Bulletin

The difference between Oregon’s two leading gubernatorial candidates’ economic recovery plans? Not much, observers say. Both want to create jobs, and Chris Dudley both know they face state government budget reform. Yet certain aspects of each proposal do fall along party lines. Businessman and former pro basketball player Chris Dudley is proposing tax cuts on capital gains, as well as diverting portions of new state income tax to the local governments that help John recruit new businesses. Kitzhaber Meanwhile, former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber wants to boost employment by using government dollars to build infrastructure, along with leveraging government money to make incentives for companies in emerging industries like green energy to grow. At the same time, both candidates advocate for further investment and access to education, particularly higher education. They also encourage continued, and potentially more, forest-thinning, including biomass production. Both, of course, say they want to reform aspects of government financing and budgeting, saving money where they can. See Economy / A7

On the Web Rob Kerr / The Bulletin

Lava Bear fan Carissa Boyer, 12, left, and Cougar fan Faith Holm, 12, right, joke around with friends Friday night before the start of the Civil War football game between Bend High and Mountain View at Mountain View High School. For story and game photos, see Sports, Page D1.

For more information on each candidate’s economic plans, visit: Chris Dudley: www.chrisdudley.com/issues.html John Kitzhaber: www.johnkitzhaber.com/issues

WIKILEAKS

Corrections In a story headlined “Training almost over, then on to Iraq,” which appeared Friday, Oct. 22, on Page A1, information about the families of two Oregon National Guard soldiers was listed incorrectly. Pfc. Taylor Sammons is expecting a baby with his fiancee, and Spc. James Shortreed is married with two children. In a story headlined “Dam bypass is working, but what’s next for fish?” which appeared Thursday, Oct. 21, on Page A1, Matt Shinderman’s employer was incorrect. He is an instructor at Oregon State University-Cascades Campus. The Bulletin regrets the errors.

Healthy corals in Gulf spill zone Secret field reports By Brian Skoloff

The Associated Press

Clarification The Associated Press

In a story headlined, “Honesty, taxes are priorities for local voters,” which appeared Friday, Oct. 22, on Page A1, Jefferson Jacobs’ comments were unclear. Jacobs was upset with the city of Bend for not having sidewalk ramps that were compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act in the first place.

Deep sea corals on the bottom of the northern Gulf of Mexico, not far from where BP’s underwater oil well blew out on April 20.

ON THE FLOOR OF THE GULF OF MEXICO — Just 20 miles north of where BP’s blown-out well spewed millions of gallons of oil into the sea, life appears bountiful despite initial fears that crude could have wiped out many of these delicate deepwater habitats. Plankton, tiny suspended particles that form the base of the ocean’s food web, float en masse 1,400 feet beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, forming a snowy-like underwater scene as they move with the currents outside the windows

Inside • Rescued turtles are returned to the Gulf, Page A8

illuminate Iraq war New York Times News Service

of a two-man sub creeping a few feet off the seafloor. Crabs, starfish and other deep sea creatures swarm small patches of corals, and tiny sea anemones sprout from the sand like mini forests across a lunarlike landscape illuminated only by the lights of the sub, otherwise living in a deep, dark environment far from the sun’s reach. See Coral / A8

A huge trove of secret field reports from the battlegrounds of Iraq sheds new light on the war, including such fraught subjects as civilian deaths, detainee abuse and the involvement of Iran. The secret archive is the second cache obtained by the independent organization WikiLeaks and made available to several news organizations. Like the first release, reports covering six years of the Afghan war, the Iraq documents provide no earthshaking revelations, but they offer insight, texture and context from the people actually fighting the war. An analysis of the 391,832 documents illuminates important aspects of this war, including:

• Civilian casualties

The frugal cash in on refinancing surge

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Vol. 107, No. 296, 64 pages, 6 sections

By David Streitfeld New York Times News Service

For those sober souls who were thrifty long before it became fashionable, the past few years have been intensely aggravating. They did nothing to cause the recession, but they absorbed the pain: Their stock portfolios languished. The values of their homes skidded. Their savings still do not earn enough interest each month to buy a pack of gum. Now, at last, the frugal are celebrating. With a

leg up on their less creditworthy neighbors, they are qualifying for refinanced home mortgages at interest rates that in any other recent era would have been considered stealing. And unlike in late 2008, when rates started their plunge to historic lows, many lenders say they are rushing to accommodate the influx in applications. Wilner Samson and Michelle Smedley just refinanced their home in West Hartford, Conn., saving $300 a month. See Mortgages / A8

Deaths of Iraqi civilians — at the hands mainly of other Iraqis but also of the U.S. military — appear to be greater than the numbers made public by the U.S. • Page A6

• Detainee abuse The documents paint a lurid picture of abuse by America’s Iraqi allies — a brutality from which the Americans at times averted their eyes. • Page A7

• Iran’s involvement Iran’s military, more than has been generally understood, intervened aggressively in support of Shiite combatants, offering weapons, training and sanctuary and, in a few instances, directly engaging U.S. troops. • Page A6 See WikiLeaks / A6


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