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Deputy DAs push hard for job security

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By Erin Golden

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Members of the newly formed Deschutes County Deputy District Attorneys Association said Monday that they’re concerned a staffing shakeup at the District Attorney’s Office could lead to legal battles with the county — and disrupt the work of prosecuting crime. A bargaining session between county legal staff and the union, represented by two of its members and an outside attorney, did not result in an agreement. But the association members responded to recent actions by District Attorneyelect Patrick Flaherty and made it clear that their primary goal is to prevent him from firing pros-

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Distance runners are a paradox for insurers

ecutors without just cause. Becky Gallagher, a Eugene attorney representing the union, said Flaherty’s statements about his plans to fire deputies — and an e-mail he sent on Saturday telling deputies that they need to reapply for their jobs — have left the prosecutors unsure about what will happen to their jobs and their cases. “It’s clear they want to get back to prosecuting cases, to not have this consume what they’re doing for the citizens of the state of Oregon. ... And it’s very clear from the events of this weekend why we have proposed a just-cause provision in the contract,” she said. See DAs / A5

‘Jason Evers’ expected to change plea to guilty

WINTER’S JUST DOWN THE ROAD

As athletes, they tend to be healthy — but also prone to injuries

Former OLCC official accused of stealing slain boy’s identity

By Erin Beresini

By Nick Budnick

New York Times News Service

The Bulletin

Jennifer Frighetto is not a marathoner, but it is not for lack of trying. Had she crossed the finish line at this year’s race in Chicago, it would have been her first successful attempt at the 26.2-mile distance. But just as at the 2008 and 2009 Chicago Marathons, Frighetto was unable to finish because of injury. Frighetto, a self-described former couch potato, said that since she first decided to run a marathon in late 2006, she has seen doctors for a stress fracture in her foot, plantar fasciitis and iliotibial band syndrome. The activity that promised to make her healthier was actually increasing the frequency of her doctor visits, which makes amateur athletes like her a problematic group of people for health insurance companies to insure. And as more and more people become marathoners — the 2011 Boston Marathon sold out in eight hours — distance runners are becoming a hard group to ignore. “Insurance companies love runners because they’re healthy people,” said Nathan Nicholas, the president of Nicholas Hill Group, a Colorado-based insurance brokerage firm that works with USA Triathlon. See Runners / A4

PORTLAND — Doitchin Krastev, the Bulgarian national who is alleged to have used a dead boy’s identity to help him become a Bend-based liquor control official, is expected to enter a guilty plea next week following months of negotiations with prosecutors. Under the name Jason Evers, Krastev became an official with the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. His work triggered a series of complaints from Central Doitchin Oregon club Krastev, aka owners as well Jason Evers, as a state De- has made a partment of plea deal in Justice inves- his identity tigation that theft case, a questioned his federal enforcement prosecutor style. confirmed. He requested a demotion and transfer to Nyssa, only to be arrested in April by federal agents on suspicion of passport fraud. Agents accused him of stealing a murdered Cincinatti boy’s identity. He subsequently resigned from state service. On Oct. 12, he pleaded not guilty to one count of making a false statement while applying for a passport, as well as one count of aggravated identity theft. However, on Friday federal court clerks scheduled a “change of plea” hearing for Krastev, a sign that he had agreed to a deal in order to avoid trial. Stacie Beckerman, the federal prosecutor handling the case, declined to comment other than to say: “I can confirm we do have a plea agreement.” See Krastev / A4

Photos by Pete Erickson / The Bulletin

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aque Chavez, above, of Ica, Peru, celebrates an early snowstorm on Santiam Pass on Monday. At right, Oregon Department of Transportation employee Mike Berg shuts the gate on Highway 242 leading to McKenzie Pass after deep snow prompted the decision to close the pass slightly earlier than usual. Today, the Deschutes County Road Department is planning to close Cascade Lakes Highway for the season.

Tetherow may take over troubled Broken Top Club The Bulletin

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Runners begin the Boston Marathon on April 19. As distance running becomes more popular, its adherents are getting harder for insurance companies to ignore.

The ownership of Bend’s Tetherow Golf Club is in negotiations to take over debt-ridden Broken Top Club. Tetherow is in talks with Broken Top’s legal counsel and Minnesota-based Thrivent Financial, which holds the private, member-owned club’s debt, to purchase that debt, according to a letter from Broken Top’s board

of directors to its members. If a deal is worked out, the two clubs would operate together, the letter said. It’s not clear how much debt is involved. Earlier this month, Broken Top cut staff, including its general manager and head professional, as it tried to cut costs and negotiate its future. A letter to members more than two weeks ago laid out three possible options for Broken Top: a sale,

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bankruptcy or foreclosure. Tetherow’s ownership group, led by managing partner Chris Van der Velde and wealthy Dutch businessman Willem Willemstein, confirmed that it is indeed in negotiations. Van der Velde said that Tetherow is interested in Broken Top based on the strength of its membership, which consists of 189 members. But Van der Velde offered no

guarantees that a deal would be forged. “It has to make economic sense, and if it doesn’t then we are not going to do it,” Van der Velde said. The letter said that Broken Top Club hopes “for a successful agreement on the basic terms in the next week.” Zack Hall can be reached at 541-617-7868 or at zhall@ bendbulletin.com.

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