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Kitzhaber hoping Legislature’s division will be an asset By Nick Budnick The Bulletin
PORTLAND — John Kitzhaber on Thursday made his first public appearance since learning he’d be Oregon’s next governor, hammering on a theme of bipartisanship and saying the divided Legislature chosen by voters could be more of a benefit than a hindrance. Addressing a small crowd of supporters and media at a park in Portland, he also alluded to the trend that many observers had called a Republican wave, saying, “Can we swim upstream or what?” His speech came at a time “I actually when election think it’s going results were to be easier firming up, to deal with showing that the budget the state House crisis with this of Representanarrow balance tives would be of power than split 30-30 beit would have tween Demobeen with large crats and Remajorities on publicans. The one side or the state Senate, other.” meanwhile, ap— Gov.-elect peared headed John Kitzhaber to a slim majority for Democrats of 16 seats, compared to 14 for Republicans. Two Senate races remained so close that a recount could conceivably change things. Asked about working with a divided Legislature, Kitzhaber said the prospect fits well with the goal that he had stressed on the campaign trail, of creating a “political center” that “cuts across partisan lines.” “I actually think it’s going to be easier to deal with the budget crisis with this narrow balance of power than it would have been with large majorities on one side or the other,” he added, referring to the projected budget hole of more than $3 billion that is expected to greet lawmakers when the 2011 Legislature meets in January. See Kitzhaber / A4
DESCHUTES BREWERY PLANS EXPANSION
Changes are brewing for Bend beer maker By Tim Doran The Bulletin
Ryan Brennecke / The Bulletin
Deschutes Brewery plans to expand its capacity at Simpson and Colorado avenues, adding 4,700 square feet and new fermentation tanks. Plans show the expansion would take place between the Mountain View Room, right, and the malt tanks, left.
Deschutes Brewery, the region’s oldest craft brewer, plans to expand production capacity at its west-Bend brewery, adding about 4,700 square feet and new fermentation tanks. Plans call for remodeling the lobby and adding up to 10 new
fermentation tanks, each standing between 45 and 50 feet tall, at the front of the building at Simpson and Colorado avenues, although company and city officials say only five would be built initially. The others would be added in six or seven years. Deschutes Brewery considered expansion in early 2009, but the
Lord’s Acre Day at Powell Butte Christian Church
Rolling out the treats The Associated Press ile photo
Young voters, crucial to President Barack Obama’s victory in 2008, showed up in fewer numbers Tuesday, as white voters, independents and seniors rejected the Democrats.
Midterm elections see collapse of Dems’ 2008 coalition By Kathleen Hennessey and James Oliphant McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Rob Kerr / The Bulletin
G
eri Urell, 51, of Tumalo, rolls dough around a cinnamon blend in the Powell Butte Christian Church kitchen on Thursday. She and 20 others have been baking pies and cinnamon rolls since Wednesday for the
64th annual Lord’s Acre Day on Saturday. The cinnamon rolls consist of 30 batches totaling about 1,280
servings, enough for the 1,200 to 1,500 people expected, according to Gayln Snair, of Redmond. Other food for the
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event includes 1,000 pounds each of beef and ham, 1,000 gallons of beans and 1,000 pounds of potatoes. Lord’s Acre Day also features crafts, live music, a 10K run and more. For more on the event, see GO! Magazine, Page 16.
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collapsing economy scuttled the plans, said Craig Mavis, plant engineer and manager of the expansion project. “Right when we were ready to let it go, the economy took a dive,” Mavis said. But business has improved, he said. See Brewery / A4
Students are on campus, CT scans could cut but their class is online lung cancer deaths by 20 percent By Trip Gabriel
New York Times News Service
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Like most other undergraduates, Anish Patel likes to sleep in. Even though his Principles of Microeconomics class at 9:35 a.m. is just a five-minute stroll from his dorm, he would rather flip open his laptop in his room to watch the lecture, streamed live over the campus network. On a recent morning, as Patel’s two roommates slept in, he sat at his desk taking notes on Dr. Mark Rush’s explanation of the term “perfect competition.” A camera zoomed in for a closeup of the blackboard, where Rush scribbled in chalk, “lots of firms and lots of buyers.” The University of Florida broadcasts and archives Rush’s lectures less for the convenience of sleepy students
By Thomas H. Maugh II Los Angeles Times
Andres Farfan / New York Times News Service
University of Florida freshman Anish Patel takes notes while watching a class online in his dorm room. like Patel than for a simple principle of economics: 1,500 undergraduates are enrolled, and no lecture hall could possibly hold them. See Online / A5
LOS ANGELES — Advanced CT imaging can reduce deaths from lung cancer by 20 percent among heavy smokers, according to longawaited results from the first comparison of CT scanning and regular chest X-rays, researchers said Thursday. The results of the study among more than 53,000 former and current heavy smokers were so conclusive that the study was terminated prematurely last week, and letters were sent to all the participants advising them of the results. The findings are considered to be a major step forward in fighting lung cancer, which is expected to kill an estimated 157,000 Americans this year. See Cancer / A4
WASHINGTON — Democrats searching for good news amid the rubble of Tuesday’s midterm elections results can look to Hispanics and African-Americans, two groups of voters that stayed with the party in large numbers. But in a sense, it’s small comfort. The party was overwhelmingly rejected by whites, independents and seniors. Perhaps most troubling to Democrats: an increasing number of women also turned toward the GOP. Young voters, so crucial to President Barack Obama’s historic victory two years ago, showed up in fewer numbers Tuesday, and many more voted Republican than before. To make matters worse, while black and Latino voters remained more loyal to the Democrats, they voted in far fewer numbers than in 2008. And even in those groups, 3 to 5 percent defected from Democrats to Republicans. Democrats were largely pushed out of states where the party believed it had made lasting inroads, such as Indiana, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin. The result is a national electoral map that more closely resembles that of the early 2000s, with Democrats largely confined to the East and West coasts, and the GOP dominating the heartland and the South. See Democrats / A5
“(Voters) have the clicker in their hands, and they have no problem hitting the ‘next’ button.” — Paul Maslin, pollster and Democratic strategist in Wisconsin