Bulletin Daily Paper 12-01-10

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Practically perfect gifts

Changes in store for Bend’s

Finding the right present for the pragmatist on your list • SHOPPING, E1

SPORTS, D1

Broken Top Club

WEATHER TODAY

WEDNESDAY

Chance of mixed showers High 42, Low 29 Page C6

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MEASURING PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME IN OREGON

Hints of a trade-off in a state report:

bottom line or a better life?

Why is Oregon below the national average? Two main factors, according to a report released Tuesday: a fast-growing population and relatively low wages — indicating some Oregonians choose lifestyle over higher compensation.

Read more on the report, ‘Why Oregon Trails the Nation,’ and why per capita personal income matters • BUSINESS, B1

Drones may be tested in our skies

Programs for Oregon’s disabled facing more cuts By Lauren Dake The Bulletin

IN THE LEGISLATURE

Every workday afternoon Linda Stevens, of Bend, calls her father to tell him what she accomplished at work. For the 49-year-old developmentally disabled woman, her job at Central Oregon Resources

for Independent Living is about more than the wages she earns. “It’s an enormous boost to her self-esteem,” said her father, Lindsay Stevens. “If she didn’t have that opportunity, she would be sitting home all day long, watching TV, doing nothing. This way, she feels proud of

what she does … and wouldn’t trade that for anything in the world.” This summer, Gov. Ted Kulongoski ordered state agencies to make across-the-board 9 percent cuts to help with a budget shortfall. And in about a month, the state Legislature will have to

address a projected $3.5 billion shortfall in the state budget. In many ways, the region started feeling the effects of the state cuts months ago. The cuts are hitting schools, mental health programs and state troopers. See Disabled / A5

Submitted photo

The T-20 unmanned aerial vehicle, made by Arcturus UAV. If drone testing is approved in Central Oregon airspace, this is the aircraft Arcturus would fly in the area, according to Engineer Eric Folkestad.

By Hillary Borrud The Bulletin

Aerial drones could begin flying test runs over remote areas of Central Oregon in the near future, if a proposal to open a military operations area to the testing gets federal approval. The unmanned aircraft are currently prohibited from flying in general airspace, and testing is usually allowed only in restricted military airspace, unless companies obtain special certificates. That puts testing spots in high demand, and the opening of a new area could boost Central Oregon’s economy, according to the nonprofit Economic Development for Central Oregon, which proposed the idea. Staff of Central Oregon’s congressional delegation were briefed on the proposal last week, and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., plans to ask the Federal Aviation Administration if it’s feasible. “We’re just beginning the process of going forward with this,” said Collins Hemingway, chair of Economic Development for Central Oregon’s aviation recruitment committee. See Drones/ A4

THESE CHAINS WERE MADE FOR DRIVIN’

Drone testing Economic Development for Central Oregon is working on a plan to open an area that includes parts of Deschutes, Crook, Lake and Harney counties to drone testing by private companies when the military is not using it. 26

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Carl Cromwell of Tumalo wraps a wheel of his Fagen Inc. log truck with a heavy chain Tuesday. He was on Forest Service Road 41 on the way to a thinning project near the Deschutes River. “I put them on three times a day,” he said. With more snow in the forecast, Cromwell may have to keep putting on the chains throughout the week. For more on the weather forecast, see Page C6.

TOP NEWS INSIDE FOOD SAFETY: Senate approves sweeping overhaul of laws, Page A3 ‘DON’T ASK’: Pentagon finds little risk in repealing anti-gay policy, Page A3

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Calendar

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Editorial

C4

Schools

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Environment

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Shopping

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Horoscope

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Sports

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C1-6

Stocks

B4-5

Classified

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Local

Comics

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Movies

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TV listings

E2

Obituaries

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Weather

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For some athletes, training More bartenders starts early — really early being shaken up by By Mark Hyman New York Times News Service

As a fitness coach in Grand Rapids, Mich., Doreen Bolhuis has a passion for developing exercises for children. The younger, it seems, the better. “With the babies in our family,” she said, “I start working them out in the hospital.” Bolhuis turned her exercises into a company, Gymtrix, that offers a library of videos starting with training for babies as young as 6 months. There is no lying in the crib playing with toes. Infant athletes, accompanied by doting parents on the videos, do a lot of jumping, kicking and, in one exercise, something that looks like baseball batting practice. “We hear all the time from families that have been with us, ‘Our kids are superstars when they’re in middle school and they get into sports,’ ” Bolhuis said. Future Robinson Canos and Sidney Crosbys are getting their start in sports earlier than ever. See Athletes / A4

Madeline Loorya, 2, is taking a class for 18- to 24month-olds at South Coast Soccer City in Torrance, Calif. Sports programs and DVDs for babies and toddlers are becoming more popular. Ann Johansson New York Times News Service

job-related injuries By Robert Simonson New York Times News Service

“When we first started Varnish, we began sustaining a bunch of injuries,” Marcos Tello said. “I had a huge, constant knot in my forearm. Chris Ojeda developed tennis elbow. Matty Eggleston popped a tendon in his hand. We were all sidelined with all these injuries.” Varnish is not a football team. It is a stylish, speakeasy-style cocktail bar that opened early last year in downtown Los Angeles. And the men Tello mentions are fellow bartenders, ranging in age from mid-20s to mid-30s. But in these heady days of behind-the-bar showmanship, when theatrical agitations of shakers filled with heavy-duty ice are becoming the norm, the mixologist’s physical lot is not so terribly far removed from an athlete’s. See Bartenders / A5


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