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Bend’s water policy under fire By Nick Grube The Bulletin
An environmental advocacy group that focuses on protecting stream flows in Oregon wants the state to shut down the city of Bend’s Bridge Creek water system, claiming it has been operating illegally.
WaterWatch of Oregon lodged a complaint with the state Water Resources Department on Wednesday stating that the city has been taking more water out of the Tumalo Creek tributary than it actually needs. This, the nonprofit contends, is a violation of Oregon’s water rights law,
because the city — or any other entity that holds a water right — should only be allowed to take what it puts to what is called a beneficial use. “This biggest concern is that the city is unnecessarily damaging 10 miles of stream,” said Kimberley Priestley, the senior policy analyst for
WaterWatch who wrote the complaint letter to the Water Resources Department. “It’s an illegal use and the city’s not above the law.” Officials from the Oregon Water Resources Department were not available for comment Thursday. See Water / A5
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Dulce Pelayo, 25, with her husband, William Pelayo, 27, and the couple’s two children, Annalee, 8, and Cristian, 4, will be moving into a new home this spring.
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Pelayos get a no-interest loan with no down payment required By Lauren Dake The Bulletin
Growing up, Dulce Pelayo tried to stay away from home as much as possible. She signed up for after-school sports, and she worked long hours. She never invited friends over, and when she was 16, she moved out. She was pregnant and ended up at Grandma’s House, a nonprofit that provides shelter to young pregnant woman who have been abused or who are homeless, in Bend. Now 25 years old, Pelayo is a mother of two. She’s a student at Central Oregon Community College. This month she will celebrate her seventh wedding anniversary with her husband, her children’s father. And there is something else Pelayo will be celebrating for a while: This spring she will move with her family into a brand-new home. They currently live in an apartment in Bend. Pelayo and her family were selected by the nonprofit First Story, of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, formerly the Hayden Giving Fund, as recipients of a new home in Bend that came with no down payment necessary and an interest-free, 30-year loan. Pelayo said she didn’t dream her family could own a home. See Home / A4
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he Holiday Express rolled into Central Oregon on Thursday, courtesy of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, which provides the train
trips every holiday season to honor military families.
Passengers boarded the 12 1950s-era passenger cars in Bend and took a 90-minute trip, up to the bridge across Crooked River Gorge, north of Redmond, and back. On board, family members were treated to special holiday snacks, given a commemorative holiday ornament and visited with Santa. Approximately 300
military family members from Central Oregon rode the train. Above, 2-year-old Lacie Weaver receives a gift from Santa Claus aboard the Holiday Express with her mother, Misti-Autumn Weaver, and her brother, Casen Campisi, 11. At right, passengers prepare to board shortly before their departure from Bend.
By Katie Thomas New York Times News Service
Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis shut down so many receivers last season that teammates started calling his turf Revis Island, where opposing players were inevitably marooned. Mayor Michael Bloomberg even jokingly renamed Manhattan Revis Island in January when the Jets reached the AFC championship game. But even as the term became Darrelle Revis a part of Jets lexicon — spawnwants to trade- ing T-shirts, a fan blog and a mark the term commercial for Dick’s Sporting “Revis Island.” Goods — Revis was quietly laying claim to it. In January, he applied to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to register the term for use on “T-shirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants, hats, footwear, sleepwear, swimwear.” See Trademarks / A4
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Masks put a new face on crime By Sharon Bernstein Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — They’re not just for Halloween anymore. Expensive, realistic masks are increasingly being used out of season, and not always for laughs. A white bank robber in Ohio recently used a “hyper-realistic” mask manufactured by a small Van Nuys, Calif., company to disguise himself as a black man, prompting police there to mistakenly arrest an African-American man for the crimes. And authorities are starting to think the “Geezer Bandit,” a bank robber believed to be an old man, might actually be a younger guy wearing one of the disguises made by SPFXMasks. See Masks / A4
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ORLANDO, Fla. — As the U.S. Transportation Security Administration struggles against harsh criticism of its new see-through-clothing scanners and enhanced pat-downs of airline passengers, some airports are considering joining the 17 airports around the country that have replaced federal inspectors with employees of private-security firms. The move is being pushed by U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., who helped write the law creating the TSA in 2001. See Airports / A4
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