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Snow, then more snow: ‘Double-barreled’ system looms By Scott Hammers The Bulletin
Storms arriving today should be dropping a blanket of snow for days across most of Central Oregon, according to the National Weather Service. Meteorologist Douglas Weber of the Pendleton NWS office said Friday that a “double-barreled” system is headed for the region. Bend residents should
expect 4 1⁄2 to 6 inches of snow by Sunday evening, with slightly more in higher-elevation communities to the south and slightly less in lower-elevation communities to the north. Although conditions are favorable for additional snow heading into the early part of the week, it’s still uncertain which areas are most likely to see the most significant accumulations.
Weber said a rotating weather pattern containing pockets of moisture should be moving into the area Sunday and Monday. “After that, it’s very sporadic, like little popcorn things on the model as far as where it wants to put the precipitation,” he said. Steadier snow is expected in the mountains, with 4 to 8 inches expect-
ed by this morning at Mt. Bachelor, another 3 to 7 inches through the day, and snow likely every day through Christmas Eve. Forecasts call for fairly uniform weather across Central Oregon for the next several days, Weber said, with highs in the mid-30s and lows in the mid-20s at both higher and lower elevations.
Nowhere to go: Kelly Mayfield had a home, but his landlord needs it back
Struggling with MS, artisan must move
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Cuts may trim OSU agriculture outreach Extension aims to save programs as it plans for 25% budget slash By Hillary Borrud The Bulletin
Oregon State University Extension Service says it will try to preserve local programs as it moves ahead with administrative staff cuts and reorganization. Programs could be scaled back during the 2011 state legislative session, when the extension service is planning for a budget cut of up to 25 percent. If lawmakers approve that large of a cut, it could mean layoffs for up to 50 faculty statewide. “The model we came up with is not one everyone’s happy with, I’ll admit that,” said Deborah Maddy, associate director of the Oregon State University Extension Service and associate provost for university outreach and engagement. But it is a way OSU extension can “stay true” to its tenets, which include keeping a strong presence in counties, she said. “We have to cut the extension budget because we have already had an 18 percent cut in our operations costs this biennium,” Maddy said. Oregon State University Extension Service provides agricultural expertise through faculty in all 36 Oregon counties for gardeners, ranchers, food preservers and kids raising livestock. State money usually pays for faculty — experts on forestry and other subjects — while counties pay for office space, supplies and administrative employees. See Extension / A3
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Amelia Earhart photos and memorabilia are shown earlier this year at Purdue University.
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Kelly Mayfield, who has multiple sclerosis, packs his belongings Friday afternoon. He has to move out of his home because his landlord is moving back due to the economy. Mayfield doesn’t hold a grudge. “I know how it goes,” he says.
Bone scraps may hold key to Earhart mystery By Sean Murphy The Associated Press
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elly Mayfield believes his first symptom was in 1979. He was deer hunting when suddenly he couldn’t see. His vision came back, but later his back started to hurt. Mayfield, now 58, wasn’t the type to visit the doctor. But in 1997, he received the diagnosis: multiple sclerosis. Until recently, Mayfield worked nearly every day. He didn’t take days off. He didn’t see the point in vacations. His father was a buckaroo, running cattle from ranch to ranch. Mayfield followed in his father’s footsteps, wrangling
cattle from 3 a.m. until well past dark. Over the past year, his disease has worsened. Less than a year ago, he could walk. Now, he must use a wheelchair. Then came some difficult news: Mayfield has to move. The problem is, he has no place to go. Currently Mayfield is living on a 27-acre farm a bit outside of Bend. He thought he could live in the house forever. He uses the large shed to carve furniture out of juniper, which is how he makes a living. But when the economy tanked, Mayfield’s landlord in California could no longer afford to keep his home and is planning to move back to Oregon with his daughter at the end of this month.
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The home where Mayfield lives has been in Dan Ellingson’s family for three generations. It’s where his grandparents homesteaded, and it’s the only place he can afford to go. “This is the irony,” said Ellingson, who sells software. “I was making a joke about this several months ago — there will be headlines in the paper: ‘Heartless California man throws disabled ... veteran in the ditch at Christmastime.’” Ellingson and Mayfield agree that’s not the case. This isn’t the story of an evil landlord. It’s one of how the economic situation is hurting those who can least afford it. See Moving / A6
NORMAN, Okla. — Three bone fragments from a deserted South Pacific island are being analyzed to see if they belong to Amelia Earhart — tests that could finally prove she died as a castaway after failing in her 1937 attempt to fly around the world. Scientists at the University of Oklahoma hope to extract DNA from the bones, which were found earlier this year by a Delaware group dedicated to the recovery of historic aircraft. “There’s no guarantee,” said Ric Gillespie, director of the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery in Delaware. “You only have to say you have a bone that may be human and may be linked to Earhart and people get excited. But it is true that, if they can get DNA, and if they can match it to Amelia Earhart’s DNA, that’s pretty good.” See Earhart / A6
Olympic bobsledder chose war to repay Army By Juliet Macur New York Times News Service
John Napier
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Olympic bobsled pilot John Napier did not take any practice runs Thursday in advance of this weekend’s World Cup races here. Early that morning, he sent
a text message to his U.S. team coach, saying he should probably stay off the track. He hadn’t slept much, he wrote. Nightmares had kept him awake. Napier, a sergeant in the Vermont Army National Guard, returned to competition this
month, less than two weeks after coming home from a sixmonth tour in Afghanistan. “Sometimes I dream that I’m back in Afghanistan going on missions,” said Napier, 24, who was deployed with the 86th Mountain Combat Brigade. See Bobsledder / A6