Bulletin Daily Paper 01/12/11

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Stumped by savings?

Indoor market closes But city still seeks public comment

College vs. retirement: How much should you set aside? • SHOPPING, E1

BUSINESS, B1

WEATHER TODAY

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Police say they visited suspect’s home prior to rampage By Jo Becker, Kirk Johnson and Serge F. Kovaleski

Figuring out park fees How do agencies calculate the cost of outdoor permits and passes, and where does the money go?

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TUCSON, Ariz. — The police were sent to the home where Jared L. Loughner lived with his family on more than one occasion before the attack here Saturday that left a congresswoman fightInside ing for her life • In House, and six others Boehner dead, the Pima faces test County Sheriff’s to set tone, Department said Page A4 Tuesday. A spokesman, Jason Ogan, said the details of the calls were being reviewed by legal counsel and would be released as soon as the review was complete. He said he did not know what the calls were about — they could possibly have been minor, even trivial matters — or whether they involved Jared Loughner or another member of the household. A friend of Loughner’s also said in an interview Tuesday that Loughner, 22, was skilled with a gun — as early as high school — and had talked about a philosophy of fostering chaos. The news of police involvement with the Loughners suggests that county sheriff’s deputies were at least familiar with the family, even if the reason for their visits was unclear as of Tuesday night. See Suspect / A4

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SALEM — Surrounded by more than a dozen business and labor leaders, Gov. John Kitzhaber on Tuesday vowed to set the “tone at the top” by rolling out a series of job creation initiatives and ideas, ranging from advocacy for the state’s woody biomass industry to potentially diverting more water from the Columbia River for storage. “People should take me at my word that turning the private sector around is essential to the future of this state,” he said. “It’s time for us to pull together and make it happen.” Along with Kitzhaber’s announcement, he released a report from the five transition teams that he assembled shortly after being elected. The recommendations included: • Using $2 million in unspent stimulus funds to look for potential energy efficiency projects in 500 schools around Oregon. • Promote the biomass industry by giving biomass boilers preference for state funding in school retrofit programs, as well as asking the federal government to approve rules that are favorable to the industry. See Jobs / A5

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Committee roles put area lawmakers on the map By Lauren Dake The Bulletin

SALEM — From redistricting to scrutinizing the budget, the committee assignments of Central Oregon’s lawmakers, announced this week, will put the region’s legislators in the middle of trying to solve some of the state’s biggest IN THE LEGISLATURE problems. This session, the Legislature is tasked with redrawing legislative and congressional district lines on a map to reflect the changes in population. Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook counties have had the three highest percentage gains in population since 2000, which means the area could have increased representation. See Committees / A5

Experimental spy drones are speedier, deadlier

Public school accommodates winter athletes INTURN, Colo. — Off a remote road, the school in this tiny mountain town looks like any other small-town public school. Inside, high school and middle school students passrows of lockers in the hallways, study in classrooms and conduct experiments in science laboratories. But at this public school, one student was a Winter Olympian in February and two others are on the U.S. ski team. Several were Junior Olympic champions, and a few earned titles at junior world snow sport championships. Many have relocated from all over Colorado to attend the school, and others arrived from New Jersey, Michigan and Virginia. They have come here to the Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy because it is considered to be the only public winter sports school in the United States. The academy, in existence since 2007, replicates the European sportspecific school model that has for decades produced numerous Olympic ski champions. See Ski school / A6

Kitzhaber’s jobs program wide-ranging

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Pat Erwet buys a $25 seasonal sno-park permit at Powder House in Bend on Jan. 4.

By Kate Ramsayer

Permit fees

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The windshield of a Central Oregon outdoors enthusiast could easily get crowded, with a sno-park permit stuck in one corner and a Northwest Forest Pass or Oregon State Parks pass hanging from the rearview mirror. Permits and fees are common for some of the most popular recreation sites in the region, typically starting at $5 for day-use sites. And with increasing operations costs, some agencies — including the Oregon Department of Transportation and the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department — have raised fees in the last year to

ODOT sno-park permit: $25 seasonal, $9 three-day (consecutive), $4 one-day Oregon State Parks: $30 annual, $5 day-use Forest Service: $30 annual Northwest Forest Pass, $5 day pass BLM: varies keep up. To set fees for parking, camping or access to a picnic site, state and federal agencies use a variety of calculations and estimates, often incorporating how much it costs to provide services and

how much similar recreation options cost elsewhere. And the agencies have different ways of putting the fees to use, often directing them back to the site they were collected to pay for improvements and upkeep. ODOT’s sno-park program gets all of its funding from the sales of permits, said Karen Morrison, maintenance services coordinator with the state agency. “It has to be a self-supporting program, we can only spend the money we generate from permit sales,” she said. “It’s every bit of the challenge that you would expect it to be.” See Fees / A4

LOS ANGELES — An experimental spy plane with a wingspan almost the size of a Boeing 747’s took to the skies over the Mojave Desert last week in a secret test flight that may herald a new era in modern warfare with robotic planes flying higher, faster and with more firepower. The massive Global Observer built by AeroVironment Inc. of Monrovia, Calif., is capable of flying for days at a stratosphere-skimming 65,000 feet, out of range of most antiaircraft missiles. The plane is built to survey 280,000 square miles — an area larger than Afghanistan — at a single glance. That would give the Pentagon

an “unblinking eye” over the war zone and offer a cheaper and more effective alternative to spy satellites watching from outer space. The estimated $30 million robotic aircraft is one of three revolutionary drones being tested in coming weeks at California’s Edwards Air Force Base. Another is the bat-winged X-47B drone built by Northrop Grumman Corp., which could carry laser-guided bombs and be launched from an aircraft carrier. The third is Boeing Co.’s Phantom Ray drone that could slip behind enemy lines to knock out radar installations, clearing the way for fighters and bombers. See Drones / A5

AeroVironment’s Global Observer drone can stay aloft for days, an improvement over current Predator and Reaper drones. Los Angeles Times

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INDEX

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Vol. 108, No. 12, 34 pages, 6 sections

Abby

E2

Business

B1-4

Calendar

E3

TOP NEWS INSIDE

Classified

F1-8

Editorial

C4

Local

C1-6

Sports

D1-4

Comics

E4-5

Environment

A2

Movies

E3

Stocks

B2-3

Horoscope

E5

Obituaries

C5

TV listings

Crossword

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