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Oregon Senate Republicans are pushing for a two-year suspension on state agency rulemaking in the hopes that would help job creation in Oregon. “Why don’t we reduce the level of uncertainty and stop the growth of administrative law for the foreseeable future until we get a bit more job growth?” said Senate Republican Leader Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day. Ferrioli said too many of Oregon’s businesses are spending time doing paperwork and trying to keep up with new rules IN THE and regulations. This step, he LEGISLATURE said, would send an important message that legislators are willing to work together to cut what he called bureaucratic red tape. A moratorium could take place one of two ways: either by the governor’s executive order or if the Legislature passed a bill. See Moratorium / A4
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It has taken more than 400 years, but Bend’s Drake Park is going to get its own mini Shakespeare festival. Bend-based Lay It Out Events is bringing Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” written sometime around 1594, to Drake Park for three performances over Aug. 25 and 26. The performers will be from Northwest Classical Theatre Company of Portland. The creative director of Bend’s Cat Call Productions will also help with the production, according to a news release from Lay It Out Events. Ticket prices for the new Shakespeare in the Park are expected to be set by mid-February. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale March 1. Sandy Henderson, of Lay It Out Events, said the production was conceived after discussions with local leaders in the arts community. Henderson said no one she’s spoken with can remember the play being produced outdoors in Bend. “We’re all a little bit stunned that we haven’t had Shakespeare in the park,” Henderson said. Northwest Classical Theatre is experienced at putting on plays by Shakespeare and, according to the company’s website, is performing three of his plays this season: “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” “Cymbeline” and “Twelfth Night.” See Shakespeare / A4
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ABOVE: Richard Meyers, 50, of Prineville, left, and Mark Hobbs, 40, of Redmond, both employees of American Fence Co. of Redmond, install a temporary fence at Columbia Park in Bend on Monday. The fence will keep pedestrians out of an area in the park being rebuilt. The Bend Park & Recreation District is overseeing a $250,000 project to revitalize the park. Perhaps the most unique feature will be a slide that follows the slope of the park down to the river, but it will not end in a splash. There will also be a new sidewalk along the edge of the park, a new playground, picnic shelter and plaza with benches and tables. Some of the work will be completed by summer. The entire project should be completed by fall. LEFT: Alex Hodge, 24, of Bend, who owns Alex Hodge Construction, uses a backhoe to remove sod in the lower area of the park.
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In an age of commemorating birthdays, weddings and anniversaries on Facebook and Twitter, it was perhaps inevitable that live Web-streaming funerals for friends and loved ones would be next. It is no surprise that the deaths of celebrities, like Michael Jackson, or honored political figures, like the U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke, are promoted as international Web events. So, too, was the memorial service for the six people killed Jan. 8 in Tucson, Ariz., which had thousands of viewers on the Web. Now the once-private funerals and memorials of less-noted citizens are also going online. Several software companies have created easyto-use programs to help funeral homes cater to bereaved families. FuneralOne, a one-stop shop for online memorials that is based in St. Clair, Mich., has seen the number of funeral homes offering webcasts increase to 1,053 in 2010, from 126 in 2008. During that same period, Event by Wire, a competitor in Half Moon Bay, Calif., watched the number of funeral homes live-streaming services jump to 300 from 80. See Funerals / A5