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A Redmond police lieutenant accused of stealing and selling firearms and equipment from the department’s armory was arraigned in Deschutes County Circuit Court on Thursday. Larry Prince, 48, was arRedmond rested Tuesday Police Lt. in Coos Bay, Larry Prince and taken to the Deschutes County jail Wednesday evening, where he was being held during his arraignment by video Thursday. Prince faces 18 counts each of first-degree theft and firstdegree official misconduct, and one count of first-degree forgery. Deschutes County District Attorney Patrick Flaherty said court documents indicate Prince’s alleged wrongdoing dates from January 2008. A 16-year veteran of the department, Prince was put on paid administrative leave Dec. 30 after an inventory and audit of the armory revealed the apparent disappearance of funds, firearms and accessories. Prince had managed the armory for 10 years until he was reassigned late last year for reasons unrelated to the allegations against him, Redmond Police Chief Dave Tarbet said Wednesday. See Lieutenant / A5
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A teaser that appeared Thursday, Feb. 10, on Page A1 was incorrect. The story in Health was about programs coordinating care for some patients in Central Oregon. The programs are autonomous of St. Charles. The Bulletin regrets the error.
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The Warm Springs Tribal Council approved preliminary plans Wednesday to move the tribal casino out of the KahNee-Ta resort to a temporary location along the east side of U.S. Highway 26, across from the Warm Springs Museum. No timeline for the project, estimated to cost roughly $12 million, has been established. “Moving our casino from
tribal members, providing funding for revenue payments to tribal members and supporting efforts for a new casino at Cascade Locks in the Columbia River Gorge. “We can use some of the additional revenues generated at this highly visible, accessible Highway 26 location to fund our continued diligent efforts to obtain final approval from the Interior Department for the permanent Warm Springs casino location at Cascade Locks,” Calica said.
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He said the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs already have an approved state gaming compact with the Oregon Department of Justice for the existing casino at Kah-Nee-Ta, so the Tribal Council anticipates that moving gaming operations to the proposed Highway 26 site would require only minor revisions to the compact. After the move, the casino at KahNee-Ta would close. “It’s still on the reservation, so the move won’t have much to do with the federal government,” Calica said. See Casino / A4
Support for wilderness areas drops in Congress By Keith Chu The Bulletin
WASHINGTON — Last summer, the creation of two wilderness areas proposed for northern Jefferson County looked like a layup: The areas had the backing of local landowners and the strong support of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who controlled the subcommittee with responsibility for wilderness bills. But a backed-up Senate schedule blocked consideration of the bill until it expired at the end of the year. And this year, with a new Republican majority in the U.S. House, getting a wilderness bill passed could be closer to a half-court heave. Although conservation groups said this week they believe Republicans are willing to work on wilderness areas, two Oregon U.S. House members were skeptical about the idea. And a lawmaker with virtual veto power over wilderness legislation was less than encouraging. A spokesman for House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings, R-Wash., didn’t rule out new wilderness bills, but he said the committee doesn’t have plans to debate any such wilderness bills. “Chairman Hastings will consider wilderness bills on a caseby-case basis,” Natural Resources Committee spokesman Spencer Pederson said in an e-mail. See Wilderness / A5
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Getting the homemade brew out of the garage By Lauren Dake The Bulletin
SALEM — Sen. Floyd Prozanski, DEugene, told lawmakers on Thursday he would love to share some of his homemade beer with them, but because of a recent interpretation of an old Oregon Liquor Control Commission statute, that wouldn’t be possible. For years, craft brewers and wine makers flew under the OLCC radar. But after the commission received several questions last summer surrounding home brewing, officials at OLCC asked the Oregon
Department of Justice to weigh brewers to transport their craft. in on a long-ignored statute. The Christie Scott, an OLCC DOJ’s response: All homemade spokeswoman, said the comalcoholic beverages must be conmission is hoping for a change sumed where they’re made. in the law, but only the LegislaCounty fairs were forced to ture has the authority to do so. IN THE cancel beer and wine competi“The way the statute is writLEGISLATURE ten now, it doesn’t allow for tions and home-brewing club meetings were postponed. On home-brew contests, and that’s Thursday, the Senate’s Busicertainly not something we ness, Transportation and Economic De- were wanting to do, shut down the homevelopment Committee unanimously vot- brew contests,” Scott said. “They haven’t ed to send a bill, SB 444, by Prozanski to been a public safety concern.” the Senate floor that would allow home See Home brew / A6
Wilderness legislation Congress is unlikely to approve legislation that would create wilderness areas like those proposed in Jefferson County. John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
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Kah-Nee-Ta to a temporary location on Highway 26 provides a number of benefits,” said Charles Jody Calica, secretary-treasurer for the Tribal Council. Calica said the council’s decision was based in part on a study by Economics Northwest, which showed relocating the casino to a temporary site along the highway would boost revenues enough to pay for improvements at KahNee-Ta High Desert Resort & Casino, while retaining jobs for
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Aaron Hofferber, president of the Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization, transfers his most recent brew into kegs in his garage Thursday afternoon.
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Mandy Carroll, a nursing student with the Kansas University Medical School, smokes a cigarette outside class on Feb. 3.
Smokers now face another risk from their habit: It could cost them a shot at a job. More hospitals and medical businesses in many states are adopting strict policies that make smoking a reason to turn away job applicants, saying they want to increase worker productivity,
reduce health care costs and encourage healthier living. The policies reflect a frustration that softer efforts — like banning smoking on company grounds, offering cessation programs and increasing health care premiums for smokers — have not been powerful enough incentives to quit. See Smoke / A4
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