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buzz on Century Drive County union The Bend’s Century Center attracts a variety of businesses and music events • delays wage Next battle negotiations BUSINESS, B1
By Hillary Borrud The Bulletin
Members of the largest Deschutes County employees’ union have decided to delay negotiations on wage increases and benefits until the county’s budget outlook is clearer. The first bargaining session between the county and the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Council 75, or AFSCME, took place Thursday night. For now, negotiations will cover issues such as grievance procedures and how the county can lay off employees. Union president Fawn Miller expects negotiations over wages to begin in May. The union represents about 350 county employees in most departments, out of about 800 total county employees. Yaju Dharmarajah, the council representative for Central Oregon’s AFSCME, said union members understand they will have to make sacrifices because governments are struggling to balance their budgets. “Coming in blind and saying we want 3-, 5percent raises and we want to keep the current (health insurance) premiums does not reflect the current economic crisis,” Dharmarajah said. “So let’s work with actual working numbers, instead of presumptions.” See Union / A5
Remembering a fallen friend Those who knew Tony Martin say the victim of a January hit-and-run worked hard to turn his life around
Toni Grimes, 30, brushes dirt off a plaque honoring Tony Martin, who was killed in a hit-and-run incident on Third Street in January. Martin’s family and friends placed a cross and other memorabilia in front of Patty’s Pub on Wednesday.
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Without loan giants, how would American homebuying change? By Binyamin Appelbaum New York Times News Service
WASHINGTON — How might home buying change if the federal government shuts down housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage loan, the steady favorite of U.S. borrowers since the 1950s, could become a luxury product, housing experts on both sides of the political aisle say. Interest rates would rise for most borrowers, but urban and rural residents could see sharper increases than the coveted customers in the suburbs. Lenders could charge fees for popular features now taken for granted, like the ability to “lock in” an interest rate weeks or months before taking out a loan. Life without Fannie and Freddie is the rare goal shared by the Obama administration and House Republicans, although it will not happen soon. Congress must agree on a plan, which could take years, and then the market must be weaned from dependence on the companies and the financial backing they provide. See Housing / A5
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for Libya? Control of its wealth By Landon Thomas Jr. New York Times News Service
LONDON — As the battle for Libya rages on, the struggle over control of the country’s sovereign wealth fund and its $70 billion in assets has just begun. With a sizable pot of ready cash and Inside stakes in a few • Obama says elite European Gadhafi companies — ‘must leave,’ including the Page A3 British publisher Pearson and • State of terror the Italian socas loyal forces cer club Juvenoccupy Tripoli, tus — the fund Page A3 served as an emphatic calling card for its founder, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, a son of the Libyan ruler who was once regarded as the reformer in the family. Established in 2006, the fund was used by Gadhafi in an effort to make the case that Libya was ready to open itself to the West. It helped draw into Gadhafi’s orbit a range of powerful figures, including the Rothschild family; Prince Andrew of Britain; the former European trade commissioner Peter Mandelson; the cream of corporate society in Italy; and U.S. investors Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone and David Rubenstein of the Carlyle Group. See Libya / A5
Fewer teens, young adults having sex Photos by Ryan Brennecke / The Bulletin
Friends and family of hit-and-run victim Tony Martin sit next to a small cross they placed near the accident scene on Wednesday. From left: Denise Keith, Valerie Shieler, Toni Grimes and David Crouse.
By Mike Stobbe and Carla K. Johnson The Associated Press
said, very little changed. By Sheila G. Miller • The Bulletin “He’s my dad and he’s my daughter’s grandpa,” she n Wednesday, a quiet group gathered near said. “He called us his kids.” Gibbs said Martin and Grimes’ mother never maran unassuming spot on Third Street in ried, although the Grimeses describe themselves as Bend to place a cross, a small spray of fake Anthony Martin’s stepchildren. “Tony” Martin “They might as well have flowers, trinkets and balloons. was killed in been,” Gibbs said. “They Then they took a moment to rec- lives in Madras, and the late January were together a good many ognize and remember Tony Martin, two were very close. by a hit-andyears.” who was killed near that spot in In the late 1980s, Mar- run driver. In addition, Toni said January by a hit-and-run driver. Be- tin’s parents moved to CenMartin had two adult daughcause while his life may have ended tral Oregon. In 1991, Marters who live out of state. on that stretch of concrete, his fam- tin and Gibbs joined them, moving Martin lived for awhile in Desily and friends say the life he lived to La Pine. chutes River Woods, and that’s how was much more than that. “It was just for a new start some- he came to know David Crouse, He was a funny man who liked to where else,” Gibbs said. “We defi- Valerie Shieler and Denise Keith, fix cars and fish, help people, and nitely love this warmer winter sce- all neighbors. throw back a few drinks. He’d had nario. And it was easier down here After placing the cross near the problems, serving a 13-month stint for work at that time. We blended site of his death, the three talked in Powder River Correctional Fa- in with the people great, and Tony about his generosity. cility after receiving his sixth DUII made a lot of friends.” “He was just always there for anyconviction. But he’d been working Gibbs said Martin logged around body,” Shieler said. hard to turn his life around, in part La Pine for a few years to make Shieler and Crouse have a daughbecause of his new baby girl, Sadie, ends meet. ter, 11-year-old Kayla, and Martin now 16 months old. In 1996, Martin met the mother would often baby-sit; he also spent “He could make you mad, and of Toni and Olen Grimes. The pair hours working on Shieler’s car. then he’d make you laugh,” said his were together 10 years, and Toni “He was my personal mechanic,” stepdaughter Toni Grimes, 30. and Olen Grimes came to see him as Shieler said, laughing. “He would Martin grew up in Anchorage, a father figure in their lives. cuss that car out.” Alaska. His older sister Terry Gibbs When they broke up, Toni Grimes See Martin / A5
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ATLANTA — Fewer teens and young adults are having sex, a government survey shows, and theories abound for why they’re doing it less. Experts say this generation may be more cautious than their predecessors, more aware of sexually transmitted diseases. Or perhaps emphasis on abstinence in the past decade has had some influence. Or maybe they’re just too busy. “It’s not even on my radar,” said 17-year-old Abbey King of Hinsdale, Ill., a competitive swimmer who starts her day at 5 a.m. and falls into bed at 10:30 p.m. after swimming, school, weight lifting, running, more swimming, homework and a volunteer gig working with service dogs for the disabled. The study, released Thursday, is based on interviews of about 5,300 young people, ages 15 to 24. It shows the proportion in that age group who said they’d never had oral, vaginal or anal sex rose in the past decade from 22 percent to about 28 percent. The findings are sure to surprise some parents who see skin and lust in the media and worry that sex is rampant. See Sex / A5