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By Joseph Ditzler The Bulletin
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Woodgrain Millwork is closing the last of its oper-
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ations in Prineville, a move
that means layoffs or relocation for the remaining 55 employees, a company executive announced Friday. "Unfortunately, due to
Plus: ln the news — Balancing Halloweensafety for kids and civil liberties for registered sex offenders.A7
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the recent loss of signif-
icant sales volume, the operation is no longer financially viable and will be closed in the next few months," wrote Greg
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Easton, vice president of
Woodgrain's millwork division, in an announcement dated Thursday. Easton wrote that the
Idaho-based company provided the employees a 60-day notice and will offer
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Dead comedians to perform live again
employment in its other
locations, along with relocation assistance. Easton did not return
a call seeking further comment. Prineville City
Photos by Joe Kline/The Bulletin
A group of fifth-graders from La Pine Elementary learn about turbidity as they try to determine how far down they can see into
Dark Lake as CampTamarack program leader "Freckles" (Hailey Arnold), center, and "Maven" (Maron Fitzgerald), a student leader, observe during an activity on their first day at outdoor school Wednesday at CampTamarack outside Sisters.
Manager Steven Forrester
also was unavailable for comment. SeeJobs/A7
By Abby Spegmane The Bulletin
In Crook County, sixth grade is a rite of passage: It is the year students go to Suttle Lake Camp outside Sisters, away from parents and the comforts of home. There's scientific inquiry by day and
DESCHUTES
As comedians, Redd Foxx and Andy Kaufman
songs around the fire at night.
could hardly be more different. Foxx, the pioneering nightclub performer and star of "Sanford and Son,"
The district's outdoor school program is one of
Sheriff's supervisor on leave
By DaveItzkoff New York Times News Service
the oldest in the state. But to
did, socially conscious and unapologetically obscene.
send every student for five days costs about $65,000 a year for transportation, lodging, food, supplies and
Kaufman, the standup,
teacher stipends. The dis-
sometime wrestler and
trict cut funding in years of budget cuts following the
who died in 1991, was can-
"Taxi" co-star who died in 1984, was experimen-
tal, obtuse, playful and perplexing. But now these two com-
ics will be united in a most unlikely way: Both are being turned into holograms to perform and tour again. On Friday, Hologram USA, a technology company that specializes in
Great Recession,and teach-
She is among a group of local educators and ad-
vocates who have joined a campaign to fund outdoor school for all Oregon students. The push comes after lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a measure to support the programs, but with
By Claire Withycombe The Bulletin
no money attached. Senate Bill 439, the Out-
ershad to raisethe money to keep it going.
door School Bill, tasked
"That's what happened across the state with out-
Extension Service, along with teachers and camp
door school," said Lori
leaders, with creating an
Meadows, who co-directs
outdoor school curriculum
the program and teaches at Crook County Middle School.
consistent with the state' s education standards. SeeOutdoor /A7
The head of the detectives division at the Deschutes County Sheriff's
Oregon State University
Office is on paid leave pending an inquiry into allegedly suspect money managementattheagency, Deschutes County
La Pine Elementary fifth-graders Haakon Hanson, left, and Connor Schassen, both 10, look at a crayfish while studying macro
Sheriff Shane Nelson an-
invertebrates in outdoor school at CampTamarack.
nounced Friday. Capt. Scott Beard, who,
it would use the likenesses
according to a biography on the sheriff's website, has been with the office
of Kaufman and Foxx and
since 2002, was placed on
parts of their previously recordedroutines tocreate hologram shows that will be presented across the countrynextyear. "They' re comedy icons," said Alki David, founder and chief executive of
Attacks can pay offforthosewh o run PACs
paid leave Sept. 23 after sheriff's officials sought
Hologram USA. "Both of
titions that started surfacing online over a year ago were as incendiary as they were urgent, begging recipients to
these visual recreations of celebrities, announced that
them influenced so many comedians after them." David, a billionaire entrepreneur, said in an
By Eric Lipton and Jennifer Steinhauer New York TimesNews Service
WASHINGTON — The pe-
sign up to "Boot Boehner,"
"Dump McConnell," "Drop a Truth-Bomb on Kevin McCar-
to investigate several
accounts. rebellion to make Congress m ore conservati ve,afevered
ultimate beneficiaries, records
Beard supervises the
agency's detectives and is the administrative head of the Central Oregon Drug
suggest, are the consultants
thy" and "Fire Paul Ryan." continuation of the six-year The calls to oust Republican tea party movement. leaders in Congress did not But these politically come from Democrats. They charged appeals to consercame fromconservativewebvatives around the country sites and bloggers who have were ofte n accompanied by a helped stoke a grass-roots solicitation for money, and the
who created the campaigns, rather than the causes they are promoting. It is a practice that has accelerated with the explosion of
Enforcement team, which
investigates high-level illegal drug operations in the region. SeeLeave/A7
social media. SeePACs /A4
interview that while the
company is "working with other estates of famous funny guys and funny girls, these just happened to be amenable estates who see the vision." SeePerform/A5
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