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Portland chief: Dispute with More health insurers leave Bend market
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stepson ‘not my inest hour’
BEND (AP) — Two more
health insurance carriers
say they won’t sell indi-
vidual policies in Oregon’s
Deschutes County in 2017.
The Tuesday announce-
ment adds to what has
already been a signiicant
exodus and leaves Deschutes
residents with few options,
reported The Bend Bulletin.
Regence
BlueCross
BlueShield of Oregon and
BridgeSpan Health will not
sell individual policies in the
county, and BridgeSpan will
also stop selling such policies
in Crook and Jefferson coun-
ties.
Their departure leaves
only three carriers selling
those policies in Deschutes
County next year: Health
By STEVEN DUBOIS
Associated Press
PORTLAND — The
new police chief in Portland
said a 2002 confrontation
with a stepson that led to an
allegation of physical abuse
was not his “inest hour,” but
he doesn’t plan to quit over it.
Mike Marshman issued
the statement Tuesday after
complying with a media
request to release details
from the investigation, the
existence of which came to
light days after Marshman
replaced
scandal-plagued
Larry O’Dea on June 27.
“In reading the investi-
gative reports for the irst
time this weekend, I was
reminded of and felt sadness
over a failed relationship,”
Marshman said. “It was
a volatile situation and I
grabbed my stepson and
shoved him up against
the wall. I realize that this
encounter was not my inest
hour as a parent and is a
moment that I regret.”
The disclosure has yet to
cause any widespread call for
Marshman to follow O’Dea
out the door, a development
that would mirror the situa-
tion in Oakland, California,
where the mayor last month
replaced two chiefs in less
than a week amid a sex
scandal involving oficers
and a teenage prostitute.
Mayor-elect Ted Wheeler
said before the accusation
became known that he would
conduct a national search for
a police chief when he takes
over in January. Portland’s
most recent ive chiefs,
including Marshman, have
come up through the ranks.
The investigation into
Marshman’s conduct began
in June 2006, coincidentally
the same month then-Chief
Derrick Foxworth lost his
position because of a scandal.
Police
received
an
anonymous letter alleging
Marshman, a sergeant at
the time, abused a stepson
in 2002. Marshman and
the stepson’s mother were
divorced in 2005.
After the June letter failed
to jumpstart much of probe,
a second anonymous note
arrived in August. Detectives
Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian/Oregon live via AP, ile
This June 27 ile photo shows Portland Police Capt.
Mike Marshman at a ceremony before he is announced
as the new Police Chief in Portland. The new Portland
police chief has released reports from an investigation
into whether he abused a teenage stepson.
then contacted the ex-wife
and stepson, both of whom
denied sending the letters and
agreed to submit handwriting
samples.
According to the lead
detective’s report, the ex-wife
was hesitant to discuss the
allegation before acknowl-
edging the letters contained
truth.
The ex-wife said she
wasn’t home during the alter-
cation, but questioned her son
the following day after seeing
bruises on his neck. The
boy who was 16 or 17 years
old at the time told her that
Marshman had grabbed him
by throat and drove his head
into a wall.
The woman took and
saved photos of the bruises
and the dented wall, providing
them to the detective.
The stepson told the detec-
tive that the choke happened
when Marshman, with whom
he had a poor relationship,
told him to turn off a light
and he responded with an
expletive and then repeated it.
The stepson said his
relationship with Marshman
changed after the choke. He
stated that “he felt as if he had
one up on his dad and that
his dad owed him something
because of being ‘in deep
(trouble),”’ the report said.
The troubled family went
to three counseling sessions
after the altercation, but did
not mention the physical
contact to the therapist. The
ex-wife told the detective
it was because they feared
divulging such information
might hurt Marshman’s
career.
The Multnomah County
District Attorney’s ofice
declined to prosecute, saying
the injury wasn’t serious
enough for a felony charge
and
any
misdemeanor
charge, such as harassment or
attempted criminal mistreat-
ment, was beyond the statute
of limitations.
Marshman ascended from
captain to the chief’s job last
week. He replaced O’Dea,
who remains under investi-
gation for not being forthright
about accidentally shooting
his friend in the back during a
camping trip on the other side
of the state.
City and police oficials
received strong criticism
for not promptly alerting
the public that O’Dea had
been involved in a shooting.
Marshman jumped over
several assistant chiefs to
get the top job, as they are
under scrutiny for not telling
the city’s Independent Police
Review Division about
O’Dea’s off-duty shooting.
Marshman said he hopes
releasing the details of his
investigation will boost coni-
dence in the transparency of
the department.
Mayor Charlie Hales,
who did not seek a second
term, continues to support
Marshman. He cited work
Marshman has done in imple-
menting reforms mandated
by the Justice Department
after a inding that Portland
police too often roughed up
the mentally ill.
Girl allegedly
groped on light
seeks $10M
Kidney transplant Gov. Inslee speaks
survivor wants Rio at Redmond
trip despite Zika
mosque
PORTLAND (AP)
— The lawyer for a
13-year-old girl who told
police she was groped
on a light to Portland,
Oregon, seeks $10 million
in a federal lawsuit against
American Airlines and the
passenger accused of the
crime.
Attorney Brent
Goodfellow iled the
suit Tuesday in Portland,
alleging the June incident
caused his client extreme
fear and psychological
trauma.
American Airlines
spokesman Matt Miller
says the company is
reviewing the lawsuit while
continuing to cooperate
with an FBI investigation.
The suspect, 26-year-old
Chad Camp, remains in a
Portland jail after pleading
not guilty to abusive sexual
contact.
Authorities have said an
attendant on the Dallas-
to-Portland light was
delivering snacks when she
noticed Camp’s hand in the
victim’s crotch area. She
saw the girl shed a single
tear and quickly separated
the two.
A witness said Camp
consumed at least four
mixed drinks shortly before
the light.
EUGENE (AP) —
Defending Olympic
champion Aries Merritt
says he’ll go to Brazil if
he makes the U.S. team,
even though Zika poses
a greater risk to him
because he’s less than
a year removed from a
kidney transplant.
The 110-meter hurdler
said doctors urged
him to skip his repeat
chance because the
mosquito-borne virus
could impact him worse
than most due to the
transplant.
But Merritt says he’ll
take the chance because,
at 30, he doesn’t know if
it will come around again.
Merritt won bronze at
last year’s world champi-
onships with his kidneys
barely functioning
because of a genetic
disorder. He received the
transplant from his sister
less than a week later.
Still healing, he’ll try
to qualify for the U.S.
team at Olympic trials
starting Friday.
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
FRIDAY
TODAY
Partly sunny and
pleasant
Variable clouds
with a t-storm
83° 60°
78° 55°
SATURDAY
A shower and
t-storm around
SUNDAY
Some sun with a
few showers
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
73° 50°
72° 54°
78° 56°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
87° 62°
82° 58°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
78°
86°
108° (1968)
56°
57°
42° (1898)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
Trace
0.06"
6.52"
5.00"
7.67"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
HIGH
LOW
82°
87°
105° (1968)
55°
57°
44° (2010)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.00"
0.04"
4.64"
3.16"
5.77"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
First
Full
July 11
July 19
5:14 a.m.
8:46 p.m.
8:57 a.m.
10:48 p.m.
Last
New
July 26
77° 56°
83° 58°
Seattle
67/59
ALMANAC
Yesterday
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78° 55°
Aug 2
Today
MONDAY
Mostly sunny and
delightful
Spokane
Wenatchee
77/58
78/60
Tacoma
Moses
66/57
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 82/60
78/54
62/58
65/56
82/56
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
68/59
85/61 Lewiston
86/63
Astoria
87/62
65/58
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
72/61
Pendleton 80/54
The Dalles 87/62
83/60
79/60
La Grande
Salem
82/57
73/59
Albany
Corvallis 73/58
74/57
John Day
85/58
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
92/63
76/56
78/50
Caldwell
Burns
90/62
84/51
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
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Vancouver
Walla Walla
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Hong Kong
Jerusalem
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Mexico City
Moscow
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Klamath Falls
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REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Clouds and sunshine today
with spotty showers. A passing shower
tonight.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Partly sunny
today; pleasant. A brief shower or two
tonight.
Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today.
Showers; arriving in the afternoon across
the south.
Eastern Washington: Clouds and sunshine
today; a shower in spots in the north and
toward the Cascades.
Cascades: Some sun today with a shower in
the afternoon. A passing shower tonight.
Northern California: Low clouds followed
by sunshine at the coast today; plenty of
sunshine elsewhere.
Today
Friday
WSW 7-14
W 6-12
WSW 7-14
WSW 6-12
UV INDEX TODAY
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(AP) — Washington
Gov. Jay Inslee spoke
to more than 1,500
attendees at the Muslim
Association of Puget
Sound mosque in
Redmond during a prayer
service to mark the end
of Ramadan and the first
day of Eid-al-Fitr.
Inslee on Wednesday
praised association pres-
ident Mahmood Khadir
for his condemnation of
terrorist acts in the name
of the Muslim religion,
and Khadir thanked Inslee
for his support of the
community, especially in
light of threats received
by the mosque following
the attacks at the Orlando
night club.
Following the event,
which was overseen by
private security oficers,
an outdoor festival at
a park was planned to
further celebrate the
beginning of Eid-al-Fitr, a
Muslim holiday that marks
the end of fasting for
Ramadan.
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comment on the departure,
although Regence’s president
of health plans operations
issued a statement saying
that delivering health care
requires market stability.
O’Keefe
speculated
that the St. Charles Health
System may have factored
into the carriers’ departures.
The hospital is the only one
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This year, eight carriers
offered the individual plans.
“It’s really narrowing
down,”
said
Patrick
O’Keefe, an agent and owner
of Cascade Insurance Center
in Bend. “Consumers are
not going to have a lot of
options.”
Health insurance carriers
have been rapidly losing
money since 2014, mostly
on the volatile individual
market. Oregon’s carriers lost
$217 million in 2015, much
more than the $36 million
they lost the year before.
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are afiliated companies.
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0-2, Low
3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-
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Forecasts and graphics provided by
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National Summary: Drenching storms will bring brief cooling relief to only parts of the
Eastern states today. Severe storms will erupt from the Great Lakes to the central Plains.
Showers will begin to cool coastal Washington.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 108° in Pecos, Texas
Low 31° in Bryce Canyon, Utah
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
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Miami
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Milwaukee
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Minneapolis
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Nashville
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New Orleans
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New York City
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Oklahoma City
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Omaha
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Philadelphia
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Phoenix
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Portland, ME
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Providence
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Raleigh
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Rapid City
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Reno
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Sacramento
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St. Louis
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Salt Lake City
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San Diego
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San Francisco
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