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Special session gets a slow start Monday

A special session of the Oregon Legislature got off to a slow start Monday as leaders tried to hold together a flimsy agreement on pension cuts, tax changes and agri-cultural regulations. See page A4.

Feds defend plan to drop wolf protection

Federal officials Monday defend-ed their proposal to drop legal pro-tections for the gray wolf in most of the country, as opponents rallied before the first in a series of public hearings on the plan. See page A5.

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sports: Cast your vote today for Klamath’s male & female Athletes of the Month. Page B1

House votes for temporary funding, health care delay

Government shutdown could dampen rollout

Government deadlocked over budget

‘Obamacare’ going live today — with glitches expected

By LEE JUILLERATH&N Regional Editor

DORRIS — Upset about not being included on the Klamath Basin Task Force, Siskiyou County supervisors and Klamath County com-

missioners Monday decided to create their own task force to study and make rec-ommendations on Klamath Basin-wide water issues. Commissioners and supervisors from both coun-ties expressed disappoint-

ment about not being asked to be part of a task force created earlier this year by Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden. The main purpose of the joint session, held at the Butte Valley Community Center in Dorris, was to dis-

cuss water-related issues. “It’s a disappointment we’ve been left out in the cold again,” said Siskiyou County Supervisor Michael Kobseff.

United against dam removalKlamath, Siskiyou county officials refute Wyden’s task force efforts

See SHUTDOWN, page A3

See HEALTH CARE, page A7

McClatchy News Service

WASHINGTON — A deeply divided Congress remained deadlocked late Mon-day over the federal budget, setting up a showdown that will likely lead to a partial shutdown of the government for the first time in nearly two decades. The two sides of Congress engaged in a high-stakes political showdown well into the night as the government neared the end of the fiscal year at midnight with no law in place to finance parts of the new fiscal year. Without a deal, a shutdown could delay Social Security payments, passport and visa applications, shutter national parks and museums and furlough hundreds of thousands of federal employees. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted, 228-201, late Monday to fund the government for two months while delaying the new federal health care law’s mandate that Americans

WASHINGTON (AP) — Contentious from its conception, President Barack Obama’s health care law has survived the Supreme Court, a battle for the White House and rounds of budget brinkmanship. Now comes the ultimate test: the verdict of the American people. A government shutdown could dampen the rollout today as insurance markets open around the country. But it won’t stop the main components of “Obamacare” from going live as scheduled, glitches and all. The biggest expansion of society’s safety net since Medicare will be in the hands of consumers, and most of their concerns don’t revolve around ideology and policy details.

INsIDE:■ What impact will a government shutdown

have? How long could it last? A3

INsIDE:■ Questions and answers about the new Cover

Oregon Health Insurance Exchange, A7.

Food forThought

KCC culinary arts program kicks off with 28 students

By HOLLY DILLEMUTHH&N Staff Reporter

Students no longer need to leave the area to learn about the culinary arts. Klamath Community Col-lege kicked off its new culi-nary arts program on Monday with 28 students signed up. The numbers were a good sign to chef and program director Joe Schurley there is an interest in cooking in the region. “Culinary is popular more than people give it credit for,”

Schurley said. “It’s instant gratification — you can make a dish and eat it.” From classical French cuisine to standard barbecue dishes, students will learn their way around the kitchen from Schurley. A 1983 graduate of Cornell University, Schurley started in the profession as a man-ager of food operations for a company in the New York metropolitan area. Schurley has multiple years as an

Students made their way to classes on Monday to Oregon Institute of Technology for the first day of fall term. Ashley Van Essen, public relations repre-sentative, said OIT is not yet releasing enroll-ment numbers for the term, but an increase in enrollment is expected. Official enrollment numbers will be released after the first four weeks of classes, according to Van Essen. Students purchased or rented textbooks in the book store while others sat down for lunch before their next class. “Things are exciting,” Van Essen said of the first day of classes. An ice cream social is planned for Wednesday at noon at the Civil Engineer-ing Plaza on campus. OIT President Chris Maples will be in attendance.

— Holly Dillemuth

tImbEr fuNDsINsIDE:The Great Pumpkin — 13 scary good recipes

OIT students numbers expected to increase

Associate degree program is only one of its kind in Southern Oregon

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See TASK FORCE, page A2

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Community Partners Seeking Better Health

HEALTHY KlamathWhy is this important?Colorectal cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the United States, and is the second leading cancer killer in the U.S. If adults aged 50 or older had regular screening tests, as many as 60% of the deaths from colorectal cancer could be prevented.

The Community Partners Seeking Better Health want to improve this number.To learn more, go to: www.healthyklamath.org or scan the QR code.

47.5% of Klamath County adults over 50 years old have had a colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy within the past five years.

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H&N photo by Holly Dillemuth

Culinary arts program director Joe Schurley talks with students Monday in one of the first courses of the new program. Students will learn techniques in cooking and food services management throughout the year.