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Roseburg, Oregon Vol. 147 No. 166 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2013

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VeteransThe News-Review honors those who have served • 2013

BEND — Bob Maxwell was an infantryman in France in 1944 helping set up a command post when it was attacked by Ger-man soldiers. During the fighting, he instinctively dropped on a grenade in the dark, protecting his fellow

soldiers. The blast cost him much

of his right foot, and the selfless act of bravery earned him the Medal of Honor. At 93, he is the nation’s oldest living recip-ient of the highest military honor.

On Friday in Bend, where he lives, Maxwell was presented a special commemorative set of postage stamps honoring the few surviving Medal of Honor recipients from World War II.

The stamp folio includes images of the Army and Navy versions of the medal, and photos of 12 of the 464 who received the honor for fighting in World War II. Maxwell is one of eight people who are still living. The stamps are to be formally issued Monday, Veterans Day, in Wash-ington, D.C., U.S. Postal Service spokesman Peter Hass said.

Maxwell says he feels his life was spared “by di-vine providence,” for some

purpose. “I’ve been spending the

60 or 70 years since then trying to figure out what the purpose is,” he said. “My main philosophy in life is to be a soldier. If you look in the dictionary for the definition of a soldier, the first one in the dictio-nary I have says it is one who serves.”

After his discharge, he moved to Oregon and learned auto mechanics on

World War II hero among 12 on stamp

JEFF BARNARDThe Associated Press

The Associated PressMedal of Honor recipient Bob Maxwell, center, salutes at a ceremony Friday at Bend High School, where he received a commemorative set of postage stamps honoring the few surviving Medal of Honor recipients from World War II. Turn to STAMP, page A7

PORTLAND — Because Oregon’s health exchange website still hasn’t enrolled a single person more than a month after its launch, state officials plan to hire at least 400 workers to manually process paper applications for health insurance.

The announcement comes amid worries that Cover Oregon could run out of time to sign up enough Oregonians by the Dec. 15 deadline for those who need coverage starting in January.

Software glitches have prevented the website from

Cover Oregon brings in 400

to process applications

GOSIA WOZNIACKAThe Associated Press

Turn to HEALTH CARE, page A5

Bob Maxwell won Medal of Honor for jumping on grenade

TACLOBAN, Phil-ippines (AP) — The death toll from one of the strongest storms on record that ravaged the central Philippine city of Taclo-ban could reach 10,000 people, officials said today after the extent of massive devastation became appar-ent and horrified residents spoke of storm surges as high as trees.

Regional police chief Elmer Soria said he was briefed by Leyte provin-cial Gov. Dominic Petilla late Saturday and told there were about 10,000 deaths in the province, mostly by drowning and from collapsed buildings. The governor’s figure was based on reports from village officials in areas where Typhoon Haiyan slammed Friday.

Tacloban city admin-

istrator Tecson Lim said that the death toll in the city alone “could go up to 10,000.” Tacloban is the Leyte provincial capital

of 200,000 people and the biggest city on Leyte Island.

About 300-400 bod-ies have already been

recovered, Lim said. A mass burial was planned today in Palo town near Tacloban.

The typhoon barreled

through six central Phil-ippine islands on Friday, wiping away buildings and leveling seaside homes with ferocious winds of 147 miles per hour and gusts of 170 mph. By those measurements, Hai-yan would be comparable to a strong Category 4 hurricane in the U.S., and nearly in the top category, a 5.

It weakened today to 101 mph with stronger gusts as it approached cen-tral and northern Vietnam where authorities evacu-ated more than 500,000 people.

“The rescue operation is ongoing. We expect a very high number of fatalities as well as injured,” Inte-rior Secretary Mar Roxas said after visiting Tacloban

Typhoon death toll could reach 10,000

Residents pedal past the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan, today in Tacloban City, Philippines. One of the strongest storms on record hit the Philip-pine provinces Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction and thousands dead.

The Associated Press

Turn to TYPHOON, page A7

OAKLAND — Douglas fir trees on the northern boundary of Mildred Kanipe Memorial Park

began to grow a century ago, about the same time Mildred Kanipe was born on her family’s ranch.

The trees occupy 20 acres, about one-tenth of the park’s timberland, and are at the center of a debate over how to preserve the 1,100-acre farm, which Kanipe gave to the county for a park upon her death in 1983.

Some park supporters back clear-cutting the 20 acres to pay for an equestrian campground they hope will make the park self-sup-porting.

Other park enthusiasts, howev-er, object to clear cuts in the park and advocate raising $127,000 in grants and private donations for the campground. The county esti-mates logging the 20 acres would raise $150,000.

Wherever the funds come from, time is short to get the money, Douglas County Parks Director Gary Groth said.

Logging splits lovers of bucolic park

CARISA CEGAVSKEThe News-Review

MILDRED KANIPE MEMORIAL PARK

County park near Oakland needs

money; Is a 20-acre clear cut the answer?

Source: Douglas County Parks DepartmentSource: Douglas County Parks Department

Elkhead Road

Driver Valley Road

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Fern Woods Trail

Equestrianstaging area

Proposed cut area

Day use area

Mildred KanipeMemorial Park

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Feet

Elkhead Road

Turn to KANIPE, page A7

My worst fear is that if no one can agree on anything, the option is selling the park, and I would hate to have that happen. Whichever way it goes, I just want the park to live.

Norma Talburt, Mildred Park Planning Committee