START NOW:Attaining a degree shows employers that they’re capable of managing deadlines and completing speciic tasks. Even without further education beyond high school, having a secondary school diploma often means more inancial security in the long run. 

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IT’S WORTH THE TROUBLEThe average annual earnings for a high school dropout in 2012 were $24,492, compared

with $33,904 for a high school graduate and $55,432 for a college graduate.

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The Lodge at the Running Y Ranch resort welcomed George Rogers, the new general man-ager, Monday. Today, a golf course architect will visit the resort’s golf course. See page A3.

Fur Ball, local pageant, and a dinner mystery

A bevy of entertainment events are scheduled around the Klamath Basin this weekend. Read all the details in today’s Limelighter to help arrange your plans for the weekend. See pages C1-4.

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Additional regulations for land use could be limited

Spotted owl up for more protections

By HOLLY DILLEMUTHH&N Staff Reporter

Members of Klamath County Economic Development Associa-tion’s (KCEDA) executive com-

mittee are taking a proactive approach geared at going after economic development oppor-tunities, and they hope the city of Klamath Falls and Klam-ath County will join in to help

finance the effort.

KCEDA executive committee members shared a plan with city officials during a Monday work session on finding ways to keep and attract businesses

in the Klamath Basin. KCEDA has already approached Klam-ath County officials to contrib-ute $250,000, and are aiming for $50,000 from the city. Both entities have opportunities

for seats at the KCEDA board of directors’ table with their potential contributions, some-thing new the board of directors hopes to achieve.

Pay to play: KCEDA pitches new strategyKlamath County Economic Development Association asking city, county government for support

See KCEDA, page A3

See OWL, page A3

By LACEY JARRELLH&N Staff Reporter

In response to a petition from the Environ-mental Protection Information Center, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will consider changing northern spot-ted owl protection status from threatened to endan-gered. The spotted owl was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1990. Popula-tions of northern spotted owl, which is currently listed as threatened, are declining across most of the species’ range in old-growth forests in southwestern British Columbia, western Wash-ington and Oregon and northwestern California as far south as the San Francisco Bay.

Minor impact

Although the 12-month review could upgrade the species’ status to endangered, Brent Lawrence, a USFWS public affairs offi-cer, said activities that could impact the species are already carefully monitored. He anticipates additional land use regulations related to spe-cies conservation will be limited. “Any impact would likely be minor,” he said According to Lawrence, in Klamath County the U.S. Forest Service manages 153,114 acres of critical northern spotted owl habitat, and the Bureau of Land Management manages 23,185 acres. The review will also serve as the five-year status review required under the ESA, a news release said. The last review, which evaluates whether a federally protected species should remain listed or be reclassified, was completed in 2011. Based on a 2009 demographic analysis, northern spotted owl populations have declined 2.9 percent per year, although declines as high as 5.9 percent per year have been observed in some areas, the release said.

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BOSTON — For a city still traumatized by the worst terror-ist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11, the 30 guilty verdicts announced Wednesday against Boston Mar-athon bomber Dzhokhar Tsar-naev offered a moment of closure.

The next phase of the trial,

when a seven-woman, five-man federal jury decides how to punish the young Russian immigrant, could prove more painful and divisive given the stark differences in the com-munity between those who want Tsarnaev put to death and those opposed to capital punishment.

But for survivors of that cha-

otic, bloody day in April 2013 — when twin explosions killed three people and wounded more than 260 others — the govern-ment’s victory in winning con-victions on all counts against Tsarnaev provided a chance to come together in shared grief and resolve.

Tsarnaev found guilty on all charges in bombing

By TRISTAN HIEGLERH&N Staff Reporter

New tools have arrived in Klam-ath Falls to help combat potential chemical fires and in other danger-ous, hazmat scenarios.

A trailer full of items meant to contain water-based chemical spills is now stationed at BNSF’s Klamath Falls facility. The railroad company currently has two other equipment

trailers, one designed for general hazmat situations and one for chemi-cal fires, in the area.

The available equipment in the new trailer includes 1,000 feet of con-tainment booms. The material stops oil and other chemical from spread-ing across the surface of a body of water, such as Upper Klamath Lake, which is flanked by rail lines.

Also present is an oil-skimming system, which uses a drum skimmer

to filter oil out of the water, pump the chemical it gathers back to shore and store it all in a secure container.

The new trailer is present partly because of the increased rate of crude oil transports across BNSF’s network. Ross Lane, regional direc-tor of public affairs for BNSF, esti-mated every week up to three trains carrying crude oil pass through Klamath Falls.

Photo courtesy of Ross Lane

Responders with Klamath County Fire District No. 1 gather to view the equipment avail-able from a BNSF trailer equipped for containing a water-based chemical spill.

First responder training tied to oil shipments rolling through town

See BOMBING, page A4

BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING DECISION

HAZMAT DRILL — BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE ENDANGERED STATUS

SPORTS Portland Trail Blazers bounce Minnesota Timberwolves, 116-91

Vaulters solidHenley pole vaulters equal or better than season’s

best efforts. SPORTS, B1

Tsarnaev

See HAZMAT, page A3

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