December 15, 2006

LOCAL & STATE

• Affluent Bend could do more to combat homelessness
• An orchestra for budding minds
• Asbestos found during renovations
• Bend history book available
• Bend teen shooter gets 10 years
• Bend-La Pine high schools may change scheduling
• Correction
• Council should heed BAT issues
• Councilor resigns from fire post
• Family thankful for kindness of stranger
• First wife upstages widow at late husband's memorial
• Government has given health care industry monopoly status
• Ideas for organizing kids' artwork
• Keep prevailing wage
• Kids shop with cops
• Kids vote on best books
• Kill sea lions
• Learn to survive in the outback
• Men charged with burglary of store
• New City Club's first forum will feature Kitzhaber
• News of Record
• Planning panel opposes destination resort change
• Preserving memories
• Prineville police look into sexual assault
• Schwab to give $50K to boost economy
• Teachers spend own money
• Use the committee
• Wind knocks out area power, closes mountain passes

BUSINESS

• Bendistillery Sampling Room, aka The Martini Bar
• Eagle Crest Inc. changes name
• Laufer joins law firm in Bend
• Redmond to decide on Home Depot
• Restaurants fill up region

SPORTS

• Boxing event set for Bend
• Central Oregon riders at 'cross championship
• Christmas trees
• Cougars the team to beat
• Dog days
• Find your stash of pow'
• 2006-07 IMC Boys Basketball Outlook
• Lava Bears snag soccer honors
• Night skiing to start at Hoodoo
• No. 4 Corvallis rallies to get past Crook County
• Out of town: Pirate mania hits Eugene
• Panther wrestlers pounce on Celtics for early CVC win
• Pins, forfeits lead La Pine wrestlers over Pleasant Hill in Sky-Em dual meet
• Prep Scoreboard
• Redmond BMX track hopes to host nationals
• Rimrock Springs
• Ringing for the jingle (of loose change)
• Scoreboard

OBITS

• Echo M. (Cleveland) Gustafson
• Joan Barbara Swanhart
• Lillian Vivian Bethel
• Pamela Jackson
• Reather May Firman
• Roy W. Pruett
• Thomas Henry Wayne Sr.

NATION & WORLD

• Bend purchased bus fleet plagued with headaches
• Farmers' conservation helps restore the Upper Deschutes

FEATURES

• A sense of place
• Bend has taken dog-loving to a new level
• Sharing the joy of music

ENTERTAINMENT

• A sense of place
• At the galleries
• Bend has taken dog-loving to a new level
• Brass quintet concerts
• Cafe 3456' lands at Bend airport
• Call for art
• Celebrate Christmas with the sounds of smooth jazz
• Conservation print available for sale
• CTC fundraiser tickets on sale
• Holiday bazaars
• Hornsby tickets long gone
• Museums, libraries, talks & classes
• Music with a glow
• Out of town
• Out of town: Pirate mania hits Eugene
• Planning ahead
• Rap fest tonight at Midtown Ballroom
• Sharing the joy of music
• The Grove plays big beats all weekend
• This week

RESTAURANTS

• Cafe 3456' lands at Bend airport

OPINION

• A good gesture by Les Schwab
• Affluent Bend could do more to combat homelessness
• An education report that won't be debated
• Ax prevailing wage
• Council should heed BAT issues
• Family thankful for kindness of stranger
• First wife upstages widow at late husband's memorial
• Government has given health care industry monopoly status