March 18, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• All public school sophomores to take PSAT or similar test
• Bank submits Madras plans
• Bend man injured in intersection crash
• Bend-La Pine English learning program improved this year
• Bend’s budget hasn’t kept up
• Cascade Healthcare retains credit monitor
• Coffee, smoothies and autonomy
• Crashes in Bend: What's being done?
• DNA decodes feline mysteries
• FBI honors woman for sex abuse film
• Hospital is offering discount to uninsured
• News of record: Deeds
• News of record: Police log, fire runs, pets at shelters
• Packed museum in Prineville eyes purchase to expand space
• Principals to share duties
• Ryan is ‘08 Woman of Inspiration
• Smoke sets off fire alarms in downtown Bend
• Soroptimists collecting baby items for families
• Sunriver to fix Cardinal Landing Bridge

BUSINESS

• Bank submits Madras plans
• Bend’s budget hasn’t kept up
• Business Calendar
• Coffee, smoothies and autonomy
• News of record: Deeds

SPORTS

• Bend man takes gold at racquetball event
• Community Sports Calendar
• Community Sports Scoreboard
• Deadline looms for basketball league
• Girls fast-pitch softball coach needed
• Late hit helps lead Bend over Redmond
• Local third-grader’s art chosen for race
• Mountain biking returns in full swing this spring
• Panthers blank Saxons for convincing victory
• Prep Scoreboard
• Redmond golfers earn easy victory
• Registration open for gymnastics program
• Season’s final MBSEF nordic race is Saturday
• Season’s first trail race scheduled for April 6
• Sisters’ organization seeks instructors
• Ski patrol seeks volunteer candidates
• Springing into action
• 920 trees will provide habitat for Metolius fish
• Two-sport talent
• U-19 Bend boys rugby scrum for first time
• Youth lacrosse coaches needed

OBITS

• Byron Dalton Haines
• Earnest ‘Ernie’ Clifford Kaufman
• James ‘Bill’ W. Dotson
• John Henry Stout
• Merritt Arthur Hickson
• Raymond W. Speis Sr.
• Robert Edgar Weeks
• William Joseph Noonan

NATION & WORLD

• 920 trees will provide habitat for Metolius fish

FEATURES

• 1 big harp, 3 little girls
• Cascade Healthcare retains credit monitor
• Classic snack gets an updated image
• Deviled egg recipes
• For the birds
• Hospital is offering discount to uninsured
• Paper wrangling
• Ryan is ‘08 Woman of Inspiration
• St. Charles Bend hosting diabetes forum

ENTERTAINMENT

• Calendar
• Candlelight peace vigil is set for Wednesday
• Oregon: A to Z

OPINION

• Bad time for tax
• Ban torture
• Belts for buses
• Good news
• Park taxpayers need full picture
• Test elderly drivers
• Wyden comes through

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Bend man injured in intersection crash
• Crashes in Bend: What's being done?
• Portland paints boxes for cyclists’ safety
• Sunriver to fix Cardinal Landing Bridge