May 16, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• Appeals court sides with state on school funds
• Bend earns recognition for its green power plan purchases
• Canyonville to celebrate its 150th birthday
• Community college experience an eye-opener for high schooler
• Contractor sued over worker pay in RV park project
• Deschutes agency plans 3 layoffs
• Dispatches
• Family Calendar
• Fishing, with a view
• Former police chief drops appeal against McMinnville
• Gang activity on rise around Klamath Falls
• GO! Magazine
• Head-on crash closes Highway 97, leaves one in critical condition
• Ice cream interlude
• In Savannah, an ability to bring competing interests to the table
• Inmate death is ruled homicide
• It’s warming up, but your favorite camping spot may still be closed
• Killer’s parole spurs calls to examine state’s system
• Landfill might quit accepting used needles from hospitals
• New generation in politics
• News of Record: Police log, stolen vehicles and pets
• Oregon Right to Life wants Erickson to drop out
• Oregon’s scorpion scene
• Portland police probe 2nd shooting involving officers
• Record year for energy conservation in Northwest
• Redmond School District OKs budget
• Restaurant Guide
• Scientist try to crack mystery of mom’s intuition
• See a rainbow without leaving the house
• ‘She gave the largest sacrifice’
• Where to drop off your ballot

BUSINESS

• Accusations from Icahn are disputed by Yahoo
• After initial promise, commercial hybrid trucks stalling out
• Bend earns recognition for its green power plan purchases
• Bernanke says banks are too prone to risk
• Blockbuster reports $42.6 million profit
• Business Calendar
• CBS turns its eye to the Web, buys CNet Networks
• Central Oregon gas prices
• Chinook helicopters vandalized at Pa. plant
• Contractor sued over worker pay in RV park project
• Department stores see their profits drop
• Deschutes agency plans 3 layoffs
• Dispatches
• Final cat from Ford's litter: The Jaguar XF
• For businesses, the race is on
• Industrial output falls
• Is Germany’s solar boom too much of a good thing?
• Le Coq Sportif closing its Portland office
• Maverick oilman puts $2B bet on wind power
• Memorial Day travel plans down slightly
• Oil falls as options expire; gas prices rise
• Oregon’s high court rejects breaks claim
• Small bites
• Stimulus checks put in wrong accounts

SPORTS

• A rush to replace unsafe bridge to Paulina Lake Lodge
• A second chance
• Area teams set for state in baseball and softball
• Autocross events hit Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center parking lot this weekend
• Barkley has $400K in gambling debt
• Bend climbers set for competition in Seattle
• Cavaliers guard out for Game 6
• Columbia Hills State Park
• Culver, Gilchrist set for state track meets
• Extreme Events Calendar
• Flyers stay alive with win
• Four of a kind
• NBA Playoffs Scoreboard
• On the Air
• Owners to get tougher on drugs
• Peterson Ridge
• Pole Pedal Paddle
• PPP distance and elevations
• PPP participants should be prepared for heat
• Prep Scoreboard
• San Antonio extends New Orleans to Game 7
• Scoreboard
• Sorenstam stays hot, leads LPGA Tour event
• Summit boys advance three to Class 5A state quarterfinals
• Swimsuit battle moves to courtroom
• The contenders: Gaining rank with teamwork
• The contenders: On top of his class
• Two from C.O. reach sectionals for U.S. Open
• Two Hawks, one Outlaw take first at Sky-Em meet
• USC’s Mayo still claims innocence
• Williams sisters, Sharapova reach Italian Open quarters
• Win helps Arizona pitcher go to 9-0

OBITS

• Benjamin Gaon, 73, aided Israeli-Arab trade
• Helen Louise Svadlenak
• Jenaya Marie Leishman
• Martha (Getzendaner) Mann
• Paul Lowell Blackman
• Sandra Ford
• Schein, 80, promoted Betamax
• Warren Cowan, publicist to screen’s biggest stars
• Western writing icon Oakley Hall dies at 87

NATION & WORLD

• Alaska proposes plan to offset energy costs
• $162.5B war-funding bill stalls in House
• China’s death toll could hit 50,000
• Computer to study severe weather
• Divided California court legalizes gay marriage
• $40,000 donation to assist in counting Nevada sage grouse
• Farm bill goes to Bush after passing Senate
• First Academy Awards are presented in 1929
• Historic group points to threats for Forest Service cultural sites
• In California mall, pooches have it made
• Interpol: Files link Venezuela to rebels
• Is Germany’s solar boom too much of a good thing?
• It’s full speed to Beijing for U.S. wheelchair racer
• Katrina victims soon face FEMA evictions
• L.A. considers sewage as a water source
• Lebanese factions will meet for talks
• Makah court defers prosecution for five who killed gray whale
• McCain sees troops out of Iraq by 2013
• MySpace user is indicted in Missouri teen’s suicide
• Nevada Transportation Board endorses Vegas toll lane plan
• Ohio man guilty of threats to blacks
• 92 percent vote for new Myanmar constitution
• Polar bear decision greeted with angst, anger in Alaska
• President’s comments fuel anger in Mideast and U.S.
• Prison for man with HIV who spit on cop
• Scientists discover young supernova
• Siblings separated by Nazis to reconnect
• Spacecraft to land at north pole on Mars
• Storms raise hopes of salvage crews for removal of New Carissa wreckage
• U.N. raises alarms over killings in Afghanistan
• Utah bar owners aim to end ‘membership’ drinking law

FEATURES

• Ice cream interlude
• Landfill might quit accepting used needles from hospitals
• Memorial Day travel plans down slightly
• Small bites

ENTERTAINMENT

• A sneak peek at next week
• Americana Project students celebrate CD
• Art exhibits
• Benefit concerts!
• Built for speed
• Collage of Culture returns
• Flavors of the Mediterranean
• Folk singer Greg Brown brings his simple tunes to Bend
• For businesses, the race is on
• Hideki Yamaya plays Mozart for CD-release party
• Just try to keep up
• Lending their voices
• Leslie & The Badgers play a house in Sisters
• Losing ... interest ... only one more ... zzz ...
• Mirror Pond Gallery art deadline nears
• Music releases: Ashlee Simpson
• Music releases: Atmosphere
• Music releases: Everclear
• Music releases: Lady Antebellum
• Music releases: Tokyo Police Club
• Nashville’s Mare Wakefield visits Silver Moon Brewing Company
• New DVD releases
• Odds and ends around Central Oregon
• Out of town
• Parents’ Guide to Movies
• Planning ahead
• Pole Pedal Paddle
• Reminisce the ’80s with ‘Square Pegs’
• SageBrushers society to host garage sale
• Singing their story
• Small bites
• State of Jefferson plays all around Bend
• Story times, library youth events for May 16-22
• Strange sights
• Talks, classes, museums & libraries
• This week
• What kids are reading
• Writing competition deadline extended
• Zero Wireless for PS3

RESTAURANTS

• Flavors of the Mediterranean

OPINION

• A loss for Madras kids
• Protect ANWR from oil extraction
• The times have changed and so should our dog rules
• Why state’s health pool needs work