July 04, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A pricier picnic
• Bank files $8.7M suit against Bend builder
• Bend council pushes to get UGB finished
• Bend musician catches ear of kids and adults
• Bend not in running for Ironman event
• Bend skies will light up despite China’s fireworks troubles
• Bend’s sewer bill boost to show up for July
• Clear skies but smoke predicted for Fourth
• Creativity keeps kids’ summer boredom at bay
• Dispatches
• Disputed doe gets new home in petting zoo
• Fallen preschooler is awake, talking
• Fire forces evacuations near East Oregon town
• Firefighters battle 6 Central Oregon blazes
• For 20 years, he’s taken our money - for a good cause
• GO! Magazine
• Jackson commissioners won’t accept pay raise
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend Fire Runs and Pets
• Oregon sues Arizona Internet provider
• 3 people arrested in pot bust in Bend
• Police shooting, under review, sparks a protest in Silverton
• Redmond Airport boardings flatten
• Resource center offers two parenting classes
• Restaurant Guide
• Science of fireworks
• Soil quality key to which lands picked
• Sparkler basics Science of fireworks
• State high court rules against Sizemore group
• Suicide lawsuit spurs debate over disclosure of property’s past
• 5 things I learned from Parenting
• Todd Lake trailhead access washed out
• Troubled Southern Oregon nonprofit shuts its doors
• Wilberger family signals it could accept plea deal

BUSINESS

• A pricier picnic
• Bank files $8.7M suit against Bend builder
• Bend council pushes to get UGB finished
• Bend skies will light up despite China’s fireworks troubles
• Business Calendar
• Central Oregon fuel prices
• Crowded (coffee)house
• Dispatches
• Employers cut jobs for sixth straight month
• European Central Bank raises key interest rate
• Former Refco CEO gets 16-year sentence
• Oil heads past $145; pump prices also rise
• Redmond Airport boardings flatten
• Small bites
• Soil quality key to which lands picked
• Ways to make roads safer as drivers go gray
• YouTube ordered by federal judge to provide users’ personal data

SPORTS

• Bend football to get rematch with Glencoe in 2008 opener
• Bend quarter horse turns in a big month
• Bend ranch shines at Tennessee Walking Horse event
• Bend swimmer finishes 49th at U.S. Trials
• Bend’s Max King falls short in steeplechase at Trials
• C.O. Special Olympians to race
• Colorado team hopes to make some noise at Tour de France
• Elks fall, set to play at home on Fourth
• Equine mystery
• Favorite misses Olympics in 200 breast
• First-place Tampa Bay turns AL East upside down
• Golf Scoreboard
• Horse Country Events Calendar
• It’s an all-Williams final at Wimbledon
• McKenzie River Trail bike shuttle starting
• On the Air
• Paul, Arenas re-sign with NBA teams
• Paulina Falls
• Rockies rally late to beat Marlins
• Scoreboard
• Seattle faces challenge in bringing NBA back
• Wariner loses, but makes team in 400

OBITS

• Larry Harmon, known as Bozo the Clown, dies at 83
• Michael Turner was a leading comic-book illustrator
• Philanthropist Muriel Gluck gave millions

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death Notices

NATION & WORLD

• A bold rescue built on rebels’ disarray
• A driving passion for hot rods takes Iraqis down rough roads
• Big events, and bigger U.S. flags
• China-Taiwan flights a sign of warmer ties
• Lou Gehrig says goodbye at Yankee Stadium in 1939
• McCain praises Mexico drug war
• Nebraska Beef recall now 5.3M pounds
• Obama might ‘refine’ Iraq plans
• Terrorism suspect out on bail in Britain
• Uncovering evidence of daily life on the Nile
• Want immortality in science world? Name a sea worm
• Zimbabweans flee Mugabe supporters

FEATURES

• ‘Breast whisperer’ aids new moms
• Drinking a lot of calories
• For 20 years, he’s taken our money - for a good cause
• Small bites
• Take care, but you can still exercise outdoors, experts say

ENTERTAINMENT

• Art exhibits
• Celebrate U.S.’ birthday with these great reads
• Doherty considers ‘90210’ return
• Ex-‘Sopranos’ star lives ‘Life on Mars’
• Family Calendar
• Fourth of July events
• Gypsy Fire to perform at Drake Park
• Less can be more
• Lynyrd Skynyrd brings the South to Oregon
• Moon Mountain Music Festival
• Music releases: Coldplay
• Music releases: Judas Priest
• Music releases: Solomon Burke
• Music releases: The Offspring
• Music releases: Walter Becker
• Out of town
• Outside in nature
• Parents’ Guide to Movies
• Piano hero?
• Planning ahead
• Red Elvises return to The Annex in Bend
• Scott Fisher kicks off Sunriver music series
• Sizzlin’ summer days
• Small bites
• Story times, library youth events for July 4-10
• Sunriver Music Festival poster on display
• Talks, classes, museums & libraries
• ‘Teenager’ has record ratings for ABC Family
• The Sagebrush Rock Festival
• The undisputed King
• The work behind the fireworks
• This week
• Time to Chow down
• TNT wants a ‘Cracker’
• Two nights only: The Diamond B Wranglers
• 92-year-old Bend writer to read from his works

RESTAURANTS

• Time to Chow down

OPINION

• Don’t blame Democrats
• Old-fashioned books hard to replace
• Prineville priorities
• Stopping rape
• The Declaration of Independence