September 19, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• Backpack electrofishing? Yep
• Bank stocks surge Thursday
• Battle of the grandparents
• Bend Public Library hosts reading event
• Bend’s IdaTech in line for defense money
• Boon for local beef: Oregon eyes the inspection business
• Candidate forums set for October
• Correction
• Crook County Court candidates forum
• Crooked River Ranch candidates forum
• Crooked River Ranch fire board seeks applicants for vacancy
• Democrats have $1M to try for state seats in Salem
• Dispatches
• Family Calendar
• Federal agency approves state LNG terminal
• Financial crisis poses on-the-fly tests for rivals
• Finger painting fun – without the mess
• GO! Magazine
• In Corvallis, homeless sent to count homeless
• It’s nearing firewood season
• Kids learn to share with age, study finds
• Klamath dam activists hold rally in Portland
• $1.4M to fund final stretch of Swalley piping
• Minneapolis bridge opens
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend Fire Runs, Stolen Vehicles and Pets
• Nice weather helps crews fighting Royce Butte Fire
• Off-duty Bend officer struck by car while riding his bicycle
• Oregon State Hospital security is under fire
• Palin disinvited from Iran rally
• Palin’s husband refuses to testify
• Pay raises for Oregon officials draw criticism
• 2 plans favored for U.S. 97 fix
• Restaurant Guide
• RVs roll in for rare fall show
• Search resumes for lost math professor
• Victim in fatal accident on U.S. Highway 20 is identified
• What to do about Wednesdays
• Whisnant and his rival, Ruel, campaigning for change
• Who knew that Redmond’s tag line was so popular?

BUSINESS

• Bank stocks surge Thursday
• Bend’s IdaTech in line for defense money
• Boon for local beef: Oregon eyes the inspection business
• Business Calendar
• California home sales surge as prices drop
• Central Oregon fuel prices
• Cinnabon trying a smaller store footprint
• Delta waiting for DOJ word on merger
• Dispatches
• Echoing Apple ads, Microsoft redefines ‘I’m a PC’
• Grasshoppers have state senator fired up
• How Wall Street’s crisis plays out on Main Street
• Kraft will replace AIG in Dow Jones average
• $1.4M to fund final stretch of Swalley piping
• Market rallies on news of possible intervention
• MidAmerican Energy to buy Constellation
• Nissan’s Infiniti uses soft edge to draw women
• Oil prices end higher as stock market rallies
• Oracle profit rises 28%, beats expectations
• Oregon bank selling credit card portfolio
• 2 regulators seek to limit short selling
• RVs roll in for rare fall show
• Skittish investors hit money market funds
• Small bites
• Stimulus checks boost Oregon income
• Who knew that Redmond’s tag line was so popular?

SPORTS

• Bend golfer shoots 77 at Oregon Classic
• Bend mountain biker Craig takes eighth at UCI World Cup Finals
• Boxer Diaz awakens from 2-month coma
• Cougars top Lava Bears in volleyball
• Cowgirls still perfect with IMC win over Summit
• Crooked River Grassland
• Events Calendar
• Flyers sign G Aubin to one-year contract
• Fort Rock trail
• Golf Scoreboard
• Jankovic advances to Pan Pacific Open quarterfinals
• Lava Bears swept by Cougars
• Local wakeboarders set for national event in Bakersfield
• Locally made motorcycle engine helps lead to world record
• Mountain Bike Trail Guide: Lookout Mountain
• Nation's top trail runners headed to Central Oregon as Bend hosts XTERRA
• NBA fines Miami rookie Beasley $50,000
• No. 21 West Virginia falls to Colorado in overtime
• Oden knows he’s no crossover artist — but he ‘isn’t afraid to embarrass himself’
• On the Air
• Prep Scoreboard
• Rookie charges into lead at Viking Classic
• Ryder Cup captains as useful as broken tees
• Settlement reached in NASCAR plane crash
• Sisters earns a Sky-Em road win over Elmira
• Steelers’ Farrior fined for obscene gesture
• Suitor withdraws offer for NFL team
• Triathlon nationals set to be held outside Portland on Saturday
• Twins overcome Longoria’s three homers, top Rays
• White Fir Springs

OBITS

• Anna Langford
• Anthony Brunton
• Gay-rights activist John Burnside also invented the teleidoscope
• Influential sex therapist Marilyn Fithian dies at 87
• James Crumley known for crime novels
• Philip Clapp, 54, was an environmental advocate

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death Notices
• Katherine 'Katie' Johnson Osborne
• Thomas E. Shaver

NATION & WORLD

• Ahmadinejad denies hostility to Israelis
• 1 American confirmed dead in Yemen attacks
• Anna Langford
• Anthony Brunton
• California banning cell use by train operators
• Chicago unveils plan to curb emissions of heat-trapping gases
• China says more milk may be tainted
• Galveston ‘isn’t ready’ for residents to return
• Gates urges cautious NATO stance on Russia
• Gay-rights activist John Burnside also invented the teleidoscope
• Grasshoppers have state senator fired up
• In tough times, tent cities are on the rise
• Influential sex therapist Marilyn Fithian dies at 87
• James Crumley known for crime novels
• Lawmakers berate Interior officials in ethics scandal
• Longtime legal beacon slips in world
• North Korea readies to restart nuclear site
• Oprah is an unlikely hit in Saudi Arabia
• Philip Clapp, 54, was an environmental advocate
• Power-sharing deal hits snag in Zimbabwe
• Suspects held in attack on Mexican holiday
• The rise of the tomato-growing amateur
• Transformer glitch forces atom smasher shutdown
• U.S. soldier held in death of 2 others
• Washington’s farewell address published in 1796

FEATURES

• Small bites
• Superfoods in unlikely places

ENTERTAINMENT

• A family-friendly twist on the Loch Ness monster
• Art exhibits
• Artists plan fundraiser to aid India schools
• Blacksmith consultant advising at Scanlon’s
• CTC sets auditions for December play
• Enter the dark side
• EOTO gets its improv on at The Tulen Center
• Family Movie Guide
• Giant Pandas on the loose in Bend
• Hidden treasure
• Honey, have you seen my Hawaiian shirt!?
• Hot Buttered Rum returns to town
• In search of a new image
• Library plans art workshops
• Mountain Meadows quilt show in Sunriver
• Music releases: Brian Wilson
• Music releases: Giant Sand
• Music releases: New Kids on the Block
• Music releases: Terrence Howard
• Music releases: Young Jeeze
• Out of town
• Planning ahead
• Rubber-band rhetoric
• Small bites
• Steering into the spotlight
• Story times, library youth events for Sept. 19-25
• Take a musical trip to Brazil
• Talks, classes, museums & libraries
• This week
• Uniquely personal
• ‘Worst Week’ is a great chance for star to put best foot forward

RESTAURANTS

• Blacksmith consultant advising at Scanlon’s
• In search of a new image

OPINION

• Energy bill is a dry well
• Freekibble.com idea is the cat’s meow
• Obama’s qualifications
• Palin has experience
• Schools aren’t perfect, but parents should be pleased
• Vote for McCain

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Candidate forums set for October
• Crooked River Ranch candidates forum
• 2 plans favored for U.S. 97 fix