October 17, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• Appeal could lead to upgrade of U.S. 97
• Area’s small businesses can get free ‘diagnosis’ on the Web
• Astoria officer accused of affair while on duty
• Back to work ... as a mom
• Cell towers installed at McCain’s ranch
• City Council forum planned in Redmond
• Community forum is set for Redmond
• Correction
• Crook County forum is set for Thursday
• Deschutes offering spay, neuter grants
• Discover the science behind insulation
• Dispatches
• Environmental center to candidate forum
• Family Calendar
• Feds seek a solution to Bowman Dam’s risk
• Financing a new bank
• Free window safety upgrades available
• GO! Magazine
• ‘Joe the Plumber’ in the spotlight
• Last day for Lawyers Against Hunger
• Library hosts pumpkin carving contest
• Man gets 75 years in sex abuse case
• Mary Oberst is president of 150 board
• New online tutoring program offers free homework help
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend Fire Runs and Pets
• OSU fraternity mourns ‘house dad’
• Pair beats Tigard man who placed online ad
• Parenting with pets subject of talk
• Park toys, late-night use: Round and round they go
• Prescribed burn begins near La Pine
• Rare heart injury killed Oregon boy at recess
• Republican label may be losing its luster east of the Cascades
• Restaurant Guide
• School district finds its budget full of holes
• Special road district committee forming
• Story times, library youth events for Oct. 17-23
• Suspension not about safety, helicopter company maintains
• The candidates for judge, commissioner in Crook County take our questions
• ‘The one time we get to have a say in government’
• Umpqua Bank’s parent reports gain
• VFW to host candidate event

BUSINESS

• A 1931 gas station in the backyard
• Are we driving more as gas prices drop?
• Area’s small businesses can get free ‘diagnosis’ on the Web
• Banks are likely to keep a tight grip on bailout money
• Business Calendar
• Central Oregon fuel prices
• Consumer prices flat
• Dispatches
• Feds seek a solution to Bowman Dam’s risk
• Financing a new bank
• Google earnings rise
• IBM profit jumps 20%
• Linens ‘n Things launches liquidation
• Oregon homebuilder files for bankruptcy
• Small bites
• Social Security checks to rise 5.8%
• Southwest, Continental report quarterly losses
• Umpqua Bank’s parent reports gain
• Up, down, and up: Dow swings wildly
• ‘09 VW Jetta: A manifesto of moderation
• Where do cell phones go next?

SPORTS

• Badlands Wilderness
• Baseball Scoreboard
• Beaver Huddle set for Saturday
• Best, worst in college football’s first half
• Brakeless bikes are latest in-thing for the cycling set, despite hazards
• Burrows’ OT goal gives Canucks 4-3 win
• Clarification
• Culver looking for hoops coaches
• Curlin to face full field at Breeders’ Cup
• Golf Scoreboard
• Johnson, Turnesa on top in Vegas
• Lacrosse Civil War on Saturday
• Mountain Bike Trail Guide: Deschutes River Trail
• M’s talking with final candidates for GM
• Music, motocross to share one stage
• Nadal, Federer advance in Madrid
• NCAA report: Graduation rates hit all-time high
• New coach to lead Madras football
• On the Air
• Oregon freshman makes jump from QB to wide receiver
• Prep Scoreboard
• Red Sox rally from 7-0 deficit, stay alive
• Redmond volleyball earns playoff spot
• Scoreboard
• Storm earns shutout in IMC
• Summit stuns Crook County
• TCU ends No. 9 BYU’s undefeated season
• Todd Lake
• Union says teams kept Bonds on sidelines
• Will rest make Phillies rusty?

OBITS

• Ex-Hermiston police chief dies
• Jack Narz, 85, hosted game shows

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Betty Marie Bement
• Death notices
• Jacqueline (Little) Arzner

NATION & WORLD

• Afghan policeman kills U.S. soldier
• Arctic temperatures hit a record high
• Astronomers explore space as never before
• Brain’s reaction to food may predict weight
• British forces surrendered to American troops in 1777
• California wildfires nearly surrounded
• Campaigns plan last push
• China blocks new Iran sanction talks
• Couple sentenced in Dubai escapade
• EPA toughens standards on lead
• FBI inquiring into voter registration organization
• Financial crisis hitting home on health care
• Jack Narz, 85, hosted game shows
• Scientists break new ground on roads, wildlife migration
• Ships of 10 nations converge on pirates
• Special road district committee forming
• Stevens takes stand at corruption trial
• The candidates for judge, commissioner in Crook County take our questions

FEATURES

• Small bites

ENTERTAINMENT

• Acrylic paintings on display at ENT offices
• Art exhibits
• Battle of the Sexes
• Better late than never
• Catie Curtis wraps up Three Pines series
• Changing with the times
• Death metal reigns Saturday in Madras
• Harvest time
• Hide yer wallet! Dry County Crooks return
• Invasion of the Canadian folkies: The Acorn and Ohbijou play Sunday at McMenamins
• LYNX and Janover bring the folk-tronica
• More music releases
• Music releases
• Mystery most intriguing
• 2nd Street Theater sets auditions
• Out of town
• Parents’ Guide to Movies
• Planning ahead
• Small bites
• ‘SNL’ producer predicts candidates will make pit stop on comedy show
• Solo art exhibit heads to downtown Bend
• Sonic and Mario return
• Talks, classes, museums & libraries
• The evolution of Henry Rollins
• This week
• Upcoming Concerts in Central Oregon

RESTAURANTS

• Changing with the times

OPINION

• Bad fish management
• Biography gives Alexander Hamilton his due as Treasury secretary
• Culver voters have 6 choices
• 3 for Prineville Council
• Melton’s right
• National service
• Universal care

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Appeal could lead to upgrade of U.S. 97