December 03, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• Activist Sizemore released from jail
• Bend man sentenced in drug ring case
• Bend park board aims to prioritize future fees
• Bend’s Clear Choice has a suitor
• Brewer No. 8
• Calendar
• Culver High students get firsthand look at medical professions
• Expect lane closures in downtown Bend
• First-graders learn about hand-washing and germs
• Grizzly deaths rise around Yellowstone
• info at OSU-Cascades
• Josephine County woman dies at 107
• Keeping those hands germ-free
• Kids in the hall
• Landfill blasting may cause road closures
• Masters in counseling
• News of Record: Police log, Bend fire runs, pets at shelters
• People On the Move
• 211 phone service gets $25,000 boost
• Redmond city manager resigns
• River cleanup yields a surprise
• Suspicious container found at Culver school is not a bomb, OSP finds
• This little piggy was found on the way to Newport Market
• What’s the road ahead for Bend’s UGB map?

BUSINESS

• Alaska Air looks to boost revenue
• An offer to ensure the right to insurance
• Bend’s Clear Choice has a suitor
• Big 3 deliver proposals to Congress
• Boeing workers ratify contracts
• Brewer No. 8
• Business Calendar
• Do’s and don’ts of hostess gifts
• Fed’s credit programs extended through April
• Frugal, festive bash
• GE expects to hit low end of its forecast
• Homebuilder reports dismal results, outlook
• Hot jobs: Demand, pay are high for the right skills
• Most U.S. workers use Internet while on the job
• Old Mill’s Robert Scott to close, liquidate
• Oregon gas prices average less than $2
• People On the Move
• Recalls of toys and other items up in 2008
• Report: November retail sales fall
• Sears posts large loss
• Wall Street sees partial recovery from sell-off
• What’s the road ahead for Bend’s UGB map?
• Yahoo shares climb on buyout reports

SPORTS

• Avery suspended indefinitely by NHL
• Bend golfer nears dream of playing on LPGA tour
• Bend is a finalist for cyclocross nationals
• Bend’s Horner training with Armstrong
• Bend’s Martin plays well in California
• Central Oregon cowboy, cowgirl to ride for NFR riches
• Chad Stoddard, Broken Top Club
• Duke routs Purdue in Indiana
• Giants suspend Super Bowl hero Burress
• Golf Scoreboard
• Kelly named Bellotti successor at UO
• La Pine boys hoops wins opener
• Madras opens with overtime win
• McGrady to miss 3 weeks for knee rehab
• NBA Scoreboard
• NFL suspends six players for doping
• On the Air
• Panthers jump to a quick start
• Prep Scoreboard
• Roy, Blazers blow by Knicks in 4th quarter
• San Jose beats Toronto, former coach Ron Wilson
• Scoreboard
• Texas national title could come from AP
• Two teens, two different roads to the LPGA Tour
• Weis will return next year at Notre Dame

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Anna Dean Weigand Ayres
• Bridget F. (Fewer) Wetle
• Death notices
• Harley W. Vail
• Harold Hal Darrow
• Marion Louise (Cassels) Elsner
• Patricia Helen Timberman- Edwards
• William Leo (Bill) Bowe

NATION & WORLD

• After sharp words on CIA, Obama faces a delicate task
• Artist’s creativity, imagination are given free rein – in prison
• At least 21 killed in Iraq bombings
• Barbara Bush released from the hospital
• EPA guts stream protection rules
• GAO calls for more controls on bailout
• GOP’s Chambliss wins Georgia Senate runoff
• High court urged to back power plants
• High tide wallops Venice for 2nd day
• Owls vanishing, but who’s to blame?
• Protesters to reopen airports as Thai leader resigns
• Secret hold used to stop appointment of watchdog for bailout
• Student athletes lavished with tutoring
• U.S backs renewed Russia-NATO talks
• U.S., India link attacks to Pakistani militants

FEATURES

• Bend’s Clear Choice has a suitor
• Culver High students get firsthand look at medical professions
• Do’s and don’ts of hostess gifts
• First-graders learn about hand-washing and germs
• Frugal, festive bash
• Old Mill’s Robert Scott to close, liquidate
• Redmond city manager resigns
• Save us, Secret Santa

ENTERTAINMENT

• Coleman pleads no contest in altercation
• Movie Times
• Raconteurs call on Skaggs for recording
• Reality check
• Spears to embark on ‘Circus’ tour in March
• Swayze says he’s winning cancer fight

OPINION

• All should help
• Bye-bye, Fido
• Don’t tax bikes
• Forest of wells
• Sci-fi roundabout
• Spread the pain
• What really changed American foreign policy

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Expect lane closures in downtown Bend
• Landfill blasting may cause road closures