December 19, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• Ad agencies say they’re weathering downturn
• Are local pools ready for new safety rules?
• Autism strains family finances, study says
• BLM defends leasing of Utah wildlands
• Bond rate will mean adjustments at Cascade Healthcare
• Broker charged in insider trading case
• Congressman-elect resigns local seat
• Correction
• Date set for reopening of Human Services
• Discover Financial returns to profitability
• Dispatches
• Dressed up and ready to help
• Ex-Redmond manager facing new charges
• Family Calendar
• FedEx sees profit rise, plans more cost cuts
• Grant given to Bend Habitat for Humanity
• Hawaii high court questions Superferry exemption
• 1 in 7 Oregonians got food stamps last month
• Investigators find bomb material at farmhouse where suspect lives
• Kennedy, Sharpton lunch in Harlem
• Lane County home prices fall
• Late start time tied to fewer accidents
• Leading indicators fall
• Losing sight on the road to college
• Manager sought for Juniper Ridge
• Merkley’s top aide long on experience
• Mountain lion attack injures Nevada woman
• Moving forward on a new vision
• New center in Madras will assist at-risk kids
• News of Record: Police log, Bend fire runs, pets at shelters
• No holiday lines at this post office
• OHSU leaders agree to 20 percent pay cut
• Oracle profit dips
• Oregon college fund loses 38% of its value
• Pier 1 loss widens amid the spending free fall
• Porsche sales fall 9.7%
• Restaurant Guide
• Seattle neighborhood becomes urban sno-park
• Sidewalk funds help pave way for Terrebonne school kids
• Spooked by tsunami maps, Cannon Beach officials consider putting City Hall on stilts
• State police make pair of drug arrests
• Stocks, oil tumble
• Story times, library youth events for Dec. 19-25
• Sutherlin police to patrol Oakland
• Travel was hazardous, but folks still found some fun
• Winnebago posts loss

BUSINESS

• Ad agencies say they’re weathering downturn
• Broker charged in insider trading case
• Burger King introduces beef-scented body spray
• Bush is considering ‘orderly’ bankruptcy for automakers
• Business Calendar
• Dispatches
• Dressed up and ready to help
• Government approves reforms for credit card companies
• Grant given to Bend Habitat for Humanity
• Manager sought for Juniper Ridge
• New ban to be imposed on global warming gas regulation
• New titles for the car enthusiast
• Recall
• Scion’s hot-rodders of tomorrow
• Sidewalk funds help pave way for Terrebonne school kids
• Stocks, oil tumble
• 1997 tax break may have worsened housing bubble
• Time to refinance your mortgage? Here’s what you need to know

SPORTS

• A snow spot for all?
• Auto racing
• Blazers’ Roy lights up Suns
• Bode Miller nurses sore ankle, seeks first win of season
• College basketball
• College football
• Colts earn playoff spot in victory
• Events Calendar
• Fight for black coaches may end up in court
• For Yanks, two aces equal a quarter of a billion
• Furyk shakes off the rust, takes early lead at Chevron Challenge
• Golf Scoreboard
• Hansbrough sets UNC scoring record in win
• High school sports events alter schedules
• Huntington Road
• Idaho man paddles across North America
• More resorts set to open
• NBA Basketball
• NBA Scoreboard
• NHL hockey
• No putzing around: Mets introduce new setup man
• On the Air
• One of NFL’s pioneering quarterbacks dies
• Richards, Ribeiro push Stars to 6-5 shootout win
• Roy to be honored by his alma mater
• Snowrider’s wish list
• Winter bicycling
• Young U.S. skier finally tasting success

OBITS

• Alvin Welling oversaw many Army Corps of Engineers projects
• A.R. ‘Dick’ brown 1940 – 2008 Crook County loses ‘fixture of this community’
• Conservative leader Paul Weyrich coined the phrase ‘moral majority’
• Franco Romagnoli, master of cuisine, many other arts
• Majel Roddenberry was first lady of ‘Star Trek’
• Mark Felt, ‘Deep Throat’ of Watergate, dies at 95

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• ‘A Christmas Carol’ published in 1843
• A snow spot for all?
• A unique relationship emerges in Madoff fraud case
• Alaska checking slurs on Obama
• Alvin Welling oversaw many Army Corps of Engineers projects
• Blackwater radio logs: Guards faced gunfire
• Budget office unsure
• Bush abortion rule stirs objections
• Castro offers exchange of prisoners with U.S.
• China hails reforms even as peril looms
• Clinton foundation reaps millions from overseas
• Coleman’s lead slips in Senate race
• Conservative leader Paul Weyrich coined the phrase ‘moral majority’
• Coup attempt denied as Iraq arrests officials
• Europe’s culture of surveillance
• Guard admitted abuse in inquiry
• Hamas declares halt to cease-fire with Israel
• Hawaiian magma pocket bubbles with knowledge
• Impeachment drive in Illinois is slowed
• Karzai takes harsh view of U.S. effort
• Mark Felt, ‘Deep Throat’ of Watergate, dies at 95
• No verdict reached in Fort Dix deliberations
• Obama selects trade envoy, labor secretary
• on funding health plans
• Richardson donor under investigation
• Riots erupt anew, send Greek shoppers fleeing
• Rwandan sentenced to life in ’94 genocide
• Trade fight turns ugly in South Korea
• Turning to auto parts for cheaper incubators
• U.S. balks at decree against anti-gay laws
• Zimbabwe in crisis, top U.S. envoy says

FEATURES

• Are local pools ready for new safety rules?
• Bond rate will mean adjustments at Cascade Healthcare
• Finish any good parenting books lately? We didn’t think so
• Lahaina displays large Browning work
• Museum issues call to artists for West show
• Portland airport cancels some flights
• Shelving vanity (and even Botox)
• talks, classes, museums & libraries
• The question of children slows growth of budding relationship

ENTERTAINMENT

• A ray of sunshine
• ART EXHIBITS
• Book maps history of ‘Sesame Street’
• Burger King introduces beef-scented body spray
• Correction
• Driving domination
• Family movie guide Parents’ Guide to Movies
• Few nods of approval for Carrey’s ‘Yes Man’
• ‘Getting Married’ is an engrossing wedding to enjoy
• Handel’s ‘Messiah’
• Lahaina displays large Browning work
• Majel Roddenberry was first lady of ‘Star Trek’
• MOVIE TIMES * For the week of Dec. 19
• Museum issues call to artists for West show
• Music releases
• New dvd releases: The following movies were released to DVD this week.
• Our daily bread
• Out of town
• Promo Tool of the Year: The counter at Ranch Records
• ‘Seven’ has emotion, depth
• talks, classes, museums & libraries
• This week
• Triumph & jazz
• What the doctor ordered: ‘Horton’ on DVD

RESTAURANTS

• Our daily bread

OPINION

• Creditor’s viewpoint
• Diversity of opinion shouldn’t be banned
• Freedom from war
• Money tight? Donate your time to a charity instead
• Proposed rule changes sensible for organic food
• Subpoena the tape
• Support ‘peace bridge’