January 13, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Agency forced to end special-needs program
• Area churches to offer lecture, workshop on environment
• Bald eagles’ migration begins despite freeze
• Book still suspended from Crook County classrooms
• Burris, headed to Senate, is conciliatory
• Business Calendar
• Calendar
• Cessna says it will cut 2,000 more jobs
• Changes at Jewell Elementary make a difference
• Correction
• DEQ specialist earns recognition
• Dirty snow can cause early runoff
• District may buy propane buses
• Fire destroys home in Three Rivers area
• Frenchglen isn’t happy with thinning project
• Gang violence up, Portland police say
• Group halts efforts for NOAA base
• Growing pains for La Pine as a new city
• It’s back to work - if you’re lucky, that is
• Kulongoski joins in call to save roadless areas
• 84 Lumber closes; others cutting jobs
• Man to stand trial in horse-shooting case
• 4 men arrested in robbery attempt
• News of Record
• ODS moves into new Bend building
• Officials warn of inspection scam
• Redmond eager for alternative to Brown school
• Redmond passenger counts rise in 2008
• Semi leaves highway near Lava Butte
• Survival lessons from an old pro
• Which bride will go home next?
• With revenue flagging, Legislature convenes

BUSINESS

• Alcoa posts $1.19B loss
• Bush asks for final $350B from Congress
• Cessna says it will cut 2,000 more jobs
• Citigroup rattles nerves of investors with plans to sell brokerage unit
• GM unveils ambitious battery plan for Volt
• It’s back to work - if you’re lucky, that is
• Judge allows Madoff to remain out of jail
• 84 Lumber closes; others cutting jobs
• News of Record
• ODS moves into new Bend building
• Oil tumbles again
• Oregon among states in Dell settlement
• Recall
• Redmond passenger counts rise in 2008
• Survival lessons from an old pro
• Taxing online sales up as the economy sinks
• Treasury bill rates fall

SPORTS

• Auto racing
• Baseball
• Bend nordic skiers qualify for World Cup
• Bend Ski Club re-established
• Blazers start road trip with victory over Bulls
• College football
• Community Sports Scoreboard
• Dashing in Denim
• Events Calendar
• Fitness Expo coming to Central Oregon
• Henderson, Rice elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
• Lightning earn win over Kings
• NBA Scoreboard
• NFL football
• No. 6 Sooners beat No. 11 Texas 78-63
• Olympics
• On the Air Sports in Brief
• Plenty offered on local cycling calendar
• Tennis
• Winter, spring, summer and fall

OBITS

• Nancy Bird-Walton was Australian aviation pioneer
• One of Britain’s last surviving WWI vets dies
• Tom O’Horgan directed Broadway musical ‘Hair’

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• Army recruiter weighs chunky hopefuls
• Biden in Baghdad on day of bombings
• Congress’ bicycle champion sees gains
• FBI reports crime down in early ’08
• 21 Filipino crewmen freed by Somali pirates
• Fresh floods in Fiji as heavy rain falls again
• Gay bishop invited to pre-inauguration
• In ‘ultimate exit interview,’ Bush defends legacy, with concessions
• Israelis, critics see 2 different conflicts
• Justices weigh depth of U.S. legal aid law
• L. Douglas Wilder becomes first elected black governor in 1990
• Many voices as Clinton readies for reins
• Nancy Bird-Walton was Australian aviation pioneer
• New charges allowed vs. S. Africa’s Zuma
• Officials deny Franken election certificate
• Older drivers are safer and safer, study finds
• One of Britain’s last surviving WWI vets dies
• Russia to restart gas through Ukraine
• Slur puts Prince Harry back in the headlines
• Supreme Court pauses cable company lawsuit
• Vatican takes issue with drug traffickers
• Walden will try to mobilize GOP

FEATURES

• Area churches to offer lecture, workshop on environment
• Art Deco furniture has a revival — again
• Buy, save now; freeze, eat later
• Clean up, clear out
• Don’t let your old pipes leave you in hot water
• Dormant spray should be applied now
• Eat this with that
• Flower power for fitness?
• For crispy fried chicken, turn to snack foods
• Home exchanges - a retro yet tech-driven way to see the world
• Hot on the home front
• Keep your plumbing from freezing during the cold months
• Martha’s 10 steps to healthy living
• Papaya, the tenderizer
• Recipe Finder
• Return of the victory garden?
• Tasty ways to eat light
• The camera: An important garden tool
• The new whole grains
• Thick soups, minus the fat
• Weighing the costs: expensive windows, smaller energy bill
• Which bride will go home next?

ENTERTAINMENT

• At the Globes: The not-so-bold and beautiful
• Bioneers to host free screening, discussion of 2 environmental films
• Broadway departure ‘humbling,’ Piven says
• Donations sought for rummage sale
• Free depression screening Thursday
• fundraiser to help Liberian orphans
• Motown celebrates 50th anniversary
• Movie Times
• Ready for video game industry’s next big thing
• This season, ‘Idol’ offers more
• Tom O’Horgan directed Broadway musical ‘Hair’
• Where the wild things are
• Winehouse’s husband to file for divorce

OPINION

• Barack Obama now argues for continuity rather than change
• Black had his chance
• Contract for care
• Don’t blame Black
• Pay fair price for cabin sites

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• District may buy propane buses