March 10, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Bend police and fire to receive $1 million
• Bend schools won’t cut days
• Crook County, slashing 15 days, asks for tax levy
• Dinner train getting back on track with new operator
• Domestic shooting leaves 1 man dead
• Education award nominations sought
• Expansion of drunken driving laws considered
• Fuqua close to landing a major contract
• Have you voted?
• Humane Society’s ex-director accused of erasing files
• IdaTech announces Malaysian initiatives
• Just an illusion
• Local bank files $7M suit against developers
• Martha Stewart’s puppy dies in kennel blast
• Midwest hit by tornadoes, flooding
• News of Record: Deeds
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Officials consider transfer of fire department control
• Redmond Airport boardings still falling
• Redmond business recalls peanut butter
• Setting the tone for resort debate
• Sewage, schools on ballots for vote today
• Solutions via software
• State gets mixed review in study of homeless kids
• Stimulus funds to aid state highway project
• Survey says ...
• Wildlife photo presentation tonight
• Woman recovering after bear attack

BUSINESS

• Bank of America pressured on bonuses
• Baseball cards make the leap into 3D
• Business Calendar
• Could oil prices start falling again?
• Dinner train getting back on track with new operator
• Dow, Rohm & Haas reach settlement
• Fleetwood to close 2 Oregon plants
• Ford workers approve UAW contract changes
• Fuqua close to landing a major contract
• IdaTech announces Malaysian initiatives
• Interest rates mixed at Treasury auction
• Local bank files $7M suit against developers
• Merck to pay $41.1B for Schering-Plough
• News of Record: Deeds
• Newspaper publisher cutting 1,600 jobs
• Oregon among Sunwest’s creditors
• Redmond Airport boardings still falling
• Setting the tone for resort debate
• Solutions via software
• Survey says ...
• Your tax-preparation options are wider than ever

SPORTS

• Baseball
• Bend runner second in Napa Marathon
• Bend skiers shine in ski marathons
• Blazers beat Lakers, 111-94
• Check out my wheels
• Community Scoreboard
• Community Sports Calendar Events Calendar
• Cycling
• Ducks, Beavs receive little Pac-10 honor
• Duo in early Iditarod jostle
• Elite nordic skier takes third in 30K race
• Feds propose plan to save chub habitat
• Freestyle snowboards, skiers throw down
• Golf
• Gonzaga routs Saint Mary’s for WCC title
• Hockey
• kickoff celebration set
• Local high school girls rugby team wins
• NBA Scoreboard
• On the Air
• Power play goals lead Kings to 3-2 victory over Canucks
• Roller derby bout ends in defeat for local team
• Roughriders defeated in away rugby match
• Sisters Little League
• Stay warm and dry at cycling fundraiser Saturday
• Swim buddies
• Women’s college basketball

OBITS

• Longtime publisher oversaw Gold Beach paper for 41 years

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Erma Mathews Brown
• Frank Junior Hedges
• Larry Dean Betker
• Robert (Bob) Vernon Johnston

NATION & WORLD

• American diplomat ousted from Bolivia
• Cabinet-level meeting held on closing Guantanamo Bay
• China tightens Tibet security on eve of key anniversary
• Gitmo detainees boast of planning Sept. 11 attacks
• High court declines to expand Voting Rights Act for minorities
• Limits on stem cell research lifted
• Newly discovered portrait may change image of Shakespeare
• ‘No foul play’ in crash
• North Korea opens border to workers
• Opposition leader freed in Sudan
• ‘Scarsdale Diet’ author is shot to death in 1980
• Spending reappraisal: Here to stay or more a matter of necessity?
• Suspect’s calendar noted ‘death day’
• ‘Swiss gigolo’ case transfixes Germany
• Virginia institutes smoking ban
• Zimbabwe premier:

FEATURES

• A meal to make the Irish smile
• Amazing braising
• Drive-through not necessary for these tacos
• Indoor blooms brighten the house
• Make a change
• Need to cut corners? Try cutting your own curtains
• Perfect pancakes
• Portland firm recalls Jam-n-Peanuts Bars
• Potatoes for breakfast
• Prune your garden budget with no-fuss annual seeds
• Recipe Finder
• Redmond Airport boardings still falling
• Redmond business recalls peanut butter
• Sitting with God
• When did ‘meat and potatoes’ become an edible pejorative?

ENTERTAINMENT

• After Saddam and bombs, Iraqi band is rockin’ in U.S.A.
• Barrymore may direct ‘Twilight’ sequel
• Bend club seeks gifts for baby shower
• Bunko, food drive benefit Saturday
• Calendar
• Celebrate St. Patty’s with Celtic Society
• CW bets its future on young female viewers
• Movie Times
• NY judge to dismiss Michaels’ stalker’s case
• Potter book fetches $19,120 at auction
• 6 slow kings of 6-string

OPINION

• Animal hero
• Don’t handcuff local government
• Flight routes explained
• Immigrant raid
• Stimulus plan is not the best way to end the recession
• Stop the bike tax bill