March 28, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Bend recognized as good city for startups
• Calendar
• Californian arrested after daylong chase
• Chinese buyer could save Gottschalks
• Christen Brown is an accountant with a love of farming. A year ago, he sought to open a produce stand east of Bend. Now, his dream is finally ... Coming to harvest
• Consumer spending up; income declines
• Deadline to remove studded tires nears
• Ethanol would become optional under bill
• Federal aid will create nursing home jobs
• Fun, faith & friendship
• Future of Mirror Pond is on council agenda
• Horizon cuts fare for Redmond to Vegas
• Man pleads not guilty to selling eagle feathers
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• People On The Move
• Prineville lumber firm on the rocks in Lithuania
• Scientists urge reform for salmon hatcheries
• Snowpack likely to keep growing
• Stove ignites Bend fire
• Thousands expected to clean up beaches
• What’s Going Up

BUSINESS

• Bank executives pledge to do part for recovery
• Bend recognized as good city for startups
• Chinese buyer could save Gottschalks
• Christen Brown is an accountant with a love of farming. A year ago, he sought to open a produce stand east of Bend. Now, his dream is finally ... Coming to harvest
• Consumer spending up; income declines
• Even with more auto aid, bankruptcy is a possibility
• FAA angles to keep quiet on bird strikes
• Future of Mirror Pond is on council agenda
• Goldman Sachs spent millions to help 2 executives
• Horizon cuts fare for Redmond to Vegas
• In Fallujah, a test case for post-U.S. Iraqi policy
• People On The Move
• Prineville lumber firm on the rocks in Lithuania
• ‘Puppet master’ in $1.7B fraud gets 30 years
• Snowpack likely to keep growing
• The farmer and the eater can say hello
• TV producer’s home is on sale for $150M
• What’s Going Up

SPORTS

• Anthony scores 43 points as Nuggets beat Mavericks
• Civil War returns
• College Football
• Cycling
• Earnhardt looking for improvement
• Federer advances at Key Biscayne
• Gillispie out as Kentucky opts for coaching change
• Golf Scoreboard
• IOC reaches agreement on revenue sharing 18-year-old S. Korean wins short program at worlds
• Jets QB Clemens focused on winning job, not rumors
• Leipheimer wins Spanish stage race
• Madras loses on the road before starting IMC play
• NBA Scoreboard
• O’Hair up three strokes at Bay Hill
• On the Air
• Prep Scoreboard
• Rain puts Gordon on Cup pole at Martinsville
• Report: Improper anchoring caused boat accident involving NFL players
• Soccer
• Spartans knock off defending champion Jayhawks
• Stewart earns parking spot among the stars
• Summit players land all-state basketball honors
• Three U.S. women at 2010 Olympics seems unlikely
• Top-seeded UNC has no trouble with Gonzaga
• White Buffaloes rout Klamath Union
• Win helps Oilers jump Ducks for playoff spot

OBITS

• Former Bend Water Pageant queen dies at 94
• Irving R. Levine, 86, longtime correspondent for NBC News
• Jack Dreyfus, 95, helped bring mutual funds to Main Street

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Lillian F. Fisher Ramsey
• Lowanna Rene
• Ramon J. Wyatt

NATION & WORLD

• A life-or-death test for Ebola vaccine
• At least 16 veterans infected at VA clinics
• Catholic fish fries are feeding new-found hunger for tradition
• China finds missing radioactive material
• Constantinople renamed Istanbul in 1930
• Ex-State Department lawyer decries tactics
• Four fallen officers honored
• Immigrants’ liberal advocates court organized labor
• Indonesia seeks survivors, but ‘the death toll will rise’
• Iraq plans to relocate Iran opposition group
• Irving R. Levine, 86, longtime correspondent for NBC News
• Israel fights claims of abuse
• Japan to deploy missile defense
• Journal criticizes pope on condom comment
• Kansas doctor cleared in abortion case
• Militants attack NATO supply depot in Pakistan
• Music church in court case gets OK for concerts
• New York election too close to call
• New York to ease tough drug laws
• Nuclear agency fails to elect new chief
• Obama’s Afghanistan plan would narrow goals
• Sebelius signs bill for pre-abortion scans
• Serial Shooter gets death sentence
• Small Georgia town loses a pillar: Its one and only bank
• Study links ‘hot’ tea to esophageal cancer rate
• Suicide bomber kills dozens in Pakistan
• Thousands flee Fargo ahead of floods

FEATURES

• Fun, faith & friendship
• Future of Mirror Pond is on council agenda
• In Brief
• The farmer and the eater can say hello

ENTERTAINMENT

• ‘Cosby’ producer gets 26 years in wife’s death
• Decemberists go rock opera
• Designer suing Love after online rants
• Dove String Quartet to give free concert
• Food drive aims to fill bellies All Year Long
• Holly Madison has rib pain after ‘Dancing’
• Movie Times
• OMSI visits with science fun
• Osbournes take on variety TV, add bleeps
• Robotics team’s garage sale today

OPINION

• Anti-Metolian stance threatens state’s environmental reputation
• It’s our money
• Make cons work
• No accountability
• Please expel busywork bill
• School building use
• Use your lights
• Wasted money