April 02, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Ace Hardware set to close in Redmond
• Area officials join Salem lawmakers for some face time
• Business Calendar
• Calendar
• City Council delays vote on plans to expand
• Classes
• Court upholds Bill Sizemore contempt ruling
• Credit card reform passes an early test
• Deschutes notices of default jump 156% from a year ago
• Deschutes sheriff seeks youth mentors
• 2 die in small plane crash outside Newberg
• Different direction
• Eagle Point school union votes to strike
• Gottschalks liquidation approved in federal court
• Jefferson commission to sue over resort plan
• Joining forces in Bend
• Man arrested after Redmond chase, crash
• Man gets 15 months for threats via mail
• Medicare Advantage may see budget cuts
• Military commissary comes to Redmond
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Obama won’t defend spotted owl cuts
• People
• Portland police arrest suspect in 1995 murder
• Redmond gun club granted extension
• Sapling of historic tree joins Capitol landscape
• Saved in TIME
• Sisters park district seeks partners
• Standoff prompts use of OSU alert system
• State reports 9 local drug deaths in 2008
• Vote ends dispute of school bid

BUSINESS

• Accountant charged with fraud scheme
• Ace Hardware set to close in Redmond
• Allowance 101: How to turn a privilege into a life lesson
• Auto sales for March offer some hope
• City Council delays vote on plans to expand
• Credit card reform passes an early test
• Deschutes notices of default jump 156% from a year ago
• Diabetes drug appears safe, federal panel says
• Dow Chemical buys company for $16.5B
• FDIC chief urges stricter requirements
• Fidelity National to buy Metavante for $2.94B
• Free ice cream cones honor Ray’s founders
• Funds tied to Madoff caught in legal vise
• Gottschalks liquidation approved in federal court
• Harry & David to cut employees’ salaries
• Klamath Falls insurer has insufficient funds
• 3M to cut 1,200 jobs
• Netbooks: Slimmed down and reshaping an industry
• News of Record: Permits
• Obama downplays differences among Group of 20 countries
• Recalls
• The good, the bad and the unexpected
• VIM, Bachelor team up on $25 lift tickets
• Vote ends dispute of school bid

SPORTS

• Baseball
• Civil War Scramble set for June 11
• C.O. snowboarders earn national titles
• College basketball
• College scholarships: Passing on a shooting sports heritage
• Cougs’ Brent is first team all-state in boys basketball
• Cowgirls win state dance/drill championship
• Culver pitcher throws a no-hitter, strikes out 14
• Driving to Mars
• Fly-tying corner
• Ground squirrels are active in hay fields and pastures
• Horse racing
• Hunting & Fishing Calendar
• Lava Bear volleyball player signs with NAIA school
• Nash leads Suns past Rockets 114-109
• Neuman earns indoor track All-America status
• NFL football
• On the Air
• Oregon anglers are reporting success on Crescent Lake
• Oregon set to retain Kent as basketball coach, hires associate head coach
• Penguins rout slumping Brodeur, Devils, to end homestand
• Prep Scoreboard
• Ready to open?
• Redmond boys, girls win dual with Crook County
• Rodeo
• Ski race, spring thaw put damper on trail play
• Soccer
• Storm decathlete places eighth in high school meet
• Summit looks to climb in IMC
• UTEP tops OSU, forces game 3 in CBI

OBITS

• Olympic skier Andrea Lawrence
• Puerto Rican actor Suarez dies

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Pearl V. Schmidt

NATION & WORLD

• GOP offers alternatives to budget
• High court sides with power plants over fish
• Holder ordered 2nd opinion on D.C. voting
• Iran: No ‘talks’ with U.S. envoy at meeting
• Israel’s new top diplomat disavows U.S. peace efforts
• It might be easier to get into a private college now
• Militants storm office in Afghanistan; 13 die
• Olympic skier Andrea Lawrence
• Pope John Paul II, 84, dies at the Vatican in 2005
• Promise and peril in ocean mining
• Promises of ‘fresh start’ for U.S.-Russia relations
• 29,000 rejected applicants get welcome letters in California
• Report: U.S. drone strike kills 10 in Pakistan
• Reports: Pentagon seeks $3B for Pakistan military
• Spy agencies still in disarray, report finds
• Turning schools around
• U.S. to drop charges against Ted Stevens
• White House puts extra pressure on governors who reject stimulus

FEATURES

• A lifetime of health for men
• Cost of diabetes care
• Daily aspirin gets another boost
• Don’t forget canola oil; it’s full of omega-3 acids
• Forrest Yoga is a challenge with added intensity
• Free ice cream cones honor Ray’s founders
• GPS device marks your location with pics, sound
• How to keep food-savvy kids healthy and happy
• Joining forces in Bend
• Lungs
• Medicare Advantage may see budget cuts
• Multivitamins are no magic bullet
• People
• People drink more during a bad economy
• Saved in TIME
• State reports 9 local drug deaths in 2008
• To eat better, follow these simple steps
• Walking can be a moderate activity if you increase your step count
• What you need to know about whooping cough

ENTERTAINMENT

• Bill Cosby to receive Mark Twain prize
• Community Datebook
• Free ice cream cones honor Ray’s founders
• ‘Friday Night Lights’ gets 2 more seasons
• FX gets rights for DreamWorks films
• Hang a blue ribbon for child abuse prevention
• Madonna tours Malawi before adoption ruling
• Movie Times
• Puerto Rican actor Suarez dies
• Rising to the occasion
• Science Channel inks Freeman for series
• Simpsons get (postage) stamp of approval

OPINION

• Camp Sherman and forest cabins are not ‘large scale development’
• Cut more
• Gaza whitewash
• Illegals broke the law
• Let car makers fail
• Support expansion
• Top court makes a timely ruling