April 09, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Affordable housing project gets land, loan
• Beginning of the end of OSU-Cascades?
• Bend fire inspector is facing felony animal abuse charges
• Bend park district gets $12,500 grant
• Book canceled amid child porn charges
• Casino-related crime fails to materialize
• Circle of celebration
• Confidence is crucial, Umpqua CEO says
• County road to lakes is under construction
• Dispute over Portland sign is settled
• Drug lord operating in Oregon convicted
• Execution date set for former Oregonian
• Firewood season gets under way May 1
• Jefferson Republicans to host legislators
• Man utters ‘guilty’ 22 times, now must lead cops to loot
• NeighborImpact starts Head Start enrollment
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Oregon House votes to ban smoking when children are in the car
• Pair plead guilty to kidnapping
• People
• Proposed Bend bank gets early OK from federal regulators
• Redmond business leaders focus on a brighter future
• Redmond schools keep all options open for cuts
• Redmond-area roads getting new asphalt
• Rescuers in contact with lost snowshoer
• State seeks public input on property tainted by Bend firm
• These chicks are big sellers, but not because of Easter
• Transgender mayor may become reality TV star
• Tumalo Reservoir-area field fire is put out
• Two arrested in Bend, Redmond car break-ins

BUSINESS

• A brilliant bet
• Affordable housing project gets land, loan
• Business Calendar
• Columbian Publishing Co. in early stages of foreclosure
• Confidence is crucial, Umpqua CEO says
• Do your homework before buying CDs
• Documents shed light on Fed’s $1.2T action
• Life insurers get taxpayer lifeline
• News of Record: Permits
• Proposed Bend bank gets early OK from federal regulators
• Pulte Homes buying Centex in $1.3B deal
• Recalls
• Redmond business leaders focus on a brighter future
• Salmon season curtailed
• SEC proposes new curbs on short-selling
• These chicks are big sellers, but not because of Easter
• Treasury launches auto supplier support
• Wholesale inventories decline as sales rise

SPORTS

• Auto racing
• Baseball
• Beards, spurs and snoods: Field-judging wild gobblers
• Bend’s Rundle opens new season with Class A Daytona
• Blazers knock off Spurs
• College basketball
• Columbus earns first playoff berth
• Criticism mounts over a tough Augusta
• Cycling
• Ex-NBA star Webster found dead in hotel
• Fly-tying corner
• Head to lower, drier ground for trail action
• Horse-drawn auction, swap set for April 17-19
• Hunting & Fishing Events Calendar
• La Pine girls track takes third place in a Sky-Em meet
• Magic at Metolius
• Major League Baseball
• Mountain View boys and girls sweep on the road
• North Twin Lake accessible
• On the Air
• Prep Scoreboard
• Redmond boys fall just short, girls split contests
• Scoreboard
• Soccer
• Tennis
• Turkey time

OBITS

• Bodybuilding pioneer Armand Tanny was a fixture at original Muscle Beach
• Ex-NBA star Webster found dead in hotel
• Patriarch of Winans family dies in Nashville Gospel-singing Winans family’s patriarch dies in Nashville
• 1970s porn star became symbol of gay self-confidence

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• American crew reclaims ship in piracy standoff
• American crew reclaims ship in piracy standoff off Somalia
• Bodybuilding pioneer Armand Tanny was a fixture at original Muscle Beach
• Branding the CIA: It’s all academic
• Civil War ends as Lee surrenders to Grant in 1865
• Corruption hinders U.S. efforts in improving the Afghan police
• D.C. vote may force same-sex marriage to floor of Congress
• Facebook fatigue: Users of all ages unplug from social networking
• Fighting fat - with fat? Studies say it’s possible
• For the U.S., few military options to deter piracy
• Hundreds mourn 3 slain Pittsburgh officers
• In reversal, U.S. to join in Iran negotiations
• 7 killed on eve of anniversary of Iraq’s fall
• Many weeks of wooing the first lady pays off for small school
• New ethics investigation related to Blagojevich
• Obama looking at cooling the air to fight warming
• Olympics panel calls Chicago a ‘vibrant’ city
• Rapport, reality in overseas trip
• Scrutiny leads to other Alaska corruption cases
• 3 states are first to set standards for college degrees
• Video shows woman with gun at son’s head

FEATURES

• A surgery with no scars
• Controversy surrounds public health insurance
• Early Alzheimer’s: When to give up the car keys
• Health Datebook
• How to make dips healthier
• People
• Prostate drug shows promise in early testing
• Since 1931, ‘Joy of Cooking’ has been a staple in U.S. kitchens
• Spinach, romaine lettuce are good choices when fixing your salad
• State Senate panel passes health bills
• Stay healthy while you search for a new job
• 5 steps to a fitter family
• Stroke care in Oregon hospitals
• The skinny on simply sitting
• Usual, customary and reasonable charges
• Week eight: Plank with medicine ball
• What’s the deal with head lice?
• Work out stay fit HAVE FUN

ENTERTAINMENT

• Amy Poehler shines in familiar setup in ‘Parks and Recreation’
• Calendar
• Community Datebook
• Horse-drawn auction, swap set for April 17-19
• Idol’s Simon gives Lambert standing ‘O’
• Movie Times
• Patriarch of Winans family dies in Nashville Gospel-singing Winans family’s patriarch dies in Nashville
• 1970s porn star became symbol of gay self-confidence
• Singer Whitney Houston countersues stepmom
• Walk MS 2009 to step into Bend on April 18

OPINION

• A dictionary baseball lovers shouldn’t be without
• Accommodation gone wild
• AFL-CIO payback
• Big community forest could still happen
• Don’t rely on blind faith
• Water isn’t free