May 01, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• A break from the dusty trail
• Airport in transition
• Bend’s future growth could be hindered by insufficient infrastructure
• Business Calendar
• Deschutes may join CEC suit
• Dispatches
• Ensure clean choppers with cute holder for toothbrushes
• EPA fines pesticide company in Eugene woman’s death
• Evergreen Avenue to reopen in Redmond
• Family Calendar
• Get movin’ at summer camp
• Go Magazine
• Governor threatens veto of transportation bill
• High court rejects mug shot conviction
• Is swine flu fouling your travel plans? Should it?
• Latest teaching tactic: Plug kids into nature, not iPods
• Lovisco avoids jail time in sentencing
• Medford schools eye 4-day week, job cuts
• New Lava Lands center opens today
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• Not a doctor, but he’s played one in the past
• Paving in Redmond starts next week
• 2 popular Bend-area trails to link
• Portland to get $75M for streetcar expansion
• Ranchers seek to kill or capture wolves
• Read, Rhyme and Romp at literacy event
• Restaurant Guide
• Seattle officials critical of city’s snow response
• Senate passes bill aimed at thwarting sale of stolen metal
• Story times, library youth events for May 1-7
• Tickets on sale for Heroes’ Breakfast
• Toddlers can make music in free program

BUSINESS

• Airport in transition
• Anti-foreclosure plan defeated in Senate
• At Chrysler, interests may compete
• Business Calendar
• Chrysler’s bankruptcy plan
• Consumer spending declines in March
• Deschutes may join CEC suit
• Dispatches
• House passes bill of credit protections
• Lithia Motors makes profit; revenue falls
• New Starbucks ads target cheaper coffee
• Oil giants report steep drop in profits
• 2 popular Bend-area trails to link
• Recalls
• There’s a full-blown price war among fast-food restaurants
• What’s behind the stick shift’s slow decline?

SPORTS

• Adventure Sports Events Calendar
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Bend course set to re-open
• Bulls beat Celtics in 3 OTs, force Game 7
• Correction
• Cougs defeat Cowboys with late grand slam
• Cycling
• Football
• Golf
• Late goal lifts Canucks over Blackhawks in opener
• Madras hands Bend a rare loss in IMC play
• Major League Baseball
• On the Air
• Rockets end Blazers’ season
• Scoreboard
• Seahawks, LB Hill agree to deal
• Smith Rock/Gray Butte
• Spring Thing set for Smith Rock on May 9
• The Truck Stop Skate Park
• Tiger takes lead at PGA Tour event
• Twin Pillars

OBITS

• Jewish death camp boxer dead at 86

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• David Edward DeJohn
• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• Britain ends Iraq combat mission
• Car kills 5 watching Dutch royalty
• David Souter to retire
• Drug arrests top 60,000 in Mexico
• Elizabeth Edwards writes of John’s affair
• Filtering the Web is not just for autocracies, and some are challenging it
• Financial aid’s gotten tougher, say guidance counselors
• Gates says U.S. may keep 100 detainees
• Genetic study narrows where we first evolved
• Gunman kills 12 at Azerbaijan school
• Jewish death camp boxer dead at 86
• N.C. lawmaker steps back from ‘hoax’ claim
• Pakistan, Taliban clashes in 3rd day
• Russia talks tough on NATO expulsions
• Shipper, captain testify to Congress
• Suspect called L.A.’s most prolific killer
• Theories abound, few stick for tiny, ancient hominids
• Training Afghans as bullets fly
• Travel industry rushes to reject Biden’s remarks
• U.N. warns Sudanese peace at ‘critical stage’
• Venezuela asks Interpol to go after Chavez foe
• Walter Reed hospital opens in D.C. in 1909

FEATURES

• Is swine flu fouling your travel plans? Should it?
• Not a doctor, but he’s played one in the past
• Planning ahead
• Travel industry rushes to reject Biden’s remarks

ENTERTAINMENT

• A slice and a miss
• Anastacia is back in action Saturday
• ART EXHIBITS
• ‘Art on the River’ features local artists
• Children’s art contest deadline is May 15
• Children’s film ‘Dogs’ gets its day
• Crime doesn’t pay
• Eclectic arts night at Bendistillery bar
• Eureka! musical gold
• Gallery Walk returns so pick up your feet!
• ‘Ghosts’ isn’t worth a laugh
• Hidden treasure
• MOVIE TIMES
• Music festival office relocates
• Music Releases
• New DVD releases
• On local screens
• Out of Town
• Planning ahead
• Return of the Rat Pack
• Shift into gear
• Singing memories
• Sisters artist to be featured on OPB
• Songwriters galore on Greenwood Avenue
• String Cheese’s Nershi comes to town
• Talks, classes, museums & libraries
• Tech N9ne, MURS bring rap tour to Bend
• ‘Terra’ is colorful, but stay clear of 3-D
• This week
• U.K. pop presenter gets MTV show
• Upcoming Concerts
• Words & music

RESTAURANTS

• Hidden treasure

OPINION

• 3 good picks for Redmond board
• Prepare for a painful cure
• When times are tough, cities learn to appreciate businesses

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Bend’s future growth could be hindered by insufficient infrastructure
• Evergreen Avenue to reopen in Redmond
• Paving in Redmond starts next week
• Tickets on sale for Heroes’ Breakfast