May 21, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• 2 area Guard armories targeted in state cuts
• Business Calendar
• COCC honorees are a ‘reflection of all the things that are good’
• Crater Lake Lodge opens for summer
• 27,000 cubic yards of yard waste collected
• Design plans rejected for OSU science center
• Diocese denied in bid to build retreat center
• Firefighter loses home to fire while he’s away
• Former Gov. Vic Atiyeh honored for his service
• Heceta lighthouse ready to shine again
• House approves pair of bills to expand veterans’ benefits
• House votes to reform state initiative system
• Interviewing for a job? Dry cleaner offers help
• Librarians, band safe in latest budget
• Many prescribed burns slated for this week
• Marijuana found during traffic stop
• Most Bend councilors favor expanding burning season
• Narcotics team arrests 3 men in meth case
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Northwest lawmakers back guns in national park lands
• Pacific University picks OHSU vet as president
• Pair of Appaloosa fillies found abandoned
• PDX gets $2.5M grant to make improvements
• Q: What state has the best geography whiz? A: Texas
• Ready to hit the road?
• Sage grouse numbers dip, but biologists are hoping for a rebound
• Senate plans vote next week on ‘puppy mill’ restrictions
• Things are clicking at Bend tech startup
• Woman’s body held as evidence in case against her husband

BUSINESS

• Beer tax for health care?
• Chrysler exec says sales OK despite bankruptcy
• Competing demands on health overhaul
• Congress takes aim at EU wine spat
• Diocese denied in bid to build retreat center
• Fed downgrades forecast for 2009
• Financial watchdog plan faces big hurdles
• Geithner optimistic on financial system
• Grads’ worries: Money, jobs and now, parents
• Homebuilding revenue plunges at Toll Brothers
• How the new credit card legislation affects you
• Japan’s economy shrinks at record pace
• News of Record: Permits
• Pension insurer sees flood of red ink
• Price of gas is up, but drivers may look the other way
• Sage grouse numbers dip, but biologists are hoping for a rebound
• Target posts 13% drop in 1st-quarter profit
• Things are clicking at Bend tech startup

SPORTS

• Auto racing
• Basketball
• Beavers rout Ducks again
• Bend’s Horner injured at Giro
• Big Lava Lake ice-free, accessible
• Correction
• Double delight
• Events Calendar
• Eyes on the moment
• fly-tying corner
• Football
• Golf
• Horse racing
• Local riders shine at state meet
• Lower trails ready for holiday hikers
• Major League Baseball
• Mickelson on leave; wife diagnosed with breast cancer
• More options for local anglers
• ‘Nothing that he couldn’t do’
• On the Air
• Orlando takes series opener at Cleveland
• Pacific halibut season now underway on Oregon coast
• Prep baseball, softball playoffs start on Friday
• Scoreboard
• Tennis
• The fight for iron
• 39 years old, a pro athlete collapses and dies. How can this happen?

OBITS

• For 32 years, Allwine was the voice of Mickey Mouse
• 39 years old, a pro athlete collapses and dies. How can this happen?

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• George William Martin
• Harold Bill Barker
• Ruth Bernice Edwards Williams

NATION & WORLD

• Californians reject fixes for deficit; cuts ahead
• Craigslist CEO sues over prostitution issue
• Duncan wants information on use of discipline at schools nationwide
• Lindbergh, Earhart complete flights across the Atlantic five years apart
• Missile could reach Israel
• Navy helicopter crashes off California; 3 bodies found
• No babies after all for National Zoo panda
• No. 2 official at Interior confirmed after debate
• No risk of skin cancer from tattoos
• Older than 52? You may be immune to swine flu
• Recalls
• Reconciliation a key question in Sri Lanka
• Report details years of abuse in Catholic schools in Ireland
• RFK’s son considers bid for Burris’ Senate seat
• Study: No harm to breast-feeding from pacifiers
• The Guantanamo problem deepens

FEATURES

• Calendar
• Classes
• Competing demands on health overhaul
• Get on a bike to cruise the ‘downhill’ side of age 40
• Getting heart health back on track
• Indulge, but limit the dietary damage
• Meetings give patients a reason to keep fighting
• Oregon, U.S. cigarette consumption
• The common cold is getting attention
• Week three: Push-up
• When on the hunt for rice pilaf, try the Kashi brand for more fiber

ENTERTAINMENT

• Appeal denied for man in old Letterman case
• Author Frank McCourt has melanoma
• Bend Bicycle Film Festival rolls into Tower for inaugural screening
• Calendar
• CBS moves ‘The Mentalist,’ picks up ‘Medium’ for fall
• Deschutes library’s Marian Thomas recognized with ‘Ole Award’
• For 32 years, Allwine was the voice of Mickey Mouse
• Kris Allen takes ‘Idol’ title
• Movie Times
• Youthful Dylan poem based on existing tune

OPINION

• Apathy is the true winner
• Biomass compromise an encouraging start
• Legislature should act to avoid exploitation of the Metolius
• Memorial Day
• More jobs
• Torture defenders
• What health care?

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Ready to hit the road?