May 29, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• A road by any other name ... must be Highway 97
• About that ring around Black Butte: Experts say...
• Ancient farming practices motivate students to grow
• Bend dealership could face some losses
• Bulletin wants to hear about your great dad
• 220 California parks may close
• Celebration marks creation of Ice Age Floods trail
• Dance lovers can now ‘Step Up’ at home
• Demand for services rises as mental health funds fall
• Democrats’ plan would expand state health care
• Dispatches
• Drug probe leads to arrest on golf course
• Family Calendar
• Girl who survived fall leaves Portland hospital
• GO Magazine
• Groups sue to protect sea turtles off coasts
• House unanimously approves the creation of 2 marine reserves
• Injured boxer improving
• Kids can learn new languages, cultures
• Lava Lands Visitor Center opening celebration planned
• Livin’ large
• Man’s body found near I-5, police say
• McKenzie Highway is open to bikers and walkers, but not cars
• Miss Oregon USA Sylvie Tarpinian visits Cascade Village in Bend
• Nevada governor vetoes tax increases
• New La Pine mayor selected at City Council meeting
• News of Record
• Orange juice complaint via 911 lands man in jail
• Register soon for Juniper’s Busy Buddies
• Rescued dog helps another lost dog on Washington trail
• Restaurant Guide
• Story times, library youth events for May 29-June 4
• Suspect in Madras bar fight death indicted
• Take a dip in local author’s swim lesson prep book
• Teen rescued, cited after 150-foot fall
• Thanks to genetic manipulation, mice sound more like us
• Tough little dogs chase off a cougar
• Universities may increase tuition as much as 13%
• Washington prosecutor’s audit finds 149 old cases
• Washington puppy mill called one of the largest
• Woman sues after getting mortgage for $720K home

BUSINESS

• Auto parts supplier files for Chapter 11
• Bend dealership could face some losses
• Business Calendar
• Chrysler CEO expects Fiat sale to close today
• Costco profit drops in its third quarter
• Dispatches
• Initial jobless claims drop unexpectedly
• Microsoft’s search for a name ends with a Bing
• New-home sales flat
• Oregon foreclosure rate nears ‘80s peak
• Reluctant bondholders get a sweetened deal
• Strictly Organic, Hola! expanding to Old Mill
• Suit to help athletes recharge could jump-start new market
• Time Warner to shed its ill-fated AOL unit
• Unemployed find inventive ways to deal with recession

SPORTS

• At COCC, locals Storm the Stairs
• Auto Racing
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Bend cyclist Horner has small fracture
• Bird watching at Robert W. Sawyer Park
• Cavs come back to win Game 5
• Cycling
• Eaton, Ducks eye NCAA track West Regional
• Events Calendar
• Federer struggles to victory in second round at French Open
• Football
• Funner trail
• Golf Scoreboard
• Hockey
• Horse Racing
• Major League Baseball
• On the Air
• Oregon Elite track meet starts today
• OSU back in postseason, set for run at College World Series
• Paulina Peak
• Pitching gets Lava Bears back to state quarterfinals
• Scoreboard
• Three lead at PGA Tour’s Colonial after firing 63s

OBITS

• Alexander Bearn, 86, was a pioneer in genetic disease
• Area coach always had a gag up his sleeve
• Haitian priest helped immigrants in Florida
• Leroy Hoeck linked oxygen, blindness in newborns

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Robert "Bob" Lee Herrmann
• Tyler Andrew Boyer

NATION & WORLD

• Alexander Bearn, 86, was a pioneer in genetic disease
• At least 20 killed in blast at Iran mosque
• China eruptions may have caused mass extinction
• Deadly earthquake strikes Honduras
• ‘Father Oprah’ joins Episcopal Church
• Four months after war’s end, misery still pervades Gaza Strip
• Haitian priest helped immigrants in Florida
• In confirmation fight, empathy disappears
• 34 insurgents killed in attack on suspected training camp
• Investigators try to unravel abduction hoax
• John F. Kennedy born in Massachusetts in 1917
• 4 killed, 11 missing as dam breaks in Brazil
• Leroy Hoeck linked oxygen, blindness in newborns
• Long feet offer clues to mystery of ‘hobbits’
• Nebraska switches to lethal injection
• New guidelines provide weight recommendations for moms-to-be
• Nobody is above drug war, mayors’ arrests show
• N.Y. pilots face new charges in Brazil crash
• Obama takes tough stance on West Bank settlements
• recalls
• Taliban warn of attacks just before bombs rip through 2 Pakistani cities
• U.S. pressing China to step up response on N. Korea nukes
• Venezuela’s Chavez launches talkathon
• What are area Latinos saying?

FEATURES

• Demand for services rises as mental health funds fall
• New guidelines provide weight recommendations for moms-to-be

ENTERTAINMENT

• A journey north in devastating detail
• A sweet immigrant tale
• Art exhibits
• Attn: Jazz fans Re: Good times
• Can you crack the case?
• Cast announced for ‘My Way’ production
• Class mixes painting and printmaking
• Familiar faces going new places
• Finding her own voice
• In Fred we trust
• ‘Laodicean’ spells success for Kansas girl
• Movie times
• Music releases
• New DVD releases
• Nintendo’s back in the ring
• NOT YOUR AVERAGE PIZZA
• On local screens
• Other shows of note around Central Oregon
• Out of town
• Parents’ Guide to Movies
• Planning ahead
• Schneiderman returns to McMenamins
• Simply uplifting
• ‘Spider-Man’ director returns for horror flick
• Strictly Organic, Hola! expanding to Old Mill
• The art of rodeo
• The cons can get a little old in ‘Brothers’
• This week
• Upcoming Concerts
• Wind symphony plans final concert

RESTAURANTS

• NOT YOUR AVERAGE PIZZA

OPINION

• Four-day school week would create hardships in Redmond
• Gilchrist opportunity should be seized
• Salem vs. local government
• Sotomayor nomination presents a teaching opportunity for GOP

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• A road by any other name ... must be Highway 97
• McKenzie Highway is open to bikers and walkers, but not cars