June 17, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Bank of the Cascades robbed in Bend
• Bend is on track to approve new partnership with EDCO
• Business Calendar
• Clarification
• Downtown businesses get funds for face-lifts
• Driver says he was speeding to get cat
• Fireworks show to go on in Redmond
• Foundation awards $38,024 to schools
• Getting ready to roll
• House: Skyline bill, yes; Metolius bill, no
• Local summer camps and programs
• Madras blaze causes $150,000 in damages
• Marijuana plants seized in traffic stop
• 2 men sentenced in racial incident in Medford
• News of Record: Bankruptcies
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• No long-term funds in sight, Bend could outsource its bus system
• Police seek suspect in sodomy of teen
• Rain in June already a record
• Rent or buy: What’s the best choice in today’s market?
• Thornburgh resort appeal is rejected
• When dogs kill livestock, they also have their day in court

BUSINESS

• Bend is on track to approve new partnership with EDCO
• Business Calendar
• Clarification
• Dad probably will feel the recession this year
• Dire climate report still offers hope
• Drilling and quakes: Is there a connection?
• For foreign banks, an opportunity to challenge U.S. rivals
• Getting ready to roll
• GM to sell Saab to Swedish carmaker
• Home construction jumps 17.2% in May
• House: Skyline bill, yes; Metolius bill, no
• In financial distress? First, figure your net worth
• No long-term funds in sight, Bend could outsource its bus system
• Online directories for ‘green’ consumers
• Recalls
• Rent or buy: What’s the best choice in today’s market?
• Sharing the pain
• Thornburgh resort appeal is rejected
• When dogs kill livestock, they also have their day in court

SPORTS

• A good day to play
• Andrew Fitch qualifies for Oregon Amateur
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Cycling
• Eaton among 15 UO track athletes named All-America
• Elks drop home debut
• Football
• Four earn spots in Oregon Mid-Am
• Golf Scoreboard
• Major League Baseball
• Most pro golfers try to avoid the bogeyman
• On the Air
• Pros lend a hand at Open
• Scoreboard
• State high school rodeo kicks off today in Central Oregon
• USGA

OBITS

• Influential guitarist Bob Bogle was co-founder of the Ventures

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Bertram R. Bender
• Death notices
• Duane E. Richardson
• Eugenia 'Jean' Lynne Abel
• Jewel H. Spruell
• Lester J. Snider
• Nancy Walters
• Rebecca Jo Clawson (Mathers)

NATION & WORLD

• An American flag on the casket, a son of Palau inside
• Attorney general urges new hate crimes law
• Even with warming, this glacier is dynamic
• FDA: Zicam nasal spray can cause loss of smell
• Few options offered as lawmakers ponder pine beetle problem
• For foreign banks, an opportunity to challenge U.S. rivals
• House OKs war funding
• In Gaza, Carter urges Hamas to meet West’s terms for global acceptance
• Iran’s attempted media crackdown meets Digital Age
• N. Korea: 2 reporters plotted ‘smear campaign"
• Nevada’s Republican senator admits affair
• Obama"s new consumer protection agency would focus on credit cards, mortgages
• Pakistan prepares to siege Taliban stronghold
• Sad news: Depression not linked to just one gene
• Watergate burglars arrested in DNC headquarters in 1972
• Wiretapping’s extent renews worry in D.C.

FEATURES

• FDA: Zicam nasal spray can cause loss of smell
• Fireworks show to go on in Redmond
• Sad news: Depression not linked to just one gene

ENTERTAINMENT

• Calendar
• From punch line to battle line
• Movie Times
• Usher files for divorce

OPINION

• Average isn’t good enough for students in Oregon
• Legislators unwilling to share in sacrifice
• Oregon’s ignorant leaders
• Rendering plant needed
• Run away, Kitzhaber!
• You be Obama and try to solve the health care crisis

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Downtown businesses get funds for face-lifts
• Residents raise red flag over safety along Skyliners Road