March 15, 2011

LOCAL & STATE

• AG appoints Granum as business adviser
• AG lobbies for overhaul of public records law
• Bag ban will work
• Bend kitty has unique features, personality
• Board selects Yecha to lead schools
• Business Calendar
• Company sells domes to grow biomass rapidly
• Democrats victorious as bill on charter schools fails
• DEQ plans to fine Umatilla cleanup firm
• Deschutes woman dies from hantavirus
• Despite meltdown danger, fallout risk low in Oregon
• Don’t aid illegal immigrants
• EDCO announces new venture chief
• Ex-landfill manager pleads guilty in theft
• Fine story on cat shooting
• G5 to start offering websites optimized for smart phones
• Home sales prices dip in Bend, Redmond
• Jack plays well with cats, dogs and people
• Kitzhaber champions economy
• Lacrosse
• Meningitis diagnosed in student
• Most state offices will be closed Friday
• News of Record: Deeds
• News of Record: Police Log
• No bonus for lawbreakers
• OEBB costly, Wilkinson tells House committee
• 7 of 9 area businesses pass OLCC checks
• Pets Calendar
• Pet-sitting tips to help owners and caregivers
• ‘Possibilities with a view'
• Real estate reprimand proposed for Tami Sawyer
• Rugby
• Saving Grace holds volunteer training
• Wallowa OKs aid for stock losses to wolves
• Well, shoot! Field Trip: Where all the lights are bright
• Winds topple trees, cut power to thousands
• Woman's disappearance baffles friends, searchers

BUSINESS

• Despite meltdown danger, fallout risk low in Oregon
• EDCO announces new venture chief
• G5 to start offering websites optimized for smart phones
• Home sales prices dip in Bend, Redmond
• Kitzhaber champions economy
• News of Record: Deeds
• ‘Possibilities with a view'
• Publisher, libraries clash over e-books
• Real estate reprimand proposed for Tami Sawyer
• Residents ordered indoors to avoid exposure

SPORTS

• Autocross club sets first meeting of 2011 racing season
• Boys of Spring
• Canucks take win over Wild
• Community Scoreboard
• Extra elbow room
• NBA Scoreboard
• On the Air
• Panthers fall to Marist in season opener
• Second-half run helps lead Lakers to victory
• Self-proclaimed Soccer City USA has rich history
• Skiers fare well at Masters World Cup
• Skiing
• Small packages
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Winter sports

OBITS

• Death notices
• Donny George, 60, protector of archaeological artifacts of Iraq
• Kim Hill, 44, cancer fight inspired the first Ronald McDonald House
• Leo Steinberg, provocative art historian, dies at 90
• Marvin John Labsch
• Ruth Eileen Lange Lovelace

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Marvin John Labsch
• Ruth Eileen Lange Lovelace

NATION & WORLD

• After fatal bus crash, stricter rules called for
• Anxiety and need overwhelm a nation
• Bomb kills 37 at army base
• Catastrophe at hand as radiation spews
• Conservatives oppose stopgap bills
• Donny George, 60, protector of archaeological artifacts of Iraq
• For older Japanese, tsunami’s carnage evokes war horrors
• Gadhafi offers amnesty amid air bombings
• Higher benefit fees for military retirees?
• Kim Hill, 44, cancer fight inspired the first Ronald McDonald House
• Leo Steinberg, provocative art historian, dies at 90
• ‘My Fair Lady’ opens on Broadway in 1956
• Obama urges overhaul of No Child Left Behind
• Plant workers will quickly reach limit for radiation
• Priests in abuse case appear in court
• Saudi Arabia’s action in Bahrain worries U.S.
• Shuttle worker dies in launch pad fall
• Unions hurry for deals ahead of bargain law
• U.S. troops preparing to leave Afghanistan

FEATURES

• Activities to help you ring in spring
• At Home With Mountain View drama coach Deb DeGrosse
• Calendar
• Coupon craze catching on in down economy
• Deschutes woman dies from hantavirus
• Despite meltdown danger, fallout risk low in Oregon
• Fallen home prices sting military families with changes of station
• Good-luck recipe turns up again and again as author explores African cooking
• Guidelines to adding insulation to your attic
• If a full-scale garden's too tall an order, vertical may be way to go
• Kitzhaber champions economy
• Meningitis diagnosed in student
• OEBB costly, Wilkinson tells House committee
• Psychics go high-tech
• Real estate reprimand proposed for Tami Sawyer
• Rice and spice, fruits and flowers: a Persian feast
• Savory pie, oh my
• Send in the fronds: growing ferns as houseplants
• Steak Creole only sounds spendy
• Texture, flavor and touch of heat make top sprouts
• Woman's disappearance baffles friends, searchers

ENTERTAINMENT

• Bend sister city group invites public to its meeting today
• Calendar
• Club speaker is an expert on Florence Nightingale
• He’s a natural in the ring and on camera
• Katrina-inspired rage fuels documentary from satirist Shearer
• Movie Times

OPINION

• Bag ban will work
• Cheaper bridge is better
• Don’t aid illegal immigrants
• Fine story on cat shooting
• Music and nature among joys Central Oregon has to offer
• No bonus for lawbreakers
• Redmond charter school steps up