April 01, 2011

LOCAL & STATE

• A big swing for spring
• A full day of kindergarten
• Bills would create state bank
• Business Calendar
• City of Bend wants online feedback
• Dispatches
• Fired DAs file suit
• Japan disaster may slow state sak supply
• Judge’s ruling stops White House from pulling logging plan
• Legislature looks at tax for electric cars
• Mediation with 3 fired Deschutes prosecutors in limbo
• Merchants and bankers disagree on debit fee caps
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Ranchers want losses from wolves paid for
• Redmond city manager staying put
• Redmond still seeking new managers for police, airport
• Restaurant Guide
• Search for Blaylock resumes on Saturday
• Sisters High senior does ‘things big'
• Snowpack in Cascades 127 percent of average
• Tea party rallies behind GOP budget hard-liners
• Three crashes on U.S. Highway 97
• TSA to pay for cameras at 10 TriMet stations
• Vandals damage more than 40 grave markers

BUSINESS

• Bills would create state bank
• Business Calendar
• Dispatches
• Family Calendar
• Home inspections essential for buyers
• Judge’s ruling stops White House from pulling logging plan
• Kids can bring their artwork to life
• Labor market showing signs of recovery as jobless claims fall
• Merchants and bankers disagree on debit fee caps
• New disclosures deepen European financial struggles
• Pressure to trim Fannie, Freddie salaries
• Redmond city manager staying put
• Redmond still seeking new managers for police, airport
• Site’s anonymity is a weapon for bullies
• Some progress seen at nuclear plant, but radiation levels remain high
• Tea party rallies behind GOP budget hard-liners

SPORTS

• Adventure Sports Calendar
• American League roundup
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Bend High standouts will try to challenge Summit
• Bend's Ford defends U.S. title in giant slalom
• BMX
• Hockey
• Lincicome tied for lead in LPGA major
• Major League Baseball
• Management plan still a work in progress
• Marist 6 Summit 0
• National League roundup
• Nordic skiing
• Pac-10 puts new TV contract up for auction
• Pole Pedal Paddle seminar set April 21
• Scuffles, ejections fail to stop Lakers from win over Mavs
• Sharks clinch playoff spot with win over Stars
• SOFTBALL: Mountain View 6 Madras 4
• Spring on the slopes
• Tennis
• TRACK AND FIELD: Hawk thrower paces La Pine

OBITS

• Advocate for charities Brian O’Connell dies at 81
• Darrell M. Ferns
• David Nevin, author of historical novels
• Death notices
• Dorothea Puente, landlady who murdered her tenants
• Lonnie Allen Johnson
• Sara Ruddick, whose book set stage for philosophy of raising children, dies at 76

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Darrell M. Ferns
• Death notices
• Lonnie Allen Johnson

NATION & WORLD

• Administration rolls out proposed new rules for seniors’ health care
• Advocate for charities Brian O’Connell dies at 81
• Another top Libyan official quits as rumors roil Tripoli
• Diplomat’s resignation may weaken Gadhafi
• Dorothea Puente, landlady who murdered her tenants
• He thinks dinosaurs survived
• Home inspections essential for buyers
• 3 hurt as mail bombs explode across Europe
• Ivory Coast’s leader appears poised to fall
• Judge’s ruling stops White House from pulling logging plan
• Kazakhstan paper says publisher is missing
• 170 killed when tidal waves hit Hawaii in ‘46
• Labor market showing signs of recovery as jobless claims fall
• New disclosures deepen European financial struggles
• New images of Mercury show lots of craters
• Pakistani politician escapes assassination
• Pressure to trim Fannie, Freddie salaries
• Questions raised about who should get free dialysis
• Seattle police face civil rights probe
• Site’s anonymity is a weapon for bullies
• Some progress seen at nuclear plant, but radiation levels remain high
• Study: Big quakes don’t set off others far away
• Syria offers changes in bid to stop protests
• Unexpected challenges for Japan’s young adults
• U.S. auto sales to post first drop in 7 months

FEATURES

• Administration rolls out proposed new rules for seniors’ health care
• 170 killed when tidal waves hit Hawaii in ‘46
• Questions raised about who should get free dialysis
• Relative strangers
• Sisters High senior does ‘things big'
• Tips to help lengthen child’s attention span

ENTERTAINMENT

• A few local gigs worth your attention
• Art exhibits
• COSA holds annual Song of the Year show
• Dangerous Summer leads pop-rock bill
• Deschutes libraries to cut hours, programs
• Donor concert to feature guitarist
• Family Calendar
• Family photo session will benefit shelter
• Full of charm
• He thinks dinosaurs survived
• Help Shireen Amini finish her album
• Hop on over to Bend for the Spring Art Hop
• In full bloom
• Jay Tablet’s ‘Put It On the Tab’ release party
• Kids can bring their artwork to life
• Movie times
• Music releases
• Parents’ Guide to Movies
• Planning ahead
• Ready for the show
• Spy thriller, ‘Camelot’ reimagined
• Story times, library youth events for April 1-7
• Summer camp offerings for youth
• Talent sought for Sunriver Art Faire
• Tennessee swing with Christabel & the Jons
• The simpler, the better
• Tips to help lengthen child’s attention span
• Upcoming concerts
• What do you Crave ?

RESTAURANTS

• What do you Crave ?

OPINION

• Back Merkley on HUBZones
• Bankers cry again for Congress’ help
• Leash laws for cats
• Light bulb efficiency: an endearing battle on Capitol Hill
• No troops without vote
• No zip line in the Old Mill
• Praise for politicians

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Three crashes on U.S. Highway 97
• U.S. auto sales to post first drop in 7 months