March 30, 2012

LOCAL & STATE

• 2 arrested after fire in Redmond
• Baby sitter background checks a challenge
• Bend meningococcal case not linked to those in Crook
• Best Buy closures: No word on Bend
• Cascade Bancorp posts $47 million loss in 2011
• Catching some fun between rain showers
• Clarification
• Confinement eased for ex-school chief
• Correction
• Credit unions push for a bill that would boost lending power
• Dispatches
• Election Calendar
• Election Info
• Events for child abuse awareness
• Family calendar
• FEMA denies assistance to flooded homeowners
• House passes GOP budget blueprint
• HUBZone authority to rule in 3 months
• Man accused of killing roommate
• Man found shot near I-205 in Portland
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• One lane of Highway 101 reopens
• Oregon governor’s mansion has elevated radon levels
• Post office stabber sent for mental care
• Restaurant guide
• Semitrailer crash blocks I-5 traffic near Albany
• Short on meat, food bank uses lentils
• Signs of spring are popping up
• Spring winds have sprung
• Story times and library youth events
• Suspected Rainier cop killer in court
• Teen pleads guilty in Eugene drive-by
• Tower hosts musical for kids
• Wrong-way driver forces cars off U.S. 97

BUSINESS

• Best Buy closures: No word on Bend
• Business Calendar
• Cascade Bancorp posts $47 million loss in 2011
• Credit unions push for a bill that would boost lending power
• Deal may be near on oil reserves
• Dispatches
• Foxconn pledges to reduce hours, increase wages
• Gun sales are up; some cite Obama re-election fears
• HUBZone authority to rule in 3 months
• Rental shops back city’s bike share plan

SPORTS

• Adventure Sports Calendar
• Allen: Blazers are not for sale
• American Hardee hoping elbow ready for Olympics
• Amy Yang takes lead at Kraft Nabisco
• Basketball
• Baylor coach has Bell’s palsy
• Bend High knocks off Madras in nonleague play
• Bend’s Ford captures national title
• Blazers top Hornets
• Figure skating
• Football
• Happy trails
• Hockey
• Islanders beat Pens again, sweep home and home
• On the Air
• Swimming
• Tennis

OBITS

• Death notices
• Deaths Elsewhere
• Earl Scruggs, bluegrass banjo player, dies at 88

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• Advocates appeal to a justice’s notion of liberty
• Deal may be near on oil reserves
• Diagnoses of autism on the rise
• Foxconn pledges to reduce hours, increase wages
• Gun sales are up; some cite Obama re-election fears
• High court quick to decide cases, but slow to tell
• If you’re happy and you know it ... tell the government
• Inquiry into Fukushima plant suggests worse damage
• Is the GOP ready for health care victory?
• Plastic from plants? It may happen soon, say scientists
• Real ‘Mad Men' created Volvo's image of safety
• Romney set to challenge Obama on his foreign policy record
• Wife’s testimony details bin Laden’s life on the run

FEATURES

• Is hand sanitizer safe for children?
• Racy pictures on phone an opportunity to teach, not scold

ENTERTAINMENT

• A secret to savor
• A sedate but lovely ‘Journey"
• Art exhibits
• Bringing the heat
• Business Calendar
• Close to home
• Culprit, Ticktockman at Sound Garden
• Event calendar: March 30-April 5
• Event to get Latino families involved in kids’ education
• Going out
• Happy first birthday, Artists Gallery Sunriver!
• If Bears Were Bees plays twice in Bend
• It’s a week devoted to dance
• Live, and in color
• Movie times
• Music releases
• Out of town
• Parents’ guide to movies
• Planning ahead
• Rachel Brooke, Boom Chick and Viva Le Vox
• 2 Russians, 1 Oregonian join forces to perform
• Schneiderman is back at McMenamins
• The Workhouse set to open Saturday
• Treading carefully with ‘Killing’s’ return
• Upcoming concerts
• Well shot! Reader photos

RESTAURANTS

• A secret to savor

OPINION

• Dear John: Please stay out of this fight
• Nonprofit helps Latinos meet education challenges
• Tragedy should give nation pause
• Trapper speaks out
• Vote for Segers on May ticket
• Voting based on reality

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Ochoco Creek Trail to be improved
• Real ‘Mad Men' created Volvo's image of safety