August 17, 2012

LOCAL & STATE

• ‘Bring it’: Some Oregonians embrace triple-digit temps
• Central Oregon has feral pigs in droves
• Change of heart
• Circuit board maker plans to expand
• Dispatch
• Eight Dollar Mountain
• Farmers aim to block growing of canola
• Firefighting crews save houses near Lakeview
• Goodbye familiar, hello new
• Grant will help police traffic
• How do I get my reluctant toddler to eat vegetables?
• Incumbent unopposed in La Pine’s first mayoral election
• Josephine County saving timber money
• Longshore union sues Port of Portland
• Medical tests delay chimp’s travel plans
• Meet local doulas at event
• New fire erupts southeast of Bend
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• Oregon rider gets stolen bike back
• Plainclothes officers at SUV crash arrived by coincidence, police say
• Police arrest man who made threats of violence
• Restaurant Guide
• State grant opens way for airport upgrades
• State wildlife officials seek elusive wolverines
• Sublimity on the river
• Teens talk about sex in survey
• When does adorable stop?

BUSINESS

• Central Oregon has feral pigs in droves
• Circuit board maker plans to expand
• Customer service push at Lowe’s, Home Depot and rivals paying off
• Dispatch
• Facebook stock dives as insiders sell shares
• Family Calendar
• New rules may make bigger hole in pension funding
• Pac-12 brings changes to cable channel lineup
• Sampling the wares
• Some drought relief in forecast, but it might be too late for farmers
• State grant opens way for airport upgrades
• The Blacksmith is on the market
• Verizon gets OK to buy spectrum
• Wal-Mart report suggests wary shoppers
• Why fly when you can take the train?

SPORTS

• Adventure Sports Calendar
• American League roundup
• Baseball
• Driver Keselowski, crew chief Wolfe turning into dynamic duo
• Football
• Lakers’ four on the floor shifts landscape
• Major League Baseball
• National League roundup
• On the Air
• Pettersen relaxed in Safeway Classic
• Pettersson fires 62 for early PGA Tour lead at Wyndham
• Pittsburgh’s Polamalu embracing newly increased leadership role
• Players take BP, but would rather leave it
• 297-pound Texas boy too big to play peewee
• Rendezvous returns to its rodeo roots
• Road 370 loop
• Running
• Scoreboard
• Tennis
• U.S. captain faces ‘gut decision’ on choices for final Ryder Cup spots

OBITS

• Darrell Gordon Thompson
• Death notices
• Deaths Elsewhere
• Dominic Daniel Fouts
• Harry Harrison wrote science fiction, satire
• Kubert was comics artist, founder of trade school

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Darrell Gordon Thompson
• Death notices
• Dominic Daniel Fouts

NATION & WORLD

• Customer service push at Lowe’s, Home Depot and rivals paying off
• 2 deputies killed, 2 hurt in shootout
• Facebook stock dives as insiders sell shares
• Few voters really up for grabs, research suggests
• For hospital staff, Colorado shooting tested skill, stamina
• Gunman criticized politics, guard says
• Hantavirus death linked to Yosemite
• In Scrabble competition, ‘cheat’ is a 4-letter word
• New rules may make bigger hole in pension funding
• Romney says tax rate at least 13%
• Ryan on the trail
• Some Dem incumbents plan to skip convention
• Some drought relief in forecast, but it might be too late for farmers
• Taliban claim responsibility for helicopter crash that kills 7 U.S. troops, 4 Afghans
• Today in History
• Travel trailers get stylish
• Wal-Mart report suggests wary shoppers
• Wave of attacks in Iraq leaves at least 67 dead
• Why fly when you can take the train?
• WikiLeaks founder gains asylum

FEATURES

• Family Calendar
• Grant will help police traffic
• Grief over spouse can be simple or complex
• How do I get my reluctant toddler to eat vegetables?
• In Scrabble competition, ‘cheat’ is a 4-letter word
• Sampling the wares
• Today in History
• Travel trailers get stylish
• Why fly when you can take the train?

ENTERTAINMENT

• A fresh take on zombies
• All smiles with Michael Franti
• Art Exhibits
• Bottoms up!
• Change of heart
• Class offered for young filmmakers
• Eight Dollar Mountain
• Event calendar aug. 17-23
• ‘Expendables’ is too bloody this time around
• Family Calendar
• Fun competition, dull hunt
• Going out
• In Scrabble competition, ‘cheat’ is a 4-letter word
• It's bewitchingly edgy, kids
• Jet West lands at the Silver Moon
• Liquid Lounge welcomes Hooves
• 'Memphis' in Portland
• MOVIE TIMES * For the week of Aug. 17
• Munch & Movies is back in Bend
• Music releases
• Out of town
• Pac-12 brings changes to cable channel lineup
• Parents’ Guide to Movies
• Planning ahead
• Red Dog & 7th Street Cascade Lakes Brewing in Redmond
• Rendezvous returns to its rodeo roots
• Sampling the wares
• Story Times and Library Youth Events
• Sublimity on the river
• Talks, classes, museums & libraries
• The Blacksmith is on the market
• The twang of Zoe Muth
• Upcoming Concerts
• Volcanic Theatre looking for talent
• Well shot! Reader photos
• Worlds Collide
• Youth Choir plans member auditions

RESTAURANTS

• Bottoms up!
• Red Dog & 7th Street Cascade Lakes Brewing in Redmond

OPINION

• Aphorisms point way to success for incoming college freshman
• Bend police’s false alarm fix a good compromise
• Hunters and ranchers help improve habitat
• Online retailers might be selling black-market pet meds

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Plainclothes officers at SUV crash arrived by coincidence, police say
• Travel trailers get stylish