February 08, 2013

LOCAL & STATE

• AARP volunteers offer free tax services
• Around the State
• Bend firm to offer employment help
• Chili cook-off to benefit schools
• Compost plan riles Crescent residents
• Council vote: Proceed with pipeline project
• Dispatches
• Global warming bringing big changes to U.S. forests
• GOP's Labrador Quietly Emerging as Middleman for Immigration Reform
• Help your pre-teen navigate middle school friend drama
• Huffman backs tuition equity bill
• Last wish
• Legal opinions divided over Kitzhaber’s pension reform
• Man shot in apparent accident at McDonald’s
• Monty the cat rewards with love
• Murderous trucker to be released
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• Partial win for Wyden on targetedkillings
• Restaurant Guide
• State will allow canola to be grown in Willamette Valley
• 26 townhomes in the works
• Upcoming
• When parents fight, kids suffer

BUSINESS

• Apple faces suit from investor
• Bend firm to offer employment help
• Builders hope to lure boomers, seniors as home values rebound
• Council vote: Proceed with pipeline project
• Dispatches
• Draghi’s words drag down euro
• Fewer workers file claims for unemployment benefits
• Food scene news
• Life after football?
• On the job and behind the wheel
• Payroll tax puts pinch on low-paid
• Room taxes rise in Deschutes
• 26 townhomes in the works

SPORTS

• Cal men’s team plays and pays its own way to top
• Celtics rout Lakers 116-95 for sixth straight win
• Crosby lifts Penguins past Capitals, 5-2
• District meet starts today in Bend
• Hawks top Honkers in wrestling
• Last year’s top teams find it tough to repeat as elite
• Mahan shares first-round lead at Pebble Beach
• M’s, Hernandez near $175M deal
• Prep Scoreboard
• Sports in Brief
• Summit squad to compete at state
• Three Lava Bears join Idaho women’s program

OBITS

• Betty Joan Kregar
• David J. Gordon
• Death notices
• Deaths Elsewhere
• Dr. Thomas Jerry Pop Walker
• Gwen Roth
• Jernstedt was veteran, businessman, state official
• Lloyd C. “Mack” McAdams

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Betty Joan Kregar
• David J. Gordon
• Death notices
• Dr. Thomas Jerry Pop Walker
• Gwen Roth
• Lloyd C. “Mack” McAdams

NATION & WORLD

• Blocking a protein may ease depression
• Earth-like planet nearby, in cosmic sense
• Iran claims video is from U.S. drone
• Iran rejects U.S. talks
• Meet our common ancestor
• Military arms, tactics helped rescue hostage
• Panetta: Pentagon backed sending arms to Syrian rebels
• Partial win for Wyden on targetedkillings
• Payroll tax puts pinch on low-paid
• Police hunt ex-cop after 3 shot dead
• Preparing for the storm
• Some drivers take too much license on vanity plates
• World Briefing

FEATURES

• AARP volunteers offer free tax services
• Activities Calendar
• Boomers set the tone in travel
• Builders hope to lure boomers, seniors as home values rebound
• Crates can be helpful to dogs
• Dating Coach: Why men are turned off by drama
• Last wish
• Latest and greatest of toys
• Monty the cat rewards with love
• Pets Calendar
• Puppy classes help new owners
• Recent mommy wants to love you
• Suicide rates high among older vets

ENTERTAINMENT

• A lesson in Irish culture
• Activities Calendar
• Art Exhibits
• Bass Love for Valentine’s Day
• Behold beauty
• Breathtaking but fairly basic
• Event calendar Feb. 8-14
• Family Calendar
• Folk, country collide in Tom VandenAvond
• Food scene news
• Juried art competition seeks participants
• Life after football?
• McMenamins hosts You Me & Apollo
• Mini Pole Pedal Paddle logo needs young artists
• Music releases
• Out of town
• Parents’ guide to movies
• Planning ahead
• Second-season premiere of ‘Touch’: Jack is back?
• Sibling revelry
• Simple creativity
• Story Times and library youth events
• Sunshine melodies
• The playful side of folk
• The Sublime is strong in these ones
• Upcoming Concerts
• Volcanic Theatre Pub starts auditions
• Who’s ready for an Oscar Marathon?

RESTAURANTS

• Sibling revelry

OPINION

• Boy Scouts duck a complicated situation, but at what cost?
• New Mirror Pond attraction could be Bend’s gold mine
• Use PERS legal opinions to craft best proposals