March 17, 2013

LOCAL & STATE

• Around the State
• Births
• Clarification
• Collins—Levin
• CPAC wrap-up: What Republicans said, and what it means
• Crescent compost project is held up
• Debris on Northwest beaches is an eerie reminder of tsunami
• Deeds
• Estate plans for pets
• Estate tax is Knopp target
• Eugene homeless try living in experimental shelters
• Folkestad—Senior
• Group seeks educators
• Houston
• Jay
• Land use extensions face review
• Large California winemaker buys land for vineyards in Willamette Valley
• Lawsuit over revoked job offer can move forward, Oregon Supreme Court says
• Make-A-Wish raises $30,000
• Nevada reaches deal with wild horse advocates

BUSINESS

• An active economy
• Buy it for the electronics
• Deeds
• DeVille’s problem may not require a new transmission
• Enhance your texting with colorful ‘stickers’
• Ethanol’s days of promise are fading
• Fuel injectors probably aren’t to blame for rough-running truck
• Land use extensions face review
• The plight of the potato
• U.S.’ natural gas glut fuels debate over exporting

SPORTS

• Aldridge scores 31 as Blazers defeat Pistons
• American Shiffrin wins season title
• Bend High splits with TDW
• Canadiens beat Devils for fifth straight win
• Community Sports Calendar
• Cougs lose two to Olys
• Doubles teams help lead Cougars over White Buffs
• Hitting the snowy trail
• Ligety wins 6th GS of season
• Louisville wins Big East
• NCAAs next stop for Ducks
• New Falcon Jackson flirted with retiring
• On the Air
• Prep Scoreboard
• Sports in Brief
• Three top leaderboard at Tampa Bay
• Winner picked for Mini PPP logo

OBITS

• Daniel Eilers
• Death notices
• Deaths Elsewhere
• Gardner was popular governor of Washington state for 8 years
• Joseph Edward Vaughn
• Margie Louise Howarth
• Mary Lou (Long) Henson
• Paul “Loran” Levings
• Renee Viola Peterson

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Daniel Eilers
• Death notices
• Joseph Edward Vaughn
• Margie Louise Howarth
• Mary Lou (Long) Henson
• Paul “Loran” Levings
• Renee Viola Peterson

NATION & WORLD

• Comcast, networks plan a TV binge week
• Ethanol’s days of promise are fading
• Gardner was popular governor of Washington state for 8 years
• Milestone in Pakistan: No coup
• Obama will visit Israel and Jordan - but Syria looms
• One sinkhole killed, but there’s no need to panic, experts say
• Palin strikes back — the rest is complicated
• Raisin case going to high court
• Richer or poorer, who lives older?
• The plight of the potato
• Today
• U.S. cancels Europe missile defense plan
• Washington Week
• With pricey classes, creative education pays off for startups
• Without a trial
• World Briefing
• 30 years of GOP unity on foreign policy slips

FEATURES

• Covering many miles for olives and Malbec
• Estate plans for pets
• Group seeks educators
• Indian weddings, Southern California style
• Make-A-Wish raises $30,000
• Number of homesteaders near Bend increasing in 1913
• Richer or poorer, who lives older?
• Southern California beach communities beckon
• Today
• Top 5 hotels you don’t need to leave

ENTERTAINMENT

• A modern Western based on a true story
• A monster up close
• Best-sellers
• Book highlights for spring
• Comcast, networks plan a TV binge week
• Dance of the Irish
• Kim Fowley’s memoir is weird
• Number of homesteaders near Bend increasing in 1913
• Poet Louise Glück embraces genuinely simple speech
• Web of relationships is novel’s appealing focus

OPINION

• A different way to cut costs
• 'Affirmative action' to 'diversity'
• Bend should try performance pay
• Don’t remove warning on ballot envelopes
• Enough is enough
• Estate plans for pets
• Five years later, there is little improvement to show
• How the church recovers
• Hurray for WaterWatch
• Obama’s low-stakes trip to Israel
• Preserve Mirror Pond
• Why we need to raise the minimum wage
• Why we shouldn’t raise the minimum wage
• Without a trial