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AFGHANISTAN

What is missing from the strategy review?

By Erin Golden The Bulletin

By Jonathan S. Landay McClatchy-Tribune News Service

WASHINGTON — The Afghanistan strategic review that President Barack Obama unveiled Thursday focuses on what progress the United States has made in three distinct A N A L Y S I S areas: defeating al-Qaida, winning the support of Pakistan in its fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban, and pushing back against what had been spreading Taliban control in Afghanistan.

The five-page public summary claims fragile progress in each area, but is notably lacking in details to back up the assertions.

Here’s an examination of some of the review’s key claims:

Al-Qaida “There has been significant progress in disrupting and dismantling the Pakistan-based leadership and cadre of al-Qaida over the past year. Al-Qaida’s senior leadership has been depleted, the group’s safe haven is smaller and less secure, and its ability to prepare and conduct terrorist operations has been degraded in important ways.”

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Wildlife biologists with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife released 20 sheep near the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument this month.

ODFW reintroduces 20 bighorn sheep to Central Oregon

By Kate Ramsayer The Bulletin

When 20 bighorn sheep bounded off to the cliffs near the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument earlier this month, they were the first of their kind at that site in more than a century.

The release, as well as one at the Cottonwood Canyon State Park along the John Day River, is part of an ongoing effort to restore the native species of sheep to Oregon, said Don Whittaker, ungulate coordinator for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

After bighorn sheep died off in the early 1900s, because of hunting, diseases caught from domestic livestock and more, the state started trying to reintroduce the wild sheep in the 1950s. And while between 3,200 and 3,600 bighorn sheep now live in Oregon’s rocky areas, the state wildlife department is working to establish healthy populations in potential sheep habitat.

“The John Day River is excellent sheep habitat for most of its course, and it’s got a lot of sheep in the river system, he said.

“But sheep are not necessarily good pioneers ... so what we tend to do is help them in their range expansion.”

The remote location, climbable cliffs, and abundance of grasses and vegetation to munch on make the John Day Fossil Beds area prime bighorn sheep habitat, said Paul Ollig, chief of interpretation for the national monument in Eastern Oregon.

“The area in the John Day River Valley, next to the Sheep Rock Unit in the fossil beds, is probably some of the best sheep habitat in the entire state,” Ollig said.

And the wild sheep were in the area be-

Bighorn sheep were native to Oregon, but died off in the early 1900s because of hunting and disease. Now more than 3,000 sheep live in the state, and wildlife managers are relocating some to expand the population’s range. fore European settlement of the area, he said, noting that there are petroglyphs of bighorn sheep in Picture Gorge, along the John Day south of Kimberly.

“It’s a species that belongs here, that has always been here. And it’s just recently that

they have been absent,” Ollig said.

The sheep were released on Bureau of Land Management land, adjacent to the national monument. But Ollig said he hopes that the herd will venture into the monument as well — and possibly be visible to visitors in the years to come.

“Our hope is that as these 20 sheep acclimate to their new home, the herd will increase in size and they’ll disperse through the area,” he said.

The Park Service is interested in bringing animal populations back to areas where people have previously wiped them out, said Jim Hammett, superintendent of the Fossil Beds. But the project to bring back the bighorn sheep isn’t something that the monument could have done on its own, he said.

“We are a small enough national monument that we couldn’t pull this off by ourselves, he said.

The state Fish and Wildlife Department traps, transports and releases between 20 and 80 sheep each year, at a cost of about $1,200 to $1,500 an animal, Whittaker said.

The funds for the state’s bighorn sheep program come largely from the auction and raffle of two hunting tags, he said. This year, a hunter paid $110,000 for a tag at the auction, and a raffle for another tag raised $63,000. Between 90 and 110 other tags are offered each year, he said, noting that they are very difficult tags for hunters to draw.

Although Fish and Wildlife has now moved sheep into much of the prime bighorn habitat in the state, the state agency will likely continue expanding the range and supplementing smaller herds with additional animals, he said.

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The three people found shot in a northwest Bend home on Wednesday evening were a 39year-old woman and her two children, police said on Thursday.

At about 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, 37-year-old Chuck Still came home from work and discovered that his wife, Julie Angela Still, their 5-year-old daughter, Gracie, and 2-year-old son, Grant, had been shot. When police and medics arrived a short time later, they found that the mother and daughter had died of their injuries. Grant, still alive, was taken by ambulance to St. Charles Bend and later flown by Air Link to Oregon Health & Science University.

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Obama mulls pay freeze exemption for air-traffic controllers

By John Hughes Bloomberg News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama may exempt airtraffic controllers, among the highest-paid workers in government, from his proposed federal pay freeze because their wages are covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

The 15,677 controllers, who earn an average of $136,000 a year, received 3 percent annual raises in base pay under a threeyear contract negotiated last year with the Federal Aviation Administration. The agreement reversed cuts imposed during President George W. Bush’s administration.

Controllers are atypical among federal workers because they bargain with their agency over pay.

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Spiders, snakes? Brain-damaged woman knows no fear

By Malcolm Ritter The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Meet SM, a 44year-old woman who literally knows no fear.

She’s not afraid to handle snakes.

She’s not afraid of the “The Blair Witch Project,” “The Shining” or “Arachnophobia.” When she visited a haunted house, it was a monster who was afraid of her.

SM isn’t some cold-blooded psychopath or a hero with a tight rein on her emotions. She’s an ordinary mother of three with a specific psychological impairment, the result of a very rare genetic disease that damaged a brain structure

called the amygdala.

Her case shows that the amygdala plays a key role in making people feel afraid in threatening situations, researchers say.

Her life history also shows that living without fear can be dangerous, they said.

Confidentiality policy A study of her fearlessness was published online Thursday in the journal Current Biology by University of Iowa researcher Justin Feinstein and colleagues. As is typical, the paper identifies her only as “SM.” Feinstein declined to make

SM available for an interview with The Associated Press, citing laboratory policy about confidentiality.

An expert unconnected with the study cautioned against drawing conclusions about the amygdala, noting that her own work with a similarly brain-damaged woman found no such impairment. But another expert said the new finding made sense.

SM has been studied for more than 20 years, and many papers have been published about her fear-related abnormalities. She has trouble recognizing fear in facial expressions, for example.

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A brain scan provided by the University of Iowa Department of Neurology shows an MRI scan of patient SM’s brain. The arrows point to the amygdala, the region of the brain which SM is missing, as shown by the vacant black holes underneath the arrows.

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Alzheimer’s researchers are obsessed with a small, sticky protein fragment, beta amyloid, that clumps into barnacle-like balls in the brains of patients with this degenerative neurological disease.

It is a normal protein. Everyone’s brain makes it. But the problem in Alzheimer’s is that it starts to accumulate into balls — plaques. The first sign the disease is developing — before there are any symptoms — is a buildup of amyloid. And for years, it seemed, the problem in Alzheimer’s was that brain cells were making too much of it.

It turns out that most people with Alzheimer’s seem to make normal amounts of amyloid. They just can’t get rid of it. It’s like an overflowing sink caused by a clogged drain instead of a faucet that does not turn off.

That discovery is part of a wave of unexpected findings that are enriching scientists’ views of the genesis of Alzheimer’s disease.

In some cases, like the story of amyloid disposal, the work points to new ways to understand and attack the disease. If researchers could find a way to speed up disposal, perhaps they could slow down or halt the disease.

Researchers have also found that amyloid, in its normal small amounts, seems to have a purpose in the brain — it may be acting like a circuit breaker to prevent nerve firing from getting out of control.

But too much amyloid can shut down nerves, eventually leading to cell death. That means that if amyloid levels were reduced early in the disease, when excess amyloid is stunning nerve cells but has not yet killed them, the damage might be reversed.

Yet another line of research involves the brain’s default network: a system of cells that is always turned on at some level. It includes the hippocampus, the brain’s memory center, but also other areas, and is the brain’s mind-wandering mode — the part that is active when, for instance, you’re driving in your car and you start thinking about what you will make for dinner. That brain system, scientists find, is exactly the network that is attacked by Alzheimer’s, and protecting it in some way might help keep the brain healthier longer.

Dilip Vishwanat / for New York Times News Service

Dr. Randy Bateman, left, and Dr. David Holtzman, a neurology professor, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. A surprising new study finds most people with Alzheimer’s seem to make perfectly normal amounts of amyloid, but they just can’t get rid of it.

make beta amyloid.

The infused leucine would be modified with a form of carbon that did not affect its function or safety but that made it easy to detect newly made amyloid as it was flushed out into the spinal fluid.

And since he knew how much leucine he gave people, he could measure how much amyloid they made and then see how fast it was drained.

When the study began, Bateman was his own first subject. He then did the test on people in their 30s and 40s, as well as healthy older people and people with Alzheimer’s.

He finally completed the study, getting his answer in seven years.

The problem in Alzheimer’s, he found, is disposal. Beta amyloid, he found, normally is disposed of within eight hours, half the beta amyloid in the brain has been washed away, replaced by new beta amyloid.

30 percent slower With Alzheimer’s disease, Bateman discovered, beta amyloid is made at a normal rate, but it hangs around, draining at a rate 30 percent slower than in healthy people the same age. And healthy older people, in turn, clear the substance from their brains more slowly than healthy younger people.

That means that it might be possible to attack Alzheimer’s not just by getting rid of beta amyloid but also by speeding its disposal.

And, he says, there is a clear message in his results.

For years, Alzheimer’s researchers wondered if the brain used small molecules of beta amyloid or if those fragments, produced when a larger protein is snipped, were more like scraps of fabric, serving no purpose and just getting in the way.

Now, some say they may have an answer. Beta amyloid, in small quantities, seems to control signaling between nerve cells, reducing the strength of signals when they are too strong. But when it accumulates, the brain can have too much of a good thing. Nerve impulses can be stopped dead, nerves can die, and the disease can take hold, according to this idea.

Amyloid clumps The damage comes in if there are too many clumps of beta amyloid in the brain. When that happens, the signals between nerve cells are reduced too much, effectively stopping communication.

“Too much of a good thing is bad,” says Dr. Dennis Selkoe, a professor of neurologic diseases at Harvard Medical School. Still, treatment at that point, before the nerves are dying, might reverse the disease.

There may be another way to protect nerves from too much beta amyloid, and it involves a different protein linked to Alzheimer’s. Problems with it show up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients later, after there has already been a buildup of beta amyloid.

The protein is tau, an integral part of normal cells. It becomes

tangled and twisted in Alzheimer’s, after cells are already dying, looking like strands of tangled spaghetti. For decades researchers have argued about whether those distorted tau molecules were a cause or an effect of nerve cell death. Now, they believe they may have an answer, which is spurring the search for drugs to salvage tau and protect the brain from beta amyloid.

Early detection crucial In order to treat Alzheimer’s before it is too late, scientists now believe they have to detect it much earlier, before there are symptoms. To do that, they have developed several new methods, including brain scans that can show amyloid plaques in living patients.

And for Dr. Marcus Raichle, a neurologist at Washington University, what the scans showed was a revelation.

“I was absolutely struck by where this stuff was accumulating in the brain,” he said.

Amyloid was in exactly the areas he was studying, the default network. It is used not only in daydreaming but in memory and in the sense of self. For example, if a man is shown a list of adjectives — honest, kind, thoughtful — and asked if they reflect the way he thinks of himself, the man will use his default network.

“It seems to be a target of Alzheimer’s disease, which I found stunning,” Raichle said.

The entire default network, and only the default network, was under attack.

The default network is costly for the brain to run, using huge amounts of glucose, Raichle said.

And one indication that a person is getting Alzheimer’s is that in scans, the brain’s glucose use is markedly lower. The observation that Alzheimer’s attacks the default network, then, explains the observation that a low use of glucose by the brain is associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

“The default network has a unique metabolic profile,” Raichle said. “That opens up a whole set of biological questions about how these synapses are operating.”

“Why does Alzheimer’s attack that region?” he asked. “The simple answer is, we don’t know.”

Meanwhile, Holtzman was doing a different sort of experiment that turned out to bear directly on what Raichle was finding.

He found a way to measure amyloid levels in the brains of living mice. He would drill a small hole in each one’s skull and insert a probe that allowed beta amyloid to be collected.

Holtzman kept the probes in while the animals were eating and running around their cages and when they were sleeping.

Beta amyloid synthesis increased when they were awake, when the default network is most active, and decreased when they slept.

His colleagues, Dr. David Brody at Washington University and Dr. Sandra Magnoni of Milan University, then devised an experiment in people. Their subjects were in comas after head trauma or strokes. Often, doctors drill a small hole in these patients’ skulls and insert a catheter to monitor fluids in the brain. Brody and Magnoni asked if they could also measure beta amyloid.

Another question is whether, as observations have suggested, people with more education are less prone to develop Alzheimer’s disease. Holtzman’s hypothesis is that education, by encouraging more deliberate problem-solving and thought, decreases the activity of the default network, which is not highly engaged with such focused activity.

At this point, with so many threads of research pointing to so many ideas about Alzheimer’s, everything is a target for treatments to prevent or slow the disease — enhancing the brain’s beta amyloid disposal system.

But researchers say the best hope for the immediate future is with experimental drugs, now being tested, that slow beta amyloid production. The hope is that if the flow of amyloid into the brain is slowed, levels can go down even if the amyloid drain is slightly clogged. The drugs might work even if the problem is with the drain, not the faucet.

A key question When Dr. Randall Bateman first tried to get funds for an effort to answer a sort of chicken-andegg question about Alzheimer’s, some grant reviewers turned him down, saying they doubted it would work. But they were wrong.

He got his answer, although it took much longer than he expected, and his paper describing his results was just published online

by Science.

The question came to him in 2003, when he was a neurology resident. One day he was sitting in the hospital cafeteria at Washington University in St. Louis, taking advantage of free soup and rolls.

Dr. David Holtzman, a neurology professor, joined him, and the two began to talk about the puzzle of Alzheimer’s. Why, Bateman wondered, did beta amyloid build up in patients’ brains? Were people making too much? Or were they unable to dispose of what they made?

Great question, Holtzman replied, but what kind of test could you do to answer it?

Bateman pondered the issue for a year and finally figured out a method. It would not be easy — study subjects would have to sit around for 36 hours with a catheter in their spinal column collecting cerebrospinal fluid. “I said, ‘I think I can probably develop and do this in about six months,’” he told Holtzman.

Holtzman had his doubts.

“I thought his idea could work conceptually, but for everything to work just right in a human being was a long shot,” he said.

Bateman’s plan was to put a catheter into a person’s vein and infuse an ingredient, the amino acid leucine, that cells need to

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T S Afghan review finds some fragile progress

By Alissa J. Rubin New York Times News Service

KABUL, Afghanistan — The White House report on Afghan strategy released Thursday was notable as much for what it did not say as for what it did.

It reports some real military gains but acknowledges that they remain fragile and that NATO troops will need more time to achieve their goals. However, that progress has come only by adding more troops in key areas, and the fierce debate to come will be over whether any troops can be subtracted without undermining that progress.

Already, parts of the country with fewer troops are showing a deterioration of security, and the gains that have been made were hard won, coming at the cost of a third more casualties among NATO forces this year.

Then there are the starkly different timelines being used in Washington and on the ground.

President Barack Obama is on a political timetable, needing to assure a restless public and his political base that a withdrawal is on track for his deadline of next summer and that he can show measurable success before the

next election cycle.

Afghanistan, and the U.S. military, are running on a different clock, based on more intractable realities. Some of the most stubborn and important scourges they face — ineffectual governance, deep-rooted corruption and the lack of a functioning judicial system — the report barely glanced at.

‘2010 was supposed to be a year of change’ “We have metrics that show increased progress,” said a Western diplomat in Kabul. “But those positives are extremely fragile because we haven’t done enough about governance, about corruption. 2010 was supposed to be a year of change, but it has not changed as much as we hoped.”

In governance, improvement was spotty at best. NATO commanders still fight tooth and nail with Afghan officials in Kabul to remove corrupt district governors or to retain honest ones. Often they fail. The same goes for police chiefs and other law enforcement.

A fundamental conundrum, unmentioned in the report, is that the United States and its NATO

allies constantly speak of Karzai and his government as an ally and a partner, and try to shore up his image as the leader of his people. Yet many Afghans view his government as a cabal of strongmen, who enrich themselves and their families at the expense of the country.

A recent U.S. military focus on blacklisting Afghan contractors who officials believe are paying bribes is an important change that could put the United States on the side of more respected actors rather than those viewed as swindlers, several military experts said.

Taken together, the lack of justice remains a major recruiting tool for the Taliban. And, according to a report released this week

by Chatham House, a British research institute, corruption is “also implicated in the increasing spread of the insurgency outside its southern Pashtun base.”

The elephant in the room is that whatever the trajectory of the war, the Afghan government does not envision a defeat of the Taliban but a negotiated peace. Unmentioned in the report is what the Americans might be looking for in such a deal and what they are willing to do to bring that peace.

NATO FUEL TRUCKS TARGETED BY BOMB IN AFGHANISTAN An Afghan soldier stands guard near a burnt-out tanker that was carrying NATO fuel east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday.

Officials said they believed a bomb had gone off inside or near the truck, sparking the fire. Two suspects have been arrested. No one was injured, he said.

Rahmat Gul The Associated Press

Review Continued from A1 The report provides no specifics on how many al-Qaida leaders have been killed or captured or at what levels, and makes no mention of the refuge that al-Qaida leaders now reportedly have in Karachi, Pakistan’s teeming main port and financial capital.

Osama bin Laden and his second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, remain alive and are able to issue taped pronouncements.

More importantly, al-Qaida affiliates and allies in other parts of the world remain serious threats and are becoming more sophisticated, something the report acknowledges. These include the Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and al-Shabab, the hard-line Islamic militia in Somalia.

Nuclear weapons “Pakistan and Afghanistan continue to be the operational base for the group that attacked us (on Sept. 11, 2001). The presence of nuclear weapons in the region also lends to its distinct status, highlighting the importance of working with regional partners to prevent extremists, including core al-Qaida, from acquiring such weapons or materials.”

Contrary to its public statements of confidence in the security of Pakistan’s nuclear facilities and warheads, this passage shows that the United States remains concerned that Islamic extremists or their sympathizers within the Pakistani security forces could gain access to a weapon or materials with which to make a dirty bomb.

The Taliban “The momentum achieved by

the Taliban in recent years has been arrested in much of the country and reversed in some key areas, although these gains remain fragile and reversible.”

The report makes no reference to the expansion of the Talibanled insurgency into areas of northern, western and central Afghanistan as U.S.-led offensives have intensified against the militant Islamist group’s strongholds in southern Afghanistan and the Taliban-allied Haqqani network’s stronghold in eastern Afghanistan.

Moreover, there’s no mention of the intensified Taliban campaign of assassinations, bombings and other attacks on local officials, international and Afghan aid organizations, and government sympathizers.

Afghan government “We are also supporting Afghanistan’s efforts to better improve national and subnational governance, and to build institutions with increased transparency and accountability to reduce corruption — key steps in sustaining the Afghan government.”

This statement minimizes the extent of the rampant corruption infecting the Afghan government, from the presidential palace down to district administrations. There’s no mention in the report of the political corruption that’s marred elections two years in a row and that experts say is leading ordinary Afghans to lose faith in their nascent democracy.

Afghan military “The Afghan Ministries of Defense and Interior, with help from the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan, have exceeded ANSF growth targets, implemented an expanded array of

programs to improve the quality and institutional capacity of the ANSF, and sharply improved their training effectiveness.”

This statement about the ANSF, or the Afghan National Security Forces, overlooks huge problems that go unmentioned in the report. Units are afflicted by high desertion rates and drug abuse, and a majority of ordinary soldiers and police officers are illiterate. The local police remain especially problematic, riddled with corruption and widely hated by ordinary Afghans.

Pakistan strategy “In Pakistan, we are laying the foundation for a strategic partnership based on mutual respect and trust, through increased dialogue, improved cooperation and enhanced exchange and assistance programs.”

The review glosses over or omits any recitation of the serious problems that continue to bedevil the relationship between the United States and Pakistan, and undermine U.S.-led efforts to stabilize Afghanistan.

These include the Pakistani military’s refusal to pursue top leaders of the Taliban, who are based in the western Pakistani city of Quetta, and the Haqqani network, an al-Qaida-allied extremist network based in the tribal area that’s committed some of the worst attacks in Kabul and operates in eastern Afghanistan.

Moreover, there’s no reference to what U.S. officials and military commanders think is ongoing covert support for the Afghan insurgents and antiIndian terrorist groups by elements of Pakistan’s powerful Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, the country’s premier spy agency and a close partner of the CIA.

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The Kennedy era in the Capitol ends next year

By Abby Goodnough New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — Nightfall on the Kennedy era in Washington looks like this: Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy’s office space surrendered to a Republican, his family memorabilia in boxes, and Kennedy yearning for a role away from the public eye.

When the lame-duck session of Congress wraps up, Kennedy, 43, will return to Rhode Island, settling into his recently renovated farmhouse in Portsmouth. When his eighth term ends early next month, it will be the first time since 1947 — when John F. Kennedy became a congressman from Massachusetts — that no member of his family will hold a federal office.

With Kennedy’s father, Sen. Edward Kennedy, dead for more than a year now and no one else in the family voicing plans to run for office, Capitol Hill will be left with ghosts and memories. The only politician left among them is Bobby Shriver, whose mayoral term in Santa Monica, Calif., just ended but who still serves on the City Council there.

“This is a family that once had the presidency and two

Controllers Continued from A1 Obama faces a choice between upsetting controllers with a freeze or other federal workers by creating an exemption, said William Swelbar, a research engineer at MIT. “I would be incredibly surprised if this president didn’t abide by a collective-bargaining agreement,” he said.

Obama proposed a two-year pay freeze for about 2 million federal workers on Nov. 29 to save about $60 billion over a decade and help rein in the budget deficit. The House approved the plan on Dec. 8, and it is pending

“My family legacy was never just about government service. It was about giving back, and the branding of President Kennedy’s call for Americans to give back to their country.”

— Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, D-R.I. Senate seats, and they’re now down to the mayor of Santa Monica,” said Darrell West, a Brookings Institution scholar.

“It’s a pretty dramatic fall, and it’s symbolic of the decline of liberalism.”

In an interview here last week, Kennedy seemed caught between two urges: to disappear into a quiet life, and to keep trying, as a private citizen, to fill what he called the enormous shoes — “too big to ever imagine,” he said — of his father and uncles.

“My family legacy was never just about government service,” said Kennedy, who talk-

in the Senate.

Doug Church, a spokesman for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association union, declined to comment. Laura Brown, an FAA spokeswoman, referred questions to the Office of Management and Budget.

Whether the freeze applies to employees covered by collective-bargaining agreements “will be addressed” in a presidential directive after Congress acts on the plan, Moira Mack, an OMB spokeswoman, wrote in an e-mail.

Exempting controllers would maintain goodwill Obama won from workers with the contract, which the FAA estimated would

ed for more than two hours in an empty room at the Cannon House Office Building, where John F. Kennedy also worked as a House member from 1947 to 1953. “It was about giving back, and the branding of President Kennedy’s call for Americans to give back to their country.”

Kennedy was 21 when he was elected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 1988, winning on his name alone. He never considered a life outside politics, he said, because he was so intent on emulating his father.

But he always struggled in the legislative shadow of one of the most influential senators in history. The younger Kennedy had his own signature achievement with a 2008 law that requires equal insurance coverage for treatment of mental and physical illness, and he became a strong proponent of removing U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

In recent months, he has advocated more research and treatment for veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries.

Still, he was as well known for his family name and brushes with addiction as for his legislative work.

cost $669 million. The Bush administration had imposed controller pay cuts in 2006 “bordering on the unconscionable” and spawning “hostility and distrust,” according to a panel Obama tasked with setting pay rates.

Certified controllers, excluding trainees, were paid an average of $136,000 in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the contract’s first year, according to the FAA. The amount excludes benefits and includes overtime pay, incentives and other sorts of extra compensation, according to the agency.

While controllers are the largest FAA work group, they aren’t the only one that bargains col-

Fearless Continued from A1 In another experiment, published in 1995, she was blasted with a loud horn every time she saw a blue-colored square appear on a screen. Despite the repeated blasting horn, she never developed the fear an ordinary person would feel when seeing the blue square.

Other research shows SM scores normally on tests of intelligence, memory and language, and she experiences emotions other than fear. She lives independently.

SM recalls being afraid as a child, like the time she was cornered by a snarling Doberman pinscher. But maybe that was before her disease wiped out the amygdala in both the left and right sides of her brain, the researchers say.

freaked the guy out,” Feinstein said.

But it also got her into that situation in the first place, he noted.

SM had willingly approached the man when he asked her to, even though it was late at night and she was alone, and even though she thought he looked “drugged out.”

The drawbacks

with five women, all strangers, who regularly responded with “loud screams of fright,” the paper reports.

From the outset, SM led the way, often calling, “This way guys, follow me!” Not only did the “monsters” fail in their attempts to scare her, but she eagerly approached them. She startled one of the masked performers with a poke to the head because she was “curious” what it would feel like.

She considered the haunted house to be “highly exciting and entertaining,” like the rush she gets from a roller coaster, Feinstein said. But her fear ratings?

Zero.

She apparently hasn’t felt fear as an adult, not even 15 years ago in an incident described by the researchers. A man jumped up from a park bench, pressed a knife to her throat and hissed, “I’m going to cut you.”

SM, who heard a church choir practicing in the distance, looked coolly at him and replied, “If you’re going to kill me, you’re going to have to go through my God’s angels first.”

The man suddenly let her go.

She didn’t run home. She walked.

“Her lack of fear may have

SM has also walked into other dangerous situations because of her lack of fear, and all in all, it’s remarkable she’s still alive, Feinstein said.

For their report in the journal, researchers exposed her to scary situations — snakes, scenes from horror movies and the haunted house. They observed her behavior and asked her to rate her fear levels.

Although she had said she hated snakes and spiders and tries to avoid them, that’s not what happened at a pet store. She eagerly held a snake for more than three minutes, rubbing its scales and touching its flicking tongue.

And she wanted to touch some of the store’s more dangerous and bigger snakes, even after an employee warned her about the danger. She had to be stopped from touching a tarantula.

“This is so cool!” she exclaimed about the snake experience.

When asked to rate her fear from zero to 10 during the pet shop visit, she never went higher than a minimal 2.

Researchers also took her to a haunted house. She and the research team walked through

Liz Phelps of New York University, who studies the brain and emotion, said she found no sign of such fearlessness in a woman with the same kind of brain damage in a study several years ago. That woman reported feeling fear in her daily life just as much as healthy people did, Phelps said.

Perhaps the explanation is differences in the level of brain development when the amygdala damage occurred, she suggested.

David Amaral, a University of California, Davis, psychiatry professor who has studied how this type of brain damage affects fear in monkeys, said the new study “confirms something we’ve pretty much known for a long time ... The amygdala is a danger detector.”

lectively. About three-fourths of the FAA’s almost 48,500 workers are represented by 41 bargaining units, according to the agency Administrator’s Fact Book of March 2010.

Controllers bargain with the FAA over wages under a 1996 law intended to blunt calls for privatizing the agency and to let it operate more like a business, said Sam Whitehorn, former Democratic general counsel for the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.

That law may prevent Obama from applying the freeze to controllers, said Whitehorn, executive vice president with McBee Strategic Consulting in Wash-

ington. “Politically, he would be hard-pressed not to apply” the freeze, unless the law forbids it, he said. Congress could act to freeze workers’ pay if Obama doesn’t, he said.

Obama “absolutely should not” exempt controllers, said Jerry Glass, president of F&H Solutions Group, a labor relations consulting firm in Washington.

“You’d be hard pressed to be able to say that any one group has more of a legitimate reason to be exempt from the pay freeze than anybody else.”

Bush’s FAA administrator, Marion Blakey, cut pay 30 percent for new hires in 2006, aiming to save $1.9 billion over five

years. She said she was trying to rein in wages that had become excessive under “a bad deal” that President Bill Clinton’s administration reached with controllers in 1998.

The biggest pay increases under the new contract, now in its second year, were for new controllers. A worker hired Oct. 1, 2009, would earn $112,303 in the third year, 32 percent more than the $84,945 under the Bush plan, the FAA said in 2009.

With expected overtime and other types of pay accounted for, controller pay increases would be 4 percent in the contract’s second and third years, the FAA said last year.

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Congress nears approval of tax bill

By David M. Herszenhorn New York Times News Service

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An Oregon State Forensics truck and Bend Police Department vehicle and officer sit outside the house on Fresca Street in northwest Bend on Thursday, where a triple shooting occurred on Wednesday.

Shootings Continued from A1 He was listed in serious condition on Thursday evening.

Lt. Ben Gregory of the Bend Police Department said investigators are not prepared to label the incident as a murder-suicide, but added that officials believe no one else was involved in the shootings, and the community is not at risk.

“It’s too early for us,” Gregory said. “We’re not looking at just any one thing, we’re looking at all the information available to us.”

No arrests have been made in the case.

Detectives remained at the house on Fresca Street in northwest Bend through the night and were on scene with an Oregon State Police forensics team on Thursday. They recovered a gun from the home, but Gregory said additional tests are needed before officials can confirm it was the weapon used in the shootings.

Police interviewed Chuck Still before he traveled to Portland to be with his son, Gregory said.

Now, investigators are continuing to interview people who know the family and waiting for the results of autopsies, scheduled for today at the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office in Clackamas.

and her husband had wanted to have kids,” Hunt recalled. “She ended up getting pregnant and was really, really excited about that.”

Neighbors said Julie was currently a stay-at-home mom.

Chuck Still has worked as a route driver at Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Bend for more than eight years, said Andy Moore, the company’s president.

A difficult day

WASHINGTON — Congress moved toward final approval Thursday of an $801 billion package of tax cuts and $57 billion for extended unemployment insurance as the first major deal negotiated between President Barack Obama and ascendant Republican congressional leaders headed for its last hurdles on the House floor.

As the House began to take up the tax deal, it hit a procedural snag. Liberal Democrats skirmished with party leaders over a proposed vote on an amendment to tax more wealthy estates and at a higher rate than was included in a provision agreed to by the Obama administration.

The liberals complained that party leaders had structured the debate so that they could not vote in favor of the amendment

Erin Golden can be reached at 541-617-7837 or at egolden@bendbulletin.com.

— Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y. to the estate tax provision without also voting in favor of the entire package.

Terms of debate

By Thursday evening, however, an accommodation had been reached and floor action resumed. In a key test, the House voted 214-201 to approve the new terms of debate.

The bill extends for two years all of the income tax cuts enacted under Bush and provides a one-year payroll tax cut for most U.S. workers, delivering what

The Philadelphia Inquirer

PHILADELPHIA — Everyone kept a straight face in U.S. District Court on Thursday as a judge heard arguments about whether “boobies” is a vulgar word — or at least a double entendre — and therefore can be banned by middle school administrators.

The lawsuit was filed after the Easton, Pa., School District forbade the wearing of “I ™ Boobies” bracelets and suspended two eighth-grade girls who refused to remove them.

The incident occurred on Oct. 28, Breast Cancer Awareness Day, which the school district endorsed and participated in — just not with the “boobies bracelets” that are popular among teenage girls. The bracelet sales fund a nonprofit group that educates young women about breast cancer.

In court, the students testified that the word is not offensive when used in the context of breast cancer, and that banning the bracelets violated their right to free speech.

The school district said other students might consider the word vulgar, and girls wearing the bracelet could encourage bad behavior by their male classmates.

Harassment concern “They can be very offensive to someone who walks up and says, ‘I love your boobies,’” said Angela DiVeitro, the principal of Easton Area Middle School, east of Allentown. “They can view it as sexual harassment, and I have to make sure the kids are not being sexually harassed in my school.” No disturbance connected to the bracelets occurred before they were banned,

‘Horrific tragedy’ “We’re still processing it, looking for evidence or information that would allow us to release a reason for this horrific tragedy,” Gregory said.

Investigators aren’t sure exactly when the shootings occurred.

Neighbors, co-workers and others who knew the family said they were shocked to hear the news of the shootings.

According to county records, Charles Still and Julie Gordon were married in June 2001.

Julie lived in Bend for most of her life, according to a 2004 news release issued when Julie joined the board of the Alyce Hatch Center, which provides services for children with disabilities.

The release notes that she graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in communications and spent several years as the admissions director of the NorthStar Center in Bend.

Carla Hunt, a board member at the Alyce Hatch Center, said Julie only served on the board for a short time — but not because she didn’t want to volunteer her time.

“She really was involved and wanted to stay involved, but she

Bighorns Continued from A1 Moving animals around can also benefit the larger herds, he said, noting that too many wild sheep in an area could have negative consequences.

“When populations do get high, they’re more susceptible to stress and other diseases,” Whittaker said. “Trap, transplant and supplementation provides good things on both sides.”

There’s lots of potential bighorn sheep habitat on cliffs along the John Day River corridor, said Aaron Killgore, John Day Coordinator with the Oregon Natural Desert Association. There is a kind of network of wildernessquality lands, he said, including the Spring Basin, Cathedral Rock and Horse Heaven areas — some of which the Bend-based organization is pushing for wilderness designation.

“All of those areas could form kind of a patchwork corridor,” he said, “where bighorn sheep could be reintroduced along the John Day.” Kate Ramsayer can be reached at 541-617-7811 or at kramsayer@bendbulletin.com.

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economists predict would be a needed lift for the economy.

With the tax debate now scheduled to resume at the height of the 2012 presidential election, some lawmakers say they hope the fiscal landscape can be redrawn and the cycle of lower taxes and higher spending brought to a halt.

Or, as Herbert Stein, the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford put it: “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.”

Recently, 22 senators — 12

Democrats, nine Republicans and one independent — signed on to a resolution pledging to “devise a comprehensive plan for addressing the fiscal concerns of our nation” by focusing on “tax reform, spending restraint and debt and deficit reduction” in 2011.

Social Security cut Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said he feared that the one-year cut in the Social Security payroll tax, to 4.2 percent from 6.2 percent on income up to $106,800, would weaken Social Security because Republicans would insist on the cut being made permanent, and Democrats would relent.

“We know that, politically, once you make that tax cut, it will be impossible to restore it,” Nadler said.

Court hears testimony in ‘I ™ Boobies’ bracelet case

By Nathan Gorenstein

Moore said Thursday was a difficult day for his employees, and noted that the company is doing what it can to support Chuck and his family.

“These are the things you read about in the newspaper — it’s a lot different when it’s someone you know,” Moore said.

On the quiet street where the Stills had lived since last year, yellow crime scene tape was stretched across the driveway.

Neighbor Ken Bent said he’d often seen the family outside, sometimes playing basketball with the neighbors. He said they were kind, generous people who were always willing to pitch in to help others on the block.

“They would always help other people out,” he said.

“We know that, politically, once you make that (Social Security) tax cut, it will be impossible to restore it.”

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she said under questioning.

DiVeitro said she had forbidden other questionable items, including Hooters jerseys and Big Pecker’s Bar & Grill Tshirts from the Ocean City, Md., establishment.

Testifying before Judge Mary McLaughlin, the students described their confrontation with school administrators and discussed whether even the bestintentioned use of “boobies” could prompt a 13-year-old boy to reflect on something other than cancer awareness.

The school district lawyer with the task of quizzing the girls — one 13, the other 12, — was John Freund III.

Any other meaning?

“That phrase, ‘I love boobies,’ do you see any other meaning to that? Say, especially from boys’ perspective?” Freund asked 13-

year-old Brianna Hawk.

“No,” Hawk said.

“Do you think boys would have a natural attraction to girls’ breasts?” Freund asked.

“Yes,” Hawk answered.

“So couldn’t it possibly mean something else?”

“No,” Hawk said. In the context of the bracelet that was not possible, she said.

Kayla Martinez, 12, conceded that some boys encountering the word could respond in a less than mature fashion. But they, she said dismissively, would be boys who “act like they are 2.”

Hawk and Martinez, in the court filing, said they had permission from their parents to wear the rubbery bracelets, even after being told of the ban.

The girls’ parents endorsed the bracelets to raise awareness of breast cancer and considered “boobies” acceptable in that context.

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European court rules against anti-abortion legislation

By Ravi Somaiya New York Times News Service

By Sarah Lyall New York Times News Service

LONDON — Ireland, where it is virtually impossible to obtain a legal abortion, will most likely have to rewrite its laws after a European court ruled Thursday that it had violated its own Constitution by failing to provide abortion services to a pregnant woman who had cancer.

Ireland has one of Europe’s most stringent anti-abortion laws, holding that abortion is illegal in every circumstance except where there is a “real and substantial risk” to the life of the mother. But the court, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, said that in practice the Irish government made it impossible for women to get medical advice or abortions in such cases.

Cancer patient The ruling came in the case of a Lithuanian woman who had a rare form of cancer and was living in Ireland. She went to Britain to have an abortion when she found doctors in Ireland unwilling even to tell her if her health was being jeopardized by her pregnancy.

After finding Ireland at fault for denying the woman an “effective or accessible procedure” to establish her right to a lawful abortion and thus violating her constitutional rights, the court ordered the Irish government to pay her 15,000 euros, about $20,000.

The ruling will probably force the Irish government to enact legislation setting out how and in what circumstances women with life-threatening conditions can get abortions.

The court rebuked Ireland for laws that have a chilling effect on doctors’ ability to counsel patients effectively.

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Rebel soldiers loyal to Ivory Coast opposition leader Alassane Ouattara, the widely recognized winner of an election that millions once hoped would reunite the West African nation, work to attack the government soldiers in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Thursday. Gunfire and explosions shook Ivory Coast’s main city Thursday as supporters and security forces loyal to the two men claiming to be president clashed in the streets, killing at least 15 people and bolstering fears the world’s top cocoa producer is teetering on the edge of another civil war.

Repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ still possible

By Jennifer Steinhauer New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — Left for near dead last week, the effort to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military gained significant momentum Thursday with three more Republican senators agreeing to vote to end the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

On Thursday evening, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., the majority leader, said the Senate would begin voting on the repeal Saturday.

The repeal measure, approved Wednesday by the House, failed when Senate Democrats found themselves unable to break a Republican filibuster last week. Returning quickly with a stand-alone bill seeking repeal, its supporters framed the new measure as a narrow civil rights matter and essentially challenged

opponents to impede a vote.

By Thursday, Sen. Susan Collins, the bill’s one Republican sponsor, had been joined by three other Republican senators — Scott Brown of Massachusetts, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Olympia Snowe of Maine — in supporting the measure. Along with the backing of 54 Democrats and two independents, the Republican support is enough to push the measure to the necessary 60-vote threshold.

Clock the obstacle The bill’s greatest obstacle is no longer votes but the clock. The Senate is still working on other measures, including the New START nonproliferation treaty before adjourning for Christmas, and Republicans have taken many steps to drag out action on those bills.

“All that will stop that repeal is a totally unacceptable refusal to bring our measure up in a timely way,” said Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., who pursued the stand-alone legislation with Collins.

Reid has threatened to reconvene after the holiday to finish remaining business before the new Congress is sworn in Jan. 5. At that time Republicans will have more power in the Senate and will hold the majority in the House.

Two other Democratic priorities — a bill that would provide medical benefits for workers and others exposed to toxic materials at ground zero and an immigration bill that would have an impact on some children — seem doomed. The fact that they have fallen by the wayside could open up time to debate “don’t ask, don’t tell.”

LONDON — Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was released from jail on $315,000 bail Thursday, and he vowed in a defiant speech to continue to release classified documents and to fight extradition to Sweden for questioning about accusations of sexual offenses.

After nine days in Wandsworth Prison, Assange emerged into an explosion of photographers’ flashbulbs and spotlights under the grand arch of the Royal Courts of Justice.

“Well, it’s great to feel the fresh air of London again,” he told a cheering crowd.

He closed his brief statement by saying, “I hope to continue my work and continue protesting my innocence in this matter.”

Assange, looking weary in the dark blue suit and white shirt he has worn through three court appearances over 10 days, left London on Thursday night for Ellingham Hall, a country estate in eastern England, where under the bail conditions he must spend every night and submit to extensive monitoring.

He surrendered to the British authorities Dec. 7 and was denied bail and sent to jail after a judge reviewing a Swedish extradition request found him to be a flight risk.

Swedish prosecutors maintain that the sexual accusations against him are unrelated to the disclosures. Two women have told Swedish prosecutors that consensual relations with Assange in Sweden turned nonconsensual, and the prosecutors have characterized the encounters as rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion under Swedish law.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds up a court document for the media after he was released on bail, outside the High Court, London, on Thursday. Assange has been released on bail following a week of legal drama over his extradition.

South Korea to hold artillery drills on Yeonpyeong Island

By Mark McDonald and Kevin Drew New York Times News Service

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea said Thursday that it would hold artillery drills in the coming days from the island attacked by the North last month, as a U.S. governor traveled to Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, to try to ease tensions between the Asian neighbors.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Yeonpyeong Island would be the site of a day of livefire drills sometime between Saturday and Tuesday. South Korean marines will be joined by 20 U.S. military personnel, according to the Yonhap news agency.

The announcement came as Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico flew into North Korea from Beijing. It was not clear whom Richardson, a former ambassador to the United Nations, would meet, but North-South tension was expected to be the top issue.

Two South Korean marines and two civilians were killed on Nov. 23 on Yeonpyeong Island in the Yellow Sea, when it came under artillery fire from North Korea.

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South Korean Marines patrol on the Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, on Thursday.

The North said its artillery barrage was in retaliation for similar drills held by the South, during which shells landed in its territorial waters. South Korea said it was conducting a routine drill at the time of the shelling and accused the North of a premeditated attack.

Richardson, who has made several trips to North Korea, told reporters in Beijing that when the authorities in Pyongyang invited him to visit, “They always want to send a message of some kind.”

Analysts in Seoul said a similar tactic — the use of a nongovernmental go-between — was employed recently when Siegfried Hecker, the former head of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, was invited by the government in Pyongyang. Hecker was shown a new and sophisticated uranium-enrichment plant that North Korean officials said was already operational. The existence of the plant startled nuclear experts, diplomats and political leaders around the world.

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its military positions throughout southern Lebanon, it said.

JERUSALEM — Iran has cut its annual budget to Hezbollah by more than 40 percent, causing a crisis within the Lebanese Shiite guerrilla organization, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday, quoting an Israeli intelligence assessment.

It said that Iran had in recent years provided Hezbollah with nearly $1 billion in direct military aid, but had now been forced to cut back on its funding because of the impact of international sanctions.

The money is used by Hezbollah to buy weapons, train and pay its activists, and maintain

China tells India ‘we are friends, not rivals’ NEW DELHI — China and India set ambitious new economic targets on Thursday by pledging to nearly double their trade in the next five years to $100 billion annually. But the two Asian giants appeared to make little progress on tough geopolitical differences over Pakistan, terrorism and their disputed border.

Premier Wen Jiabao of China, who is visiting India this week for the first time since 2005, spoke

warmly about Indo-Chinese relations and how the two nations could mutually prosper without encroaching upon each other.

“We are friends, not rivals,” Wen said during an afternoon speech at the Indian Council of World Affairs.

Wen’s agenda in New Delhi has been twofold: expanding trade and trying to open India’s markets to Chinese companies, while also offering reassurances that China does not represent a threat to India’s own rise. It is a message that comes as growing Chinese assertiveness in the region has worried India and many other Asian nations.

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B U S I N E SS IN BRIEF Dollar Tree opening second store in Bend Chesapeake, Va.-based Dollar Tree Inc. announced Thursday that it will open a second store in Bend in the center that includes Shopko.

Dollar Tree will fill the space formerly occupied by China Sun Buffet, said Eric Nelson, managing agent for the Bend River Plaza center and principal broker at Cornerstone Realty Services LLC in Bend.

“We think it’s going to be a real positive impact for the center,” Nelson said, adding Dollar Tree will bring the center to 100 percent occupancy.

Dollar Tree currently operates a store in Reed Lane Plaza, at 61470 U.S. Highway 97, and one store each in Redmond, Madras and Prineville, according to its website.

The discount variety store sells everything for $1 or less and has more than 4,000 stores in 48 states.

“In this particular environment, we’ve been very proud that we do continue to grow,” said Dollar Tree spokeswoman Chelle Davis.

Davis said the 8,260square-foot store at 150 N.E. Bend River Mall Ave. is expected to open March 3. It will create 10 to 12 full-time jobs.

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Central Oregon fuel prices Prices from the AAA Fuel Price Finder at www .aaaorid.com.

Price per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline and diesel, as posted online Thursday.

GASOLINE Station, address Per gallon • Space Age Fuel, 20635 Grandview Drive, Bend. . .$2.96 • Conoco, 62980 Highway 97, Bend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2.98 • Chevron, 61160 U.S. Highway 97, Bend . . . . . . .$3.06 • Chevron, 3405 N. U.S. Highway 97, Bend . . . . . . .$3.08 • Texaco, 539 N.W. Sixth St., Redmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3.09 • Texaco, 2409 Butler Market Road, Bend. . . . . . . . . . . . . $3.10 • Chevron, 1001 Railway Ave., Sisters . . . . . . . . . . . . $3.10 • Chevron, 398 N.W. Third St., Prineville. . . . . . . . . . . . $3.10

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The Federal Reserve, fulfilling a congressional order to examine whether merchants were being charged reasonable fees to process debit card transactions, proposed new rules Thursday that analysts said could cut those fees by as much as 90 percent.

The Fed’s report went much further than the 50 percent reduction that Wall Street

analysts had expected. Shares of Visa and MasterCard, which stand to lose billions of dollars in revenue if the Fed proposal is adopted, plunged more than 12 percent.

“It’s bad for the issuers and the card networks,” said Rod Bourgeois, a payments analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein.

As part of the Dodd-Frank Act’s overhaul of the financial code, Congress directed the central bank, which oversees the regulation of electronic payments, to

ensure that the swipe fees charged by the banks and payment card networks like Visa and MasterCard were “reasonable and proportional” to the cost of processing the transaction.

On Thursday, the Fed proposed limiting those so-called interchange fees from 7 cents to 12 cents per transaction, or roughly three-tenths of a percent of the face value of a purchase. Merchants now pay a debit card processing fee averaging about 1.3 percent, according to the Nilson Report, a payment industry newsletter.

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Faulty artificial hip points to broken system Dr. Antoni Nargol holds a faulty Articular Surface Replacement artificial hip at the University Hospital of Hartlepool in Hartlepool, United Kingdom.

Nargol, who saw patients with artificial hip problems, is now a consultant to lawyers suing the manufacturer.

Mortgage rates rise Freddie Mac said Thursday that 15- and 30-year fixed-rate mortgages have increased for the fifth consecutive week.

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.83 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending Thursday, up from last week when it averaged 4.61 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year rate averaged 4.94 percent.

The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage this week averaged 4.17 percent with an average 0.7 point, up from last week when it averaged 3.96 percent. A year ago, the 15-year rate averaged 4.38 percent.

“Market concerns over stronger economic growth that, in the near term, could lead to an increase in inflation have sparked a rise in bond yields, and mortgage rates have followed,” Frank Nothaft, vice president and chief economist at Freddie Mac, said in a news release.

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Unlike new drugs, implants can be sold without testing if they resemble already-approved devices

By Barry Meier New York Times News Service

A recently recalled artificial hip made by a unit of Johnson & Johnson, designed to last 15 years or more, is failing worldwide at unusually high rates after just a few years.

One of the most troubled orthopedic implants of the past decade, this artificial hip — known as the ASR, or Articular Surface Replacement — was originally

promoted as a breakthrough in design that would last longer and provide patients more natural movement. But many patients soon developed inexplicable pain, and surgeons, when replacing the implant, discovered mysterious masses of dead tissue near the thighs of some patients.

Until late summer, officials at the Johnson & Johnson unit, DePuy Orthopaedics, the largest maker of replacement hips worldwide, maintained that the ASR was

performing on a par with competing devices. But interviews with doctors indicate that DePuy received repeated warnings that the implant was failing and that surgeons were abandoning it.

The brief and troubled life of DePuy’s ASR hip points to a medical implant system that is piecemeal and broken on many fronts, critics say. Unlike new drugs, many of which go through a series of clinical trials before receiving approval from the Food and Drug Administration, critical implants can be sold without such testing if a device, like an artificial hip, resembles an implant already approved and used on patients.

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Tech tips available for small businesses Microsoft and SBA team up on free guide

By Ed Merriman The Bulletin

With a focus on resuscitating America’s economy, the Small Business Administration teamed up with Microsoft to produce a free guide to help small businesses connect the dots between technology and entrepreneurial success.

“This is one of a number of things we are trying to do to help businesses climb out of this recession,” said Rob DuCote, acting director at the SBA district office in Portland.

The 200-page guide, “Business Technology Simplified,” is available online at www.sba .gov/training. DuCote said it offers tips on how to use technology such as Internet marketing, social networking, smart phones, cloud computing, tools for improving time management, finding and cultivating customers, and using computer programs to simplify a variety of business tasks, from bookkeeping to procurement and sales.

“Our goal as an agency is to get information, tools and services into the hands of smallbusiness owners more quickly so they can spend more time doing what they do best — creating the jobs that will drive our economic recovery,” said Karen Mills, SBA administrator. “This new guidebook is one more tool available to support small-business growth through access to information and resources.”

By following what he called simple steps in the guidebook, DuCote said business owners will be able to start marketing their products or services globally on the Web, on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, and learn how to use automated systems and devices like smart phones to work more efficiently, without being tied to a desk.

“The SBA is responding to a lot of concerns that the United States is not number one anymore in entrepreneurial development, like we used to be,” said Beth Wickham, director of the Small Business Development Center at Central Oregon Community College.

Wickham said the SBA is reacting to concerns about the lack of jobs associated with the economic recovery.

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Task force calls for a federal office to guide online privacy

By Tanzina Vega New York Times News Service

A Commerce Department task force called for the creation of a “Privacy Bill of Rights” for online consumers and the establishment of an office within the department that would work to strengthen privacy policies in the United States and coordinate initiatives with other countries.

The department’s Internet Policy Task Force, in a report released Thursday, said the “Privacy Bill of Rights” would increase transparency on how user information was collected online, place limits on the use of consumer data by companies, and promote the use of audits and other forms of enforcement to increase accountability.

The new protections would expand on the framework of Fair Information Practice Principles that address data security, notice and choice — or the privacy policies many users agree to on websites — and rights to obtaining information on the Internet.

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EU pledges to do ‘whatever is required’ to protect the euro

By Gabriele Steinhauser The Associated Press

BRUSSELS — European Union leaders are ready to do whatever is necessary to save the embattled euro currency, the EU president said Thursday — but they aren’t ready to beef up its existing bailout fund despite growing worries about countries overwhelmed by debt.

EU President Herman Van Rompuy said at a summit in Brussels that the heads of state of the 27 EU members “stand ready to do whatever is required to ensure the staEU President bility of the euro zone.”

Herman Van However, he insisted that Rompuy only about 4 percent of the region’s 750 billion euro ($992.85 billion) bailout fund has been utilized since it was introduced in May, and that the question of expanding it “is not being posed today.”

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Webfoot Painting Co., a Bendbased residential painting business, has been granted The Patriot Award for its support of Ben Shelton, an Army Reserve member and Webfoot employee.

Shelton, of Sisters and currently deployed, nominated Webfoot

owners Gavin Hepp and Travis Ulrich for working with his Army Reserve schedule. Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Nick Norton, who will present the award at a later date and is former chairman of the region for the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, noted that the awards are usually granted to larger employers.

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FRIDAY Dec. 31 EDWARD JONES COFFEE CLUB: Current market and economic update, including current rates; free; 9 a.m.; Sisters Coffee Co., 61292 S. U.S. Highway 97, Suite 105, Bend; 541617-8861.

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More charges in insider trading investigation

By Azam Ahmed and Peter Lattman New York Times News Service

Federal authorities Thursday arrested three employees of some of the world’s largest technology companies on charges that they leaked confidential corporate information. They are the latest charges brought by the government in its rapidly expanding investigation into insider trading on Wall Street.

A fourth employee pleaded guilty and is cooperating with investigators.

The four are accused of tip-

ping off hedge funds and others with nonpublic information on sales figures for companies like Dell and Advanced Micro Devices, as well as providing details about new products like the Apple iPhone.

The authorities also arrested an executive at an expert-network firm that served as the matchmaker between the technology industry employees and hedge fund traders. The firm, Primary Global Research of Mountain View, Calif., hired the employees as consultants and arranged calls between them

and the traders, prosecutors say.

The employees were paid more than $400,000 combined for their services.

Investigators have been homing in on expert-network firms, which have emerged over the past decade as the research departments of large Wall Street banks have retrenched.

“The information trafficked by the four ‘consultants’ went way beyond permissible market research,” said Janice Fedarcyk, head of the FBI’s New York office. “It was insider information.”

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“Self-regulation without stronger enforcement is not enough. Consumers must trust the Internet in order for businesses to succeed online.”

— Gary Locke, commerce secretary

Privacy Continued from B1 “The simple concept of notice and choice is not adequate as a basis for privacy protections,” said Daniel Weitzner, the associate administrator for the office of policy analysis and development at the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

Consumer and privacy advocates said they were encouraged by the idea to expand on the fair practice principles. The report comes at a time when Internet privacy is a big priority in Washington with the release of a similar report by the Federal Trade Commission this month, the establishment of a White House subcommittee on privacy and Internet policy, and the pending revision of the privacy directive of the European Union.

The FTC, in its report on online privacy this month, also called for improvements to the practice principles, but focused on installing a “do not track” mechanism that would allow computer users to opt out of having their information collected surreptitiously by third-party companies. That recommendation caused concern in the online advertising industry, which has said such a mechanism would hamper the industry’s growth and could potentially limit users’ access to free content online.

The task force report made little mention of a “do not track” option, but its members did recommend the creation of voluntary codes of conduct that would address emerging technologies and issues not covered by an expanded set of practice principles. The codes would be created by technology companies in the industry and would be approved by the Federal Trade Commission.

The new Privacy Policy Office proposed by the task force would work with the administration, the FTC and other agencies on issues surrounding international and commercial data privacy issues. The office would not have enforcement authority.

“America needs a robust privacy framework that preserves consumer trust in the evolving Internet economy while ensuring the Web remains a platform for innovation, jobs and economic growth,” the commerce secretary, Gary Locke, said in a statement. “Self-regulation without stronger enforcement is not enough. Consumers must trust the Internet in order for businesses to succeed online.”

Guide Continued from B1 It has been working to provide more materials to help owners of small businesses learn how to use technology to expand their businesses and create more jobs.

COCC has been working with SBA officials to incorporate SBA business training programs into the curricula, Wickham said, and COCC also offers a variety of classes on how to use technological tools in running and marketing a business.

Some of the upcoming tech-based business classes starting in January at COCC include “Beginning QuickBooks Pro,” “Build a Professional Website,” as well as a series of two-hour business startup workshops scheduled Jan. 12 in Bend, Feb. 4 in Redmond and Feb. 17 in Sisters.

DuCote said the Obama administration and the SBA are aware of concerns about lack of jobs in the recovery, and the new business technology guide is one of about 30 educational tutorials available on the SBA’s training website designed to help businesses survive the troubled economy and grow their businesses.

“These are efforts the SBA is taking to try to move us forward,” DuCote said.

In the guidebook’s for-

ward, former Los Angeles Lakers star Earvin “Magic” Johnson writes about his journey in developing a multimillion-dollar company and the role technology played in helping his businesses grow and succeed in the global economy.

“We are thrilled to continue our long-standing relationship with the SBA and small businesses by providing this free resource that will arm this community with the technology know-how to safely and smartly grow their businesses in many strategic ways,” said Cindy Bates, Microsoft’s vice president of U.S. small and medium businesses.

Bates said small businesses, which employ nearly a third of the U.S. work force, rely on trustworthy technology that is easily adaptable to automate many business functions.

“This is not about marketing Microsoft. The guide doesn’t promote any particular products,” DuCote said. “What it demonstrates is the modern technological tools to help you grow your business.”

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Pete Martin Europe Continued from B1 He spoke after EU leaders agreed in Brussels on Thursday to change their central treaty to allow for a permanent rescue plan for countries overwhelmed by debt after 2013, when the existing bailout fund expires. They haven’t agreed on details of the mechanism yet, including how much money will go into it.

And in the meantime, pressure is high for Europe to solve its immediate debt woes.

Ratings agencies revealed new worries about Greece, where protests against debt-driven austerity measures turned violent Thursday. The far-larger Span-

ish economy is also facing worryingly higher borrowing costs.

The EU set up a temporary bailout fund this year, but investors have been demanding stronger assurances that the bloc’s divided leaders will protect their shared currency.

The treaty change contains no details, but is a necessary legal step toward establishing a permanent mechanism for dealing with countries that can no longer pay off their debts.

It will by necessity include a permanent pot of money to bail out over-indebted countries. Officials also have said that it may contain language allowing the EU to force private creditors to assume some losses when a country can no longer pay off its bonds.

Finance ministers of the 27 EU nations will now begin working out details of the new mechanism, including how much money euro-zone nations are willing to chip in and when exactly private creditors would be involved.

The treaty change will allow “member states whose currency is the euro” to “establish a stability mechanism to be activated if indispensable to safeguard the stability of the euro as a whole.”

Any aid to heavily indebted countries under the new mechanism would be “subject to strict conditionality.”

Such conditions would be similar to those imposed on Ireland and Greece in their bailouts, to cut their deficits and make their economies more competitive.

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A N Auto safety bill prompted by series of Toyota recalls is in doubt

By Ralph Vartabedian and Ken Bensinger Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — The most comprehensive overhaul of motor vehicle safety laws in a decade, which once seemed certain in the wake of Toyota’s suddenacceleration problems, may never reach a vote in Congress.

“It is hanging on by a thread,” said Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate who became deeply involved in pushing for the overhaul. “It is a once-in-20-year opportunity. A bill like this is not going to come by again.”

The legislation, S.3302, has 23 major provisions that would create new safety standards, increase fines against automakers for violating federal rules and put an emphasis for the first time on safeguarding the electronic systems now ubiquitous in motor vehicles.

The legislation evolved out of three congressional investigations into reports of fatal accidents involving Toyota and Lexus vehicles that suddenly accelerated. The company was forced to temporarily stop sales, recall millions of vehicles and eventually pay a fine of $16.4 million for not promptly notifying the federal government about defects.

The main obstacle to passing the legislation, auto safety advocates say, is Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican who has carved out a niche as a fiscal hard-liner.

“We have a $14 trillion national debt because Congress funds thousands of well-intended programs every year that are not paid for,” said Tom Hart, a spokesman for Coburn. “The offsets that have been proposed are budget gimmicks.”

Coburn has indicated that he will put a hold on the Senate bill if Democrats attempt to bring it to a vote, Hart acknowledged.

The threat has left the bill adrift.

Prospects are even dimmer for a tougher version of the legislation drafted by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. A spokeswoman for Waxman said he would support the Senate version if it was passed, but with the congressional session soon to end, time is running out.

The Obama administration has not staked a great deal on the bill, given all of the higher-priority fights that it has on its hands, but the Transportation Department is continuing to push for the legislation.

“Safety is our number one priority, and that’s why we are going to continue to work with Congress on this important matter,” department spokeswoman Maureen Knightly said.

At least publicly, the auto industry has not vigorously fought the bill. Not long after its introduction, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers praised the legislation, though it said some of the original deadlines in the tougher House bill would be difficult to meet. The industry succeeded in softening those provisions before the bills were passed by committees.

And originally, the reform effort had some Republican support.

Sen. Olympia Snowe, RMaine, co-sponsored the bill introduced by Sen. John Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va. And privately, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was sending out signals that he also would support it, said Joan Claybrook, a former chief of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, who testified before Congress on the Toyota matter.

McCain was a key player in enacting the last major auto safety law a decade ago, and Claybrook still hopes he will help negotiate a deal with Coburn. After a recent meeting with McCain staff members, Claybrook said they offered to be helpful.

But House Republicans are united against the bill, even though many of them seized publicity by attacking Toyota earlier this year. “Ugh, these politicians are so fickle,” Claybrook said.

The struggle to perfect tire pressure monitors

Fuel economy mandate will eliminate jobs, group says

By Nick Bunkley

By Stephen Williams

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YPSILANTI, Mich. — A study by an auto industry research group said Wednesday that requiring automakers to meet fuel economy standards of 60 miles per gallon by 2025 would decrease sales because cars and trucks would become more expensive, and could eliminate up to 1.3 million jobs nationwide.

Such a requirement, which is under consideration by the Obama administration and supported by some environmental groups, could actually increase emissions if many people avoided buying new vehicles and held on to less efficient ones longer, the group, the Center for Automotive Research, said. The worst case would be for the government to enact aggressive standards and for gasoline prices to remain low, Sean McAlinden, the group’s chief economist, said.

McAlinden projects that the cost of a vehicle would increase by an average of $9,147, or about 23 percent, by 2025.

At the same time, given the higher fuel-efficiency requirements, drivers would save an average of $2,693 over the life of the vehicle if gasoline were $3.50 a gallon, or $4,616 if it were $6 a gallon.

An increase in costs would cause the industry to sell 4.5 million fewer vehicles a year, resulting in the loss of about 222,000 jobs at carmakers and their suppliers, McAlinden said.

For 2010, the government requires automakers to meet corporate average fuel economy standards of 27.5 mpg for passenger cars and 23.5 mpg for pickups, sport utility vehicles and other light trucks. The standard rises to 35.5 mpg for cars and trucks combined by 2016.

Life is not easy for tires. Beyond the injuries meted out by potholes and the stress imposed by drivers who insist on squealing through curves, there is the indignity of underinflation.

Tires with insufficient air pressure — a typical sign of owner indifference — not only wear out faster and reduce a car’s fuel economy, they are also at risk for blowouts. According to the Transportation Department, more than a quarter of all cars on American roads have at least one tire that is seriously low on air.

Since 2007, the federal government has required some form of tire pressure monitoring as a standard safety feature on new vehicles, and a phase-in of the systems will begin in Europe in a couple of years. The requirement was stipulated

by Congress in 2000 as part of the TREAD Act (the acronym stands for Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation) following a swarm of rollover accidents and fatalities involving Firestone tires on Ford Explorers and similar trucks.

The adoption of pressure monitors has not been troublefree, with false warnings a common irritant to drivers of new models. Carmakers and tire companies are working to advance the art of the sensor and its supporting electronics, making the system less susceptible to the effects of the environment and the perils of the road — and making it more trustworthy for drivers.

The monitoring systems measure inflation either indirectly, using data from the vehicle’s wheel-speed sensors, or directly, relying on pressure readings from a battery-powered sensor mounted on the inner surface of the wheel rim.

The system relays an alert, using a radio-frequency signal, to flash a warning light or digital readout on the dashboard when air pressure is low. The systems are set to alert the driver when a tire’s pressure falls 25 percent or more below the carmaker’s recommended inflation level.

Engineers trying to establish a threshold for the warnings encounter some vexing challenges.

“It’s a matter of physics,” said Ward Randall, sales manager

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Using a sophisticated sensor inside the tire, a smart phone application is able to read pressure and other tire data. of body and security products for Continental, the tire maker and electronics supplier “Tire pressure is a function of temperature, and when the temperature varies, the pressure will vary.”

Some alarms are not false alarms, said Mike Wischhusen, director of industry standards at Michelin North America, “Once the tire warms up, the alarm will go away — usually,” he said.

Other annoyances Besides the occasional glitchy reading, there are other annoyances related to the systems. Most sensors are tailored to specific vehicles, though universal models are being developed. For manufacturers, Wischhusen said, the sensor is another part number in inventory, another piece to be damaged in the mounting process.

“And that’s aggravating for the consumer as well,” he said.

If the wheels are changed, the sensors must be removed from the old wheels and transferred to the new ones, or new sensors must be purchased.

Because the sensors are paired to accelerometers — so that the battery drain is minimal when

the car is parked — battery life is long, but they do die after seven to 10 years.

Continental’s solution, still two or three years away, involves putting the sensor on the inner surface of the tire instead of on the wheel. It is part of what the company calls the ITS, for intelligent tire monitoring system.

In this design, the tire sensor would also communicate with the car’s control computer and could govern the vehicle’s top speed until the tire reaches a proper temperature and pressure level. “There’s been a lot of debate about whether people really care about this stuff,” Randall said.

“Because of the ITS, because of enhanced data, we will be able to provide the vehicle with more information. If we’re talking about improving handling and drivability, this is something the driver can perceive.”

Besides performance enhancements, other automotive economies enter into the equation, he said. The sensors used in the ITS

are cheaper and more accurate than current models, strong attractions for carmakers.

Continental also proposes a so-called ready sensor, which Randall refers to as a filling assistant, that could tell the vehicle’s computer which tire needs air and would alert the person with the air hose when the correct pressure has been reached by honking the car’s horn. Smart phone applications to read pressure and other tire data using a more sophisticated sensor are in the offing as well.

Wischhusen of Michelin is less specific about his company’s plans. “When it makes sense to put that kind of technology in the tire, we’ll do it,” he said. “The shift will move in that direction, but it doesn’t happen overnight.”

Michelin, he said, makes tires, not integrated circuits. “So we’re watching what the suppliers can do — a tire is not a hospitable environment for an integrated circuit, and now you’ve got to worry about the integrity of the tire.”

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C OV ER S T OR I ES

Debit Continued from B1 Smaller retailers are charged more, because of lower transaction volume and limited bargaining power.

The Fed proposed that it reevaluate the fee cap every two years and asked for more time to consider whether it should be adjusted higher to reflect the costs of fraud protection.

The new rules will be open for public comment until February.

Final rules are to be completed by April and put in place in July.

Visa said in a prepared statement, “We cannot comment in detail on the proposed regulations until we have had a chance to fully consider their implications.”

MasterCard officials criticized the proposal and argued that the Fed did not consider all the costs

Implants Continued from B1 That way, manufacturers can rapidly make small changes to a device to improve it. But those simpler procedures have also effectively created a loophole, experts say, that lets producers bundle a component from an unapproved implant into an existing design and sell a device with minimal testing. With the ASR, that process unfolded with devastating results.

“You are basically testing these devices in an uncontrolled way on a large number of people,” said Sidney Wolfe, director of the Public Citizen’s Health Research Group and a longtime FDA critic.

Officials at DePuy declined to be interviewed for this article or to respond to specific written questions. In the past, they have said that the company moved promptly to take appropriate action on the ASR. Late last year, DePuy announced that it was phasing out the device, but asserted at that time that the decision reflected lagging sales, not safety issues.

And some doctors report good results with the implant.

“We believe we made the appropriate decision to recall at the appropriate time given the available information,” DePuy said in a recent statement.

The director of Australia’s orthopedic database said he believed that DePuy had been less than forthright about the ASR. Data in that country, he said, showed that in 2008 the ASR was failing early at a rate higher than some competing devices.

THE BULLETIN • Friday, December 17, 2010 B5

incurred to operate debit card programs. The proposal, the company said, would simply shift costs from merchants to consumers.

“This type of price control is misguided and anti-competitive, and in the end is harmful to consumers,” Noah Hanft, MasterCard’s general counsel, said in a statement.

Henry Armour, chief executive of the National Association of Convenience Stores, said his members were generally pleased with the proposal.

“Certainly the proposed rules that the Federal Reserve issued today are a positive step in addressing the anti-competitive behavior of banks and credit card companies,” he said in a conference call with reporters.

But he and other advocates for the merchants argued that even if the Fed’s rules were adopted, interchange fees will still be too high.

He compared debit cards to paper checks.

“You look at checks clearing at par, which means there is no interchange,” he said. “We believe the standard for debit should be the same.”

In most U.S. stores today, customers pay the same price for goods, whether they use credit, debit or dollar bills, even though each costs the merchant a different amount.

That will almost certainly change soon, the result of the legislation and recent court settlements that have set out to reduce processing fees and abolish rules by the major card companies that have made it impractical for merchants to give discounts to customers using cheaper forms of payment, like cash.

Merchants were given even more latitude in October, when the Justice Department settled an

antitrust case against Visa and MasterCard. The card companies agreed to let merchants steer their customers to the payment network preferred by the merchant.

This gave merchants greater leverage to negotiate lower processing fees, by promising more payment volume to one network, like Visa, in exchange for better terms.

(American Express was also sued by the government but declined to settle out of court.)

Dodd-Frank also forces Visa, MasterCard and others to compete more aggressively for merchants’ business by requiring that all debit cards run on the networks of at least two payment companies. So when a customer uses a Visa debit card, for example, the merchant could process the transaction on a network other than VisaNet. Today, through exclusivity agreements, many debit cards run on the network of only one pay-

ment company. The change will take effect in July, after a review by the Fed. Taken together, these measures significantly strengthen the hand of merchants. Analysts expect merchants to negotiate sharply lower prices with the banks and reclaim a portion of the tens of billions of dollars they spent last year on processing fees for debit and credit cards.

“All of a sudden, the merchants have bargaining power,” Bourgeois of Sanford C. Bernstein said. “They have an ability to drive prices down because there will be multiple payment brands on every card, and on top of that, the merchants will have the ability to use the lowest-cost route of whatever payment network they choose.”

The banks are setting out to make up for the expected drop in card processing fees. Bankers

say they may offset part of the lost revenue by assessing higher monthly fees on deposit accounts — just as Fifth Third, Wells Fargo and others did last year after the Fed placed tougher restrictions on overdraft charges.

Debit cards offering rewards points — which cost merchants more to process so they can cover the cost of the programs — could be another casualty. JPMorgan Chase, for instance, announced that it would no longer sign up customers for such products starting in February.

Some analysts cite that as proof that while merchants may benefit, the savings will probably not trickle down to consumers.

“It’s big industries fighting each other over the bread crumbs, but consumers aren’t coming out ahead,” said Jaret Seiberg, a financial policy analyst for MF Global.

“When it is clear to the orthopedic community that a company has not been honest, that is a problem,” said Australia’s registry’s director, Stephen Graves. “I think that J&J has a major issue with DePuy.”

selling that version of the ASR outside the United States.

But because resurfacing was a new procedure, the FDA required DePuy to test the ASR resurfacing implant in a clinical trial before it could sell it here. It was not until late 2007 that the company submitted that study data to the FDA for review and possible approval, a process that was aborted last year when DePuy withdrew its application.

pain because he first thought the problem was related to his implant technique. For example, an improperly positioned hip cup can cause so-called edge-loading, a situation where the joint’s ball strikes against the cup’s edge, chiseling off debris. And tests of those patients showed that they had elevated levels of cobalt and chromium ions, the ASR’s constituent metals, in their blood, a sign of edge-loading.

“At first, I blamed myself,” Nargol said.

But Langton, an orthopedic resident working with Nargol, was not so sure because Nargol’s patients with the Birmingham hip seemed to be doing fine. So he began to take blood samples from Birmingham patients as well as ASR patients not experiencing pain.

That study, which was presented in mid-2008 to a medical meeting, showed that many ASR patients had elevated blood levels of cobalt and chromium. It also soon became apparent to Nargol that well-positioned cups were failing.

The case of the ASR is not the first time in recent years that problems with orthopedic implants emerged in registries elsewhere well before doctors in the United States stopped using that device. And the absence of such a system also means that device companies like DePuy — not doctors, patients or even regulators — determine when safety alerts about implants are issued or products are withdrawn from the market.

It was in March, a year after Nargol’s meeting, that DePuy issued a safety alert about the ASR. But even before that, the company had decided to drop the ASR, even as it was still being used on patients.

Late last year, DePuy publicly announced that it would phase out ASR sales and close the British plant that produced it. It also withdrew its FDA application to sell the ASR resurfacing implant in the United States and halted sales of the device in Australia.

It cited declining sales, not safety concerns, for all those actions.

In August, when DePuy recalled the ASR, the company said it would pay for operations to replace the device if needed and also urged patients who were experiencing pain to see their doctors.

DePuy said in a recent statement that it was working with health authorities in several countries to address patient needs.

Not surprisingly, the ASR episode has touched off a wave of litigation both here and abroad against DePuy from patients like Doornbos and Haak. Johnson & Johnson has said it was currently unable to predict what the ASR’s problems might cost the company over time.

Some officials have renewed efforts to begin an orthopedic registry in the United States. But an expert involved in that, Kevin Bozic, questioned how successful it would become because so far only 15 medical centers nationwide were voluntarily reporting data.

To make such a system effective, some experts believe that the federal government would need to mandate such reporting as a condition of payment through taxpayer-financed programs like Medicare. It is estimated that hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds are spent unnecessarily every year on premature device replacement procedures.

The FDA has also recently proposed rules that, if adopted, could require implanted devices like artificial hips to undergo more thorough testing before they were approved for sale. However, the fate of those proposals is unclear and the device industry is questioning the need for broad changes.

Meanwhile, surgeons like Nargol continue to witness the fallout.

At several hospitals in Britain, he said, the earlier replacement rate for the ASR now exceeded 20 percent and might soon reach 30 percent.

The impact on individual patients also continues to be profound. Recently, Nargol said he had met with a woman who now used two canes to walk because of the hip tissue damage she suffered from an ASR. He said the woman became inconsolable when he told her that little could be done to ease her condition.

“It really brought it home,” he said, “the destruction this situation has caused.”

Permanent damage For patients, the problems with the ASR required additional painful operations in which the device was replaced with yet another artificial hip. For some, however, the damage to bone, muscles and nerves from the troubled device, which can shed tiny metallic particles, has left them permanently disabled. That damage can also complicate a replacement operation.

One patient, Mary Ann Doornbos, a former IBM employee in Illinois, remains on disability and still walks with a cane, one year after her ASR was removed and replaced.

Doornbos, 56, said that she could not stand up long enough to cook a meal because the pain was constant. “I have been told that I have to be prepared that it will be like this for the rest of my life,” she said.

Like thousands of other patients, Doornbos did not know the hip component that caused her disability was a critical part of another device that the FDA had never approved for sale.

Initially, DePuy developed the ASR as a so-called resurfacing implant, a device consisting of two components — the cup and a thigh component — that was used in a procedure in which less of a patient’s thigh bone was removed than in a standard hip replacement. And in 2003, DePuy started

Grave concerns It also was in 2007, the same year that Doornbos got her new hip, that an orthopedic surgeon in northeastern Britain, Dr. Antoni Nargol, would start seeing a few ASR patients complaining of groin pain. But two years later, when Nargol and a colleague say they told DePuy officials they had found an explanation for why the ASR was failing in patients, the company did not stop selling it or issue a warning.

Instead, the men said they were met with a response similar to one that other orthopedic surgeons who have tried to sound alarms encountered — a claim that the fault was not related to a particular device but to a doctor’s surgical technique.

“They basically said that the problem was me,” said Nargol, who practices at a hospital in Stockton-on-Tees, a small industrial city south of Newcastle.

Nargol started as a believer in the ASR, not a critic; today, both he and a colleague, Dr. David Langton, are consultants to lawyers suing the company.

Nargol said he was not overly concerned in 2007 when a few of his ASR patients developed

Device recall In April 2009, not long after that meeting, Betty Jane Haak, a 74-year-old grandmother, got an ASR cup as part of a new hip.

These days, Haak has pain on that side and highly elevated levels of cobalt ions in her blood.

A specialist has urged her to have the device replaced, but because she had a heart attack this spring, she delayed doing so.

Haak said at one point that she feared she might not be able to withstand surgery.

“Do I risk a heart attack, or do I risk poisoning myself?” she said.

Market update Northwest stocks Name

Div

PE

YTD Last Chg %Chg

AlskAir Avista BkofAm BarrettB Boeing CascdeB rs CascdeCp ColSprtw Costco CraftBrew FLIR Sys HewlettP HmFedDE Intel Keycorp Kroger Lattice LaPac MDU Res MentorGr Microsoft

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56.52 -.07 +63.5 22.40 +.31 +3.8 12.52 +.23 -16.9 16.88 +.12 +37.3 64.40 +.16 +19.0 6.16 -.05 -9.4 45.54 -.23 +65.7 59.48 +.70 +52.4 72.12 +1.07 +21.9 7.69 -.36 +220.4 28.04 +.82 -14.3 41.95 +.72 -18.6 12.90 +.10 -3.1 21.30 +.02 +4.4 8.09 +.08 +45.8 21.59 +.21 +5.2 5.40 +.29 +100.0 9.28 +.27 +33.0 20.39 +.42 -13.6 11.97 +.02 +35.6 27.99 +.14 -8.2

Name NikeB Nordstrm NwstNG OfficeMax Paccar PlanarSy PlumCrk PrecCastpt Safeway Schnitzer Sherwin StancrpFn Starbucks TriQuint Umpqua US Bancrp WashFed WellsFargo WstCstB Weyerh

Precious metals Metal NY HSBC Bank US NY Merc Gold NY Merc Silver

Price (troy oz.) $1368.00 $1370.40 $28.757

Pvs Day $1383.00 $1385.70 $29.225

Market recap

Div

PE

YTD Last Chg %Chg

1.24f .80 1.74f ... .48a ...

1.68 .12 .48 .07 1.44 .86f .52 ... .20 .20 .20 .20 ... .60f

23 17 17 23 62 ...

33 21 ...

27 19 10 26 12 ...

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89.23 +.65 +35.1 42.32 +.68 +12.6 47.16 +.72 +4.7 17.09 +.27 +34.7 57.39 +.24 +58.2 2.06 -.04 -26.7 35.60 -.40 -5.7 138.96 +.98 +25.9 21.48 +.37 +.9 64.92 +3.11 +36.1 81.97 +.97 +33.0 45.60 +1.42 +13.9 32.59 +.72 +41.3 12.36 +.47 +106.0 11.86 +.17 -11.6 26.10 +.30 +15.9 15.50 +.10 -19.9 30.02 +.23 +11.2 2.89 -.05 +37.6 17.99 +.21 +13.6

Prime rate Time period

Percent

Last Previous day A week ago

3.25 3.25 3.25

NYSE

Amex

Most Active ($1 or more) Name

Vol (00)

Citigrp BkofAm S&P500ETF Motorola SPDR Fncl

6541734 4.59 -.00 3010157 12.52 +.23 1542069 124.82 +.72 857967 8.88 +.41 857287 15.50 +.02

Last Chg

Gainers ($2 or more) Name ChiCBlood Winnbgo Entercom CtrySCkg n KindredHlt

Last

Chg %Chg

3.69 +.49 +15.3 14.96 +1.87 +14.3 10.30 +.95 +10.2 26.70 +2.25 +9.2 19.18 +1.62 +9.2

Losers ($2 or more) Name Navios un Mesab Visa Regis Cp Singap

Last 4.96 45.66 67.19 16.05 14.58

Indexes

Most Active ($1 or more) Name NovaGld g KodiakO g GrtBasG g NwGold g Hyperdyn

Last Chg

91059 13.52 -.42 55744 6.08 +.15 42458 2.86 +.11 40879 9.06 -.25 40485 3.44 ...

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Last

ThaiCap SalisbryBc Inuvo rs ParaG&S IncOpR

2,084 975 93 3,152 119 25

Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows

Last

52-Week High Low Name

Most Active ($1 or more) Name

Vol (00)

Cisco PwShs QQQ Microsoft Oracle HuntBnk

597813 591197 556980 440243 398261

Last Chg 19.75 54.58 27.99 30.27 6.25

+.28 +.42 +.14 -.22 -.01

Gainers ($2 or more)

Chg %Chg

2.11 +.33 +18.5 5.73 +.53 +10.2 3.60 +.29 +8.8 2.38 +.19 +8.7 21.65 +1.62 +8.1

Name

-20.1 -14.1 -12.7 -12.4 -10.6

Diary Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows

Vol (00)

Losers ($2 or more)

Chg %Chg -1.25 -7.50 -9.75 -2.28 -1.72

Nasdaq

Name

Last

Wowjoint BBC pf II ZionO&G wt ChinWind n Wowjnt un

Chg %Chg

3.79 +1.18 +45.2 10.75 +2.00 +22.9 12.00 +2.20 +22.4 3.51 +.62 +21.5 4.50 +.60 +15.4

Losers ($2 or more)

Chg %Chg

14.00 -3.07 -18.0 23.30 -1.67 -6.7 4.65 -.33 -6.6 2.54 -.18 -6.6 3.60 -.21 -5.5

Name

Last

JeffersnB ParkOh Servidyne CumbldPh Ku6Media

Diary

Chg %Chg

2.80 -.37 -11.7 20.12 -2.24 -10.0 2.30 -.25 -9.8 6.65 -.67 -9.2 5.17 -.51 -9.0

Diary 299 180 35 514 8 2

Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows

1,820 825 138 2,783 172 22

11,519.04 9,614.32 Dow Jones Industrials 5,114.69 3,742.01 Dow Jones Transportation 413.75 346.95 Dow Jones Utilities 7,890.41 6,355.83 NYSE Composite 2,177.58 1,689.19 Amex Index 2,645.79 2,061.14 Nasdaq Composite 1,246.73 1,010.91 S&P 500 13,234.43 10,596.20 Wilshire 5000 779.86 580.49 Russell 2000

World markets

Last

Net Chg

11,499.25 5,087.30 400.51 7,840.24 2,119.05 2,637.31 1,242.87 13,183.81 776.56

+41.78 +67.50 +3.81 +41.46 +9.00 +20.09 +7.64 +85.31 +8.20

YTD %Chg %Chg +.36 +1.34 +.96 +.53 +.43 +.77 +.62 +.65 +1.07

52-wk %Chg

+10.27 +24.09 +.63 +9.12 +16.12 +16.22 +11.46 +14.16 +24.17

+11.55 +23.33 -.16 +10.99 +20.26 +20.97 +13.39 +16.66 +28.52

Currencies

Here is how key international stock markets performed Thursday.

Key currency exchange rates Thursday compared with late Wednesday in New York.

Market

Dollar vs:

Amsterdam Brussels Paris London Frankfurt Hong Kong Mexico Milan New Zealand Tokyo Seoul Singapore Sydney Zurich

Close

Change

351.88 2,615.17 3,888.36 5,881.12 7,024.40 22,668.78 37,832.86 20,366.62 3,293.78 10,311.29 2,009.24 3,147.67 4,868.80 5,879.47

+.31 s -.30 t +.21 s -.02 t +.11 s -1.33 t +.41 s -.21 t -.13 t +.01 s -.41 t +.01 s +.32 s +.10 s

Exchange Rate

Australia Dollar Britain Pound Canada Dollar Chile Peso China Yuan Euro Euro Hong Kong Dollar Japan Yen Mexico Peso Russia Ruble So. Korea Won Sweden Krona Switzerlnd Franc Taiwan Dollar

Pvs Day

.9870 1.5606 .9942 .002113 .1500 1.3215 .1286 .011888 .080515 .0325 .000864 .1465 1.0349 .0334

.9845 1.5539 .9962 .002110 .1502 1.3213 .1286 .011843 .080665 .0327 .000866 .1459 1.0320 .0335

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LgCpVal 17.95 NatlMunInc 8.82 Eaton Vance I: GblMacAbR 10.27 LgCapVal 18.00 FMI Funds: LgCap p 15.51 FPA Funds: NwInc 10.83 FPACres 26.60 Fairholme x 34.04 Federated Instl: KaufmnK 5.41 Fidelity Advisor A: NwInsgh p 19.84 StrInA 12.55 Fidelity Advisor I: NwInsgtI 20.02 Fidelity Freedom: FF2010 13.68 FF2015 11.41 FF2020 13.85 FF2020K 13.23 FF2025 11.55 FF2030 13.80 FF2035 11.47 FF2040 8.02 Fidelity Invest: AllSectEq 12.46 AMgr50 15.28 Balanc 18.07 BalancedK 18.07 BlueChGr 44.81 Canada 56.48 CapAp 25.07 CpInc r 9.32 Contra 67.62 ContraK 67.67 DisEq 22.35 DivIntl 29.76 DivrsIntK r 29.73 DivGth 27.91 EmrMk 25.55 Eq Inc 43.40 EQII 17.88

+0.09 +8.1 +0.08 -2.5 +0.01 +4.5 +0.08 +8.4 +0.13 +10.5 +0.01 +3.0 +0.08 +11.2 -1.88 +19.8 +0.01 +16.1 +0.07 +15.4 -0.08 +7.6 +0.07 +15.6 +0.04 +10.1 +0.03 +10.2 +0.04 +11.1 +0.04 +11.3 +0.03 +11.9 +0.04 +12.1 +0.03 +12.5 +0.03 +12.7 +0.07 +14.7 +0.04 +11.8 +0.08 +12.2 +0.07 +12.3 +0.24 +18.1 -0.32 +18.3 +0.17 +17.1 -0.09 +14.3 +0.24 +16.2 +0.23 +16.4 +0.15 +7.4 +0.07 +7.9 +0.07 +8.1 +0.17 +19.0 -0.16 +14.6 +0.28 +12.9 +0.11 +11.2

Fidel 31.87 FltRateHi r 9.76 GNMA 11.38 GovtInc 10.46 GroCo 82.71 GroInc 18.03 GrowthCoK 82.67 HighInc r 8.89 Indepn 24.13 IntBd 10.50 IntmMu 10.04 IntlDisc 32.59 InvGrBd 11.30 InvGB 7.33 LgCapVal 11.61 LatAm 56.71 LevCoStk 27.63 LowP r 37.78 LowPriK r 37.76 Magelln 70.62 MidCap 28.19 MuniInc 12.20 NwMkt r 15.68 OTC 54.25 100Index 8.63 Ovrsea 31.97 Puritn 17.79 SCmdtyStrt 11.95 SrsIntGrw 11.13 SrsIntVal 9.82 StIntMu 10.61 STBF 8.45 SmllCpS r 19.30 StratInc 11.19 StrReRt r 9.40 TotalBd 10.73 USBI 11.26 Value 67.42 Fidelity Selects: Gold r 51.76 Fidelity Spartan: ExtMkIn 38.11 500IdxInv 44.19 IntlInxInv 35.54

+0.20 +13.0 -0.05 +6.8 +0.01 +6.0 +0.02 +4.3 +0.58 +19.9 +0.10 +12.9 +0.57 +20.1 -0.07 +12.0 +0.16 +21.1 +0.03 +6.9 +0.01 +2.2 +0.03 +9.3 +6.1 +0.02 +7.4 +0.06 +9.3 +0.06 +11.9 +0.16 +21.0 +0.26 +18.8 +0.26 +19.0 +0.49 +10.8 +0.21 +20.7 +0.04 +1.8 -0.10 +9.8 +0.33 +18.7 +0.05 +11.0 +0.11 +4.9 +0.06 +12.8 -0.07 +9.6 +0.02 +14.6 +0.01 +2.4 +1.9 +3.5 +0.19 +21.1 -0.08 +7.9 +11.0 +7.3 +0.03 +5.3 +0.45 +20.0 -0.74 +31.8 +0.38 +26.6 +0.28 +13.6 +0.16 +6.3

TotMktInv 36.46 +0.26 +15.9 Fidelity Spart Adv: 500IdxAdv 44.19 +0.27 +13.6 TotMktAd r 36.46 +0.25 +15.9 First Eagle: GlblA x 45.76 -0.66 +16.1 OverseasA x 22.19 -0.57 +16.8 Frank/Temp Frnk A: FedTFA p 11.26 +0.04 -0.1 FoundAl p 10.56 +0.03 +9.3 HYTFA p 9.59 +0.03 +2.0 IncomA p 2.15 +11.4 USGovA p 6.68 +0.01 +4.8 Frank/Tmp Frnk Adv: GlbBdAdv p +11.6 IncmeAd 2.14 +11.6 Frank/Temp Frnk C: IncomC t 2.17 +10.7 Frank/Temp Mtl A&B: SharesA 20.80 +0.10 +10.2 Frank/Temp Temp A: ForgnA p 6.99 +0.02 +6.7 GlBd A p 13.42 +11.3 GrwthA p 17.62 +0.08 +6.5 WorldA p 14.87 +0.06 +6.5 Frank/Temp Tmp B&C: GlBdC p 13.45 +10.9 GE Elfun S&S: S&S PM 40.32 +0.18 +9.4 GMO Trust III: Quality 20.05 +0.04 +5.2 GMO Trust VI: EmgMkts r 14.38 -0.04 +17.3 Quality 20.05 +0.04 +5.3 Goldman Sachs Inst: HiYield 7.25 +12.5 Harbor Funds: Bond 12.72 +0.03 +6.4 CapApInst 36.69 +0.07 +11.3 IntlInv t 59.40 +0.38 +9.2 Intl r 60.13 +0.39 +9.6 Hartford Fds A: CpAppA p 34.18 +0.24 +11.4 Hartford Fds Y: CapAppI 34.19 +0.24 +11.7

Hartford HLS IA : CapApp 42.00 +0.32 +14.9 Div&Gr 19.59 +0.14 +11.8 Advisers 19.32 +0.10 +10.7 TotRetBd 11.19 +0.02 +6.2 Hussman Funds: StrGrowth 12.60 -1.4 Invesco Funds A: Chart p 16.02 +0.11 +7.1 CmstkA 15.50 +0.10 +13.9 EqIncA 8.46 +0.03 +10.7 GrIncA p 18.90 +0.09 +10.8 HYMuA 8.93 +0.02 +3.5 Ivy Funds: AssetSC t 23.38 +0.05 +7.3 AssetStA p 24.05 +0.06 +8.1 AssetStrI r 24.25 +0.06 +8.4 JPMorgan A Class: CoreBd A 11.42 +0.01 +6.3 JPMorgan Sel Cls: CoreBd 11.42 +0.02 +6.5 HighYld 8.12 +13.5 IntmTFBd 10.74 +1.5 ShtDurBd 10.96 +2.8 USLCCrPls 20.45 +0.14 +12.5 Janus T Shrs: OvrseasT r 49.58 +0.12 +16.7 PrkMCVal T 22.38 +0.12 +13.0 Twenty T 65.32 +0.42 +6.1 John Hancock Cl 1: LSBalanc 13.01 +0.04 +12.1 LSGrwth 13.01 +0.06 +13.6 Lazard Instl: EmgMktI 21.39 -0.02 +19.2 Lazard Open: EmgMkO p 21.71 -0.02 +18.8 Legg Mason A: WAMgMu p 14.94 +0.08 -1.2 Longleaf Partners: Partners 27.91 +0.18 +15.9 Loomis Sayles: LSBondI 14.05 +0.01 +11.8 StrInc C 14.73 +0.02 +11.0 LSBondR 14.00 +0.01 +11.5 StrIncA 14.66 +0.02 +11.8

Loomis Sayles Inv: InvGrBdY 12.26 +0.02 +9.8 Lord Abbett A: AffilA p 11.33 +0.07 +11.6 BdDebA p 7.75 +11.8 ShDurIncA p 4.62 +6.1 Lord Abbett C: ShDurIncC t 4.65 +0.01 +5.3 MFS Funds A: TotRA 13.95 +0.05 +8.6 ValueA 22.52 +0.11 +10.0 MFS Funds I: ValueI 22.62 +0.11 +10.3 Manning&Napier Fds: WldOppA 8.48 +0.06 +7.6 Matthews Asian: AsianGIInv 17.59 -0.01 +16.2 PacTgrInv 22.71 -0.13 +18.5 MergerFd 16.06 -0.01 +3.3 Metro West Fds: TotRetBd 10.29 +0.02 +10.4 TotRtBdI 10.29 +0.02 +10.6 MorganStanley Inst: MCapGrI 37.25 +0.33 +32.2 Mutual Series: GblDiscA 29.49 +0.09 +10.4 GlbDiscZ 29.91 +0.09 +10.7 QuestZ 18.72 +0.07 +8.7 SharesZ 21.01 +0.10 +10.5 Neuberger&Berm Inv: GenesInst 45.68 +0.26 +21.0 Neuberger&Berm Tr: Genesis 47.35 +0.27 +20.6 Northern Funds: HiYFxInc 7.26 NA Oakmark Funds I: EqtyInc rx 27.48 -0.01 +8.5 Intl I rx 19.26 -0.08 +15.3 Oakmark rx 41.03 -0.15 +11.5 Old Westbury Fds: GlobOpp 7.61 +14.7 GlbSMdCap 15.27 +0.10 +22.5 Oppenheimer A: CapApA p 43.41 +0.21 +8.7 DvMktA p 35.00 +0.04 +21.7

GlobA p 59.96 +0.51 +14.9 GblStrIncA 4.23 +14.0 Gold p 53.41 -0.74 +48.7 IntBdA p 6.48 +5.3 MnStFdA 32.04 +0.21 +14.5 RisingDivA x 15.41 +0.01 +12.4 S&MdCpVl 31.46 +0.29 +18.4 Oppenheimer B: RisingDivB x 13.99 +0.03 +11.4 S&MdCpVl 27.00 +0.25 +17.5 Oppenheimer C&M: RisingDvC px 13.94 +0.03 +11.6 Oppenheimer Roch: RcNtMuA 6.62 +0.02 +0.7 Oppenheimer Y: DevMktY 34.71 +0.04 +22.1 IntlBdY 6.48 +5.6 PIMCO Admin PIMS: TotRtAd 10.72 +0.03 +7.1 PIMCO Instl PIMS: AlAsetAut r 10.80 +0.02 +8.5 AllAsset 12.36 NA ComodRR 8.90 -0.03 +16.4 HiYld 9.24 +13.2 InvGrCp 10.35 +0.02 +10.1 LowDu 10.29 +0.02 +3.8 RealRtnI 11.26 +0.06 +6.6 ShortT 9.85 +1.8 TotRt 10.72 +0.03 +7.4 TR II 10.25 +0.04 +6.5 PIMCO Funds A: LwDurA 10.29 +0.02 +3.4 RealRtA p 11.26 +0.06 +6.2 TotRtA 10.72 +0.03 +6.9 PIMCO Funds C: TotRtC t 10.72 +0.03 +6.2 PIMCO Funds D: TRtn p 10.72 +0.03 +7.1 PIMCO Funds P: TotRtnP 10.72 +0.03 +7.3 Perm Port Funds: Permannt 44.61 -0.03 +16.2 Pioneer Funds A: PionFdA p 40.70 +0.35 +14.7 Price Funds:

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THE BULLETIN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2010

Gutenberg College discusses moving to Sisters

By Patrick Cliff The Bulletin

SISTERS — Gutenberg College met with the Sisters City Council on Thursday morning to discuss the possibility of moving to the city.

Details, including the timeline, remain undefined, but two school leaders spent time describing the Eugene-based Gutenberg’s approach to education and other aspects of the college. The school’s president and provost met with the council to explain Gutenberg, including its curriculum and the state of its accreditation. The school has an annual $11,000 tuition.

The four-year college is expected to file a land use application with the city today, and is apparently eyeing a building on the city’s north side that was once home to Multnomah Publishers, Inc. During the meeting, City Councilor Pat Thompson asked about the school’s possible impact on Sisters and how the city could help Gutenberg.

“I’m just thinking on the community level, what the community, the (Chamber of Commerce), the city ... can do to help get the word out and market the school,” Thompson said.

Walden to head telecom panel Representative will oversee U.S. airwaves, Internet policy

By Keith Chu The Bulletin

WASHINGTON — In the next Congress, U.S. Rep. Greg Walden will head the subcommittee tasked with overseeing television, radio, Internet and all the rest of the nation’s communications systems.

So it was appropriate that Walden, R-Hood River, decided to announce the news on Twitter, but disguised in a mix of dots and dashes that had some Capitol Hill re-

Although the subcommittee will monitor issues of national i mp or t a nc e , Walden said in an interview U.S. Rep. T h u r s d ay, Greg Walden those issues matter in rural Oregon, too.

His office estimates that 50,000 jobs in Oregon — and about 10,000 jobs in the 2nd Congressional District, which includes Central, Eastern and Southern Oregon — are tied

ogy,” Walden said.

As chairman of the Communications and Telecommunications Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Walden will oversee a broad range of U.S. communications policy, including hot-button issues such as net neutrality, rural broadband access and how to distribute the wireless spectrum where cellular signals, television broadcasts and other wireless devices are competing for limited airwaves.

IN CONGRESS porters scratching their heads.

Translated from the Morse Code, his tweet read “Will chair comm and tech sub 73s w7eqi” In radio shorthand, 73s means “best regards,” while “w7eqi” is Walden’s call sign.

“I thought it’s a nice meld of old technology with new technol-

Doctors say Oregon lawmaker should have quick recovery

By Keith Chu The Bulletin

Photos by Rob Kerr / The Bulletin

Sky View Middle School principal Scott Edmondson holds two 45-pound plates in the school weight room Wednesday as students play during recess in the gym behind him. Edmondson recently won a world weightlifting competition by bench-pressing 585 pounds.

Strongleadership Sky View Middle School principal is world’s strongest

By Sheila G. Miller • The Bulletin

Enrollment takes hit The school’s enrollment peaked about three years ago, with 50 students, but has since fallen because of the economy, according to Crabtree. Gutenberg officials hope the school will eventually enroll up to, but no more than, 150 students.

Finding students who want Gutenberg’s education can be difficult, Crabtree said.

“There are students out there interested in the kind of education we provide,” he said. “They’re not congregated in one place.”

Wendy Holzman, a city councilor-elect, asked Crabtree and Peter Wierenga, a provost with Gutenberg, about the school’s accreditation.

See Gutenberg / C5

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y day, Scott Edmondson is the principal of Sky View Middle School. He holds meetings, looks at test scores and

works with teachers.

Principal Scott Edmondson received this poster from a class before he left town for the world competition. It sits in the corner of his office at the school.

But, like a superhero, all that changes when he steps out the double doors of the school. Then, the principal becomes a world champion powerlifter, bench-pressing hundreds of pounds.

In November, Edmondson placed first in his division at the World Association of Benchers and Deadlifters’ world championships in Las Vegas, bench-pressing more than 585 pounds.

Basically, Edmondson is the world’s strongest school principal.

“The other guys are always joking with him, you know, ‘I’d hate to get sent to the principal’s office,’” said Brian McLaughlin, who owns the gym where Edmondson trains.

“In all reality, going to the principal’s office is a good thing with Scott there.”

See Principal / C2

Area project helps needy survive the cold

By Molly Black The Bulletin

The homeless community in Central Oregon may be feeling a little warmer this winter thanks to Project: Tents Needed, headed by the Central Oregon Council on Aging.

The project, under way since Nov. 1, recycles unused or lightly used camping equipment, tents, warm blankets and sleeping bags, and donates them to homeless shelters throughout the area, supplying the community with shelter and basic ne-

to the telecommunications industry.

“This technology really makes a difference, and access to broadband in rural areas really makes a difference,” Walden said.

For rural areas, rules governing use of the Universal Service Fund, which is supposed to expand phone service to underserved areas, will be one priority, Walden said.

He cited the celebration in Fossil when the town’s first cell tower was installed in 2008, as an example of the issue’s importance.

See Walden / C5

Sen. Wyden diagnosed with cancer; surgery set for Monday

PUSHING EDUCATION — PUMPING IRON

One degree program Self-described as a “Great Books education from a biblical worldview,” Gutenberg has fewer than 30 students and about a dozen staff members. Most of the staff are expected to move to Sisters if the college decides to do so, according to Gutenberg President David Crabtree.

The college offers one degree — a bachelor’s — and all of its students take the same classes, Crabtree said. The “Great Books” curriculum includes reading authors from Plato to Tom Wolfe, Copernicus to Darwin, he said.

Gutenberg’s approach is unusual, compared to more traditional colleges.

“When we study science, it’s not so much test tubes,” Crabtree said. “It’s how does science go about what it does … What does it do well, not do well?”

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cessities to survive the winter.

Since November, 50 tents, blankets and sleeping bags have been donated to the Bend Community Center, and have been distributed to local homeless shelters or via COCOA’s network.

“A lot of times, people just have old sleeping bags and blankets sitting in their garages,” said Beth Patterson, operations director for Project: Tents Needed. “Those items could be really helpful to someone in need.”

Patterson is pleased with how

successful the project has been so far, but hopes for increased donations throughout the next month.

“We have been able to help about 50 people, and the more items we can get donated, the more people we can keep safe and warm throughout the season,” she said.

Patterson is encouraging the community to give to the homeless, especially throughout the harsh winter nights. “We are gladly accepting tents, blankets and sleeping bags, though we would love to have money as

More info For more information about the campaign, call 541-548-8817.

well to be able to go out and buy the needed items.”

Both the Bend Senior Center and the Bend Community Center are accepting donations. In Redmond, they can be delivered to the Redmond Senior Center.

COCOA is a private nonprofit organization that has been serv-

ing the area for 35 years, dedicated to taking care of seniors and adults with disabilities around Central Oregon. Project: Tents Needed is just one of the avenues created to do so.

The campaign will continue through the end of January. Priority for donated items is being given to senior citizens who are homeless and to families with children.

Molly Black can be reached at 541-617-7836 or at mblack@bendbulletin.com.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will undergo surgery on Monday, his office announced.

Wyden’s office said the cancer was in its early stages and doctors believe Wyden will recover quickly. The surgery will be performed at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore

by Dr. Alan Partin.

Doctors found the cancer during a routine physical in late U.S. Sen. N o v e m b e r , Ron Wyden Wyden said, in a statement released by his office.

“Thanks to routine screening, this was diagnosed very early, and I expect a full and speedy recovery,” Wyden said.

Wyden will miss votes through most of next week. He will be available for critical votes, spokeswoman Jennifer Hoelzer said.

“I scheduled the surgery for the Monday before Christmas anticipating that the Senate would have recessed by that time and that there would be no disruption to my work in Oregon or Washington,” Wyden said. “I expect to be back to work full time when the Senate reconvenes in January.”

Hoelzer said most of Wyden’s staff did not learn of his diagnosis until Thursday afternoon. She said Wyden was in good spirits.

“He’s upbeat,” she said.

Wyden said the news underlines the importance of regular doctor visits.

“If anything is taken away from my experience, I hope it is the importance of getting routine physicals,” he said. “One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetimes. Early detection is critical to catching this disease when treatment is most effective.”

IN CONGRESS

Keith Chu can be reached at 202-662-7456 or at kchu@bendbulletin.com.

“I expect to be back to work full time when the Senate reconvenes in January.”

— Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.

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POLICE LOG The Bulletin will update items in the Police Log when such a request is received. Any new information, such as the dismissal of charges or acquittal, must be verifiable. For more information, call 541-383-0358.

reported entered at 8:35 a.m. Dec. 15, in the 2100 block of Southwest Quartz Avenue.

Bend Police Department

Prineville Police Department

Unlawful entry — A vehicle was reported entered at 1:05 p.m. Dec. 15, in the 20100 block of Pinebrook Boulevard.

Unlawful entry — Gasoline was reported stolen from a vehicle at 1:12 p.m. Dec. 15, in the 1600 block of Northwest Elgin Avenue.

Theft — A theft was reported at 3:39 p.m. Dec. 15, in the 20100 block of Pinebrook Boulevard.

Theft — A theft was reported and an arrest made at 4:02 p.m. Dec. 15, in the 2500 block of U.S. Highway 20 East.

Theft — Jewelry was reported stolen at 4:35 p.m. Dec. 15, in the area of Southeast Parrell Road and Southeast Reed Lane.

Vehicle crash — An accident was reported at 3:30 a.m. Dec. 16, in the area of Northeast Third Street and Northeast Burnside Avenue.

Criminal mischief — An act of criminal mischief was reported at 11:08 a.m.

Dec. 14, in the area of Northeast Third Street.

Vehicle crash — An accident was reported at 3 p.m. Dec. 14, in the area of North Main Street.

Theft — A theft was reported at 5 p.m.

Dec. 14, in the area of Southeast Lynn Boulevard.

Redmond Police Department

Unlawful entry — A vehicle was

Indictment alleges Texas pair broke Iran embargo

Black Butte Police Department

Vehicle crash — An accident was reported at 5:08 p.m. Dec. 15, in the area of U.S. Highway 20 West near Camp Sherman Junction in Sisters.

Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office

Vehicle crash — An accident was reported at 12:05 p.m. Dec. 15, in the area of Cottonwood Road and U.S. Highway 97 in Sunriver.

Burglary — A burglary was reported at 12:02 p.m. Dec. 15, in the 23000 block of Maverick Lane in Bend.

Vehicle crash — An accident was reported at 11:26 a.m. Dec. 15, in the 51600 block of Coach Road in La Pine.

Vehicle crash — An accident was reported at 11:05 a.m. Dec. 15, in the area of U.S. Highway 20 West near milepost 97 in Sisters.

Theft — A theft was reported at 7:45 a.m. Dec. 15, in the 52300 block of Pine Forest Drive in La Pine.

Vehicle crash — An accident was reported at 7:04 a.m. Dec. 15, in the area of U.S. Highway 97 and Masten Road in La Pine.

Vehicle crash — An accident was reported at 6:42 a.m. Dec. 15, in the 51600 block of Coach Road in La Pine.

Theft — Items were reported stolen from a vehicle at 1:39 a.m. Dec. 15, in the 14800 block of White Pine Way in La Pine.

Oregon State Police

Vehicle crash — An accident was reported at 3:44 p.m. Dec. 14, in the area of U.S. Highway 372 near milepost 17 in Bend.

Vehicle crash — An accident was reported at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 15, in the area of U.S. Highway 20 West

near milepost 91.

DUII — Winston Peterson, 58, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants at 10:35 p.m. Dec. 15, in the area of Northeast Third Street and Northeast Clay Avenue in Bend.

BEND FIRE RUNS Wednesday 23 — Medical aid calls.

PETS The following animals have been turned in to the Humane Society of the Ochocos in Prineville or the Humane Society of Redmond animal shelters.

You may call the Humane Society of the Ochocos — 541-447-7178 — or check the website at www .humanesocietyochocos.com for pets being held at the shelter and presumed lost. The Redmond shelter’s telephone number is 541-923-0882 — or refer to the website at www .redmondhumane.org. The Bend shelter’s website is www.hsco.org.

Redmond

Labrador retriever mix — Young female, brindle; found near Southwest Juniper Avenue.

Labrador retriever — Adult female, yellow; found near Crooked River Ranch.

Principal

By Nigel Duara The Associated Press

PORTLAND — A Texas couple and an alleged coconspirator in Iran have been charged with money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the government in a scheme that allegedly used a Portland-based children’s charity to funnel money to Iran.

The indictment accuses Najmeh Vahid and Dr. Hossein Lahiji of getting $1.8 million in tax exemptions over nine years for their donations to the Portlandbased Child Foundation charity.

The head of the charity, Mehrdad Yasrebi, allegedly funneled money that was meant for food and other assistance to his cousin and to a bank controlled by the Iranian government.

Prosecutors allege that the Iranian cousin, Ahmad Iranshahi, worked through Iranian corporations and banks in Switzerland and United Arab Emirates to mask the transfers by using food shipments and other commodities.

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Kennel worker to be indicted in dog’s death

Davidson’s arraignment will be held Jan. 5.

A former Redmond kennel employee is scheduled to be arraigned next month on two felony charges and one misdemeanor stemming from the death of a collie who was allegedly injured while staying at the kennel.

A Deschutes County grand jury handed down an indictment against Martie Davidson, 40, this week, charging her with two counts of first-degree aggravated animal abuse and one count of first-degree animal abuse.

Prosecutors say she caused extensive injuries to a 6-yearold collie named Zoe while the dog was staying at Deschutes Pet Lodge in Redmond in July 2009. The dog suffered multiple rib fractures and died in June 2010.

Bend troupe, city of Redmond get grants

Continued from C1 The 37-year-old played football through college, but started powerlifting in seventh grade with his stepfather.

He credits much of his success to what his stepfather taught him. And it gave them a common passion, something they could do together to help them grow closer. His stepfather was a multiple national champion, his uncle a world champion. “He was a phenomenal teacher, so I learned the technique and I learned it properly,� he said of his stepdad.

As a senior in college, Edmondson won the collegiate national championships, and in the intervening years he’s won several national and state titles.

it makes you a better person.�

Two or three times a week, Edmondson and his training group get together for workouts that last as long as 2.5 hours.

Although Edmondson is older than some of his training buddies, McLaughlin said he’s a role model to all for his work ethic. “He works harder than anyone else in the gym,� McLaughlin said. “Besides family and work, training and taking care of his body and his mind are the highest priority. He will outwork anyone in the gym.�

The group is important to Edmondson, who said it’s easier to slack off at home in his garage by himself. “When you’re the strongest, you want to keep working so they don’t catch you, and when you’re not, you want to keep working to catch the strongest guy,� he said.

Stress reliever

Consistency is key

“This was a good way to stay competitive,� he said. “And it’s a very good stress reliever.�

But this was the first year he traveled to the world championships; his chiropractor, Dr. Jeff Neal at Natural Approach Chiropractic, sponsored him for the weekend by paying his entry fee and his hotel stay.

Edmondson qualified for the world championships by winning two regional meets and a national championship this year; he lifts in the 220-pound weight class in the submasters, for people ages 33 through 39.

Edmondson estimated about 700 lifters participated in the event, and although most were from the United States there was a sprinkling of lifters from places as far-flung as Finland, India, Armenia and Brazil.

To win the title, Edmondson had three attempts. The first time, he lifted 518 pounds; then

There are plenty of lessons to be learned from the deadlifts and bench-presses Edmondson makes time for each week.

One is the importance of consistency, of carving out time for something important. “It’s one of those things where if you slack off or take a week off you see negative effects,� Edmondson said.

Another lesson is the importance of staying healthy; knowing he’ll be lifting upward of 500 pounds on a regular basis means Edmondson tries to eat right and get enough sleep.

But the most important part, he thinks, is how important it is to have goals, both personal and professional. “If you don’t have a goal in your life, you’ll just be spinning your wheels,� he said. “There’s a lot of carryover, a lot of applications to students’ educational careers.�

Rob Kerr / The Bulletin

Sky View Middle School principal Scott Edmondson talks with students during lunch Wednesday. He recently won a world weightlifting competition. he went for 556.6 pounds. On the third attempt, Edmondson lifted 585.1 pounds, the Oregon state record and his personal best. “It’s the most I’ve ever done,� he said.

He also held the previous state record — 562 pounds.

McLaughlin, 30, operates Resilience Strength Training, the private powerlifting gym where

Edmondson trains. McLaughlin and Edmondson have trained together for about 1.5 years, and the gym owner said he looks up to Edmondson. “He’s been a father figure to me in a lot of ways,� he said. “He is the guy of utmost character I’ve ever met in my life. ... He’s the kind of guy you want to be around. You want to be around Scott because

The city of Redmond and the Heritage Theatre Company in Bend are the recipients of two grants from the Oregon Arts Commission, according to a news release.

A $5,250 grant was given to the city of Redmond to support artistic fees and marketing for its “Art Around the Clock� rotating art gallery, while the Heritage Theatre Company received a $2,000 grant to support its after-school community arts and meals program for at-risk youths.

The money was awarded through the Commission’s Arts Build Communities grant program, which provided grants totaling $110,000 to 25 organizations in Oregon.

But while there’s a lot Edmondson could tell kids about health, fitness and the power of persistence, not many Sky View students know just what a big deal he is.

He spoke to Michelle Crook’s health class about powerlifting, and brought in his medals and trophies to talk with students about his experience, nutrition and healthy living. “Obviously, his size is very impressive, and the kids are impressed. It’s evident he’s a strong man,� Crook said. “But he really applies it to his everyday life. ... The kids really respect athleticism. Many of them are very competitive, and they love athletics. So it’s always really neat when you see a role model continuing that in a lifelong manner.�

Crook said Edmondson is humble about his accomplishments. “I bet most of the staff doesn’t even realize his accomplishments,� she said. “And the kids, he can lift about seven or eight of them at one time. We all joke about that. We say, ‘He could pick up quite a few of you, a dozen if we picked the right ones.�

But Edmondson doesn’t pick up his students. That’s not his style. “It’s not something I’ve advertised,� he said. He hopes the kids who do know about his afterhours pursuits are inspired. “I want to be a good, positive role model,� he said. “I want to be an example to kids and show them how to live.�

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ON THIS DATE In 1777, France recognized American independence.

In 1830, South American patriot Simon Bolivar died in Colombia.

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Kulongoski orders help for Aumsville

ASTORIA — The Port of Astoria has signed a sister port agreement with the South Korean Busan Port Authority.

On Nov. 22, representatives from both ports met in South Korea to sign the formal agreement.

“It’s a developing relationship.

It’s focused on the long term,” said Port of Astoria Director Jack Crider, who traveled to Busan as the port’s representative.

Busan has financial resources, but also the need for contacts with flexible Western ports, Crider said. Astoria isn’t as crowded as larger ports, and the relationship between Busan and Astoria has the potential to be more one on one.

SALEM — Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski is ordering state agencies to help clean up the debris left by a tornado that tore through Aumsville.

Kulongoski on Thursday signed an executive order directing emergency management, the Oregon State Police and transportation officials to provide any manpower and equipment the city requests. Governor’s office spokeswoman Jodi Sherwood said local authorities are still calculating the damage, and it’s not yet clear whether they’ll need state or federal money.

The rare tornado struck Tuesday, damaging 50 homes and four businesses in the small town located 50 miles south of Portland.

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State gas tax going up 6 cents in January

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“As we see state and federal funds dry up, this could be another option to help us expand,” he said.

The two ports want to strengthen trade development by discussing port operations, cargo handling equipment, maintenance, shipping plans and trends; by exchanging trade information that could help both ports grow; and by providing introductions to key public and private officials.

But as for the precise outworking of the sister port agreement, the day-to-day details, what information is specifically exchanged, that still needs to be figured out. The most immediate step is for Astoria to form a committee of staff and employees to help inform and guide the new relationship.

The trip to Busan “went very well,” Crider said. “There was a little excitement about North Korea.”

Crider arrived in Busan just in time for two events: an artillery clash between North and South

Alex Pajunas / The Daily Astorian

Cranes lift logs into place aboard the South Korea-bound Santa Pacifica at the Westerlund Log Handlers operation site at the Port of Astoria’s Pier 1 in early November.

Korea, and the arrival of the log ship that had docked several weeks earlier in Astoria.

At the beginning of November, Westerlund Log Handlers loaded around 1 million board feet onto this log ship, the first one to dock at the Port of Astoria in 14 years. Several weeks later, in South Korea, Crider, along with Westerlund CEO Dave Westerlund and Roger Nance, Westerlund Log Handler’s vice president and managing director, watched as those same logs were unloaded at the Busan port facilities.

The sister port agreement between Astoria and Busan stems primarily from this reintroduction of log export operations at the Port of Astoria. When Westerlund began work at Pier 1, the port was ready to expand the scope of its operations.

With the help of consultant Dr.

Leaders of public safety radio network ask for lawmakers’ help

Sonny Park, who has contacts in South Korea, Astoria began seeking agreements with South Korean ports this year. This fall, Crider and Commissioner Floyd Holcom traveled to South Korea, making presentations and meeting other port representatives.

In a commission meeting after this first trip, Holcom said compared with the foreign ports, Astoria looked pretty tiny. It was a learning experience, he said.

Then Astoria heard that Busan was interested.

“They looked at all our facilities,” Crider said. “They were especially interested in the development of the Tongue Point facility.”

Port of Astoria Commissioner Dan Hess admitted, at a commission meeting, that he hadn’t at first seen the significance of crafting a sister port agreement with Busan.

Figure from mosque fire facing new trouble

The Associated Press PORTLAND — The leaders of a troubled project to build a statewide public safety radio network have asked Oregon lawmakers for guidance on the next step as deadlines approach.

The Oregon Wireless Interoperability Network needs to commit by March to spending about $150 million for building or improving radio towers and $80 million for new radio equipment, The Oregonian reported.

Legislators last year approved selling $260 million in bonds this March to continue funding the project.

May be victim of budget cuts But they are now considering rolling back or rescinding the plan with an estimated $3.5 billion budget shortfall facing the state for 2011-13.

Tom Lauer, major projects manager for the Oregon Department of Transportation, which inherited the project, stressed that time is growing short.

“As we delay that decision, we will start to slip off of our schedule,” Lauer said. “It becomes problematic from this point forward.”

The Oregonian reported in a recent series on the project, known as OWIN, that previous managers misled the Legislature, the governor’s office and the public about the project’s price and its lack of progress.

The price tag of the project has grown from $414 million to $586 million because savings claimed by OWIN didn’t exist, and because poor management and delays have driven up costs.

The project has spent $24 million with little to show for its work. The network is supposed to build or improve 300 radio towers, but only two sites are under construction.

State wants project done by 2013 State officials want the project done by 2013, when the federal government will require public safety agencies to switch to narrowband radios.

Sen. Joanne Verger, D-Coos Bay, called the condition of the current radio systems “deplorable.”

Members of the Legislature’s interim Emergency Board didn’t make any decisions Wednesday and say they will wait until January to study their options. They also want to see what Gov.elect John Kitzhaber proposes in his 2011-13 budget plan.

By Jonathan J. Cooper The Associated Press

SALEM — A young man whose home was searched after an arson fire at an Oregon mosque has had another unrelated brush with the law, accused of causing ruckuses at two businesses.

Nobody has been charged in the Nov. 28 torching of an office at the Salman Alfarisi Islamic Center in Corvallis, where a teenager accused of plotting to kill thousands at a Portland Christmas celebration sometimes worshipped.

After the fire, officers searched the nearby home of 24-year-old Cody Crawford, who told them a flashlight found near the mosque looked like one stolen from his porch.

On Tuesday, 40 miles north of Corvallis, McMinnville police arrested Crawford for investigation of disorderly conduct. He was released on bail.

The McMinnville New-Register said Crawford was arraigned Wednesday in Yamhill County Circuit Court on one count of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. His next court appearance was set for Jan. 13. Crawford indicated he’ll apply for a court-appointed lawyer.

Associated Press attempts to reach Crawford on Thursday through his mother and sister were not successful.

The News-Register first reported the arrest, quoting police as saying Crawford shined a light into a car and the security camera at a gasoline station and banged a phone on the counter at a video store.

Frequent run-ins with the law Crawford has frequently been in trouble in recent years, accused of assault, breaking a window when he was in jail, and throwing a cup of urine at a deputy, among other offenses.

He has denied any involvement in the mosque arson. Authorities say they’ve asked for lab analysis of computers, digital camera equipment, a gas can and a lighter from Crawford’s house.

McMinnville police Capt. Dennis Marks told The Associated Press that at the gasoline station, Crawford told a clerk he had a gun but just walked out after saying so.

Five blocks away at a Blockbuster store, he asked to use the telephone and banged it on the counter when he couldn’t reach anyone, Marks said.

Marks said there was no evidence that Crawford was impaired by drugs or alcohol.

“This is very significant,” Commissioner Jack Bland told him.

‘Just the beginning’ “This agreement is just the beginning of a long overdue relationship with one of our country’s key allies in the Pacific,” said Holcom.

He added that South Korea is “Oregon’s number two international trading partner, behind Canada but ahead of Japan, to a little over $1.5 billion per year.”

“This is a significantly positive direction for the Port of Astoria,” he said. To him, it means “getting back to the root of the Port’s historical mission.”

Representatives from the Busan port will be visiting Astoria, probably at the end of January, Crider said.

EUGENE — The Oregon state gas tax will go up by 6 cents next year to 30 cents a gallon.

The hike was approved in 2009 by the Legislature.

The Register-Guard reported it was supposed to kick in after two consecutive quarters of job growth in the state or, if that did not occur, on Jan. 1, 2011.

The higher tax is expected to add more than $30 a year to the average driver’s fuel costs.

Income tax revenue less than expected SALEM — Oregon is collecting about one-third less revenue than expected from the increased income tax on higherend households.

When voters upheld the increase as Measure 66 in January, it was projected to raise $180 million in the first year. A report from the Legislative Revenue Office on Wednesday says preliminary collections put the amount at $130 million.

The Register-Guard reported the Great Recession knocked about 10,000 households out of the high-income class subjected to higher rates. It applies to individuals earning more than $125,000 a year and couples with incomes of more than $250,000.

4-week search ends in attic for indicted man EUGENE — A four-week search for an Oregon man indicted on federal firearms charges ended in the attic of a Eugene home.

The Register-Guard reported that 33-year-old Robert Linn McCullen is back in jail following his arrest Tuesday after police found him hiding in a house.

U.S. marshals worked with local law enforcement agencies to find McCullen after a federal grand jury indicted him on charges of knowingly possessing a stolen firearm and felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

McCullen is accused of fighting with police in Springfield last month while carrying a loaded, stolen handgun in his waistband.

Lane County jail officials freed McCullen two days after his initial arrest to make room for other inmates considered a greater danger, leading Springfield police to ask for federal charges.

Josephine hires firm to collect jail day-use fee GRANTS PASS — Convicted inmates at the Josephine County jail in Grants Pass can expect to hear from a bill collector soon.

The Daily Courier reported that Josephine County has signed a contract with a company to collect day-use fees from inmates.

The company, Connex, would get a 12 percent cut of any money collected.

Josephine County Sheriff Gil Gilbertson said inmates will be charged $50 daily, plus medical expenses.

— From wire reports

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hile giving kids the chance to use a computer spellcheck program on state writing tests next year may make them feel good, we can see little advantage be-

yond that. We suspect, moreover, that not a few of those expected to teach them in college after they graduate would agree.

University of Oregon history professor Ian McNeely made that case earlier this week, though in a different context. Speaking in Eugene about a local tax for public schools, McNeely said that he was “simply dumbfounded” at the prospect of cutting school days, as too many incoming college freshmen already lack the basic skills they need to succeed, including the ability to spell.

The state Department of Education must have been aware when it announced recently it would allow students to use a spell-check program that there would be an outcry. No doubt that explains why the program chosen won’t correct spelling on writing tests but instead give students a list of several words to choose from. Presumably, only those who know how to spell the word in question will select the right one.

The department had better hope it’s right. Oregon community colleges and universities already spend a tremendous amount of time and effort getting college freshmen up to speed, and time spent learning things they should already know increases the chances those students will fail in other areas. In fact, according to statistics from the Oregon University System, students who arrive at school with below-par assessment scores

Oregon community colleges and universities already spend a tremendous amount of time and effort getting college freshmen up to speed, and time spent learning things they should already know increases the chances those students will fail in other areas. in the beginning seldom get beyond their freshman year.

In 2008, the latest year for which OUS has figures, 17 percent of Oregon high school graduates entering state schools had failed to meet state standards on 10th grade assessments.

More than 75 percent of those students failed to complete even a second year of college. The numbers were only slightly better for students who failed to meet state standards in reading. Math and science numbers were similarly bleak.

Giving kids what amounts to a bye on spelling sends kids the wrong message. It also lets the schools they attend off the hook for failing to teach a fundamental skill. So much for accountability.

VA has failed Central Oregon’s veterans If nothing else, the federal Veterans Administration should strive to provide assistance to the nation’s veterans in a timely fashion. Unfortunately, it does not, at least where Central Oregon vets are concerned.

Consider the case of housing vouchers that have been earmarked for the area, says Cyndy Cook of the Central Oregon Regional Housing Authority’s HousingWorks agency, which oversees low-income housing programs in the area. More than two dozen vets have been promised the housing assistance the vouchers provide. Unfortunately, fully six months after they were issued, the VA still has no one in place to provide the services it says must accompany them. Without the case manager, the vouchers cannot be put to use.

The VA may be right about the services homeless or struggling vets need to make the most of the vouchers. Some are homeless now, while others are hanging on by a thread, struggling to make ends meet. Some may suffer from substance abuse and other mental health issues. Counseling may well be critical to the vets’ success in permanent housing.

Still, a six-month hiring process is extreme, to say the least, though the VA says it’s typical. It’s particularly lengthy given the weather right now. Unless homeless vets can be put up with friends or at a local shelter, they’re being forced needlessly to endure rain, snow and freezing temperatures on nearly a daily basis.

A spokesman for the U.S. Veterans Administration told a Bulletin reporter recently that “they did interviews, they selected someone and the person should be on board fairly shortly.” Good for them, though “shortly” by the VA’s definition could mean months.

The question is, what sort of bureaucratic process is in place that takes so long to complete, and why cannot a shorter one be devised?

It’s sad, to say the least, that a nation that managed to put a man on the moon more than 40 years ago can’t figure out how to do something as simple as hiring people in a timely fashion. If the U.S. military operated as slowly as the VA’s bureaucrats, soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan would be firing muskets from horseback.

My Nickel’s Worth Dog restrictions

Drive safely

Bend is a dog-friendly city, and a big thanks for that goes to the organization DogPac. It was instrumental in facilitating a long-held dream of mine — off-leash dog parks within the city of Bend.

Where I part ways with the group is over the issue of off-leash dogs running free over the ski trails at Swampy Lakes nordic ski area.

DogPac is in the process of pressing the Deschutes National Forest to loosen the current restriction on dogs north of Century Drive in the areas of Meissner and Swampy sno-parks and Tumalo Mountain, but their sights are firmly set on Swampy as the “gateway” entry point to further access on the north side of the road.

Currently, dogs are allowed off leash anywhere south of the road in winter.

In fact, 95 percent of the Deschutes National Forest is open to dogs off leash.

DogPac and its associated group FAIR have raised the question of the Deschutes National Forest’s legal ability to impose restrictions to manage overuse and user conflict.

It seems their goal is 100 percent off leash on all forestlands. If they believe they have a case, they should make it in court. We would all benefit from a definitive ruling on that central question. Does the forest have a right to make rules or not? If not, then wouldn’t we have unrestricted activity 24/7? Wouldn’t that mean dogs, horses, four-wheel drive vehicles, motorcycles, quads, etc., anywhere, anytime, anyplace?

Eileen Woodward Bend

Tips on safe driving: 1) Use turn signals at all times, even in parking lots. It is for the automobiles you don’t see.

2) Remove all items from the mirror when driving, even handicap place cards.

3) Always put handicap place card on your rearview mirror in a handicap parking place.

This helps parking lot enforcement to see from the rear.

4) Do not pull out from a side street or driveway in front of oncoming traffic. You may cause an accident, and you are impeding traffic.

5) All black and white signs must be obeyed. They are subject to a traffic citation.

6) Use your horn when in doubt, pedestrians, bike riders, etc.

7) Try to let other drivers know what you are going to do; you have lights, a horn and turn signals.

8) When driving on state highways and you are under the speed limit, pull over and let vehicles pass you if there are four or more behind you.

9) Watch out for bike riders and pedestrians on the right side of the safety line.

10) Auto lights should be on during the daytime.

If your car or pickup is a dark color, it is very hard to see you in the shadows and dark pavement.

I hope some of these tips will help drivers with bad habits drive with more respect for other drivers and pedestrians.

Also, these tips on safe driving will

keep you from receiving a citation.

They are the law.

Ray Lewis La Pine

Vitamin D The recently released news articles denouncing the consumption of higher levels of vitamin D was not surprising to me, given the source of the studies.

Those institutions performing the latest studies claimed that taking excessive amounts of vitamin D could cause cancer, yet there was no statistical evidence to support this has ever happened. Additionally, there was no mention of the well-known fact that the body converts sunlight into as much as 15,000 IU of vitamin D daily, with no detrimental effect whatsoever.

My research has revealed that not only are these studies short-termed, and not strictly controlled, but are often funded by big pharmaceutical special interest groups.

In an earlier opinion piece I wrote for The Bulletin, I stated that there has never been any reported cases of vitamin D toxicity at levels approaching 10,000 IU based on long-term studies by Dr. Reinhold Vieth of Mount Sinai Hospital at the University of Toronto. Dr. Vieth has proven conclusively that many groups of people, especially those of us who live in the northern tier of states, could well benefit from supplementation of this critically important vitamin.

Your doctor is the best judge of determining what your specific levels of vitamin D should be.

Art De Tomaso Bend

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Record flooding made Christmas in ’64 one to remember M JANET y most memorable Christmas came 46 years ago, a gift delivered on a jet stream of remarkably bad weather.

The winter of 1964-65 was a La Niña year, according to StormFax and others who track such things. I don’t believe we called it that at the time — at least high school seniors did not call it that — but a look back at The Bulletin’s archives made possible by help from the Deschutes County Historical Society tells a winter tale well out of the ordinary.

It all began over the weekend of Dec. 18-19 with a snowstorm that left an 11inch snowpack in the city by Monday, Dec. 21. According to a front-page article by Phil Brogan that day, the storm dumped 1.29 inches of moisture on the area, bringing the monthly total to 2.33 inches and flooding underpasses. It wasn’t a record — yet — though that first official day of winter already was causing problems west of the Cascades, forcing school closures up and down the

Willamette Valley and Oregon Coast.

Things were much worse here by Tuesday, Dec. 22. A slide just east of the summit closed both the North and South Santiam passes, while other slides ended travel across the McKenzie and Willamette passes. Boulders on the highway made travel to Portland through Warm Springs impossible, and Trout Creek flooded at Willowdale, shutting off U.S. Highway 97 to the Columbia River. Travelers could go east to Burns and south to California, but damage in Northern California mimicked that in Oregon.

The North Santiam Pass was particularly hard hit. The bridge over the North Santiam River at Idanha washed out, while roads were also impassible north of Marion Forks on the same highway.

In fact, the North Santiam, which had recently been rechanneled by the new, improved highway, quickly went back to its old bed in several places above and below Detroit. Crews at the fish hatch-

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ery near Marion Forks struggled but managed to save some 6 million salmon eggs and 1.5 million salmon fingerlings.

Among the 700 or so trapped in the area was my dad, who had been on his way to Salem. Trapped in Detroit was Ted Shoop, a Bend businessman. I don’t know what the Shoop family felt, but for me and my five younger sisters and brother — and surely for our mother — the likelihood that Dad wouldn’t make it home for Christmas promised a bleak holiday, indeed.

Still, we were lucky, as those old newspapers make clear.

Warm Springs was particularly hard hit, the highway on both sides blocked

by washouts. The Dec. 23 issue of the paper featured photographs of four patients, including three infants, being lifted from a helicopter at St. Charles Memorial Hospital. Today, that might be nothing special; then, there was no such thing as Life Flight, and I doubt a helicopter has landed in the middle of downtown Bend before or since.

It wasn’t the only helicopter rescue at Warm Springs that week. Ten men were trapped at the mill near the Deschutes River on the south side of the community, surrounded by water. All were successfully rescued. The community’s sewer system flooded, and clean water had to be trucked in. Warm Springs ran out of milk for infants there, and the Red Cross planned a helicopter drop of canned milk and disposable diapers.

All that damage was caused by what we’d now call a “Pineapple Express,” a warm front moving in from across the southern Pacific Ocean. It was ended, as such things are, by a cold front that

slowed flooding and brought, later in the week, more snow.

That storm took six lives, flooded homes in Prineville and basements in Bend, and set all sorts of rainfall records. It wiped out bridges, roads and railroad lines, and caused hardship across the state. Mail was late, and officials estimated at least 1,000 travelers were trapped in Bend. Yet the worst was over by Christmas Eve. That day was particularly eventful for me. I was working that vacation at the newspaper and trying to reconcile myself to a Christmas without my dad, only to look up late in the morning to see him standing there in a sweatshirt and chest waders. Thanks to help from Jack Robinson & Sons crews, state police and I don’t know who else, he’d managed to hike out in time to make it home. No gift from Santa could have been better.

Janet Stevens is deputy editor of The Bulletin.

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Constance Gay Johnson, of Redmond Jan. 1, 1923 - Dec. 11, 2010 Arrangements: Autumn Funerals-Redmond 541-504-9485 www.autumnfunerals.net Services: Private services will be held at a later date.

Contributions may be made to:

Redmond Humane Society.

Donald William Hatfield, of Madras Oct. 6, 1925 - Dec. 12, 2010 Services: Memorial service will be held January 22, 2011 at Madras Conservative Baptist Church.

Dorothy June Telfer, of Prineville June 5, 1927 - Dec. 15, 2010 Arrangements: Prineville Funeral Home, 541-447-6459 Services: Graveside services will be held on Monday, December 20, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at Juniper Haven Cemetery.

Herbert Jefferson Pishion, of Redmond Sept. 9, 1945 - Dec. 10, 2010 Arrangements: Autumn Funerals-Redmond 541-504-9485 www.autumnfunerals.net Services: Private - for family only.

James H. "Jim" Heagle, of Forest Grove, OR Nov. 24, 1943 - Dec. 15, 2010 Arrangements: Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home in Forest Grove, 1-503-357-2161 Services: A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Monday, December 20, 2010 at 1:30 P.M. at the Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home, 2308 Pacific Avenue in Forest Grove, Oregon. Family and friends are invited to attend a reception immediately following the chapel ceremony, to be held at the Forest Grove Senior Center, 2037 Douglas Street in Forest Grove, Oregon.

Mary Ruth Munsey, of Prineville May 17, 1927 - Dec. 10, 2010 Arrangements: Prineville Funeral Home, 541-447-6459 Services: A celebration of Life will be held for Mary in the spring.

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Arthur Leroy ‘Mike’ Slate

Film director Blake Edwards, right, and a person dressed as the Pink Panther are shown in front of the Mann’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood in 1999.

Jan. 10, 1922 - Dec. 9, 2010 Former Bend resident, Arthur Leroy ‘Mike’ Slate, age 88, died Dec. 9, 2010 in Carson City, Nevada. He was born Jan. 10, 1922 in Lexington, Oregon, to parents, Aaron Howard and Leona Slate.

The family moved from Idaho to Bend in 1929.

Mike atArthur Leroy tended ‘Mike’ Slate schools in Bend and graduated from Bend High School in 1941. He enlisted in the Marine Corps and served in the Pacific during World War II. He is survived by his wife, Mildred of Carson City; sons, Steven of Fresno, CA; Chris (Ann) of San Luis Obispo, CA and Roger (Lee Ann) of Carson City; sisters, Lucy Halvorson, Donna Robertson and Pauline Robeck of Bend, Idella Marshall of Albany, OR, Margaret Larson, Issaquah, WA, Doris Anderson, Beaverton, OR, and Virginia Achterberg of Hesperia, CA; and sisters-in-law, Betty Slate of Bend, and Dolores Slate of Pacific Palisades, CA. He was preceded in death by his parents and first wife, Marjorie, two brothers, Melvin and Leonard, three sisters, Lois, Mildred, and Barbara.

Memorial services are pending and will be held in Bend at a later date.

Walden Continued from C1 In the same vein, Walden said he intends to carefully scrutinize the Federal Communications Commission over its handling of billions in stimulus funds intended to expand the nation’s broadband system.

Walden said he’s concerned about how the FCC has made decisions in recent years.

The upcoming decision on net neutrality — whether the companies that own Internet cables can and service providers can slow traffic to certain websites, or charge for faster connections to certain sites — is of particular concern.

The commission is expected to vote on a proposal to create new net neutrality rules next week.

Walden said that’s too soon.

“I think they’re going to warm a few chairs in the committee if they proceed in that way,” Walden said, alluding to the prospect of calling FCC officials to testify before his subcommittee.

Keith Chu can be reached at 202-662-7456 or at kchu@bendbulletin.com.

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‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s,’ ‘Pink Panther’ director Blake Edwards, 88, dies

By Dennis McLellan Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — Blake Edwards, the veteran writerdirector whose films include the “Pink Panther” comedies, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “Days of Wine and Roses” and “10” and whose legendary disputes with studio chiefs inspired his scathing Hollywood satire “S.O.B.,” has died. He was 88.

Edwards, whose collaborations with his wife, Julie Andrews, included the 1982 comedy “Victor/Victoria,” died of complications of pneumonia Wednesday evening at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, said Gene Schwam, Edwards’ longtime publicist.

Andrews and members of their immediate family were at his bedside.

Edwards scored his first boxoffice hit with “Operation Petticoat,” a 1959 comedy about a World War II submarine crew starring Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. But a turning point in Edwards’ film career came in 1961 with “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”

The light, sophisticated romantic comedy based on the Truman Capote novella earned Audrey Hepburn an Academy Award nomination for best ac-

Gutenberg Continued from C1 Gutenberg is not accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities — as are schools such as Oregon State University, the University of Oregon and Lewis and Clark College.

Gutenberg, though, is accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools.

Wierenga acknowledged that situation has made it difficult for Gutenberg graduates to earn acceptance into some universities — the regional accreditation is more well known — but said students have been

tress. Composer Henry Mancini also won an Oscar for his score, and he and Johnny Mercer won Oscars for their memorable song “Moon River.”

Displaying his versatility, Edwards followed up that success with the 1962 thriller “Experiment in Terror” and, that same year, “Days of Wine and Roses,” a grim drama about a young couple (Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick) battling alcoholism.

Both Lemmon and Remick received Academy Award nominations, and Mancini and Mercer won Oscars for their title song.

Master of comedy But it’s Edwards’ comedies for which he is best known.

As co-writer and director of “The Pink Panther” and “A Shot in the Dark” (both released in 1964), starring Peter Sellers as the bumbling French police inspector Clouseau, Edwards earned a reputation as a modern master of slapstick comedy and sight gags.

Other Edwards-directed comedies in the ’60s included “The Great Race,” “What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?” and “The Party.”

accepted by schools that include Syracuse University and Boston University.

College leaders have considered applying for accreditation, but Wierenga said the process can take a lot of time and effort that the school’s staff cannot afford now.

With the possible move to Sisters and other regular duties, the college has plenty to consider, Wierenga said.

“We’re trying to figure out which bite to take next, but regional accreditation is something we’ve talked about and continue to talk about,” he said.

Patrick Cliff can be reached at 541-633-2161 or at pcliff@bendbulletin.com.

Ruby Marie (Bigge) Schmitt 1922 - 2010 Ruby Marie (Bigge) Schmitt, 88, passed away peacefully December 13, 2010 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Ruby was born April 12, 1922 on the family farm near Stockton, Kansas to William and Catherine Bigge. She graduated from Stockton High School and Browne Mackie Business College in Salina, KS. In Salina she met the love of her life, Frank (Schmitty) Schmitt, and they married February 7, 1942 at a simple war-time wedding. Ruby followed Frank throughout the west as he trained to be a bomber pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corp. He fought in WWII where he flew 35 missions over Germany. Their first daughter, Karen, was born while he was serving overseas. After the war, they relocated to Los Angeles where Frank joined the LA Police Dept. and they raised their family, adding daughter, Marsha, and finally a son, Ronald.

In 1965 Frank retired from the LAPD and they relocated to Bend, Oregon. They loved to camp and fish in Central Oregon, taking excursions to the Pacific coast beaches, a love they passed on to their children. They were active members of Trinity Lutheran Church and several square dance clubs.

In 1986 they moved to Boise to be near their 3 grandchildren. For many years Frank and Ruby traveled abroad to Germany, Austria, Russia, China, Japan, New Zealand, Israel, England, Canada, Alaska, Fiji and Hawaii. They were active square and polka dancing, camping and fishing.

They were members of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Boise. Frank passed away August 2005. Ruby continued to live in her home and be involved in family and church activities. She enjoyed family gatherings quietly watching the chaos around her, always smiling sweetly. Ruby loved to cook, sew, and quilt and was a wonderful homemaker, passing on her cooking gift and recipes to her family. She also worked outside the home over the years as a stenographer and in other secretarial positions.

Ruby moved to memory care in February 2009. Alzheimer’s slowly took her away from us, but her sweet spirit remained. We will always love you, Mom, Grandma and Great-Grandma.

Ruby is survived by one sister, two sisters-in-law; daughters, Karen Wilson and Marsha Philbrook of Boise, ID; son, Ronald Schmitt of Martinsburg, WV; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Special thanks to the Overland Court – Generations caregivers and Legacy Hospice for their loving care of our mother. They made this difficult journey an easier one for us and our Mom. A memorial service was held on Friday, December 17, at 10:00 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 5009 Cassia Street, Boise. A private committal for Ruby and Frank will be held at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery, Boise. In lieu of flowers, Ruby requested donations be made to the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Memorial Fund.

W E AT H ER

C6 Friday, December 17, 2010 • THE BULLETIN

THE BULLETIN WEATHER FORECAST

Maps and national forecast provided by Weather Central LLC ©2010.

TODAY, DECEMBER 17

SATURDAY

Today: Partly cloudy start, mostly cloudy finish, cooler.

Ben Burkel

Bob Shaw

FORECASTS: LOCAL

HIGH

LOW

36

24

STATE Western Ruggs

Condon

Maupin

Government Camp

35/25

32/23

38/28

31/22

Warm Springs

Marion Forks

37/31

32/21

Willowdale

Mitchell

Madras

Camp Sherman 31/21 Redmond Prineville 36/24 Cascadia 34/25 35/25 Sisters 33/23 Bend Post 36/24

33/23

24/12

32/21

33/20

Vancouver 40/33

Seattle

Burns

Hampton 31/21

Fort Rock

Portland Eugene Expect partly sunny skies 48/37 and seasonable Grants Pass conditions.

43/38 Eastern

35/22

27/14

Chemult 28/18

35/27

Bend

Boise

36/24

33/29

Idaho Falls Elko 27/27

Reno

Sunny to partly cloudy skies will be the rule today.

Crater Lake 31/25

21/4

25/7

45/40

29/23

Helena

Missoula

Redding Christmas Valley

Silver Lake

44/39

24/18

39/32

San Francisco

Salt Lake City

54/53

Moon phases Full

Last

New

First

Dec. 21 Dec. 27 Jan. 4

Jan. 12

36/29

City

Yesterday Hi/Lo/Pcp

Friday Hi/Lo/W

TUESDAY

Mostly cloudy, slight chance of snow LOW showers.

HIGH

Astoria . . . . . . . . 48/39/0.23 . . . . . . 45/37/c. . . . . . 44/37/sh Baker City . . . . . . 35/12/0.00 . . . . . 27/21/pc. . . . . . 29/25/sn Brookings . . . . . . 49/34/0.00 . . . . . 50/46/sh. . . . . . 50/45/sh Burns. . . . . . . . . . . 30/1/0.00 . . . . . 29/23/sn. . . . . . 31/26/sn Eugene . . . . . . . .47/29/trace . . . . . . 48/37/c. . . . . . 46/37/sh Klamath Falls . . . 37/17/0.00 . . . . . . 35/27/c. . . . . . 37/29/rs Lakeview. . . . . . . 36/12/0.00 . . . . . 34/26/sn. . . . . . 35/29/rs La Pine . . . . . . . . . 33/2/0.00 . . . . . 32/20/sn. . . . . . 31/28/sn Medford . . . . . . . 41/31/0.00 . . . . . . 42/37/c. . . . . . 46/40/sh Newport . . . . . . . 48/37/0.11 . . . . . . 49/42/c. . . . . . 48/40/sh North Bend . . . . . 52/36/0.00 . . . . . 52/43/sh. . . . . . 52/43/sh Ontario . . . . . . . . 30/13/0.00 . . . . . 31/26/pc. . . . . . 30/30/rs Pendleton . . . . . . 46/28/0.00 . . . . . 36/27/pc. . . . . . 33/25/sn Portland . . . . . . . 46/38/0.05 . . . . . 41/35/pc. . . . . . 43/35/sh Prineville . . . . . . . 37/20/0.00 . . . . . 34/25/sn. . . . . . 34/28/sn Redmond. . . . . . . 39/14/0.00 . . . . . 36/28/pc. . . . . . 35/26/sn Roseburg. . . . . . . 45/31/0.00 . . . . . 46/38/sh. . . . . . 48/40/sh Salem . . . . . . . . . 47/32/0.11 . . . . . 46/37/pc. . . . . . 46/37/sh Sisters . . . . . . . . . . 35/6/0.00 . . . . . 33/23/sn. . . . . . 32/26/sn The Dalles . . . . . . 38/29/0.00 . . . . . 39/30/pc. . . . . . 36/29/sn

HIGH

LOW 0

MEDIUM 2

4

HIGH 6

SKI REPORT

V.HIGH 8

10

ROAD CONDITIONS Snow level and road conditions representing conditions at 5 p.m. yesterday. Key: T.T. = Traction Tires.

Pass Conditions I-5 at Siskiyou Summit . . . . . . . . . Carry chains or T. Tires I-84 at Cabbage Hill . . . . . . . . . . . Carry chains or T. Tires Hwy. 20 at Santiam Pass . . . . . . . Carry chains or T. Tires Hwy. 26 at Government Camp. . . . . . . . . No restrictions Hwy. 26 at Ochoco Divide . . . . . . Carry chains or T. Tires Hwy. 58 at Willamette Pass . . . . . Carry chains or T. Tires Hwy. 138 at Diamond Lake . . . . . Carry chains or T. Tires Hwy. 242 at McKenzie Pass . . . . . . . . .Closed for season For up-to-minute conditions turn to: www.tripcheck.com or call 511

PRECIPITATION

Yesterday’s weather through 4 p.m. in Bend High/Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37/18 24 hours ending 4 p.m.. . . . . . . . 0.00” Record high . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 in 1980 Month to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.07” Record low. . . . . . . . . . . . . . -2 in 1967 Average month to date. . . . . . . . 0.88” Average high . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Year to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.79” Average low. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Average year to date. . . . . . . . . 10.83” Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.. . . 29.89 Record 24 hours . . . . . . . 0.74 in 1982 *Melted liquid equivalent

The higher the UV Index number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Index is for solar at noon.

1

LOW

37 27

TEMPERATURE

Tomorrow Rise Set Mercury . . . . . .7:44 a.m. . . . . . .4:46 p.m.

Venus . . . . . . . .3:44 a.m. . . . . . .2:11 p.m.

Mars. . . . . . . . .8:31 a.m. . . . . . .5:13 p.m.

Jupiter. . . . . . .12:09 p.m. . . . . .11:49 p.m.

Saturn. . . . . . . .1:33 a.m. . . . . . .1:05 p.m.

Uranus . . . . . .12:10 p.m. . . . . .12:03 a.m.

ULTRAVIOLET INDEX Saturday Hi/Lo/W

Mostly cloudy, chance of snow showers.

36 22

PLANET WATCH

OREGON CITIES

Calgary

41/35

28/22

Crescent 29/19

BEND ALMANAC Sunrise today . . . . . . 7:35 a.m.

Sunset today . . . . . . 4:28 p.m.

Sunrise tomorrow . . 7:35 a.m.

Sunset tomorrow. . . 4:29 p.m.

Moonrise today . . . . 1:40 p.m.

Moonset today . . . . 3:56 a.m.

LOW

37 20

SUN AND MOON SCHEDULE

28/21

La Pine

HIGH

NORTHWEST

Paulina

Brothers

Sunriver

LOW

Dry weather is expected across the region today, but rain and snow will return over the weekend.

Central

32/22

Mostly cloudy, scattered snow showers.

38 24

13/-5

32/20

Crescent Lake

HIGH

Yesterday’s regional extremes • 52° North Bend • 1° Burns

MONDAY

Mainly cloudy with heavy snow all day long.

Tonight: Mainly cloudy with heavy snow developing.

34/26

35/29

Oakridge Elk Lake

Cloudy with a few showers in the south late.

38/30

SUNDAY

Ski report from around the state, representing conditions at 5 p.m. yesterday: Snow accumulation in inches Ski area Last 24 hours Base Depth Anthony Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . no report Hoodoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . . . . 38-48 Mt. Ashland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 . . . . . . 24-56 Mt. Bachelor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . . . . 55-80 Mt. Hood Meadows . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . 66 Mt. Hood Ski Bowl . . . . . . . . .0-0 . . . . . . 32-38 Timberline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 . . . . . . . . 84 Warner Canyon . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . no report Willamette Pass . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 . . . . . . 24-47 Aspen, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Mammoth Mtn., California . . . . 1 Park City, Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 Squaw Valley, California . . . . . 0.0 Sun Valley, Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 Taos, New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vail, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

. . . . . . 26-27 . . . . . . 50-96 . . . . . . . . 51 . . . . . . . . 72 . . . . . . 32-49 . . . . . . 15-17 . . . . . . . . 37

For links to the latest ski conditions visit: www.skicentral.com/oregon.html

Legend:W-weather, Pcp-precipitation, s-sun, pc-partial clouds, c-clouds, h-haze, sh-showers, r-rain, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, rs-rain-snow mix, w-wind, f-fog, dr-drizzle, tr-trace

TRAVELERS’ FORECAST NATIONAL

NATIONAL WEATHER SYSTEMS Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are high for the day.

S

S

S

S

S

Vancouver 40/33

Yesterday’s U.S. extremes

S

S

Calgary 13/-5

S

Saskatoon 10/-3

Seattle 44/39

S Winnipeg 10/5

S

S

Thunder Bay 15/-2

S

S

S

S S

Quebec 18/8

Halifax 29/21 P ortland Billings To ronto P ortland (in the 48 32/18 21/9 30/19 41/35 St. Paul Green Bay contiguous states): Boston 15/4 18/6 Boise 33/24 Buffalo Rapid City Detroit 33/29 31/22 New York 24/8 • 86° 28/18 37/27 Des Moines McAllen, Texas Cheyenne Philadelphia Columbus 23/9 Chicago 26/11 28/12 36/24 25/10 • -26° Omaha San Francisco Salt Lake Washington, D. C. 24/10 54/53 Diamond Lake, Wis. City 35/23 Las Denver Louisville 36/29 Kansas City • 2.54” Vegas 34/20 33/20 32/18 St. Louis 56/45 Abingdon, Va. 29/19 Los Angeles Nashville Charlotte Albuquerque Oklahoma City Little Rock 60/53 48/29 38/22 34/24 42/27 48/26 Phoenix Atlanta 63/48 Honolulu 50/34 Birmingham 80/66 Dallas Tijuana 48/32 50/31 61/49 New Orleans 63/43 Orlando 76/55 Chihuahua Houston 69/31 59/37 Miami 79/63 Monterrey La Paz 77/45 72/48 Mazatlan Anchorage 76/49 10/-9 Juneau 21/11 Bismarck 16/-4

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Yesterday Friday Saturday City Hi/Lo/Pcp Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Abilene, TX . . . . .65/36/0.05 . 48/22/pc . . 50/28/pc Akron . . . . . . . . .24/10/0.00 . .27/14/sn . . 25/11/pc Albany. . . . . . . . .30/18/0.00 . . 29/19/sf . . 33/18/pc Albuquerque. . . .48/34/0.42 . . .48/26/c . . . 51/29/c Anchorage . . . . .15/12/0.00 . . . 10/-9/s . . . . . 9/-9/s Atlanta . . . . . . . .60/33/0.19 . 50/34/pc . . . 46/30/c Atlantic City . . . .28/20/0.05 . 39/25/pc . . 37/30/pc Austin . . . . . . . . .62/49/0.00 . 56/30/pc . . 55/26/pc Baltimore . . . . . .25/16/0.11 . 35/21/pc . . 35/25/pc Billings. . . . . . . . .36/21/0.00 . . .21/9/pc . . . 25/9/sn Birmingham . . . .63/44/0.27 . 48/32/pc . . 45/28/pc Bismarck . . . . . . .21/16/0.04 . . 16/-4/pc . . . . . 9/-4/c Boise . . . . . . . . . .39/24/0.00 . 33/29/pc . . .36/33/rs Boston. . . . . . . . .34/20/0.00 . 33/24/pc . . 34/25/pc Bridgeport, CT. . .32/24/0.00 . 35/25/pc . . 38/27/pc Buffalo . . . . . . . .27/22/0.00 . .31/22/sn . . 28/20/sn Burlington, VT. . .25/14/0.05 . . 26/13/sf . . . 29/18/c Caribou, ME . . . .18/10/0.00 . .21/11/sn . . . 21/11/c Charleston, SC . .60/36/0.00 . .63/47/sh . . 50/38/sh Charlotte. . . . . . .43/30/0.09 . 48/29/pc . . . 45/27/c Chattanooga. . . .59/30/0.17 . 42/27/pc . . . 46/24/c Cheyenne . . . . . .32/12/0.00 . 26/11/pc . . . 34/26/c Chicago. . . . . . . .27/20/0.00 . 25/10/pc . . . 19/7/pc Cincinnati . . . . . .27/21/0.20 . 28/12/pc . . 27/11/pc Cleveland . . . . . .23/12/0.00 . .28/16/sn . . . 26/13/c Colorado Springs 32/25/0.00 . .26/14/sn . . . 38/26/c Columbia, MO . .29/26/0.00 . 28/17/pc . . 31/17/pc Columbia, SC . . .63/34/0.00 . . .57/37/c . . 44/31/sh Columbus, GA. . .66/39/0.03 . . .56/38/c . . 54/31/sh Columbus, OH. . .27/13/0.06 . . .28/12/c . . . 25/9/pc Concord, NH . . . . .30/9/0.00 . 30/13/pc . . 34/16/pc Corpus Christi. . .81/51/0.00 . 62/44/pc . . 61/43/pc Dallas Ft Worth. .66/40/0.00 . . .50/31/c . . 52/36/pc Dayton . . . . . . . .25/17/0.17 . 26/10/pc . . . 24/9/pc Denver. . . . . . . . .37/15/0.00 . . .34/20/c . . . 38/26/c Des Moines. . . . .27/21/0.01 . . .23/9/pc . . . 20/5/pc Detroit. . . . . . . . . .26/6/0.00 . .28/18/sn . . .24/15/sf Duluth . . . . . . . . . 19/-7/0.00 . . . .15/5/c . . . . 15/7/c El Paso. . . . . . . . .67/44/0.00 . 60/32/pc . . 62/33/pc Fairbanks. . . . . -31/-38/0.00 . -38/-51/s . . -30/-45/s Fargo. . . . . . . . . . .19/6/0.09 . . . .12/1/c . . . .12/-2/c Flagstaff . . . . . . .37/33/0.58 . . .40/23/c . . 43/25/sh

Yesterday Friday Saturday Yesterday Friday Saturday Yesterday Friday Saturday City Hi/Lo/Pcp Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Pcp Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Pcp Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Grand Rapids . . . .28/7/0.00 . .26/21/sn . . 24/17/sn Rapid City . . . . . .40/17/0.00 . . .24/8/sn . . 23/10/pc Savannah . . . . . .66/39/0.00 . .67/49/sh . . 51/39/sh Green Bay. . . . . 21/-10/0.00 . . .18/6/pc . . . . 15/7/sf Reno . . . . . . . . . .40/29/0.00 . . 39/32/rs . . 50/37/sh Seattle. . . . . . . . .47/37/0.13 . 44/39/pc . . 42/34/sh Greensboro. . . . .32/26/0.21 . 42/28/pc . . . 39/26/c Richmond . . . . . .28/15/0.20 . 37/24/pc . . . 37/26/c Sioux Falls. . . . . . .21/7/0.00 . . . .21/4/c . . . . 15/0/c Harrisburg. . . . . .26/17/0.00 . 33/22/pc . . . 34/22/c Rochester, NY . . .27/21/0.00 . .32/24/sn . . 29/19/sn Spokane . . . . . . 38/27/trace . 32/21/pc . . 28/22/sn Hartford, CT . . . .34/19/0.00 . 31/20/pc . . 34/20/pc Sacramento. . . . .50/32/0.00 . .49/49/sh . . 55/49/sh Springfield, MO. .38/27/0.00 . 34/19/pc . . 38/21/pc Helena. . . . . . . . .32/14/0.00 . . .21/4/pc . . . . 18/9/c St. Louis. . . . . . . .30/28/0.00 . 29/19/pc . . 32/17/pc Tampa . . . . . . . . .67/39/0.00 . . .75/59/s . . . .74/57/t Honolulu . . . . . . .79/69/0.00 . . .80/66/s . . 79/68/sh Salt Lake City . . .31/17/0.00 . 36/29/pc . . .42/38/rs Tucson. . . . . . . . 67/41/trace . 63/40/pc . . 67/43/pc Houston . . . . . . .72/62/0.00 . . .59/37/c . . 55/34/pc San Antonio . . . .64/48/0.00 . 59/34/pc . . 59/33/pc Tulsa . . . . . . . . . .49/32/0.00 . . .41/20/c . . 44/26/pc Huntsville . . . . . .61/38/0.21 . 39/27/pc . . 42/22/pc San Diego . . . . . .63/57/0.01 . .60/51/sh . . 62/53/sh Washington, DC .27/21/0.17 . 35/23/pc . . 36/24/pc Indianapolis . . . .28/21/0.20 . 27/10/pc . . . 23/6/pc San Francisco . . .52/40/0.00 . .54/53/sh . . 58/51/sh Wichita . . . . . . . .49/26/0.00 . . .38/19/c . . 41/23/pc Jackson, MS . . . .70/50/0.04 . . .47/31/c . . 49/29/sh San Jose . . . . . . .59/36/0.00 . .55/49/sh . . 58/49/sh Yakima . . . . . . . .42/21/0.00 . 34/25/pc . . 30/22/sn Madison, WI . . . . .20/8/0.00 . . .18/2/pc . . . . 14/0/c Santa Fe . . . . . . .40/30/0.18 . .35/21/sn . . 42/28/pc Yuma. . . . . . . . . .67/51/0.01 . . .68/50/c . . . 72/51/c Jacksonville. . . . .70/31/0.00 . .69/54/sh . . . .66/43/t Juneau. . . . . . . . .26/18/0.00 . 21/11/pc . . 22/12/pc Kansas City. . . . .36/25/0.00 . 32/18/pc . . 35/19/pc Amsterdam. . . . .43/27/0.45 . .31/26/sn . . 32/28/sn Mecca . . . . . . . . .93/73/0.00 . . .90/68/s . . 89/67/pc Lansing . . . . . . . . .25/8/0.00 . . .26/20/c . . 24/16/sn Athens. . . . . . . . .50/44/0.11 . .46/34/sh . . 53/41/sh Mexico City. . . . .72/36/0.00 . . .74/37/s . . . 73/35/s Las Vegas . . . . . .56/51/0.00 . . .56/45/c . . 61/50/sh Auckland. . . . . . .68/64/0.00 . .72/62/sh . . . .75/63/t Montreal. . . . . . . .18/9/0.16 . . .19/11/c . . .21/11/sf Lexington . . . . . .32/23/0.66 . 29/17/pc . . 29/15/pc Baghdad . . . . . . .64/41/0.00 . . .72/47/s . . 71/47/pc Moscow . . . . . . .12/10/0.00 . . .18/7/pc . . 24/18/sn Lincoln. . . . . . . . .36/24/0.00 . 28/11/pc . . 28/13/pc Bangkok . . . . . . .93/75/1.29 . . .90/77/c . . 90/76/pc Nairobi . . . . . . . .77/52/0.00 . .78/57/sh . . 79/57/pc Little Rock. . . . . .54/39/0.00 . . .42/27/c . . 44/24/pc Beijing. . . . . . . . .37/14/0.00 . . .38/18/s . . . 43/24/s Nassau . . . . . . . .73/50/0.00 . . .79/69/s . . . .80/70/t Los Angeles. . . . .61/55/0.01 . .60/53/sh . . 61/56/sh Beirut. . . . . . . . . .77/57/0.00 . 69/56/pc . . 62/53/sh New Delhi. . . . . .55/50/0.00 . . .73/51/s . . . 72/49/s Louisville . . . . . . .32/27/0.30 . 33/20/pc . . 30/14/pc Berlin. . . . . . . . . . .27/5/0.00 . . 25/15/sf . . 18/13/pc Osaka . . . . . . . . .43/36/0.00 . 45/33/pc . . . 47/33/s Memphis. . . . . . .61/39/0.04 . . .39/29/c . . 41/27/pc Bogota . . . . . . . .66/54/0.31 . .71/49/sh . . . .66/49/t Oslo. . . . . . . . . . .30/16/0.02 . . 15/11/sf . . 20/11/sn Miami . . . . . . . . .73/45/0.00 . . .79/63/s . . . .79/65/t Budapest. . . . . . .23/12/0.00 . 29/17/pc . . 26/16/sn Ottawa . . . . . . . .18/12/0.02 . . .21/15/c . . .20/11/sf Milwaukee . . . . .26/16/0.00 . . .21/8/pc . . . . 18/9/c Buenos Aires. . . .88/72/0.00 . 90/67/pc . . . .79/64/t Paris. . . . . . . . . . .41/30/0.00 . . 31/26/sf . . 34/29/sn Minneapolis . . . .20/16/0.00 . . .15/4/pc . . . . 15/5/c Cabo San Lucas .79/55/0.00 . . .75/56/s . . . 78/58/s Rio de Janeiro. . .86/77/0.00 . . .88/76/t . . . .86/76/t Nashville . . . . . . .54/34/0.14 . 34/24/pc . . 40/22/pc Cairo . . . . . . . . . .75/57/0.00 . . .71/51/s . . . 64/43/s Rome. . . . . . . . . .43/28/0.00 . .50/40/sh . . 46/34/pc New Orleans. . . .79/57/0.00 . .63/43/sh . . 55/36/sh Calgary . . . . . . . . .10/9/0.02 . . 13/-5/sf . . . .11/-5/s Santiago . . . . . . .79/54/0.00 . . .77/45/s . . . 77/42/s New York . . . . . .30/23/0.00 . 37/27/pc . . 38/27/pc Cancun . . . . . . . .81/63/0.00 . . .80/62/s . . 82/64/pc Sao Paulo . . . . . .77/61/0.00 . . .79/69/t . . . .81/69/t Newark, NJ . . . . .30/22/0.00 . 38/26/pc . . 37/27/pc Dublin . . . . . . . . .45/28/0.14 . .33/25/sn . . 33/27/sn Sapporo. . . . . . . .27/27/0.00 . . 25/21/sf . . 30/25/sn Norfolk, VA . . . . .33/18/0.35 . 37/27/pc . . . 39/31/c Edinburgh . . . . . .45/25/0.00 . .31/24/sn . . 31/26/sn Seoul . . . . . . . . . . .27/9/0.00 . .38/22/sh . . . 41/23/s Oklahoma City . .52/33/0.00 . . .38/22/c . . 44/26/pc Geneva . . . . . . . .32/19/0.00 . .29/23/sn . . .31/26/sf Shanghai. . . . . . .36/28/0.00 . . .53/38/s . . . 59/45/s Omaha . . . . . . . .28/22/0.00 . 24/10/pc . . 26/10/pc Harare . . . . . . . . .84/63/0.00 . . .82/60/t . . . .79/62/t Singapore . . . . . .88/75/1.16 . . .88/77/t . . . .86/76/t Orlando. . . . . . . .71/32/0.00 . . .76/55/s . . . .75/55/t Hong Kong . . . . .50/45/0.70 . . .72/57/s . . . 74/61/s Stockholm. . . . . .32/10/0.00 . . 26/15/sf . . 26/17/sn Palm Springs. . . 67/58/trace . .60/47/sh . . . 65/50/c Istanbul. . . . . . . .50/39/0.40 . 40/27/pc . . 45/35/sh Sydney. . . . . . . . .73/64/0.00 . 78/64/pc . . 78/65/pc Peoria . . . . . . . . .25/21/0.16 . . .23/7/pc . . . 21/6/pc Jerusalem . . . . . .64/37/0.00 . . .69/49/s . . 63/43/pc Taipei. . . . . . . . . .57/48/0.00 . . .66/52/s . . . 67/53/s Philadelphia . . . .27/20/0.01 . 36/24/pc . . 37/25/pc Johannesburg . . .73/57/3.10 . 77/59/pc . . . 80/57/s Tel Aviv . . . . . . . .77/52/0.00 . . .70/51/s . . 64/51/sh Phoenix. . . . . . . .61/54/0.10 . . .63/48/c . . . 67/49/c Lima . . . . . . . . . .73/64/0.00 . .70/60/sh . . 72/61/pc Tokyo. . . . . . . . . .45/41/0.00 . 50/40/pc . . . 51/38/s Pittsburgh . . . . . .25/10/0.00 . . 27/15/sf . . 26/13/pc Lisbon . . . . . . . . .50/37/0.00 . . .59/44/s . . 55/48/sh Toronto . . . . . . . .27/19/0.03 . . .30/19/c . . .25/14/sf Portland, ME. . . .27/13/0.01 . 32/18/pc . . 33/23/pc London . . . . . . . .45/28/0.11 . . .34/28/c . . .34/30/rs Vancouver. . . . . .43/39/0.10 . 40/33/pc . . .39/34/rs Providence . . . . .34/18/0.00 . 34/23/pc . . 36/25/pc Madrid . . . . . . . .45/25/0.00 . . .53/33/s . . 53/38/sh Vienna. . . . . . . . .25/12/0.00 . .31/26/sn . . .26/15/sf Raleigh . . . . . . . .34/28/0.52 . . .42/28/c . . . 40/28/c Manila. . . . . . . . .86/79/0.03 . . .86/77/t . . 87/75/sh Warsaw. . . . . . . . .18/7/0.00 . . .22/8/pc . . .24/15/sf

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PREP SOCCER Local players picked for all-state teams Mountain View senior Cam Riemhofer has been named to the 2010 Class 5A all-state boys soccer first team.

Riemhofer, a forward, led the Cougars to a 9-4-3 record and into the 5A state quarterfinals this season.

In Class 4A, Sisters senior midfielder Scotty Bowen received all-state first-team honors. Crook County senior midfielder Luis Toledo received 4A honorable mention.

Redmond senior defender Jeffrey Villalobos received honorable mention in Class 6A. The 2010 all-state boys soccer teams were voted on by coaches and compiled by The Oregonian newspaper.

For a complete list of the allstate teams, see Prep Scoreboard on Page D4.

— Bulletin staff report

PREP WRESTLING

Crook County knocks off Culver in CowDog Classic Bulletin staff report CULVER — In what is becoming one of the better wrestling rivalries in Central Oregon, Crook County topped Culver 51-21 on Thursday night in the fourth staging of the CowDog Classic.

The Class 4A Cowboys won nine of the 14 matches against the four-time defending Class 2A/1A state champions, including the final five contests of the night.

Jared George highlighted the evening for Crook County with a pin over Culver’s David Badillo in the 145-pound match. Badillo is the defending 2A/1A state champ at 125 pounds. Bryson Martin also had a big win for the Cowboys, pinning the

Bulldogs’ Austin Barany in the 189-pound match.

Crook County won the opening two matches, but Culver reeled off four consecutive victories between 119 and 135 pounds to swing the early momentum.

“Culver never backed down,” Cowboy coach Jake Huffman said. “We lost four in a row.”

Cowboy junior Cody Pfau stopped the Bulldogs’ momentum, though, pinning Juan DiazErevia in the night’s 140-pound match. George followed with a victory at 145 and Crook County suffered just one loss in the event’s final eight matches.

See CowDog / D4

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Crook County’s Cole McCarty, left, attempts to throw Culver’s Ryan Kasch to the mat during the 130-pound match Thursday at Culver High School. Kasch won the match.

ADVENTURE SPORTS

PREP BASKETBALL Cougars to play boys game at Sky View Middle School Mountain View’s nonconference boys basketball game tonight against Sandy will be played at Sky View Middle School in northeast Bend.

The game will be played at the middle school because Mountain View High is hosting the Adrian Irwin Memorial wrestling tournament today and Saturday.

The Mountain View JV and freshman boys basketball teams will also play at Sky View. The frosh and JV games are set to tip off at 3:30 and 5:15 p.m. Game time for the varsity is 7 p.m.

Admission is $4 for adults and $2 for students.

— Bulletin staff report

T R I AT H LO N Bend’s Hollander to be featured on Ironman on TV Lew Hollander, of Bend, will be one of the featured athletes in this Saturday’s taped NBC broadcast of the 2010 Ironman World Championship triathlon, according to a press release on the Ironman website.

In early October in KailuaKona, HaLew Hollander waii, Hollander, 80, became the second-oldest finisher — by a matter of days — of the Ironman World Championship, which consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile marathon run.

In Central Oregon, the Ironman broadcast will air on NBC from 1 to 3 p.m.

— Bulletin staff report

Andy Tullis / The Bulletin

Looking for a gift for your favorite snowrider? Skis, from top, include the Nordica Nemesis ($900), Atomic Access ($630), and Volkl Mantra ($825).

(Provided by Powder House). Snowboards include the Salomon Sick Stick (middle, $599.95) and the Arbor Draft (bottom, $395). (Provided by Aspect).

Snowrider gift guide Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of stocking stuffers for skiers and snowboarders

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hopping for a new pair of skis or a snowboard as a Christmas gift is not an easy task.

Does the snowboarder on your list want a powder board or a freestyle board? Does the skier want all-mountain skis, powder skis, or carving skis?

Because this is so hard to figure out — not to mention expensive — we’ll start with the stocking stuffers, of which there are endless possibilities for snowriders. And we’ll get to

the technical stuff a bit later.

Stocking stuffers

MARK MORICAL

Keeping your face properly covered can be all-important on a wind-ravaged mountain like Mount Bachelor. BlackStrap is a local company that makes face gear ($20.95) and under-helmet hoods

with a breathable, wicking fabric.

These products are available in a wide variety of colors, including tie-dye patterns.

Goggles are another crucial piece of equipment for skiers and snowboarders. They also come in a broad range of brands and styles — and prices.

“You can spend $20 to $200 (on

goggles),” says Shanda McGee, coowner of the Powder House in Bend.

McGee adds that those who ski just a few days each season or only during the spring can get by with cheaper goggles. But for those who ski or ride the mountain hard all season, she says, “that just won’t work.”

“Some people try to get away with sunglasses, and it’s impossible (in the winter),” McGee notes. “It’s horrible on your eyes.”

See Snowrider / D6

CORRECTION The caption accompanying a photo that appeared in The Bulletin on Tuesday, Dec. 14, on Page D6 misidentified the gymnast in the picture. The gymnast performing on the uneven bars in the photo is Bridjet Brown, 9, of Cascade All Star Gymnastics.

The Bulletin regrets the error.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Caltech seeks a winning equation after 297 straight conference losses

By John Branch

INDEX Scoreboard ................................D2 NHL ...........................................D2 NBA ...........................................D3 College basketball .....................D3 Prep sports ............................... D4 Football ............................ D4, D5 Adventure Sports...................... D6

New York Times News Service

Danny Moloshok / The New York Times

Caltech coach Oliver Eslinger talks to his team before a Division III basketball game against Eastern Nazarene on Monday. Caltech, which has a 297-game conference losing streak, won the nonconference game for its first two-game winning streak in 18 years.

PASADENA, Calif. — Of all colleges, it would seem, the California Institute of Technology should have the least problem doing the math.

Yet its basketball team was left guessing about the precise length of its conference losing streak, which began in 1985.

In the university’s cafeteria the other day, shortly after Nobel Prize-winning chemist Robert H. Grubbs stopped by to chat, Caltech coach Oliver Eslinger and part of his team debated the

answer to a problem that began years before any of the players were born.

“You guys all got 800s on your math SATs,” Eslinger reminded the players.

Freshman guard Mike Paluchniak did the rough multiplication in his head — years times conference games per season — and said the streak must be around 300. Collin Murphy, a sophomore guard, said he received a text message from a friend before a game late last season reading: “If you guys lose today, it’s 300 straight. Good luck.”

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TELEVISION ON DECK

TODAY GOLF 6:30 a.m. — PGA European Tour, South African Open, second round, Golf Channel.

BASKETBALL 4 p.m. — NBA, Miami Heat at New York Knicks, ESPN. 6:30 p.m. — NBA, Phoenix Suns at Dallas Mavericks, ESPN. 7 p.m. — NBA, Minnesota Timberwolves at Portland Trail Blazers, Comcast SportsNet Northwest.

FOOTBALL 5 p.m. — College, Division I Football Championship, semifinal, Villanova vs. Eastern Washington, ESPN2.

SATURDAY SOCCER 4:30 a.m. — English Premier League, Sunderland vs. Bolton Wanderers, ESPN2.

GOLF 6:30 a.m. — PGA European Tour, South African Open, third round, Golf Channel.

FOOTBALL 8 a.m. — College, Division II Championship, final, Delta State vs. Minnesota Duluth, ESPN2.

11 a.m. — College, New Mexico Bowl, BYU vs. UTEP, ESPN. 2:30 p.m. — College, Humanitarian Bowl, Fresno State vs. Northern Illinois, ESPN. 6 p.m. — College, New Orleans Bowl, Ohio vs. Troy, ESPN.

BASKETBALL 9 a.m. — Men’s college, USC at Kansas, ESPN. 10 a.m. — Men’s college, Orange Bowl Classic, Central Florida vs.

Miami, FSNW. 11 a.m. — Men’s college, Stanford at Butler, CBS. 11 a.m. — Men’s college, Arkansas at Texas A&M, ESPN2.

12:30 p.m. — Men’s college, Orange Bowl Classic, Florida vs. Kansas State, FSNW. 1 p.m. — Men’s college, North Carolina vs. Texas, CBS. 1 p.m. — Men’s college, Baylor vs. Gonzaga, ESPN2.

2:30 p.m. — Men’s college, Wooden Classic, BYU vs. UCLA, FSNW. 3:30 p.m. — Men’s college, All-College Classic, Alabama vs. Oklahoma State, ESPN2.

4:30 p.m. — Men’s college, George Washington at Oregon State, FSNW. 7 p.m. — Men’s college, San Francisco at Washington, FSNW. 7 p.m. — NBA, Golden State Warriors at Portland Trail Blazers, Comcast SportsNet Northwest.

TRIATHLON 1 p.m. — Ironman World Championship, NBC (taped).

VOLLEYBALL 5 p.m. — Women’s college, NCAA tournament final, teams TBD, ESPN2.

SUNDAY GOLF 6:30 a.m. — PGA European Tour, South African Open, final round, Golf Channel.

FOOTBALL 10 a.m. — NFL, Kansas City Chiefs at St. Louis Rams, CBS. 1 p.m. — NFL, regional coverage, New York Jets at Pittsburgh Steelers or Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders, CBS. 1 p.m. — NFL, Atlanta Falcons at Seattle Seahawks, Fox. 5:15 p.m. — NFL, Green Bay Packers at New England Patriots, NBC.

BASKETBALL 1:30 p.m. — Men’s college, Arizona at North Carolina State, FSNW. 4 p.m. — Women’s college, Stanford at Tennessee, ESPN2.

RADIO TODAY BASKETBALL 5 p.m. — Men’s college, Oregon at Virginia, KBND-AM 1110.

7 p.m. — NBA, Minnesota Timberwolves at Portland Trail Blazers, KBND-AM 1110 (joined in progress), KRCO-AM 690.

Today Girls basketball: Mountain View at Sandy, 7:15 p.m.; Madras vs. Seaside at the Seaside Holiday Classic, 6:45 p.m.; La Pine at the Seaside Holiday Classic, TBA; Sisters at Phoenix Invitational, 4 p.m.; Summit at Ashland, 2 p.m.; Redmond at Sheldon, 7 p.m.; The Dalles-Wahtonka at Bend, 7 p.m.; Culver at East Linn, 6:30 p.m.

Boys basketball: Sandy at Mountain View at Sky View Middle School in Bend, 7 p.m.; Madras vs. South Whidbey (Wash.) at Seaside Holiday Classic, 5:15 p.m.; La Pine at the Seaside Holiday Classic, TBA; Sisters at Phoenix Invitational, TBA; Crook County at Redmond, 7 p.m.; Summit at Ashland, 3:45 p.m.; Bend at The Dalles-Wahtonka, 7 p.m.; Culver at East Linn, 8 p.m.

Wrestling: Redmond, Bend, Summit, Madras, Mountain View, La Pine, Sisters at Adrian Irwin Tournament at Mountain View, 9 a.m.

FOOTBALL NFL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE All Times PST ——— AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF x-New England 11 2 0 .846 415 N.Y. Jets 9 4 0 .692 273 Miami 7 6 0 .538 225 Buffalo 3 10 0 .231 256 South W L T Pct PF Jacksonville 8 5 0 .615 295 Indianapolis 7 6 0 .538 347 Houston 5 8 0 .385 316 Tennessee 5 8 0 .385 291 North W L T Pct PF Pittsburgh 10 3 0 .769 290 Baltimore 9 4 0 .692 294 Cleveland 5 8 0 .385 235 Cincinnati 2 11 0 .154 262 West W L T Pct PF Kansas City 8 5 0 .615 295 San Diego 8 6 0 .571 388 Oakland 6 7 0 .462 314 Denver 3 10 0 .231 269 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Philadelphia 9 4 0 .692 374 N.Y. Giants 9 4 0 .692 329 Washington 5 8 0 .385 238 Dallas 4 9 0 .308 321 South W L T Pct PF Atlanta 11 2 0 .846 335 New Orleans 10 3 0 .769 330 Tampa Bay 8 5 0 .615 260 Carolina 1 12 0 .077 164 North W L T Pct PF Chicago 9 4 0 .692 253 Green Bay 8 5 0 .615 306 Minnesota 5 8 0 .385 230 Detroit 3 10 0 .231 285 West W L T Pct PF St. Louis 6 7 0 .462 245 Seattle 6 7 0 .462 261 San Francisco 5 9 0 .357 250 Arizona 4 9 0 .308 243 x-clinched playoff spot ——— Thursday’s Game San Diego 34, San Francisco 7 Sunday’s Games Kansas City at St. Louis, 10 a.m.

Washington at Dallas, 10 a.m.

Houston at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

Arizona at Carolina, 10 a.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

Buffalo at Miami, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Atlanta at Seattle, 1:05 p.m.

Denver at Oakland, 1:15 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh, 1:15 p.m.

Green Bay at New England, 5:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 20 Chicago at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m.

PA 276 242 244 339 PA 331 318 355 265 PA 198 229 252 345 PA 268 260 307 376 PA 308 250 310 366 PA 243 240 267 338 PA 228 189 274 309 PA 268 329 314 351

Chargers 34, 49ers 7

BASKETBALL 4:30 p.m. — Men’s college, George Washington at Oregon State, KICEAM 940, KRCO-AM 690.

7 p.m. — NBA, Golden State Warriors at Portland Trail Blazers, KBNDAM 1110, KRCO-AM 690.

SUNDAY FOOTBALL 1 p.m. — NFL, Atlanta Falcons at Seattle Seahawks, KBNW-FM 96.5.

Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible for late changes made by TV or radio stations.

San Francisco San Diego

0 0 0 7 — 7 7 10 7 10 — 34 First Quarter SD—Jackson 58 pass from Rivers (Kaeding kick), 12:53.

Second Quarter SD—FG Kaeding 25, 6:03.

SD—Jackson 11 pass from Rivers (Kaeding kick), 1:19.

Third Quarter SD—Tolbert 1 run (Kaeding kick), 4:52.

Fourth Quarter SD—Jackson 21 pass from Rivers (Kaeding kick), 12:06.

SD—FG Kaeding 39, 7:38.

SF—Westbrook 3 run (Reed kick), 4:26.

A—67,820.

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December 31 Meineke Car Care Bowl Clemson 4.5 4.5 South Florida Sun Bowl Miami (Fla.) 2.5 3 Notre Dame Liberty Bowl Georgia 7 6.5 Central Florida Chick-Fil-A Bowl South Carolina 3 3 Florida St January 1 Dallas Ticket City Bowl 9.5 9.5 Northwestern Outback Bowl Florida 7 7.5 Penn State Capital One Bowl Alabama 11 10 Michigan State Gator Bowl Miss. State 5.5 5.5 Michigan Rose Bowl Tcu 2.5 2.5 Wisconsin Fiesta Bowl Oklahoma 17 17 Connecticut Texas Tech

Saturday Girls basketball: Mountain View at Mountain View (Wash.), 4 p.m.; La Pine, Madras at Seaside Holiday Classic, TBA; Sisters at Phoenix Invitational, TBA; Summit at Ashland, 2 p.m.; Redmond at South Eugene, 3:30 p.m.; Bend at Klamath Union, 1:45 p.m.; Culver at Gervais, 3 p.m.

Boys basketball: La Pine, Madras at Seaside Holiday Classic, TBA; Sisters at Phoenix Invitational, TBA; Summit at Ashland, 3:45 p.m.; Redmond at North Medford, 4 p.m.; Klamath Union at Bend, 1:45 p.m.; Culver at Gervais, 4:30 p.m.

Wrestling: Redmond, Bend, Summit, Madras, Mountain View, La Pine, Sisters at Adrian Irwin Tournament at Mountain View, 9 a.m.; Culver at Thurston High, 9:30 a.m.; Gilchrist at Summit JV Invitational, 8 a.m.

Swimming: Summit, Mountain View at CVC Invitational in Salem, 8 a.m.

Nordic skiing: Bend High, Redmond, Sisters and Summit at Oregon High School Nordic Organization (OHSNO) 5K freestyle race at Virginia Meissner Snopark, 11 a.m.

Thursday’s summary

SATURDAY

Nebraska

IN THE BLEACHERS

First downs Total Net Yards Rushes-yards Passing Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions Ret. Comp-Att-Int Sacked-Yards Lost Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession

11 24 192 374 15-61 41-108 131 266 2-24 5-48 7-116 2-36 0-0 1-41 19-29-1 19-25-0 6-34 1-7 6-47.0 3-48.7 0-0 0-0 5-60 4-35 22:49 37:11 ——— INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—San Francisco: Dixon 6-33, Westbrook 8-22, A.Smith 1-6. San Diego: Mathews 17-56, Tolbert 17-46, Hester 2-7, Sproles 2-1, Volek 3-(minus 2).

PASSING—San Francisco: A.Smith 19-29-1165. San Diego: Rivers 19-25-0-273.

RECEIVING—San Francisco: Morgan 7-106, Crabtree 3-17, Walker 3-14, Ginn Jr. 2-14, Westbrook 2-8, V.Davis 1-4, Dixon 1-2. San Diego: Jackson 5112, McMichael 5-55, Sproles 5-30, Washington 2-49, Sperry 1-35, Hester 1-(minus 8).

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

College BOWLS Subject to Change All Times PST ——— Saturday, Dec. 18 New Mexico Bowl: UTEP (6-6) vs. BYU (6-6), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Humanitarian Bowl: Northern Illinois (10-3) vs.

Fresno State (8-4), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) New Orleans Bowl: Ohio (8-4) vs. Troy (7-5), 6 p.m.

(ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 21 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl: Louisville (6-6) vs. Southern Mississippi (8-4), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 22 MAACO Bowl: Utah (10-2) vs. Boise State (11-1), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 23 Poinsettia Bowl: San Diego State (8-4) vs. Navy (83), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl: Hawaii (10-3) vs. Tulsa (9-3), 5 p.m.

(ESPN) Sunday, Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Toledo (8-4) vs. Florida International (6-6), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Monday, Dec. 27 Independence Bowl: Georgia Tech (6-6) vs. Air Force (8-4), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 28 Champs Sports Bowl: North Carolina State (8-4) vs.

West Virginia (9-3), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Insight Bowl: Missouri (10-2) vs. Iowa (7-5), 7 p.m.

(ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 29 Military Bowl: East Carolina (6-6) vs. Maryland (8-4), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN) Texas Bowl: Baylor (7-5) vs. Illinois (6-6), 3 p.m.

(ESPN) Alamo Bowl: Arizona (7-5) vs. Oklahoma State (10-2), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl: SMU (7-6) vs. Army (6-5), 9 a.m. (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl: Syracuse (7-5) vs. Kansas State (75), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl: North Carolina (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl: Nebraska (10-3) vs. Washington (6-6), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Dec. 31 Meineke Bowl: Clemson (6-6) vs. South Florida (75), 9 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl: Notre Dame (7-5) vs. Miami (7-5), 11 a.m.

(CBS) Liberty Bowl: Georgia (6-6) vs. UCF (10-3), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl: South Carolina (9-4) vs. Florida State (9-4), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 1 TicketCity Bowl: Northwestern (7-5) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), 9 a.m. (ESPNU) Capital One Bowl: Michigan State (11-1) vs. Alabama (9-3), 10 a.m. (ESPN) Outback Bowl: Florida (7-5) vs. Penn State (7-5), 10 a.m. (ABC) Gator Bowl: Michigan (7-5) vs. Mississippi State (84), 10:30 a.m. (ESPN2) Rose Bowl: TCU (12-0) vs. Wisconsin (11-1), 2 p.m.

(ESPN) Fiesta Bowl: Connecticut (8-4) vs. Oklahoma (11-2),

5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 3 Orange Bowl: Stanford (11-1) vs. Virginia Tech (112), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 4 Sugar Bowl: Ohio State (11-1) vs. Arkansas (10-2), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Jan. 6 GoDaddy.com Bowl: Miami (Ohio) (9-4) vs. Middle Tennessee (6-6), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 7 Cotton Bowl: Texas A&M (9-3) vs. LSU (10-2), 5 p.m. (Fox) Saturday, Jan. 8 BBVA Compass Bowl: Pittsburgh (7-5) vs. Kentucky (6-6), 9 a.m. (ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 9 Fight Hunger Bowl: Boston College (7-5) vs. Nevada (12-1), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 10 BCS National Championship: Auburn (13-0) vs.

Oregon (12-0), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Betting Line NFL (Home teams in Caps) Favorite Opening Current Underdog Sunday Chiefs 1 1 RAMS TITANS 1.5 1 Texans COLTS 5 5 Jaguars PANTHERS 2.5 3 Cardinals BENGALS 1 1.5 Browns DOLPHINS 6 5.5 Bills GIANTS 3 3 Eagles COWBOYS 6 6 Redskins BUCCANEERS 5.5 5.5 Lions RAVENS 2 2 Saints Falcons 6.5 6 SEAHAWKS STEELERS 6.5 6 Jets RAIDERS 6.5 6.5 Broncos PATRIOTS 10 10 Packers Monday Bears 6 6 VIKINGS

Troy

College December 18 New Mexico Bowl 12 11.5 Humanitarian Bowl 3 1 New Orleans Bowl PK 2

Louisville

December 21 St. Petersburg Bowl 3 3 Southern Miss

Byu N. Illinois

Utep Fresno St Ohio U

Boise St

December 22 Las Vegas Bowl 16.5 17

Utah

San Diego St

December 23 Poinsettia Bowl 1.5 5

Navy

Hawaii

December 24 Hawaii Bowl 12.5 11

Tulsa

December 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl 2 1.5 Florida Int’l

Toledo

December 27 Independence Bowl 1.5 3 Georgia Tech

Air Force

December 28 Champ Sports Bowl West Virginia 1.5 2.5 Insight Bowl Missouri PK 1

Maryland Baylor Oklahoma St

December 29 Eagle Bank Bowl 8 7 Texas Bowl 2 1.5 Alamo Bowl 5.5 6

December 30 Armed Forces Bowl Smu 7 8 Pinstripe Bowl Kansas St 3 PK Music City Bowl North Carolina 1 2 Holiday Bowl

NC State Iowa

East Carolina Illinois Arizona

Army Syracuse Tennessee

Stanford

January 3 Orange Bowl 3 3

Virginia Tech

Ohio State

January 4 Sugar Bowl 3.5 3.5

Arkansas

Miami (Ohio)

January 6 GMAC Bowl 1.5 1

Mid. Tenn. St.

Lsu

January 7 Cotton Bowl PK 1

Texas A&M

Pitt

January 8 BBVA Compass Bowl 2.5 3.5

Nevada

Auburn

Kentucky

January 9 Fight Hunger Bowl 9 9.5 Boston College January 10 BCS National Championship 2.5 3

Oregon

BASKETBALL Men’s college Thursday’s Games ——— FAR WEST Arizona 63, N. Arizona 58 Gonzaga 103, Lewis-Clark St. 61 New Mexico St. 78, Okla. Panhandle St. 46 SOUTHWEST Rice 65, Ark.-Little Rock 55 Texas Southern 78, Texas St. 64 Tulsa 81, Weber St. 79, OT MIDWEST Missouri 81, Oral Roberts 62 N. Dakota St. 76, UC Davis 71 Northwestern 78, American U. 62 SOUTH Alabama St. 54, Oakwood 49 Belmont 87, Kennesaw St. 60 Campbell 67, S.C.-Upstate 60 Florida Atlantic 82, Troy 77, OT Jackson St. 81, Talladega 55 LSU 78, McNeese St. 66, OT Memphis 70, Austin Peay 68, OT N.C. State 67, Youngstown St. 50 Nicholls St. 94, Dillard 52 Tennessee Tech 113, Hiwassee 42 UNC Asheville 90, King, Tenn. 72 William & Mary 72, Shenandoah 44

Women’s college Thursday’s Games ——— FAR WEST Nevada 85, Portland St. 57 Santa Clara 52, Pacific 47 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 80, Oral Roberts 63 St. Edward’s, Texas 63, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 54 Texas Wesleyan 70, New Orleans 52 MIDWEST Akron 70, Youngstown St. 56 Arizona St. 63, S. Dakota St. 52 DePaul 91, Stanford 71 Duquesne 82, Ohio 52 Oakland, Mich. 65, Dartmouth 52 SOUTH Alabama St. 112, Oakwood 29 Belmont 71, Kennesaw St. 55 Coll. of Charleston 56, Chattanooga 50 Gardner-Webb 81, Converse 47 Georgia St. 59, Jacksonville St. 47 LSU 74, UTSA 41 N.C. State 74, Presbyterian 27 Northwestern St. 53, Jackson St. 41 S.C.-Upstate 85, Campbell 71 St. Francis, Pa. 67, Howard 55

HOCKEY NHL NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE All Times PST ——— EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Philadelphia 33 21 7 5 47 113 Pittsburgh 33 21 10 2 44 104 N.Y. Rangers 34 20 13 1 41 104 New Jersey 30 9 19 2 20 56 N.Y. Islanders 29 6 18 5 17 62 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF Montreal 32 19 11 2 40 85 Boston 30 16 10 4 36 86 Ottawa 33 14 16 3 31 74 Buffalo 31 13 14 4 30 81 Toronto 31 12 15 4 28 71 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 33 18 11 4 40 99 Atlanta 33 17 11 5 39 102 Tampa Bay 31 17 10 4 38 96 Carolina 30 14 12 4 32 85 Florida 29 13 16 0 26 74 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF

GA 81 78 87 88 100 GA 69 63 97 86 92 GA 94 96 107 92 76 GA

Detroit Nashville St. Louis Columbus Chicago

30 20 7 3 43 30 16 8 6 38 30 15 10 5 35 31 16 12 3 35 33 16 14 3 35 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts Vancouver 29 17 8 4 38 Colorado 31 17 10 4 38 Calgary 32 14 15 3 31 Minnesota 30 13 13 4 30 Edmonton 31 12 14 5 29 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts Dallas 31 18 10 3 39 Anaheim 35 17 14 4 38 San Jose 32 16 11 5 37 Los Angeles 29 17 11 1 35 Phoenix 30 14 9 7 35 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point loss.

Thursday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 4, Phoenix 3, SO Carolina 3, Atlanta 2, SO N.Y. Islanders 3, Anaheim 2 Montreal 4, Boston 3 St. Louis 6, Los Angeles 4 Ottawa 3, Minnesota 1 San Jose 4, Dallas 3, OT Calgary 5, Toronto 2 Edmonton 6, Columbus 3 Today’s Games Nashville at New Jersey, 4 p.m.

Buffalo at Florida, 4:30 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Saturday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Washington at Boston, 4 p.m.

Phoenix at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.

Anaheim at Carolina, 4 p.m.

New Jersey at Atlanta, 4 p.m.

Dallas at Columbus, 4 p.m.

Toronto at Vancouver, 4 p.m.

Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.

San Jose at St. Louis, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Nashville, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Calgary, 7 p.m.

101 80 79 72 80 84 81 88 104 100 GF GA 94 76 112 98 89 93 72 89 84 108 GF GA 89 86 91 102 96 93 82 71 84 84 for overtime

DEALS Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX—Agreed to terms with RHP Matt Albers on a one-year contract and with LHP Rich Hill, LHP Andrew Miller, LHP Randy Williams, LHP Lenny DiNardo, RHP Clevelan Santeliz and RHP Ryan Harvey on minor league contracts. Sent INF-OF Eric Patterson to San Diego to complete an earlier trade.

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with INF Adam Everett on a minor league contract.

MINNESOTA TWINS—Acquired LHP Paul Bargas from Colorado for C Jose Morales.

NEW YORK YANKEES—Agreed to terms with C Russell Martin on a one-year contract.

TEXAS RANGERS—Agreed to terms with OF Hirotoshi Onaka to a minor league contract.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Agreed to terms with 1BDH Edwin Encarnacion to a one-year contract.

National League CHICAGO CUBS—Promoted Dennis Lewallyn to minor league pitching coordinator and Tom Beyers to minor league hitting coordinator. Named Lee Tinsley outfield/baserunning coordinator; Bill Dancy manager of Iowa (PCL); Brian Harper manager, Marty Mason pitching coach and Mariano Duncan hitting coach for Tennessee (SL); Barbaro Garbey pitching coach and Peter Fagan trainer for Daytona (FSL); Jeff Fassero pitching coach, Ricardo Medina hitting coach and Aaron Larsen trainer for Peoria (MWL); Mark Johnson manager, David Rosario pitching coach, Desi Wilson hitting coach and Bob Grimes trainer for Boise (NWL); Frank Castillo pitching coach and Jason Dubois hitting coach for Mesa (Arizona).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Agreed to terms with RHP Matt Guerrier on a three-year contract.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Named Joe Ferrone national crosschecker, Jim Rooney national pitching crosschecker for amateur scouting, Drew Anderson, Brendan Hause and Shawn Whalen area scouts and Pedro Hernandez, Juan Martinez and Reinaldo Hidalgo international scouts.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Acquired RHP Henry Rodriguez and OF Corey Brown from Oakland for OF Josh Willingham. Agreed to terms with RHP ChienMing Wang on a one-year contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League DETROIT LIONS—Signed CB Eric King.

NEW YORK GIANTS—Placed WR Steve Smith on injured reserve. Signed TE Jake Ballard from the practice squad. Signed DB Ben Hannula to the practice squad.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Signed LB Darry Beckwith and LB Brandon Lang from the practice squad.

Waived RB Curtis Brinkley. Placed S Pat Watkins on injured reserve.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Assigned F Jeremy Morin to Rockford (AHL).

DALLAS STARS—Activated F Krys Barch and F Toby Petersen from injured reserve.

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Assigned C Dustin Boyd to Hamilton (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Recalled F Steve Begin from Milwaukee (AHL).

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Recalled D Nikita Nikitin from Peoria (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Reassigned F Johan Harju to Norfolk (AHL).

VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Called up LW Aaron Volpatti from Manitoba (AHL). Sent RW Jonas Andersson to Manitoba.

SOCCER Major League Soccer SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC—Signed MF Erik Friberg.

COLLEGE MIAMI—Named Mark D’Onofrio defensive coordinator, Jethro Franklin defensive line coach, Paul Williams defensive backs coach, Tom Deahn director of football operations and Ryan McNamee director of player development. Announced defensive coordinator John Lovett, defensive line coach Rick Petri and defensive backs coach Wesley McGriff will not be retained after Dec. 31. Announced Corey Bell, director of football operations, has left the program.

MIAMI (OHIO)—Named Lance Guidry interim football coach.

MINNESOTA—Announced running backs coach Thomas Hammock and director of football operations Dan O’Brien have been retained.

NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL—Named Henry Frazier III football coach and signed him to a five-year contract.

PITTSBURGH—Named Michael Haywood football coach.

NHL ROUNDUP

Couture’s overtime goal lifts Sharks past Stars, 4-3 The Associated Press DALLAS — Logan Couture came through again for the San Jose Sharks.

Couture’s power-play goal 1:20 into overtime was his fifth game-winner of the season, giving the Sharks a 4-3 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.

After winning a faceoff, the rookie center took a pass from Dan Boyle and fired a wrist shot from the high slot that got past screened goalie Kari Lehtonen for Couture’s 15th goal of the season.

“I kind of curled back, gave myself some momentum and just stepped into a wrister,” Couture said. “Those are the ones that feel real good coming off your stick.”

Sharks coach Todd McLellan has already come to expect big plays from Couture.

“Catalyst would be a very good word,” McLellan said. “He’s scored some very

big goals. Our special teams were below par but he found a way to get the winner in overtime. He’s one of the top, if not the top, rookie in the league and when you have that type player on your team, you’re thankful.”

Lehtonen said he never saw Couture’s shot.

“They got some good traffic there, and when I came to the locker room, I went to see it (on replay) because I didn’t even know which side it went in,” Lehtonen said.

Torrey Mitchell and Devin Setoguchi scored during a 1:46 span in the second period for the Sharks. Setoguchi, activated off injured reserve Wednesday after missing nine games with an upper-body injury, also had a first-period goal.

Dallas’ Mike Ribeiro received a double-minor for high-sticking with 49.5 seconds left in regulation after his stick struck Setoguchi in the face, giving the

Sharks a power play that extended into overtime.

“I got my stick up,” Ribeiro said. “It was a tough play.”

Brenden Morrow and Loui Eriksson scored power-play goals, and Tom Wandell scored at even strength for the Stars, 9-0-2 in their last 11 at home.

All three of this season’s meetings between the teams have gone beyond regulation, with Dallas winning the first two.

Joe Pavelski had two assists and Antero Niittymaki made 15 saves for the Sharks as the teams faced off for the second time in four days. Dallas took a 3-2 shootout victory at San Jose on Monday night, the last time the Stars played.

Also on Thursday: Rangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Coyotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 NEW YORK — Rangers rookie Derek Stepan scored the tying goal late in regulation and Erik Christensen netted the

only goal in the shootout as New York rallied for the win over Phoenix.

Canadiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Bruins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 MONTREAL — Max Pacioretty had a goal and an assist and Scott Gomez also had two points as Montreal ended a three-game losing streak with a win over Boston.

Hurricanes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Thrashers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 ATLANTA — Cam Ward stopped 45 shots and Carolina earned its second straight comeback win, beating Atlanta on Sergei Samsonov’s decisive shot in the third round of a shootout.

Islanders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Ducks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 UNIONDALE, N.Y. — P.A. Parenteau, Blake Comeau and Matt Moulson scored in a 99-second span and New York beat Anaheim to win for only the second time in 22 games.

Senators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Wild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 ST. PAUL, Minn. — Daniel Alfredsson, Nick Foligno and Chris Kelly scored and Ottawa took advantage of a disallowed goal to beat Minnesota.

Blues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Kings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 ST. LOUIS— Alex Steen scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:53 left to lift St. Louis past Los Angeles.

Flames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Maple Leafs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 CALGARY, Alberta — Olli Jokinen had a goal and two assists and the Flames scored three times in 57 seconds to spoil Dion Phaneuf’s return to Calgary.

Oilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Blue Jackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 EDMONTON, Alberta — Linus Omark scored his first career goal and added two assists, and fellow rookie Jordan Eberle had a pair of goals for Edmonton.

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NBA ROUNDUP

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NBA SCOREBOARD EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

Locally • Junior Lava Bears baseball sign-ups set: Registration will be held this Saturday for the Junior Lava Bears 2011 baseball program. Registration will take place from 9 a.m. until noon at the Bend Fieldhouse at Vince Genna Stadium. The program will include three age groups: 10U, 12U and 14U. The 10U and 12U teams will participate in a Central Oregon youth baseball league and will coordinate with Little League. The 14U teams will participate in a Babe Ruth league based in Bend, with the possibility of traveling to district, state and regional tournaments. For more information, contact Brad Morris at 541-480-1056 or beckyq@ bendbroadband.com.

Boxing • Vegas judge orders Floyd Mayweather’s arrest: A Las Vegas judge has issued an outstanding arrest warrant for boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. on a misdemeanor battery complaint alleging he poked a security guard in the face several times. The warrant issued Dec. 8 requires Mayweather to turn himself in or face arrest at any time, said Las Vegas police Officer Bill Cassel. Mayweather, 33, faces a six-month jail sentence and a $1,000 fine if convicted. Mayweather’s lawyer, Karen Winckler, could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday. She has denied wrongdoing on his behalf. The battery allegation stems from a Nov. 15 confrontation over parking tickets between the undefeated champion and a security guard outside Mayweather’s home.

Basketball • Stern: Union’s offer not much of a concession: NBA Commissioner David Stern says the union’s offer to consider reducing players’ share of revenue is “not really much of a concession” because other parts of its proposal will raise costs. “At the bottom, it would probably be more expensive than our current way we do things,” Stern told reporters before an ESPN event Thursday. “It’s a continuation of the current economic system but with additional exceptions that would probably allow us to spend more than we currently do.” The players association offered to negotiate a reduction in the players’ guarantee of 57 percent of basketball revenues, which Stern has said is a key element in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement.

But the union also proposed to make trades less restricted by the salary cap and add a second midlevel exception.

• Yao has stress fracture in ankle: Yao Ming has a stress fracture in his left ankle and the Houston Rockets said there is no timetable for the return of the 7-foot-6 center whose NBA career may be in serious jeopardy after a series of injuries. Yao has been out since Nov. 10 with what had been called a bone bruise in the same ankle. An MRI performed Thursday revealed the stress fracture. Yao, a seven-time All-Star, sat out last season after surgery to repair his broken left foot. The Rockets said his current injury is related to the old one, and was discovered during his current rehabilitation.

Swimming • Lochte sets world record: Ryan Lochte was already being labeled the top swimmer of 2010, ahead of even Michael Phelps. Now he has another title to brag about. Lochte snapped swimming’s world record drought Thursday, setting the first individual mark since high-tech bodysuits were outlawed at the start of the year. The American won the 400-meter individual medley at the short-course world championships in United Arab Emirates in 3 minutes, 55.50 seconds, smashing the previous record set by Laszlo Cseh of Hungary by nearly two seconds.

Track and field • Oregon coach to guide Team USA at 2011 World Championships: Vin Lananna, the University of Oregon’s director of track & field, will serve as the men’s head coach for Team USA at the 2011 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Daegu, South Korea, USA Track & Field announced Thursday. Lananna served as an assistant coach for Team USA at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, and was an assistant coach at the 1999 World Outdoor Championships — From wire reports

L 4 10 15 17 19

Miami Orlando Atlanta Charlotte Washington

W 19 16 16 9 6

L 8 9 11 16 18

Chicago Indiana Milwaukee Detroit Cleveland

W 16 11 10 8 7

L 8 13 14 18 18

Pct .840 .615 .400 .346 .269

GB — 5½ 11 12½ 14½

L10 10-0 8-2 7-3 3-7 2-8

Str W-12 L-1 W-3 L-2 W-1

Home 11-1 6-6 8-5 6-7 5-8

Away 10-3 10-4 2-10 3-10 2-11

Conf 17-2 10-5 7-12 7-11 4-13

Away 7-5 7-6 8-6 3-10 0-13

Conf 13-4 12-4 12-7 5-11 3-14

Away 6-6 5-7 3-9 2-12 3-11

Conf 5-4 7-7 7-5 5-9 6-12

Southeast Division Pct .704 .640 .593 .360 .250

GB — 2 3 9 11½

L10 10-0 5-5 6-4 4-6 1-9

Str W-10 L-1 L-2 L-1 L-6

Home 12-3 9-3 8-5 6-6 6-5

Central Division

Baseball • Red Sox agree with Jenks: Former Chicago White Sox closer Bobby Jenks has agreed to a $12 million, twoyear contract with the Boston Red Sox, a person familiar with negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was not yet final. The agreement was first reported by ESPN.com.

In addition, the Red Sox agreed to an $875,000, one-year contract with right-handed reliever Matt Albers and sent utilityman Eric Patterson to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade for first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. Jenks has the chance to earn more with performance bonuses.

He saved 27 games last season but lost his closing job at the end of the year when he struggled with injuries.

• Kerry Wood rejoining Cubs: A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that Kerry Wood is returning to the Chicago Cubs, agreeing to a one-year, $1.5 million contract. Wood pitched for the Cubs from 1998-08, winning NL Rookie of the Year honors that first season when he was a hard-throwing starter. He signed with the Indians as a free agent in December 2008 and was traded from Cleveland to the New York Yankees last July. Wood became Mariano Rivera’s primary setup man and was 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA in 24 appearances with New York.

• Nishioka, Twins agree on contract: A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that Japanese batting champion Tsuyoshi Nishioka and the Minnesota Twins have reached preliminary agreement on a three-year contract worth about $10 million. Last season’s Pacific League batting champ, Nishioka can play shortstop or second base, and the Twins have openings at both positions. Also Thursday, the Twins traded catcher Jose Morales to the Colorado Rockies for left-handed pitcher Paul Bargas.

• Tigers, Ordonez agree to $10M deal: The busy Detroit Tigers have addressed another need. Magglio Ordonez and the Tigers have agreed to a $10 million, one-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Thursday. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal hadn’t been announced, said the deal first reported by SI.com includes potential award bonuses. Detroit declined Ordonez’s $15 million option in October, but wanted the six-time All-Star back for a seventh season if he appeared to be healthy after breaking his right ankle in July and needing seasonending surgery.

• A’s get OF Willingham from Nationals: Outfielder Josh Willingham is heading to the Athletics, who sent two prospects to the Washington Nationals on Thursday in a trade that gives Oakland a solid middle-of-the-order hitter.

Willingham batted .268 with 16 home runs and 56 RBIs last season, his second with Washington after five years with Florida.

Boston New York Philadelphia Toronto New Jersey

W 21 16 10 9 7

Pct .667 .458 .417 .308 .280

GB — 5 6 9 9½

L10 8-2 4-6 5-5 2-8 1-9

Str W-7 L-3 L-1 W-1 L-9

Home 10-2 6-6 7-5 6-6 4-7

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio Dallas New Orleans Memphis Houston

W 22 20 15 12 10

L 3 5 10 14 15

Oklahoma City Utah Denver Portland Minnesota

W 18 18 15 12 6

L 8 8 10 14 20

L.A. Lakers Phoenix Golden State Sacramento L.A. Clippers

W 19 12 9 5 5

L 7 12 16 18 21

Pct .880 .800 .600 .462 .400

GB — 2 7 10½ 12

L10 9-1 9-1 3-7 5-5 6-4

Str W-7 W-1 W-1 W-4 L-1

Home 13-2 12-4 10-3 8-5 7-4

Away 9-1 8-1 5-7 4-9 3-11

Conf 14-3 13-3 9-7 9-8 6-9

Away 9-4 7-3 4-8 5-11 1-14

Conf 10-5 9-7 9-5 7-9 2-13

Away 9-5 5-7 3-11 2-8 0-11

Conf 11-5 9-8 6-11 1-12 5-15

Northwest Division Pct .692 .692 .600 .462 .231

GB — — 2½ 6 12

L10 7-3 7-3 6-4 4-6 2-8

Str W-4 W-1 L-1 L-3 L-3

Home 9-4 11-5 11-2 7-3 5-6

Paciic Division Pct .731 .500 .360 .217 .192

GB — 6 9½ 12½ 14

L10 Str 6-4 W-3 5-5 W-1 2-8 W-1 1-9 L-3 2-8 L-4 ——— Thursday’s Games

New Jersey 97, Washington 89 San Antonio 113, Denver 112

Home 10-2 7-5 6-5 3-10 5-10

Boston 102, Atlanta 90 Today’s Games

Cleveland at Indiana, 4 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Charlotte at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.

Utah at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Memphis at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Portland, 7 p.m.

Miami at New York, 4 p.m.

New Jersey at Toronto, 4 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Jack Dempsey / The Associated Press

Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony is pressured by San Antonio Spurs forward Matt Bonner (15) and Richard Jefferson (24) during the first half of Thursday’s game in Denver.

Ginobili’s late shot lifts Spurs against Nuggets The Associated Press DENVER — Manu Ginobili sparked the Spurs to a big fourth-quarter lead and he drew the foul that negated Carmelo Anthony’s winning basket in San Antonio’s 113-112 escape from the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night.

The Spurs led 111-108 with 8 seconds left when Anthony got behind the defense for a dunk. Antonio McDyess’ inbounds pass was deflected by J.R. Smith off Ginobili’s head and into the arms of Anthony, whose basket gave the Nuggets a 112-111 lead with 7.1 seconds left.

Ginobili’s running bank shot at 4.2 seconds put the Spurs back on top 113-112.

After a timeout, Anthony got the inbounds pass from Ty Lawson and drove the lane. He ran over Ginobili as he made a buzzer-beater as the crowd went crazy.

But the officials called off the basket for an offensive foul.

After a review, the officials put .4 seconds back on the clock, and the Spurs inbounded the ball for the win.

It was the second game-winner in as many days for Ginobili, who hit a fallaway jumper as time expired Wednesday, lifting San Antonio over Milwaukee 92-90.

San Antonio improved to an NBA-best 22-4 while dropping the Nuggets to just their second loss in 13 home games.

Tim Duncan had 28 points and Tony Park-

er added 24 for the Spurs, but it was Ginobili’s spurt that sparked San Antonio.

Averaging 20.2 points, Ginobili had just three points when he sliced in for a backdoor basket, hit a step-back basket — like the one he used to beat Milwaukee — and then hit a deep 3-pointer to give the Spurs a 94-88 lead early in the fourth quarter.

Three minutes later, the lead was 102-93 and the Nuggets were calling another timeout to figure out how to stop the Spurs, who had trailed for the first 32½ minutes but suddenly seemed unstoppable.

The Nuggets found a way to claw back and make the final minute an exciting, if disheartening one.

Anthony led Denver with 31 points and Arron Afflalo scored 20.

Also on Thursday: Nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Wizards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 NEWARK, N.J. — Devin Harris had 29 points and nine assists and Brook Lopez added 18 points to lead New Jersey past Washington to snap an eight-game losing streak.

Celtics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Hawks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 BOSTON — Kevin Garnett had 17 points and 14 rebounds — one of three Boston players with a double-double — to lead the Celtics to their 12th straight win. Paul Pierce had 15 points and 10 assists and Glen “Big Baby” Davis had 18 points and 10 rebounds.

Magic are searching for ways to end losing skid

By Antonio Gonzalez The Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. — At the end of a grueling 2½-hour practice Thursday, Dwight Howard gathered his Orlando Magic teammates to deliver a rare pep talk complete with strong words.

“I don’t get impressed if we come out and practice hard,” he said, recalling the talk.

“That’s easy. We’ve been a hardworking team every day in practice, but us as a team, we have to be able to go out and play hard in the game.”

Even the Magic aren’t impressed with themselves lately.

They return home losers of five of their last six games, a first-place cushion erased and a schedule that only gets tougher around the holidays. Not that they needed a reminder.

Frustration has been simmering since an odd stomach flu swept through about half the team two weeks ago and sidelined Howard, Jameer Nelson, J.J. Redick and Mickael Pietrus for at least two games each. Ryan Anderson, who lost eight pounds because of the ailment, also has been sidelined with a sprained right foot.

“It threw us off a lot,” Howard said.

Things finally spilled over after a 111-94 loss in Denver on Tuesday night in which Orlando was outscored 32-16 in the fourth quarter, with Carmelo Anthony blowing

by Magic defenders at will. Howard all but called out his teammates’ poor defense afterward, and Magic coach Stan Van Gundy

was fuming over a lack of effort and focus — again — from everybody.

“I just think we’ve sort of very quickly here lost our identity as a defensive team,” Van Gundy said. “But within two weeks, I think we can get it back just as quickly if we’re committed to doing it.”

Equally troubling is that Orlando can’t explain how things have turned so sour, so fast — or, more importantly, how to reverse the rut.

A team that has gone to the NBA finals and Eastern Conference finals the last two seasons and spoke of a championship-orbust goal again this year still has all the same problems of the past: Late-game collapses, poor rebounding and a rotation that — while not helped by injuries and illnesses — still isn’t settled.

The one constant has been to pin the blame on a lack of energy and focus with the belief that things will turn around if players simply outwork their opponents and stick to the game plan.

“We know we’re a good team,” forward Rashard Lewis said. “We showed that in preseason and in the beginning of the year.

We’ve just been in a little slump lately.”

The Magic’s slide has been magnified with the rival Miami Heat and Celtics surging with winning streaks of 10 and 12 games, respectively. That knocked Orlando from first to fourth place in the East behind Chicago, unfamiliar territory for a Magic that has won three straight division titles.

Philadelphia at Orlando, 4 p.m.

New York at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m.

Utah at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Denver, 6 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 4 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Memphis at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.

Golden State at Portland, 7 p.m.

All Times PST

SUMMARIES Thursday’s Games

Spurs 113, Nuggets 112 SAN ANTONIO (113) Jefferson 4-6 2-4 13, Duncan 12-18 4-6 28, Blair 3-4 0-0 6, Parker 9-19 6-8 24, Ginobili 5-15 4-4 16, Hill 1-5 0-0 2, Bonner 3-4 1-2 10, Quinn 1-2 0-0 2, Neal 2-7 1-1 6, Udoka 0-0 0-0 0, McDyess 3-3 0-0 6. Totals 43-83 18-25 113.

DENVER (112) Anthony 10-20 10-14 31, Williams 1-6 0-0 2, Nene 7-14 5-6 19, Lawson 6-10 2-2 15, Afflalo 8-12 2-2 20, Harrington 4-9 1-2 12, Smith 3-6 67 12, Carter 0-1 0-0 0, Forbes 0-3 1-2 1. Totals 39-81 27-35 112.

San Antonio 28 29 28 28 — 113 Denver 37 23 24 28 — 112 3-Point Goals—San Antonio 9-26 (Jefferson 3-4, Bonner 3-4, Ginobili 2-10, Neal 1-5, Parker 0-1, Hill 0-2), Denver 7-14 (Harrington 3-6, Afflalo 2-3, Anthony 1-1, Lawson 1-2, Smith 0-1, Forbes 0-1). Fouled Out—Nene. Rebounds— San Antonio 50 (Duncan 16), Denver 47 (Anthony 9). Assists—San Antonio 26 (Parker 9), Denver 20 (Lawson 7). Total Fouls—San Antonio 29, Denver 23. Technicals—San Antonio defensive three second, Denver defensive three second.

A—16,190 (19,155).

Nets 97, Hawks 90 WASHINGTON (89) Thornton 6-14 5-6 18, Booker 2-8 7-8 11, McGee 1-5 0-0 2, Hinrich 5-10 0-0 10, Arenas 8-19 0-0 19, Armstrong 2-5 0-2 4, Young 6-14 9-10 22, Seraphin 1-1 0-0 2, Gee 0-0 0-0 0, N’diaye 0-0 1-2 1, Martin 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 3178 22-28 89.

NEW JERSEY (97) Ross 1-4 3-6 5, Humphries 5-7 2-4 12, Lopez 6-12 6-8 18, Harris 7-25 14-17 29, Farmar 3-5 3-4 9, Outlaw 3-8 7-8 13, Uzoh 1-1 0-0 2, Favors 2-3 0-0 4, Petro 1-4 0-0 2, Graham 0-2 0-0 0, Murphy 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 30-74 35-47 97.

Washington 17 21 29 22 — 89 New Jersey 32 23 19 23 — 97 3-Point Goals—Washington 5-17 (Arenas 310, Thornton 1-1, Young 1-3, Hinrich 0-1, Martin 0-2), New Jersey 2-8 (Murphy 1-1, Harris 1-5, Outlaw 0-1, Farmar 0-1). Fouled Out—Arenas.

Rebounds—Washington 45 (Booker 9), New Jersey 64 (Humphries 17). Assists—Washington 17 (Arenas 9), New Jersey 15 (Harris 9).

Total Fouls—Washington 37, New Jersey 25.

Technicals—Arenas, Washington defensive three second 2. A—10,764 (18,500).

Celtics 102, Hawks 90 ATLANTA (90) Smith 0-8 1-2 1, Horford 4-7 0-0 8, Collins 0-0 0-0 0, Bibby 5-9 0-0 11, Williams 9-15 7-9 26, Powell 3-6 0-0 6, Teague 8-11 2-3 18, Pachulia 2-3 6-6 10, Wilkins 2-4 3-4 7, Evans 0-2 0-0 0, Jo.Crawford 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 34-68 19-24 90.

BOSTON (102) Pierce 5-15 3-4 15, Garnett 8-10 1-1 17, Erden 5-6 0-2 10, Robinson 6-15 0-0 14, Allen 7-13 2-2 18, Davis 8-15 2-2 18, Daniels 3-5 0-0 6, Bradley 0-0 0-0 0, Harangody 2-4 0-0 4, Wafer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 44-83 8-11 102.

Atlanta 20 23 26 21 — 90 Boston 22 22 31 27 — 102 3-Point Goals—Atlanta 3-10 (Jo.Crawford 12, Williams 1-3, Bibby 1-3, Evans 0-1, Smith 01), Boston 6-18 (Pierce 2-5, Allen 2-6, Robinson 2-7). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Atlanta 42 (Horford 7), Boston 39 (Garnett 14). Assists—Atlanta 16 (Bibby 8), Boston 28 (Pierce 10). Total Fouls—Atlanta 15, Boston 17. Technicals—Bibby, Horford, Atlanta defensive three second. Flagrant Fouls—Davis. A—18,624 (18,624).

LEADERS Through Thursday’s Games SCORING G FG FT PTS AVG Durant, OKC 22 198 176 606 27.5 Stoudemire, NYK 26 262 166 695 26.7 Bryant, LAL 26 237 180 695 26.7 Nowitzki, DAL 25 239 125 626 25.0 Ellis, GOL 25 236 101 610 24.4 Gordon, LAC 24 186 175 579 24.1 Anthony, DEN 23 192 153 552 24.0 James, MIA 27 215 186 646 23.9 Rose, CHI 23 212 86 550 23.9 Wade, MIA 26 212 170 614 23.6 Westbrook, OKC 26 203 191 606 23.3 Williams, UTA 26 197 160 597 23.0 Martin, HOU 25 159 195 569 22.8 Howard, ORL 23 174 146 494 21.5 Gay, MEM 26 211 89 547 21.0 Beasley, MIN 24 206 72 504 21.0 Bargnani, TOR 25 197 99 524 21.0 Granger, IND 23 166 94 477 20.7 Love, MIN 26 178 140 529 20.3 Griffin, LAC 26 205 117 527 20.3 REBOUNDS G OFF DEF TOT AVG Love, MIN 26 123 282 405 15.6 Randolph, MEM 22 92 175 267 12.1 Howard, ORL 23 67 212 279 12.1 Griffin, LAC 26 102 213 315 12.1 Noah, CHI 24 96 185 281 11.7 Gasol, LAL 26 91 200 291 11.2 Camby, POR 26 87 197 284 10.9

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

No. 13 Missouri handles Oral Roberts this time The Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. — Laurence Bowers scored 17 points and No. 13 Missouri avenged last season’s defeat to Oral Roberts with an 81-62 victory Thursday night.

Marcus Denmon added 16 points for the Tigers (9-1), who used an 18-2 run in taking a 13-point halftime lead. Missouri held Oral Roberts to 26 percent shooting from the field.

Missouri lost 60-59 at Oral Roberts on Dec. 9, 2009 on a layup with .9 seconds to go and the fans rushed the court.

The Tigers were without starting point guard Michael Dixon who was suspended indefinitely Wednesday after violating an undisclosed team rule. No timetable has been set for his return.

Dominique Morrison led the Golden Eagles (46) with 18 points and Damen Bell-Holter finished with 10 and a career-high 17 rebounds.

Also on Thursday: No. 18 Memphis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Austin Peay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Chris Crawford scored six of his 18 points in overtime and Charles Carmouche had 16 points and keyed a second-half rally for Memphis.

Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 TUCSON, Ariz. — Kevin Parrom hit a late offbalance jumper for a three-point play and had a superb all-around game, helping Arizona hold off Northern Arizona . Parrom finished with 14 points, five rebounds and four assists for Arizona (9-2).

D4 Friday, December 17, 2010 • THE BULLETIN

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Some bowl games are struggling to sell their tickets

By John Marshall The Associated Press

TEMPE, Ariz. — Missouri didn’t reach its goal of getting into a BCS bowl and was headed to the desert to face a 7-5 team that had lost its final three games of the season.

Sensing potential apathy for a bowl against a ho-hum opponent played halfway across the country, Missouri coach Gary Pinkel pleaded with Tigers fans to buy tickets to the Insight Bowl.

His ploy seems to have worked; Insight Bowl officials say they’re on a record pace for the Dec. 28 game between Missouri and Iowa at Arizona State’s Sun Devil Stadium.

“It’s always a tough climate, especially with the economy the way it is right now,” said Adam Lehe, ticket manager for the Insight Bowl, Fiesta Bowl and BCS national championship game. “It’s not always the No. 1 priority and getting the people to travel and make the financial and time commitment, we appreciate everything everyone has done.”

Some of the other bowls aren’t having as much luck — no matter what the coaches or schools have done.

A glut of choices — 35 games this season — a still-sputtering economy, some long-distance travel and a handful of less-than-exciting matchups has made selling tickets even to some of the bigger bowls a difficult proposition.

One peculiarly tough sell has been the Military Bowl in Washington, D.C. East Carolina, despite a 6-6 season, gobbled up its allotment of tickets and filled the team hotel within a couple of days of the selection show.

Maryland? The Terps had a hard time drawing at College Park this season and it’s continued with the Military Bowl, which will be played at RFK Stadium, about 20 miles from campus.

Coach Ralph Friedgen made an impassioned plea to fans to buy tickets and the school has hit Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to boost sales. It’s helped, but the Atlantic Coast Conference Terps are still in danger of being outdrawn by a Conference USA team with a .500 record from another state.

“The dilemma we’re in right now is our fans need to come out and support us,” Friedgen said not long after the bowl announcement. “I think we’ve got a chance to send a message to these people that turned us down. This is right in our back yard, and East Carolina’s going to show up. And if we really care about our football program, our fans need to show up.”

Georgia Tech has gone the full used-

car salesman route for the Dec. 27 Independence Bowl.

The school, in honor of its 14th consecutive bowl appearance, offered $14 tickets to the game in Shreveport, La., against Air Force. The game isn’t that far away and will feature the nation’s top two rushing teams, but fans have been unimpressed enough that the university extended the deal until Christmas in hopes of spurring sales.

“With Christmas around the corner, tickets make for perfect gifts or stocking stuffers,” associate athletic director Wayne Hogan said in a school news release.

Even the BCS bowls aren’t immune.

The Fiesta Bowl has a nontraditional matchup between BCS regular Oklahoma and Connecticut, and while it’ll likely do well at the box office — it always seems to — both schools are coming up short.

Oklahoma was well short of selling its allotment earlier this week and UConn was even worse, with only about 4,000 tickets sold.

Part of it for Huskies’ fans is certainly the long distance to Arizona, but also money; the cheapest ticket offered through the school is over $100 and many fans have been discouraged by the travel costs and options offered by the school.

“Cater to the fat cats, leave the rest of us behind,” one fan wrote on a Hartford Courant fan page. “I’m shopping on my own now, but might be spending New Year’s in CT after all. Disappointing.”

It’s not all doom and gloom.

The BCS national championship, Rose and Sugar bowls are predictably sold out. There’s been a few surprises, too.

The Cotton Bowl sold out within minutes of the teams being announced. The Armed Forces Bowl just up the road in Dallas was a sellout before the teams were even known and SMU playing in it only enhanced the desire for tickets.

The Music City Bowl, featuring in-state favorite Tennessee against North Carolina, sold out within days. The Sun Bowl sold out in record time for the matchup between Notre Dame and Miami and Baylor fans have had a huge response to the Bears’ first appearance since 1994 in the Texas Bowl.

Even the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl is doing well: Nevada sold out its allotment of 11,000 in two days and asked for more for the Jan. 9 game in San Francisco against Boston College.

“We are blown away by the response,” Nevada athletic director Cary Groth said.

Others wish they could say the same.

Mavs owner considers trying to break BCS system with cash The Associated Press NEW YORK — Don’t expect Mark Cuban’s money to break the BCS. Bowl Championship Series executive director Bill Hancock doubts “financial inducements,” such as the one the Dallas Mavericks’ outspoken owner is considering, will lead to a major college football playoff.

Cuban told reporters before the Mavs’ game Wednesday night that he was “actively interested but in the exploratory stage” of trying to bankroll a 12- or 16team playoff to replace the often-criticized BCS. He thinks about $500 million might do the trick.

Hancock responded to Cuban’s comments in an e-mail to the AP on Thursday, saying, “Given how much support our current system has among university presidents, athletics directors, coaches and athletes, I don’t think any amount of financial inducement will make people abandon” the BCS. Cuban, who has made unsuccessful attempts to buy the Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers in recent years, said he’s spoken to two athletic directors from conferences with automatic BCS bids who were enthusiastic about his idea. He intends to contact several school presidents and state senators to determine whether the idea is worth pursuing.

“Put $500 million in the bank and go to all the schools and pay them money as an option,” Cuban was quoted by ESPNDallas.com as saying. “Say, ‘Look, I’m going to give you X amount every five years. In exchange, you say if you’re picked for the playoff system, you’ll go.’”

The BCS, using polls and computer rankings, matches the top two teams in the country after the regular season in a national title game. No. 1 Auburn and No. 2 Oregon meet on Jan. 10 in Glendale, Ariz.

The BCS is unpopular among fans, but the leadership of the six most powerful conferences — the Big Ten, Big East, Big 12, ACC, SEC and Pac-10 — support it and the bowl system, making any radical changes in the near future highly unlikely.

“Put $500 million in the bank and go to all the schools and pay them money as an option. Say, ‘Look, I’m going to give you X amount every five years.

In exchange, you say if you’re picked for the playoff system, you’ll go.’ ” — Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, on his proposed playoff system for college football

“It speaks to the power and popularity of college football that a successful businessman and innovator like Mark Cuban would have this level of interest in investing in college football,” Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott said in an e-mail.

“But the fact is that college football has never been more popular in its current format, and it’s a mistake to assume the impediment to a playoff is money. We could get a lot more money tomorrow from lots of folks by moving to an expansive playoff; this is about a broader set of priorities benefiting schools and student-athletes.”

Cuban suggested trying to persuade major donors to college athletic programs to cut off financial support until their presidents approve a playoff system. He said he thinks it would take about three or four years of planning to get a playoff up and running.

He called the BCS “an inefficient business where there’s obviously a better way.”

“The only thing that’s kept them from doing it is a lack of capital,” Cuban said, “which I can deal with.”

Hancock, of course, disagrees.

“College football is so popular today,” he said, “because we have a great regular season and because we have an important bowl tradition that provides a meaningful experience for the students and fans — all of which would be at risk if this concept were implemented.”

Ryan Brennecke / The Bulletin

Crook County’s Dawson Barber fights to keep from being pinned by Culver’s Jared Kasch during the 125-pound match Thursday night at Culver High School at the CowDog Classic.

CowDog Continued from D1 Jesus Retano notched Culver’s lone win above 135 pounds Thursday night, defeating Travis Wilson 5-4 in the most competitive match of the day.

With the score tied 3-3 in the third period, Retano produced a takedown to go ahead, 5-3. Wilson earned a late escape to make it 5-4, but could not bring Retano to the mat.

“I couldn’t be more appreciative of Crook County coming over here and playing with us,” Culver coach J.D. Al-

ley said.

The Bulldogs are back wrestling Saturday in Springfield at the Thurston tournament. The Cowboys have the weekend off before heading to Pasco, Wash., for the Best in the West tournament on Tuesday and Wednesday.

PREP ROUNDUP

Madras improves to 5-0 in girls basketball Bulletin Staff Report SEASIDE — Madras started slowly in its girls basketball opener at the Seaside Holiday Classic on Thursday, trailing Elma, Wash., by seven points after the first quarter. The White Buffaloes rolled from that point forward, though, and outscored their opponents by more than 40 points over the final three quarters to take a 74-35 victory “We made some adjustments defensively,” Madras coach Rory Oster said. “Once we switched to a zone we were in control of the game.”

The White Buffaloes, who had four players double digits in scoring, were led by JoElla Smith’s 16 points. Lucy Suppah added 13 points for Madras and Abby Scott and Rachel Simmons each contributed 11 points. Suppah was especially effective from behind the three-point line, scoring 12 of her 13 points from outside.

Every White Buffalo who played on Thursday scored at least two points.

Madras (5-0) will look to extend its season-opening winning streak to six when the Buffs face tournament host Seaside today.

In other prep events Thursday: GIRLS BASKETBALL Rogue River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Sisters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 PHOENIX — Sisters was slow to find its groove after the six-hour bus ride, but put together a solid second half. The Outlaws (0-4) rallied late after falling behind by 20 points in the fourth quarter, but Rogue River proved too strong down the stretch. Chelsie McConville posted a team-high 18 points for Sisters. Marin Allen added 12 and Taylor Nieri and Carissa Kernutt contributed 10 points apiece. The Outlaws play again today against the loser of Thursday’s game between Cascade Christian and Newport.

La Pine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 South Whidbey (Wash.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SEASIDE — “It was definitely a mismatch,” La Pine coach Kelly Garvin admitted after her team shutout South Whidbey (Wash.) in the second half of what was both team’s first game at the Seaside Holiday Classic. The Hawks’ Hanna Wieber and Brittany Glenn both outscored the South Whidbey by themselves, with eight points and seven points, respectively. “We’ve been putting a lot of focus on our defense and it was really nice to see the girls figure out what we’re trying to do,” Garvin said. La Pine (2-4) will play two more games in the tournament, one today and one Saturday.

Alsea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 North Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 SILVER LAKE — Lesley Dark recorded 20 points and 14 rebounds and Cheyenne Strong added six points, nine rebounds and eight assists, but the Cowgirls still fell to the

Wolverines in nonleague action. North Lake (3-2) plays Dayville-Monument today in Crane.

BOYS BASKETBALL Madras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Astoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 SEASIDE — After a slow start that Madras coach Allen Hair attributed to “dead legs” due to the long trip out west, the White Buffaloes came to life in the second half of a 12-point victory over the Fishermen at the Seaside Holiday Classic. Madras trailed by three points at the break, but outscored Astoria 29-14 after halftime for the Buffs’ first win of the season. “We just did a really nice job of containing the dribble,” Hair said about his team’s second-half defense. Bobby Ahern led Madras with a game-high 19 points.

No other Buff player scored more than six points. Madras won despite being outscored 17-1 at the free throw line. The White Buffaloes (1-4) face South Whidbey (Wash.) today in the tournament’s second round.

South Whidbey (Wash.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 La Pine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 SEASIDE — The Hawks trailed by 10 points at halftime to South Whidbey (Wash.) in La Pine’s opening game at the Seaside Holiday Classic, but rallied to within six points in the third quarter before eventually falling by 13. “We just turned the ball over too many times,” said La Pine coach Kyle Kalmbach. South Whidbey went on an 8-0 run late in the third quarter to pull away for good. Austin Pierce led the Hawks with 11 points and eight rebounds. Austin Manley added seven points, including La Pine’s lone three-point basket. Isaac O’Casey scored six points. The Hawks (1-5) will play two more games in the tournament, including one today.

Phoenix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Sisters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 PHOENIX — The Outlaws trailed by 13 points early on and never were able to take the lead against Phoenix in the first round of the Phoenix Invitational. John Erickson scored a team-high 23 points and Eli Harrison added 19 for Sisters. The Outlaws (2-2) play Illinois Valley today in the consolation round of the tourney.

WRESTLING Redmond knocks off Summit Redmond, bolstered by four Summit forfeits, topped Summit 47-24 in an Intermountain Hybrid meet at Summit High. The Storm started the dual with a win at 215 pounds

by Kadin Olson. The Panthers scored a win in the last match, which proved one of the closest of the night. Kevin Curl outlasted Summit’s Josh Brandt in a 7-6 decision in the 189-pound contest. Both teams return to action today at the two-day Adrian Irwin Memorial Tournament at Mountain View.

PREP SCOREBOARD BOYS SOCCER 2010 ALL-STATE TEAMS ——— Class 6A Player of the year — Jake Bishop, Jesuit Coach of the year — Chris Thurley, Jesuit First team — Jake Bishop, sr., midfielder, Jesuit; Gabriel Benavides, sr., midfielder, South Salem; Josh Miller, jr., midfielder, Grant; Raul Salgado, jr., forward ,South Eugene; Taylor Griggs, sr., midfielder, Grants Pass; Almir Celebric, sr., forward, Centennial; David Cazares, sr., forward, Glencoe; Miguel Curiel, sr., midfield, Oregon City; Dustin Munger, jr., midfielder, McMinnville; Matt Temple, sr., midfielder, Beaverton; Kyle Foster, sr., goalkeeper, South Salem.

Honorable mention — Matt Liberator, sr., defender, Jesuit; Yanphol Patino, jr., forward, Sunset; Nick Lewis, jr., midfielder, Beaverton; Matt Sheldon, sr., forward, Lincoln; Jeffrey Villalobos, sr., defender, Redmond; Sam Good, sr., goalkeeper, Lake Oswego.

——— Class 5A Player of the year — Jamal Abdoul, Corvallis Coach of the year — Luis Del Rio, Woodburn First team — Jamal Abdoul, sr., forward, Corvallis; Ian Scudder, sr., forward, Sherwood; Jake Newhall, sr., midfielder, Wilson; Cam Riemhofer, sr., forward, Mountain View; Jaime Veles, sr., midfielder, Woodburn; Omar Perez, jr., forward, The Dalles-Wahtonka; Enrique Esparaza, jr., forward, Liberty; Ian Murray, sr., midfielder, Ashland; Juilo Garcia, sr., defender, Crescent Valley; Zane Meehan, sr., midfielder, Corvallis; Luis Angel Del Rio Jr., jr., goalkeeper, Woodburn; David Ollison, sr., goalkeeper, Wilsonville.

Honorable mention — Connor Wear, jr., midfielder,

Wilson; Roman Konyn, sr., midfielder, Marist; Billy Kramer, sr., defender, Wilsonville; Danile Luvianos, sr., forward, Woodburn; Juan Martinez, jr., forward, Woodburn; Zach Striar, jr., midfielder, Cleveland; Oscar Bustos, sr., midfielder, Hood River Valley; Hunter Woods, sr., goalkeeper, The Dalles-Wahtonka.

——— Class 4A Player of the year — Jose Ramirez, Stayton Coach of the year — Chris Shields, Stayton First team — Jose Ramirez, jr., midfielder, Stayton; Oscar Flores, sr., forward, McLoughlin; Jason Kellogg, sr., defender, Hidden Valley; Edgar Rodriguez, sr., forward, Yamhill-Carlton; Angelo Florez, sr., forward, North Marion; Scotty Bowen, sr., midfielder, Sisters; Billy Rempelos, sr., defender, North Bend; Johnnie Workman, sr., midfielder, Estacada; Carlos Flores, sr., defender, Central; Cody Jones, sr., midfielder, Hidden Valley; Rolando Garcia, jr., goalkeeper, Stayton.

Honorable mention — Omar Iboa, jr., midfielder, Phoenix; Jaime Tenorio, jr., defender, Stayton; Ner Moo, sr., forward, Marshall; Luis Toledo, sr., midfielder, Crook County; Johnny Trevino, sr., forward, McLoughlin; Chris Stucke, jr., goalkeeper, Hidden Valley.

BASKETBALL Boys Thursday’s results ——— SEASIDE HOLIDAY CLASSIC ——— MADRAS (44) — Ahern 19, Palmer 6, Zacarias 6, Yeahquo 5, Borja 2, Queaphama-Mehlberg 2, McConnell

2, Quintana 2, Connor, Haugen, Brown. Totals 21 1-4 44.

ASTORIA (32) — Harber 7, Davis 6, Boord 5, Fox 5, Olsen 3, Fick 3, Johnson 3, Poyer, Whisler, Samp. Totals 7 17-24 32.

Madras 11 4 15 14 — 44 Astoria 14 4 6 8 — 32 Three-point goals — Madras: Ahern 3, Yeahquo.

Astoria: Davis.

——— SOUTH WHIDBEY (Wash.) (45) — Newman 18, Cary 7, Norris 6, Russell 5, Comfort 5, George 2, Lee 2, Bennett, Flaherty. Totals 18 6-8 45.

LA PINE (32) — Pierce 11, Manley 7, O’Casey 6, Steinbach 4, Owen 2, Ebner 2, Levine, Brown. Totals 14 3-6 32.

South Whidbey (Wash.) 10 13 11 11 — 45 La Pine 5 8 6 13 — 32 Three-point goals — South Whidbey (WA): Newman 2, Cary. La Pine: Manley.

Girls Thursday’s results ——— SEASIDE HOLIDAY CLASSIC ——— MADRAS (74) — J. Smith 16, L. Suppah 13, Simmons 11, Scott 11, R. Suppah 6, Juanita 6, Spino 5, M. Smith 4, Sampson 2. Totals 30 9-16 74.

ELMA (Wash.) (35) — Nalmstorm 15, Meister 11, McDonald 4, Demar 2, McDonald 1, Finger 1, Heller 1, Wilson, Goldsmith, Farrar, Smythe. Totals 12 9-18 6.

Madras 10 21 25 18 — 74 Elma (Wash.)

17 5 4 9 — 35 Three-point goals — Madras: L. Suppah 4, J. Smith.

Elma (WA): Nalmstorm 2.

——— PHOENIX INVITATIONAL ——— ROGUE RIVER (61) — Alli Ehrhurdt 18, Maxey 13, Poldon 9, Coulter 9, Fricke 8, Jesse 2, Whittaker 2, Diehl.

Totals unavailable.

SISTERS (57) — Chelsie McConville 18, Allen 12, Nehri 10, Kernutt 10, Yozamp 3, Chauncey 2, Hanson 2, Herron. Totals unavailable.

Rogue River 17 11 22 11 — 61 Sisters 10 13 13 21 — 57 Three-point goals — unavailable

WRESTLING Thursday’s results COWDOG CLASSIC CROOK COUNTY 51, CULVER 21 ——— At Culver High 103 — Erik Martin, CC, pinned Noe Gonzalez, C, 1:47 . 112 — Crook County wins by forfeit. 119 — Bolt Anglen, C, pinned John Crites, CC, 1:57. 125 — Jared Kasch, C, tech. fall over Dawson Barber, CC, 17-2. 130 — Ryan Kasch, C, def. Cole McCarty, CC, 9-1. 135 — Josue Gonzalez, C, def. Andy Katzenberger, CC, 9-4.

140 —Cody Pfau, CC, pinned Juan Diaz-Erevia, C, 1:40.

145 —Jared George, CC, pinned David Badillo, C, 3:54.

152 — Jesus Retano, C, def. Travis Wilson, CC, 5-4.

160 — Jake Zeigler, CC, def. Miguel Gutierrez, C, 12-7.

171 — Travis Ough, CC, pins Ivan Galan, C, 1:04. 189 — Bryce Martin, CC, pinned Austin Barany, C, 1:50. 215 — Rhett Smith, CC, pinned Justin Hendrix, C, 3:43. 285 — Alex Pierce, CC, pinned Blake Wilda, C, :34.

THE BULLETIN • Friday, December 17, 2010 D5

NFL

Chargers rout 49ers The Associated Press SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Chargers have regained their December swagger, thanks to Vincent Jackson’s return and a smash-mouth defense.

Jackson caught a career-high three touchdown passes, Philip Rivers surpassed 4,000 yards passing for the third straight season and the Chargers beat Alex Smith and the San Francisco 49ers 34-7 on Thursday night to stay alive in the AFC West race.

Jackson reminded the Chargers just what they missed when he sat out 10 games during a nasty contract dispute.

“Since I’ve been here, it’s like I had never left,” said Jackson, who had his first three TD grabs of the season, of 58, 11 and 21 yards.

“He seems to be in midseason form,” Rivers said. “I feel like he’s been here for 15 weeks. That’s a credit to the way he practices.”

The Chargers (8-6) pulled within a half-game of AFC West leader Kansas City (8-5), which lost 31-0 at San Diego on Sunday.

San Francisco was probably the toughest test left for the Chargers, who finish with games at Cincinnati (2-11) and Denver (3-10). If San Diego wins out and the Chiefs lose once, the Chargers will win their fifth straight division title.

The Chargers came within 4:26 of having consecutive shutouts for the first time in their 51-year

history.

The 49ers (5-9) could wind up 7-9 and in a threeway tie and still win the NFC West, the NFL’s weakest division.

Rivers and Jackson came out early in the fourth quarter and the Chargers leading 31-0.

Rivers was 19 of 25 for 273 yards, giving him 4,141 for the season. He tied Hall of Famer Dan Fouts’ team record set from 1979-81. Jackson had five catches for 112 yards.

“He and Phil have such a good rapport,” center Nick Hardwick said. “They both know what’s going on, and they’ve studied for hours together. We were expecting him to come in and explode, and that’s what he’s done. He’s a beast. He does things other players can’t do, and he did it tonight.”

Unhappy that the Chargers didn’t give him a long-term deal, Jackson sat out the first seven games. He then missed three more games while serving a team-imposed suspension. The move cost him some $3 million in salary.

When he returned at Indianapolis on Nov. 28, he pulled a calf muscle two plays in and was done for the night and the next game.

On the fourth play from scrimmage, Rivers wound up and threw deep. The 6-foot-5 Jackson slowed down and reached out over 6-foot Nate Clements’ head to make the catch at about the 15 before outracing the cornerback into the end zone.

N F L C O M M E N TA RY

Contenders abound, but they all have their problems

By Barry Wilner The Associated Press

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o many contenders, so many holes.

Not the kind of holes that powerful offensive linemen create for running backs.

Nor the gaps blitzing linebackers find to sack quarterbacks.

Massive holes in entire units. Swiss-cheese secondaries. Blockers who can’t pass protect. Not to mention key players on both sides of the ball blanking out in critical situations.

Contenders? Maybe some of the teams chasing playoff berths are more pretenders.

Let’s look.

AFC Indianpolis Colts — If the Colts make a return trip to the Super Bowl, it’s time to put Peyton Manning in the Hall of Fame, premature as that may be. Indy can’t stop the run, can’t run the ball, and has had more problems keeping Manning comfortable in the pocket than ever before.

There no longer is a mystique surrounding the Colts; the fear factor for opponents disappeared this season.

New York Jets — The other finalist in the AFC title game last January has severe issues on offense, in part because the Jets get far too cute rather than staying basic. Mark Sanchez has developed well in his second year at quarterback, but his inconsistency shows he’s not ready to carry the team, and the running game has stagnated.

Plus, Rex Ryan’s defense isn’t nearly as formidable as the coach thinks it is. Where’s the pass rush?

Baltimore Ravens — If Ryan’s defense has been a disappointment in big spots, what about Baltimore’s? The Ravens have looked old and worn late in games, blowing leads in the fourth quarter against New England, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Houston. Baltimore likely will have to meet the Patriots, Steelers or perhaps even the Falcons if it hopes to win the title 10 years after its only Super Bowl.

There also are issues on the offensive line.

Jacksonville Jaguars — One of the league’s biggest surprises, so it’s not right to nitpick too much.

But the Jaguars don’t have the passing game or the pass defense to stay with the big boys. However, they do have a sizzling running game that at least can keep them close to the favorites.

Also, Jacksonville is minus-10 in turnover differential, with 27 giveaways. That won’t cut it in January.

Anyone In AFC West — After all of its flops in past playoffs, it’s impossible to take San Diego seriously if it wins the division. Somehow, Philip Rivers has kept the Chargers afloat despite all the

injuries around him, and the Chargers are ranked near the top in yards gained and yards allowed.

Don’t buy into that; look at their minus-7 turnover margin as more indicative of their prospects.

Kansas City runs the ball as well as anybody and Matt Cassel quietly has had a very good year — until his recent appendectomy, that is. The defense is improved, too. But does anyone fear the Chiefs, who are a year or two away from the elite level?

Oakland? Raiders nation shouldn’t get carried away with high expectations.

NFC New York Giants — Steve Smith’s injury is particularly worrisome because the receiving ranks already are thinned. That’s led to some poor decisions and poorer throws by Eli Manning — the Giants have 33 giveaways, worst in the NFL. At least the Giants are getting healthier on the offensive line. Their 1-2 rushing punch of Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs is formidable.

The defense might be too reliant on a heavy pass rush, but it seemed that way in 2007, too, and look what happened.

Philadelphia Eagles — Philly will score points on anyone in any weather on any field. However, the defense can be had because it gambles too much, especially in the secondary.

Then again, the Eagles lead the NFC with a plus-15 in turnovers and have 30 takeaways. But they also have a mediocre linebacking corps that has been depleted by injuries, something teams like the Saints and Falcons could tear apart.

Chicago Bears — No contender has gotten less respect this year. The defense is staunch most of the time, if not last Sunday; the Patriots are embarrassing everyone’s D these days. But you can pass on Chicago, and do you really have faith in Jay Cutler in big spots against strong opponents?

Or in his protection?

Green Bay Packers — Injuries have ravaged the Pack and it’s amazing they’re 8-5. But if Aaron Rodgers is sidelined for any lengthy period, they can start thinking about 2011.

Green Bay is all pass, no run, and while it’s defense is gritty and aggressive, it also is prone to big errors.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers — The Bucs are way ahead of schedule and QB Josh Freeman has developed rapidly in his second NFL season. But all of their wins have been against the dregs of the league. Wait until the 2011 season for anything special.

Anyone In NFC West — Seattle and St. Louis are tied for the division lead at 6-7. San Francisco is one game behind and Arizona, at 4-9, has not been eliminated. Need we say more?

Seahawks QB Hasselbeck hopes to rebound from his five turnovers The Associated Press RENTON, Wash. — Matt Hasselbeck had never had a game like this before.

Hasselbeck was responsible for a career-high five turnovers in Sunday’s 40-21 beating at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers.

A win would have ended the 49ers’ postseason chances and put the Seahawks on a collision course with the St. Louis Rams to decide the putrid NFC West.

Instead, Hasselbeck was awful, tossing four interceptions and losing a fumble after being sacked by 49ers linebacker Travis LaBoy. The turnovers led to 20 points for Alex Smith and the 49ers offense. The loss kept hope alive for the 49ers’ playoff chances and left the Seahawks to question their progress.

Hasselbeck knew this week’s film session wasn’t going to be a pleasant experience.

“Monday was a bad day. I wasn’t feeling good Monday for a lot of reasons,” Hasselbeck said.

The tape showed a quarterback trying to do too much with a receiving corps that was missing two starters in Mike Williams and Ben Obomanu. His play helped put the Seahawks defense in a bind,

facing short fields most of the afternoon.

“I think one of the main things is just wasted interceptions,” Hasselbeck said. “You can’t play one way when the game is tight and the score is close, and play another way when the game is out of reach. I know that lesson, and I’ve learned that lesson the hard way a few other times.”

“It’s like Pete (Carroll) told me, ‘No matter how many times you say it or do it, unfortunately sometimes you got to learn the hard way to actually get the lesson for real,’ and to really stamp it in there, tattoo it on your brain so to speak. So lesson learned and we just learn from it and keep going,” Hasselbeck said.

Carroll has continually stressed protecting the football and it made Hasselbeck tentative early in the season. Now the pendulum has swung in the other direction.

“I think Matt got caught up in the game this week of trying to make something happen and trying more than he needed to ... ,” Carroll said. “You try too hard, you over-try, try to force the action and things usually go the wrong way. You need to stay within the system, stay within the style that we want to play and the way we prepare.”

Danny Moloshok / The New York Times

Caltech and Eastern Nazarene College players streak by during an NCAA Division III basketball game in the Braun Athletic Center in Pasadena, Calif., on Monday.

Caltech Continued from D1 Eslinger, the third-year coach, thought it had slipped past 300, too.

Frankly, it is one answer they do not really care to know. After all, current coaches and players had nothing to do with most of Caltech’s losses. And, besides, they think the streak is about to end.

“It’s not ‘if’ we’re going to win,” Paluchniak said. “It’s ‘how many’ we’re going to win.”

Conference play in the NCAA Division III Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference begins after the holiday break. Caltech’s losing streak sits at 297, according to the athletic department.

Losing, and losing...

It is a daunting and remarkable history of losing, yet there is an unfamiliar bravado brewing. The season’s first victory, over American Sports University, broke an overall 44-game losing streak that dated to January 2009. An 87-53 home victory Monday against Eastern Nazarene gave Caltech its first two-game winning streak in 18 years.

The last time Caltech (2-5) won two games in a season was in 2001-02. The last time it won three was in 1996-97. The last time Caltech had a winning season was 1954.

“We’re out to show that we’re going to beat you,” said Eslinger, a 35-year-old former assistant at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a doctorate in counseling and sports psychology. “And you’re going to come work for us.”

The bold declaration surprised his players. Eslinger found a softer tone.

“We want to win with the smartest students in the world,” he said.

Smart players Caltech is considered one of the nation’s top research institutions. Faculty and alumni have won 32 Nobel Prizes. About 35 percent of its graduates go on to earn a Ph.D. A quarter of its 967 undergraduate students arrived this fall with SAT scores of 2,330 (out of 2,400) or better, and 98 percent of them were in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class.

The university has a long history of athletics — it was a founding member of the SCIAC in 1915 — but a short one of winning. The baseball team has lost 163 straight games, dating to 2003, and has not won a conference game since 1988, a streak of 407 losses. Since joining the conference (which includes California Lutheran, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, La Verne, Occidental, PomonaPitzer, Redlands and Whittier), the women’s volleyball team has never won a conference match, a string of 154 losses dating to 2000. The university does not have a football team.

“We have young people at Caltech who are clearly brilliant,” Caltech’s president, Jean-Lou Chameau, said. “They are driven to be the best scientists, the best engineers in the world.”

Chameau, who arrived in

“I was looking for the best education I could get in the country, and I also wanted to continue to play basketball,” said Mike Paluchniak, a 6-2 freshman from Oostburg, Wis., where he was president of one team (chess), captain of another (basketball) and class valedictorian. (“There were only 80 kids,” he said with a shrug.)

2006 after serving as the provost at Georgia Tech, hesitated when asked if winning was important.

“Those young people are trying to compete the best they can, so it matters if they win,” he said. “They really want to win, and we should do everything we can do to help them win. But it does not matter the way it matters at a place like Georgia Tech.”

Change in culture A basketball in Eslinger’s office is covered in autographs — not from players but the five Nobel laureates currently on the faculty. Pointing to a photograph of the team he inherited, Eslinger counted five among the 17 players who had played high school basketball. There were more valedictorians than starters.

Before Eslinger’s arrival, the combination of brains and bungling basketball led to a 2008 documentary called “Quantum Hoops.” It was well received by critics. Eslinger bristles at its mention. It is not the kind of attention he wants, he said.

This year’s 15-member team includes four freshmen and eight sophomores, and the heights of the players in the starting lineup ranges from 6foot-2 to 6-7. None of them have Division I talent, but erase any revenge-of-the-nerds imagery.

Players come from 10 states, and Germany and Australia.

Eslinger learned of some from Caltech’s admissions office, which pointed him toward students about to be accepted for their academics and who mentioned in their application that they played basketball.

Caltech has no athletic scholarships. But the chance to play basketball, and “to be on the ground floor of developing our program into a competitive one,” as Eslinger put it, was a clincher for many.

Real student athletes “I was looking for the best education I could get in the country, and I also wanted to continue to play basketball,” said Paluchniak, a 6-2 freshman from Oostburg, Wis., where he was president of one team (chess), captain of another (basketball) and class valedictorian. (“There were only 80 kids,” he said with a shrug.)

Across the table, Murphy, a 6-foot sophomore from Wasilla, Alaska, wore a T-shirt that read, “I’m no rocket surgeon.”

He once tried to argue a foul

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call, to no avail, by explaining conservation of momentum principles to the referee.

Their biographies are a mix of past basketball exploits (allconference honors, state playoff participants) and brainy stereotypes (science fair winners, math club captains). Six players had internships at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory last summer. Another worked for Apple.

One of the top players, senior Ryan Elmquist, missed a practice last week while interviewing.

“In the next couple of weeks, he’ll have a job — making more than you and I combined, probably,” Eslinger said.

With no real pressure to win, Eslinger nonetheless wants to change the culture so that victories are not merely celebrated but expected.

The madness In October, Caltech held a “Midnight Madness,” mimicking the showy pep rallies that mark the first day of practice for many programs. About 600 people came, turning Caltech’s tiny gym into an enthusiastic hive.

Now the team wants to convert those fans into believers.

“People are going to be surprised,” said Alex Runkel, a 6-5 sophomore from Germany.

“That’s good.”

Runkel said he knew nothing of the conference losing streak when he arrived. Players, like their coach, do not take responsibility for something that predates their birth.

Still, they admit that a 297game conference losing streak is astounding. It may defy laws of probability. For 25 years, there has not been one game where the team came out hot, the opponent was cold and the Caltech Beavers slipped away with an upset?

“If you took a complicated equation, on the face of it, you’d say, ‘Wow, that is really, really difficult,’” Eslinger said. “But when you break it down, you say, ‘Well, that makes perfect sense.’”

He looked at his players for further explanation.

“Isn’t there an equation or a math theory about that?” Eslinger asked.

Nope. Not that anyone knew.

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D6 Friday, December 17, 2010 • THE BULLETIN

Snowrider Continued from D1 Oakley offers some of the more high-end goggles available. Many snowriders will purchase Oakley goggles as well as two or three different lenses to switch in and out. The JP Auclair Oakley goggles (named for the Canadian freestyle skier) are $135.

Socks are also important to snowriders, and they fit well deep inside a Christmas stocking. Socks with cushion and moisture-wicking fabric (such as SmartWool socks, $21.95) will help feet stay drier longer and provide protection and durability, according to McGee. They can be used for hiking as well.

Helmets have become so common on the slopes that skiers and snowboarders now tend to stand out if they are not wearing one. Many of the best helmets cost more than $100. The Giro Seam Helmet, for example, is $160.

But I guess it is a small price to pay for avoiding a serious head injury.

Besides protecting snowriders’ heads, many helmets now feature earphone compatibility. The Smith Drop In Audio Twin ($60) set of earphones that fit nicely under the ear pads of most new Smith or Giro helmets. The earphones connect by wire to an MP3 player, allowing skiers and boarders to listen to their favorite music as they enjoy a day on the slopes.

A few stocking-stuffer possibilities are unique to snowboarders. Dakine stomp pads ($8 to $10) can be placed between bindings to make it easier for snowboarders to get on and off the lift. The pad provides a tacky spot where boarders can place their unstrapped back foot as they “skate” when loading onto or unloading from a chairlift.

“The stomp pads make it so your foot doesn’t slip off the board when you’re skating,” says Katie Patterson, owner of Aspect board shop in Bend.

Another snowboarder-unique gift idea is a pair of Dakine wrist guards ($20), which fit under gloves and protect a snowboarders’ wrists when they extend their arms to brake a fall on the slopes. Wrist injuries are the most common in snowboarding.

Finally, gift certificates for waxing and tuning of skis and snowboards are always an easy option. A typical wax job costs about $15, while a full base-grind and repairs service runs about $50 at most shops in Central Oregon.

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hot sellers over the last few years because many skiers want one pair of skis that can handle any type of snow: powder, groomed, or otherwise.

Carving skis are too skinny for powder, and powder skis are too fat for groomed snow.

“With a powder ski, you will have much better flotation and control,” says Todd McGee, co-owner of the Powder House. “In deep powder, they’ll make you feel like a hero. But then on groomed runs, it’s not so easy. They’re not made for turning on groomed runs.”

All-mountain ski options include the Volkl Mantra ($825) and the Atomic Access ($630).

The Access skis are more of an allmountain AND powder ski, according to McGee, but the Mantras work well in powder, too.

The Nordica Nemesis ($900) are women’s skis made for both allmountain and powder. Women’s skis feature softer flexing because women are typically lighter in weight than men, McGee explains.

Both the Access and the Nemesis skis feature “rocker” technology, in which the tip and tail of the ski rise up at an angle to provide more flotation in powder.

SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING

Photos by Andy Tullis / The Bulletin

SmartWool ski socks (left, $21.95). Oakley JP Auclair goggles (top, $135). BlackStrap face gear in orange and tie-dye (right, $20.95). (Gear provided by Powder House).

MT. BACHELOR’S NIGHT RAIL JAM: Saturday, Dec. 18, from 3 to 7 p.m.; West Village Lodge; registration in lower level of West Village Lodge from 1 to 3 p.m.; $30 per person; divisions include Men/Women, Ski/Snowboard, 12 & Under, 13-18 years, 19-and-over and Open class; www.mtbachelor.com.

RUSS READ MEMORIAL ALPINE RACE: This Saturday and Sunday at Mt. Bachelor; for USSA licensed competitors from the Pacific Northwest age 13 and up; 541-388-0002, or mbsef@mbsef.org.

MT. BACHELOR SPORTS EDUCATION FOUNDATION ALPINE WINTER SKIING: Enrollment for ages 7 and older at Mt. Bachelor; 541-388-0002; mbsef@mbsef.org; www.mbsef.org.

MBSEF ALPINE WINTER CAMPS: For age 7 and up at Mt. Bachelor Junior Race Center, Dec. 26-29; 541388-0002, mbsef@mbsef.org, www.mbsef.org.

MBSEF ALPINE MASTERS WINTER SKIING: At Mt. Bachelor, enrollment is open for ages 21 and up, running now through March; 541-388-0002, mbsef@mbsef.org, www.mbsef.org.

MT. BACHELOR SPORTS EDUCATION FOUNDATION FREERIDE SKI AND SNOWBOARD WINTER PROGRAMS: Enrollment for ages 8 and older; at Mt. Bachelor; 541388-0002; mbsef@mbsef.org; www.mbsef.org.

MBSEF FREERIDE SKI AND SNOWBOARD WINTER CAMPS: At Mt. Bachelor Junior Race Center, for age 8 and older, Dec. 28-30; 541-388-0002, mbsef@mbsef.org, www.mbsef.org.

NORDIC SKIING

Snowboards Snowboards, like skis, are available in myriad styles these days. Perhaps the simplest way to break them down is into two groups: directional boards and twin boards.

Directional boards are designed for all-mountain and powder, while twin boards are designed for features in terrain parks, such as jumps, halfpipe, and rails.

“Powder boards are longer, shaped different with a different flex,” Aspect’s Patterson says. “Park boards are soft so you can poke stuff out and do tricks.”

The Salomon Sick Stick ($599.95) includes a tapered tail, which helps it sink into powder.

Made for terrain parks and halfpipe, the Arbor Draft ($395) has a softer flex and a twin shape.

But according to Patterson, many snowboards are made for anything on the mountain.

“You can have a park board that is stiffer that you can take on the whole mountain,” she says. “There’s always one thing people are more focused on. But there definitely are versions that are good for everything.”

The Giro Seam Helmet (left, $160) and the Smith Drop In Audio Twin (right, $60). (Provided by Powder House).

PATAGONIA PURSUIT RACE: This Sunday at 10 a.m. at Mt. Bachelor Nordic Center; 3+3K for youth age 15 and younger, 6+6K for 16 and older; 541-388-0002, mbsef@mbsef.org, www.mbsef.org.

BEND ENDURANCE ACADEMY NORDIC MASTERS: Technique group and training group options; for adults ages 20 and older with intermediate to advanced nordic skiing abilities; weekday and weekend options through Feb. 23; portion of proceeds will go to Meissner Nordic Community Ski Trails; enrollments vary; www.bendenduranceacademy.org; 541-678-3864.

MT. BACHELOR SPORTS EDUCATION FOUNDATION NORDIC WINTER SKIING: Enrollment for ages 7 and older; at Mt. Bachelor; 541-388-0002; mbsef@mbsef.org; www.mbsef.org.

MBSEF NORDIC WINTER CAMPS: Dec. 20-22 for ages 7-11, and Dec. 21-23 for ages 11-14; at Mt. Bachelor’s Nordic Center; $75 for three-day camp, free to MBSEF enrolled athletes; 541-388-0002, mbsef@mbsef.org, www.mbsef.org.

BEND ENDURANCE ACADEMY NORDIC SKIING: Programs conducted at Virginia Meissner Sno-park on Century Drive west of Bend; transportation provided from Bend; Development Team for ages 11-18 began Nov. 17; Youth Club for ages 7-11 started Dec. 4; times vary; www.bendenduranceacademy.org; 541-678-3865.

RUNNING

Dakine stomp pads (left, $8 to $10), allow snowboarders a spot to put their unstrapped back foot as they load and unload a chairlift.

Dakine wrist guards (right, $20) offer protection when snowboarders fall backward on their hands. (Gear provided by Aspect board shop).

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FOOTZONE NOON RUNS: Noon on Wednesdays at FootZone, 845 N.W. Wall St., Bend; seven-mile loop with shorter options; free; 541-317-3568.

TEAM XTREME’S RUNNING CLUB IN REDMOND: Meets at 8 a.m. on Saturdays at Xtreme Fitness Center, 1717 N.E. Second St.; 2- to 5-mile run; free; 541-923-6662.

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FAMILY INSIDE

K I D C U LT U R E

Bounce, squeeze, learn with new toys

Dear Abby Widowed mom’s demands push daughter to the limit, Page E2

Family Calendar Listing of family-friendly events, Page E3

Kid Culture spotlights fun and educational books and toys.

F A M I LY IN BRIEF

Bop It Bounce

By Hasbro Games, $19.99 Appropriate for 8 and older Toy Tips: A Fun: A Movement: A Thinking: A Personality: B+ Social Interaction: B+ This is a continuation of the classic Bop It toy with the introduction of bounce.

The user follows the commands given out by the electronic game to bounce the foam ball high, fast and accurately while strengthening fine motor skills and enhancing hand-eye coordination. The impact-sensitive trampoline on the unit will keep track of the score and game level and continue to challenge the player to out-bounce the competition of other players.

Ideal for children who enjoy challenging themselves and have the concentration and patience to do so. Also, fun to out-bounce your friends as a friendly competitive toy.

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Local charity offers child care service The Jireh Project, a new local charity aimed toward helping families, will offer a free child care 5 to 9 tonight and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Any donations received will help single moms during the holidays.

For more information and to reserve a spot, call 541-678-5669.

Museum offers special butterfly event for kids

B E ST B E T S FOR FAMILY FUN Details, Page E3

Train Man Know a kid who loves trains? If so, this event is an absolute must. Michael Lavrich brings his large collection of trains this weekend through Monday at the Bend Public Library.

Best of all, train-lovers can get their fix for free.

‘A Christmas Carol’ Bend Experimental Art Theatre brings Charles Dickens’ heart-warming story of Scrooge and Tiny Tim to the Tower Theatre. The show, which includes adult and child actors, runs from tonight through Monday.

Reptile Zone Kids can check out lizards, a python and a tortoise at this free event at Play Outdoors near downtown Bend on Monday.

• Television • Comics • LAT crossword • Sudoku • Horoscope www.bendbulletin.com/family

THE BULLETIN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2010

The High Desert Museum is hosting a special program Saturday, branching off its butterflies exhibit.

The program, “Sensational Saturdays Myths and Legends of Lepidoptera,” will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kids can learn about how butterflies are incorporated into the cultures of China, Mexico and around the world.

The program’s activities are included with the cost of museum admission: $10 adults, $9 ages 65 and older, $6 ages 5-12, free ages 4 and younger. The museum is located at 59800 S. Highway 97, just south of Bend.

Future butterfly-themed events include “Why Do Butterflies Taste Bad?” on Jan. 15 and “Movers, Shakers and Pattern Makers” on Feb. 5.

Contact: 541-382-4754 or www.highdesertmuseum.org.

— Alandra Johnson, The Bulletin

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HELPING CENTRAL OREGON FAMILIES THRIVE

Lesson that keeps

GIVING Holidays a good time to teach kids kindness

By Alandra Johnson • The Bulletin

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pening presents is fun. Just ask any kid who celebrates Christmas. Many kids get presents from not only their parents, but also grandparents, aunts, uncles and siblings, not to mention Santa. Christmas often means many presents to un-

wrap and stockings to unstuff.

Most kids innately understand the excitement of presents. Getting stuff comes naturally.

But what about another part of the holiday? What about giving?

Christmastime is often referred to as the season of giving. But sometimes giving can be overshadowed by all of the getting.

Susan Kuczmarski, Chicago author of “The Sacred Flight of the Teenager: A Parent’s Guide to Stepping Back and Letting Go,” doesn’t think many parents focus on the importance of giving. “I think they forget this one.” In the hustle and bustle of life, teaching kids about giving can get pushed aside.

“We forget to talk about kindness and ways to show kindness,” says Kuczmarski. But Christmastime offers an opportunity to focus on generosity. “The season is very rich for nurturing the spirit of giving.”

Local giving Bend mom Lanora Bloxham says giving was always an important aspect of Christmas when she was a girl. Now she tries to instill those same values in her two children:

Cassidy, 13, and Camerin, 9. Bloxham and her husband take the kids to buy presents for each other. When they were 5 or 6, this was trickier. Bloxham remembers having to guide her son to make sure what he was picking out was a good fit for Cassidy and not just what he liked best. “Now he knows what Cassidy likes.”

She believes this gift-giving tradition is important.

“I think it helps. It makes them well-rounded. It makes them say, ‘It’s not just about me.’”

Next week the family plans to make cookies and candy to give to the neighbors.

“You don’t always have to receive gifts, but you do have to give,” says Bloxham.

Bend dad Bob Feseler says this time of year his two sons, Ian, 10, and Adam, 8, get really excited about getting presents. “They really want to see what they are going to get, and they want to get it now,” Feseler says.

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Ways kids can give • Make Christmas cards for friends or family members.

• Help bake cookies and give them to neighbors or friends.

• Help pick out gifts for siblings and parents.

• Visit a local giving tree, select the name of a child in need and pick out presents for that child.

• Donate food or toys to a local shelter.

• Call grandparents and older relatives.

• Offer to shovel an elderly neighbor’s driveway or help with some difficult task.

• Ask children to help with gift planning.

What should you give to Aunt Rose? What about Grandma?

• Make or decorate gifts to give to relatives. Visit a local craft store for plenty of ideas.

• Wrap presents together.

Illustration by Greg Cross / The Bulletin

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Computers edge out bikes, toys on kids’ lists

By Vikki Ortiz Healy Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — Two-year-old Marcelina Doleglo walked straight up to the Dora the Explorer game playing on an iMac at the Oakbrook, Ill., Center Apple Store, set her Barbie doll down on the table and wrapped her tiny hand around the computer mouse.

But no matter how expertly the toddler clicked through the cartoon adventures, her mother, Agnieszka Doleglo, wasn’t about to buy the $1,199 unit for a child who still fusses every day at nap time.

“Right now, she’s definitely too small. She would drop it and break it, probably,” said Doleglo, who added that she would reconsider when Marcelina is older — perhaps 5 or 6.

Oh, how holiday shopping has changed in an era of technologically savvy kids.

Forget new bicycles, hula hoops and telescopes; even Nintendo Wii’s and Microsoft Xboxes have fallen lower on this season’s wish lists. According to a Nielsen study released last month, 31 percent of kids ages 6 to 12 want an Apple iPad, more than all other electronics this year. Computers and the iPod Touch tie for the next most requested devices, at 29 percent.

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T EL EV ISION

E2 Friday, December 17, 2010 • THE BULLETIN

Widowed mom’s demands push daughter to the limit Dear Abby: My father died this year. My husband and I were his primary caregivers. I was with him until his dying breath. After his passing, Mom asked us to move in so she wouldn’t be alone.

She has post-polio syndrome, but her biggest problem is her “princess syndrome.”

She has trouble getting around, but is able to do some things while I’m at work all day.

As soon as I walk in the door, she’s all over me to do simple tasks that she could have done during the day. She complains the house isn’t clean enough, or that this and that aren’t done up to her standards.

Abby, it was easier to take care of all my dad’s needs than it is to take care of hers! Her day consists of getting up at 10 a.m., watching soap operas and eating herself to more than 300 pounds.

How do I deal with a mother with a major princess complex?

— Not Cinderella Dear Not Cinderella: Do it by having a frank conversation with your mother and telling her exactly what you have told me, WITHOUT labeling her a princess. You should also insist that she be screened by her doctor for depression.

If her demands are more than you and your husband can deliver, then consider moving into a place of your own. However, if your mother realizes that the alternative is living alone, she may be inclined to compromise.

Dear Abby: My husband of one year (at the time) was considered by everyone to be the most caring, good husband. But he never wanted to have relations with me. After several months of investigation, I learned he had been seeing prostitutes. He even admitted to me that when he did have sex with me he was thinking of them. Fast-forward: I forgave him; we went to counseling.

Abby, he still never wants to have sex with me! When we do,

DEAR ABBY

Larry King abdicates his CNN throne

By Chuck Barney Contra Costa Times

it’s because I initiate it. My selfconfidence is shot. He says he “doesn’t have a sex drive,” so I can either accept him for all the positives — of which there are many — and not have a sex life, or not.

I have considered fulfilling my needs outside the marriage, and giving him the green light to do the same, but he’s against it. I’m at a loss as to what to do. Should I just settle and be happy with what I have?

— Wanting More in the South Dear Wanting More: You are obviously not happy with “what you have.” And a man who engages the services of a prostitute DOES have a sex drive. You both need to be completely truthful with each other. Once you have reached that point, you will know what to do, and you won’t have to ask me to make the decision for you.

Dear Abby: My boyfriend and I have reached an impasse.

He says that breakfast, brunch or lunch is an acceptable time to spend with my girlfriends, but dinner is “family time” and should be spent at home with him.

He also says that girlfriends who spend a weekend away together are “up to no good.” I see no problem with it. What are your thoughts?

— Unsure in the Midwest Dear Unsure: Your boyfriend appears to be insecure, controlling and have a dim view of women. If you’re smart, you will find someone who is less easily threatened by female bonding and let this one go.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby .com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Back in the day, when I was first assigned to dissect the bloated beast known as television, several co-workers approached me to either offer congratulations or express their sympathy. Then one came armed with a blunt demand.

“Whatever you do in your new job, please make sure to slam Larry King,” he snarled.

“And do it on a regular basis.”

Over the ensuing years, before leaving the company, he often repeated his plea. This guy despised what he perceived to be exA N A L Y S I S c e s s i ve self-aggrandizement on the part of King.

He also regarded him as a lazy interviewer who tossed up too many softball questions — an assessment that wasn’t without some merit.

Thursday night, King, at the age of 77, retired from his landmark CNN talk show after a quarter of a century on the air, and I find myself thinking about my cranky former colleague. Is he breaking out the champagne? Dancing a jig?

Over the years, I did, indeed, take some swipes at King, but probably not nearly enough to satisfy him. Maybe that’s because I became more fixated on the growing phenomenon of reality TV. Most likely it was because King steadily evolved into an afterthought.

That was hardly the case when I first became acquainted with King, not through television, but radio — where he was at his best. I was a sportswriter then, making many commutes between arenas and airports.

King provided countless hours of welcome company.

Chatting deep into the night, he devoted the first part of his show to an interview. I was struck by his rich baritone, his

The Associated Press ile photo

Larry King conducts a 1994 interview at the CNN studio in Washington. After 25 years of “Larry King Live,” Larry King hung up his suspenders with his last broadcast on Thursday. dogged curiosity and his ability to carry on engaging conversations with people from all walks of life. And as a young journalist still new to the art of the Q&A, I admired how he could so deftly procure juicy information from his guests.

After the interviews, King would launch into what he called “Open Phone America” — three or four hours of listener call-ins — and this stuff was pure gold.

He was a master of astute, off-

the-cuff conversation that could span everything from politics to show biz and sports. He was the kind of guy you’d love to have at your cocktail party.

Someone at CNN was smart enough to notice. They put King in front of a camera (and a bulky mic) and, for many years, he was the network’s marquee attraction. Along the way, he changed the nature of cable television.

“Larry King Live” became a place where headlines were

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But eventually, the volume level on cable conversation was amped up several notches. Bill O’Reilly, Keith Olbermann and others ushered in an aggressive, in-your-face approach. And judging from the way King’s ratings have plunged in recent years, that’s what viewers seem to prefer: More noise, more flash, more tirades — more opinions that echo their own. In the process, King’s laid-back style started to feel antiquated. And it didn’t help matters that, on some nights, he came off as weary, inattentive and even ill-prepared.

Like a punch-drunk heavyweight boxer who doesn’t know when enough is enough, he’s getting out of the ring a few years too late.

But even if King’s departure may not leave a vast void in my particular viewing habits, I do wonder what it says about newsoriented television. Is there still a place for his kind of minimalist style in this attention-deficit era?

Can the simple, unhurried, longform introspective interview survive anywhere besides PBS? I certainly hope it can.

Next month, CNN, which is desperately trying to reinvent itself, will fill King’s time slot with a program headed by Piers Morgan, a savvy Brit 32 years younger than his predecessor. Maybe he’ll be just what a beleaguered CNN needs right now.

Then again, someone just might feel the need to slam him on a regular basis.

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FAMILY CALENDAR

A weekly compilation of family-friendly events throughout Central Oregon

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Please e-mail event information to communitylife@bendbulletin.com or click on “Submit an Event� on our website at bendbulletin.com.

Allow at least 10 days before the desired date of publication. Ongoing listings must be updated monthly. Contact: 541-383-0351.

The Family Movie Guide should be used along with the Motion Picture Association of America rating system for selecting movies suitable for children. Only films rated G, PG or PG-13 are included in this weekly listing, along with occasional R-rated films that may have entertainment value or educational value for older children with parental guidance.

Full events calendar and movie times are in today’s GO! Magazine.

TODAY THE TRAIN MAN: Watch Michael Lavrich’s extensive collection of toy trains running on a track and ask questions; free; 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-6 p.m.; Bend Public Library, 601 N.W. Wall St.; 541-617-7050 or www. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar.

GIFT WRAPPING AND BAKE SALE: Bring holiday gifts for wrapping and buy baked goods; proceeds benefit the Summit High School Sparrow Club; donations accepted; 1:30-5:30 p.m.; Umpqua Bank, 2755 N.W. Crossing Drive, Suite 113, Bend; 541-318-3641.

CELEBRATION OF LIGHT: Drive or take a wagon ride through an outdoor nativity and light display, with caroling; free; 6:30-8 p.m.; Madras Conservative Baptist Church, 751 N.E. 10th St.; 541-475-7287. “A CHRISTMAS CAROL�: Bend Experimental Art Theatre presents an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale, performed by a youth and adult cast; $19 or $25, $15 ages 12 and younger; 7:30 p.m.; Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-3170700 or www.towertheatre.org.

SATURDAY Dec. 18 REDMOND GRANGE BREAKFAST: Featuring biscuits and gravy, hash browns, scrambled eggs, coffee, hot chocolate and more; $5, $3 ages 12 and younger; 7-10:30 a.m.; Redmond Grange, 707 S.W. Kalama Ave. “SILVER CITY HOLIDAYS� EXHIBIT OPENS: New exhibit features a recreated 1880s mining town; exhibit runs through Dec. 31; included in the price of admission; $10 adults, $9 ages 65 and older, $6 ages 5-12, free ages 4 and younger; 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; High Desert Museum, 59800 S. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-382-4754 or www.highdesertmuseum.org.

THE TRAIN MAN: Watch Michael Lavrich’s extensive collection of toy trains running on a track and ask questions; free; 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-5 p.m.; Bend Public Library, 601 N.W. Wall St.; 541-617-7050 or www. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar.

PHOTOS WITH FRONTIER SANTA: Take pictures with a Victorian-era Father Christmas; proceeds benefit the museum’s educational programs; $10 plus museum admission, $5 for museum members; 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; High Desert Museum, 59800 S. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-382-4754 or www.highdesertmuseum.org.

CELEBRATION OF LIGHT: Drive or take a wagon ride through an outdoor nativity and light display, with caroling; free; 6:30-8 p.m.; Madras Conservative Baptist Church, 751 N.E. 10th St.; 541-475-7287.

HOLIDAY CONCERT: Featuring a performance by Bill Keale; a portion of proceeds benefits the Alyce Hatch Center; $20 in advance, $22 at the door, free ages 6 and younger; 7 p.m.; Old Stone Church, 157 N.W. Franklin Ave., Bend; 541-8155224 or www.billkeale.com. “A CHRISTMAS CAROL�: Bend Experimental Art Theatre presents an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale, performed by a youth and adult cast; $19 or $25, $15 ages 12 and younger; 7:30 p.m.; Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-3170700 or www.towertheatre.org.

SUNDAY Dec. 19 THE TRAIN MAN: Watch Michael Lavrich’s extensive collection of toy trains running on a track and ask questions; free; 1-5 p.m.;

Courtesy Walt Disney Studios

In “Tron: Legacy,� Jeff Bridges, left, reprises his role as Kevin Flynn, while Garrett Hedlund plays his son Sam, who joins dad in the virtual world he created. See the full review in today’s GO! Magazine.

By Roger Moore The Orlando Sentinel Submitted photo

The Train Man, Michael Lavrich, guides his trains around the Bend Public Library in 2008. Lavrich is again showing his collection to families at Bend Public Library.

Bend Public Library, 601 N.W. Wall St.; 541-617-7050 or www. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar.

CELEBRATION OF LIGHT: Drive or take a wagon ride through an outdoor nativity and light display, with caroling; free; 6:30-8 p.m.; Madras Conservative Baptist Church, 751 N.E. 10th St.; 541-475-7287.

ON A CLEAR WINTER’S NIGHT JAZZ CHRISTMAS: Featuring performances

by Peter White, Mindi Abair and Rick Braun; with Santa, live reindeer, carolers and more; $26, $56 reserved; 7 p.m., doors open 6 p.m.; The Riverhouse Convention

Center, 2850 N.W. Rippling River Court, Bend; www.c3events.com. “A CHRISTMAS CAROL�: Bend Experimental Art Theatre presents an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale, performed by a youth and adult cast; $19 or $25, $15 ages 12 and younger; 7:30 p.m.; Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541317-0700 or www.towertheatre.org.

SUNRIVER MUSIC FESTIVAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT: An evening of classical and Christmas music emceed by Bob Shaw; $30, $40 reserved, $25 ages 65 and older, $10 ages 18 and younger; 7:30

Story times, library youth events for Dec. 17-23 BEND PUBLIC LIBRARY; 601 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-617-7097: • TEEN TERRITORY: Ages 12-17; 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

CROOK COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY; 175 S.W. Meadow Lakes Drive, Prineville; 541-4477978: • PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Ages 3 and older; 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday and 11 a.m. Thursday. • WE READ: Ages 0-3; 10 a.m. Wednesday and 6:30 p.m. Monday.

JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY; 241 S.W. Seventh St., Madras; 541-475-3351: • PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Ages 3-5; 10:30 a.m. AND 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. • SPANISH STORY TIME: All ages; 1 p.m. Wednesday. • TODDLERS STORY TIME: Ages 0-2; 10:10 a.m. Tuesday.

LA PINE PUBLIC LIBRARY; 16425 First St., La Pine; 541-312-1090: • Story times resume in January.

REDMOND PUBLIC LIBRARY; 827 S.W. Deschutes Ave., Redmond; 541-312-1054: • CHILDREN’S PROGRAM: Make it and take it gift; ages 6-11; 1 to 2:30 p.m. Monday.

SISTERS PUBLIC LIBRARY; 110 N. Cedar St., Sisters;

541-312-1070: • Story times resume in January.

SUNRIVER AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY; 56855 Venture Lane, Sunriver; 541-312-1080: • Story times resume in January.

BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSELLERS; 2690 N.E. U.S. Highway 20, Bend; 541-318-7242: • ONCE UPON A STORY TIME: All ages; 11 a.m. Friday.

HIGH DESERT MUSEUM; 59800 S. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-382-4754: • TOTALLY TOUCHABLE TALES: Ages 2-5; 10:30 a.m. Tuesday; included with admission ($10 adults, $9 ages 65 and older, $6 ages 5-12, free ages 4 and younger) • WILD WEDNESDAYS: Treasure hunt for ages 6-12; included with admission ($10 adults, $9 ages 65 and older, $6 ages 5-12, free ages 4 and younger) CAMALLI BOOK COMPANY: 1288 S.W. Simpson Ave., Suite C, Bend; 541-323-6134: • STORY TIME: Ages 2-6; 2 p.m. Tuesday.

BETWEEN THE COVERS: 645 N.W. Delaware Ave., Bend; 541-3854766: • STORY TIME: 2 p.m. Thursday. * Story times are free unless otherwise noted

p.m.; Sunriver Resort Great Hall, 17600 Center Drive; 541-5939310, tickets@sunrivermusic. org or www.sunrivermusic.org.

MONDAY Dec. 20 THE TRAIN MAN: Watch Michael Lavrich’s extensive collection of toy trains running on a track and ask questions; free; 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-6 p.m.; Bend Public Library, 601 N.W. Wall St.; 541-617-7050 or www. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar.

THE REPTILE ZONE: Jeff from The Reptile Zone will show lizards, pythons and a tortoise; all ages welcome; free; 3 p.m.; Play Outdoors, 840 S.E. Woodland Blvd., Suite 110, Bend; 866-608-2423. “A CHRISTMAS CAROL�: Bend Experimental Art Theatre presents an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale, performed by a youth and adult cast; $19 or $25, $15 ages 12 and younger; 7:30 p.m.; Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-3170700 or www.towertheatre.org.

LUNAR ECLIPSE PARTY: Watch a presentation on lunar eclipses then watch the eclipse through telescopes; dress for cold weather; $6, $4 ages 2-12, free for observatory members; 9-11 p.m.; Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory, 57245 River Road; 541-593-4394.

TUESDAY Dec. 21 “SHARING OUR FAVORITE GENEALOGY STORIES�: Bend Genealogical Society presents a program followed by a holiday potluck; free; 10 a.m.; Rock Arbor Villa, Williamson Hall, 2200 N.E. U.S. Highway 20, Bend; 541-3178978,541-317-9553 or www. orgenweb.org/deschutes/bend-gs.

WEDNESDAY Dec. 22 VEGETARIAN POTLUCK: Bring a vegetarian dish with a list of its ingredients, a gift worth less than $5 for a gift exchange, and 24 of your favorite cookies; free; 6 p.m.; The Environmental Center, 16 N.W. Kansas Ave., Bend; 541-480-3017.

THURSDAY Dec. 23 NO EVENTS LISTED.

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‘Despicable Me’ turns out to be a delightful diversion The Washington Post “Despicable Me� (PG, 95 minutes): The nasty streak that animates its protagonist, a hollow-eyed supervillain named Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), is so deep and wide as to seem insurmountable. But the film turns into an improbably heartwarming, not to mention visually delightful, diversion.

After another evildoer impresses the world by stealing the Great Pyramid of Giza, Gru looks for his big comeback and hits on the idea of stealing the moon. He adopts three sweet girls from an orphanage run by a sadistic Southern belle (Kristen Wiig), and, along with

an army of yellow “minions,� begins to bring his plan into action. Carell’s expert timing is in full force as his character tries mightily to resist the parental tug of his three young charges.

The film features some ace voice talent, including Russell Brand as Gru’s elderly henchman, Dr. Nefario, Jason Segel as Gru rival Vector and Will Arnett as the president of the Bank of Evil. Contains rude humor and mild action.

DVD extras: Commentary with directors Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin; featurettes including “The World of Despicable Me,� “Gru’s Rocket Builder� and “A Global Effort.�

Universal pictures

Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) rallies his minions in Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s inaugural 3-D CGI feature, “Despicable Me.� In the film, Gru, one of the world’s greatest super-villains, meets his greatest challenge in three little girls.

‘Tron: Legacy’ Rating: PG for sequences of sci-fi action violence and brief mild language.

What it’s about: The son of an Internet pioneer searches for his missing dad and stumbles into an electronic world of Dad’s creation.

The kid attractor factor: Science fiction built around a cult-hit film and series of video games, with Garrett Hedlund in the lead role.

Good lessons/bad lessons: “Imperfection is what makes us human.�

Violence: Stylized video-game slaughter, with digital blue blood, etc.

Language: A d-word, here and there.

Sex: None, despite the presence of Olivia Wilde.

Drugs: An exotic cocktail or two is offered.

Parents’ advisory: A bit dense and slow for the very young, suitable for 10 and older.

‘Yogi Bear’ Rating: PG for some mild rude humor.

What it’s about: Hanging out with a smarter-than-the-average bear in Jellystone Park.

The kid attractor factor: The character has been around forever, but this time he’s in 3-D. And Boo Boo is voiced by Justin Timberlake.

Good lessons/bad lessons: “You can never fail if you never stop trying.�

Violence: Mild-mannered slapstick.

Language: Disney clean, with the odd butt joke.

Sex: Flirtation Drugs: None Parents’ advisory: A harmless VERY small-child friendly boymeets-girl and bear-steals-pic-anic-basket comedy, suitable for 8 and younger.

‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’ Rating: PG for some frightening images and sequences of fantasy action.

What it’s about: The younger Pevensie kids are summoned for one more adventure, this one involving a sea voyage and a quest for enchanted swords.

The kid attractor factor: Kids getting to act like grownups, fighting battles and such, in the magical alternate reality of Narnia.

Good lessons/bad lessons: “We have nothing, if not belief.� “There is no honor in turning away from an adventurous thing.�

Violence: Sword fighting, brawling with slave traders and dragons and such.

Language: Disney clean.

Sex: The teens are starting to sense their hormones.

Drugs: None.

Parents’ advisory: As familyfriendly as ever, more accessible than the earlier “Chronicles,� yet also with more direct allegories to Christianity.

‘Tangled’ Rating: PG for brief mild violence.

What it’s about: Rapunzel slips out of her tower to experience a little of the big, wide world, in the company of a charming rogue.

The kid attractor factor: Disney animation, a “Disney Princess,� songs and a very funny horse.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Good parents protect their kids from the worst of the world, bad parents don’t let them experience the world at all.

Violence: A frying pan, a noggin, you do the math.

Language: Disney clean.

Sex: Rogue meets princess, sparks fly. Eventually.

Drugs: Flagons of ale are consumed.

Parents’ advisory: This adheres to that Disney animation credo, “suitable for all ages.�

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E4 Friday, December 17, 2010 • THE BULLETIN TUNDRA

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

HEART OF THE CITY

SALLY FORTH

FRAZZ

ROSE IS ROSE

STONE SOUP

LUANN

MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM

DILBERT

DOONESBURY

PICKLES

ADAM

WIZARD OF ID

B.C.

SHOE

GARFIELD

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE

PEANUTS

MARY WORTH

THE BULLETIN • Friday, December 17, 2010 E5 BIZARRO

DENNIS THE MENACE

SUDOKU Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S SUDOKU

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, Dec. 17, 2010: This year, you often juggle many different concerns. You have the energy and insight to achieve a lot. What remains key is to take frequent breaks in order to relax, love and be with your friends.

Living needs to be your highest priority, thus quickly move past daily problems as often as you can.

If you are single, Cupid will be in your neighborhood mid-spring. You could be delighted by what occurs.

If you are attached, Cupid’s arrow easily could hit you, warming up your relationship. You can count on TAURUS to be practical.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Your ability to get past most problems amazes others but remains routine for you.

A celebratory feeling marks everyone’s mood — after all, it is Friday. You get past a problem for now by simply staying away or avoiding it. Tonight: Treat and be treated. Have fun!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH News forces you to smile, whether you decide to keep a stern demeanor or not. You’ll see events far differently with some perspective and time. Make no general announcements just yet.

Slow down if you’re tired. Tonight: Whatever knocks your socks off.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Vanish, if possible — not that you are trying to avoid any

situation. You will simply flourish and accomplish more flying solo.

Your efforts involving an associate or daily-life matter will pay off.

Tonight: Hang with mystery.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH You flourish in crowds and accomplish far more in group discussions. A partner or loved one comes back with conviction about an issue. Know that this is not a fight but rather an animated discussion.

Tonight: Where the party is.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Be more in touch with others’ expectations. Let someone know when he or she puts you in a position where you can only fail. Support yourself; honor your limitations and boundaries.

You will be happier, and so will those in your immediate circle.

Tonight: Leader of the gang.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH Keep reaching out for someone you care a lot about. This person can stand on ceremony, but through your grounded yet creative approach, you finally get a response. Use care with financial commitments.

Tonight: Try something different. You might like it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Someone comes toward you with the best of intentions. Give this person time to really express his or her ideas and essence. You could be taken aback. Hang in there and get to know this person better.

Tonight: Togetherness is the theme.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Others let you know how they feel. You might be far more

assertive than you intend to be, thus triggering many strong reactions.

Relax and know that this second is not the only second in time.

You will have another chance.

Tonight: Follow the crowds.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Keep your focus on the big picture, and you won’t be disappointed. There is a sense on your part that the good times are here. Unfortunately, a key friend doesn’t feel the same way.

You cannot change this person’s mood. Tonight: Join a pal or two.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH Others enjoy your feedback, especially when you are energetic, direct and full of ideas — like now. Whether dealing with a work issue or scheduling your weekend plans, no one can deny this innate ingenuity.

Tonight: Go for something fun.

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Computers Continued from E1 Those who study the retail industry and technology say kids’ desires for big-ticket electronics are not surprising, given the way gadgets have evolved — with applications specifically designed for children as young as 3 — in recent years.

It does, however, force parents to set their own guidelines on how young is too young to receive a piece of expensive equipment.

In an online national survey of parents with children ages 12 and younger, 49 percent reported plans to give their kids electronic gifts — from cell phones to computers to iPads — for Christmas and Hanukkah this year.

“There’s a real passion on the part of kids in this particular generation for this technology,” said Lesli Rotenberg, senior vice president of Children’s Media for PBS Kids, which conducted the study. “The challenge is for parents who are navigating this territory. ... There is no regulation on this.”

‘Pass-back effect’ While computers and iPods have been around for years, the introduction of touch-screen technology — like what you’d find on a Motorola Droid phone or Apple’s iPad — inspired a notable shift in the way adult gadgets appealed to kids, said Deborah Forte, president of Scholastic Media.

With its large screen, colorful animation and finger-paintinglike controls, it did not take long after the iPad’s introduction in May before researchers at children’s media companies such as Scholastic began noticing the socalled “Pass-Back Effect.”

“It’s the parent passing the iPad to a young child to occupy

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Giving Continued from E1 But he thinks these desires are tempered by other efforts.

Feseler and his wife do things to help the boys think about others. They throw a few dollars into the Salvation Army buckets, take leftover supplies to the Shepherd’s House homeless shelter and bring a gift for disadvantaged children to put under the giving tree at their school.

Helping kids them, or passing it in a waiting room for a young child to play,” Forte said. “These children are getting it from their parents, and they’re usually quite young.”

In response, established children’s media companies such as Scholastic and PBS Kids joined thousands of program developers already hoping to capture young audiences with the next “Cut the Rope” or “Talking Tom Cat” application. Within months, there were more children’s games and programs available for download onto cell phones, computers and other electronic devices than ever.

In December 2008, there were 500 “apps” specifically designed for children. By this year, that number had grown to 9,000 — of which an estimated 65 percent are being used by preschoolers, Forte said.

And what’s interesting about the growth is that marketers can’t take credit for steering young audiences toward the gadgets or their related applications. Adults and children alike seem to learn about the latest technology on their own, whether by word of mouth or through other technology, such as social networking, said Da-

vid Urban, a professor of marketing at Virginia Commonwealth University.

“It’s not an issue of marketers forcing things down our throats,” Urban said. “They’re providing things that people genuinely want and have grown to need.”

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A little discipline Evidence of this plays out at the Schuler home in Countryside, Ill., where parents Wendy and Kevin put a computer in the playroom several years ago.

They did so because they wanted their four children to grow up as comfortable with technology as their classmates.

Yet even with strict guidelines on computer use — 15 minutes of math facts for every 15 minutes of games — the Schulers couldn’t stop the technological momentum.

For Christmas this year, their 11-year-old wants an iPod and docking station. Their 10-yearold requested an iPhone. And their youngest, 4-year-old Abby, asked Santa Claus to bring her a princess table, an ice rink and a pink iPod. “Certainly when I was 4, we

had nothing — nothing — like that,” said Wendy Schuler. “It’s quite a bit different.”

In Skokie, Ill., Dr. Eitan Schwarz, a child psychiatrist and author of the book “Kids, Parents & Technology: A Guide for Young Families,” advises parents to develop a “media plan” when it comes to buying children the latest electronics.

Within that plan, no piece of technology belongs in the home unless it adds to family life, teaches socialization, values education, expands a child’s world and, lastly, offers entertainment, Schwarz said.

The child’s age is less important than the parents’ commitment to being educated and in control of the electronics, Schwarz added. That means researching computer applications before allowing kids to use them.

And parents and children should plan to use the technology together, he said.

“It’s so tempting to just get one of these things just to play with,” Schwarz said. “The electronics are appliances in your home.

They’re not toys. You have both the obligation and the right to control what’s going on in your house.”

Recommendations from Marianne M. Szymanski, publisher of www.toytips.com, Toy Tips Magazine and co-author of “Toy Tips: A Parent’s Essential Guide to Smart Toy Choices.”

Efforts like the Feselers’ and Bloxhams’ can have a lasting impact on kids and how they view giving as well as the holidays. Julie Lytle, the director of Whittier Trust Co.’s philanthropy services department, frequently works with parents about teaching kids the importance of giving and charity.

She encourages parents to begin early, starting when children are 4 or 5, so that giving becomes a habit that sticks. Lytle says a great way to start is to implement something similar to what the Bloxham family does, to have children buy presents for other family members. This gesture, while sometimes time-consuming or difficult logistically, helps kids begin to think about gifts in a different way. They put themselves in the position of the giver, which, in turn, can help them become more grateful for the gifts they receive.

When a child is a little older, he or she can begin picking out presents to donate to local charities or giving trees, Lytle says. Parents may also want to consider incorporating giving into regular family practices. For instance, on each birthday, a child would help buy something for someone in need.

Kuczmarski says parents can also encourage kids to use their own observations to determine who may need kindness. Maybe a child at school has a sick parent. Parents can help children think about how to reach out.

Lytle encourages parents to set an example of giving throughout the year, not just

during the holidays. For instance, making soup for a sick neighbor or doing something sweet for a sibling’s birthday. While giving should be a year-round trait, the truth is, the holiday season is when it comes to many people’s minds. Lytle says Christmas or New Year’s are great times to start. “It’s never too late to start.

Make giving a part of your family legacy.”

Parents’ roles Parents should be overt about their giving, according to Lytle.

Too often, parents and kids are busy, which means much of the parents’ giving takes place away from the kids. They don’t know about the donations to charity or volunteering or baking. “We often shield them from it,” says Lytle. While parents need not disclose the dollar amounts they donate, Lytle encourages parents to slow down and talk about giving, including why they do it.

“How do they learn to be generous otherwise?” Lytle says.

Furthermore, she thinks we should make our motives clear.

Sometimes people have the wrong view of giving. We tend to associate it with martyrdom, when the truth is that “giving is a very joyful thing” that makes people feel good.

As Americans, Kuczmarski says, we may have a skewed view of giving. We believe we need to feel good about ourselves first — that everything is great in our own households — before we reach out to help others. Instead, she believes people should reach out first and let those acts help lift us up as well. “I think giving magnifies the heart,” says Kuczmarski.

Parents may also want to consider different tools to encourage children to give. Lytle recommends the YouthGive website, which tells kids about a bunch of cool charities where they can donate their money.

Being generous, kind and giving is “not something that is just soaked up in the culture,” according to Kuczmarski. “It has to be taught by parents.”

Teaching children how to be kind, however, is a great gift that should pay rewards into the future.

Alandra Johnson can be reached at 541-617-7860 or at ajohnson@bendbulletin.com.

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German Shepherd Pup, 11 wks female, black, parents on site, $300. 541-536-5538 German Shepherd Pups, 3 white, 1 dark mahogany, 1 white donated to Sisters Wrestling team, $500 ea., 541-610-5785.

German Shepherd Pups, A K C , White, absolutely gorgeous, born October 1st. $650 or best offer. Please call 541-536-6167.

WANTED: Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, Boats, Jet Skis, ATVs - RUNNING or NOT! 541-280-7959.

German Shepherd pups ready Wanted: $$$Cash$$$ paid for

by Christmas. $350 to $450. old vintage costume, scrap, 541-410-7388 silver & gold Jewelry. Top dollar paid, Estate incl. Hon- German Shorthair male, AKC, 5 mos, $195, please call est Artist. Elizabeth 633-7006 541-330-0277.

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Australian Shepherds (toy) Wanted: Huge heart w/ fenced yard. Sheba & Jackson were rescued and are seeking fabulous home. Both are crate trained, leash trained, house trained, and have been spayed/neutered & had all shots. Nominal adoption fee, 541-389-5470.

Beagle Puppies - Born 9/25, 1st/2nd shots. Great with kids! $175 (541)419-4960 BENGAL KITTENS, champion lines, ready now. $250 & up.

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Border Collie/Blue Heeler mix pups, 9 wks, 1st shots & wormed, 4 @ $100 ea.

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Boston Terrier Beautiful Girls!

Will be ready for Christmas.

Champion bred for beauty and brains. Excellent family additions. AKC Reg. $950.

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Boxer Puppies, AKC, 9 wks. 3 adorable females left at $500 each. Call 541-408-5230

Cavalier King Charles Spaniels $1200 to $1500 AKC Reg. ww.companioncavaliers.com 541-382-7614

German Shorthair Puppies, AKC 10 wks old, 6 males, shots/ wormed. 5 dogs in the GSP Hall of Fame in their pedigree; excellent hunt/show or family dogs. Well socialized, $400. Also 1 4-yr male, $800; and 1 4-month female, $800.

541-923-8377; 541-419-6638 Golden Retriever English Cream AKC Christmas pups! Males, 14 wks, $550. 541-852-2991 Just in time for Christmas!

Standard Poodle Puppy's, 1 apricot female, 2 blonde males, 2 black males, 11 weeks,up-to-date on shots, dew claws removed & tails docked, crate trained and ready for their forever homes. $500 call for more details 541-337-2122 Kittens & great cats avail. for adoption! Cat Rescue, Adoption & Foster Team, the area's only no-kill, all volunteer cat group. Petco on Sat. 11-4, Tom-Tom Motel (by Sonic) Sat/Sun 12-4 (call 541-815-7278), & sanctuary @ 65480 78th St, Bend, Sat/ Sun 1-4. Altered, shots, ID chip, etc. Low adoption fees!

We'll hold your new feline til Christmas! 541-389-8420, or 598-5488, www.craftcats.org

LAB MIX Free to good home!

DARBY I am a cute, active 7-yr old Black Lab/Border collie mix looking for a new energetic place to call home.

I am house trained with all shots and love to romp outdoors. Call my owners for more info, 541-382-7829.

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Computers Special needs cats need loving homes. 3 'wobbly' cats (born w/neurological imbalance); a cat w/partial sight; 2 declawed cats; a senior Siamese; & a cat that needs asthma meds (photo). All are healthy but have a condition making it harder to place.

None need meds except the asthma cat who gets a chew pill 3 times/wk.

Rescue group is seeking caring inside-only homes for these sweet cats that deserve a break & were rejected by shelters as being too hard to adopt out. Visit @ 65480 78th St, Bend, Sat/Sun 1-4. www.craftcats.org, 389-8420 Special needs/senior cats seeking new homes! 3 'wobbly' cats, born w/neurological imbalance issues, otherwise healthy, social, okay w/litter box, etc., inside only & no stairs. Sweet middle-aged cat w/limited vision in one eye, declawed, inside only. Two nice declawed cats, inside only. Shy but sweet cat with no teeth, okay w/canned or small kibble dry food. Two senior cats, very loving. Very nice cat who needs $15/mo. worth of asthma meds. Affectionate three legged cat, inside only.

Gorgeous & sweet cat that has to have daily heart meds. Two young cats w/limited vision in one eye. Six shy older kittens that need a quiet home & socializing. See many of them at www.craftcats.org.

Most would not be accepted or kept for long at a traditional shelter, but they are safe at CRAFT even if they stay for the rest of their natural lives.

We'd love to see them all have great new homes, though. Adoption fee reduced or waived for right home. If you have room in your heart & home for a very special cat that has seen some hard times, please visit Cat Rescue, Adoption & Foster Team's sanctuary or call 541-389-8420; 541-598-5488 Also have many other cats & kittens that just need loving forever homes. Open house/ adoptions Thurs/Sat/Sun 1-4 PM, other days by appt. If you cannot adopt, please support our work. We are all volunteer & receive no gov’t funds, so must rely on kind people to help us care for the cats that have no one else looking out for them. CRAFT, P O Box 6441, Bend 97708.

Have a safe & warm holiday!

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LAB PUPPIES AKC, Hunting lines, great family pets!

Family raised; Parents on site. 541-317-1867

Wolf hybrid 77%, 7 mos, $200.

Husky, blue eyes, 2 yrs, $100. Moving, need good homes, please call 541-852-5753 Prineville

Lab Pups AKC - 2 blacks, 6 chocolates, dew claws, 1st shots & wormed. Hunters. $450-$500. 541-536-5385 www.welcomelabs.com

Yorkie Pups, 8 wks,tails docked, dewclaws removed, exc.

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Labrador pups AKC, chocolate, yellow, hips guaranteed, $250-$450. 1-541-954-1727

Labrador purebred puppies, black, very cute, ready 12/26. $300-$400. 503-740-5312 Chesapeake Pups AKC, 1st Labs, English yellow, AKC, dewclaws, vaccinations & microshots, great hunt/family dogs chipped. $600. 541-884-2742 $300-$400 ea. 541-259-4739 Lhasa Apso pup, adorable, exc personality, $250. Linda 503-888-0800 (Madras)

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Husqavarna 395XP, $595!

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Crafts and Hobbies 55XP, 20”, $295! 445XP, 20”, $295! 541-280-5006 Alpaca Yarn, various colors/ blends/sparkle. 175yds/skein DO YOU HAVE $7.50-8.50 ea. 541-385-4989 SOMETHING TO SELL Meade 8 inch Telescope LX200 FOR $500 OR LESS? GPS Call for details $1800 Non-commercial 541-306-6169 Bend advertisers can 241 place an ad for our

Bicycles and Accessories Mountain Bike, Mens, Specialized Hard Rock, $50, call 541-382-0890.

Mtn. Bike, 26 in., 21 speed, new, never ridden, $80, 541-389-5496 evenings.

Road Bike, Custom Lippy, classical, $150 OBO, 541-317-9280.

Schwinn mtn bike, shock, Shimano equipped, 6 mo. new. $120. 541-480-5950

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Exercise Equipment Elliptical Trainer, Orbitrek, incl. training instructions, $50, 541-948-5601.

Elliptical trainer, Schwin, Model 438, great cond., heart rate monitor in Bag, owner manual, $600 OBO, 541-317-9280.

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357 Taurus $500 w/ammo 12 ga. 870 tactical, $450.

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380 AMT Back-up, $300; Fox B-SE 12 ga., $375, others, 541-771-5648.

A-1 Washers & Dryers $125 each. Full Warranty.

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9 MM, S&W 6904, full metal frame, sub-compact, holster, ammo, $475, 541-647-8931

Appliances, new & recondi- Browning A-Bolt .338 Win Mag tioned, guaranteed. Over- w/Boss & Nikon 3-9x40 scope, stock sale. Lance & Sandy’s $780 cash. 541-306-6511 Maremma Guard Dog pups, Maytag, 541-385-5418 purebred, great dogs, $300 Bushmaster XM-15 Predator

Chihuahua- absolutely adorable teacups, wormed, 1st shots, $250, 541-977-4686.

Chihuahua pups, Great Christmas Gift! 6 weeks old. $300. 541-977-4817 jesse1215@gmail.com

each, 541-546-6171.

Miniature Schnauzer pups, purebred, salt & pepper, black, ready for Christmas, $300-$350, 541-771-1830.

Min-Pin pups, Adorable pure bred, 8 weeks old, Black & Tan, 4 males $200/ea and 1 female $300. up-to-date, on shots.

Pics available.

541-633-6148 (leave msg) Pomeranian Puppies - Cutest Poms in Central Oregon! Call 541-475-3496 and also visit: www.pom-a-rama.com

Chihuahuas, 2 purebred fem.,9 wks old, great Christmas gift! $200/obo. 541-815-9728 Chow/Mix male, 2 yrs, gentle, sweet disposition, free to good home. 541-389-9753

POODLES AKC Toy. Also Pom-a-Poos. Home raised.

541-475-3889 541-325-6212

DACHSHUNDS, AKC MINI LONGHAIRED, Reds, Black & tans, Creams. $300-$600.

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Mattress Set, full size, clean, good condition, $100.

503-933-0814 (local call).

Queen Mattress/Box Spring, exc. cond, used in guest room, $180, local, 503-933-0814

541-598-4643.

Poodles Standard - AKC, browns & blacks, AKC champ sired, health & tempermant guaranteed, raw fed, parti pups soon, 877-385-9120 or marsanpoodles@gmail.com

FIND IT! BUY IT! SELL IT! Dachshunds, AKC, mini’s, (5) feThe Bulletin Classiieds males,chocolate dapple, $375, 541-420-6044, 541-447-3060 Portuguese Podengos,very rare ENGLISH SETTER Purebred 14 breed, small 10” size, 10-12 wk old pups. Great hunting/ lbs, 2 females & 1 male; can family dogs. Females $500; hold for Christmas! Call male, $450. 541-280-2597 541-389-2636. See photos at www.bodeankennels.com English Springer Spaniels, AKC Reg, black/white, housebroke, Purebred St. Bernard Pups, 3 ready to go! 541-408-6322 females, ready to go, $250, www.kennykennels.com call 541-589-1633 or e-mail anlbigdogs@yahoo.com

Sectional, 3-piece, Navy, Natuzzi Leather, bought for $4000 at M. Jacobs, $750, 541-504-7171.

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Admission $9 1(800)659-3440 collectorswest.com Remington CDL (Custom Deluxe) .243, new-in-box, $500, 541-588-6258

WANTED: Portable Dishwasher in good working condition.

Please call 541-447-7874.

Taurus Model 85, 38 special Revolver, blue, 2” barrel, exc cond, now $275. 541-389-9836

SIBERIAN HUSKY/Wolf pups, 6 wks. wormed & shots, $400 each. 541-610-3431.

Wanted washers and dryers, working or not, cash paid, 541-280-7959.

Wanted: Collector seeks high quality fishing items. Call 541-678-5753, 503-351-2746

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Drivers - Taking applications for Owner Operators with 4-axle tractor trucks, or the ability to convert 3-axle truck to a 4-axle truck. Steady haul out of Madras, OR and return. 2 trips per day. Must be willing to add a driver for 2nd shift. Please contact 541-419-1125;541-546-6489

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The Bulletin Tractor, Case 22 hp., fewer than 50 hrs. 48 in. mower deck, bucket, auger, blade, move forces sale $11,800. 541-325-1508.

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2 New Hampshire Red & 1 Sussex bantam roosters need own flocks. Not for eating! $5 ea. 541-389-9861 Leave msg.

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Call chutes River Trail at Reed Mkt 866-688-7078 www.Cenbridge,call to ID 541-389-8799 turaOnline.com (PNDC) Found Rx Glasses, rectangular TRUCK SCHOOL frame, near Badlands Wilderwww.IITR.net ness, 12/12, 541-318-1686 Redmond Campus Student Loans/Job Waiting Toll Free 1-888-438-2235

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Snow Removal Equipment

SNOW PLOW, Boss 8 ft. with power turn , excellent condition $3,000. 541-385-4790.

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Building Materials Bend Habitat RESTORE Building Supply Resale Quality at LOW PRICES 740 NE 1st 312-6709 Open to the public .

Found: Small Shih Tsu, male, young, black/white, NE 2nd, Bend, 12/9, 541-410-7549.

Experienced Male Caregiver offering assistance with medical & non-medical tasks & activities. Refs. avail. upon request, 541-548-3660.

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Employment Opportunities

Lost Keys on Keyring, East Side of Bend, week of 12/6, please call 541-382-4924.

Advertise in 30 Daily newspapers! $525/25-words, 3Lost Kodak camera on Dec. days. Reach 3 million classi14th at Cascade Middle fied readers in Alaska, Idaho, School gym. 541-480-3122.

Oregon, Montana, Washington & Utah. (916) 288-6019 Lost Ring: Heirloom, green stone email: elizabeth@cnpa.com w/small diamonds around it, for the Pacific Northwest Redmond/Bend area, early as Daily Connection. (PNDC) Sept., 541-447-5389 Lost: Wallet, Possibly near Ranchero in Prineville, within the last week, $50 Reward for return, 541-447-6068.

REMEMBER: If you have lost an animal don't forget to check The Humane Society in Bend, 382-3537 or Redmond, 923-0882 or Prineville, 447-7178

BEND’S HOMELESS NEED OUR HELP The cold weather is upon us and sadly there are still over 2,000 folks in our community without permanent shelter, living in cars, makeshift camps, getting by as best they can.

The following items are badly needed to help them get through the winter:

d CAMPING GEAR of any sort: d Used tents, sleeping bags, tarps, blankets.

d WARM CLOTHING d Rain Gear, Boots * 50 TURKEYS and 80 pounds of HAM desperately needed for the annual Christmas Day Dinner, Saturday, Dec. 25.* Please drop off your donations at the BEND COMMUNITY CENTER 1036 NE FIFTH STREET (312-2069) Questions: Call Ken Boyer, 389-3296, or Don Auxier, 383-0448 PLEASE HELP. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

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Front Desk Clerk

The Ranch is accepting applications for a Front Desk Clerk.

Responsibilities include checking guests in/out of the Ranch, processing access passes, assisting the reservations desk, and effectively communicating with housekeeping and maintenance. Applicants must be customer service oriented, enthusiastic, and computer literate. Will be required to worknights, weekend and holidays. This is a part time position which may lead to full time work during the summer. Benefits include swimming, golf, food and merchandise discounts.

Apply on-line at www.blackbutteranch.com.

BBR is a drug free work place. EOE General DO YOU NEED A GREAT EMPLOYEE RIGHT NOW? Call The Bulletin before noon and get an ad in to publish the next day!

385-5809.

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Teacher - Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council (COIC) is recruiting a temporary/ full-time Classroom Instructor to teach high school alternative education classes in Prineville. End date is June 24, 2011. Compensation is a Grade 7- $3,495 per month ($20.16 per hour).

Bachelor’s degree in related field or the equivalent combination of education and experience in related field may be substituted, plus Oregon Teaching Certificate required. Application and full job description available on the COIC website www.coic.org, at local COIC offices or at Administration – 2363 SW Glacier Place, Redmond, OR 97756. In order to be considered for this position, a completed application must be received by 5:00 p.m., Monday, December 27, 2010, in the Redmond Administration office. Faxed applications will be accepted (541)923-3416.

COIC is an EOE.

The Bulletin Recommends extra caution when purchasing products or services from out of the area. Sending cash, checks, or credit information may be subjected to F R A U D. For more information about an advertiser, you may call the Oregon State Attorney General’s Office Consumer Protection hotline at 1-877-877-9392.

Truck Drivers needed to run out of Warm Springs, OR. Home every day. Requires CDL with doubles endorsement. Seeking drivers with winter driving experience on mountain passes. Contact 541-419-1125; 541-546-6489

ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGIST, Temp. Part-Time.

Surgical office is seeking an ultrasound technologist for vascular and general imaging. Satisfactory completion of RVT or RDMS certification examination required. No call required. Fax resume to 541-749-2130.

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SUPER TOP SOIL www.hersheysoilandbark.com Screened, soil & compost mixed, no rocks/clods. High humus level, exc. for flower beds, lawns, gardens, straight screened top soil.

Bark. Clean fill. Deliver/you haul. 541-548-3949.

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is your Employment Marketplace Call

Hay, Grain and Feed Bluegrass Straw mid-size 3x3, $25/bale; Orchard grass hay mid-size 3x3 $45/bale. Volume discounts; delivery available. 541-480-8648.

Wheat Straw: Certified & Bedding Straw & Garden Straw; Kentucky Bluegrass; Compost; 541-546-6171.

Looking for Employment

Juniper Rim Game Preserve - Brothers, OR Pheasants (both roosters/hens) & Chukars, all on special!

541-419-3923; 541-419-8963

Gun & Knife Show December 17-18-19 Portland Expo Center I-5 exit #306B Fri. 12-6 Sat. 9-5 and Sun 10-4

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Wanted - paying cash for Hi-fi audio & studio equip. McIntosh, JBL, Marantz, Dynaco, Heathkit, Sansui, Carver, NAD, etc. Call 541-261-1808

Oregon's Largest 3 Day

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Farm Market

Find exactly what you are looking for in the CLASSIFIEDS

H & H FIREARMS Buy, Sell, Trade, Consign Across From Pilot Butte Drive-In 541-382-9352

M-1 Garand, $750. Remington Model 725, .30-06, $700. Call 541-610-3732

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Horses and Equipment

GUNS Buy, Sell, Trade 541-728-1036.

Siamese Kittens (4) purebred, M/F, Seal & Lilac point, $125 ea. 541-318-3396

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Fuel and Wood

CASH!!

For Guns, Ammo & Reloading Supplies. 541-408-6900.

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"Quick Cash Special" 1 week 3 lines $10 bucks or 2 weeks $16 bucks!

Pellet Stove, Westfield, like new, extra parts. $500 cash.

You haul. 541-548-3467

semi-auto .223 on bipod w/Swift scope 6-18x44, 4 clips 30, 20, 10 & 5. $1000.

541-948-7280

Ruger Blackhawk, .357 Magnum. In perfect condition, just like new. Has alternate cylinder that allows you to shoot 9mm as well. Comes with leather holster & any .357 ammo I have. $399 obo. 541-420-0801

Queensland Heelers Standards & mini,$150 & up.

541-280-1537 French bulldog/pug mix puppies. 3 only; taking deposits.

Great coat & markings. Loving personalities. Pick yours now for Christmas! $700.

541-548-0747; 541-279-3250

Dining Set, Oak, Pedestal Base 42" round w/built-in 18" leaf and 6 chairs. $325 541-389-7213 evenings.

Second Hand Mattresses, sets & singles, call

Cock-A-Poo Pup, for loving home, ready now, $200, please call 541-504-9958.

Cowboy Corgis ready to go under your tree. Corgi/Aussie cross. Lots of color! 7 females $250 ea 541-792-0808

Coffee Table, w/3 matching end tables & lamps, exc. cond., $300, 541-504-7483.

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Misc. Items BUYING AND SELLING All gold jewelry, silver and gold coins, bars, rounds, wedding sets, class rings, sterling silver, coin collect, vintage watches, dental gold. Bill Fleming, 541-382-9419.

9 MM, Ruger, P89DC, Stainless, full-size, ammo, holster, box, $450 OBO, 541-647-8931

!Appliances! A-1 Quality & Honesty!

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Acoustic Guitar Yamaha FD02, perfect cond., $195.

541-480-5950 BC Rich “B****”,, Hot Pink, w/case, $250, local, COWGIRL RESALE 503-933-0814.

Gently Used Western Wear Fender Acoustic, DG7, AmeriTurquoise, Old Pawn can made,hardshell case, exc Squash Blossoms, Cuffs cond, $175, 503-933-0814.

541-549-6950 Piano, 1978 Wurlitzer #2860, Doll, Porcelain, Disney’s Belle, upright,exc cond,matching seat, brand new in box, $65, $1150 OBO, 541-318-9096.

541-508-3886.

Guns & Hunting and Fishing Start at $99 FREE DELIVERY! Lifetime Warranty Also, Wanted Washers, Dryers, Working or Not Call 541-280-7959

THE BULLETIN requires computer advertisers with multiple ad schedules or those selling multiple systems/ software, to disclose the name of the business or the term "dealer" in their ads.

Private party advertisers are defined as those who sell one computer.

Find Classifieds at

Caregiver:

Nursing Assistant for elder care. Must have reliable transportation and be avail. on weekends. 30 hrs/ week, $15/hr. Smoke free workplace, 541-385-9673 Caregiver Prineville senior care home looking for Care Manager for two 24-hour shifts per week.

Must be mature and compassionate, and pass criminal background check. Ref. required. 541-447-5773.

Glazier -- Residential: Must have 5 years experience & clean driving record, Shower doors & mirrors a plus. Pay DOE. Call 541-382-2500.

Glaziers: Part-time, experienced, through January, to start immediately. Please Contact Mike at 503-956-5645.

Golf Sales Coordinator

The Ranch is accepting applications for a full time Group Sales Coordinator in our Golf Department.

The successful applicant will be responsible for selling and coordinating all golf events including group tee times and tournament logistics.

Applicants must be customer service oriented, enthusiastic, and computer literate with 3 years sales experience preferred in golf, hospitality or a related field.

Some travel required.

Benefits include med/dent/life, vacation, 6 paid holidays, golf, food and merchandise discounts. Apply on line at www.blackbutteranch.com.

BBR is a drug free work place.

EOE Housekeeping Part time position, some hotel resort cleaning exp. preferred. Must be able to work weekends. Please apply at Worldmark Eagle Crest, 1522 Cline Falls Rd. Redmond (3rd floor of Hotel)

ATTENTION: Recruiters and Businesses The Bulletin's classified ads include publication on our Internet site. Our site is currently receiving over 1,500,000 page views every month. Place your employment ad with The Bulletin and reach a world of potential applicants through the Internet....at no extra cost!

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Residential Coach: Needed to work with young adults age 17 1/2 - 24 in a recovery program located in Bend.

We offer outstanding benefits. We are seeking individuals with proven skills in communicating & supervising this age group. 3-5 years experience in related field preferred. Bachelor’s degree Dental -Front Office preferred but not required.

4 Days a week, dental assisApply by faxing resume to; tant preferred. Drop off reOperations Director at: sume at 2078 NE Profes541-383-3176. sional Ct., Bend.

A CRC Health program.

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Real Estate Contracts LOCAL MONEY We buy secured trust deeds & note, some hard money loans. Call Pat Kelley 541-382-3099 extension 13.

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Loans and Mortgages WARNING The Bulletin recommends you use caution when you provide personal information to companies offering loans or credit, especially those asking for advance loan fees or companies from out of state.

If you have concerns or questions, we suggest you consult your attorney or call CONSUMER HOTLINE, 1-877-877-9392.

Have an item to sell quick? If it’s under $500 you can place it in The Bulletin Classiieds for $ 10 - 3 lines, 7 days $ 16 - 3 lines, 14 days (Private Party ads only) BANK TURNED YOU DOWN? Private party will loan on real estate equity. Credit, no problem, good equity is all you need. Call now. Oregon Land Mortgage 388-4200.

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The Bulletin is now offering a MORE AFFORDABLE Rental rate! If you have a home or apt. to rent, call a Bulletin Classified Rep. to get the new rates and get your ad started ASAP! 541-385-5809

1 Month Rent Free 1550 NW Milwaukee.

W/D included! $595/mo. Large 2 Bdrm, 1 Bath, Gas heat.

W/S/G Pd. No Pets.

Call us at 382-3678 or

Houses for Rent NE Bend

Houses for Rent Sunriver

When buying a home, 83% of Central Oregonians turn to

A newer 3/2 mfd. home, 1755 sq.ft., living room, family room, on private .5 acre lot near Sunriver, $895.

541-480-3393, 541-610-7803.

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Secure 10x20 Storage, in SE Bend, insulated, 24-hr access, $95/month, Call Rob, 541-410-4255.

1 & 2 bdrms Available starting at $575. Reserve Now! Limited Availability.

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Roommate Wanted

Professionally managed by Norris & Stevens, Inc.

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Vacation Rentals and Exchanges

Steens Mountain Home Lodgings

See Bend Craigslist for more info, 541-589-1982.

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Rooms for Rent Free 1st mo., furnished studio, $350, no smoking, dep+last, 541-548-4775,541-280-4598

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Condo / Townhomes For Rent A Westside Condo at Fireside Lodge, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, $595/mo.

Wood stove, W/S/G paid. W/D hookup 541-480-3393,541-610-7803 Long term townhomes/homes for rent in Eagle Crest. Appl. included, Spacious 2 & 3 bdrm., with garages, 541-504-7755.

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Apt./Multiplex General FIRST MONTH HALF-OFF! 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath duplex. NEW CARPET & PAINT THROUGHOUT! W/D included. No smoking. No Pets. 1yr. lease. $795/mo. + $945 sec.

20076 Beth. 541-382-3813

541-322-7253

Alpine Meadows

Share 2bdrm 2½ bath home 1/2 month free! $799-$825 near Broken Top, fully furn.

Age restricted 55+ apt rentals $550+ ½ util. 949-940-6748 2 bdrm, 2 bath units with attached garages. 541-388-1239 Share 3bdrm Redmond home; pvt bath. Can reduce rent with www.cascadiapropertymgmt.com housekeeping! $385 + util; 1st Mo. Free w/ 12 mo. lease $200 dep. 916-690-1529 cell Beautiful 2 bdrms in quiet Advertise your car! complex, park-like setting, Add A Picture! covered parking, w/d hookReach thousands of readers! ups, near St. Charles. $550Call 541-385-5809 $595/mo. 541-385-6928.

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Looking for 1, 2 or 3 bedroom? $99 First mo. with 6 month lease & deposit Visit us at www.sonberg.biz Chaparral & Rimrock Apartments

** Pick your Special **

2 bdrm, 1 bath as low as $495

Carports & Heat Pumps.

Pet Friendly & No App. Fee!

Fox Hollow Apts.

Absolutely beautiful, 1 Bdrm. 2 bath, fully furnished Condo, $695, $400 dep, near downtown & college, completely renovated, 2 Verandas, no pets/smoking, avail. now, all amenities and W/S/G/elec./A/C/Cable incl., 541-279-0590 or cheritowery@yahoo.com

Fully furnished loft apt.

on Wall Street in Bend. All utilities paid and parking. Call 541-389-2389 for appt.

Clean, energy efficient smoking & non- smoking units, w/patios, 2 on-site laundry rooms, storage units available. Close to schools, pools, skateboard park and, shopping center. Large dog run, some large breeds okay with mgr. approval. & dep.

244 SW RIMROCK WAY Chaparral, 541-923-5008 www.redmondrents.com

Call about Our Specials!

Studios to 3 bedroom units from $395 to $550 • Lots of amenities.

• Pet friendly • W/S/G paid THE BLUFFS APTS. 340 Rimrock Way, Redmond 541-548-8735 managed by

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River & Mountain Views!

930 NW Carlon St., 2 bdrm., 1.5 bath, W/S/G paid, W/D hook-up, $650/mo. $600 dep. No pets. 541-280-7188.

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Houses for Rent La Pine 3 Bdrm., 2 bath, 1500 sq.ft. on 1.1 acre, attached & detached garage, huge dog run, heat pump, A/C, dishwasher, fridge, micro, W/D, secluded, quiet, $900, refs, credit, background checks req., 541-815-9893.

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1800 Sq.ft. Pahlish Townhome, off Brosterhous, 3 bdrm., fully furnished, all dishes & cookware, W/D, hardwood floors, stainless appl., plasma TV, stereo & DVD, gas fireplace & grill, small side yard, dbl. garage, $1100/mo., incl.

W/S & cable, 541-749-0546

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Houses for Rent Furnished

On 10 acres, between Sisters & Bend, 3 Bdrm., 2 bath, 1484 sq.ft., mfd., family room w/ wood stove, all new carpet & Houses for Rent Apt./Multiplex SE Bend paint, + 1800 sq.ft. shop, HOSPITAL AREA SW Bend fenced for horses, $1295.

Clean quiet AWESOME town- 2 Bdrm. in 4-Plex, 1 bath, new carpet/paint, W/D hookups, DUPLEX SW Redmond 2 bdrm 2 Bdrm 1 Bath mnfd. home on 541-480-3393, 541-610-7803 house. 2 Master Bdrms, 2.5 2 bath, garage w/opener. storage, deck, W/S paid, $525 bath, all kitchen appli., W/D quiet cul-de-sac, with heat 1300 sq ft, w/d hkup, fenced 687 + $600 dep. 541-480-4824 hookup, garage w/opener, pump, fenced yard. W/S/G yard, deck, w/s/g pd. $700 1-Month Free Option! gas heat & A/C. $645/mo. + Commercial for paid. $595/mo + security mo + dep. 541-604-0338 dep. S/W/G pd. No Dogs. deposit. 541-382-8244.

Rent/Lease 640 541-382-2033 648 658 Apt./Multiplex SW Bend 4628 SW 21st St., RedHouses for $99 MOVES YOU IN !!! mond - 2250 sq ft office & Houses for Rent Limited numbers available Happy holidays! Enjoy living at Rent General warehouse. 15¢/sq ft for 1st Redmond 1, 2 and 3 bdrms.

179 SW Hayes Ave. Spacious 6 mos., + $300 cleaning dep.

W/D hookups, patios or decks, 2 Bdrm townhouses, 1.5 The Bulletin is now offering a Avail Jan 15. 541-480-9041 Mountain Glen, baths, W/D hookups, fenced LOWER, MORE AFFORDABLE 10th Fairway Eagle Crest behind the gates 3 Bdrm + 541-383-9313 yard. NO PETS. W/S/G pd.

Rental rate! If you have a den, 3.5 bath, 2400 sq ft, Professionally managed by Rent starts at $525 mo. home to rent, call a Bulletin O/S garage, W/D, deck, Norris & Stevens, Inc. 541-382-0162; 541-420-2133 Classified Rep. to get the views quiet low maint. Year 541-420-0133 new rates and get your ad round pool, tennis golf. No Move In Special started ASAP! 541-385-5809 smkg, pet w/dep. $1400 + 1/2 Off First Full Month 642 sec. Possible lease option, 1027 NE Kayak Lp. #1 Apt./Multiplex Redmond owner will carry w/down, 3 bdrm/ 2 bath, basic appl., What are you $349,000. 541-923-0908 gas heat, gas fireplace, 1 car ASK ABOUT OUR looking for?

You’ll garage, no pets. $775+dep.

HOLIDAY SPECIAL! People Look for Information With lease. find it in The 2 bdrm., 1 bath, $550 mo. inAbout Products and Services Viking Property Management cludes storage unit & carport.

Bulletin Classifieds Every Day through 541-416-0191 Close to schools, parks & The Bulletin Classifieds shopping. On-site laundry, Newer Duplex 2/2, close to no-smoking units, dog run.

1 Bdrm, 1 bath, 547 1/2 NW 7th, Hospital & Costco, garage, Pet Friendly. $550; 2 bdrm, 1 bath, 626 1/2 Light Industrial, various sizes, yard maint., fireplace, W/D, OBSIDIAN APARTMENTS North and South Bend locaSW 8th, $595; 2 bdrm, 1 bath, W/S, pet? 1025 Rambling 650 541-923-1907 tions, office w/bath from 135 NW 10th St., $650, Ln. #1, $695. 541-420-0208 www.redmondrents.com Houses for Rent $400/mo. 541-317-8717 541-815-1709, CopperDog PM. (541) 383-3152

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For sale by owner, 2 Bdrm 2 bath, 1970 double wide mobile home. Partially furnished. As is - $5000, cash only. 541-389-6249 day/eve

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Homes for Sale PUBLISHER'S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, marital status or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination." Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women, and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-877-0246. The toll free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

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Homes with Acreage Beautiful Prineville home, wood and tile throughout, 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath, master on main level, bonus room, office, 6.87 acres, conveniently located between town & lake, $415,000. 541-771-3093 Sisters, turnkey horse setup, 4 acres, great barn, 3 pastures, updated house, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, pond,irrigation, RV pad w/hook ups, $575,000, 541-549-9945.

Yamaha 2008 Nitro 1049cc, 4 stroke, bought new Feb 2010, still under warranty, 550 miles, too much power for wife! $6000.

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HARLEY Davidson Fat Boy - LO 2010,

Health forces sale, 1900 mi., 1K mi. service done, black on black, detachable windshield, back rest & luggage rack, $13,900, Mario, 541-549-4949, 619-203-4707

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Acreages OWN 20ACRES LAND! $99/ month! $0-Down, $12,900, great deal! Near El Paso, Texas. Owner Financing, No Credit Checks. Money Back Guarantee. Free Map/Pictures. 800-343-9444.

Harley Davidson Heritage Soft Tail 2009, 400 mi., extras incl. pipes, lowering kit, chrome pkg., $16,900 OBO. 541-944-9753

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3 Bdrm, 2.5 bath, 2 car garage, bonus room, deck, fridge, gas stove, new paint, carpet & vinyl. $1000/mo. Pets neg.

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Huge Estate Sale - Furniture, Moving Sale! 61135 Kepler St. Indoor Garage Sale: 62701 Larkview Rd off Eagle & antiques, appliances, house- Dec 18th & 27th, 9-3 both days hold items, tools, artwork Furniture & household, all Oakview, Fri. & Sat. 10-3, and framing, collectibles, inside. See pix on craigslist. furniture, baby items, VHS, Harley Davidson gear, too Second Tern Thrift Shop Moving Sale: Sat. 8-1, 63345 NE Clean 3 Bdrm 2 Bath, new much to list!! See our ad on paint/carpet, 1262 sq ft, Annual End Of Year Brightwater Dr,everything must Craigslist for more informa$900/mo. Near hosp; must Store Wide 1/2 Price go!

Exercise equip., tanning tion and pics. see! No pets/smoking. 3023 Sale. Fri.-Sat., 10-3. 17377 bed, furniture, name brand Fri 9am-4pm & Sat 9am-1pm.

NE Byers Ct. 541-410-0794 Spring River Rd., outside clothes, 541-788-5800.

1017 NE Marion Place, Bend.

Sunvirver, next to Boondocks The Bulletin Restaurant. 541-593-3367 288 To Subscribe call Sales Southeast Bend 286 541-385-5800 or go to Sales Northeast Bend Pre Christmas Moving Sale: Fri.www.bendbulletin.com Huge Estate Sale, Inside Sat. 9-4, 964 SE Centennial, Collectibles, antiques, misc, FriChristmas decor, household Mobile in NE Bend, 840 sq ft HH FREE HH electric & gas, heat pump, Sun, Dec 17-19, 9am-? 2816 items, furniture, all goes. large yard, W/S/G incl. No N Adams Dr, Madras. Signs at Garage Sale Kit Hwy 26. Call 541-475-3496 pets, no smoking. $600/mo, 292 $500 deposit. 541-382-1365 Sales Other Areas Place an ad in The Bulletin for your garage sale and NOTICE: DON'T FORGET to take your Look What I Found! receive a Garage Sale Kit All real estate advertised signs down after your gaFREE! here in is subject to the Fedrage sale and be careful not You'll find a little bit of everyeral Fair Housing Act, which to place signs on utility KIT INCLUDES: thing in The Bulletin's daily makes it illegal to advertise poles!

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3 Bdrm., 2 bath, dbl. garage, Summerfield location, near 97, fresh interior paint, new Pergo, fully fenced. 1st & dep., $850. 503-997-7870.

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4/2 Mfd 1605 sq.ft., family room, w/woodstove, new carpet/paint, single garage w/opener. $795/mo.

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A Beautiful 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath duplex in Canyon Rim Village, Redmond, all appliances, includes gardener. $795 mo. 541-408-0877.

Spacious 3 bdrm., 2 bath + bonus, single story, large fenced yard, dbl. garage, $950/mo. + $500 dep. 2120 NW 11th St. 541-771-6599

Office / Warehouse space • 1792 sq ft

827 Business Way, Bend 30¢/sq ft; 1st mo + $200 dep Paula, 541-678-1404 Office/Warehouse Space, 6400 sq.ft., (3) 12x14 doors, on Boyd Acres Rd, 541-382-8998.

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An Office with bath, various sizes and locations from $250 per month, including utilities. 541-317-8717

Terrebonne 3 Bedroom, 1 Bath in private, treed setting. Has deck, detached garage and storage, $725/month. Call 541-419-8370; 541-548-4727

Downtown Redmond Retail/Office space, 947 sq ft. $650/mo + utils; $650 security deposit. 425 SW Sixth St. Call Norb, 541-420-9848

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Motorcycles And Accessories

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Motorhomes

Fifth Wheels

Harley Davidson Police Bike 2001, low mi., custom bike very nice.Stage 1, new tires & brakes, too much to list!

A Must See Bike $10,500 OBO. 541-383-1782

20.5’ 2004 Bayliner 205 Run About, 220 HP, V8, open bow, exc. cond., very fast w/very low hours, lots of extras incl. tower, Bimini & custom trailer, $19,500. 541-389-1413

Houseboat 38X10, w/triple axle trailer, incl. private moorage w/24/7 security at Prinville resort. PRICE REDUCED, $21,500. 541-788-4844.

Harley Davidson Screamin’ Eagle Electric-Glide 2005,

103” motor, 2-tone, candy teal, 18,000 miles, exc. cond. $19,999 OBO, please call 541-480-8080.

Harley Davidson Ultra Classic 2008, clean, lots of upgrades, custom exhaust, dual control heated gloves & vest, luggage access. 15K, $17,000 OBO 541-693-3975.

Honda Shadow Deluxe American Classic Edition.

2002, black, perfect, garaged, 5,200 mi. $3495.

541-610-5799.

KTM 400 EXC Enduro 2006, like new cond, low miles, street legal, hvy duty receiver hitch basket. $4500. 541-385-4975

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ATVs

20.5’ Seaswirl Spyder 1989 H.O. 302, 285 hrs., exc. cond., stored indoors for life $11,900 OBO. 541-379-3530 Ads published in the "Boats" classification include: Speed, fishing, drift, canoe, house and sail boats. For all other types of watercraft, please see Class 875. 541-385-5809

GENERATE SOME excitement in your neigborhood. Plan a garage sale and don't forget to advertise in classified!

385-5809.

Marathon V.I.P. Prevost H3-40 Luxury Coach. Like new after $132,000 purchase & $130,000 in renovations. Only 129k orig. mi. 541-601-6350.

Rare bargain at just $122,000.

Look at : www.SeeThisRig.com

slides, 44k mi., A/C, awning, good cond., 1 owner. $37,000. 541-815-4121

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Watercraft

Ads published in "Watercraft" include: Kayaks, rafts and motorized personal watercrafts. For "boats" please see Class 870.

541-385-5809

Waverider Trailer, 2-place, new paint, rail covers, & wiring, good cond., $495, 541-923-3490.

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Motorhomes

Yamaha 350 Big Bear Beaver Patriot 2000, Walnut cabinets, solar, Bose, Corian, tile, 4 door fridge., 1 slide, w/d, $99,000. 541-215-0077

Bounder 34’ 1994, only 18K miles, 1 owner, gaYamaha YFZ450 2006, very low hrs., exc. cond., reduced to $3000, also boots, helmet, tires, avail., 541-410-0429

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Winnebago Itasca Horizon 2002, 330 Cat, 2 slides, loaded with leather. 4x4 Chevy Tracker w/tow bar available, exc. cond. $65,000 OBO. 509-552-6013.

19’ Blue Water Executive Overnighter 1988, very low hours, been in dry storage for 12 years, new camper top, 185HP I/O Merc engine, all new tires on trailer, $7995 OBO, 541-447-8664.

personals Single senior male seeks companion for New Year’s bus trip to Winnemucca. Your share = $64. 541-312-4608

Beechcraft A36 BDN 1978 3000TT, 1300 SRMAN, 100 TOP, Garmins, Sandel HSI, 55X A/P, WX 500, Leather, Bose, 1/3 share - $40,000 OBO/terms, 541-948-2126.

rage kept, rear walk round queen island bed, TV’s,leveling hyd. jacks, backup camera, awnings, non smoker, no pets, must see to appreciate, too many options to list, won’t last long, $18,950, 541-389-3921,503-789-1202

Dodge Brougham Motorhome, 1977, Needs TLC, $1995, Pilgrim Camper 1981, Self contained, Cab-over, needs TLC, $595, 541-382-2335 or 503-585-3240.

Dutch Star DP 39 ft. 2001, 2 slides, Cat engine, many options, very clean, PRICE REDUCED! 541-388-7552.

Gulfstream Scenic Cruiser 36 ft. 1999, Cummins 330 hp. diesel, 42K, 1 owner, 13 in. kitchen slide out, new tires, under cover, hwy. miles only, 4 door fridge/freezer icemaker, W/D combo, Interbath tub & shower, 50 amp. propane gen & more! $55,000. 541-948-2310.

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Sport Utility Vehicles

Chevrolet Nova, 1976 2-door, 20,200 mi. New tires, seat covers, windshield & more. $5800. 541-330-0852.

Chevy Corvette 1979, 30K mi., glass t-top, runs & looks great, $12,500,541-280-5677

Chevy Suburban 1969, classic 3-door, very clean, all original good condition, $5500, call 541-536-2792.

Fleetwood Wilderness 2004 36½’, 4 slide-outs, fireplace, A/C, TV, used 3 times. Like new! List $52,000, sell $22,950.

541-390-2678, Madras

Grumman AA-5 Traveler, 1/4 interest, beautiful, clean plane, $9500, 619-822-8036 www.carymathis.blogspot.com

Redmond Airport hangar, heated, 55’ x 75’ x 18’, 12’ x 24’ office, bath with shower, $229,500. 20-year lease. Call 503-803-2051

Hitchhiker II 2000 32’ 2 slides, very clean and in excellent condition.

Only $18,000!

(541) 410-9423, (541) 536-6116.

Wagon

90% tires, cab & extras, 11,500 OBO, 541-420-3277

Gearbox 30’ 2005, all the bells & whistles, sleeps 8, 4 queen beds, reduced to $17,000, 541-536-8105

JAYCO 31 ft. 1998 slideout, upgraded model, exc. cond. $10,500. 1-541-454-0437.

Hitchiker II 32’ 1998 w/solar system, awnings, Arizona rm. great shape! $15,500 541-589-0767, in Burns.

KOMFORT 27’ 5th wheel 2000 trailer: fiberglass with 12’ slide, stored inside, in excellent condition.

Only $13,500 firm.

Call 541-536-3916.

International 1981,T-axle-300 13 spd.Cummins/Jake Brake,good tires/body paint;1993 27’ stepdeck trailer, T-axle, Dove tail, ramps. $7950, 541-350-3866

Wabco 666 Grader - New tires, clean, runs good -$8,500.

Austin Western Super 500 Grader - All wheel drive, low hours on engine - $10,500.

1986 Autocar cement truck Cat engine, 10 yd mixer $10,000. Call 541-771-4980

Weekend Warrior Toy Hauler 28’ 2007, Gen, fuel station,exc.

cond. sleeps 8, black/gray interior, used 3X, $29,900.

541-389-9188.

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Fifth Wheels

Big Tex Landscaping/ ATV Trailer, dual axle flatbed, 7’x16’, 7000 lb.

GVW, all steel, $1400.

541-382-4115, or 541-280-7024.

Mobile Suites, 2007, 36TK3 with 3 slide-outs, king bed, ultimate living comfort, large kitchen, fully loaded, well insulated, hydraulic jacks and so much more. Priced to sell at $59,500! 541-317-9185

MONTANA 2000 36’

3 slides, washer and dryer, new A/C. Very nice & livable! $12,500. 541-923-7351.

TERRY 27’ 5th wheel 1995 with big slide-out, generator and extras. Great condition and hunting rig, $9,900 OBO. 541-923-0231 days.

Alpha “See Ya” 30’ 1996, 2 slides, A/C, heat pump, exc. cond. for Snowbirds, solid oak cabs day & night shades, Corian, tile, hardwood. $14,900. 541-923-3417.

Cedar Creek 2006, RDQF. Loaded, 4 slides, 37.5’, king bed, W/D, 5500W gen., fireplace, Corian countertops, skylight shower, central vac, much more, like new, $43,000, please call 541-330-9149.

COLLINS 18’ 1981, gooseneck hitch, sleeps 4, good condition, $1950. Leave message.

541-325-6934

FIAT 1800 1978 5-spd., door panels w/flowers & hummingbirds, white soft top & hard top, Reduced to $5,500, 541-317-9319,541-647-8483

Ford Mustang Coupe 1966, original owner, V8, automatic, great shape, $9000 OBO. 530-515-8199

TURN THE PAGE For More Ads

extended overhead cab, stereo, self-contained,outdoor shower, TV, 2nd owner, exc. cond., non smoker, $8900 541-815-1523.

M. Lewis Construction, LLC "POLE BARNS" Built Right!

Garages, shops, hay sheds, arenas, custom decks, fences, interior finish work, & concrete. Free estimates CCB#188576•541-604-6411

Building/Contracting NOTICE: Oregon state law requires anyone who contracts for construction work to be licensed with the Construction Contractors Board (CCB).

An active license means the contractor is bonded and insured.

Verify the contractor’s CCB license through the CCB Consumer Website www.hirealicensedcontractor.com

or call 503-378-4621. The Bulletin recommends checking with the CCB prior to contracting with anyone.

Some other trades also require additional licenses and certifications.

Debris Removal JUNK BE GONE

l Haul Away FREE For Salvage.

Also Cleanups & Cleanouts Mel 541-389-8107

Excavating

Handyman

I DO THAT!

ERIC REEVE HANDY SERVICES

Home & Commercial Repairs, Carpentry-Painting, Pressure-washing, Honey Do's. Small or large jobs.

On-time promise.

Senior Discount.

All work guaranteed.

541-389-3361 or 541-771-4463 Bonded & Insured CCB#181595 Margo Construction LLC Since 1992 •Pavers •Carpentry •Remodeling •Decks •Window/Door Replacement •Int/Ext Paint CCB 176121 • 541-480-3179

Home Improvement Kelly Kerfoot Construction: 28 years exp. in Central OR, Quality & Honesty, from carpentry & handyman jobs, to quality wall covering installations & removal. Senior discounts, licenced, bonded, insured, CCB#47120 Call 541-389-1413 or 541-410-2422

More Than Service Peace Of Mind.

Snow Removal

Reliable 24 Hour Service • Driveways • Walkways • Parking Lots • Roof tops • De-icing Have plow & shovel crew awaiting your call!

Holiday Lighting Multiple Options • Interior • Exterior • Landscape

Christmas Tree Delivery EXPERIENCED Commercial & Residential Free Estimates Senior Discounts

541-390-1466 Same Day Response

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Look at: Bendhomes.com for Complete Listings of Area Real Estate for Sale

Cadillac El Dorado 1977, very beautiful blue, real nice inside & out, low mileage, $2500, please call 541-383-3888 for more information.

NOTICE: OREGON Landscape Contractors Law (ORS 671) requires all businesses that advertise to perform Land scape Construction which in cludes: planting, decks, fences, arbors, water-fea tures, and installation, repair of irrigation systems to be li censed with the Landscape Contractors Board. This 4-digit number is to be in cluded in all advertisements which indicate the business has a bond, insurance and workers compensation for their employees. For your protection call 503-378-5909 or use our website: www.lcb.state.or.us to check license status before con tracting with the business.

Persons doing landscape maintenance do not require a LCB license.

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DODGE D-100 1962 ½ Ton, rebuilt 225 slant 6 engine.

New glass, runs good, needs good home. $2700.

541-322-6261

International Flat Bed Pickup 1963, 1 ton dually, 4 spd. trans., great MPG, could be exc. wood hauler, runs great, new brakes, $2500. 541-419-5480.

LARGE OR SMALL, d WE DO IT ALL! 541-388-0158 • 541-420-0426 d www.bblandscape.com d

Mercedes-Benz 280c 1975 145k, good body & mechanical, fair interior, can email pics. $2950. 541-548-3628

Mercury Monterrey 1965, Exc. All original, 4-dr. sedan, in storage last 15 yrs., 390 High Compression engine, new tires & license, reduced to $4850, 541-410-3425.

Fall Cleanup and Snow removal

CHEVY BLAZER 2000, ZR2 LS 4x4, 130k miles, 90% tread left on $2000 worth of tires. Under KBB at $4995. Can be seen at Redmond’s Hwy 97 Park & Sell. 541-546-6838.

Chevy Suburban 1994 ¾-ton 4x4, runs great, very reliable, new tires & brakes, $1800 OBO. 541-728-1036

•Flower bed clean up •Irrigation repair •Senior Discounts •Landscape Maintenance

Masonry Chad L. Elliott Construction

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Brick * Block * Stone Small Jobs/Repairs Welcome L#89874.388-7605/410-6945

Porsche 914, 1974 Always garaged, family owned.

Runs good. $5500.

541-550-8256

VW Super Beetle 1974

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Tile, Ceramic

Ford Excursion AWD 2004

XLT Trim, Loaded, Diesel.

VIN #C27948

Now Only $19,999 (photo for illustration only)

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Dodge Ram 2001, short

Dodge Ram 2500

Dodge Durango AWD 2008 48K Miles.

VIN #124502

Now Only $19,950

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FORD 350 LARIAT 2002 4x4 crewcab, 7.3 diesel 135k, dually, matching canopy, towing special, gooseneck, too! Orig. 63-year-old construction owner needs money, will trade, $17,500.

(541) 815-3639 or (541) 508-8522

Smolich Auto Mall Special Offer

Ford Excursion AWD 2004

Eddie Bauer Trim, Loaded, Premium DVD, Navigation and more! Vin #A37566

Now Only $22,988

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Dodge Journey 2009

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VIN #195855

Now Only $12,895

What are you looking for? You’ll find it in The Bulletin Classifieds

Ford F-150 2006, Triton STX, X-cab, 4WD, tow pkg., V-8, auto, reduced to $14,999 obo 541-554-5212,702-501-0600

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OLDS 98 1969 2 door hardtop, $1600.

541-389-5355

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Steve Lahey Construction Tile Installation Over 20 Yrs. Exp. Call For Free Estimate 541-977-4826•CCB#166678

Special Offer

MUST SELL due to death.

1970 Monte Carlo, all original, many extras. Sacrifice $6000. 541-593-3072

Pickups

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541-598-3750 Mercedes 380SL 1983, Convertible, blue color, new tires, cloth top & fuel pump, call for details 541-536-3962

New: 1776 CC engine, dual Dularto Carbs, trans, studded tires, brakes, shocks, struts, exhaust, windshield, tags & plates; has sheepskin seatcovers, Alpine stereo w/ subs, black on black, 25 mpg, extra tires. Only $3000 541-388-4302. Partial Trade.

Nelson Landscape Maintenance

Ford Excursion 4x4 2000. Nice Red, like new, only 68k, seats 9. Just $16,700. 541-601-6350 Look: www.SeeThisRig.com

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MARTIN JAMES European Professional Painter Repaint Specialist Oregon License #186147 LLC. 541-388-2993

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Ford Bronco 1990 4WD w/1998 motor; engine & trans good cond, new brakes & exhaust sys; $1600 in improvements. $2250 OBO 541-323-1872

FORD pickup 1977, step side, 351 Windsor, 115,000 miles, MUST SEE! $4500.

541-350-1686

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When ONLY the BEST will do!

2003 Lance 1030 Deluxe Model Camper, loaded, phenomenal condition. $17,500.

2007 Dodge 6.7 Cummins Diesel 3500 4x4 long bed, 58K mi, $34,900. Or buy as unit, $48,500. 541-331-1160

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Sport Utility Vehicles

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Bonded & Insured 541-815-4458 LCB#8759 Hourly Excavation & Dump Truck Service. Site Prep Land Clearing, Demolition, Utilities, Asphalt Patching, Grading, Land & Agricultural Development. Work Weekends.

Alex541-419-3239CCB#170585

Ford F350 Crew Cab 4WD 2007. Lariat. Diesel. Auto.

Canopy. LOADED! 37K. Estate. $30,950. VIN EA30127 541-480-3265. DLR 8308.

541-749-4025 • DLR

Special Offer

Landscaping, Yard Care Landscaping, Yard Care Painting, Wall Covering

Remodeling, Handyman, Professional & Honest Work.

Help w/pre-holiday projects.

CCB#151573 Dennis 317-9768

Now Only $17,788

Quad Cab SLT 2009 Big Horn Edition 4WD, diesel, automatic, tow package, 19,000 miles. Almost $4000 back of Kelley Book.

Call 541-385-5809 to promote your service • Advertise for 28 days starting at $140 (This special package is not available on our website)

Barns

4x4 Hemi.

VIN #693847

hard tops, new paint, carpet, upholstery, rechromed, nice! $32,000. 541-912-1833

Canopies and Campers

Fleetwood Elkhorn 9.5’ 1999,

Ford F-350 Crew 4x4 2002.

Triton V-10, 118k, new tires, wheels, brakes. Very nice.

Just $14,700. 541-601-6350 Look: www.SeeThisRig.com

smolichmotors.com

bed, nice wheels & tires, 86K, $5500 OBO, call 541-410-4354.

Tires, Studded, on Rims, for Subaru Impreza, $150, 541-383-1787.

Wheels, Milanni 20’s,fit Mustang, Veutus SportK104,245/402R20 95Y, $1250, 541-408-7972

Dodge Club Cab 2006

(Private Party ads only)

TIRES: 4 Schwab 225/60R18, Studless snow tires, used, 2 seasons, $225. 541-447-1668

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Chevy Silverado 1500 4x4, 2000, full size, Reg cab w/ long bed, white, V6, 4.3L, 20 mpg, auto trans, ABS, AC, dual airbags, tow pkg, runs & drives excellent, maint’d extremely well; non-smoker. Recent brks, bearing, tune- up, tires, trans & coolant flush. 183K mi. $4700 obo. 541-633-6953

2, 4 barrel, 225 hp.

Matching numbers $62,500, 541-280-1227.

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Trailmaker studded 2357515, 75% on Ford 5 hole spoke rims $195. 541- 480-5950

4x4, its a HEMI!!

Vin #106043

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Special Offer

Now Only $16,777

Corvette 1956, rebuilt 2006, 3 spd.,

Automotive Parts, Service and Accessories Ford T-Bird 1955, White soft & 2 Les Schwab 1857013 M/S studded, good as new. $80.

541-480-5950.

X-Cab, 460, A/C, 4-spd., exc. shape, low miles, $3250 OBO, 541-419-1871.

Chevy Colorado 2004, LS, 4x4, 5 cyl., 4 spd., auto, A/C, ps, pl, pw, CD, 60K mi., $8925.

541-598-5111.

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Utility Trailers

Ford F250 1986, 4x4,

Smolich Auto Mall

Dodge RAM 1500 2004

1957,

4-dr., complete, $15,000 OBO, trades, please call 541-420-5453.

Chrysler 300 Coupe 1967, 440 engine, auto. trans, ps, air, frame on rebuild, repainted original blue, original blue interior, original hub caps, exc. chrome, asking $10,000 or make offer. 541-385-9350.

Trucks and Heavy Equipment Case 780 CK Extend-a-hoe, 120 HP,

Chevy 1/2 Ton 1995, 4X4, 350 engine, auto, cold A/C, new tires, brakes, shocks, & muffler, w/ camper shell, runs great. $4000.

541-706-1568

Chevy Silverado 1500 1988, 4x4, step side, tow pkg., low mi. at 98K, A/C, great tries, brakes, new rear end, runs extra super, $4000 OBO, 541-548-7396

Chevy

Travel Trailers

Boats & Accessories 17½’ 2006 BAYLINER 175 XT Ski Boat, 3.0L Merc, mint condition, includes ski tower w/2 racks - everything we have, ski jackets adult and kids several, water skis, wakeboard, gloves, ropes and many other boating items. $11,300 OBO . 541-417-0829

1/3 interest in Columbia 400, located at Sunriver. $150,000. Call 541-647-3718

881 2 Wet-Jet personal water crafts, new batteries & covers, “SHORE“ trailer, incl spare & lights, $1995 for all. Bill 541-480-7930.

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Pickups

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rear end, new tires, runs excellent, $1800 OBO, 541-932-4919.

1999, 4X4, 4 stroke, racks front & rear, strong machine, excellent condition. $2,200 541-382-4115,541-280-7024

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Aircraft, Parts and Service

nets, exc interior. Great extra bdrm! Reduced to $5000. 541-480-3286

Winnebago Class C 28’ 2003, Ford V10, 2

Malibu Skier 1988, w/center pylon, low hours, always garaged, new upholstery, great fun. $9500.

OBO. 541-389-2012.

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Pickups

Travel Queen 34’ 1987 65K miles, oak cabi-

POLARIS PHOENIX 2005, 2X4, 200cc, new

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LEGAL NOTICE TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to O.R.S. 86.705, et seq. and O.R.S. 79-5010, et seq.

Trustee No.: fc26608-5 Loan No.: 01439410252 Title No.: 4544970 Reference is made to that certain Trust Deed made by Mike D. Prescott, as Grantor, to First American Title Insurance Co. of OR, as Trustee, in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Lender, as Beneficiary, dated 09/30/2005, recorded on 10/04/2005 as Document No. 2005-67570, in the mortgage records of Deschutes County, Oregon. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by SunTrust Bank. Said Trust Deed encumbers the following described real property situated in said county and state, to-wit: Lot 8 in Block 7 of Heierman-McCormick Addition, City of Redmond, Deschutes County, Oregon. Account No.: 124650 The street address or other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1831 SW 15th St., Redmond, OR 97756 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the above street address or other common designation. Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said Trust Deed and a Notice of Default has been recorded pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes 86.735 (3); the default for which the foreclosure is made is Grantor's failure to pay when due, the following sums: monthly payments of $1,854.91 beginning 05/01/2010, together with title expenses, costs, trustee's fees and attorney's fees incurred herein by reason of said default, and any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein. ALSO, if you have failed to pay taxes on the property, provide insurance on the property or pay other senior liens or encumbrances as required in the note and Deed of Trust, the beneficiary may insist that you do so in order to reinstate your account in good standing. The beneficiary may require as a condition to reinstatement that you provide reliable written evidence that you have paid all senior liens or encumbrances, property taxes, and hazard insurance premiums. These requirements for reinstatement should be confirmed by contacting the undersigned Trustee. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following: Principal balance of $85,610.86 with interest thereon at the rate of 5.000% per annum from 04/01/2010, together with any late charge(s), delinquent taxes, insurance premiums, impounds and advances; senior liens and encumbrances which are delinquent or become delinquent together with title expense, costs, trustee's fees and any attorney's' fees and court costs, and any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein. WHEREFORE, notice hereby is given that, First American Title Insurance Company c/o Mortgage Lender Services, Inc., the undersigned trustee will, on 02/10/2011, at the hour of 11:00AM in accord with the standard of time established by O.R.S. 187.110, At the front entrance of the Courthouse, 1164 N.W. Bond Street, Bend, OR, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the said described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in O.R.S. 86.753 has the right, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Trust Deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Trust Deed, together with trustee's and attorney's fees. In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes plural, the word "Grantor" includes any successor in interest to the Grantor as well as any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, and the words "trustee" and "beneficiary" include their respective successors in interest, if any. For Trustee Sale Information please call (925) 603-7342. Dated: 9-27-10 First American Title Insurance Company, Trustee By: Mortgage Lender Services, Inc. FKA ForeclosureLink, Inc., Agent Lauren Meyer, Sr. Trustee Sale Officer Direct Inquiries To: SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., c/o Mortgage Lender Services, Inc., 4401 Hazel Avenue, Suite 225, Fair Oaks, CA 95628 (916) 962-3453 Mortgage Lender Services, Inc. may be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. (RSVP#204128)(12/17/10, 12/24/10, 12/31/10, 01/07/11)

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missed and the Trust Deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or Trust Deed, and in addition to paying said sum or tendering the performance necessary to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Trust Deed, together with trustee's and attorney's fees not exceeding the amounts provided by said ORS 86.753.

Trust Deed, together with trustee's and attorney's fees not exceeding the amounts provided by said ORS 86.753.

LAND PARK HOMESITES, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. Said real property is commonly known as: 15992 Leslie Drive, La Pine, Oregon 97739.

Both the beneficiary and/or the trustee have elected to sell the real property to satisfy the obligations secured by the trust deed and a notice of default has been recorded pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes 86.735(3); the default for which the foreclosure is made in grantor's failure to pay when due the following sums: Monthly payments of $1,294.92 beginning July 1, 2009, plus monthly late charges of $64.74 beginning with the July 2009 payment; and monthly payments of $224.07 beginning September 1, 2010, plus monthly late charges of $11.20 beginning with the September 2010 payment; together with title expense, costs, trustee's fees and attorney fees incurred herein by reason of said default; and any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interests therein. By reason of the default just described, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation that the trust deed secures immediately due and payable, those sums being the following, to-wit: $170,686.55 with interest thereon at the rate of 8.125% per annum from July 1, 2009, and $27,626.17 with interest thereon at the rate of 11.99% per annum from September 1, 2010, until paid, plus all accrued late charges therein together with title expense, costs, trustee's fees and attorney fees incurred herein by reason of said default; and any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interests therein.

WHEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the beneficiary on March 9, 2011, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock am, in accord with the standard of time established by ORS 187.110, at the front steps of the offices of First American Title Company, 395 SW Bluff Drive, Ste. 100, Bend, County of Deschutes, State of Oregon, the interest in the real property described above which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time the grantor executed the trust deed together with any interest which the grantor or grantor's successors in interest acquired after the execution of the trust deed will be sold by the undesigned trustee at public auction to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of the sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee.

Notice is further given that any person named in ORS 86.753 that the right exists under ORS 86.753 to have proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by paying the entire amount then due, together with costs, trustee's fees and attorney fees, and by curing any other default complained of in the notice of default, at any time that is not later than five days before the date last set for the sale.

In construing this notice, the singular includes the plural, the word "grantor" includes any successor in interest to the grantor as

well as any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by the trust deed, and the words "trustee" and "beneficiary" include their respective successors in interest, if any.

DATED: October 19, 2010 Frank C. Rote, III, Trustee, OSB #893898 612 NW Fifth Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526 (541) 479-2678 LEGAL NOTICE TRUSTEES NOTICE OF SALE Loan No: 4001471855 T.S. No.: 10-11324-6 . Reference is made to that certain deed made by, SHARON MCKENNEY, AN UNMARRIED PERSON as Grantor to PLACER TITLE CO./NATL CLOSING SOLUTIONS, as trustee, in favor of AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, as Beneficiary, recorded on March 3, 2005, as Instrument No. 2005-12757 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Deschutes County, OR to-wit: APN: 128803 LOT TWO (2) IN BLOCK SIX (6) OF LAKE PARK ESTATES, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON Commonly known as: 2632 NE YUCCA AVE, REDMOND, OR Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.735{3) of Oregon Revised Statutes: the default for which the foreclosure is made is the grantor's: failed to pay payments which became due; together with late charges due; failed to pay advances made by the Beneficiary; Monthly Payment $999.69 Monthly Late Charge $38.71 By this reason of said default the beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said deed of trust immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to-wit: The sum of $ 179,742.81 together with interest thereon at the rate of 2.00000 % per annum from May 1, 2010 until paid; plus all accrued late charges thereon; and all trustee's fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said deed of trust.

Whereof, notice hereby is given that FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, the undersigned trustee will on March 30, 2011 at the hour of 11:00 AM, Standard of Time, as established by section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, at the front entrance of the Courthouse, 1164 N.W. Bond Street, Bend, OR. County of Deschutes , State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by him of the said trust deed, together with any interest which the grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said trust deed, to satisfy the

foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee- Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.753 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due {other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, trustee's or attorney's fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or trust deed, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, 17592 E. 17th Street, Suite 300, Tustin, CA 92780 714Â508-5100 SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.fidelityasap.com/ AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-259-7850 In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes plural, the word "grantor" includes any successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other persons owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said trust deed, the words "trustee" and 'beneficiary" include their respective successors in interest, if any. Dated: December 3, 2010 FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY Juan Enriquez ASAP# 3838984 12/10/2010, 12/17/2010, 12/24/2010, 12/31/2010 PUBLIC NOTICE Housing Works (abn Central Oregon Regional Housing Authority)

LEGAL NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF DESCHUTES In the Matter of the Estate of: ELEANOR C. IMWALLE, Deceased.

Case No. 10PB0124ST NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed and has qualified as the personal representative of the estate. All persons having claims against the estate are hereby required to present the same, with property vouchers, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice as stated below, to the personal representative at 64390 Bend Redmond Hwy., Bend, Oregon 97701 or they may be barred.

All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings in this estate may obtain additional information from the records of the court, the personal representative or the attorney for the personal representative.

Date first published: December 3, 2010 Paul F. Imwalle, Personal Representative Name, Address and Telephone Number of Personal Representative: Paul F. Imwalle 64390 Bend Redmond Hwy. Bend, OR 97701 Ph. (541) 382-5570 Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Attorney for Personal Representative: Kristen S. Edwards, OSB #093397 Edwards Law Offices PC 225 NW Franklin Ave., Suite 2 Bend, OR 97701 541-318-0061 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL AND OF SALE WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT AND DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Reference is made to a certain trust deed ("Trust Deed") made, as follows: Tamara S. Harty, as to an undivided 33 percent interest, and John McClean, as to an undivided 66 percent interest, and John V. Johnson and Marcella G. Johnson, as to an undivided 1 percent interest, Grantor; Western Title & Escrow Company, Trustee; and South Valley Bank & Trust, Beneficiary, recorded in Official/Microfilm Records, Volume 2007, Page 55516, Deschutes County, Oregon, covering the following-described real property in Deschutes County, Oregon, commonly known as 4477 NW Glenn Meadow Loop, Redmond, OR 97756 ("Property"): Lot Two (2), GLENN MEADOW, PHASE 1, recorded September 26, 2007, in Cabinet H. Page 510, Deschutes County, Oregon The defaults for which foreclosure is made is grantor's failure to pay when due the following sums: Failed to pay the payment due April 1, 2010 and monthly payments thereafter until October 1, 2010 when the entire balance was due and payable; failed to pay 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 Deschutes County real property taxes in the amounts of $864.17 and $984.96 respectively, plus interest.

By reason of said defaults, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligations secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to-wit: The sum of $116,677.41 principal plus interest thereon at the rate of 8.5 percent per annum from March 1, 2010; 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 Deschutes County real property taxes in the total amount of $1,849.13, plus interest, plus trustee's fees, attorney's fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said trust deed.

WHEREFORE, notice hereby is given that the undersigned trustee will, on February 16, 2011, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock a.m., in accord with the standard of time established by ORS 187.110, at the following place: the main entrance to the Deschutes County Courthouse, 1164 N.W. Bond Street, Bend, Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the above-described Property, which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by grantor of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the grantor or grantor's successors in interest acquired after the execution of the Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee.

Notice is further given that any person named in ORS 86.753 has the right, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dis-

In construing this notice, the singular includes the plural, the word "grantor" includes each and every grantor, any successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Deeds of Trust, and the words "trustee" and "beneficiary" include their respective successors in interest, if any.

Dated: September 23, 2010.

TRUSTEE /s/ Andrew C. Brandsness, Successor Trustee 411 Pine Street Klamath Falls, OR 97601 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL AND OF SALE WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT AND DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Reference is made to a certain trust deed ("Trust Deed") made, as follows: Tamara S. Harty, as to an undivided 33 percent interest, and John McClean, as to an undivided 66 percent interest, and John V. Johnson and Marcella G. Johnson, as to an undivided 1 percent interest, Grantor; Western Title & Escrow Company, Trustee; and South Valley Bank & Trust, Beneficiary, recorded in Official/Microfilm Records, Volume 2007, Page 55514, Deschutes County, Oregon, covering the following-described real property in Deschutes County, Oregon, commonly known as 4437 NW Glenn Meadow Loop, Redmond, OR 97756 ("Property"): Lot Three (3), GLENN MEADOW, PHASE 1, recorded September 26, 2007, in Cabinet H. Page 510, Deschutes County, Oregon The defaults for which foreclosure is made is grantor's failure to pay when due the following sums: Failed to pay the payment due April 1, 2010 and monthly payments thereafter until October 1, 2010 when the entire balance was due and payable; failed to pay 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 Deschutes County real property taxes in the amounts of $864.17 and $984.96 respectively, plus interest.

By reason of said defaults, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligations secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to-wit: The sum of $116,677.41 principal plus interest thereon at the rate of 8.5 percent per annum from March 1, 2010; 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 Deschutes County real property taxes in the total amount of $1,849.13, plus interest, plus trustee's fees, attorney's fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said trust deed.

WHEREFORE, notice hereby is given that the undersigned trustee will, on February 16, 2011, at the hour of 10:15 o'clock a.m., in accord with the standard of time established by ORS 187.110, at the following place: the main entrance to the Deschutes County Courthouse, 1164 N.W. Bond Street, Bend, Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the above-described Property, which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by grantor of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the grantor or grantor's successors in interest acquired after the execution of the Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee.

Notice is further given that any person named in ORS 86.753 has the right, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Trust Deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or Trust Deed, and in addition to paying said sum or tendering the performance necessary to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and

In construing this notice, the singular includes the plural, the word "grantor" includes each and every grantor, any successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Deeds of Trust, and the words "trustee" and "beneficiary" include their respective successors in interest, if any.

Dated: September 23, 2010.

TRUSTEE /s/ Andrew C. Brandsness, Successor Trustee 411 Pine Street Klamath Falls, OR 97601 LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CONTRACTORS FOR HAZARDOUS FUELS REMOVAL ON DESCHUTES COUNTY PROPERTY AND OTHER PRIVATE LANDS WITHIN DESCHUTES COUNTY Notice is hereby given that Deschutes County, will receive proposals per specifications until 5:00 PM January 24, 2011 for the removal of hazardous fuels on approximately 1,260 acres of Deschutes County property and other private lands in Deschutes County.

No proposals will be received or considered after that time.

The purpose of this solicitation is to create a pool of contractors qualified to treat and remove hazardous wildland fuels, as described in the scope, on approximately 1,260 acres of Deschutes County property and private lands located in Deschutes County. Some of these properties are vacant lots and most will have homes and improvements. The County will designate qualified contractors, who will remain in a "qualified pool" for a period of one year. During such one-year period the County will award multiple service contracts to contractors in such pool, based on "best value" proposals for the particular property to be treated. The Request for Proposal will be re-published annually as per Deschutes County Code 2.37.130.

The qualified pool will be determined based on proposals received for one or more of the following service categories: 1. Hand piling; 2. Sheering; 3. Chainsaw thinning; 4. Chipping and removal; 5. Pruning/ladder fuel reduction; 6. Mowing; 7. Tub/horizontal grinding; 8. Remove treated fuels and haul to designated disposal sites.

The Contractor shall provide a past history, including references, for work in each category of service listed above, for which Contractor would like to be considered.

This will include number of year's experience; experience with different fuel types and fuels treatments, and whether structures were involved; whether Contractor is a Senate Bill 360 certified inspector; types of equipment available; and experience of operators, etc.

The Contractor's work must be in accordance with all State and Federal Laws.

The Contractor will provide proof of insurance upon issuance of a contract.

This is not a public works contract subject to ORS 279.348 to 279.380 or the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 276a).

Upon receipt of the quotes, the County Forester will evaluate and establish the pool of most qualified contractors.

Twenty-six (26) Work Areas within Deschutes County have been identified and individual service contracts will be awarded from the qualified pool based on the specific work to be accomplished within the Work Areas. The County reserves the right to reject any and all proposals not in compliance with all prescribed public bidding procedures and requirements, reject for good cause any and all proposals upon the finding that it is in the public interest to do so and waive any and all informalities.

Questions or requests for the entire Request for Proposal packages should be directed to Joe Stutler, Deschutes County Forester, at (541) 322-7117 or FAX (541) 388-2719. Proposals are to be sent to Joe Stutler, at Deschutes County Road Department, 61150 SE 27th Street, Bend, OR 97702.

LEGAL NOTICE Three Sisters Irrigation District is requesting bids for ARV, PRV, & Vaults for the Main Canal Pipeline Project Phase II. There will be 6 vaults with ARV & PRV combinations and 2 vaults with just ARV. Contract forms, complete project specifications and materials worksheet may be picked up at the District office, 68000 W. Hwy. 20, Bend, OR 97701, or mailed upon request by calling the District office at (541) 549-8815, or down loaded from http://www.tsidonline.org/si teProjects/PJ-Bid-Requests.a spx Contact person is Marc Thalacker, District Manager, who will accept bids until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, January 12,

2011, at the address provided above. Late bids will not be accepted. Bids will be publicly opened immediately following the bid submission deadline.

This project will be partially funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) through the Bureau of Reclamation Water for America Program. This procurement is for materials only. ARRA requirements will include Buy American. There will be reporting and certification requirements which will be part of the contract conditions.

Three Sisters Irrigation District may cancel this procurement or reject any or all bids in accordance with ORS 279B.100.

LEGAL NOTICE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Reference is made to that certain trust deed made by GEORGE A. HALE, as Grantor, to EDWARD P. FITCH, Successor Trustee, in favor of GLENN RAE CARPENTER also known as GLENN R. CARPENTER, individually as to an undivided 4/7th interest and GLENN RAE CARPENTER as Trustee of the Betty J. Carpenter Revocable Living Trust dated May 29,1992 as to an undivided 3/7th interest, as beneficiaries, dated April 13, 2006, and recorded on April 13, 2006 as Document No. 2006-25366, of the Official Records of Deschutes County, Oregon, covering the following described real property situated in said county and state: The West Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (W 1/2 NW 1/4 NE 1/4) of Section 8, Township 15 South, Range 13 East of the Willamette Meridian, Deschutes County, Oregon.

EXCEPTING THEREFROM the Northerly 40 feet dedicated to the public for road and utility purposes in Book 334, Page 720, Deed Records.

ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM those portions described in Deeds of Dedication to the City of Redmond, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, recorded March 17, 2008 in Instrument Nos. 2008-11684 and 2008-11685.

ADDRESS: 2680 NW Maple Ave., Redmond, Oregon 97756 Both the beneficiaries and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and a notice of default has been recorded pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes 86.735(3); the default for which the foreclosure is made is grantor's failure to pay when due, the following sums: monthly interest payments of $8,051.00 from July 2, 2009, each month, together with title expenses, costs, transfer fees and attorney fees incurred herein by reason of said default, and any further sums advanced by the Beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein.

By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said trust deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to-wit: $900,000.00, plus interest at the rate of 6.25% per annum from July 2, 2009, and late fees together with Trustee/ Attorney fees of $2,500.00.

WHEREFORE, notice hereby

is given that the undersigned trustee will on February 25, 2011, at the hour of 11:00 o'clock, a.m., in accordance with the standard of time established by ORS 187.110, on the front steps of BRYANT, EMERSON & FITCH, LLP, law offices, at 888 West Evergreen, in the City of Redmond, County of Deschutes, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by grantor of the said trust deed, together with any interest which the grantor or grantor's successors in interest acquired after the execution of said trust deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligation thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee. Notice if further given that any person named in ORS 86.753 has the right, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiaries of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or trust deed, and in addition to paying said sums or tendering the performance necessary to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and trust deed, together with trustee's and attorney's fees not exceeding the amounts provided by said ORS 86.753.

In construing this notice, the singular includes the plural, the word "grantor" includes any successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said trust deed, and the words "trustee" and "beneficiary" include their respective successors in interest, if any.

Dated: October 25, 2010.

EDWARD P. FITCH, TRUSTEE STATE OF OREGON, County of Deschutes ss: I, the undersigned, certify that I am the trustee above named and that the foregoing is a complete and exact copy of the original trustee’s notice of sale.

EDWARD P. FITCH, TRUSTEE BRYANT, EMERSON & FITCH, LLP Attorneys at Law 888 SW Evergreen Avenue PO Box 457 Redmond, Oregon 97756-0103 Telephone (541) 548-0103 Fax (541) 548-1895 LEGAL NOTICE TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE Reference is made to those certain trust deeds made

by LARRY H. DUDLEY, as grantor, to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY OF OREGON, as trustee, in favor of SOFCU COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION, as beneficiary, dated May 1, 2007, recorded on May 7, 2007, in the Official Records of Deschutes County, Oregon, as Document Nos. 2007-25952 and 2007-25953, covering the following described real property situated in that county and state, to-wit: LOT 14 IN BLOCK 7 OF 6TH ADDITION TO WOOD-

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LEGAL NOTICE TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE Loan No: xxxxxx9165 T.S. No.: 1305178-09.

Reference is made to that certain deed made by Robert L. Seavey, as Grantor to Western Title and Escrow Company, as Trustee, in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., As Nominee For American Brokers Conduit, as Beneficiary, dated November 07, 2005, recorded November 10, 2005, in official records of Deschutes, Oregon in book/reel/volume No. xx at page No. xx, fee/file/Instrument/microfilm/reception No. 2005-77660 covering the following described real property situated in said County and State, to-wit: Lot 15, block 8, C.L. & D. Ranch Tract, Deschutes County, Oregon.

Commonly known as: 15997 Fir Road La Pine OR 97739.

Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.735(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes: the default for which the foreclosure is made is the grantor's: Failure to pay the monthly payment due August 1, 2010 of principal and interest and subsequent installments due thereafter; plus late charges; together with all subsequent sums advanced by beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said deed of trust. Monthly payment $931.37 Monthly Late Charge $40.21. By this reason of said default the beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said Deed of Trust immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to-wit; The sum of $117,001.95 together with interest thereon at 6.750% per annum from July 01, 2010 until paid; plus all accrued late charges thereon; and all trustee's fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advance by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of the said deed of trust. Whereof, notice hereby is given that, First American Title Insurance Company the undersigned trustee will on March 08, 2011 at the hour of 1:00pm, Standard of Time, as established by Section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statutes, At the Bond Street entrance to Deschutes County Courthouse 1164 NW Bond, City of Bend, County of Deschutes, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by him of the said trust deed, together with any interest which the grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said trust deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expense of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.753 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, trustee's and attorney's fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or trust deed, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale. In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes plural, the word "grantor" includes any successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other persons owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said trust deed, the words "trustee" and "beneficiary" includes their respective successors in interest, if any. Dated: October 29, 2010. NOTICE TO TENANTS: If you are a tenant of this property, foreclosure could affect your rental agreement. A purchaser who buys this property at a foreclosure sale has the right to require you to move out after giving you notice of the requirement. If you do not have a fixed-term lease, the purchaser may require you to move out after giving you a 30- day notice on or after the date of the sale. If you have a fixed-term lease, you may be entitled to receive after the date of the sale a 60-day notice of the purchaser's requirement that you move out To be entitled to either a 30-day or 60-day notice, you must give the trustee of the property written evidence of your rental agreement at least 30 days before the date first set for the sale. If you have a fixed-term lease and cannot provide a copy of the rental agreement, you may give the trustee other written evidence of the existence of the rental agreement. The date that is 30 days before the date of the sale is February 06, 2011, the name of the trustee and the trustee's mailing address are listed on this notice. Federal law may grant you additional rights, including a right to a longer notice period. Consult a lawyer for more information about you rights under federal law.

You have the right to apply your security deposit and any rent you prepaid toward your current obligation under your rental agreement. If you want to do so, you must notify your landlord in writing and in advance that you intend to do so. If you believe you need legal assistance with this matter, you may contact the Oregon State Bar and ask for the lawyer referral service. Contact information for the Oregon State Bar is included with this notice: If you have a low income and meet federal poverty guide-lines, you may be eligible for free legal assistance. Contact information for where you can obtain free legal assistance is included with this notice. OREGON STATE BAR 16037 SW Upper Boones Ferry Road Tigard, Oregon 97224 (503) 620-0222 (800) 452-8260 http://www.osbar.org Directory of Legal Aid Programs:http://www.oregonlawhelp.org First American Title Insurance Company C/o Cal-western Reconveyance Corporation P.O. Box 22004 El Cajon CA 92022-9004 First American Title Insurance Company Signature/By: Tammy Laird R-355428 12/03, 12/10, 12/17, 12/24

Request for Proposals for HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Voucher (HUD-VASH) for Project-Based Assistance for Veterans.

Proposals Due by 4:00 p.m. on January 10, 2011.

Housing Works will be accepting proposals from developers and property owners of newly constructed and/or existing rental housing interested in participating in the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Voucher (HUD-VASH) Project-Based Assistance program for Veterans. Newly constructed and/or existing housing that is ready for occupancy within 30 days of selection and requires no substantial rehabilitation.

HUD-VASH is a federal rental assistance program that aids low to moderate income veterans through the attachment of rental subsidies to single and multifamily housing units. The rental subsidy is paid by HUD through

Housing Works and reduces an eligible family’s monthly housing costs to no more than 40% of adjusted monthly income. The Housing Authority seeks to meet the goal of poverty deconcentration with a limited award of HUD-VASH vouchers.

Housing works is applying for an allocation of 10 HUD-VASH rental assistance vouchers.

The Housing Authority’s intent is to issue a maximum of 10 project-based vouchers to eligible, newly constructed and/or existing rental housing projects located in Crook, Deschutes and/or Jefferson counties. Interested property owners may apply for HUD-VASH project-based rental assistance vouchers by submitting a proposal to Housing Works.

Further details and proposal submission requirements are included in a Request for Proposals (RFP) packet. RFP packets will be available December 13, 2010 at the offices of Housing Works, 405 SW 6th Street, Redmond, OR 97756 or by contacting Kenny La Point, Director of Housing & Resident Services, at 541-323-7419.

Proposals will be received until 4:00 p.m. PST, January 10, 2011 at the office of Housing Works, 405 SW 6th Street, Redmond, OR 97756.

PROPOSALS NOT RECEIVED

BY THAT TIME, OR LEFT AT ANY OTHER LOCATION, WILL NOT BY ACCEPTED AND WILL BE RETURNED UNOPENED. Proposals sent via facsimile or internet will not be accepted.

Housing Works reserves the right to: reject any or all proposals, waive any information in the RFP process, and/or cancel in whole or part this Request for Proposals if it is in the best interest of Housing Works to do so.

Participation in the HUD-VASH Project-Based Assistance Program requires compliance with the Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity requirements under federal law and regulation.

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LEGAL NOTICE TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THE FOREGOING INSTRUMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE NOTICE, PURSUANT TO ORS 86.740, THAT THE GRANTOR OF THE TRUST DEED DESCRIBED BELOW HAS DEFAULTED ON ITS OBLIGATIONS TO BENEFICIARY, AND THAT THE BENEFICIARY AND SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE UNDER THE TRUST DEED HAVE ELECTED TO SELL THE PROPERTY SECURED BY THE TRUST DEED: TRUST DEED AND PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: This instrument makes reference to that certain deed of trust dated April 29, 2003 and recorded on May 6, 2003, as instrument number 2003-30046, in the Official Records of Deschutes County, State of Oregon, as modified by that certain Modification of Deed of Trust dated August 28, 2006 and recorded on August 30, 2006, as instrument number 2006-59631, wherein BOB T. EARL and BARBARA A. EARL, as tenants by the entirety, are the Grantor and AMERICAN STATES TITLE COMPANY is the original Trustee, and HOME FEDERAL BANK, successor-in-interest to COMMUNITY FIRST BANK, is the Beneficiary (the "Trust Deed"). The aforementioned Trust Deed covers property (the "Property") described as: Legal Description: Lot Six (6) of Section Six (6), Township Sixteen (16) South, Range Thirteen (13), East of the Willamette Meridian, Deschutes County, Oregon. EXCEPTING THEREFROM that portion of the Southwest quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 6, Township 16 South, Range 13, East of the Willamette Meridian, lying and being East of the new Dalles-California Highway. ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM that portion lying with the limits of the Dalles-California Highway as deeded by Warranty Deed recorded November 16, 1990, in Book 223, Page 1095, Deschutes County Records. Also commonly described as: 4545 SW Quarry Ave, Redmond, OR 97756.

The tax parcel number(s) are: 130710. The undersigned hereby certifies that she/he has no knowledge of any assignments of the Trust Deed by the Trustee or by the Beneficiary or any appointments of a Successor Trustee other than the appointment of JEFFREY C. GARDNER, as Successor Trustee as recorded in the property records of the county in which the Property described above is situated. Further, the undersigned certifies that no action has been instituted to recover the debt, or any part thereof, now remaining secured by the Trust Deed. Or, if such action has been instituted, it has been dismissed except as permitted by ORS 86.735(4). The name and address of Successor Trustee are as follows: Jeffrey C. Gardner, Successor Trustee, Ball Janik LLP, 101 SW Main Street, Suite 1100, Portland, Oregon 97204-3219. The Trust Deed is not a "Residential Trust Deed", as defined in ORS 86.705(3), thus the requirements of Chapter 19, Section 20, Oregon Laws 2008, and Chapter 864 [S.B. 628], Oregon Laws 2009, do not apply. DEFAULT BY BORROWER: There are continuing and uncured defaults by Bob T. Earl and Barbara A. Earl (collectively, the "Borrower") that, based on the provisions of the Trust Deed and the written documents for Loan No. 42500387, including the promissory note dated and effective as of August 28, 2006 (the "Note"), authorize the foreclosure of the Trust Deed and the sale of the Property described above, which uncured and continuing defaults include but are not necessarily limited to the following: 1. Borrower's failure to pay to Beneficiary, when and in the full amounts due, monthly installments as set forth on the Note secured by said Trust Deed. Monthly installments in the approximate amount of $9,010.34, which includes principal and interest, are due for the months of July, 2010 and each and every month thereafter until paid. Charges and fees through and including September 29, 2010 total $4,393.11. Interest due as of (i.e., through and including) September 29, 2010 is in the amount of $17,869.11 and continues to accrue at the contract rate or $165.47 per diem. ALL AMOUNTS are now due and payable along with all costs and fees associated with this foreclosure. 2. As to the defaults which do not involve payment of money to the Beneficiary of the Trust Deed, the Borrower must cure each such default. Listed below are the defaults which do not involve payment of money to the Beneficiary of the Trust Deed. Opposite each such listed default is a brief description of the action necessary to cure the default and a description of the documentation necessary to show that the default has been cured. The list does not exhaust all possible other defaults; any and all defaults identified by Beneficiary or the Successor Trustee that are not listed below must also be cured. OTHER DEFAULT: Non-Payment of Taxes and/or Assessments. Description of Action Required to Cure and Documentation Necessary to Show Cure: Deliver to Successor Trustee written proof that all taxes and assessments against the Real Property are paid current. TOTAL UNCURED MONETARY (PAYMENT) DEFAULT: By reason of said uncured and continuing defaults, the Beneficiary has accelerated and declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by the Trust Deed and the Property immediately due and payable. The sums due and payable being the following: Unpaid principal amount owing pursuant to the Obligations, as of September 29, 2010: $996,550.79. Unpaid interest owing pursuant to the Obligations as of September 29, 2010: $17,869.11. Accrued and unpaid fees, costs and collection expenses (not including attorneys fees and costs) to September 29, 2010: $4,393.11. TOTAL DUE: $1,018,813.01. Accordingly, the sum owing on the obligation secured by the Trust Deed is $1,018,813.01, as of September 29, 2010, together with interest accruing on the principal portion of that amount, plus additional costs and expenses incurred by Beneficiary and/or the Successor Trustee (including their respective attorney's fees, costs, and expenses). ELECTION TO SELL: Notice is hereby given that the Beneficiary, by reason of the uncured and continuing defaults described above, has elected and does hereby elect to foreclose said Trust Deed by advertisement and sale pursuant to ORS 86.735 et seq., and to cause to be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the Grantor's interest in the subject Property, which the Grantor had, or had the power to convey, at the time the Grantor executed the Trust Deed in favor of the Beneficiary, along with any interest the Grantor or the Grantor's successors in interest acquired after the execution of the Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations secured by the Trust Deed as well as the expenses of the sale, including compensation of the Trustee as provided by law, and the reasonable fees of Trustee's attorneys. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the sale will be held at the hour of 11:00 a.m., in accordance with the standard of time established by ORS 187.110, on March 1, 2011, on the front steps of the main entrance to the Deschutes County Courthouse, 1164 NW Bond Street, Bend, Oregon 97701. RIGHT OF REINSTATEMENT: Notice is further given that any person named in ORS 86.753 has the right, at any time prior to five (5) days before the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Trust Deed satisfied by (A) payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due, other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred, together with the costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the terms of the obligation, as well as Successor Trustee and attorney fees as prescribed by ORS 86.753); and (B) by curing all such other continuing and uncured defaults as noted in this Notice. If you believe you need legal assistance, contact the Oregon State Bar and ask for the lawyer referral service. Contact information for the Oregon State Bar is included with this notice. If you do not have enough money to pay a lawyer and are otherwise eligible, you may be able to receive legal assistance for free. Information about whom to contact for free legal assistance is included with this notice. If you need help finding a lawyer, you may call the Oregon State Bar's Lawyer Referral Service at 503-684-3763 or toll-free in Oregon at 800-452-7636 or you may visit its website at www.osbar.org. Legal assistance may be available if you have a low income and meet federal poverty guidelines. For more information and a directory of legal aid programs, go to http://www.oregonlawhelp.org. DATED October 5, 2010 By: Jeffrey C. Gardner, OSB 98054, Successor Trustee, Ball Janik LLP, 101 SW Main Street, Suite 1100, Portland, Oregon 97204-3219, Telephone: (503) 228-2525, Facsimile: (503) 295-1058, Email: jgardner@balljanik.com.

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or an artist, few things are sweeter than the realization that other people appreciate your work.

Money? Fame? Sure, they’re nice, but elusive. And they’re fleeting, especially compared to the karmic character that comes with creating art, attracting an audience and making connections through creativity.

If 2009 was the year Central Oregon’s musicians coalesced into a solid, self-sufficient scene, 2010 was when people on the outside began to really develop a taste for this region’s audible treats.

Larry and His Flask scored a tasty opening spot on a major tour and made an impression on thousands of people across the country. Sara Jackson-Holman’s delectable debut album garnered rave reviews from all corners of the music-criticsphere.

The Last Band Standing competition drew hundreds to Boondocks and stoked unprecedented hunger for local acts; names like Mosley Wotta, Kleverkill and Empty Space Orchestra stayed on the tips of local tongues all summer. And Bend-based bands High Desert Hooligans and Eric Tollefson & The World’s Greatest Lovers made pilgrimages to play one of L.A.’s most famous venues, the Whisky a Go Go. And hey, if you can get a gig on Hollywood’s oversaturated, sugar-rush Sunset Strip, you can play anywhere, right?

Here’s the bottom line, local music fan: Several of our bands — your bands — are at the point where they can play anywhere, or they’re on a fast track in that direction.

And that’s great for them, their bank accounts, their reputations, their future endeavors. That it’s great for the Central Oregon music scene as a whole is just icing on the cake.

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year in music 2010

The local scene

By Ben Salmon • The Bulletin

TOP 10

As always, Central Oregon’s musicians spent 2010 pouring their time, money and talent into recording their songs and making them available to the world. Here are my 10 favorite local albums of the year.

A.M. INTERSTATE, ‘LOVE YOUR SNIPER’

MÄI, ‘RESTLESS’

Now a few years removed from slots at major music festivals, Redmond’s enigmatic Erickson brothers seem content to stick close to home, crank out records, gig at bars and wait for their predetermined rise to stardom. Perhaps “Love Your Sniper” is their ticket; here, Seth and Cy synthesize sunbaked twang, heavy-lidded psychedelia, poppy Beatles-worship and mustachioed swagger better than ever before. Tune in, turn on, fuzz out.

Fans of local Americana band the Moon Mountain Ramblers will find plenty to like on this, the solo debut of Rambler guitarist Matthew “Mäi” Hyman. On “Restless,” Hyman sings songs of wanderlust and heartbreak through one of the most convincingly twangy voices around. Blues, bluegrass, soul, pop and country poke their heads up here, befitting a man who admits he is not naturally inclined to stay in one place for very long.

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DENNIS MCGREGOR, ‘BEHIND THE BEAT, BELOW THE NOTE’

The mysterious strangelings in CPC seem unhurried, unconventional; the band has long gigged in fits and starts, and for years, the only place to hear their music was an arcane MySpace. Then last summer, this DIY CD showed up on Ranch Records’ counter, replete with lush, experimental guitar pop that chimes through your ears like a gentle windstorm. Fingers crossed for more activity. Bend needs more weird.

For years, Sisters has had a vibrant and convivial songwriting scene, where musicians work together, play together, and encourage each other’s efforts. Dennis McGregor is a major cog in that scene, so it’s no surprise his music has a soulful, easygoing vibe akin to a late-night, beer-soaked jam session. Backed by some of the best players in Sisters, McGregor’s third solo album unfolds with charming precision.

GARY FULKERSON, ‘FLOAT AND SCATTER’

MINDSCAPE, ‘TYPICAL NIGHT LIFE’

For some, music is something to dance to, to bump in the car. For others, music is lifeblood. It’s the only key that fits in a lock long rusted shut. “Float and Scatter” is the latter, a quiet wonder where fingerpicked guitars flutter, violins and cellos swoon, and Bend’s Gary Fulkerson sings cathartic tunes in a downcast sigh. “When I wrote that first song,” he told The Bulletin in March, “it was as if I had released a breath that I’d been holding in for a century.”

A founding member of local hip-hop mega-clan Person People, Mindscape (aka Mike Fish) builds his solo albums meticulously to ensure each rhyme stays tight and each beat snaps just right. The 15 songs on “Typical Night Life” float in a sea of brooding, jazzy beats (provided in part by fellow PPHeads Mez, A-Bomb and Barisone), but it’s Fish’s steady, serpentine flow that has pushed him to the front of Bend’s hip-hop scene.

TODD HAABY, ‘INTO THE NIGHT’ Wandering downtown during a late-summer First Friday, I bumped into a huge, buzzing ball of energy blocking the sidewalk, the breezeway and part of Wall Street. Scores were gathered in front of Bellatazza to watch Todd Haaby’s band play his dynamic, fingers-flying Spanish guitar music that sounds like sheets of multicolored rain smacking the hot streets of Seville. The electricity was palpable in the air that evening, as it is on “Into the Night.”

SARA JACKSON-HOLMAN, ‘WHEN YOU DREAM’ Out of nowhere and seemingly overnight, Sara Jackson-Holman zoomed from college dorm room to critically acclaimed debut album in 2010. “When You Dream” is a gorgeous, gauzy collision of the 22-year-old’s classical training and fresh appreciation for pop music. Her voice and piano skills are wow-worthy, but if knack for memorable melodies is a gift, Jackson-Holman will be unwrapping for years.

4 MORE OF NOTE • Blackstrap, “Tales from the American Roadside” Precisely picked bluegrass that’ll tickle your traditional bent.

• Cloaked Characters, “Let Me In” More left-of-center beats ’n’ treats from the prolific party crew.

• Guy J Jackson and David Finch, “Oddfrost” Eccentric spoken-word stories set to cool jazz. Far out, man.

• Michelle Van Handel, “Goodbye Blues” Jazzy, feel-good tropicalia to carry you through the winter.

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MOSLEY WOTTA, ‘WAKE’ Thanks to hard work and his win in last summer’s Last Band Standing contest, Mosley Wotta — aka local MC/painter/poet/teacher/cultural ambassador Jason Graham — is basically famous in Bend these days. And for good reason. The motor-mouthed missives on “Wake” are classic MoWo: clever, funny, heartfelt, vulnerable. More traditional hip-hop, less like his current live-band sound. And great enough to make him famous everywhere else, too.

TUCK AND ROLL, ‘TIME TO RUN’ I once had a friend who saw Tuck and Roll perform and tell me, “I don’t like that ’90s, nasally, Blink-182 kind of stuff.” Well, I do. And even if you don’t, you like a song with hooks, don’t you? On that point, this coltish quartet delivers over and over again.

Guitars buzz, drums bash, and melodies gleefully careen around like a pop-punk geek pogoing along to the catchiest chorus ever. If you don’t love this, you must hate fun.

Flask on vinyl For the first time in recent memory, a Central Oregon band pressed its music onto glorious vinyl. From Oregon to Florida, Larry and His Flask fans old and new snapped up the band’s self-titled 7-inch — 1,000 copies made, in red and white vinyl — and a label picked it up for wider release in 2011.

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Digital playground In 2010, the cutting-edge gathering spot du jour is Soundcloud.com, where it’s easy to upload tracks and give/receive feedback. Locally, electro-alchemists with cryptic names like Sicilian, CalicoLeaf, Flying Kites, SPNBNDR and BasssGhost use the site as a sonic canvas. Seek ’em out and soak up the futuresounds.

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In 2010, two of Bend’s most popular bands put out live albums in two very different forms.

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Folk explosion

Short but sweet

American folk music surged in the 1960s. Five decades later, Central Oregon experienced its own little folk revival, and it seemed like every time you turn, turn, turned around, a guy or gal was singing simple tunes about life and its lessons.

Not that our local artists necessarily stuck to tradition.

Folk took on all forms ‘round these parts, from polished (Tim Coffey’s “Strings Unbound”) and poppy (Chris Beland’s “The Weather Man”) to psychedelic (KouseFly’s “Down By A Billion”) and jammy (Greg Botsford’s “Dreamtime”.)

Among the ladies, Deb Yager’s “Six Song Austin Demo” showcased her affable folk-pop sound, and Kim Kelley teamed with her brother, Beau Burt, for “Bloodline,” a set of songs with more than a hint of Thinkstock Texas twang.

In the 1990s, the running time of the average album ballooned as musicians who couldn’t resist the compact disc’s 74-minute capacity indulged their every whim and insisted on filling each nook and cranny with sound. They forgot (or ignored) that there is tremendous value in brevity, especially in pop music.

Consider, then, one of the industry’s most underrated formats, the extended player, or EP. Generally four to six songs long, the EP allows artists to get in, do their thing, and get out before you can even think of hitting the “skip” button.

Three local acts went the EP way in 2010. Before they moved to chase big-city fame, the young dudes in The Autonomics dropped a five-song slab of howling, hip-shaking blues-rock, a la Modest Mouse meets the White Stripes.

Then, the skilled and stylish quintet Elliot served up five slices of its arena-ready pop-rock anthems on the “Blue + Black” EP. Finally, MC Amsterdam teamed up with Oregon homeboy The Kid Espi for four tracks of dope, Sapient-produced hip-hop on “Champagne and French Toast.” (Download it free at www.thekidespi.com.)

Average running time of those three? Just over 17 minutes. In this web-fueled ADD world, that’s plenty.

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BAND OF HORSES “Band of Horses at the Les Schwab Amphitheater. Specifically the fireworks and watching the band light up.”

— Eric Tollefson, singer-songwriter

Keith O’Dell keys/synths, Empty Space Orchestra 1. Dave Matthews Band/Ben Harper weekend at The Gorge. The most rock ’n’ roll, party down, kickass, fun time of my life!

2. The Black Keys, “Brothers” 3. Larry and His Flask at Century Center: Moshing love pit at its finest.

4. Recording our record at the Hangar Studios in Sacramento, Calif., and the fine people that helped us make everything happen.

5. Dirty dirty dirty Yenn show at MadHappy. Had to pick up my melted face off the ground!

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Fireworks sparkle in the distance as Band of Horses performs on May 28 at Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend.

Dana MacKenzie illustrator, designer, music fan 1. Renegade fireworks during the Band of Horses concert at Les Schwab Amphitheater: What a perfect moment, during a perfect concert.

Mother Nature threatened to ruin everything, but as soon as Ben Bridwell and the crew took stage, the sky opened up. The fireworks were so epic, that Ben actually lost track of his vocals for a split second. Pretty magical moment, to say the least.

2. GWAR at Midtown/Cuttlefish mayhem at Ranch Records: This was personally a big day for me. As I had designed the gig poster for the show (thanks to Markie Wirges of Catapult Presents) I was granted backstage passes for the concert in addition to doing a poster signing at Ranch Records. Met the band. Watched Oderus transform before my very eyes.

Epic concert. Soaked in blood head-to-

toe. Make-a-Wish complete.

3. Michael Franti in-crowd mini stage: During his awesome show at Les Schwab Amphitheater, Franti came out into the crowd and played on a 6-by6-foot stage, 10 feet in front of where I was standing for the show. Couldn’t have timed things better. Awesome moment!

4. “Fly back to Canada!!” were the words shouted by the Barenaked Ladies during their summer concert, as a flock of Canada geese flew directly over the amphitheater during their show. Ah yes, a bit of local drama came full circle via the boys from the Great White North.

Love it!

5. Larry and His Flask celebrate national Record Store Day, in the alley behind Ranch Records. OK, I’ve lived in Bend for coming on six years, and yes … I’ll admit … this was my first LAHF show … but man oh man, what a way to discover a band. Instant fan for life.

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1. Band of Horses, Les Schwab Amphitheater. Amazing show, the highlight being the surprise display of fireworks during “Monsters” (even the band was surprised)! Kudos to whomever was in charge of that!

2. Pickathon, Happy Valley. The best music fest out there. I could go on and on about it.

3. Paulina Springs Books in Sisters. Richmond Fontaine frontman Willy Vlautin reads from his latest novel “Lean On Pete” while Paul Brainard plays on slide guitar. An intimate experience with members of a band I’ve admired for years. Got my book signed, and it comes with a CD of instrumental music to listen to while you read his book (which I recommend)!

4. The Thermals, Tower Theatre. Moshing at the Tower. Was that a first?

Jumpy, poppy, good ol’ indie-time. Sharing the floor with 30+ other pogo people while The Thermals power through a great set and end with a great Weezer cover.

5. Built To Spill, Domino Room. Ahhh BTS, they never disappoint. Endless joy and a great acoustic set by Mr. Doug Martsch followed by an incredible last set that left me glowing for a week. Didn’t understand the need for folks to “mosh” but I think I’m just getting old.

5.5. Trainwreck, Mountain’s Edge. Just seeing ladies man Kyle Gass wearing a wig and the infamous “Lee … I’m talking f’in Lee” earns a spot here.

“Bella Via live at Red Oak alpaca farm (in La Pine).”

— Sheila O’Malley, owner, Jade’s Jazz Lounge, La Pine

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LAST BAND STANDING “Last Band Standing. That so rocked!”

— Sheila O’Malley, owner, Jade’s Jazz Lounge, La Pine

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bassist, Warm Gadget 1. ”Get Some” by Empty Space Orchestra. Booty-shaking danceability meets epic stoner space-rock. Awesome song. Just you wait till that CD drops.

2. Despite its organizational flaws and ridiculous inability to accurately count the vote of every single attendee, Last Band Standing injected a lot of energy into the local music scene and introduced all of us to a lot of bands we wouldn’t have gone to see otherwise. Boondocks was a killer venue for a rock show, with great sound in a great room, and it’s a shame they make more money on Top 40 dance music than us rock fans would ever bring in there to justify the trade-off.

Ultimately, Mosley Wotta throws together a band of people he loves and wins Last Band Standing about four hours later, then works so hard to keep that momentum that I have no idea what happened to Topsecret Records or their fancy van, and who cares, anyway? I’m sure of one thing: Jason Graham is really happy to be up there making us smile at every single show, and he’s doing it on his own terms!

3. Reggie Martinez’s transformation of the Bendistillery Martini Bar into the MadHappy Lounge, another step toward fulfilling the dream he’s been cultivating for the last 20 years, and giving everyone from my old friend Tony Smiley to some Living Legends a place to play to an intimate crowd.

4. Reading local bands’ Facebook posts from all over hell and back. Larry and His Flask got their picture taken with Obama? Capture the Flag is in Timbuktu? Craziness! I bounced all those guys out of punk rock shows at the Domino Room before they could drive. Keep it up, boys!

drummer, Tuck and Roll Disclaimer: For some reason I mainly remember things that occurred in September. Strange … I wonder what happened the rest of the year.

1. Sept. 14, Superchunk releases “Majesty Shredding.” It has been nine years since they put out an album and they sound as vibrant as they did when they released their first 7-inch in 1989.

2. Sept. 8, The Thermals play the Tower Theatre. It was the day after their new album “Personal Life” was released.

They played a good mix of material (“Our Trip” was sadly missed) and included a great cover of Weezer’s “My Name Is Jonas” during the encore!

3. April-July, Last Band Standing.

Or, the good, the bad and the ugly.

Who knew there were so many bands in Bend? Some people took it far too seriously and the Craigslist musicians’ postings became very amusing around this time. At least people came out

“Last Band Standing! What a great collection of great local talent!”

— David Finch, keys, Two/Thirds Trio

“Seeing Mumford & Sons perform. They are even better live than on their album.”

— Sara Jackson-Holman, singer-songwriter

Mumford & Sons Submitted photo

to see live music and to hear bands they normally wouldn’t go see. Voting shenanigans aside, I think Mosley Wotta definitely deserved the win.

4. Sept. 13, pop-punk nirvana at MadHappy Lounge. Breaker Breaker One Niner (San Diego), Know Your Saints (Seattle), Tuck and Roll (Bend).

MadHappy is an incredibly intimate (i.e. awesome) space to see a band.

You aren’t really at a show unless you can fondle the band at will. Kudos to MadHappy for booking live music.

Honorable mention goes to The Redwood Plan (Seattle) at MadHappy on Oct. 2.

5. Nov. 10, Built to Spill at the Domino Room. Good representation of their catalog without the extended guitar jam that has sent me home early in the past. (I like my pop concise and to the point.) “Big Dipper” was sorely missed, but I suppose “In the Morning” was an acceptable substitute. I think Doug Martsch may suffer from restless leg syndrome.

Dori Donoho host, “Homegrown Music Showcase,” Clear 101.7 FM (Thursdays, 8 p.m.)

1. Mumford & Sons, “Sigh No More.” It absolutely “bleeping” rocks!

2. “Homegrown Music Showcase” caught up to technology. My days of burning CDs for artists are over. Just download it from the website now.

3. Making MoWo a habit this year. Mosley Wotta: the music, the man, the vibe.

4. Los Lonely Boys melted my face off at the Clear Summer Nights concert!

5. Sisters Folk Festival. Definitely the Sisters Folk Festival.

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year in music 2010

What others thought

By Ben Salmon • The B ullet in

What people said about …

PDX CHANGE

Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, Dec. 8 at Mountain View High School

“Heavenly …”

“PDXchange Program inspired the heck out of me.”

— Rhoda Jones, co-owner, Midtown Ballroom

— Brian Hinderberger, singer-songwriter, KouseFly

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The Helio Sequence plays a PDXchange Program show at Bend’s Tower Theatre.

Karin Cavanaugh Tower Theatre concessions manager If beer and popcorn sales = votes, then these were the Tower’s most popular music acts of 2010: 1. PDXchange Program series 2. Brandi Carlile 3. Leon Russell 4. Steve Earle 5. David Grisman

TROMBONE SHORTY

“My jaw dropped watching drummer Lindsey Elias play with The Helio Sequence at the Tower Theatre during a PDXchange show. She matched Benjamin Weikel in stride during ‘Harmonica Song’ and brought the house down.”

— Eric Tollefson, singer-songwriter

Michael Funke DJ, “The Psychedelic Protest” on KPOV (Saturdays, 12-2 p.m.)

Trombone Shorty, Sisters High School, March 16. One of the off-season fundraisers for the Americana Project and Sisters Folk Festival, organized by Brad Tisdel. If you were there you got to see one of the most amazing young, yet veteran New Orleans trombone/trumpet players just as he was breaking out nationally with a new CD and on HBO’s “Treme.”

This was one of the most exciting shows to come to Central Oregon in a long time. Hundreds of Central Oregonians of all ages whooping and hollering in a second line that snaked around the auditorium. A real community event and afterward band members told me we were way better than their San Francisco audience the day before. Everybody scream! YEAH!!

Trombone Shorty Ben Salmon / The Bulletin ile photo

“Let’s see … the most innovative banjo player ever (Béla), maybe the best bass player on Earth (Victor Wooten), the guy who plays sax for the Dave Matthews Band (Jeff Coffin), Futureman thumping out percussion on the Drumitar he invented, four of the best throat singers in the world, and a surprise appearance

by Casey Driessen, perhaps the top newgrass/bluegrass fiddler.

Playing Christmas music like you’ve never heard it played before. I’m biased since this was a benefit for KPOV, where I volunteer.

But, really, this was some show.”

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— Michael Funke, KPOV DJ

“Best show in Bend in 2010, and maybe way beyond!”

— Stacy Totland, co-founder, 4 Peaks Music Festival

“The first third or so of Keith Richards’ autobiography. He was quite the Boy Scout; talks about Lord Baden-Powell in the glowingest of terms. Who knew?”

— Willie Carmichael, folk singer

Richard Perry New York Times News Service

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year in music 2010

Highlights of the year in music from those closest to Central Oregon’s scene

Larry and His Flask’s most listened to albums of 2010:

BUILT TO SPILL

Possessed by Paul James, “Feed the Family” Punch Brothers, “Anitfogmatic” Noman, “Broadcast” Murder by Death, “Good Morning, Magpie” The Tallest Man on Earth, “Shallow Grave”

BRANDI CARLILE

Ryan Brennecke / The Bulletin ile photo

Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile sold out two nights in March at the Tower Theatre in Bend.

Tim Coffey

Kim Kelley

singer-songwriter, Hilst & Coffey 1. Brandi Carlile at the Tower Theatre. Awesome show!

2. My Breedlove OM-R Revival and Breedlove’s support.

3. The release (finally) of my first CD “Strings Unbound.”

4. Rockin’ with a cellist.

(Talk about “alternative”!)

5. The phenomenal support from the Bend community for local music.

singer-songwriter 1. Tower performances by young and a-littleless-young, sexy female vocalists Brandi Carlile and Margo Timmins (of Cowboy Junkies)!

2. Karin Skelton (of Things On A Cat) playing her cajon with reckless abandon at the Bend Roots Revival. I will miss your smile and sway, Karin. (Karin passed on Nov. 17.)

3. Marc Saccoman, bassist extraordinaire, moving back to Bend! I knew he would be back all along!

4. The release of “Bloodline,” my second CD, a joint project with my brother, Beau Burt of Dallas, Texas.

5. Billy Bragg’s music/comedy/political commentary show at the Tower Theatre.

“Built to Spill at the Domino Room. Super noisy, melodic and messy, they were the closest thing to ‘wrecked rock’ from out of town yet.”

— Wayne Newcome, guru and chief rock wrecker, Problem Stick Andy Tullis / The Bulletin ile photo

Doug Martsch and Built to Spill filled the Domino Room with waves of guitar-rock Nov. 10.

Jamie Houghton bass/vocals, Broken Down Guitars 1. Dela Project and Skull’s goose bump-inducing Halloween show.

2. Silver Moon for continuously introducing me to music I’ve never heard of and can’t live without, like The White Buffalo and Fish Out of Water.

3. Taarka. Every. Time.

4. Sean Hayes at Poethouse on his “Run Wolves Run” tour.

5. John Hiatt at Athletic Club of Bend. He’s a legendary songwriter. What a crowd. I got hugs from strangers that night!

SPL, aka Sam Pool Portland-based electronic musician, Bend native Burning Man. Think surviving for seven days in the harsh Nevada desert while surrounded by some of the most impressive art installations on planet Earth, worldclass Funktion One sound and the best electronic music the U.S. has to offer. This all amounts to something like “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome” meets a 50,000person Martian disco zoo. I learned why so many people are obsessed.

Yelawolf. On New Year’s Day, this Alabama hip-hop artist released his “Trunk Muzik” mixtape, which led to his signing on Interscope and subsequent album release in November. Since that moment, he has been unstoppable with his down-South swagger and obsession with box Chevys. His lyrics, beats and twisted flow feel so good they must be dangerous.

Three words: Fire, fire and fire.

Big Boi. The production and lyrical prowess on “Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty” is so next-level I just can’t get enough. I love every track. I’m impressed by how much relentless creativity and talent is packed into one release.

Triage. Little does Central Oregon know that two of the three guys (Dan Flatten and Ryan Chandler) that make up Triage are from Bend and the other ninja (Seth Norman) is from Portland. Their music is bass-focused with a cyberpunk funk and swampy drive backed by world-class production and sound engineering prowess. I’m in love with everything these guys come up with, and I consider myself very picky with my bass music. Their music is being played all over the globe and tour dates are popping up at an increasing rate. I have the pleasure of knowing them, and it has been a joy working with them time and time again.

EPROM. This guy is frustratingly good. He picks unique sounds and puts them together in unique ways.

Mind-bendingly fresh soundscapes are what I crave, even if his work makes me feel like throwing in the towel sometimes. Bay Area hyphy-laden bass-driven intelligent street beats just about sums it up.

Check it out: www.eprom .bandcamp.com/track/robotsextape

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year in music 2010

The year’s best albums

By Ben Salmon • The Bulletin

TOP 5

The best music of 2010 came from all over the world, from the American South to Iceland to the far end of Australia.

Below are the five finest albums of the year, followed by a bunch more that you need to hear.

Band of Horses

“INFINITE ARMS” (Columbia/Fat Possum) My wife, standing in our little house, holding our 3-month-old daughter. Band of Horses’ “Infinite Arms” on the stereo, reaching the sublime, singsong “ahh-ahh-ahh” coda of its final track, “Neighbor.” We sing along with Ben Bridwell and his exquisitely skilled comrades, all in good fun until we realize the baby is copying us, straining

to squeak out her own little harmony. Is that sappy sentimentalism instead of Serious Objective Music Writing? Sure, and it’s only part of the reason I believe Band of Horses’ third album is the best of 2010. The rest lies in these beautiful, bucolic backporch-pop songs that are as breezy as rustling leaves and shimmery as the moon reflecting off water. “Infinite Arms” is the sound of a man and a band at the very top of their game.

“LET IT SWAY” (Polyvinyl) The third album from Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin continues the band’s evolution from wispy indie kids to pop-rock prodigies.

These fresh-faced Missourians overflow with unimpeachable melodic ideas, as evidenced by the dreamy bedroom jangle of “Stuart Gets Lost

Dans Le Metro,” the fuzzy amble of “Made to Last,” and the perfect guitar crunch of “Sink/Let It Sway” and “All Hail Dracula!” SSLYBY isn’t flashy, but they know their strengths and they stick to them. In a just world, their music would rule the charts. In the world we’re stuck with, they’ll have to settle for being the single best underground pop band going.

“SIR LUCIOUS LEFT FOOT: THE SON OF CHICO DUSTY” (Def Jam) The backstory of Andre “Big Boi” Patton and his solo debut are well known: He’s the less acclaimed half of Outkast, and “Sir Lucious” was delayed repeatedly by record label problems.

None of that matters now, because these 15 tracks hit hard, like a carpet-bombing of fu-

turistic funk-rap that fuses Southern culture, modern bling-hop and a touch of a sly playfulness. The vastly underrated Patton anchors the show, cleverly tweaking standard hip-hop subjects (money, women, drugs) while maintaining one of the strongest, steadiest flows in the game. Trying to ride a rising hype-tide without stumbling is always tricky, but “Sir Lucious” is well worth the wait.

“INNERSPEAKER” (Modular) Perth, Australia is often cited as the most remote city in the world, perched on the far side of sparsely populated Western Australia. From the middle of nowhere, then, comes Tame Impala, a trio with a strong connection to the musical outside world. Their debut album, “Innerspeaker,” is like aural spin art, blending rock,

pop, psych, soaring melodies and the best electric-guitar tone of 2010 into a fuzzy, buzzy swirl reminiscent of Swedish retro-rockers Dungen, but more accessible, less experimental. Tame Impala is of two worlds: vintage and modern, throwback and progressive, a forward-thinking nod to rock’s vibrant past. A product, perhaps, of hours spent jamming away in their own little corner of Earth.

“GO” (XL) Two years ago in this space, I described Sigur Rós’ fifth album as “warm, lush and inviting — as close to pop as these four guys may ever get.”

Oops. Just two years later, one of those guys — frontman and Icelandic wonder Jón Thor Birgisson — has shapeshifted entirely, crafting a solo

album that sounds like aching, epic Sigur Rós songs accelerated, sliced, diced, and pieced back together as dance-pop. The result is one of 2010’s most joyful albums. Imagine a Technicolor jungle: neon creatures tiptoe across the tree tops, birds buzz by, leaving rainbow contrails, sundappled puddles ripple with love. “Go” is always playing in this wonderful, kaleidoscopic world.

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Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Courtesy Wesley Hamilton

Big Boi

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Tame Impala

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Jónsi

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Cool sounds from around the world

BEST OF THE REST Rock / Psych / Punk

Hip-hop / Soul

RYAN ADAMS & THE CARDINALS, “III/IV” (PaxAm) Leave it to alt/country/hippie/rock’s songwriting savant to show up Dec. 14, release a two-disc set of cast-offs from four-year-old recording sessions, and blow to bits the year-end lists of those who love great music.

Unexpectedly, “III/IV” overflows with fun, irreverent and wellcrafted pop-rock, proving for, like, the 10th time that when Adams is on, he is better than every other songwriter you can name. Period.

PURLING HISS, “Hissteria” (Richie) On one of his two albums this year, Phillybased under-the-radar rock icon Mike Polizze unleashes an unceasing assault of howling guitars that will blow your ears off.

Seriously. Don’t hold your breath waiting for him to let off the pedal, because you’ll pass out.

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, “Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys” (Reprise) Goofy power-pop concept records by multiplatinum, don’t-call-us-emo Warped Tour veterans generally don’t find footing with me. Except when those records are packed with songs that are bombastically catchy and totally irresistible. Then they do.

VARIOUS ARTISTS, “Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010” (Matador) Gerard Cosloy — sports blogger, Matador Records co-owner, super-sharp eye for talent — compiles this snapshot of Austin, Texas’ sub-SXSW music scene, a place where grimy guitars and garage-y swagger rule the dives.

These 19 tracks bash and pop like rock ‘n’ roll should.

Courtesy Tiffany Yoon

Purling Hiss • Black Mountain, “Wilderness Heart” (Jagjaguwar) • Maserati, “Pyramid of the Sun” (Temporary Residence Limited) • The Soft Pack, “The Soft Pack” (Kemado) • Quasi, “American Gong” (Kill Rock Stars)

YELAWOLF, “Trunk Muzik” (self-released) This Alabamian MC’s official album came out in late 2010, but it was the “Trunk Muzik” mixtape that best showcased his strengths: smothering bassy beats, unsettling stories of gritty backwoods drama, and a Southern-drawl snarl that spits more fire than Godzilla.

Essential.

ALOE BLACC, “Good Things” (Stones Throw) The soul music revival continued this year, thanks to the usual, competent suspects.

None did it better, though, than this young fellow from L.A. “Good Things” is a throwback to soul’s heyday, packed with vintage horns, dependable bass lines and Aloe Blacc’s perfectly understated voice.

He never tries too hard, and always meets his mark.

DAS RACIST, “Sit Down, Man” (selfreleased) These white-hot Internet heroes released two excellent mixtapes this year, both

Courtesy Bek Anderson

Das Racist jammed wall to wall with rapid-fire pop culture references, left-field beats, and more LOLs than a teen’s text history. In a genre that takes itself too seriously, Das Racist’s lackadaisical winks and nods sound incredibly fresh.

• Freeway & Jake One, “The Stimulus Package” (Rhymesayers) • Janelle Monae, “The ArchAndroid” (Wondaland Arts Society/Bad Boy) • Gorillaz, “Plastic Beach” (Virgin)

Folk / Twang

Courtesy Kristianna Smith

Sharon Van Etten

SHARON VAN ETTEN, “Epic” (Ba Da Bing) A talented young singer-songwriter finds love, gets hurt, and opens a vein. Out of her blood-red pen pours one of the most emotionally raw, atmospherically fetching albums of 2010. Sharon Van Etten has a supple, spellbinding croon, a confessional bent, a sense for crescendo, and a blindingly bright future.

DIERKS BENTLEY, “Up On the Ridge” (Capitol) Handsome country hitmaker indulges his neo-traditionalist tendencies and drinks a full flask of bluegrass-flavored rejuvenation. Solid pickin’, timeless tunes, and a guest list that

includes Del McCoury, Jamey Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Kris Kristofferson and the Punch Brothers. Enough said.

PETER WOLF, “Midnight Souvenirs” (Verve) As both J. Geils band frontman and solo artist, Peter Wolf has mined rock, soul, pop, R&B and twang for more than four decades. On his first album in eight years, he fuses them all with exactly the easygoing expertise you’d expect from a living legend of American music. A sturdier, more rooted album you will not find this year.

• James Blackshaw, “All Is Falling” (Young God) • Laura Veirs, “July Flame” (Raven Marching Band) • Glossary, “Feral Fire” (Rebel Group)

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year in music 2010

The year’s best albums

By Ben Salmon • The Bulletin

BEST OF THE REST power, “Permalight” oozes from every variegated melody.

Indie / Pop

SMALL BLACK, “New Chain” (Jagjaguwar) Underwater beats.

Hazy, hypnagogic melodies. Small Black’s debut album has all the hallmarks of the genre du jour, chillwave. But there is a sense of momentum here — an aversion to aimless drift that drowns so many of their contemporaries — which sets these fizzy electro-pop ditties apart.

SUPERCHUNK, “Majesty Shredding” (Merge) Reunion, reformation, return from hiatus; whatever you call it, these kinds of things rarely end well. On their first album in almost a decade, indie gods Superchunk defied the odds, not only reclaiming their late-’90s status as one of America’s great pop-rock bands, but out-hooking dozens of their descendents along the way.

ARCADE FIRE, “The Suburbs” (Merge) Indie rock’s biggest band tones down the square-jawed seriousness, smooths out its apocalyptic clatter, and scores a No. 1 hit. Who knew nostalgia and suburban ennui would sell so well to Americans? Expansive and enduring, “The Suburbs” may just be the best work of the Arcade Fire’s already brilliant career.

Miscellaneous

Courtesy Jason Arthurs

Superchunk JUNIP, “Fields” (Mute/ City Slang) Transitive property: If Swedish songwriter Jose Gonzalez is a mastermind of hushed, undulating tunes, and his band, Junip, sounds like a slightly scruffier version of his solo work, then Junip’s debut is one of the prettiest albums of the year.

ROGUE WAVE, “Permalight” (Brushfire) In 2007, you could never have convinced me that Zach Rogue would make a better album in 2010 than James Mercer of The Shins/ Broken Bells. Yet what Mercer’s recent work has lacked in passion and

• Dr. Dog, “Shame, Shame” (Anti-) • Midlake, “The Courage of Others” (Bella Union) • Male Bonding, “Nothing Hurts” (Subpop) • The National, “High Violet” (4AD) • Wavves, “King of the Beach” (Fat Possum) • Reading Rainbow, “Prism Eyes” (Hozac) • Title Tracks, “It Was Easy” (Ernest Jenning)

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ALI FARKA TOURÉ AND TOUMANI DIABATÉ, “Ali and Toumani” (Nonesuch) Two giants of African music create beautiful, beguiling songs that are so intimate, you’ll swear you’re sitting in the presence of legends.

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area clubs BEND

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

821 N.W. Wall St., 541-323-2328 1051 N.W. Bond St., 541-318-4833

Bo Restobar 550 N.W. Franklin Ave., 541-617-8880

Bend Jazz Trio, 7-10 pm j A Fine Note Karaoke, 9 pm

Century Center 70 S.W. Century Drive

Crossings Lounge 3075 N. U.S. Highway 97, 541-389-8810

Domino Room 51 N.W. Greenwood Ave., 541-388-1106

The River Pigs, 9 pm r/p Sweatshop Union, 9 pm, $13 h

JC’s Lyible, 9 pm r/p

Blues jam, 8 pm, signups, 7:30 pm

61303 S. U.S. Highway 97, Bend, 541-388-8178

Emerald City, 9 pm r/p

Pine Lane, Anastacia, 8:30 pm a Emerald City, 9 pm r/p

Jazz Sundays, 2 and 5:30 pm

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Texas hold ‘em, 6:30 pm

Hold ‘em free roll, 6:30 pm

Above the Golden State, 6:30 pm r/p Karaoke, 8 pm

1020 N.W. Wall St., 541-385-8898

Holiday Bluegrss Jamboree, 9 pm, $5 a

The Quick and Easy Boys, 9 pm, $7 r/p

DJ Steele, 9 pm dj

Mike Chubick, 3-5 pm j DJ Steele, 9 pm dj Josh Hart Project, 7 pm r/p

Strictly Organic Coffee Co. 6 S.W. Bond St., 541-383-1570

Tart Bistro 920 N.W. Bond St., 541-385-0828

Pitchfork Revolution, 9 pm, $5 a Dillon Schneider & John Allen, 3-5 pm

Open mic, 6-8 pm

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Open mic, 7 pm

Bellavia, 7 pm j

Typhoon 550 N.W. Franklin Ave., 541-322-8889 805 N.W. Wall Street

Lindy Gravelle, 6-9 pm c

r/p

Sidelines Sports Bar & Grill

Velvet

THURSDAY

Tyler Fortier, 7 pm r/p

2754 N.W. Crossing Drive, 541-385-1777

125 N.W. Oregon Ave., 541-749-2440

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Americana Rock/Pop World

Ladies night w/Sarah Spice, 10 pm dj

portello winecafe

The Summit Saloon & Stage

r/p

Open mic, 9 pm

25 S.W. Century Drive, 541-389-2558

24 N.W. Greenwood Ave., 541-388-8331

WEDNESDAY

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Players Bar & Grill

Silver Moon Brewing Co.

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Metal Punk

Dennis Simila, 6 pm f Bill Keale Holiday Concert, 7 pm, $22

157 N.W. Franklin Ave., 541-410-9645

19570 Amber Meadow Drive, 541-728-0095

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Brendon Griffen, 6 pm f

Old Stone Church

River Rim Coffeehouse

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Hip-hop Jazz

Brent Alan/Funky Friends, 7 pm r/p

Mountain’s Edge Bar

384 S.W. Upper Terrace Drive

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Christmas party, 9 pm

700 N.W. Bond St., 541-382-5174

Old Mill Brew Werks

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DJ Folk

Crown Point, 9 pm r/p DJ Barisone, 9 pm dj

McMenamins Old St. Francis

62860 Boyd Acres Road, 541-383-0889

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Josh Hart Project, 8 pm r/p

Hold ‘em free roll, 6:30 pm

642 N.W. Franklin Ave., 541-383-3000

Northside Pub

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Blues Country

MoWo/Eric Tollefson, 8 pm, $13 r/p The River Pigs, 9 pm r/p

939 S.E. Second St., 541-382-5119

850 N.W. Brooks St., 541-388-6868

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TUESDAY

A Fine Note Karaoke, 9 pm

Grover’s Pub

Madhappy Lounge

MONDAY

MUSIC TYPE:

Bill Keale, 6-8 pm r/p

5 Fusion & Sushi Bar Bond Street Grill

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REDMOND Avery’s Wine Bar & Bistro 427 S.W. Eighth St., 541-504-7111

Brassie’s Bar Eagle Crest Resort, 541-548-4220

Millennium Cafe 445 S.W. Sixth St., 541-350-0441

Bellavia, 6 pm j Lindy Gravelle, 7-10 pm c Live Texas Hold ‘em or Omaha, 5 pm

Lindy Gravelle, 7-10 pm c Live Texas Hold ‘em or Omaha, 5 pm

SISTERS Scoots Bar and Grill 175 Larch St., 541-549-1588

The Substitutes, 9 pm r/p

The Substitutes, 9 pm r/p Bond Street Bluegrass Allstars, $5, 8 pm a

The Reputations, 9 pm r/p

The Reputations, 9 pm r/p

DJ Medina, 9:30 pm dj

DJ Medina, 9:30 pm dj

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music releases

Rihanna LOUD Def Jam Recordings Rihanna is back.

Forget the concerns with last year’s dark, disappointing “Rated R,” which awkwardly dealt with her all-too-public breakup with Chris Brown. With the bright and shiny “Loud,” she rebounds with her best album yet.

Though Miss “Umbrella” is understandably best known for her singles, “Loud” rewards those who listen to it as a whole.

The first half is filled with StarGate-produced club anthems, starting with the clever, up-tempo “S&M” and ending with the massive Euro-trance “Only Girl (in the World),” which brings the

drama as well as the BPMs. She slows things down — for “What’s My Name,” which is already No. 1 and deservedly heading for omnipresence, and the soon-to-be smashes “Cheers (Drink to That),” which likely will spawn catch phrases and countless drunken sing-alongs, and “Fading,” a playful kiss-off.

But they all fit together as social tales set in public places.

The epic ballad “California King Bed” is a worthy centerpiece, showing off how Rihanna’s vocals have grown and how she has adapted the seriousness from “Rated R” into a more workable sound.

The second half of “Loud” is more private, filled with regrets and worries, from the ska-influenced “Man Down” to “Love the Way You Lie (Part 2),” the sequel to her hit duet with Eminem, telling the tale from her point of view.

With “Loud,” Rihanna shows that pop albums can be complex and upbeat, thought-provoking and successful. And, man, is “Loud” going to be successful, since every song here is a potential hit. Drink to that, RiRi. — Glenn Gamboa, Newsday

Nicki Minaj PINK FRIDAY Cash Money Records Everything about 26-year-old singer-rapper Nicki Minaj’s debut “Pink Friday” screams, “I have arrived!” The album carries a pink-gold heft: Its cover depicts a fairy-winged, fluorescenthaired Barbie Nicki with long, shapely, human legs, and Minaj has an impeccable pedigree as a Lil Wayne protege who has guest-starred with Mariah Carey, Ludacris and Usher, drawing cameos here from Eminem (angry), Rihanna (beautiful), Will. i.am (funky), Drake (sexy) and Kanye West (just plain good). A fine singer, Minaj shows off two basic rapping voices, a Missy Elliott-style cut-up who ends the Dungeons & Dragons-referencing “Roman’s Revenge” in a loony British accent, and a profane, Lil’ Kim-style gangsta who spits dirty words on “Did It On’em.”

But a third persona emerges,

full of vulnerability, contemplating antidepressants in the soaring “Here I Am” and declaring, on “Save Me”: “Yes, I’m a beast, and I feast when I conquer/But I’m alone on my throne.” Minaj goes to the braggy gangsta well too often, obscuring her lyrical skills and distinctive talents — her manifesto “Last Chance” doesn’t come until the end — but strong dance beats paper over her shortcomings.

— Steve Knopper, Newsday

Find Your Dream Home In Real Estate Every Saturday

My Chemical Romance DANGER DAYS: THE TRUE LIVES OF THE FABULOUS KILLJOYS Reprise Records If the last My Chemical Romance album, “The Black Parade,” the stunningly effective concept album dealing with death, was a punctuation mark, it would have been a period.

Its new concept album, “Danger Days: The True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys,” is an exclamation point. Big! Bright! Loud!

Wheeeee!

In “Danger Days,” MCR’s new alter egos are The Fabulous Killjoys, a gang of superheroes fighting alien crime and living on the

edge comic-book style. Instead of the “Black Parade” slow crawl to death, the Killjoys are moving at high speeds.

The first single, “Na Na Na,” sounds like it was built for driving fast on an empty freeway with its hard-charging guitar

riffs and its scream-along chorus. If the revved-up glam rock of “Party Poison” and “Vampire Money,” which sounds like T. Rex crossed with The Sex Pistols, doesn’t get you shouting, it may be too late for you.

MCR tries out other personae, too. The guys make Ke$cqha pop brainy without killing the buzz on “Planetary (GO!).” They channel The Cure on “Summertime” and Jane’s Addiction on the hard-hitting “Destroya.”

“Danger Days” combines the feeling of living with no regrets and the extraordinary workmanship that doesn’t require any, creating instant, well-deserved success.

— Glenn Gamboa, Newsday

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fine arts

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Hunter Noack, 22, is studying music at the University of Southern California. On Sunday evening, he’ll perform at the Sunriver Music Festival Christmas Concert.

SOUNDS H SEASON

By David Jasper The Bulletin

of the

Christmas concert features young musicians

unter Noack grew up immersed in art and music.

His father, Jon Noack, is a watercolorist, and his mother, Lori Noack, served as executive director of the Sunriver Music Festival for seven years, from 1998 to 2005.

Today, Hunter Noack is a University of Southern California music student, as well as a composer, painter and pianist. It’s in this last capacity that he’ll be among the three performers at Sunday’s Christmas Concert in the Sunriver Resort Great Hall (see “If you go”).

Back when he was a 4-year-old kid living in Sunriver, Noack was too shy to take piano lessons, he said in a phone interview Monday

from Los Angeles.

For about a year, he took lessons from his mother, “and then I worked up the courage to go to those classes,” taught by Jodie Bischof.

From there, he proceeded to study with Bend piano teacher Patricia Petersen for several years.

When he was 13, he would head to Portland every other weekend for piano instruction.

He performed in some summer festivals, and, at 14, “I started taking things a little more seriously, so I went to boarding school (at) Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan for high school,” he said.

“I just sort of kept the ball rolling.

Things kept falling into place, and so I kept going with it.”

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fine arts From previous page He attended the highly regarded music school for three years, then, for his senior year, followed his departing Interlochen piano instructor, Yoshikazu Nagai, to his new job at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Noack attended the French American International High School in San Francisco, while also enrolled in the Preparatory Division of the conservatory.

For the last three and a half years, he’s been at USC. “In the last few years, I’ve been able to travel a little bit more and keep performing, so it’s slowly unfolding,” he said.

He’s released an album, “The Winter Anthology: A Collage of Classical & Modern Piano Music,” and has been writing music for films as well. USC is graced with a good film school, he said, allowing him to score short films.

“It’s just another hobby, and there’s no pressure to do it. It’s like my artwork, my visual artwork, I still paint quite a lot, and occasionally I’ll have an art show, but it’s mostly just therapeutic,” he said.

And a couple of times a year, he returns to his old stomping grounds: “I come up there for the festival in the summer. Any excuse I have to come up to Sunriver and Central Oregon, I take it.

So it’s really exciting to be able to come up and make some music.”

‘Oliver’ auditions set Auditions for the musical “Oliver” will be held Monday and Tuesday at Cascades Theatrical Company’s Greenwood Playhouse, 148 N.W. Greenwood Ave., in Bend.

The production calls for eight men, five women, two young men, two young women, one

If you go

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Soprano Jimena Romero and lyric tenor Scott Carroll will join Hunter Noack for the Sunriver Music Festival Christmas Concert.

The feeling is reciprocated by festival director Pam Beezley.

“After graduation, I am sure he’ll be off making waves in the music world. We’re thrilled he’s coming to Sunriver to perform on (Sunday),” said Beezley, adding that his August performance at the Sunriver Music Festival “wowed the audience and the orchestra.”

Joining Noack for Sunday’s concert, which mixes Christmas and classical music, will be lyric tenor Scott Carroll and soprano Jimena Romero. All three performers are 2010 Sunriver Music Festival Young Artist Scholarship winners and college students majoring in music performance.

Carroll, 19, is a four-time recipient of a Young Artist Scholarship and studies music education and voice at the Univer-

boy, a chorus of children and a chorus of men and women. Audition start times are 6:30 p.m. for children, 7:30 for adults.

The show will run Feb. 11-27, with a preview performance on Feb. 10.

Contact: 541-389-0803 or ctcinfo@cascadestheatrical.org.

— Dave Jasper

sity of Oregon, where he recently performed in Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte.” In Bend, Carroll has been seen on the stages of Cascades Theatrical Company, Obsidian Opera and Summit and Redmond high schools.

Romero is a 22-year-old Central Oregon Community College student who sings with the college choir, the Central Singers

Wha t: Sunriver Music Festival Christmas Concert When: 7:30 p.m. Sunday Where : Sunriver Resort Great Hall, 17600 Center Drive Cost: General admission, $30; reserved tickets, $40; seniors, $25; youth 18 and younger, $10 Contact: 541-593-9310, tickets@sunrivermusic.org or www.sunrivermusic.org.

Ensemble and a college quartet.

Next fall, she plans to attend the University of Puget Sound as a vocal performance major.

Maestro Lawrence Leighton Smith had to bow out of Sunday’s concert due to a shoulder injury, but Bob Shaw, whom you know from his weather reports on your TV, will serve as master of ceremonies.

Songs planned for Sunday night include “O Holy Night,” “Gesù Bambino” and “Silver Bells.” Noack will also perform classical piano music by Beethoven, Edvard Grieg and Franz Schubert.

“It’s mostly a piano sort-of recital, but we’re tying everything together within a kind of holiday, Christmas umbrella,” explained Noack.

“The Great Hall is such a warm, fantastic environment for this kind of concert,” he said.

He can recall attending Fireside performances there from a very young age.

“I remember being able to go throughout the year, with the music festival, to see phenomenal musicians. The music festival has been a huge influence on my life.”

David Jasper can be reached at 541-383-0349 or djasper@bendbulletin.com.

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fine arts ART EXHIBITS AMBIANCE ART CO-OP: Featuring works by Mitch and Michelle Deaderick; through December; 435 S.W. Evergreen Ave., Redmond; 541-548-8115.

ART BY KNIGHT: Featuring oil paintings by Laurel Knight and bronze sculpture by Steven L. Knight; 236 N.W. Newport Ave., Bend; 541633-7488 or www.ArtbyKnight.com.

ARTS CENTRAL: Featuring works and a fundraising sale from Art Potters for Education; through December; 875 N.W. Brooks St., Bend; 541-317-9324.

ATELIER 6000: Featuring “Just Desserts,” sweet prints and food landscapes in a variety of media; through Jan. 28; 389 S.W. Scalehouse Court, Suite 120, Bend; 541-330-8759 or www.atelier6000.com.

AZURA STUDIO: Featuring acrylic paintings by Charles H. Chamberlain; through Feb. 1; 856 N.W. Bond St., Unit 3, Bend; 541-385-1846.

BEND FURNITURE AND DESIGN: Featuring pottery by Annie Dyer; 2797 N.W. Clearwater Drive, Suite 500, Bend; 541-633-7250.

BEND PUBLIC LIBRARY: Featuring “Art of Photography”; through January; 601 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-312-1037.

CAFE SINTRA: Featuring “3 Points of View,” a continually changing exhibit of photographs by Diane Reed, Ric Ergenbright, and John Vito; 1024 N.W. Bond St., Bend; 541-382-8004.

CANYON CREEK POTTERY: Featuring pottery by Kenneth Merrill; 310 N. Cedar St., Sisters; 541-549-0366 or www.canyoncreekpotteryllc.com.

DON TERRA ARTWORKS: Featuring more than 200 artists; 222 W. Hood Ave., Sisters; 541-549-

“Green Lakes Trai l ” and other wor k s

by Carol Jacquet will be on display at Sage Custom Framing and Gallery in Bend through Jan. 29.

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1299 or www.donterra.com.

DOUGLAS FINE JEWELRY DESIGN: Featuring works by Steven Douglas; 920 N.W. Bond St., Suite 106, Bend; 541-389-2901.

EASTLAKE FRAMING: Featuring photography by Christian Heeb; through December; 1335 N.W. Galveston Ave., Bend; 541-389-3770.

FRANKLIN CROSSING: Featuring “Art in the Atrium,” photography by Vern Bartley and works by gallery artists; through Jan. 3; 550 N.W. Franklin Ave., Bend; 541-382-9398.

FURNISH.: Featuring works by Marjorie Wood Hamlin; 761 N.W. Arizona Ave., Bend; 541-617-8911.

GHIGLIERI GALLERY: Featuring original Western-themed and African-inspired paintings and sculptures by Lorenzo Ghiglieri; 200 W. Cascade Ave., Sisters; 541-5498683 or www.art-lorenzo.com.

THE GOLDSMITH: Featuring pastel art by Nancy Bushaw; 1016 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-647-2676.

HIGH DESERT FRAMEWORKS!: Featuring greeting cards and prints by several artists; through January; 61 N.W. Oregon Ave., Bend; 541-549-6250 or www .highdesertframeworks.com.

HIGH DESERT GALLERY OF BEND: Featuring “Teeny Tiny Art Show,” miniatures by 17 Oregon artists; through Jan. 4; also featuring “Walk with Me,” works by Gabriel Kulka; through Feb. 16; 10 N.W. Minnesota Ave., Bend; 541-388-8964.

HIGH DESERT GALLERY OF SISTERS: Featuring works by Grace Bishko, Paul Alan Bennett and Kathy Deggendorfer; through January; 281 W. Cascade Ave., Sisters; 541-5496250 or www.highdesertgallery.com.

HIGH DESERT MUSEUM: Featuring “James B. Thompson: The Vanishing Landscape,” paintings and prints of the American West; through Jan. 3; 59800 S. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-382-4754.

THE HUB HEALING ARTS CENTER: Featuring mixed-media collage paintings by Rosalyn Kliot; Dawson Station, 219 N.W. Sixth St., Redmond; 541-548-6575.

JENNIFER LAKE GALLERY: Featuring paintings by Jennifer Lake; 220 W. Cascade Ave., Sisters; 541-549-7200 or www.jenniferlakegallery.com.

JILL’S WILD (TASTEFUL) WOMEN WAREHOUSE: Featuring works by Jill

CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING & GALLERY Where our quality and customer service is number one.

834 NW Brooks Street Behind the Tower Theatre

541-382-5884

Haney-Neal; 20512 Nels Anderson Place, Building 3, Bend; 541-6176078 or www.jillnealgallery.com.

KAREN BANDY STUDIO: Featuring “An Evolution of Fine Art Jewelry and Paintings”; through December; 25 N.W. Minnesota Ave., Suite 5, Bend; 541-388-0155.

LAHAINA GALLERIES: Featuring paintings and sculptures by Frederick Hart, Robert Bissell, Alexi Butirskiy, Aldo Luongo, Dario Campanile, Hisashi Otsuka, David Lee, Mollie Jurgenson, Katherine Taylor, Donna Young and more; 425 S.W. Powerhouse Drive, Suite 307, Old Mill District, Bend; 541-388-4404 or www.lahainagalleries.com.

LUBBESMEYER FIBER STUDIO: Featuring fiber art by Lori and Lisa Lubbesmeyer; 450 S.W. Powerhouse Drive, Suite 423, Old Mill District, Bend; 541-330-0840 or www.lubbesmeyerstudio.com.

MARCELLO’S ITALIAN CUISINE AND PIZZERIA: Featuring several local artists; 4 Ponderosa Road, Sunriver; 541-593-8300.

MOCKINGBIRD GALLERY: Featuring “Western Visions,” works by Bart Walker and Kent R. Wallis; through December; 869 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-388-2107 or www .mockingbird-gallery.com.

MOSAIC MEDICAL: Featuring mixedmedia collage paintings by Rosalyn Kliot; 910 S. U.S. Highway 97, Suite 101, Madras; 541-475-7800.

PATAGONIA @ BEND: Featuring photography by Mike Putnam; 920 N.W. Bond St., Bend; 541-382-6694.

PERSPECTIVES FINE ART GALLERY: Featuring works by Keith Sluder; 130 N.W. Minnesota Ave., Bend; 541388-7858 or www.keithsluder.com.

POETHOUSE ART: Featuring

Food, Home & Garden In

AT HOME Every Tuesday

resident artists; 55 N.W. Minnesota Ave., Bend; 541-728-0756.

QUILTWORKS: Featuring works

by Pat Pease and a group show based on “The Bean Trees” by Barbara Kingsolver; through December; 926 N.E. Greenwood Ave., Suite B, Bend; 541-728-0527.

RED CHAIR GALLERY: Featuring “All That Glitters …,” works by the gallery membership; through December; 103 N.W. Oregon Ave., Bend; 541-306-3176.

RIVER BEND FINE ART: Featuring “A Painting a Day”; through Jan. 6; 844 N.W. Bond St., Bend; 541-728-0553 or www.riverbendfineartgallery.com.

SAGEBRUSHERS ART SOCIETY: Featuring works by the Prime Time Friday Artists; through Jan. 28; 117 S.W. Roosevelt Ave., Bend; 541-617-0900.

SAGE CUSTOM FRAMING AND GALLERY: Featuring “Travels with Carol,” landscape oil paintings by Carol Jacquet; through Jan. 29; 834 N.W. Brooks St., Bend; 541-382-5884.

SISTERS ART WORKS: Featuring “Ice Gazing,” photography

by Lynn Woodward; through December; 204 W. Adams St., Sisters; 541-420-9695.

SISTERS GALLERY & FRAME SHOP: Featuring landscape photography

by Gary Albertson; 252 W. Hood Ave., Sisters; 541-549-9552 or www.garyalbertson.com.

SISTERS PUBLIC LIBRARY: Featuring photography by Brent McGregor, Curtiss Abbott and Tom Davis; through Jan. 10; Sisters Public Library, 110 N. Cedar Ave., Sisters; 541-312-1070.

SODA CREEK GALLERY: Featuring originals and prints of Western, wildlife and landscape paintings; 183 E. Hood Ave., Sisters; 541-549-0600.

SUNRIVER AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY: Featuring works by Cameron Kaseberg and Chandra vanEijnsbergen; through January; 56855 Venture Lane, Sunriver; 541-312-1080.

SUNRIVER LODGE BETTY GRAY GALLERY: Featuring paintings

by Mike Smith, Joyce Clark and Helen Brown; through Jan. 18; 17600 Center Drive, Sunriver; 541-382-9398.

TBD LOFT: Featuring “Community Portrait: Who Are We?,” an evolving exhibit by various artists; through December; 856 N.W. Bond St., Suite 2, Bend; 541-388-7558.

TETHEROW AT THE FRANKLIN CROSSING BUILDING: Featuring paintings of the High Desert by local artist David Wachs; corner of Franklin Avenue and Bond Street, Bend; www. wordsideas.blogspot.com.

THUMP COFFEE: Featuring bicycle art by Paul Carew, Byron Ro and Jo Lundberg; through December; 25 N.W. Minnesota Ave., Bend; 541-388-0226.

TUMALO ART CO.: Featuring “Small Treasures,” works in miniature by gallery artists; through December; 450 S.W. Powerhouse Drive, Suite 407, Bend; 541-385-9144 or www.tumaloartco.com.

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outdoors Outing shorts are trimmed versions of stories published in The Bulletin in the past several weeks.

For the complete stories, plus more photos, visit www.bendbulletin.com/outing.

Dry Canyon Trail in Redmond

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Children hike the snowshoe trail at Swampy Lakes Sno-park.

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Getting there: From Bend, head north on U.S. Highway 97; turn left at Southwest Glacier Avenue, then right on Southwest 12th Street; turn left onto Southwest Black Butte Boulevard

(which turns into Antler) then turn left into a small parking lot next to the skate park. The trail starts across the street.

Cost: Free Contact: 541-548-7275

here are well-marked snowshoe of Bend. Take a trek with your kids, trails long and short at Swampy

Lakes Sno-park, located along Cas-

or find someone to go with who won’t complain the whole time.

cade Lakes Highway 16 miles south

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Every Tuesday In AT HOME — Bulletin staff

Porcupine Snowshoe Loop

Getting there: From Bend, drive about 16 miles south on Cascade Lakes Highway. Swampy is on the right.

Cost: Free, sno-park pass required Difficulty: Moderate Contact: Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District, 541-383-4000

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Tower Theatre (835 N.W. Wall St., Bend), and runs for just four shows.

This version of “A Christmas Carol” was adapted by Howard Schor, BEAT’s executive direc-

THE TRAIN MAN

tor, from Charles Dickens’ 1843 tale of Ebenezer

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Scrooge and his ghostly Christmas redemption.

First staged in 2008, it has become a Christmastime tradition in Bend, said Ray Solley, executive director of the Tower Theatre Foundation. The

What: The Vancouver, British Columbia-based hip-hop act, pictured, performs, with Top Shelf, Logy B and Young G. When: 9 p.m., doors open 8 p.m.

Where: Domino Room, 51 N.W.

Greenwood Ave., Bend Cost: $10 plus fees in advance, $13 at the door Contact: 541-788-2989 or www.randompresents.com

What: Watch Michael Lavrich’s extensive collection of toy trains running on a track and ask questions. Lavrich guides his trains around the library in 200 8.

When: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-6 p.m. today and Monday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-5 p.m. Saturday,

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cast includes youth and adult actors, with Rick Jenkins reprising his role as Scrooge.

Show time is 7:30 p.m. nightly through Monday.

Tickets are $19 and $25, $15 for kids ages 12 and younger.

Contact: 541-317-0700 or www.towertheatre.org.

— David Jasper

Submitted photo, background image via Thinkstock

The 2009 cast of Bend Experimental Art Theatre’s production of “A Christmas Carol.”

TODAY THE TRAIN MAN: Watch Michael Lavrich’s extensive collection of toy trains running on a track and ask questions; free; 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-6 p.m.; Bend Public Library, 601 N.W. Wall St.; 541-617-7050 or www. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar.

GIFT WRAPPING AND BAKE SALE: Bring holiday gifts for wrapping and buy baked goods; proceeds benefit the Summit High School Sparrow Club; donations accepted; 1:30-5:30 p.m.; Umpqua Bank, 2755 N.W. Crossing Drive, Suite 113, Bend; 541-318-3641.

“MURDER ON THE MENU”: Buckboard Mysteries presents an interactive murder mystery dinner theater event; $49, $45 seniors, $39 ages 2-12; 6:30 p.m.; Cascade Village Shopping Center, 63455 N. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-350-0018 or www.buckboardmysteries.com.

CELEBRATION OF LIGHT: Drive or take a wagon ride through an outdoor nativity and light display, with caroling; free; 6:30-8 p.m.; Madras Conservative Baptist Church, 751 N.E. 10th St.; 541-475-7287.

“A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: Bend Experimental Art Theatre presents an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale, performed by a youth and adult cast; $19 or $25, $15 ages 12 and younger; 7:30 p.m.; Tower Theatre,

835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-3170700 or www.towertheatre.org.

“MOON OVER BUFFALO”: Cascades Theatrical Company presents Ken Ludwig’s comedy about two fading stars hoping to stage a comeback; $20, $15 seniors, $12 students; 7:30 p.m.; Greenwood Playhouse, 148 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-389-0803 or www.cascadestheatrical.org.

HOLIDAY BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE: Featuring music from The Bond Street Bluegrass Allstars, Blackstrap, Wild Rye and Greg Botsford; $5, plus donations of canned food; 9 p.m.; Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom, 24 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-388-8331.

SWEATSHOP UNION: The Vancouver, British Columbia-based hip-hop act performs, with Top Shelf, Logy B and Young G; $10 plus fees in advance, $13 at the door; 9 p.m., doors open 8 p.m.; Domino Room, 51 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-788-2989 or www.randompresents.com.

SATURDAY Dec. 18 REDMOND GRANGE BREAKFAST: Featuring biscuits and gravy, hash browns, scrambled eggs, coffee, hot chocolate and more; $5, $3 ages 12 and younger; 7-10:30 a.m.; Redmond Grange, 707 S.W. Kalama Ave. “SILVER CITY HOLIDAYS” EXHIBIT

OPENS: New exhibit features a recreated 1880s mining town; exhibit runs through Dec. 31; included in the price of admission; $10 adults, $9 ages 65 and older, $6 ages 5-12, free ages 4 and younger; 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; High Desert Museum, 59800 S. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-382-4754 or www.highdesertmuseum.org.

THE TRAIN MAN: Watch Michael Lavrich’s extensive collection of toy trains running on a track and ask questions; free; 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-5 p.m.; Bend Public Library, 601 N.W. Wall St.; 541-617-7050 or www. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar.

PHOTOS WITH FRONTIER SANTA: Take pictures with a Victorian-era Father Christmas; proceeds benefit the museum’s educational programs; $10 plus museum admission, $5 for museum members; 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; High Desert Museum, 59800 S. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-382-4754 or www.highdesertmuseum.org.

AUTHOR PRESENTATION: Ellen Waterston talks about her book “Where the Crooked River Rises”; free; 1 p.m.; Des Chutes Historical Museum, 129 N.W. Idaho Ave., Bend; 541-389-1813 or www.deschuteshistory.org.

“MURDER ON THE MENU”: Buckboard Mysteries presents an interactive murder mystery dinner theater event; $49, $45 seniors, $39 ages 2-12; 6:30 p.m.; Cascade Village

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Allow at least 10 days before the desired date of publication.

Ongoing listings must be updated monthly. Contact: 541-383-0351.

HOLIDAY CONCERT

SATURDAY What: Featuring a performance

by Bill Keale, pictured; a portion of proceeds benefits the Alyce Hatch Center When: 7 p.m.

Where: Old Stone Church, 157

N.W. Franklin Ave., Bend Cost: $20 in advance, $22 at the door, free ages 6 and younger Contact: 541-815-5224 or www.billkeale.com

ON A CLEAR WINTER’S NIGHT JAZZ CHRISTMAS

SUNDAY

MONDAY

What: Featuring performances by Peter White, pictured, Mindi Abair and Rick Braun; with Santa, live reindeer, carolers and more.

When: 7 p.m., doors open 6 p.m.

5 p.m. Sunday Where: Bend Public Library, 601 N.W. Wall St. ost: Free ontact: 541-617-7050 www.deschuteslibrary.org/calendar

Shopping Center, 63455 N. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-350-0018 or www.buckboardmysteries.com.

CELEBRATION OF LIGHT: Drive or take a wagon ride through an outdoor nativity and light display, with caroling; free; 6:30-8 p.m.; Madras Conservative Baptist Church, 751 N.E. 10th St.; 541-475-7287.

HOLIDAY CONCERT: Featuring a performance by Bill Keale; a portion of proceeds benefits the Alyce Hatch Center; $20 in advance, $22 at the door, free ages 6 and younger; 7 p.m.; Old Stone Church, 157 N.W. Franklin Ave., Bend; 541815-5224 or www.billkeale.com.

“A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: Bend Experimental Art Theatre presents an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale, performed by a youth and adult cast; $19 or $25, $15 ages 12 and younger; 7:30 p.m.; Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-3170700 or www.towertheatre.org.

“MOON OVER BUFFALO”: Cascades Theatrical Company presents Ken Ludwig’s comedy about two fading stars hoping to stage a comeback; $20, $15 seniors, $12 students; 7:30 p.m.; Greenwood Playhouse, 148 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-389-0803 or www.cascadestheatrical.org.

THE SOULSTICE JUBILEE: Featuring performances by Mosley Wotta and Eric Tollefson and the World’s Greatest

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Lovers; a portion of proceeds benefits the KIDS Center; $10 plus fees in advance, $13 at the door; 8 p.m.; Century Center, 70 S.W. Century Drive, Bend; http://parallel44presents.com.

CROWN POINT: The Portland-based alternative pop-rock band performs; free; 9 p.m.; JC’s Bar & Grill, 642 N.W. Franklin Ave., Bend; 541-383-3000.

THE QUICK AND EASY BOYS: The Portland-based funk band performs; $7; 9 p.m.; Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom, 24 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-388-8331 or www.silvermoonbrewing.com.

SUNDAY Dec. 19 THE TRAIN MAN: Watch Michael Lavrich’s extensive collection of toy trains running on a track and ask questions; free; 1-5 p.m.; Bend Public Library, 601 N.W. Wall St.; 541-617-7050 or www.deschuteslibrary.org/calendar.

“MOON OVER BUFFALO”: Final performance of Cascades Theatrical Company’s presentation of Ken

Ludwig’s comedy about two fading stars hoping to stage a comeback; $20, $15 seniors, $12 students; 2 p.m.; Greenwood Playhouse, 148 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-389-0803 or www.cascadestheatrical.org.

“MURDER ON THE MENU”: Buckboard Mysteries presents an interactive murder mystery dinner theater event; $49, $45 seniors, $39 ages 2-12; 3:30 p.m.; Cascade Village Shopping Center, 63455 N. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-350-0018 or www.buckboardmysteries.com.

CELEBRATION OF LIGHT: Drive or take a wagon ride through an outdoor nativity and light display, with caroling; free; 6:30-8 p.m.; Madras Conservative Baptist Church, 751 N.E. 10th St.; 541-475-7287.

ON A CLEAR WINTER’S NIGHT JAZZ CHRISTMAS: Featuring performances

by Peter White, Mindi Abair and Rick Braun; with Santa, live reindeer, carolers and more; $26, $56 reserved; 7 p.m., doors open 6 p.m.; The Riverhouse Convention Center, 2850 N.W. Rippling River Court, Bend; www.c3events.com.

“A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: Bend Experimental Art Theatre presents an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale, performed by a youth and adult cast; $19 or $25, $15 ages 12 and younger; 7:30 p.m.; Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-3170700 or www.towertheatre.org.

SUNRIVER MUSIC FESTIVAL CHRISTMAS

CONCERT: An evening of classical and Christmas music emceed by Bob Shaw; $30, $40 reserved, $25 ages 65 and older, $10 ages 18 and younger; 7:30 p.m.; Sunriver Resort Great Hall, 17600 Center Drive; 541-593-9310, tickets@sunrivermusic.org or www. sunrivermusic.org. (Story, Page 16)

MONDAY Dec. 20 THE TRAIN MAN: Watch Michael Lavrich’s extensive collection of toy trains running on a track and ask questions; free; 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-6 p.m.; Bend Public Library, 601 N.W. Wall St.; 541-617-7050 or www. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar.

THE REPTILE ZONE: Jeff from The Reptile Zone will show lizards, pythons and a tortoise; all ages welcome; free; 3 p.m.; Play Outdoors, 840 S.E. Woodland Blvd., Suite 110, Bend; 866-608-2423.

“A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: Bend Experimental Art Theatre presents an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale, performed by a youth and adult cast; $19 or $25, $15 ages 12 and younger; 7:30 p.m.; Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-3170700 or www.towertheatre.org.

LUNAR ECLIPSE PARTY: Watch a presentation on lunar eclipses then watch the eclipse through telescopes; dress for cold weather; $6, $4 ages 2-12, free

Where: The Riverhouse Convention Center, 2850 N.W. Rippling River Court, Bend Cost: $26, $56 reserved Contact: www.c3events.com

for observatory members; 9-11 p.m.; Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory, 57245 River Road; 541-593-4394.

TUESDAY Dec. 21 “SHARING OUR FAVORITE GENEALOGY STORIES”: Bend Genealogical Society presents a program followed by a holiday potluck; free; 10 a.m.; Rock Arbor Villa, Williamson Hall, 2200 N.E. U.S. Highway 20, Bend; 541317-8978,541-317-9553 or www. orgenweb.org/deschutes/bend-gs.

WEDNESDAY Dec. 22 VEGETARIAN POTLUCK: Bring a vegetarian dish with a list of its ingredients, a gift worth less than $5 for a gift exchange, and 24 of your favorite cookies; free; 6 p.m.; The Environmental Center, 16 N.W. Kansas Ave., Bend; 541-480-3017.

LIVE READ: Sit in comfy chairs and listen to short fiction read aloud by library staff; free; 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Sunriver Area Public Library, 56855 Venture Lane; 541-312-1080.

THURSDAY Dec. 23 NO EVENTS LISTED.

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The Bulletin ile photo

Carol Blackwood, from left, Kathleen Chassie and Clarice Roley walk up Pilot Butte during the 2008 Bend’s First 1000 Lights Community Walk. This year’s event takes place Dec. 31.

Right Around the Corner DEC. 2 4 — COMMUNI TY CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE: With food, carols, a choir performance and a performance by Annie Bethancourt; reservations recommended; free; 4, 5:30 and 7 p.m.; Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-3170700 or www.towertheatre.org.

DEC. 24 — STARFEST: Explore the festive holiday light display; through Jan. 2; free; 5:50-9:30 p.m.; Eagle Crest Resort, 1522 Cline Falls Road, Redmond; www.eagle-crest.com.

DEC. 25 — STARFEST: Explore the festive holiday light display; through Jan. 2; free; 5:50-9:30 p.m.; Eagle Crest Resort, 1522 Cline Falls Road, Redmond; www.eagle-crest.com.

DEC. 26 — CHARITY BINGO: Event includes a canned food drive and baked-goods sale; proceeds benefit the St. Vincent de Paul food bank; $7; 2 p.m.; Eagles Lodge & Club, 235 N.E. Fourth St., Prineville; 541-447-7659.

DEC. 26 — STARFEST: Explore the festive holiday light display; through Jan. 2; free; 5:50-9:30 p.m.; Eagle Crest Resort, 1522 Cline Falls Road, Redmond; www.eagle-crest.com.

DEC. 28 — CLASSICS BOOK CLUB: Read and discuss short stories by Henry James; free; 6-8 p.m.; Bend Public Library, Brooks Room, 601 N.W. Wall St.; 541-617-7087, kevinb@ dpls.us or www.dpls.us/calendar.

DEC. 29 — CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT: Bird watchers of all levels walk with naturalist or independently for the annual bird survey; free; 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory, 57245 River Road; 541-593-4394 or www .sunrivernaturecenter.org.

DEC. 29 — REVEREND HORTON HEAT: The Dallas-based rockabilly band performs, with Hillstomp; $20 plus fees in advance, $25 at the door; 8 p.m., doors open 7 p.m.; Midtown Ballroom, 51 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-788-2989 or www .randompresents.com.

Farther Down the Road DEC. 31 — BEND’S FIRST 1000 LIGHTS COMMUNITY WALK: Event includes a family festival, a magic show, live music and an illuminated walk; proceeds benefit the La Pine Community Kitchen; $18, $25 for families, free ages 13 and younger; all participants are asked to donate three cans of food, warm clothing or pet food; 4 p.m., walk begins 6 p.m.; Juniper Elementary School, 1300 N.E. Norton St.; www .bendsfirst1000lightswalk.com.

DEC. 31 — NEW YEAR’S EVE BASH: Buckboard Mysteries presents an interactive murder mystery dinner theater event, with “The Mafioso Murders,” casino games and more; $59, $110 per couple; 6:30 p.m.; Cascade Village Shopping Center, 63455 N. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-350-0018 or www .buckboardmysteries.com.

DEC. 31 — NEW YEAR’S EVE BONFIRE

Talks & classes FILM VIDEO CONFERENCE: Learn what’s going on in Oregon and what is needed to bring film and television productions to the area; free; 6-8:30 p.m. today; Central Oregon Community College, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; brad@cofilm.org.

MOONLIGHT SNOWSHOE TOURS: Naturalist guides lead tours through the Cascades, providing interpretation of natural and cultural history; $65; 7-11 p.m. today through Wednesday and other dates through April; see website for details; pick-up locations in Bend and Sunriver; 541-389-8359 or www.wanderlusttours.com.

SENSATIONAL SATURDAY WITH BUTTERFLIES: Learn how cultures around the world have made butterflies and moths part

of their heritage; included in museum admission; 10 a.m.4 p.m. Saturday; High Desert Museum, 59800 S. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-382-4754.

LUMINOUS MEDITATION OF BUDDHA: Learn about Buddhism, meditate and experience holiday stress management; donations welcome; 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Saturday; Dudley’s Bookshop Cafe, 135 N.W. Minnesota Ave., Bend; 702-210-9642 or maryorton33@earthlink.net.

BONFIRE ON THE SNOW: Snowshoe to a bonfire in the forest and hear a naturalist talk about the forest, animals and the night sky; reservations required; $75; 7-11 p.m. Saturday and Tuesday, and other dates through April; see website for details; pick-up locations in Bend and Sunriver; 541-389-8359 or www.wanderlusttours.com.

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planning ahead ON THE SNOW: Wanderlust Tours leads a short snowshoe hike to a bonfire and hand-carved snow amphitheater in the forest; a naturalist shares facts about the forest, animals and the night sky; reservations required; adults only; trips depart from Sunriver and Bend; $85 includes guide, snowshoes, transportation, food and drink; 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; 541-389-8359 or www.wanderlusttours.com.

DEC. 31 — NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION: Featuring a performance by the Moon Mountain Ramblers and Jukebot; free, $10 for Moon Mountain Ramblers; 9 p.m.; McMenamins Old St. Francis School, 700 N.W. Bond St., Bend; 541-3825174 or www.mcmenamins.com.

JAN. 1-2 — “EAT DRINK & BE DEADLY”: Buckboard Mysteries presents an interactive murder mystery dinner theater event; $49, $45 seniors, $39 ages 2-12; 6:30 p.m. Jan. 1, 3:30 p.m. Jan. 2; Cascade Village Shopping Center, 63455 N. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-350-0018 or www.buckboardmysteries.com.

JAN. 3 — GOOD CHAIR, GREAT BOOKS: Read and discuss “Finding Nouf”

by Zoe Ferraris; free; noon; Bend Public Library, Brooks Room, 601 N.W. Wall St.; 541-617-7085 or www. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar.

JAN. 5 — “THE METROPOLITAN OPERA:

DON CARLO”: Starring Roberto Alagna, Marina Poplavskaya, Anna Smirnova, Simon Keenlyside and Ferruccio Furlanetto in an encore presentation of Verdi’s masterpiece; opera performance transmitted in high

definition; $18; 6:30 p.m.; Regal Old Mill Stadium 16, 680 S.W. Powerhouse Drive, Bend; 541-382-6347.

JAN. 6 — GOOD CHAIR, GREAT BOOKS: Read and discuss “The Zookeeper’s Wife” by Diane Ackerman; free; noon;

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CHRISTMAS AT COLLAGE: Gift items, decor, candles, cards, frames, clothes, jewelry and more; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Saturday through Thursday; 339 S.W. Sixth St., Suite B, Redmond; 541-617-1259 or www. christmasatcollage.com.

COUNTRY CHRISTMAS: Decorations, gifts, produce and more; with Santa visits and a petting zoo; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., through Thursday; DD Ranch, 3836 N.E. Smith Rock Way, Terrebonne; 541-548-1432.

HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE: Holiday decorations, novelties, clothing and more; 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays; Humane Society of Redmond Thrift & Gifts, 1776 S. U.S. Highway 97, Redmond; 541-923-8558.

SALVATION ARMY HOLIDAY FAIRE: New and used Christmas items; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today; Bend Factory Stores, 61334 S. U.S. Highway 97; 541-389-8888.

Sunriver Area Public Library, 56855 Venture Lane; 541-312-1081 or www .deschuteslibrary.org/calendar.

JAN. 6 — “BOOMERS, XERS, AND MILLENNIALS: CAN WE ALL GET ALONG?”: Explore characteristics,

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restaurants

Going back for

seconds

Country Catering Co. and Applebee’s are much improved

By John GottbergAnderson For The Bulletin

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have recently revisited seven Bend restaurants that, over the past two years, I have rated poorly. Two of them impressed me sufficiently to make me want to sing their praises after having formerly been critical.

At the Country Catering Co., on the east side, my ranch-style barbecue sandwich was far improved over what I had previously experienced.

Service was always solid, but now, I find the interior decor of the shop far more inviting than a year ago.

Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar, on North U.S. Highway 97, retains its eclectic atmosphere but has stepped up its service to a more

capable, professional level. And I found the two dishes I ordered to be of higher quality than when I reviewed the Bend restaurant in late 2008.

Country Catering Country Catering’s father-andson team of Frank and Cody Serbus has developed a strong reputation for their deli and catering business over 18 years in Central Oregon.

Their little shop, in a corner of the East Bend Plaza industrial park on Southeast Wilson Avenue at Ninth Street, is a bustling place throughout the day, but especially during an extended lunch hour.

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At Country Catering Co. on Bend’s east side, the food was more appetizing and the decor more inviting than a year ago.

Country Catering Co. Location: 900 S.E. Wilson Ave., Bend Hours: 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Monday to Friday (breakfast until 10:30 a.m.), 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday.

Price range: Breakfast $5.95 to $9.50; lunch and dinner $5.95 to $10.95 Credit cards: American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa Kids’ menu: No Vegetarian menu: Salads Alcoholic beverages: Beer Outdoor seating: Yes

Reservations: For catered events only Contact: 383-5014, www.bend catering.com

Scorecard OVERALL: B+ Food: A-. Good barbecue meats and sides, with sandwiches improved from a year ago.

Service: B+. Friendly, nononsense counter service.

Atmosphere: B+. The decor may be basic, but it’s more inviting than before.

Value: B+. Prices are reasonable and the quality of product excellent.

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restaurants From previous page On my last luncheon visit to Country Catering, I wasn’t excited about the feature deli sandwich, made with tri-tip steak barbecued outdoors on a four-food grill. This time around, the “hot-and-spicy tri-tip” changed my mind.

Tender beef sliced a quarter-inch thick was served in a savory barbecue sauce on a soft sourdough roll, lightly spread with mayonnaise. It was presented with melted cheddar cheese, slices of red onion and a couple of sweet pepperoncinis. On my previous visit, my sandwich had no garnish.

All sandwiches come with a choice of salad from the deli case.

I thoroughly enjoyed my skin-on red potato salad, which was zestier in flavor and made with more ingredients than before. In addition to chopped sweet pickles, the mix included bits of red and green onion, celery and hard-boiled egg, mixed with both mayonnaise and Dijon mustard.

Sometime in the past year, the decor of Country Catering got a bit of a cosmetic upgrade. Today it is more inviting. It still seats just 28 diners at seven tables, but appears less basic than before. As always, a variety of marinated meats is sold from a substantial deli counter, while a good-sized retail shelf offers homemade condiments — including barbecue sauce and salsa — plus specially treated briquettes for home barbecues.

Lunch at Applebee’s When I wrote about Applebee’s two years ago, I found the food to be standard issue for a national franchise restaurant, service to be friendly and polite but inconsistent, and the level of cleanliness not maintained to my satisfaction.

I have changed my opinion.

I thought service on my most recent visit was excellent. A hostess greeted me when I walked in the restaurant, promptly found me a booth with a window view, and handed me two menus (one of them 12 pages long). In almost no time, a server brought me a glass of ice water and introduced herself. My meal was delivered promptly from the kitchen, and my check was delivered and collected with the speed that a lunch-hour meal deserves.

I ordered a “Pick ’n’ Pair” lunch combination: soup and salad for just $5.99, which I considered a very good price.

The soup of the day was a house-made chicken-tortilla stew.

Although it was overly seasoned with salt, and the broth wasn’t as light as I might have preferred, it was still a tasty concoction. The blend included shredded chicken breast meat, chunks of tomato, bits of diced jalapeño and multi-

Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar Location: 3197 N. U.S. Highway 97, Bend Hours: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Friday and Saturday Price range: Appetizers $6.59 to $13.29, sandwiches $8.49 to $10.99, entrees $11.99 to $17.99 Credit cards: American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa Kids’ menu: Yes Vegetarian menu: Even the salads and pastas come with chicken.

Alcoholic beverages: Full bar Outdoor seating: None Reservations: No, although large

Next week: Common table Visit www. bendbulletin.com /restaurants for readers’ ratings of more than 150 Central Oregon restaurants. colored tortilla strips.

My salad choice was grilled shrimp with spinach. Nicely seasoned and fortunately not breaded, the chilled shrimp were served on a bed of baby spinach leaves with roasted red peppers and diced red onions. A honey balsamic dressing finished the salad, which was modest in size but sufficient for a midday meal.

I’ve always found Applebee’s eclectic decor to be interesting; there’s lots of sports memorabilia to study as orders are being prepared. And on this visit, I thought management ran a tight ship with no questions of cleanliness.

John Gottberg Anderson can be reached at janderson @bendbulletin.com.

SMALL BITES The Bond Street Grill will celebrate its grand opening today with live music and all-day happy-hour prices. Formerly the Decoy Bar & Grill, now under new ownership, the Bond Street has a revised menu of soups, salads, sandwiches, pizzas and full entrees, highlighted by an ahi tuna burger ($13) and 16-ounce ribeye steak ($24). Open 11 a.m. to close Monday to Saturday, 4 p.m. to close Sunday. 1051 N.W. Bond St., Bend; 541-318-4833, www .bondstreetgrill.com.

Jimmy John’s, boasting the “world’s greatest gourmet sand-

groups should call ahead Contact: 541-318-5720 or www.applebees.com

40 Catering Available

Scorecard OVERALL: B+ Food: B. Lunch courses are modest in size but of decent quality.

Service: A. Friendly and polite, with professional training evident.

Atmosphere: B. Individual restaurants add their own flair to an eclectic corporate model.

Value: B+. Prices are below those of leading local restaurants.

Varieties of Gourmet Tamales

wiches,” has opened next to the Ann Taylor Loft in the Old Mill District. Established in Illinois in 1983, the company has more than 1,000 stores in 39 states, including five in Oregon. A selection of subway and club sandwiches, most priced $3.85 to $5.85, includes the J.J. Gargantuan ($7.85), stuffed with five different meats, cheese and multiple garnishes. Open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day. 330 S.W. Powerhouse Drive, Suite 140, Bend; 541-633-7224, www.jimmy johns.com.

RECENT REVIEWS Thai O Restaurant (B+): The area’s best Thai food outside of downtown Bend is offered in Redmond’s Fred Meyer Shopping Plaza by a father and son from Bangkok. Service is a bit shy, but prices are reasonable for quality and size of portions. Open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4:30 to 9 p.m. Monday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, 12 noon to 9:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

974 S.W. Veterans Way, Suite 1, Redmond; 541-548-4883.

Letzer’s Deli (A-): Bend’s only authentic Jewish delicatessen has a pedigree that dates back to Southern California in the 1950s.

Decor may be basic, but service is fast, quality is top notch and portions are huge. Patrons won’t go wrong in ordering corned beef, pastrami and Swiss on rye. Open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 1155 S.E. Division St. (Scandia Square), Bend; 541-306-4696, www.letzers deli.com.

Shari’s Restaurants (B+): These family-friendly restaurants, part of an Oregon-based chain, are known for their distinctive, sixsided design. 61135 S. U.S. Highway 97, Bend (541-389-2405); 3098 N. U.S. Highway 97, Bend (541-382-0674); 1565 Odem Medo Road, Redmond (541-923-0400); www.sharis.com.

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out of town The following is a list of other events “Out of Town.”

BLUEGRASS POWER RiverCity Music Festival is back in Portland

By Jenny Harada The Bulletin

A

fter a one-year hiatus, the RiverCity Music Festival is back in Portland with a new name, a new location and a new attitude.

Previously called the RiverCity Bluegrass Festival, the festival now also encompasses acoustic, roots and Americana music. The event runs Jan. 7-9 at the Red Lion Hotel on the River in the Jantzen Beach area of Portland.

Nominated for the Best Bluegrass Event of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association in 2008, the RiverCity Music Festival features three stages, vendors, instrument raffles and 25 workshops. Organizers hope to cater to a larger number of people with a diverse lineup including Guy Clark, Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Tim O’Brien & Bryan Sutton, Dan Crary & Thundernation, The Steep Canyon Rangers, the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band and The John Jorgenson Quintet.

This year’s main headliner is the 11piece Western Swing band, The Time Jumpers. Members include Vince Gill, Dennis Crouch, Larry Franklin, Paul Franklin, “Ranger Doug” Green, Andy Reiss, Dawn Sears, Kenny Sears, Joe Spivey, Jeff Taylor and Rick Vanaugh.

The Time Jumpers have received two awards from the Association of Western Artists, one from the Western Music Association and two Grammy nominations.

The group performs at 4 and 10 p.m. on Jan. 8.

The festival also encourages jamming, so bring your instruments. A secure instrument and coat check will be available.

Weekend passes are $130. Adult daily tickets are $36.50 for Friday or Saturday night, $55 for Saturday (all day) and $45 for Sunday. Tickets for children (ages 12 to 17) are $12 per day and free for children under 12. To purchase tickets, contact 800-838-3006 or visit www.brown papertickets.com.

For more information, contact 503-2820877 or visit www.rivercitybluegrass.com.

Jenny Harada can be reached at 541383-0350 or jharada@bendbulletin.com.

TIM O’BRIEN & BRYAN SUTTON

DAN CRARY

PETER ROWAN BLUEGRASS BAND Peter Rowan photo courtesy Tim Benko, all others submitted

Concerts Dec. 17 — Portland Cello Project, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; TM* Dec. 17 — Ty Curtis Band/Insomniacs, Roseland Theater, Portland; TW* Dec. 21 — Tomaseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas, Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater, Medford; 541779-3000 or www.craterian.org.

Dec. 29 — Jim Brickman, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; TM* Dec. 30 — Reverend Horton Heat, Wonder Ballroom, Portland; TM* Dec. 31 — Andre Nickatina, Roseland Theater, Portland; TW* Dec. 31 — Brandi Carlile, Aladdin Theater, Portland; TM* Dec. 31 — Gift of Gab/Marv Ellis, McDonald Theatre, Eugene; TW* Dec. 31 — Pink Martini, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; TM* Jan. 7 — Hell’s Belles, McDonald Theatre, Eugene; TW* Jan. 7-9 — RiverCity Music Festival: Featuring The Time Jumpers, Guy Clark, Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage and the John Jorgenson Quintet; Red Lion on the River, Jantzen Beach; 503-2820877 or www.rivercitybluegrass.com.

Jan. 8 — Erik Friedlander, The Shedd Institute, Eugene; 541-4347000 or www.theshedd.org.

Jan. 11 — Joe Satriani, Roseland Theater, Portland; TW* Jan. 14 — Stone in Love, Aladdin Theater, Portland; TM* Jan. 19 — Guster, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; TM* Jan. 19 — Rebelution, McDonald Theatre, Eugene; TW* Jan. 19 — Rockapella, Aladdin Theater, Portland; TM* Jan. 19 — Yamandu Costa, The Shedd Institute, Eugene; 541-4347000 or www.theshedd.org.

Jan. 20 — Shawn Colvin, The Shedd Institute, Eugene; 541-4347000 or www.theshedd.org.

Jan. 21 — Amos Lee, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; TM* Jan. 22 — Amos Lee, McDonald Theatre, Eugene; TW* Jan. 22 — Dan Reed Band/ Stephanie Schneiderman, Aladdin Theater, Portland; TM* Jan. 22 — moe, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; TM* Jan. 23 — Anthony B, McDonald Theatre, Eugene; TW* Jan. 26 — Ween, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; SOLD OUT; TM* Jan. 28 — The Bill Charlap Trio, The Shedd Institute, Eugene; 541-4347000 or www.theshedd.org.

Jan. 29 — Interpol, Roseland Theater, Portland; TW*

Jan. 29 — TobyMac’s Winter Wonder Slam Tour, Theater of the Clouds, Portland; 877-789-7673 or www.rosequarter.com.

Jan. 30 — Elizabeth Cook, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; TM* Feb. 2 — Sarah McLachlan, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; TM* Feb. 8-9 — Social Distortion, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; TM* Feb. 9 — Dailey & Vincent, Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater, Medford; 541-779-3000 or www.craterian.com.

Feb. 10, 13 — “Night and Day”: Presented by The Emerald City Jazz Kings; Jaqua Concert Hall, The Shedd Institute, Eugene; 541-4347000 or www.theshedd.org.

Feb. 15 — Ke$ha, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; SOLD OUT; TM* Feb. 18 — Godspeed You! Black Emperor, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; SOLD OUT; TM* Feb. 18 — House of Floyd — Pink Floyd Tribute, Aladdin Theater, Portland; TM* Feb. 18-27 — Portland Jazz Festival: Featuring Regina Carter, Joshua Redman, Maceo Parker and the SFJAZZ Collective; Portland; 503228-5299 or www.pdxjazz.com.

Feb. 23 — Josh Ritter, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; TM* Feb. 24-27 — Wintergrass: Featuring The Blind Boys of Alabama, Darrell Scott, The Sam Bush Band, Crooked Still and Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands; Hyatt Regency, Bellevue, Wash.; 253-428-8056 or www.acousticsound.org.

Feb. 25 — Pancho Sanchez, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; TM* Feb. 26 — 3 Cohens & AfroSemitic, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; TM* Feb. 26 — Regina Carter, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; TM* Feb. 27 — Maceo Parker, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; TM* Feb. 28 — Eric Clapton, Rose Garden, Portland; 877-789-7673 or www.rosequarter.com.

Lectures & Comedy Jan. 8 — Joan Rivers: Also featuring the Oregon Symphony; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; 800228-7343 or www.orsymphony.org.

Jan. 21 — Jim Jefferies, Aladdin Theater, Portland; TM* Jan. 25 — Elizabeth Strout: Part of the Portland Arts & Lectures series; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; 503-227-2583 or www.literary-arts.org.

Jan. 27-28 — Craft Conversation with Garth Johnson, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland; 503-223-2654 or www.

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Jan. 28 — Brian Regan, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; TM* Jan. 29 — Paula Poundstone, Aladdin Theater, Portland; TM* Jan. 29 — “Waste of Timelessness: Craft in the Present Tense”: Lecture by Garth Johnson; Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland; 503-223-2654 or www. museumofcontemporarycraft.org.

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Through Dec. 18 — “The Santaland Diaries”: Based on the true chronicles of David Sedaris’ experience as Crumpet the Elf in Macy’s Santaland display; adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello; presented by the Lord Leebrick Theatre Company; Eugene; 541-4651506 or www.lordleebrick.com.

Through Dec. 19 — “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas”: A musical adaption of the 1954 film starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen; The Shedd Institute, Eugene; 541-4347000 or www.theshedd.org.

Through Dec. 19 — “Mars on Life — LIVE!”: Late-night talk show starring Susannah Mars; presented

by Artists Repertory Theatre; Alder Stage, Portland; 503-2411278 or www.artistsrep.org.

Through Dec. 19 — “The Nutcracker”: Presented by the Eugene Ballet Company; Hult Center, Eugene; 541682-5000 or www.hultcenter.org.

Through Dec. 23 — “A Tuna Christmas”: A sequel to the hit comedy, “Greater Tuna”; presented by the Oregon Repertory Theatre; Winningstad Theatre, Portland; TM* Through Dec. 24 — “Ebenezer Ever After”: Musical by Don Flowers and Fred Walton; presented by Stumptown Stages; Theatre!

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Dec. 18-19 — “Handel’s Messiah”: Featuring the Portland Symphonic Chamber Choir; presented by the Oregon Symphony; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; 800-2287343 or www.orsymphony.org.

Dec. 23 — “Comfort & Joy”: Holiday concert featuring the Pacific Youth Concert; presented by the Oregon Symphony; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; 800-2287343 or www.orsymphony.org.

Dec. 30-31, Jan. 2 — “La Boheme”: Opera by Puccini; presented by the Eugene Opera; Hult Center, Eugene; 541-682-5000 or www.hultcenter.org.

Jan. 8 — “Coming to America”: Featuring music by Barber, Gershwin, Ross and Copland; presented by the Oregon Mozart Players; Hult Center, Eugene; 541-6825000 or www.hultcenter.org.

Jan. 9 — “Happy Trails”: Featuring music of the great American West; part of the Oregon Symphony’s Kids Concert Series; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; 800-2287343 or www.orsymphony.org.

Jan. 15-17 — “Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms”: Featuring Grammy Awardwinning pianist; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; 800-2287343 or www.orsymphony.org.

Jan. 18 — “The Fire and Passion of Tango”: Featuring musicians and dancers from Argentina; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; 800-228-7343 or www.orsymphony.org.

Jan. 20 — “Dvorák’s Cello Concerto”: Featuring music by Barber, Schumann and Dvorák; presented by the Eugene Symphony; Hult Center, Eugene; 541-6825000 or www.hultcenter.org.

Jan. 20 — “Lang Lang in Recital”: Featuring music by Bach, Schubert and Chopin; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; 800-2287343 or www.orsymphony.org.

Jan. 22-23 — “Three Broadway Divas”: Featuring Debbie Gravitte, Jan Horvath and Christiane Noll; presented by the Oregon

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Jan. 29 — “A Gala Evening with Itzhak Perlman”: Featuring music by Beethoven, Strauss and Mendelssohn; presented by the Eugene Symphony; Hult Center, Eugene; 541-682-5000 or www.hultcenter.org.

Jan. 29, 31 — “Percussion Spectacular”: Featuring percussionist Colin Currie; presented by the Oregon Symphony; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; 800-2287343 or www.orsymphony.org.

Feb. 17 — “Scheherazade”: Featuring music by Dvorák, Poulenc and Rimsky-Korsokav; presented by the Eugene Symphony; Hult Center, Eugene; 541-6825000 or www.hultcenter.org.

Feb. 20 — Cirque de la Symphonie, Hult Center, Eugene; 541-6825000 or www.hultcenter.org.

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Dec. 23 — Radio City Christmas Spectacular: Featuring the Radio City Rockettes; Rose Garden, Portland; 877-789-7673 or

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Dec. 28-Jan. 2 — “Hair”: 2009 Tony Award winner for Musical Revival; Keller Auditorium, Portland; TM* Jan. 4-Feb. 6 — “Superior Donuts”: Comedy-drama by Tracy Letts;

presented by Artists Repertory Theatre; Morrison Stage, Portland; 503-241-1278 or www.artistsrep.org.

Jan. 13-15 — “Doug Elkins & Friends’ Fräulein Maria”: Featuring choreography by Doug Elkins; set to the score of the film “The

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Jan. 22 — Ailey II: A showcase for rising young dancers and choreographers; Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater, Medford; 541779-3000 or www.craterian.com.

Jan. 25 — “‘S Wonderful — The New Gershwin Musical”: Musical revue featuring music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin; Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater, Medford; 541779-3000 or www.craterian.com.

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Through Dec. 19 — Museum of Natural and Cultural History: The following exhibits are currently on display: “PaleoLab — Oregon’s Past Revealed: Horses and Grasslands” (through Dec. 19), “Yellowstone to Yukon” (through Dec. 19) and “We are Still Here — Stephanie Wood on Baskets and Biography” (through June 2011); University of Oregon, Eugene; 541-346-3024 or natural-history.uoregon.edu.

Through Dec. 19 — Wild Lights: A musical light show; Wildlife Safari, Winston; 541-679-6761 or www.wildlifesafari.net.

Through Dec. 23 — Hallie Ford Museum of Art: The following exhibits are currently on display: “Sandow Birk: Dante’s Inferno” (through Dec. 23) and “Francis Celentano: Form and Color” (through Jan. 16); Willamette University, Salem; 503370-6855 or www.willamette.edu.

Through Dec. 24 — Carl Morris and William Givler, The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland; 503-2262754 or www.laurarusso.com.

Through Dec. 24 — “Small Works Holiday Art Show,” Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River; 541-3878877 or www.columbiaarts.org.

Through Dec. 31 — “Jews@Work: Law and Medicine”: The exhibition focuses on the challenges Jews faced in their career choices as well as on the contributions they were able to make; Oregon Jewish Museum, Portland; 503226-3600 or www.ojm.org.

Through Dec. 31 — Korey Gulbrandson and Jeff Butler, Laurence Gallery Salishan, Gleneden Beach; 541-764-2318 or www.lawrencegallery.net.

Through Dec. 31 — Nancy Tipton and Neal Philpott, Lawrence Gallery Sheridan, Sheridan; 503-843-3633 or www.lawrencegallery.net.

Through Jan. 2 — Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art: The following exhibits are currently on display: “Giuseppe Vasi’s Rome: Lasting Impressions from the Age of the Grand Tour” (through Jan. 2) and “Excessive Obsession” (through July 31, 2011); University of Oregon, Eugene; 541346-3027 or jsma.uoregon.edu.

Through Jan. 2 — Portland Art Museum: The following exhibits are currently on display: “The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States” (through

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out of town Jan. 2), “Lee Kelly” (through Jan. 9), “Thomas Moran at Shoshone Falls” (through Jan. 16) and “Catherine Opie” (through Feb. 6), ; Portland; 503-226-2811 or www.portlandartmuseum.org.

Through Jan. 2 — ZooLights: Holiday light show features animal silhouettes and moving light sculptures; Oregon Zoo, Portland; 503-226-1561 or www.oregonzoo.org.

Through Jan. 8 — Museum of Contemporary Craft: The following exhibits are currently on display: “Collateral Matters: Selections by Kate Bingaman-Burt and Clifton Burt” (through Jan. 8) and “Object Focus: The Book” (through Feb. 26); Portland; 503-223-2654 or www. museumofcontemporarycraft.org.

Through Jan. 10 — Pacific Northwest College of Art: The following exhibits are currently on display: “Jungjin Lee: Wind” (through Jan. 10) and “Web of Trails” (through Jan. 10); Portland; 503-226-4391 or www.pnca.edu.

Through Jan. 20 — “Outreach to Space”: Traveling exhibit exploring space and space travel; built by San Francisco’s Exploratorium; Science Factory, Eugene; 541-6827888 or www.sciencefactory.org.

Through Jan. 23 — “Tinkertoy: Build Your Imagination”: Featuring giant replicas of the classic Tinkertoy construction set; Portland Children’s Museum, Portland; 503-2236500 or www.portlandcm.org.

Through Feb. 6 — Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: The following exhibits are currently on display: “Identity: An Exhibition of You” (through Feb. 6) and “Design Zone: Behind the Scenes” (through May 30); Portland; 503797-4000 or www.omsi.edu.

Dec. 20-23 — Holiday Science Adventures: For children ages 6 to 8; Science Factory, Eugene; 541-6827888 or www.sciencefactory.org.

Dec. 20-23, 27-30 — Winter ZooVenture Day Camps, Oregon Zoo, Portland; 503-220-2781 or www.oregonzoo.org.

Jan. 27-June 4 — “Era Messages: Selections by Garth Johnson”: Featuring works from the 1960s to 1980s that exemplify particular moments in the history of craft; Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland; 503-223-2654 or www. museumofcontemporarycraft.org.

Jan. 28-29 — “Stitches in Bloom Quilt Show,” The Oregon Garden, Silverton; 503-874-8100 or www.oregongarden.org.

Jan. 29-30 — Sagebrush Rendezvous: Featuring an art exhibit and wine tasting; Running Y Ranch Convention Center, Klamath Falls; 541-891-8618 or www.klamath. org/events/sagebrushart.

Miscellany Through Dec. 23 — Polar Express Train Ride: Featuring hot chocolate, cookies, a reading of “Polar Express” and photos with Santa; Hood River; 800-8724661 or www.mthoodrr.com.

Jan. 7-20 — Reel Music: Featuring

vintage performance clips, documentaries, films, music videos and animation; Northwest Film Center, Portland; 503-2211156 or www.nwfilm.org.

Jan. 21 — Disney Live! Mickey’s Magic Show, Rose Garden,

Portland; 877-789-7673 or www.rosequarter.com.

Jan. 21-23 — ChocolateFest, Oregon Convention Center, Portland; 503228-1367 or www.worldforestry.org.

Jan. 21-23 — Good Earth Home,

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Jan. 28-30 — OpenLens Festival: Featuring new Oregon-made films; DIVA Center, Eugene; 541-344-3482 or www.openlens.proscenia.net.

Feb. 19 — Harlem Globetrotters, Rose Garden, Portland; 877-7897673 or www.rosequarter.com.

Feb. 26 — Smucker’s Stars on Ice, Rose Garden, Portland; 877-7897673 or www.rosequarter.com.

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gaming TOP 10

It’s not just about speed: The graphics in “Gran Turismo 5,” from Polyphony Digital, live up to the hype, adding a high level of detail and realism. Those are essential factors in a racing game, which is all about living in the moment.

ON THE PLAYSTATION 3 The editors of Game Informer Magazine rank the top 10 PlayStation 3 games for December: 1. “Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood,” Ubisoft 2. “Gran Turismo 5,” Polyphony Digital 3. “DJ Hero 2,” Activision 4. “Call of Duty: Black Ops,” Activision 5. “Castlevania: Lords of Shadow,” Konami

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6. “Pac-Man Championship Edition DX,” Namco-Bandai 7. “Rock Band 3,” MTV Games 8. “Need For Speed Hot Pursuit,” Electronic Arts 9. “Dead Rising 2,” Capcom 10. “NBA 2K11,” 2K Sports McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Racing toward perfection Expertly crafted ‘Gran Turismo 5’ was worth the wait

By Matthew K ato Game Informer Magazine

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ay what you will about the developer’s inability to put out a game in a timely fashion, Polyphony Digital’s singular vision and commitment to delivering a great race experience pays off in “Gran Turismo 5.”

It’s not the most complete racing game since it doesn’t deliver on every front, but when you get behind the wheel of “GT 5,” it is a racing experience like no other.

A great racing title isn’t just about going fast or a big selection of cars, and “GT 5” succeeds in capturing that elusive adrenaline rush. The graphics are undoubtedly a big factor in this simply because of their high level of detail and evocation of realism. Racing

is all about living in the moment, and nothing helps that more than combining the game’s great sense of speed with impressive graphics.

I highly suggest you get into a premium car and race from the cockpit view, where you’ll feel the sensation of every bump on the street and get a better idea of the rigors of racing. Add in snow, rain, and night environment variables, and you’ve got a game that visually lives up to the hype.

One of my continuing criticisms of the series has been the cut-anddried, sterile feeling of its career mode. Although “GT 5” doesn’t abandon its traditional racing events format, I appreciate how relatively easy it is to earn money and experience points to move up the ranks.

You no longer have to grind the same racetrack to progress thanks to the new additions like the kart racing and rally special events. The game also aids its progression with seemingly dis-

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‘GRAN TURISMO 5’ 9 (out of 10) PlayStation 3 Polyphony Digital for Sony Computer Entertainment ESRB rating: E for Everyone parate rewards like paint chips (which you use to color your cars), free cars, photo travel locations, and more.

Even with a relatively generous progression curve, I don’t mind working my way up the car ladder. Having to race all kinds of vehicles gives me an appreciation of what different cars are good and bad at, and it helps me as a racer in general. In some ways, this is the heart and soul of what “Gran Turismo” is all about.

As much as this game nails its overall vision, the franchise could stand to stretch its horizons. “Gran Turismo 5” tries to do this by adding car damage, but it strangely unlocks only later in

• “Zooloretto” (Wii) • “Sackboy’s Prehistoric Moves” (PS3) • “Pinball FX 2: Marvel Pinball” (PS3) • “Under Siege” (PS3)

the game. By the time Polyphony unlocked the feature, I was past worrying about when it would show up.

The online racing, with its smooth racing experience, standard community features and pre-race practice options, is satisfying, but disappointingly lacks overall rankings or leaderboards.

I also think Polyphony passed up a larger chance to integrate the online portion back into your main career. I wish they’d done this with online instead of the underwhelming B-Spec mode, which has you directing other racecar drivers while they race for you. Why would you want to surrender the wheel to someone else?

We’ve waited a long time for “Gran Turismo 5,” but it was worth the wait. Every aspect of the game didn’t blow me away, but the sheer amount of effort and craftsmanship that went into the game is impressive. This is a racing experience that racing fans should not miss.

• “Lilt Line” (Wii) • “Just Sing! Christmas Songs” (DS) • “Super Mario All-Stars” (Wii) — Gamespot.com

Weekly download ‘MARVEL PINBALL’ For: Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade (requires free “Pinball FX 2” download); PlayStation 3 via PlayStation Network (standalone game) From: Zen Studios ESRB Rating: E for Everyone Price: $10 for all four tables (both platforms) or $2.50 per table (Xbox 360 only) Zen Studios set the table for something special when it rolled out “Pinball FX 2” as a free, endlessly extensible Xbox 360 pinball platform, and the first batch of add-on tables provides validation for all that excitement. “Marvel Pinball” features four tables, with SpiderMan, Iron Man, Wolverine and Blade each spearheading a machine.

The inclusion of Blade may raise eyebrows, but one playthrough of the table — which features a day/night cycle with different opportunities in both phases — justifies his inclusion. The pinball version of Stark Industries, meanwhile, becomes a maze of ramps, side rail decoys and upgrades with which to turn Tony Stark into Iron Man, while the Spider-Man table’s idea of multi-ball comes in the form of bombs lobbed by the Green Goblin.

The Spider-Man and Wolverine tables feature a satisfying roster of villains, and skilled players can watch Wolverine fight on the table while the pinball action continues.

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movies

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I n “Tron: Legacy,” Jeff Bridges, left, reprises his role as Kevin Flynn, while Garrett Hedlund plays his son Sam, who joins dad in the virtual world he created.

A worthy successor ‘Tron: Legacy’ is short on logic but visually stunning — just like the original

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o the sad story of a father who was trapped inside a snowman for the winter (“Jack Frost”), we must now add “Tron: Legacy,” where the father has been trapped inside a software program for 20 years.

Yes, young Sam Flynn has grown up an orphan because his dad was seduced and abducted by a video game. Now a call comes for the young hero to join his old dad in throwing virtual Frisbees at the evil programs threatening that digital world.

This is a movie well beyond the possibility of logical expla-

nation. Since the Tron universe exists entirely within chips, don’t bother yourself about where the physical body of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) has been for the last two decades; it must surely have been somewhere because we can see that it has aged.

The solution, I suppose, is that this is a virtual world and it can do anything it feels like, but how exactly does a flesh-and-blood 20-year-old get inside it? And what does he eat?

Joseph Kosinski’s “Tron: Legacy” steps nimbly over such ob-

stacles and hits the ground running, in a 3-D sound-and-light show that plays to the eyes and ears more than the mind.

Among its real-world technology is a performance by Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn at two different ages — now, and 20 years ago. The original “Tron” was made 28 years ago, but that would have made young Sam Flynn, his son, nearly 30, which is too old for the hero in a story of this sort. The ideal age would be around 12.

In a flashback we see Kevin, lord of a mighty software corpo-

ration, taking leave of his son as a child.

At first you think Jeff Bridges looks younger in this scene because of makeup or Botox or something, and then you realize this is Bridges’ body and voice, but his face has been rendered younger by special effects.

They’re uncanny.

The use of profiles and backlighting makes the illusion adequate for this purpose.

The real Bridges turns up later inside the program, whiskery and weathered.

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ROGER EBERT

“Tron: Legacy” 125 minutes PG-13, for sequences of sci-fi action, violence and brief mild language

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movies

Courtesy Fox Searchlight

Natalie Portman delivers a heroic performance as a driven ballerina in “Black Swan.”

Dancing into the heart of darkness Passionate acting, storytelling elevate ‘Black Swan’

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arren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” is a full-bore melodrama, told with passionate intensity, gloriously and darkly absurd. It centers on a performance by Natalie Portman that is nothing short of heroic, and mirrors the conflict of good and evil in Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake.”

It is one thing to lose yourself in your art. Portman’s ballerina loses her mind.

Everything about classical ballet lends itself to excess. The art form is one of grand gesture, of the illusion of triumph over reality and even the force of gravity. Yet it demands from its performers years of rigorous perfectionism, the kind of physical and mental training that takes ascendancy over normal life.

This conflict between the ideal and the real is consuming Nina Sayers, Portman’s character.

ROGER EBERT

“Black Swan” 108 minutes R, for strong sexual content, disturbing violent images, language and some drug use Her life has been devoted to ballet. Was that entirely her choice? Her mother, Erica (Barbara Hershey), was a dancer once, and now dedicates her life to her daughter’s career. They share a small apartment that feels some-

times like a refuge, sometimes like a cell. They hug and chatter like sisters. Something feels wrong.

Nina dances in a company at Lincoln Center, ruled by the autocratic Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel). The reach of his ego is suggested by his current season, which will “reimage” the classics. Having cast off his former prima ballerina and lover, Beth MacIntyre (Winona Ryder), he is now auditioning for a new lead.

“Swan Lake” requires the lead to play opposite roles. Nina is clearly the best dancer for the White Swan. But Thomas finds her too “perfect” for the Black Swan. She dances with technique, not feeling.

The film seems to be unfolding along lines that can be anticipated.

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From previous page But the CGI version of younger Jeff sticks around to play Clu, a program he created, who now desires (you know this is coming) to control the world.

Kevin and Sam reconcile and bond. They join other cyberspace allies, notably including the beguiling Quorra (Olivia Wilde), whom cyber-Kevin has apparently been parenting instead of poor orphaned Sam. Does this symbolize the ways video games can destroy reallife relationships? Just asking.

I’m thinking of Quorra and Sam as a possible romantic couple, but there’s the pesky problem that she is virtual and he bleeds when he’s cut — I think, although maybe not inside the program. This brings us back to a central question about “Avatar”: What or who, precisely, was Neytiri falling in love with?

I’m giving this more attention than the movie does, which is just as well. Isaac Asimov would have attempted some kind of scientific speculation on how this might all be possible, but “Tron” is more action-oriented. (Personal to sci-fi fans: If “2001” is Analog, “Tron: Legacy” is Thrilling Wonder Stories.)

The first “Tron” (1982) felt revolutionary at the time. I’d never seen anything like it. We showed it again at Ebertfest a few years ago. It was the first movie to create a digital world and embed human actors; earlier that had been done with special effects, matte shots, optical printers, blue screen and so on. “Tron” found a freedom of movement within its virtual world that was exhilarating.

The plot was impenetrable, but so what?

“Tron: Legacy,” a sequel made 28 years after the original but with the same actor, is true to the first film: It also can’t be understood, but looks great.

Both films, made so many years apart, can fairly lay claim to being state-of-the-art. This time that includes the use of 3-D. Since so much of the action involves quick movement forward and backward in shots, the 3-D effect is useful, and not just a promiscuous use of the ping-pong effect. It is also well-iterated.

A long time ago in 1984, Jeff Bridges appeared as an alien inhabiting a human body in John Carpenter’s “Starman.”

An article in The New York Times Magazine called him the perfect movie actor. He wasn’t flashy; he was steadily, consistently good. Now that he has won an Oscar for “Crazy

“Tron: Legacy,” a sequel made 28 years after the original but with the same actor, is true to the first film: It also can’t be understood, but looks great.

Heart” and is opening soon in “True Grit,” that is still true.

Here is an actor expected to (1) play himself as a much younger man, (2) play himself now, and (3) play a computer program (or avatar?), and he does all three in a straightforward manner that is effective and convincing (given the preposterous nature of the material).

Sam, circa 20 (Garrett Hedlund), is well-suited to his role, somewhat resembling Bridges.

Olivia Wilde makes a fragrant Quorra. In some inexplicable way, these actors and Bruce Boxleitner (Tron) and Michael Sheen (Zuse) plausibly project human emotions in an environment devoid of organic life, including their own.

The artificial world is wonderfully well-rendered, building on the earlier film’s ability to bring visual excitement to what must in reality, after all, be slim pickings: invisible ones and zeroes. I soon topped off on the thrill of watching Frisbees of light being hurled, but some of the chases and architectural details are effective simply because they use sights and spaces never seen.

And the soundtrack by Daft Punk has such urgent electronic force that the visuals sometimes almost play as ITS accompaniment. It might not be safe to play this in the car.

The plot is another matter.

It’s a catastrophe, short-changing the characters and befuddling the audience. No doubt an online guru will produce a synopsis of everything that happens, but this isn’t like an opera, where you can peek at the program notes.

I expect “Tron: Legacy” to be a phenomenon at the box office for a week or three. It may not have legs because its appeal is too one-dimensional for an audience much beyond immediate responders. When “2001” was in theaters, there were fans who got stoned and sneaked in during the intermission for the sound-and-light trip. I hesitate to suggest that for “Tron: Legacy,” but the plot won’t suffer.

Robert Ebert is a film critic for The Chicago Sun-Times.

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movies From previous page There’s tension between Nina and Thomas, and then Lily (Mila Kunis), a new dancer, arrives. She is all Nina is not: bold, loose, confident. She fascinates Nina, not only as a rival but as a role model. Lily is, among other things, a clearly sexual being, and we suspect Nina may never have been on a date, let alone slept with a man. For her Lily presents a professional challenge and a personal rebuke.

Thomas is well known for having affairs with his dancers. Played with intimidating arrogance by Cassel, he clearly has plans for the virginal Nina. This creates a crisis in her mind: How can she free herself from the technical perfection

and sexual repression enforced by her mother, while remaining loyal to their incestuous psychological relationship?

No backstage ballet story can be seen without “The Red Shoes” (1948) coming into mind. If you’ve never seen it, of course eventually you will. In the character of Thomas, Aronofsky and Cassel evoke Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook), the impresario in that film, whose autocratic manner masks a deep possessiveness. And in Nina there is a version of Moira Shearer’s ingenue, so driven to please.

“Black Swan” will remind some viewers of Aronofsky’s previous film, “The Wrestler.” Both show single-minded professionalism in the pursuit of a career, leading to

Tepid film wastes a good cast ‘How Do You Know’ never quite takes off

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he one thing we don’t see Reese Witherspoon doing in “How Do You Know” is playing softball. Considering that she portrays a softball player, this seems strange. To be sure, she’s dropped from the team roster early in “How Do You Know,” so that’s a reason.

But there’s something so deeply Witherspoonish about the idea of Reese stealing second that I am unconsoled.

It’s established that she’s a very good softball player indeed.

Her teammates love her, her play is superb, she’s a great role model, and her only problem is she’s almost 30. This is apparently past retirement age for women softball players.

No sooner does she get some free time on her hands than two would-be lovers complicate her life. Matty (Owen Wilson) is a pro baseball pitcher with a multimillion-dollar contract, and

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“How Do You Know” 116 minutes PG-13, for sexual content and some strong language (on appeal); originally rated R for some language George (Paul Rudd) is a big-time financial wheeler-dealer who works for the firm controlled by his father, Charles (Jack Nicholson). George is the nicer man.

Matty is a two-timing, womanizing narcissist. But it looks as if George will be indicted and spend time in prison, and Lisa (Witherspoon) moves into Matty’s penthouse, which is large enough for batting practice.

Lisa has sex with Matty and presumably with George, but it’s that romcom kind of sex that remains, for an outsider, largely conceptual.

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the destruction of personal lives.

The main story supports of “Black Swan” are traditional: backstage rivalry, artistic jealousy, a great work of art mirrored in the lives of those performing it.

Aronofsky drifts eerily from those reliable guidelines into the mind of Nina. She begins to confuse boundaries. The film opens with a dream, and it becomes clear that her dream life is contiguous with her waking one. Aronofsky and Portman follow this fearlessly where it takes them.

Portman’s performance is a revelation. She has never played a character this obsessed, and never faced a greater physical challenge (she trained for 10 months). Somehow she goes over the top and yet

stays in character. The other actors are like dance partners holding her aloft. Barbara Hershey provides a perfectly calibrated performance as a mother whose love is real, whose shortcomings are not signaled, whose own perfectionism has all been focused on the creation of her daughter.

The tragedy of Nina, and of many young performers and athletes, is that perfection in one area of life has led to sacrifices in many of the others. At a young age, everything becomes focused on pleasing someone (a parent, a coach, a partner), and somehow it gets wired in that the person can NEVER be pleased. One becomes perfect in every area except for life itself.

It’s traditional in many balletbased dramas for a summing-up to take place in a bravura third act. “Black Swan” has a beauty.

All of the themes of the music and life, all of the parallels of story and ballet, all of the confusion of reality and dream come together in a grand exhilaration of towering passion. There is really only one place this can take us, and it does.

If I were you, I wouldn’t spend too much time trying to figure out exactly what happens in practical terms. Lots of people had doubts about the end of “The Red Shoes,” too. They were wrong, but they did.

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From previous page Intimate personal behavior doesn’t much enter in because all of the characters are limited to sitcom problems. Matty’s troubles are shallowness and sex addiction. George is a nice man, ethical, who faces indictment on a technicality. In theory, he should have known every detail about the financial malfeasance of his father’s company. It doesn’t always work out that way.

I expected this movie to be better. The writer-director is James L. Brooks, and this is the fourth time he’s worked with Jack Nicholson (including “Terms of Endearment” and “As Good as It Gets,” for both of which he won acting Oscars). So let’s start with Nicholson. Brooks hasn’t given him much to work with. He plays a conniving tycoon who doesn’t deserve his son’s loyalty. In his best roles, Jack always seems to be getting away with something.

He is here, too, but it’s not funny.

We like to identify with his onscreen sins, and this is a rare time when Nicholson is simply a creep.

The best-written and funniest role in the film is for Owen Wilson, as the pro pitcher. You know how his characters can have that ingratiating niceness, that solici-

tude for you while they’re serving themselves? Here he plays a man tone-deaf to the feelings of women and clueless about his own behavior. But he’s so nice about it that Lisa agrees to move in, and that provides an opening for what every actress should master, the scene where she repacks her bags and marches out.

Rudd’s George is very likable.

This is the wrong time for him to fall in love. His world is collapsing, and he finds himself in a cheap rented apartment surrounded by packing boxes. He has nothing to offer Lisa, and not enough trust in himself or her to realize she loves him, the big dummy.

All of this whizzes along a few feet off the ground, like most romcoms. Reese Witherspoon is always immensely cuddly, but it’s not Lisa’s heart that’s involved here, it’s her story line. Nothing heats up. The movie doesn’t lead us; it simply stays in step. Jack Nicholson is one of the few actors who always inspires a quiet chuckle of anticipation when he first appears in a movie. This is a rare movie that doesn’t give him a chance to deserve it.

Robert Ebert is a film critic for The Chicago Sun-Times.

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icky Ward has less personality than the hero of any other boxing movie I can remember. Maybe that’s because he can’t get a word in edgeways. He has a motormouth crackhead for a half-brother, a mom who acts as his manager, and seven blond sisters who seem to be on a break from a musical being filmed on the next soundstage. It’s easy to imagine Micky growing up in this family and sitting ignored in the corner.

David O. Russell’s “The Fighter” is based on Ward’s true story, and perhaps Micky (Mark Wahlberg) is flat and withdrawn here because he is in life. His family is spectacularly dysfunctional.

Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale), his half-brother, is the failed version of what Micky hopes to become: a poor kid from Lowell, Mass., who wins because of his ability to outlast savage punishment and finally land a winning blow.

Micky grew up hero-worshipping Dicky, who lost a lot of fights but allegedly knocked over Sugar Ray Leonard once upon a time.

Then Dicky got hooked on crack, and now we see him as a goofy, scrawny guy with a Skeezix haircut, a cigarette behind his ear, and an arm around his brother’s shoulders. They’re being filmed for an HBO documentary, which Dicky thinks is about his own unlikely comeback, and everybody else knows is about his decline and fall. Crackheads sometimes get the two confused.

As the movie opens, Micky doggedly begins a series of defeats in bad matchups. Then his life changes when he meets a sweet-faced, tough-talking barmaid named Charlene (Amy Adams). She knows the neighborhood, knows the story, and knows that Micky’s problem is his family. His mother, Alice (Melissa Leo in a teeth-gratingly brilliant performance), sees both boys as performers in a long-running tribute to herself. She presides in a living room filled with her seven daughters.

When Micky gets a chance to train seriously in Vegas, Charlene more or less forces him to take it.

When Dicky and Alice follow him out there, it’s showdown time and

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“The Fighter” 115 minutes R, for language throughout, drug content, some violence and sexuality Charlene threatens to leave. But the movie is imprecise about how this plays out, and they’re all at ringside at the end.

The weakness of the film is the weakness of the leading role.

That’s not a criticism of Mark Wahlberg, who has a quite capable range, but of how he and Russell see the character. Micky comes across as a proud, not very bright, very determined man who has apparently never given his family much constructive thought. His character remains strangely unfocused.

That’s not the case with Dicky, Alice and Charlene, and those characters are where the life is.

Christian Bale, who has played Batman AND the Terminator, and for Werner Herzog played a man who survived in the jungles of Cambodia, so successfully transforms himself that you foresee a career as a cutup in the “Jackass” movies. Melissa Leo (“Frozen River”) is merciless in her depiction of Alice; steering her son to failure is more rewarding than having him succeed on his own. She’s one of those women, you know the type, who likes the way she looks posing with a freshly lit cigarette.

There are a lot of fight scenes, not as visceral as those in “Raging Bull,” “Rocky” or “The Wrestler,” but designed more to represent the POV of a sportswriter or fan.

Because we aren’t deeply invested in Micky, we don’t care as much as we should, and the film ends on a note that should be triumph but feels more like simple conclusion.

Roger Ebert is a film critic for The Chicago Sun-Times.

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HEADS UP “Little Fockers” — The dynasty introduced in “Meet the Parents” and “Meet the Fockers” continues to provide the laughs — and son-in-law/

father-in-law tension — as Ben Stiller reunites with a cast that includes returning actors Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Owen Wilson, Barbra Streisand and Dustin Hoffman and newcomers Jessica Alba, Laura Dern and Harvey Keitel. The film opens

Wednesday at local theaters. (PG-13)

— Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press “The Polar Express” — Robert Zemeckis’ 2004 holiday film stars Tom Hanks. The film is based on the beloved Caldecott Medal children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg. When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

“The Polar Express” screens at McMenamins Old St. Francis School in Bend. 100 minutes. (PG)

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“True Grit” — The 1969 original with John Wayne won an Oscar for cinema’s legendary cowboy star.

But expect something completely different from Joel and Ethan Coen, the directing and writing team from “Fargo” and “No Country for Old Men.” They should bring their trademark style to this adaptation starring Josh Brolin and Matt Damon, and Jeff Bridges in Wayne’s role as Rooster Cogburn. The film opens Wednesday at local theaters. 128 minutes. (PG-13)

— Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press

WHAT’S NEW “Black Swan” — Natalie Portman in a bravura performance as a driven perfectionist, a young ballerina up for a starring role at Lincoln Center.

Her life is shadowed by a smothering mother (Barbara Hershey), an autocratic director (Vincent Cassel), a venomous rival (Mila Kunis) and her deposed predecessor (Winona Ryder). A full-bore melodrama, told with passionate intensity, gloriously and darkly absurd. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Rating: Three and a half stars. 108 minutes. (R) “The Fighter” — Colorful supporting performances help, but a vaguely defined lead diminishes the power you’d expect in this story based on a real fighter. Mark Wahlberg plays Micky Ward, Christian Bale is his goofy crackhead half-brother, Melissa Leo is his possessive mom, and Amy Adams is the barmaid who knows

he’ll never get anywhere until he frees himself of his family. The hero comes across as such a victim of lifelong domination that even when he wins, he feels like a loser. Directed

by David O. Russell. Rating: Two and a half stars. 115 minutes. (R) “How Do You Know” — Reese Witherspoon plays a softball player who finds herself simultaneously without a team and with two men in her life. Owen Wilson is a millionaire pro pitcher, and Paul Rudd is a wheeler-dealer who faces prison because of misdealings by the firm of his father (Jack Nicholson). A promising mix by writer-director James L. Brooks, who guided Nicholson to Oscars in “Terms of Endearment” and “As Good as It Gets,” but he gives Jack a puzzling heavy role, and strands his good cast in a run-of-the-mill romcom. Rating: Two stars. 116 minutes. (PG-13) “Tron: Legacy” — Twenty years after he leaves his son at bedtime and steps out for a spin on his motorcycle, Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) summons him mysteriously to a portal into the software program he invented — and now inhabits. Young Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) is needed to help his dad and the beautiful Quorra (Olivia Wilde) to ward off an evil cabal that wants to conquer the Internet and/or the world. The plot is impenetrable, but Jeff Bridges is solid in three roles (younger, older and digital), and the visuals are a sensational soundand-light show, cutting-edge in the tradition of the 1982 film. Rating: Three stars. 125 minutes. (PG-13) “Yogi Bear” — Yogi always was “smarter than the average bear.” But parents and grandparents dragging tykes along to the 3-D big screen “Yogi Bear” will probably remember him as funnier than the average bear, too. Or funnier than this. A computer-animated Yogi (voiced by Dan Aykroyd) and Boo Boo (voiced

by Justin Timberlake) inhabit a real-world Jellystone Park, with the unfunny Tom Cavanagh as Ranger Smith and nothing-funny-to-play Anna Faris as the ranger’s love interest.

Rating: One star. 75 minutes. (PG)

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STILL SHOWING “Burlesque” — Christina Aguilera plays the proverbial small-town girl from Iowa who gets on a bus and travels to Los Angeles hoping for stardom. She finds it in the Burlesque Lounge, a Sunset Strip club run by Cher. With a cornball story to showcase their musical numbers, it’s a cheesy entertainment

of interest primarily because of the embedded music videos. Rating: Two stars. 116 minutes. (PG-13) “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” — Edmund, Lucy and their nuisance of a cousin Eustace are drawn into a seafaring painting on the wall and find themselves on board the Dawn Treader and involved in a quest to save Narnia. Their challenge, finding the missing magical swords of the Lords of Telmar, involves a risky sea voyage that finally leads to the ominous Dark Island. The

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“The A-Team” — An incomprehensible mess with the 1980s TV show embedded within. At over two hours of queasy-cam anarchy it’s punishment. Same team, same types, same traits, new actors: Liam Neeson, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley, “Rampage” Jackson, Patrick Wilson. DVD Extras: Audio commentary and A-Team Theme Mash-Up Montage; Blu-ray Extras: Four additional featurettes, deleted scenes and gag reel. Rating: One and a half stars. 121 minutes. (PG-13) “Cyrus” — Two lonely people (John C. Reilly and Marisa Tomei) meet at a party and like each other. She has a 20ish son (Jonah Hill) who welcomes Reilly to their home and invites him to stay for dinner. But a comedy of social embarrassment develops when it becomes clear that the son is jealous and possessive of his mother, and perhaps too physically familiar with her. No, it’s not incest; let’s call it inappropriate behavior that his mom doesn’t seem to discourage. Reilly is caught in an awkward position, which the film simply regards, leaving us to wince in a fascinated way.

DVD Extras: Deleted scenes; Blu-ray Extras: Four additional featurettes and a music mash-up. Rating: Three and a half stars. 91 minutes. (R) “Despicable Me — A villain instead of a hero. That’s rare in an animated comedy, but the villain is worth his

starring role. He’s Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), who hatches a dastardly scheme to steal the moon. Supported by countless little yellow Minions and challenged by three plucky orphan girls, he does battle with his arch-nemesis, Vector (Jason Segel).

Funny, energetic, teeth-gnashingly venomous, and animated with an eye to exploiting the 3-D process with such sure-fire techniques as a roller coaster. But 3-D dims the brightness, and the film will look and feel better if you can find it in 2-D. DVD Extras: Four featurettes, game previews and audio commentary; Blu-ray Extras: Two additional featurettes and three mini movies featuring the Minions Rating: Three stars. 95 minutes. (PG) “The Town” — Effective thriller about career bank robbers, directed by and starring Ben Affleck. Jeremy Renner is loopy and scary as the flywheel on an otherwise disciplined criminal team. Could have been better if it followed the characters more than the buried plot structure.

But worth seeing. DVD Extras: Two featurettes and audio commentary; Blu-ray Extras: Four additional featurettes and extended cuts. Rating: Three stars. 124 minutes. (R) ALSO OUT THIS WEEK: “The Other Guys,” “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole,” “Nanny McPhee Returns,” “Mother and Child” and “Micmacs.”

COMING UP: Movies scheduled for national release Dec. 21 include “Salt,” “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” “Easy A” and “Devil.” Check with local video stores for availability.

— Roger Ebert, The Chicago SunTimes (“DVD and Blu-ray Extras” from wire and online sources)

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Zach Galifianakis star as a mismatched odd couple who find themselves sharing a rental car on a drive from Atlanta to Los Angeles. In a comedy that’s as near as makes no difference to a down-market retread of “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” they create

big laughs and have some funny stops along the way, but the Galifianakis character is so obnoxious in such a passive-aggressive way that we don’t much want to see the journey continue.

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Passable entertainment, but a missed opportunity. Directed by Todd (“The Hangover”) Phillips. Rating: Two and a half stars. 95 minutes. (R) “Fair Game” — Sean Penn and Naomi Watts star as Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame, a couple embroiled in controversy in the early days of the Iraq War. Wilson, sent to Niger to find evidence of uranium sales to Saddam, found none, and said so in a New York Times op-ed bombshell.

Plame was then outed as a CIA agent, apparently by an aide of Dick Cheney. The situation placed great pressure on their marriage, which is largely the focus of the film. The movie may work better the more you walk in agreeing with it. Rating: Three stars. 105 minutes. (PG-13) “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” — Lisbeth Salander spends the first half of the film recovering from what happened at the end of the previous one. That’s all right, because a wounded silence is her medium.

Now members of the “Section” want to silence her once and for all, and her demented blond giant half-brother is after her, and Mikael is fighting to defend her against insanity charges, and this uptight, ferocious little gamin Lisbeth has won our hearts.

Rating: Three stars. 148 minutes. (R) “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” — Harry, Hermione and Ron have grown up and the horrors they met at Hogwarts are but nostalgic memories. They are cast out now into the vastness of the world, on their own, and Voldemort and his Death Eaters draw ever closer.

Also drawing near is an equally unsettling phenomenon, sexual maturity. A handsome and sometimes harrowing film that will be completely unintelligible for anyone coming to the series for the first time. Rating: Three stars. 146 minutes. (PG-13) “Hereafter” — Clint Eastwood considers the idea of an afterlife with tenderness, beauty and a gentle tact.

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converge, but in a way that respects the plausible. Not a woo-woo film but about how love makes us NEED for there to be an afterlife. Rating: Four stars. 129 minutes. (PG-13) “Love and Other Drugs” — Jake Gyllenhaal plays a gung-ho pharmaceutical salesman in the 1990s, not above flirting with doctors’ receptionists if it gets him through the door. Anne Hathaway plays the beautiful patient of one doctor. They meet under shady circumstances, but nonetheless fall in love, and she reveals she’s in the early stages of Parkinson’s. This fact changes the course of a comedy into something much more serious, and the comic elements become an awkward fit.

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by Edward Zwick. Rating: Two and a half stars. 112 minutes. (R) “Megamind” — Bright and amusing 3-D animation as two aliens (voiced

by Will Ferrell and Brad Pitt) battle for control of Metro City. Tina Fey voices a local TV reporter, David Cross is a piranha-like sidekick for Megamind, and Jonah Hill is a put-upon TV cameraman who finds himself transformed into a third super being. The 3-D isn’t really necessary, but is well-handled.

Rating: Three stars. 95 minutes. (PG) “The Next Three Days” — Russell Crowe stars as an English teacher whose wife (Elizabeth Banks) is charged and convicted for murder.

Despite compelling evidence for her guilt, he believes she couldn’t have done it. As appeals fail, he determines to break her out of jail, and in the process his character must somehow transform into a man capable of taking such action. Not a bad movie if you want a competent thriller. Not the level of achievement we expect from Crowe and writer-director Paul Haggis (“Crash”). Rating: Two and a half stars. 133 minutes. (PG-13) “RED” — Bruce Willis is a retired CIA assassin, but now is a target.

So he reassembles his old team: Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren and Brian Cox. And a telephone operator played by MaryLouise Parker.

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HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG-13) Fri-Tue: 11:20 a.m., 2:30, 6:25, 9:30 HOW DO YOU KNOW (PG-13) Fri-Tue: 10:55 a.m., 1:35, 4:15, 7:10, 10 LITTLE FOCKERS (PG-13) Tue night/Wed morning: 12:01 a.m.

LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS (R) Fri-Tue: 11:25 a.m., 9:45 MEGAMIND (PG) Fri-Tue: 11:55 a.m., 2:10, 4:30 THE NEXT THREE DAYS (PG-13) Fri-Tue: 2:05, 6:35 TANGLED (PG) Fri-Tue: 11:10 a.m., 1:40, 4:20, 6:55, 9:20 TRON: LEGACY 3-D (PG) Fri-Tue: 11:35 a.m., 12:05, 2:25, 4:05, 5:10, 7, 8, 9:55, 10:45 TRON: LEGACY (PG) Fri-Tue: 11 a.m., 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 THE TOURIST (PG-13) Fri-Mon: 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40, 10:15 Tue: 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40, 10:15 UNSTOPPABLE (PG-13) Fri-Tue: 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:55, 10:35

YOGI BEAR (PG) Fri-Tue: 11:45 a.m., 2, 4:35, 6:45, 9:10 YOGI BEAR 3-D (PG) Fri-Tue: 12:25, 2:40, 4:55, 7:15, 9:40

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(After 7 p.m. shows 21 and over only. Under 21 may attend screenings before 7 p.m. if accompanied by a legal guardian.)

HEREAFTER (PG-13) Fri: 6 Sun, Tue-Thu: 6:30 THE POLAR EXPRESS (PG) Sat: 2:30 Sun, Tue-Thu: 12:30 RED (PG-13) Fri: 9

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER (PG) Fri-Thu: 10 a.m., 12:45, 3:30, 6:15, 9 TANGLED (PG) Fri-Thu: 10:30 a.m., 1, 4, 6:15, 8:30 TRON: LEGACY (PG) Fri-Thu: 10:15 a.m., 1, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 YOGI BEAR (PG) Fri-Thu: 10 a.m., 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7, 9:15

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THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER (PG) Fri: 5, 7:30 Sat: 2:30, 5, 7:30 Sun: 1:30, 4, 6:30 Mon-Tue: 4:30, 7 Wed-Thu: 4:30 FAIR GAME (PG-13) Fri: 8 Sat: 5:30, 8 Sun: 4:30, 7 Mon-Tue: 7:15

EDITOR’S NOTES: • As of press time, complete movie times for Wednesday and Thursday at the Regal Old Mill Stadium 16 and the Regal Pilot Butte 6 were unavailable. Check The Bulletin’s Community Life section those days for the complete movie listings.

• Movie Times in bold are open-captioned showtimes.

• There is an additional $3.50 fee for 3-D movies.

LITTLE FOCKERS (PG-13) Wed-Thu: 5, 7:30 TANGLED (PG) Fri: 5:30 Sat: 3 Sun: 2 Mon-Tue: 5 THE TOURIST (PG-13) Fri: 5:15, 7:45 Sat: 2:45, 5:15, 7:45 Sun: 1:45, 4:15, 6:45 Mon-Tue: 4:45, 7:15 Wed-Thu: 7:15 TRON: LEGACY (PG) Fri: 4:45, 7:30 Sat: 2, 4:45, 7:30 Sun: 1, 3:45, 6:30 Mon-Thu: 4:15, 7 TRUE GRIT (PG-13) Wed-Thu: 4:45, 7:15

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LITTLE FOCKERS (PG-13) Wed-Thu: 4, 7 MEGAMIND (G) Fri-Tue: 4 UNSTOPPABLE (PG-13) Fri, Mon-Tue: 7 Sat-Sun: 1, 7

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movies From Page 38 Comic thriller, neither good nor bad, featuring actors we like doing things we wish were more interesting. Rating: Two stars. 110 minutes. (PG-13) “Secretariat” — A great film about greatness, the story of the horse and the no less brave woman who had faith in him. Diane Lane stars as Penny Chenery, who fell in love with Secretariat when he was born, and battled the all-male racing fraternity and her own family to back her faith in the champion. A lovingly crafted film, knowledgeable about racing, with great uplift. Also with John Malkovich, Scott Glenn, James Cromwell, Nelsan Ellis, Dylan Walsh.

One of the year’s best. Rating: Four stars. 122 minutes. (PG) “Tamara Drewe” — A mischievous British comedy, set in a rural writer’s retreat where egos and libidos are in contention. When a once-homely local girl returns home with newfound fame and an improved nose, all the men perk up with unfortunate results. With Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Dominic Cooper, Luke Evans and Tamsin Greig. Directed by Stephen Frears. Delightful. Rating: Three and a half stars. 110 minutes. (R) “Tangled” — Rapunzel, the girl locked in a tower with only her long, golden locks for company, gets a sassy, spirited screen treatment from Disney with “Tangled,” an animated fairytale musical from the Not Pixar corner of the company.

Like most of Disney’s in-house cartoons, “Tangled” suffers most when compared to the best of Pixar.

Animated musicals are only as good as their songs, and this one isn’t on a par with “Beauty and the Beast” or even “The Princess and the Frog.” But the laughs make the tunes pass by quickly, the emotional moments pay off and this version of Rapunzel lets down its hair just enough to deserve a place of honor with all the other glorious Disney “princess” tales. Rating: Three stars. 93 minutes. (PG)

“The Tourist” — A romantic comedy crossed with a crime thriller, shot in Paris and Venice, involving a glamorous mystery woman (Angelina Jolie) and a math teacher (Johnny Depp) from Wisconsin.

Preposterous, of course, but it

could have worked as a farce, with witty flirtation and droll Cary Grantian understatement. Jolie rises to the occasion, but Depp plays the math teacher as a man waiting for the school bell to ring so he can go bowling. Rating: Two

stars. 104 minutes. (PG-13) “Unstoppable” — A runaway train hurtles at 70 mph, and the movie is as relentless as the train. Denzel Washington and Chris Pine try to stop it, and Rosario Dawson is the hard-driving dispatcher. In

terms of sheer craftsmanship, this is a superb film. Directed by Tony Scott. Rating: Three and a half stars. 98 minutes. (PG-13)

— Roger Ebert, The Chicago SunTimes (unless otherwise noted)

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