Today's hits from the big national dailies

New York Times

Science Competition Winners to Be Named
Finalists in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology were to attend an awards ceremony Monday with U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings. The top winner was to receive a $100,000 scholarship... Finalists are from Texas, Oregon, West Virginia, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Hawaii, Ohio, Tennessee and North Carolina.

Scientists Experiment With Fish Farming
It's 20 degrees outside in southern Idaho's dairy country, but 100,000 angelfish swim contentedly in steaming water pumped from hot springs into Ken Ashley's geothermal greenhouse.
Washington Post

Los Angeles Times

Wall St. Journal

Seattle Times

In her sweet job, chocolatier concocts strange but wonderful confections
Autumn Martin, looking younger than her 25 years in a purple sweater, slippers and a hairnet, insists that melting chunks of chocolate into her chili is not disgusting

...and from Oregon's papers.

The Oregonian
B.C. drug traffickers expanding into meth
A Canadian cartel buys Asian chemicals and could use its Ecstasy and pot distribution lines for meth

Search for missing family to resume this morning
Searchers looking for a Northern California family missing for a week in Southern Oregon will head out again this morning, focusing on three possible routes the family might have taken.

Forbes features Powell's personal shopper to the ultra rich
Michael Lamb, operations manager for Powell's, helps the ultra-rich furnish their personal libraries. His latest project: helping a Saudi sheik outfit a library in his Jeddah palace.

Salem Statesman Journal

Capitol open house will feature Roberts
Former Oregon governor will sign copies of her book

Governor will outline budget goals today
Education will be a central focus of next term, he says

Local News Daily

Police arrest suspect in stabbing of Milwaukie resident
UPDATE: Man killed while walking home

The Bend Bulletin
Oregon lawmakers say travel benefits state, U.S.
They contend lobby-funded global trips broaden their perspective
Central Oregon teen workers in short supply
Experts point to a number of social, economic factors as cause

Eugene Register-Guard

Governor's spending plan at hand
Gov. Ted Kulongoski has the chance today to make a good many people a good deal happier about how their children will be educated and their highways patrolled, as well as how their grandparents and sick or disabled fellow Oregonians are helped.

Eugene Weekly

COURTING CHANGE
Will courthouse shine rub off on drab neighborhood?

LaGrande Observer

FOOD BANKS NEED DEPOSIT
Spurred by the news there would be no meat in Thanksgiving food boxes at the Salvation Army, last week the Great American Harvest hastily put together a turkey drive hoping for 100 turkeys.

Lake County Examiner (weekly)

East Oregonian (subscription only)

Hermiston Herald

Tri City Herald

Space on lockdown
Inmates at the Franklin County jail have no shortage of time on their hands, but space is something they could use a bit more of.

Sisters Nugget

the Source (Bend's alternative weekly)

House Rules:
After flourishing with little oversight, Central Oregon’s poker games may have run out
...local police and gaming officials may be the wild card that spoils what has become a popular and, for many businesses, lucrative new form of gambling in Central Oregon.

Central Oregonian (Prineville)
Palin’s withdraw, refile M37 claim
Prineville couple refiles claim, wants to build diner, motel atop Rimrock

Madras Pioneer

Baker City Herald

Wallowa County Chieftain

Blue Mountain Eagle

Prairie Maid: a dip into the past
School district to buy old restaurant

Argus Observer (Ontario)

Corvallis Gazette Times

OSU students create man-powered devices to purify water
Mechanical engineering students at Oregon State University didn’t have to worry about hitting the gym Thursday night. They worked up a sweat pedaling bicycles and turning hand cranks to power water purification devices created for a design course.

The legendary singing checker, Flo Arbeiter, dies
With the death last week of Flo Arbeiter, Corvallis has lost a community member who will be fondly remembered by many for her joyful outlook on life, and the joy she brought to others with her music and her smile... Known as the “Singing Checker” during her 25-year career at Albertson’s, it seems Arbeiter provided entertainment and cheer to audiences both impromptu and conventional on an almost constant basis.

Albany Democrat-Herald

Environmental opponents say they'll keep fighting South Pyramid thinning sale
After eight years of debate, the Sweet Home Ranger District will try again to thin 189 acres of densely-stocked second-growth in the Willamette National Forest.

Lebanon Express updated late morning

Charter school eyes new program
Sand Ridge organization looks into possibility of vocational education charter school

The Columbian (Vancouver) updated late morning

Re-embracing the River
Two centuries after the Hudson's Bay Co. established Fort Vancouver as the Northwest's premier wilderness trading outpost, the city is once again embracing its identity as the biggest city along one of the great rivers of the world.

17,500 YEARS AGO - A phenomenon of nature
Ranger John Ernster has been giving a lot of thought to his new assignment: Explaining to the public the mind-boggling, landscape-transforming series of events known as the Ice Age Floods.

The Dalles Chronicle

Hood River News
HR Port may add weekly pass for use of Event Site
Currently passes sell for $4 daily or $50 annually but not weekly.
City approves $550K state grant,
adopts street renumbering plan

The Daily Astorian (most stories subscription only)

Higher standards divide schools, state
Local educators say new math requirements will trigger a rash of problems

Tillamook Headlight Herald

theworldlink (South Coast)
Salmon money in limbo
The small Elk River state fishery for Chinook salmon near Port Orford is ongoing, but federal funding for West Coast commercial trollers is stalled, tangled in a mix of existing government budget bills and an uncertain political future.
Irish firm eyes wave energy park off Bandon
Another alternative energy company is following the wave of harnessing the ocean's power by planning for an energy project off the coast near Bandon.

Klamath Falls Herald & News

Ashland Daily Tidings
ICCA, food bank move to Ashland St.
The Interfaith Care Community of Ashland celebrated its new home in the Handyman building on Ashland Street Friday night with live music, finger food and an opportunity to see the facility that will open on Monday.

Roseburg News Review

Medford Mail-Tribune

Working toward ... An affordable Ashland
City officials work to develop affordable housing for middle and working class families to retain the town's diversity

Ashland swaps treasure
Annual Abundance Swap is a welcome alternative to holiday shopping

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