Oregon State’s Jonah Nickerson allowed only two hits in 7 2/3 innings as the Beavers (48-15 overall) beat Rice 2-0 in Thursday’s game at Rosenblatt Stadium, advancing to the championship series of the College World Series.    Jonah Nickerson allowed only 2 hits during 7 2/3 innings in Thursday's game against Rice.Oregon State will play No. 9 North Carolina in a best-of-three series for the national championship series that begins Saturday at 4 pm. The championship ... [full story]

SALEM — State wildlife officials have completed their random computer drawing for controlled hunt big game tags. Results area available by calling 1-800-708-1782 and on ODFW's web site, http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/hunting/big_game/controlled_hunts/ . ODFW limits the number of hunters for particular hunts to improve game management and enhance the hunting experience. The annual application deadline for these "controlled" hunt tags is May 15 and results are available by June 20. A total of 134,746 controlled hunt tags were ... [full story]

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I think society has lost its sense of etiquette and politeness. We've forgotten simple manners and the niceties of a civilized society. No longer do we display the manners we were taught as children. We've become petulant and rude. We're quick to whine about the slightest offense. And we voice our displeasure at the top of our lungs like a spoiled child who didn't get the toy he wanted.A simple smile ... [full story]

The Republicans are fond of accusing the Democrats of being a party without ideas. Well, after watching the GOP trot out the trite tripe it passes off as ideas for the last couple of years, I'll tell you, no idea seems like a pretty damn good idea at this point. Estate taxes and gay bashing and flag burning seem to be their front burner issues. Which if you think about it is pretty cynical on their ... [full story]

If former Vice President Al Gore eventually decides to mount another run for presidency, it may be that the bashing he received from the right during the run-up to and premiere of "An Inconvenient Truth," his new highly-acclaimed documentary film warning of the dangers of global warming, was a motivating factor. Conservatives having a field day with the release of Al Gore's new film on global warming According to New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, Gore's ... [full story]

Q: My sister and her husband purchased land from a contractor. The contractor informed them how much the land, plus the house, would cost and they secured a loan accordingly. After working side-by-side with the contractor for months and using their own tools and materials, they finally moved in last weekend. The following day, the contractor informed them the house would cost $35,000 more than they initially agreed on. Unable to afford this increase, they're ... [full story]

"Our vision is to improve the competitiveness of the Oregon workforce," said Don Skundrick, a Jackson County business executive and employer task force chair for Workdrugfree, a Tualatin-based nonprofit with which the Oregon Department of Human Services is contracting. "This is intended to help employers overcome the three biggest obstacles to drug-free work sites – lack of expertise, fear of the cost and not knowing how their workforces would be affected." Skundrick said a 2004 ... [full story]

In junior high I was named “best dressed” in drama class, which immediately concerned my father. Fortunately, the testosterone kicked in and by twelfth grade my taste had so declined that “matching” merely meant that all my clothes were wrinkled. For whatever reason•cultural, spiritual, X-chromosome deficiency•men are clumsy dressers. Most days it looks like we get dressed in the dark. While intoxicated.  When a woman stands in the closet, she is planning, inventing, dreaming. When ... [full story]

West Coast Collegiate Baseball League Bend Elks at Wenatchee AppleSox - Play-by-Play Jun 22, 2006 at Wenatchee, WA (Paul Thomas Stadium) Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Bend Elks........... 000 201 101 - 5 9 3 Wenatchee AppleSox.. 304 100 00X - 8 14 2 ------------------------------------------- Bend Elks starters: 9/cf Rife; 30/3b Dean; 34/rf Wentzell; 12/lf ... [full story]

The bald eagle flew low over the lodgepoles and hovered about 10 feet above the water only 25 yards from our boat, attracted to the jumping kokanee and trout.   Keith Morrow with a 4 pound rainbow. Photo by Scott Staats Keith Morrow and I joined fishing guide John Garrison recently for a day of fishing on Wickiup Reservoir. Situated among Oregon’s high Cascade lakes, Wickiup is home to trophy brown and rainbow trout as well as ... [full story]