Chris Burke

Heavy rain and flooding, already blamed for three deaths in the Pacific Northwest, washed out a major highway near Mount Hood and forced the shutdown of 59 miles of the North Cascades Highway in Washington state Thursday. The White River flowed over Oregon Highway 35 on Mount Hood's eastern flank Monday and Tuesday, cutting 20-foot-deep ruts through the road and sending boulders and trees rolling down the mountainside, said Bill Barnhart, a Department of Transportation manager.

Chris Carpenter became baseball's first 20-game winner this season, and the St. Louis Cardinals took advantage of Roger Clemens' injury to beat the Houston Astros, 4-2, Saturday night. Clemens came out after five innings because of a strained left hamstring, leaving him without a decision in a marquee matchup of NL Cy Young Award candidates. Clemens said he hoped to make his next start Friday at Milwaukee.

1990 RECORDS OVERALL LEAGUE 2-8 2-3 COACH RECORD AT SCHOOL Mark Cunningham 18-32-1 RETURNING STARTERS OFF DEF 7 7 TOP RETURNERS OFF DEF YR Todd Anderson, 5-10, 175 RB CB Sr. Jerry Apana, 5-8, 175 RB CB Sr. Donnell Dowdy, 6-3, 215 TE FS Sr. Brian Garbutt, 6-1, 210 -- LB Sr. Jon Green, 6-0, 210 TE -- Sr. Jason Haproff, 6-4, 230 OT -- Sr. Choel Kim, 5-10, 190 -- NG Sr. Nathan Morealle, 5-11, 175 P K Sr. Bao Nguyen, 5-10, 190 -- LB Sr. Brian Riggs, 5-6, 140 OG -- Sr.

Chris Burke, whose character on the series "Life Goes On" has helped heighten sensitivity to the mentally and physically handicapped, steps into a featured movie role as a boy with Down's syndrome who becomes the center of a major court battle involving children's rights in "Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted" (at 9 tonight on NBC, Channels 4, 36 and 39). JoBeth Williams co-stars as a passionate social service volunteer who takes the boy out of a shelter for impaired children and into her own home.

Just as Disney will pull "The Lion King" from theaters at the height of its popularity, Greg Arnette has yanked his company's best-selling sunglasses from store shelves. The move was prompted by fears that the 1950s-style wrap-around, chrome-plated plastic shades--called Ravens--were becoming overexposed. The Beastie Boys wore them on the covers of Details and Vibe, Lenny Kravitz wore them on "MTV Unplugged," and Madonna wore them to a Laker game.

While Arnette is surfing and snowboarding, some of the people who helped him build his business are now busy with a new sunglass company, Corporation Eyeball in San Clemente. "We put the band back together," said Craig Lark, a founder of the fledgling company, which will make sunglasses under the Von Zipper brand. "We had so much fun together, when it was just us doing it out of a small San Clemente office, that we're gonna do it again."

Detroit Tigers rookie reliever Joel Zumaya, who has a 1.98 earned-run average in 56 games, has a sprained right wrist and won't be available for a few days. "He has a tendinitis in his right wrist, which is causing some tightness in his forearm," team trainer Kevin Rand said Tuesday. A doctor examined Zumaya on Monday and the right-hander received a cortisone shot. He will not pick up a baseball until at least Friday, Rand said.