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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
August 5, 2002
Walt Ramage and Jon McLagan topped out on the ridge, looking into the valley below. Morning sun pushed back the shadows, poking bright fingers beneath the firs and ponderosa pines that forested the north-facing slope. Across the canyon, on the dry side, sagebrush and junipers cooked in the....