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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Kelly Kearsley / The Bulletin
January 9, 2003
SMITH ROCK - For several days out of the month, state parks are 17-year-old Michael Friesen's classroom. And splitting massive logs to construct a fence by hand is his schoolwork.
"I'm out doing what I like, working with my hands," Friesen said. "It feels like we've done something....