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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Heidi Hagemeier / The Bulletin
February 21, 2004
Bill and Catherine Stevens spent 57 years amid pungent leather smells and stacks of shoe boxes.
Loggers, mill workers and farmers frequented the Stevenses' shop regularly for new soles on ragged work boots. Women brought their favorite Sunday dress shoes in for stitching and shining, since folks....