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Archive Home > 2004 > December > 09 > A clean start for small business

A clean start for small business

Local program helps entrepreneurs turn their hobbies into profits

By Cathy Carroll / The Bulletin
December 9, 2004

Zeke Alvarado of Bend has had many jobs, from home-maintenance worker to forest firefighter to leather repair to Fred Meyer employee. But he never felt he had a vocation until he started making homemade soap with his wife, Rose Marie.

"My husband said he decided what he wanted to do when he....

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