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Archive Home > 2005 > February > 20 > Planner battles back after stroke

Planner battles back after stroke

Read finds comfort working in his office

By Chris Barker / The Bulletin
February 20, 2005

As head of the Deschutes County Community Development Department, George Read delivered one of Oregon's fastest-growing counties from the doldrums of the 1980s into a stretch of blistering growth.

Today, the 52-year-old estimates he has lost two-thirds of his vocabulary and the skills necessary....

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