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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Mark Morical / The Bulletin
April 7, 2005
PRINEVILLE - Foreboding gray strips streaked the distant eastern sky as I left behind sunny Bend.
By the time I reached the bullet-riddled sign directing me to Highway 27 south of Prineville, hail was bombarding my car.
As I crossed Bowman Dam, I began wondering why I had made the trip. Then,....