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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Eric Flowers / The Bulletin
November 10, 2005
It was the early 1980s and the Bend timber industry was slumping, unemployment was climbing and interest rates were off the chart. So it was no surprise that Wayne Purcell's parents shelved their plans for a $10 million expansion of their riverside resort.
Two decades later, with Bend's economy....
