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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Heather Clark / The Bulletin
December 22, 2006
On a frigid, sparkling morning on the eastern outskirts of Bend, Linda Ayling trudges through the snow and over frozen ground in her rubber boots, tossing hay to eager mouths and breaking up the layer of ice that formed overnight in a community horse trough.
The daily routine of ranch chores is....