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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By John Gottberg Anderson / The Bulletin
August 5, 2007
By John Gottberg Anderson
For The Bulletin
CASTLE ROCK, Wash. — Mount St. Helens was once a vision of tranquility. So symmetrical was the snow-covered 9,677-foot cone, it was known as American’s Fujiyama. It stood above fairytale-like Spirit Lake, old-growth fir forests....