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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Anna Sowa / The Bulletin
September 17, 2007
When Bend resident Kent Couch floated 193 miles from Bend to La Grande on a lawn chair rigged with balloons in July, the gas keeping the colorful orbs afloat was his largest expense — around $2,400 for 49 tanks of helium to fill the more than 100 oversized balloons.
The price of this....
