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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 02 > A windy welcome to 2009

A windy welcome to 2009

New Year’s Day weather topples trees, leaves area residents without power

By Lauren Dake / The Bulletin
January 2, 2009

New Year’s Day winds left thousands in the region without power, forced Mt. Bachelor ski area to close early and blew down trees — including a 60-foot fir in Merrie Girard’s yard.

Girard, 54, said the tree landed within a couple of feet of her home on Northwest....

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