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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Merrill Balassone / The Bulletin
May 3, 2009
TURLOCK, Calif. — Ida Bowers once camped out with her students on a volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island, watching rivulets of lava explode in the distance.
She calls this “great fun.”
The 70-year-old geography professor, who will retire in June after 37 years....