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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Anne Creighton / The Bulletin
July 10, 2011
ROSEBURG — After watching his mother and her boyfriend break each other’s bones and get in knife fights, 12-year-old George Prummer resorted to sleeping in sheds or on friends’ couches to stay safe.
“I was living in a very abusive, neglectful environment,” recalled Prummer, now 67.
The....