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Odd Jobs
Former logger branches out in his new career as ... The tree Doctor
November 24, 2012 4:00 am
Wade Fagen, of Fagen Tree Service & Chips, is an arborist who cultivates and cares for diseased and dying trees. His job ranges from felling the trees for the Northwest Express at Mount Bachelor to pruning the apple tree in someone's backyard. Fagen efficiently manages many skills, from being extremely physically fit in order to climb trees while wielding a chainsaw, to engineering and....MORE
Odd Jobs
Making the shoe fit
• Farrier Trevor Hall makes sure his equine clients get exactly the right footwear
October 22, 2012 4:00 am
Trevor Hall likes making his clients feel comfortable. That's important, especially when the client has four legs and outweighs....MORE
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eBuilding a better Board
• You might not think of Bend as Surf City. These in-demand board builders beg to differ
October 13, 2012 4:00 am
Situated in the landlocked, high-and-dry Oregon desert, some 200 miles from the nearest breaker, Bend isn't exactly Surf City. Except for Kiley Remund. And Conway Bixby. And Rhett Larsen. And, of course, the iconic Gerry Lopez. Working separately at their craft, the quartet have each created a market for their in-demand style of boards — both the surf and paddle varieties. Lopez grew up....MORE
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