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Mary Ellen Swaim
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Mary Ellen Swaim

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Mary was born in Prineville, Ore., the second of four children to Howard Finch Swaim and Celia Mary Lytle Swaim. Mary’s father died suddenly i…

Mary Margaret Richley
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Mary Margaret Richley

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Mary “Peggy” Margaret Richley, age 77 passed away at home in Maupin, Ore. Peggy was born July 27, 1939 in New York to Robert H. Love and Marga…

Science Corner: Our rapidly aging earth
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Science Corner: Our rapidly aging earth

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Science sometimes advances by giant leaps, but more often moves in small steps by gradually gathering new evidence. The calculated age of the Earth is a good example, having shifted from a few thousand to 4.5 billion years old over the last two centuries.

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Sinkholes: Getting to the bottom of science

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The ground suddenly opening beneath our feet is the stuff of nightmares. In recent weeks, a spate of those bad-dreams-come-true have drawn national attention when the earth seemingly swallowed a man in his Florida bedroom and a golfer in Illinois.

Jason Hinkle explores the world of stone
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Jason Hinkle explores the world of stone

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Like snowflakes, no two thunder eggs are the same. That’s what local expert Jason Hinkle loves about the rocks, which look plain on the outside but reveal beautiful colored centers when split open and polished. “You never get the same one twice,” he said. “I’ve cut well into tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands and no two are ever the same.”

Eva Marie Windham
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Eva Marie Windham

Eva Marie Flint Murray Windham passed away May 23, 2011, in Denver, Colo. She was born in Dee, Ore., on Oct. 2, 1912, and lived in Hood River …