Recreation

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2012 Pendleton Round-Up

1859 friend and photographer Joni Kabana was at the 2012 Pendleton Round-Up and shared these fantastic images with us from the event. Also featured are images by photographers Bill Purcell, Constance Spurling and Raina Stinson. Click on a picture below to be taken to a gallery of images by that photographer. Joni Kabana ((script|2012-pendleton-round-up-joni-kabana-picture-link)) Bill Purcell ((script|2012-pendleton-round-up-bill-purcell-picture-link)) Constance Spurling ((script|2012-pendleton-round-up-constance-spurling-picture-link)) Raina Stinson ((script|2012-pendleton-round-up-raina-stinson-picture-link))

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Travel Oregon’s Highway 238

Oregon’s Highway 238, from Jacksonville to Grants Pass, is a drive through a land of colorful bounty and emerald hills. The region that once yielded rich yellow nuggets is still a magnet for modern adventurers.

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From Where I Stand: Mount Angel

Mount Angel is the German cultural center of Oregon, with a small community that’s all-in come Oktoberfest.

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SeQuential Fuels the Next Generation

In Eugene, two royal blue and goldenrod yellow SeQuential Biofuels stations stand out among a sea of Shell, 76 and Chevron gas stations. The latter group is of the typical gas-and-go variety with unleaded outside and trans-fat snacks on the inside. The other sells biodiesel, yerba mate and organic produce under a green roof.

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Macs to the People

During Lorrain Kerwood’s first year at Lane Community College, she bought a new computer, only to have it crash. She remembers approaching the problem with relentless drive. “I tried to fix it myself, but instead of pulling out the main power supply,” she says, “I managed to damage my hard drive. I turned to the Internet and found regular people, just like myself, who gave me everything I needed to know about how to repair my computer,” Kerwood recalls.

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Inside the Wine Crush

Winemakers were pacing the vines, checking the weather reports constantly, hoping sunshine would prevail for a spell—just long enough to goose the sugar level in this Pinot noir harvest. At Vista Hills Vineyard, winemaker Dave Petterson was beyond his comfort zone. It was already weeks beyond a typical harvest date and yet the crop hung in the cool fall rain and fog.