News Photos November 17-23
Date: 11/23/2008 Album ID: 638096
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Casey Campbell | Gazette-Times

The final phases of construction continue on three new homes on SW Dockside Drive as other empty lots nearby remain empty on Friday. As of last month, the number of permits issued for residential construction was about half of what it was at the same time last year.
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Scobel Wiggins | Gazette-Times

On the third floor, David Simpson and Dan Porovich pull a concrete panel into place to form part of the building's skin.
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Scobel Wiggins | Gazette-Times

Dan Jackson cuts metal for wall studs. After carefully calculating building material needs, construction managers ordered all the steel for the project in advance, saving money by avoiding price spikes.
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Scobel Wiggins | Gazette-Times

Good Samaritan construction manager Joseph Shumate, left, inspects work on the hospital's west tower addition with Andersen Construction project managers Brad Barcroft, center, and Kris Anderson.  Hospitals are complicated, said Shumate, pointing out the network of ducts that run through the ceiling space and keep surgical suites in high pressure so patients are surrounded by filtered air and other areas low pressure so contagious diseases don't spread.
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Scobel Wiggins | Gazette-Times

Bob Baird, owner of the Book Bin, checks out his cookbook shelves for books on healthy recipes in time for the holidays.
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Casey Campbell | Gazette-Times

Judith Ramirez and Connor Hutchinson, first-graders at Garfield Elementary School, make their way through another classroom during the first annual Garfield Elementary School Vocabulary Parade on Thursday.
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Casey Campbell | Gazette-Times

OSU has been added to the sidewalk across 14th Street at the intersection of Monroe Avenue as part of the area of construction that is near completion.
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Casey Campbell | Gazette-Times

Tracy Song, an international exchange student from  China at Oregon State University, walks in the bike lane on Jefferson Avenue by the intersection with 15th Street instead of taking the detour route because the sidewalks are closed during the ongoing construction on Thursday.
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Casey Campbell | Gazette-Times

Cheldelin Middle School student Shylo Murry checks the GPS device as her group makes its way back to the starting point of the GPS Hike as part of the eighth-annual GIS Day at Oregon State University on Wednesday. GIS Day is a global event aimed at helping children and adults learn about Geographic Information Systems technology and its various uses, including, but not limited to, global positioning satellite (GPS) technology.
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Casey Campbell | Gazette-Times

In early October, Josh Booth, of Stephouse Networks, finishes installing the last of eight nodes set up in Corvallis for the company's wi-fi pilot program.
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Casey Campbell | Gazette-Times

The warm water treatment that Betty Massoni gives her horse is supposed to help the swollen areas, such as the one being hosed down here on the horse's flank, release and expel the infection.
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Casey Campbell | Gazette-Times

With help from her husband Gary Massoni, Betty Massoni hoses down her 17-year-old Arabian horse named Spring Break with warm water to help treat for pigeon fever, a bacterial infection that causes sores and swelling on Tuesday.
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Casey Campbell | Gazette-Times

Broken glass remains on the ground and the windows have been boarded up on the the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house after an explosion on Saturday.
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Scobel Wiggins | Gazette-Times

Terry Dunworth, Troop 3, levels out a trail between 29th Street and Chip Ross Park in preparation for gravel.
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Scobel Wiggins | Gazette-Times

Lt. Dave Henslee found the state of the camp to be the worst he's ever seen.  Trash was heaped everywhere, and rats ran through it.
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Scobel Wiggins | Gazette-Times

Many of the sleeping areas were decorated with masks.
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Scobel Wiggins | Gazette-Times

Sgt. Jeff Marr and Officer John Spenger make sure there are no people taken by surprise as ODOT crews clear out the homeless camps near the 99W overpass.
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Andy Cripe | Gazette-Times

Luke Starr, seated at left, and his pals set up camp outside Reser Stadium Saturday night.  The group will spend two nights outside to ensure tickets on the 50 yard line for civil war tickets.
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