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Dan Abel

This article appears in Feb 14-20, 2008.

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Keepin’ It Pretty

by Eric Flowers, The Source - Bend, Oregon
February 13, 2008

<h1>Keepin’ It Pretty</h1> <p class="byline">by Eric Flowers, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />February 13, 2008</p> <p>Just wanted to drop a line and say I really enjoy reading the online version of the Source. </p> <p>I am a Bend resident stationed overseas in the U.S. Air Force. I love being able to see what&#039;s going on back home. I miss Bend so much and can&#039;t wait &#039;til I retire in eight years so I can move back there. Keep Bend beautiful for me.</p> <p>Thanks, Source</p> <p>Dan Abel</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/keepin-it-pretty-2130520/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=12087&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/keepin-it-pretty-2130520/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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