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McKenzie International Brings Track to community hit hard by wildfires


McKenzie International Brings Track to community hit hard by wildfires
In many ways, track is about birth and rebirth. You start each lap at 0 even if the race clock says otherwise. The Mckenzie area s recovery after the holiday farm fire is a marathon. But a track event this week signalled the start of a new lap that may lead to some steadier times ahead.
Posted: Jun 25, 2021 5:56 PM
Updated: Jun 25, 2021 10:45 PM
Posted By: Andrew Haubner
Blue River, Ore.  Standing in the middle of the McKenzie Community Track, one could almost be forgiven for forgetting what happened here nine months ago. Cars line the parking lot as some of the best athletes in the world warm up and relax. The vibe is loose, the trees are green and the sky is painted hues of blue and orange as the sun sets. While the immediate area around the track looks largely unchanged, the hillsides surrounding it tell a different story; one that started on September 7th, 2020.  ....

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How one stranded Oregon community built its own wireless Internet network


Oregon s Holiday Farm Fire left very little behind as it tore through the McKenzie River Valley east of Eugene in the fall of 2020. Cell service was eliminated as 27 miles of fiber were destroyed along with homes and businesses, leaving roughly 800 people without a way to communicate with the outside world. But the communities scattered across the valley quickly came together to create their own makeshift network using point-to-multipoint wireless. For some of them, the new DIY Internet service is delivering faster speeds than they had before.
The volunteer group that built the network calls itself Oregon Internet Response. It s led by Geoff Turner, a central Oregon native who got his start doing IT work for a church and launched his first company at age 14. Today Turner is based in Portland as CEO of Elevate Technology Group, an IT services company that was preparing to build a fixed wireless hybrid fiber network to facilitate remote work in other parts of Oregon when the fo ....

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