In April, the penny-pinchers at the USDA will also sponsor the Priester National Health Extension Conference in Corvallis, Oregon.

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Smaller events in Corvallis, Oregon, Longmont, Colorado, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, are held throughout the spring and summer.

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Fairbanks, Alaska, slid from 15th place to 165th, Corvallis, Ore.

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Kocher, son of a physics professor at Oregon State University in Corvallis, says he learned about computing because he stayed home a lot, too lazy to bike the two miles into town.

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Columbia Power Technologies, based in Corvallis, Ore.

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