Ginette Camps-Walsh, another resident, feared the route would be a hazard to villagers.

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Ginette Clements was among parents at the school who said they were unhappy at the plans and felt their children's education would be affected by the upheaval.

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DePreist, who was 76, had been in and out of the hospital since a massive heart attack last March that was followed by open-heart surgery, his wife, Ginette DePreist, told The Oregonian newspaper.

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