They were conservative men. They represented workers with certain skills, such as wood workers or metal workers.

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What they and the government need to do now is support the small-scale entrepreneurs who want to train legions of wood workers, home builders, machine-operators, and plumbers.

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In Eugene, Deanna Stutzman was one of thousands of workers with jobs tied to wood products who were idled nationally in 2009, as the most severe recession in decades drove the housing market to a near-halt.

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According to the Associated Press news agency, the fire spread quickly because construction workers had recently applied a flammable wood preservative to the exterior of the building.

BBC: Investigators have not yet disclosed the cause of the fire