Scott Swanson
Of The New Era
Richard “Dick” Rice spent 45 years working in sawmills by day and keeping his family’s farm running on Upper Calapooia Road, often at night.
“It was hard at night when he’d go to work, then farm on the bottom until 2 in the morning,” Rice’s wife Carroll recalled. “Then he’d get up at 5 and go back to work.”
Rice’s dedication to his land will be recognized Feb. 14…