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The Oregonian, Portland, Ore., Jerry Boone Column.

By Jerry Boone, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 8--WITH STARBUCKS, THE CITY COMES TO CORNELIUS: At 5:15 Thursday morning, customers were already lined up outside the new Starbucks in Cornelius.

So Trish Wood did just what any good manager would do when faced with a line of caffeine-deprived coffee junkies ready to storm the barricades 15 minutes before opening for the first time.

She unlocked the doors early.

And she opened what many in Cornelius see as something of a new era in their communi

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