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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Niki Sullivan / The Bulletin
August 29, 2003
It starts out innocently enough: A few bucks for a three-ring binder, $9.99 for a scientific calculator.
Then there's a new backpack, gym shoes, shorts and socks, a few pairs of jeans, more shirts and all the trendy trimmings a child surely couldn't live without.
By the time a youngster steps....