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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Julia Lyon / The Bulletin
September 7, 2004
In the fall of 2002, Gail Wilkinson told her class that the silent little girl would talk when she was ready. For now, Sherry Chen was speaking in her head.
Then on Oct. 6, sounds gurgled out of the first-grader's throat. Her Lava Ridge Elementary teacher, Mrs. Wilkinson, told Sherry to be....