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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Lily Raff / The Bulletin
May 25, 2005
Friday morning, a voice over the loudspeaker announced the arrival of a moment Elk Meadow Elementary School students had been waiting for:
"Okay Elk Meadow, on your mark, get set, go."
Then, silence.
Third-graders in Shannon Hanson's classroom had their noses in their books. Across the....