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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Monique Balas / The Bulletin
April 11, 2007
On a recent Friday at Sisters Elementary School, Julie Holden's fourth-grade class sat quietly, concentrating on the chessboards in front of them.
The students studied their chessboards and moved their pieces cautiously and slowly, their faces fixed in studious contemplation. The students were....