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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Valerie J. Nelson / The Bulletin
October 26, 2012
LOS ANGELES — One of the greatest child phenomenons in surfing history, Donald Takayama saved up money from his paper route to buy a plane ticket to travel from one boarding mecca to another.
He arrived in Los Angeles in the mid-1950s, a Hawaiian runaway with $10 in his pocket. He was 11 years....
