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Summer Leaving Kids Bored? Try Chess Boards

The Plainview Library has a program for young people designed to learn and master the game.

The offers a program tonight that could just get bored kids some mental stimulation:

TODAY'S 5:

1. The Library's at 7 p.m. Thursday is for children entering grades 3 and up. Chess is rapidly becoming one of America's fastest growing activities for children.  Beginners are welcome to the program, which has separate registrations for each session. 

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