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Demand for Khmer spurs classes in town

By Nick Grabbe
Staff Writer

Published on November 10, 2006

KEVIN GUTTING

Teacher Sokhen Mao, standing, helps students working in lesson books during a Khmer class at the Jones Library for Cambodian teenagers and college students who grew up in the United States and want to learn about the language and culture of their parents. From left are Andy Thach, Gabriela Torres-Maldonado, Chandra Vuthy, Jaye Thach, Luckar Thach and, with back to camera, Chingy Zhao.

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