Talented

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Shaina Hamilton of Houlton ponders her move at the Caribou-Houlton match held Dec.12 in Caribou. Her performance enables her to compete in Bangor in April at the Scholastic Tournaments to represent Maine in the Nationals. Hamilton plays each Monday during the after-school Houlton High Chess Club and is now playing for the high school in their inter-city matches, said instructor Roger Morin, “She is improving at a steady rate,” he added. “I estimate she is the fourth or fifth best player at the school.”