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There are three boys close to my age, one girl close to
my age, and two grown men a few years older. One
boy is a meteorologist. Another boy goes to college
and works in the diner at the college. Another boy
just graduated from college with an I.T. degree. The
one girl is going to school to be a meteorologist. The
one man is married, has four children, and is a stay at
home dad. The other man is a librarian at a college.
In my spare time, I work out at the YMCA with a
personal trainer in Pulaski, practice with the chancel
choir and the praise band at First United Methodist
Church in Pulaski, and take voice lessons with my
neighbor. I participate in the backpacking program for
needy children. (This program is housed in Jordan’s
Chapel United Methodist Church in Pulaski). We put
foods in backpacks. I visit shut–ins at the nursing
home, the hospital, and the rehab center in Pulaski;
and visit with special needs people at a special needs
home in Dublin and take them food. I write articles
about Pulaski County football and basketball on my
blog, and tweet scores on my twitter account for
schools in the New River Valley and the Roanoke
Valley. I love to go to the Pulaski Yankee baseball
games every summer, walk around, and catch up
with people. My mom and dad call me the Mayor.
In my head, I think about calendars, presidents, vice
presidents, coaches, movie plots, etc. For calendars, I
can tell you what day of the week any date of the year
is/was for any year. It might take me a few minutes to
think about what day of the week the date is/was for
any year, but I can tell you if you wait. For presidents
or vice presidents, I know facts about their term in