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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

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