Friday, February 19, 2016
A Special Fellow
Mayor Of The Avenue -- The End At 3:00 p.m. everyday, Kendall was at Northeast High School to mingle with the burst of exiting students, greet them, share his Juicy Fruit Gum, and pick up after them after they were gone. He never fussed at them when they threw the wrappers on the ground, or let...
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Thursday, February 18, 2016
Kendall's Family
Mayor Of The Avenue -- Part 6 The part of Kendall's life that I loved most were the Firefighters of KCFD #23. They were his family. They adopted him into their lives and the work that they did, and loved him like a little brother. The station was on The Avenue and it was his "real home". The house...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Mayor Of The Avenue -- Part 5
He could not read or write. The alphabet was a mystery to him. He could count to ten, but he did not know it's significance. Once a promising student vying for Valedictorian of his large Class of '69, it had all been wiped away forever. Every Sunday morning when the carillon bells rang out from his...
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Mayor Of The Avenue -- Part 4
It was like "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" Only in this case, the question was: "Which came first, Kendall Kohr or Kendall Care?" No one remembered for sure. With Kendall's advent as his own man, in his own old home by himself, on The Avenue he had known since childhood, things just...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Mayor Of The Avenue -- Part 3
Where The Boulevard and The Avenue intersected, Kentucky Fried Chicken sat on the NW corner facing The Avenue. The summer of 1977, at age 16, Son #1 had quickly learned the business and was made evening supervisor with two helpers. It was a busy place that kept him hopping, with it slowing down a...
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