Lefty's colleagues on the Village Council weren't any less expressive. It's just, couldn't this wall be taller and that wall shorter? Couldn't Adam put this door there and that door here? And wouldn't the whole building look better if the gymnasium was on the west side instead of the east side and the principal's office was on the first floor instead of the second? And what about a little area for the teachers to give classes outside?Īfter all, one of his favorite memories was when his own teacher would take the children outside to listen to her read stories on the grassy knoll.Īdam took notes, nodded his head and figured Mayor Pincham could show the Brazilian government officials a thing or two about being difficult. Not that he was hostile to any of the elements of Adam's presentationâquite the contrary, since, as he had devoured the eclair with a suitably pained look on his face and in two bites, nodding at Adam's wishes for a happy birthday, Lefty considered himself Adam's newest best friend. Reminisced about his personal experiences. Offered an anecdote related to him by one of his town's many citizens. The honorable Eugene “Lefty” Pincham had traded the boxing ring for the campaign trail and his renowned left hook for the tools of the political trade. Deerhorn's mayor was known to his constituents by a nickname acquired during his reign as Wisconsin's Featherweight Golden Gloves champion a quarter century ago.
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