[Michael] recalls sitting at the dinner table at an early age, listening to his parents and grandparents discuss concerns and problems in the community. It was then that he decided he wanted to run for office one day and hopefully find solutions to those problems.

“The idea was to have a gift shop-type business catered more to the people who care for plants as a hobby as opposed to professionally, but also a place for people to gather and enjoy each other’s presence, and that became The Plantique,”

“Having a really good dad was the main structure in figuring out my life. My dad is basically my best friend. I realized I wanted to do that for other kids who didn’t have that in their life.”

“If Herbert was called to war, he would go right now—he'd walk out of that wheelchair,” says Command Sgt. Major Frye.

“We were mapping out an American WWII cemetery. I met two Englishmen over there walking through the cemetery whose parents had lived in that area during the war. They told me about their experiences, the food shortages, and so on.”

“There is something about molding and conditioning clay that is very therapeutic to me,” Riley explains. “I mix a lot of my own colors, so I get them exactly how I want them.”