Mr. Harry Dill, Extreme Makeover Home Edition Builder

Today I'd like to share the story of Mr. Harry Dill with you through the eyes of second grade student Cheyenne McGowan.

"Guess what, Guess what? I met Mr. Harry Dill from Extreme Home Makeover Edition! He was from Sweet Home Alabama, wow! He moved to South Carolina when he was 2 yeards old. He likes to help people. He built a church and a house at the same time. He has 3 children and 1 grandchild, wow! He has one girl. Her name is Caroline and he has two boys named Justin and Kirby. His favorte color is blue. Mine is too, wow! He likes to help people. He makes dreams come true. Mr. Harry Dill's first Makeover was in 2007 and his second one was in 2009. Finally, his third one was in 2010.Mr. Harry believes he can do anything no matter what people say. Today I told you all about our special guest interview."

Mr. Thom Penn, Hannah's Special Guest

Christian, Husband, Father, Actor and Director are the words used by Mr. Thom Penn to describe himself. Mr. Penn is a an extremely funny professional actor and entertained us as we interviewed him on April 8th, 2010. Hannah Beam invited him to be her special guest. She told our class that "he is like family to me" and they are very close family friends through their church. Mr. Thom has studied theater for many years! He holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in it! He and his wife started their own theater company locally! They are both very talented and committed actors/directors! We found out some really unique facts about Mr. Thom during his interview. His family heritage is Irish and British(which he can mimic both accents very convincingly!)His ancestors include William Penn!! Speaking of William Penn, Mr. Thom's family has a very special tradition with a beautiful ring that holds their family crest. When a Penn man turns 21, he is given this special ring with the family crest and called a "Penn Men". When he is married we will take his ring from his right hand and move it to his left to become his wedding ring! We truly enjoyed learning about this very special guest, Mr. Thom Penn!

Mrs. Jeri Jones

On March 25th, our class met a world traveler! Her name is Mrs. Jeri Jones, Dayton's grandma! Mrs. Jeri and her husband have travelled all around the world with Mr. Jones' job. He builds U.S. Embassies. Mrs. Jones currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina but her husband is currently working abroad in Saudi Arabia. Mrs. Jeri lived there for several years as well. She brought in traditional clothing from Saudi Arabia and talked to us about the customs of the people she met there. We were fascinated! Mrs. Jeri has many hobbies that include reading, baking and quilting! She even made a beautiful nine patch quilt for our class! Each of us signed the quilt and it is now hanging by our rocking chair! We are so thankful for the opportunity to travel around the world with Mrs. Jeri through the stories of her travels! Please come back and visit us again!

Mr. Jim Clement, Daniel's Special Guest

On Thursday, March 18th we met a local hero! We met Daniel's special guest, Mr. Jim Clement. He is a Firefighter! Mr. Clement uses courage to do his job. He works 24 hour shifts from 7 am to 7am the next day. He keeps a very special picture of his family in his fire hat. Mr. Clement has done many jobs besides his current job. He served in the army for several years and was also a chef! His first job however was working in his family's hardware store. That is how he came to know his wife! She worked across the street from the hardware store! Mr. Clement loves to spend time with his family. They like to go to the beach, play on the swings and simply just be together! We are so glad we were able to get to know Mr. Clement!

Mrs. Kate Cord, Johnny's Special Guest

Each of us has a special gift or talent. Do you know what Mrs. Kate Cord's is? We do! She is a beautiful pianist! Mrs. Cord was invited by her son, Johnny to come and be interviewed by our class today. She shared with us that she has worked for 20 years as a medical transcriptionist. Her vocabulary of scientific words is incredible! She knows all about the human body and what the medical terms are called. After Mrs. Cord told us about her job in the community she shared with us all about her family. Her children Johnny and Christina are very special to her. Johnny is named after Mrs. Cord's husband, Mr. John Cord. We enjoyed learning all about Mrs. Cord today. She left us with a very important message...always be yourself and chase your dreams! She ended her interview with a wonderful sense of humor by saying, "That's all she wrote!".

Mrs. Tina Cook, Jasmine's Special Guest

On March 4th, 2010 a very friendly, humorous, special guest came to meet us! Jasmine invited her Grandma, Mrs. Tina Cook to come and speak to us about her job working on bridges! Have you ever met someone who works 64 feet up in the air? Mrs. Tina Cook has! She has worked on a bridge from underneath it in the Intracoastal Waterway!How do they do that you ask? Well, she was working on a man lift which was on top of a floating barge! If that doesn't impress you, this will! Mrs. Tina Cook was only 1 of 3 women on the crew. She worked with over 20 men on this job! She had to use the lifeskill of courage on this job! It was very challenging her for to do to all of these new tasks but when times got tough she would tell herself, "I can do this!". What a great lesson to us all! Next time we drive over a bridge I am sure we will all think of Mrs. Tina Cook!