Obama gives Zanesville kids his time
The Zanesville Times Recorder | July 02, 2008
By LEEANN MOORE
Students were busy coloring in an upstairs classroom at Eastside Community Ministry when presidential candidate Barack Obama walked in Tuesday. They knew he was coming, but at the sight of him, they all stopped and stared, their projects suddenly unimportant. They knew who he was and he made it a point to meet each one of them. He casually walked from table to table shaking their hands, asking each one their name and ages and commented on their drawings. Hope Stemm, 11, was caught off guard when he walked straight to her first, put his hand on her shoulder and took an interest in the sun, car and pink and green stick people she had drawn minutes earlier. "I like that drawing. Did you do this?" Obama asked Dalton Pickens, 8.
