To this day I still remember sitting cross-legged in the commons area at Cherokee Elementary anxiously waiting for the annual awards ceremony. I always seemed to be more excited to receive the brightly colored Kiwanis Club “Terrific Kid” award than any other awards. Walking up to receive the pencil and award from the smiling faces of men and women that I had never met before excited me, and it is something that I will always remember. My knowlege of this...