Gov. Keeps World Series Promise
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jake Lancianese is a 10-year-old who knows the two things you need when calling in a promise from a politician: a good memory and rock-solid documentation.
That's how the fifth-grader from Aston got to attend Game 4 of the World Series with Gov. Ed Rendell on Sunday.
Rendell visited Hilltop Elementary School in 2004, when Jake was in first grade, and asked students why early childhood education was important. What would happen, he asked, if a strong building was built on a weak foundation?
Jake raised his hand. "It would fall down."
Rendell told the boy he was right, and added that the next time the Phillies made it to the World Series he would get him a ticket.
The governor promptly forgot. Not Jake.
For the full story, go to pennlive.com.
That's how the fifth-grader from Aston got to attend Game 4 of the World Series with Gov. Ed Rendell on Sunday.
Rendell visited Hilltop Elementary School in 2004, when Jake was in first grade, and asked students why early childhood education was important. What would happen, he asked, if a strong building was built on a weak foundation?
Jake raised his hand. "It would fall down."
Rendell told the boy he was right, and added that the next time the Phillies made it to the World Series he would get him a ticket.
The governor promptly forgot. Not Jake.
For the full story, go to pennlive.com.
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