While I spoke with General Wesley Clark, my dad recorded me talking to him. He is a very kind man. The questions I had for him were: what he was going to do with Iraq, where would he get the money for improving health care and education, and I asked him if he plans to do something about pollution. Wesley Clark thinks that wind power is a good idea and that he may try it out. I told him that I’m glad he would support health care and that I am under going chemo therapy. I told him that when I’m done with chemo I would work on his campaign.

Right now I am being treated for brain cancer. Earlier this year my karate school named Karate America in Middleton was having a fundraiser called the Kick-a-thon. The Kick-a-thon was a way to raise money for the University of Wisconsin Children’s Hospital (UWCH). The kick-a-thon worked like this: the students who wanted to participate in the Kick-a-thon had to do an unlimited amount of kicks in fifteen seconds. Every student that participated had some sponsors that paid them a certain amount of money per kick. When the kick-a-thon was over I ended up raising the most money. I raised over three thousand dollars. Later Karate America had a picnic called the kicknic to celebrate. I was the guest of honor for the kicknic. A lot of people were there including Bucky Badger but I didn’t meet him. The person in the Bucky Badger suit must have been hot because it was a hot and sticky day. Later a camera man from news three came to interview my mom and I. I was finally on the news. That was my lifelong dream and it finally came true. At the end of the kicknic I got my reward for raising the most money. I got a plastic Frisbee, a T-shirt, and a $250 Best Buy gift certificate. I am so proud I raised the most money. I couldn’t believe I did it with a few physical problems.