A quick note of thanks for following WashingtonCountyInsider.com I love keeping the community up to speed and being first to tell you about all the things happening in the neighborhood.
Something special happened Saturday that I thought I’d share…. It’s an experience that shows me how much of an impact this page can have.
I saw Ari Martin at Barton Day. She was having the time of her life enjoying the games and the music and the face painting.
I met Ari last year just before the start of school. She was getting a robot to help her in class.
During Barton Day she said she was enjoying summer and getting ready to start second grade at Fair Park School.
Ari also mentioned she had been traveling and “people keep looking at me and staring at me….”
What she said next…. made me cry.
“I’m just so famous…..,” said Ari in her squeak of a voice.
There was no ego…. just genuine 7-year-old perspective.
Ari did get quite a bit of media and TV attention when she got her robot…. and it’s wonderful when positive coverage of a great local story can make someone’s day.
Thanks West Bend and Washington County for sharing your stories with me. Judy Steffes