[nfbwatlk] FW: August Footprints | An Education in Walking

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STORY FROM THE SOLE: An Education by Walking to School 

by Rose Petersky

Every Wednesday from 1963 to 1967, Chuck Wolfe would pass through the
Madison Park neighborhood from the Seattle Tennis Club to McGilvra
Elementary school along with his childhood friend, Luke Hill. Each walk
brought a sense of "certain sense of adventure, achievement, and
accomplishment" to the two boys, and they began to feel like their daily
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