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Article: THIS KID IS PUSHY ; Rockland sixth-grader plows driveways with tricked-out mower
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- January 29, 2009
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ROCKLAND - When bad weather cancels school, most kids watch
cartoons inside or bundle up to build snowmen.
Andrew Crowe is out working.
The Rogers Middle School sixth-grader spent his snow day
Wednesday meticulously clearing his family's driveway on Forest
Street, using a tricked-out riding lawn mower..
After saving a broken-down mower from the junk pile this summer,
Andrew, 11, went to work. Once the mower's spark plugs and battery
were replaced, he was off cutting grass.
As the seasons changed, Andrew was inspired by his sister's
boyfriend, Zach Howard, 18, who plows driveways and parking lots.
"Ever since my sister's boyfriend started to plow, he just looked
forward to that," older ...