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What does it take to be Father of the Year? |: Whatever it.is, John Skinner has attained that || ability in the eyes of his daughter Siobhan.j^-The eight other Skinner children and wife, I Eileen concur! Seeing the family on the steps ^ of the inviting Victorian home where theyfj reside in Freeport, is a happy glimpse of lifei inside those walls. §
It's not always easy, and they all laughed § when this reporter asked what it is like to geti everyone out of the house in the morning. § For Mr. Skinner, the day usually begins at 6| a.m. in his basement office. Often putting in J 50 to 60 hours a week, he works as a sales f representative for a commercial roofing andf construction contracting firm. 1
The children range in age from sijc to 21 i with the older children at college, Catheryn, | 16 at Kellenberg High School, 15-year-old | Richard at Chaminade High School, and oth-1 ers in the Caroline G. Atkinson School andl J.W. Dodd Middle School. Their mother| Eileen admits that there is occasionally l yelling to make sure that all of the kids arrive | at the bus stops in a timely fashion. In addition to her full-time job as mother and wife, Eileen Skinner works part-time at Dodd. g
The lazy days of summer are anything buti lazy for this family. Twenty-yearToldj Courtney works as a lifeguard, 18-year-old p Meghan works at a nursery, 16-year-old I Kelcey volunteers at the recreation center,! 12-year-old Patrick umpires, some attend 1 camp and some are camp counselors.! Occasionally the family has managed to gop on out-of-state vacations, but for the most I part "we do very simple things and have a j good time," said Mr. Skinner. Whatever the! family is doing, they make it a point to havep dinner together. (continued on page i5|fj
Freepotf schools* rules, offenses addressed
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| Title | The-Leader_2006-06-15 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
| Publisher | L & M Publications, Inc. |
| Contributors | Scanned by Imaging & Microfilm Access, Inc. (Bohemia, NY 11716) |
| Date | 2006 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Freeport Memorial Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | This digital image may be freely used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image is permitted without written permission of the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520 or email: frreference@freeportlibrary.info |
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