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Richard Foster's interest in woodworking can be traced back to age 3, when he began watching home improvement and woodworking television shows. As each special gift-giving occasion arose, he asked his family for woodworking tools instead of the usual toys as his gifts. For Richard, a typical shopping trip was to Sears or Home Depot to cruise the tool aisles, not to Toys R Us.
At age 5, he got a tool belt with min-size metal tools. At age 7, he refinished his first wood floor and began making gifts for his teachers and relatives - flower boxes, bookends, and bookcases - all from wood. He wasn't happy that all the TV woodworking shows he watched always had adults as the carpenters. He wrote to television producers around the country to ask if they were interested in creating a children's woodworking show. Though he received many polite letters, he knew that none of the producers took him seriously. But things would soon change. |
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Elizabeth Mule' has been studying her own tarantulas since she was 5 years old. She's also been teaching other young people about her 8-legged pets.
When her spiders mated, Elizabeth helped raise the baby Grammastola rosea tarantulas from an eggsac. Although common in the pet trade, G. rosea rarely produce viable eggsacs in captivity. Recognizing the need to share this information with other hobbists, Elizabeth dictated articles to her mother about mating and eggsac development. While age 7, Elizabeth had two of these articles published in The American Tarantula Society Forum. By age 8, Elizabeth owned 15 tarantulas and knew the scientific name of each kind she had as well as the scientific names of many others. She continued her membership in The American Tarantula Society and also participated in The Women's Tarantula Alliance online forum. |
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Alec Urbach has achieved a milestone of which most professional cellists dream. He has made his Carnegie Recital Hall debut. Alec performed two solo works by Saint Saens: The Allegro Appasionato and The Swan at Carnegie Recital Hall in a benefit for Beth Israel Medical Center's Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery (The I.N.N.). The concert was produced by Children Helping Children, a musical charity organization that fundraises for the pediatric departments of New York area hospitals, of which Alec is a founding member. He has performed in two benefit concerts for the I.N.N. that raised thousands of dollars for hospitalized children. Performing works of charity is as important to Alec as performing works of music.
Alec has studied with the leading pedagogues of cello in the United States: Andre Emelianoff at Juilliard and Irene Sharp. He also works with cellist Ivy Chatenow. Alec had his solo debut at Steinway Hall in Manhattan when he was 5 years old. He has recently been accepted into The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, due to his national scores. Alec hopes to be a heart surgeon and a professional cellist when he gets older, but he's excited to see what "good" he can do now. |
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Justin Miller's Recipe for Success
#1 Start Early. As a toddler, he watched TV cooking shows twice a day. #2 Have Supportive Parents. Mr. and Mrs. Miller continually involved Justin in meal preparations. #3 Observe and Imitate.Justin made peanut butter sandwiches at age 1 and at 18 months, imitated his mother making meat-filled cabbage rolls. "I watched Mom so often, I just knew what to do," he explains. #4 Use Proper Equiqment. At age 2, a gift from Santa was the toy kitchen Justin had seen on TV. #5 Don't Give Up! "At first, some of my recipes weren't too good, but, like anything, it takes time to get it right," Justin says. #6 Select Role Models. By age 3, Justin announced, "I want to be a chef like Graham Kerr and DisneyWorld Chef Mickey. By age 5, Justin whipped up dishes for Beaver County Times and was dubbed "chef-boy-o-boy". #7 Record Progress. His proud dad sent newspaper articles and a video tape of Justin to David Letterman. It landed the young chef a guest appearance on The Late Show. An invitation from Donahue followed next. At age 7, like any celebrity chef worth his salt, Justin compiled his own book of recipes and entitled it Cooking with Justin. #8 Sprinkle In Humor.Justin spiced up his cookbook with "Knock! Knock!" jokes. #9 Serve Others.Justin served as a positive peer role model by cooking up a storm on the talk-show circuit and granting interviews for newspapers and magazines. #10 Continually Improve. Justin is one smart cookie. At age 8, he attended one-on-one summer classes with Mr. Tarantino at the Culinary School at Johnson & Wales University in Rhode Island. #11 Enjoy and Repeat. Justin's first book has sold over 15,000 copies. He's enjoyed the process so much that he's already working on his second, Break an Egg. |
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