Kevin Treadway, who persevered to overcome disabilities, and mother Cathy Clark, who suffers debilitating back injuries, were evicted from their Lakeland home last month. But Kevin’s scholarship to Syracuse University is giving the family a new start. “If there’s a kid that deserves to go to college, it’s him,” said Steve Morgan, Kevin’s chess coach at Crystal Lake Middle School. “Kevin was a natural gentleman. He was brilliant.”

Source: The Daily Orange

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