New businesses and industry are omnipresent. And the town reveled last year in winning the Little League World Series. Because in a sense, they are the real heroes. After celebrating his birthday, Michael Gillick considers the rest of his life borrowed time. It's very sweet to kiss my teen-age years goodbye.
Bad days come and go.
But Gillick has done his best to approximate normal life. He graduated high school through a home study program, and served as best man at his older brother Kevin's wedding. If he had no impediments, Gillick says he'd be bound for medical school. But his illness makes it impossible to work, drive a car, or even type for long periods at a keyboard. That is a trap that can be worse even than cancer.