There is a tree in Milltown, Ind., that has hundreds of shoes hanging from it. Years ago, the reason long forgotten, kids started throwing their old shoes up in the tree.
All presidents receive gifts during their administrations.
They probably don't even see all of them or know how the presents got to the White House. Twenty-five years ago Girl Scout Troop 196 buried a time capsule on the front lawn of Owensboro City Hall. Most of them went to college, seven went to graduate school and three have post-graduate degrees. Medley is a graduate of Owensboro High School and Transylvania University and has a master's in business administration from the University of Colorado. For lack of a better name, Cannon started calling him Buddy.