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Regional— Former street kid runs hot chocolate ministry It )KTI.AN'I) (AIM Waller W Cei Ki-r vvhn <li's< rilx-s himsell .is .1 formet street knl. lolls win In' began Ins Iml 1 Inn nl.itf ministn ll was III September 1IIH7 I wi'iil lii IMiiiii'it Square mill it vs.is role), .mil there whs this kid just slink mg. .mil I witiI ovit In lum .mil .iski'd. Du vmi want anything' "And hi' said. Yeah. .1 glass of Iml i Inn olato would hi' great "So I went In An In (in li* .k ross I hr street and bought him a glass nl hoi i Inn nl,ilc And I aski'd him d there was anvthing nisi* lit' wanli'd. and hi- said Yeah lt d hr ureal if vou could tiring il down here all the lime ’ So I told him I d see hull next week with some more hot 1 hoi ol.lie Since then. (Ii'igor. now 27. has served about III gallons ol self-pur chased hot chocolate ever\ wintertime Mondav night in the downtown area lie used In he a fixture in Cortland's I’ioneer < ourthouse Sipiare I hen lie moved the urn to Ihc top ol Ins i ar for a while hut that left a 1 iri ular stain These d.ivs lie sets up Mondavs at about 11 in p ui 111 O'ltrvant Square a In u k paved gathering plai e downtown Catrons 111 lei m I lies hold their < ups ol free hot chocolate Steam 1 urls over the 1 ups I hose people are most I\ voting, m their teens and earK AOs He vnnd that (auger tries not In generalize ■ \i i pt iii v.iv ih.il m.iin have (hr same kinds hI personal problems drugs terrible fnmils 11f■■ ami mi lurih ih.it hr sas s hr hail ss hilr grossing up Thrs should hr Iri'.iiril as indisidu als msti'ud ul as a group hr always s.us "Thr\ rr spet lal They each have .1 unique personalils Thrs stand around and talk Onr n( ilium drihhlus a hall (anger .in un prrlrnlunis piTson ss liu earns a liv ing as a hotel set unis offii er 1 tells .iImiiiI his early life He ss.is born in Hollywood. (ailif Ills t Inldhood was ha/.s' Ills parents were always out and Ills Ide ss.is tilled with babysitters (anger tried to run assas the first time, at <1 txillt the age of a Ills stuffed animals i a me along When polite brought him home, he ret alls his father told him If you want to run assas we’ll give you a lugger suite use A few sears later (anger started drinking and later he periodh alls left home lot sserks at a time One day. he says he asked Ins father whether he i oulil start to go to t hurt h "Vou t mild he any religion you want |list tlon I hrmg it into the house (auger savs Ins father replied "So I thought religion svas like a stras dog (anger now rails himself a Christian anil hr sass he makes Ins hot t hot ol.lie runs to show others on trie streets 111.it someone (.ues (or (hem On tins part it ul.ir Monday night, .itomt J(l show up .it the urn The\ ( mile .ind go (or .1 while A couple tell some storics One of them who identifies himself .is "Spa/ 1H savs he used (o steal hi ( v< les and deal drugs ■'I'd stay up until ahout one in the morning, then go outside, and I'd go through the streets in a pattern I'd ride mv own hike looking for a hike, and when I'd find one. I'd grab it by the handlebar and ghostridc the hike home I'd ride mine and hold the handlebars on the other one I'd bring ill about three a night, and then I'd switch parts I'd strip them down and switr h parts and then I'd take them to s< bool the next morning and sell them realK cheap And then I'd go buy dope with the miinev Now he says he has quit all that What he did was wrong, he savs but not net essarilv liecause of something i ailed mnralitv He s.ns, tor example, that he has nev er considered how the bike owners might have felt Hut he does n< i ept that he i ould have been i aught so he is learning to work 111 i•• uI Hi' is learning how In weld "Now I realize, it von just work.. il s easier He adds. "I'd like In get the word around to street people to gel up and do something instead of dealing drugs and stuff like that Another young man named "Auto" appears He sa\s he is a Christian, hut after the fashion of Ceiger. he says he tries not to press it on others At the hot i hocolate stand. Auto tells why pushing dor's not pay. Once, he sa\s. in another place, a man was preaching loudly The man pointed into Auto's face And then he shouted at Auto. "You're a sinner!" Hecause the man's finger was there. Auto tried to bite it off. The preacher convulsed and si reamed Auto held on like a dog “The next week," Auto says, “he i .line hat k. and he said he'd learned his lesson '' Auto describes the lesson "Don't point Street justli e It was free It was a lesson At the steaming urn in the streets, there are some lessons to learn CLASSIFIEDS Visa and MasterCard gladly accepted. 686-4343 100 CONNECTIONS FREE CONNECTIONS YES. 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