National Adult Literacy Database

June 4, 2001

On this week, we launched eleven stories written by students from The Victoria READ Society. You can read their stories as well as hear them.

Sean Hill was born in 1962 and raised in Victoria, BC. His father was raised in Northern Ireland in a village called Balymena. His mother was raised on Salt Spring Island, and her ancestors were from Norway. Sean has three older sisters and there are 12 grandchildren in the family. He met his wife Lawney in 1987. They have a baby boy. His name is Joshua and he is two years old. They bought their first home in May, 2000. Sean has worked in the drilling industry for ten years but business has since slowed down. He went on Employment Insurance, called READ Victoria Society, and here he is today.

 

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The Nascar Legend Dale Earnhardt

by Sean Hill

After Earnhardt had been killed at the Daytona Speedway on the weekend. On Monday I was driving down the highway to school. I saw number 3# everywhere on cars and trucks and all over the place. When I got to class I started reading the newspaper about Earnhardt. I live in Victoria B C, it is 4200 Miles away from Datona Speedway. Earnhard had fans all over the world. He started odd jobs and dabbled in dirt track racing with a eighth grade education. His dad and Nascar drivers had a nickname for him, Ironheart and good friend, The king, Richard Petty. He was the winner of seven Winston Cup Championships, and Earnhardt was called the Michael Jordan of his sport. Nascar world will miss Dale. Dale Earnhardt,, the Michael Jordan of his sport made $ 1.1 billion in Nascar merchandising sales in the year 2000. The Earnhardt Family is all about Nascar racing: Dale, Dale JR and Kerry. Dale Earnhard was happiest flying by the seat of his pants doing 200 MPH.