Dillon, do you want to swing?” Angie Watterson asked her 6-year-old son on Friday morning at the Centennial Park playground.
As she got him settled in the swing and gave him a push, Dillon’s eyes lit up and a huge grin spread over his face. After a few minutes he attracted a small crowd.
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