Tucker is our principal."Tammy Sue is in the lead," he continued. "Beth is the underdog. Larry took in almost two hundred dollars during break. Mr. Tu...ker says the winner can have a hundred dollars of the money. The rest will go toward getting some things we need for the school." What if he doesn't choose any of them?" I asked.George grinned. "There's a spot for that, too. It's fourth in the running."By the end of the week, everyone in town, and in the community, had placed a wager. There. I can't argue about it now. I can't pretendto like it but I guess financially speaking I don't NEED the house.You were right earlier, about mom hating to see us fight, I'm sorry."Jennifer's face brightened. She saw a chance of reconciliation andtook it. "I tell you what. When I sell the house I'll give you half, asyou wanted," David's face brightened. Jennifer continued "On theproviso that you invest in my new cleaning business. I need themoney and you don't lose any face. As you would say. "So are they treated badly?" asked Tom"No, not badly but their powers aren't as strong and develop at a much slower rate, therefore they don'toften make friends and see many pass them. I remember a reverse case 75 years ago, Very unusual. 2 mages were granted permission and had a child, when tested, she showed no sign of powers. They had such high hopes for her but after a year there was no sign at all. They placed her with relatives to raise her, watching her for years. About 50 years ago. As to filling the other staffing positions Troy said he would ask Valerie Brandle who was head of a large segment of the Wilkinsing Foundation located there to do that. He said that Valerie would probably give that assignment to her new executive assistant Patricia Evans to do.At work Nick thought that he wouldn’t blindside Paul Gages by just giving him just a two week notice. He had coffee with Paul and told him he would be quitting working here in probably two to three months. Nick explained.