CDW: WHAT IS YOUR FIRST NAME?
MB: MIKELL.
CDW: HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT?
MB: M-I-K-E-L-L.
CDW: WHAT DO THEY CALL YOU?
MB: MIKE.
CDW: HAS THAT NAME STUCK WITH YOU FOR A LONG TIME?
MB: SINCE I WAS 16 YEARS OLD NOBODY HAS CALLED ME ANYTHING ELSE.
CDW: YOU'RE ABOUT USED TO IT NOW BY THEN, I GUESS. MIKE, WHERE WERE
YOU BORN?
MB: IN GARDNER, FLORIDA.
CDW: WHERE IS THAT?
MB: IT'S BETWEEN ZOLFO SPRINGS AND BROWNSVILLE. SEBRING IS WHERE I
LIVED UNTIL I WAS ABOUT 8 OR 9. THEN I LIVED ALL OVER FLORIDA.
CDW: BIG FAMILY?
MB: NO, I AM THE ONLY ONE EXCEPT MY BROTHER WHO IS 6 YEARS YOUNGER
THAN I.
CDW: WHAT DID YOUR FOLKS DO--DID THE WORK TAKE YOU TO DIFFERENT
PLACES?
MB: MY DADDY WAS APPOINTED SHERIFF IN HIGHLANDS COUNTY WHEN THEY
FORMED IT AND LATER ON HE WAS APPOINTED SHERIFF OF HENDRY
COUNTY AND I MOVED WITH THEM FOR A WHILE AND THEN I WENT TO MY
AUNT'S TO GO TO SCHOOL--THAT SORT OF THING.
CDW: WHERE DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL?
MB: WELL, I WENT TO 16 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN 12 YEARS, SO THAT'S
QUITE A BUNCH.
CDW: DO YOU LIVE HERE IN PALATKA NOW?
MB: OVER IN EAST PALATKA ON THE RIVER.
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