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| The barber who gives free hair cuts to children - as long as they are reading | |
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| A buzz-cut, a trim, or something more spiky? | A buzz-cut, a trim, or something more spiky? |
| Barber Courtney Holmes can deliver them all, as he seamlessly wields his clippers over the unkempt heads of the men and young boys who enter his Iowa shop. | Barber Courtney Holmes can deliver them all, as he seamlessly wields his clippers over the unkempt heads of the men and young boys who enter his Iowa shop. |
| This week, Mr Holmes has been offering Dubuque youngsters a free cut as part of a local back-to-school initiative. But there’s a catch: as he gets busy with their hair, they have to read to him from a book. | This week, Mr Holmes has been offering Dubuque youngsters a free cut as part of a local back-to-school initiative. But there’s a catch: as he gets busy with their hair, they have to read to him from a book. |
| Courtney Holmes is taking part in a local back-to-school project | Courtney Holmes is taking part in a local back-to-school project |
| “I just want to support kids reading,” Mr Holmes told the Telegraph Herald newspaper | “I just want to support kids reading,” Mr Holmes told the Telegraph Herald newspaper |
| And so as he trimmed Jeremiah Reddick’s hair, the nine-year-old had read to him from a book about baseball legend Babe Ruth. | And so as he trimmed Jeremiah Reddick’s hair, the nine-year-old had read to him from a book about baseball legend Babe Ruth. |
| Meanwhile, nine-year-old Tayshawn Kirby read from Fats, Oils and Sweets, by Carol Parenzan Smalley, telling the barber that the average person eats 150 lbs of sugar each year. His brother, 10-year-old Titan Feeney, then took his turn in the barber’s chair. | Meanwhile, nine-year-old Tayshawn Kirby read from Fats, Oils and Sweets, by Carol Parenzan Smalley, telling the barber that the average person eats 150 lbs of sugar each year. His brother, 10-year-old Titan Feeney, then took his turn in the barber’s chair. |
| St Mark Youth Enrichment, a local youth programme, had provided the book for the event. Outreach coordinator Beth McGorry said she enjoyed watching Mr Holmes help young children sound out the words they did not know yet. | St Mark Youth Enrichment, a local youth programme, had provided the book for the event. Outreach coordinator Beth McGorry said she enjoyed watching Mr Holmes help young children sound out the words they did not know yet. |
| “It’s great. All the kids, they want to have a good haircut to go back to school,” said Caitlin Daniels of the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque. “They’re paying through reading.” | “It’s great. All the kids, they want to have a good haircut to go back to school,” said Caitlin Daniels of the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque. “They’re paying through reading.” |