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As you may have guessed, he did not become student council president, but he did become The Guy Who Read The Announcements Over The Loudspeaker Every Morning and was very pleased with himself about it. "This is [Firstname Middlename Lastname], Voice of the Aces!" (The Aces were one of our sportsball teams, but I could not for love of or money tell you which sportsball.)

As a coda to this story, two years ago I happened to be in my hometown for the 4th of July fireworks for the first time in years, and I heard the familiar dulcet tones over the loudspeaker at the event, announcing "This is [Firstname Middlename Lastname] -"

"THE VOICE OF THE ACES!" I declared, loudly and involuntarily, to my assembled friends and family, so I guess he did achieve some measure of the fame he wanted in the end.