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Solheim Student Creates New Super Hero

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By Jon Schaeffer - email

A local 4th grader is a super hero of sorts in his Solheim classroom.

Ben Weiler entered a Nation-wide competition and won.

The task was to create a super hero -- for a book that's distributed in classrooms around the country.

Ben's idea, a super hero named Clutter Buster that helps de-clutter desks.

A problem Ben says, he has himself...

Ben's super hero was so good he made the book.

And today gets to celebrate with his friends at a party just for him.

When asked what it's like to have this happen, one word sums it up.

Ben Weiler "Gnarly! Why is that? Cuz it's cool just gnarly!"

The book, "82 new unthinkables for Super flex to Outsmart" came out this summer, and of coarse features clutter-buster...

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