District 1 OHIO ARES

At age 18, Solomon Singer is somewhat of a novelty as the youngest candidate in the United States. But if elected, it won"t be the first time the people in the Puna district of Hawaii elected someone of unusual age. Helene Hale held this seat until age 88 as the eldest representative in the country, when she retired in 2006. According to information on his biography at www.VoteForSinger.com, Solomon is part Tarzan, part aviator, part horseman, part electronics wiz, and part surfer. Solomon was raised on a remote farm and nature preserve on the Puna coast of the Big Island, home schooled by his parents, medical anthropologists and authors, Sydney Ross Singer and Soma Grismaijer. His curriculum was life, his classroom the real world, and his peers were horses, dogs, cats, chickens, geese, ducks, sheep, goats, and the few kids (human kind) he would see at the beach. Instead of a diploma, Solomon earned licenses. He paid for his licenses and training with money he earned as a farrier, horse trainer and riding instructor. At age 13 he became an Amateur Radio operator, and by age 14 earned his Amateur Extra license, the highest in amateur radio. At age 16 he began training in aviation science and earned his private pilot license. And at age 17 he was awarded the highest FCC radio license, the General Radiotelephone Operators License (GROL), and the same year passed the test for his Aviation Ground Instructor license.

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