know, he has been a role model to all of us. >> beautiful baby. >> former players bring back their own kid. >> how are you. >> just to meet him for the first time. >> i come in here one time and he will know their name and remember it forever. >> i love you beautiful people. >> thank you good morning, kid. >> i love you. >> that is why principal dawn kelly, made him the official morning breather here, at the school. >> good morning good morning. >> first thing in the morning he has a big smile have a great day. it means the world to them. >> wow, wow, i love you. >> for some it is the only smile they get all day. >> good morning everybody. >> good morning. >> how are you. >> good to see you today. >> i just have a feeling for everybody, you know kind of a guy who is good to have around because i'm always positive. >> yeah. i love you too. i love you. >> forty-five minutes mr. durant shake hand and tells each kid he loves them. >> i love you. i love you guys. thank you. >> a a lot of times kid need that extra push. >> i kind of like you. >> you need to know that somebody has our back no matter what and you definitely find that in mr. durant. >> go, go. >> even a crowded sixth grade lunchroom is no match, to get a reception, like this. >> wow yeah wow. >> thank you thank you. >> but even the happiest souls can get down. >> i lost my wife four months ago. the great part about my name sake is we were married over 60 years, and just the best thing that ever happened to me in my life. >> everybody good. >> mr. durant came to work each day after supported with you guessed it. >> i love you guys. >> his children. >> i love you guys. what more can i say. if you can have that in your corner and have people that love you it is remarkable at my age, i will walk around very happy. >> thank you so much for being so sweet. >> just before the kid left on spring break they made him this card. >> i love you so much, mr. durant. >> telling him how much he means to them. >> every time he give it to me i cry. >> i think my biggest thing is when i found out that these kid like me i gotten better. >> sometimes in life it is smaller things that have the greatest impact. who knew that a smile could be so contagious. >> you you old bugger and you still love me. that is the greatest feeling in the world. >> i love it. this is one and a only bill roar, by the way. >> absolutely, great piece good he is my mvp. really to be 86 years old and enjoying life yeah, a lesson for us all. >> helping other people enjoy life. these kid what a great role model. how did you find out about him. >> well he goes to the same school district i graduated from. he works in the same district i graduated from. he is so popular in the community. he is known to get out of speeding tickets there is a possible book. >> save that for another day. >> so, he is just amazing. >> fantastic. >> just an inspiration, i love it, bill. >> glad we told the story. thanks, bill. there have been many great boxing legend to come through our city, bill shows us how one local man is keeping the legacy of smoking joe frazier alive. >> philadelphia a is a city, many champions call home. >> we can all relate to joe frazier. and the character of this city. >> steven lee, he is a boxer's focus and concentration. >> just a small adjustment. >> most days i'll come in, and, i'll look again and think, can i just get a little bet better. >> bringing details to life. a boxer a's face. the nose is broken. >> smoking joe frazier known for heating up in the later round and for his deadly left hook. >> this cross armed type of style is very philadelphia. a a lot of the great boxers that came out of here were influenced by earlier boxers like archie moore but it is joe, and it is also philadelphia. >> steven has been molding and shaping this 9-foot icon, for six months. >> i'm very determined. this job is both physical and mental at the same time. i last about six hours and then i go home and i take a nap. >> hoping his hard work inspires. >> i think often a lot of us feel like boxers. we feel like we're getting beat up a lot. we feel like we are losing. we persevere. that is actually a core inspiration for me. but it feels similar to what i feel when i watch him box. >> labeled the fight of the century. >> something they have been doing all night. >> march 8th 1971 philadelphia's heavyweight champion joe frazier in the green trunks fighting mohammed ali inside madison square garden. fight features two undefeated boxers. >> back says the referee. >> until joe frazier knocks down ali. >> that shot that was taken for sports illustrated that at its best. >> snapshot taking shape. >> it is a very interesting moment for him. it certainly is an instant of achievement. >> a moment forever embraced by a city. >> it is kind have like getting to do a great super hero for the city. >> heavyweight champion of the world joe frazier. >> bill roar incredible perspective there. you see how small the art looks compared to joe frazier. you know, the unveiling when will that be. >> originally it was at the end of april, now they have moved it to middle of september. >> okay, wow. >> and where? >> it is going to be at the sports complex, i heard xfinity live. >> beautiful. >> perfect place for it, right. >> exactly smoking joe all philly. >> fun. >> all right bill, thanks so much. you know we're in the done with bill yet because these people have a story to tell. one man gets inspiration to start the the museum, yes, indeed, which one of these toilet seats is the most near and dear to his heart. we're turning back the clocks taking to you this little village that has been captivating crowd for decade. ho recently, a 1954 mercedes-benz grand prix race car made history when it sold for a record price of just under $30 million. and now, another mercedes-benz makes history selling at just over $30,000. and to think this one actually has a surround-sound stereo. the 2015 cla. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. if you are child of the 80's or lived through them odds are good you have crossed paths with a rubix cube. >> yeah, probably you know like, i think, the art of the frustratingly difficult, very, very difficult but as fox 29 photo journalist bill roar shows us, one local 15 year-old can do it, blindfolded. >> it will not take much for 15 year-old boy to impress you. >> it originated in india. >> with lightening fast precision, he hammers out the beats. >> strong fingers but that comes after practice because when i was little, i didn't have strong hand good strong fingers. >> one of the point with x1. >> a strong mine, for calculus. >> substantial rate of change. >> solving a puts will-like equation is easier than solving his shoes. >> integral of one over. >> if you combine his brilliant mind and fast fingers. >> have after you have practiced it is second nature. doing it fast is what is hard. >> he can solve a three by three rubix cube in little under 15 seconds. >> this is basically my cube shell. >> take a tour of his room and you will be impressed more. >> i won first prize in that competition. >> he and many universities competing. >> my yale spring certificate. >> and winning. give him a brian fold, it may take him longer to get solved. in mind solving, he is fifth in the country. the solvers ahead of him are two years older. a typical rubix cube has six side, 54 colored stickers and can be solved, without using his eyes. >> you start making noise, literally he had maybe a hundred pages of notes just to solve cube for first time. >> what i'm doggies i will memorize the the corners. >> listening to how he does that. >> d and v. >> may be just as confusing as calculus. >> what you do is you close your eyes. you decrypt it. i do have a good memory but not a photo graphic one. >> i call it identical memory. >> my mind is just exploding. >> yes. >> so, he memorizees where all of these colors are bill. >> basically before he solves it memorizees it and puts it into a algorithm in his head. >> then he solved it that way. >> wow. were you shock when you saw him do this. >> pretty much. pretty much. the the only way i could solve a rubix cube is taking off stickers and rearranging them. >> that or a good sharpe. >> exactly. in the piece i said he was fifth in the nation. >> yeah. >> he is now second in the nation and 12th in the world. >> i could see that. good that is impressive. >> it is like a chess thing you know how chess people take it very, very seriously. >> um-hmm. >> amazing, bill. >> my kid are under achievers i think. i love my kid. it is a collection you probably never have seen hundreds of toilet seats decorated, some adorned with history. tonight bill introduces us to the man behind it all. >> very new camera. we have a lot to shoot. >> spend a minute with nine two-year old barney smith. >> small beginning of the toilet seat museum. >> and take a tour. >> i have got optic cable, basketball football. >> each seat is mark. >> hard work on the tank. >> with just about anything. >> i have even got a piece of shutter that blue off down in florida. >> making seats. >> and then i would put a sealer on it. >> after toilet seat. >> sixty-eight 69. >> for 50 years. >> i have got a 1,119 toilet seats in here. >> people flock by the thousands. >> hey, we used to be in san antonio. >> from all over the the world. >> i'm running out of competition, i don't maine about that. >> filling their lives with memories. >> this is the the last anniversary that i got to hang out. time to to without. my helper report. >> he took his wife, thelma. >> i told my wife before she died, i said whenever you leave this whole world i said whenever you see st. peter tell him there is a fellow down here working on toilet seats for your place up in heaven. she said she will. >> for now barney waits. >> forty to 60 people are going to come from utah. >> to spend one more minute. >> this keeps me at home, keeps me from running around. >> with his visitors. >> a local great grandmother just turn 90 years old and she's still hitting the lanes. why this is so much more than a game and well, sir. after some serious consideration i'd like to put in my 15-year notice. you're quitting!? technically retiring, sir. with a little help from my state farm agent i plan to retire in 15 years. wow! you're totally blindsiding me here. who's gonna manage your accounts? this is a devastating blow i was not prepared for. well, i'm gonna finish packing my things. 15 years will really sneak up on you. jennifer with do your exit interview and adam made you a cake. red velvet. oh, thank you. i made this. take charge of your retirement. talk to a state farm agent today. one local great grandmother is hitting lanes in the 90th year and as fox photo journalist bill roar found out this is about a a lot more than just strikes. >> in the sport of bowling it is enjoyed by a hundred million people worldwide. >> oh, my. >> none more than that 90 year-old margaret katzberg. >> she has been slinging the ball down the lane for over 50 years. >> it is concentration because you have to approach it and you cannot drop your shoulder. >> each week she and her friend take over the levittown lanes in bucks county. >> physically fit so i do a little bit of exercise to him ber up, stretching, and that helps. >> the great grandmother has had a few setbacks over the years. >> i had a knee replacement, a hip replacement. >> bowling is a must on monday. >> you have to make up your mind thaw will do it. it is better than sitting around and feeling sorry for yourself. it won't get you anywhere. >> the response there are some shots you cannot explain. >> now that is crazy. look at the that. >> it may take youngest bowler a few years to get his first strike. >> one more and this game will be over. >> the oldest, didn't to have wait long. >> finally got it. today i feel pretty good. >> yes. >> well as long as i can walk, i'll bowel, you know. >> bowling and golf. >> if you see tom hanks in forest gump, maybe a ping-pong pro in your own basement but at one place in our area, do not, do not call it ping-pong. the as bill shows us this group takes their table tennis very seriously. >> you might think table tennis is not a very intense sport, but don't tell that to the people at trolley car table in east falls. >> very athletic. you get a great work out playing table tennis and it helps to focus you. >> and exercise. >> club is one of those build it, and they will come things. we open the club four years ago and immediately people started to come in and they found us, very quickly. >> for those who are great basement ping-pong players you might be surprised at the level of play. >> there is always fun to watch a new player walk in, who used to be the the the best in their basement or best in their neighborhood, and their jaw just dropped. >> it may look like two people hitting the ball back and forth but there is a lot going on here. >> you have to be able to read the spins on the other person's racket. you have to be able to counter those spins. you have to watch the different speeds and know how to return the ball. >> twelve year old cristina mccarthey has been playing here since she was nine. >> the reason why i also wanted to play was to beat my dad and when i did it i realized i was good at it and it took me a short amount of time. >> he competes in tournament around the country. his rang, top ten for kid under 13. >> i wanting to to the olympics personally in the other next year or 2020. that is my goal. >> table tennis athletes have been competing at the olympics since 1988. >> we're much better than in other sports but for many years the the asian countries dominated and that is slowly starting to change. >> some people fear of never competing in the olympics but both dream of having fun. >> you forget about everything else around you you while you are playing. you play two or three hours and it feels like 15 minutes. >> it is mini village born out of the mine of the child we will take to you this tiny reminiscing, taking a step back in time sometime, it is nice to slow your roll and enjoy little things. >> tonight fox 29 photo journalist bill roar takes us to a simpler place that while small, will make your heart just grow. >> ♪ >> it is a feel good kind of place. >> berks county, pennsylvania, there is a a roadside attraction that is been entertaining people for the the last 51 years. >> ahh i just hat a a looked. >> delores tyson is a caretaker and been here since she was born. >> my grandfather started in 1903 as a 19 year-old boy. >> her grandfather put together the world's largest indoor miniature village. >> can you see the very, very meticulous as far as construction of the buildings and everything goes. he wanted it to look where the village is it is over 8,000 square feet, 18 trains and trolleys and 4,000 miniature people. >> his achievement is just incredible, i mean for one man in a lifetime. when this was really just a hobby. the sheer magnitude of what it is created is mind boggling. >> a masterpiece, mixing together paint plaster and life. >> it really is a train layout as people think it is is but it never is. artist the in the building. he was only ten years old. i mean the man was a genius. there is no other way to put it. >> roadside america usually gets a few hundred visitors each year. >> unfortunately not as many as we used to because times change and public taste i think changes. and a we do have things like television and the internet and everything else, and people just don't go out as much as they used to go out. >> over 50 years ago. >> for delores, it brings joy. >> finally get tired of it that child wouldn't see it, and wouldn't be sharing the memories of maybe with their parents or grand parents to be here. >> hopefully, that will never happen. >> when the kid twist their parents arm and they finally come in here everyone of them, even their grandparents say wow just can't believe what they are seeing. >> in berks county, bill roar fox 29 news. may be. i pad. of course that does it for us tonight on our fox 29 in focus special. >> if you'd like to watch bill's stories head to my fox philly.com, click on the fox 29 weekend section and look keep up with those everyday messes with the help of roomba from irobot. a full suite of sensors automatically guides roomba around your home, going under furniture and along edges while avoiding stairs. and its powerful 3-stage cleaning system sweeps brushes and vacuums your floors. for a more thorough clean every day all at the touch of a button. roomba. only from irobot. announcer: today on "tmz" -- harvey: all the kardashians show up at the place where there are more paparazzi than any place in the city. they show up knowing everybody is going to ask them -- >> watching that special 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