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Discover CityViewNC.com's fresh updated look! | 43 Kaylum Graham first saw the fat- wheeled electric unicycle in action last fall on a Snapchat video shot by one of his friends. It showed a cheerful guy zooming around on the machine around downtown Fayetteville. Graham was enchanted. He wanted one. "It was like love at first sight," he said recently. "It was totally different." Aer some quick Internet sleuthing, the 28-year-old found the unicycle's manufacturer – a tiny Fayetteville company called Exemplary Vertical Applications – and bought himself a unicyle. He said he loved riding it but ended up giving it to a teenage cousin who got an even bigger kick out of it. "I'm trying to get another one for myself," Graham said. Eric Nkusi, EVA's owner and the cheerful rider from the video, said he'll build Graham one when he's ready. Meanwhile, Nkusi is balancing an Army career with his side interests of building up his electric vehicle business and trying to improve the world through simplicity and green technologies. e native of the African country of Burundi said he has always been fascinated with science and its possibilities for helping people and has always loved to tinker. He reads scientific journals for fun and oen wakes in the middle of the night with an idea for creating or improving something. Remembering his childhood village, which lacked electricity, he has created solar-powered light bulbs and lighting units. Recalling the miserably hot living quarters during some of his past overseas deployments, he said, he has designed solar-powered heating and air-conditioning units. And believing there will be an You can see the wonderful impact The Little Gym can have on your child when you join us for a FREE introductory class. Experiential learning and physical development programs for children ages 4 months through 12 years Call or schedule your free class online The Little Gym of Fayetteville www.tlgfayettevillenc.com 910-223-3GYM(3496) You can see the wonderful impact The Little Gym can have on your child when you join us for a FREE introductory class. Experiential learning and physical development programs for children ages 4 months through 12 years Call or schedule your free class online The Little Gym of Fayetteville www.tlgfayettevillenc.com 910-223-3GYM(3496) You can see the wonderful impact The Little Gym can have on your child when you join us for a FREE introductory class. Experiential learning and physical development programs for children ages 4 months through 12 years Call or schedule your free class online The Little Gym of Fayetteville www.tlgfayettevillenc.com 910-223-3GYM(3496) Call us about our Holiday Camp Specials! Now enrolling for Fall classes and Wonderkids! Now enrolling for Summer classes and Wonderkids! • Voted "Best Private School" by Readers' Choice and Best of Fayetteville readers' polls • Chromebook and iPad pilot programs • Grades 4-7 LEGO ® Robotics Team • Middle/Upper School STEAM SmartLab ® opening in 2018 • 81 percent of AP exams taken resulted in a score of 3 or higher. • The 39 members of the Class of 2017 were offered more than $3.6 million in college scholarships and grants. • More than $500,000 in need-based financial aid awarded annually to qualified applicants. 910.868.5131 | 3200 Cliffdale Road, Fayetteville, NC 28303 | www.fayacademy.org Fayetteville Academy Fayetteville Academy admits qualified students and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, or religion in the administration of admissions, educational policies, financial aid, athletic programs, or other activities.

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