Palermo's little Gavin makes the newspaper!

Palermo residents may remember at Christmas time that the Cupcake Elves made a surprise visit to Gavin, the little boy who is one of the youngest Palermo-ites. (See the posts and pictures in the archives from December.) Now Gavin has made it into the Desert Sun newspaper. His father Perry writes: "The short version is my son Gavin is in 1st grade (the one who had the elf visits) had an author of a children's book come from out of town to read them a story and the book was dedicated to Gavin." The newspaper story says the children's book "Pecos Meets Bad Bart" by Mae Charles is dedicated to "a special cowboy, first-grader Gavin Stamas of Palm Springs. Charles is married to the boss of Gavin's father, Perry Stamas, and that's how the youth first heard of the book. 'Gavin's mom, Desiree, read the book to him while it was in rough form — as a script,' Perry Stamas said. 'This is the first time he has seen it with pictures.' Gavin's grandmother, Donna Lozano, pointed out on Wednesday the special dedication in the book, which said 'To Gavin Stamas, my first real fan.' 'All of the kids are now going crazy asking him if Mae really dedicated the book to him. He is so excited to see his name in print,' Lozano said." You can read the whole story and see a picture at this link. Or go to mydesert.com and use the search function. Miss Penny Lane says: Congratulations, Gavin. She's been waiting her whole life for someone to dedicate a book to her.