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Enville man perseveres to expand his inventions and garner publicity

By NICHOLAS BEADLE

It was a night last March - George Mitchell kicks himself for not marking down the date. After years of trying and spending, his magnetic device finally turned on the light he had wired to it on a kitchen table.

He woke up his wife, Donna, and brought her to the kitchen. They hugged.

Then, the magnets flew off.

He had hollowed out the rubber in lawnmower tires, glued the magnets inside, duct-taped over the wheel and attached it to a battery-powered motor. But as the wheels spun, some of the magnets broke through the tape and began to bullet through the kitchen...

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