Jim Leonard
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In this May 18, 2014 photo, Jim Leonard, 61, of Canton, N.Y., rides the subway with his daughter Riley, 12, after visiting his older daughter and her newborn in New York. “My children are my greatest achievement,” he said. “To see how they have grown, matured and become good, decent and loving people absolutely warms my heart …The older you get, the more you appreciate it. When you’re younger, you’re so busy with everything, you don’t have time to appreciate it.” (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, FEB. 15, 2014, AT 12:01 A.M. CST AND THEREAFTER - In this Jan. 29, 2014 photo, Jim Leonard uses his own private ice clearing machine to clean the rinks at the Lion's Park ice rinks in Lake Elmo, Minn. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Jean Pieri)

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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, Feb. 15, 2014, AT 12:01 A.M. CST AND THEREAFTER - In this Jan. 29, 2014 photo, Jim Leonard watches as his ice cleaning machine gets used to clean the ice at the Lion's Park ice rinks in Lake Elmo, Minn. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Jean Pieri)

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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, Feb. 15, 2014, AT 12:01 A.M. CST AND THEREAFTER - In this Jan. 29, 2014 photo, Jim Leonard circles the rink in his own ice cleaning machine at the Lion's Park ice rinks in Lake Elmo, Minn. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Jean Pieri)