COURIER-JOURNAL.COM BLOG BY ANGIE FENTON
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2007
"Extreme" Leftovers
The Hughes family home isn't the only thing that received an "Extreme Makeover." I think our community
got a bit of one too.
As the primary reporter who followed this story from beginning to end, I watched as friendships were built
as quickly as the Buechel Bank Road home. I witnessed total strangers ask -- almost beg even -- to help
by doing something, anything. And I was there to see businesses cheer one another on and embrace the
concept of unity, casting competitiveness aside.
Hitcents president Chris Mills is responsible for the EyeOn Automation system Patrick's home is equipped
with. Chris and his fraternal twin Clinton, 25, came up with the technology that will allow the 19-year-old,
who is blind and uses a wheelchair, to give a central computer up to 350 commands, including opening
the refrigerator and locking the doors.
Here Chris, who is from Bowling Green, Ky., posed with his family, dad Ed Mills, mom Chrystal, and 14-year-old sister Macy, whose voice is one of five Patrick can choose to use on the system.
