A few days ago a friend sent me a link to a site, as a matter of fact he sent it to a whole group of us. After clicking on the iste to get more information it asked me to "register." I'm a sucker, so I did fill in the requested informatiion. As a newly minted member of the World of Soul Motorcycole group, I learned of a support mission for an effort by Operation PUSH. My fellow "friends" bombarded me with comments regarding Jesse Jackson and anti semitism, etc, etc., etc...
Despite their comments I showed up to this event that promotes kids from the inner city to visit colleges and universities outside of the area. It was not about Jesse Jackson, but about kids. I was really discouraged that others felt the way they do as adults but not recognize the needs of kids.
I strongly feel that my responsibility as an adult is to make sure the next generation is educated, capable of rational thoughts, and knowledgable about how to make the world a better place to live. I don't think our senior years should be devoted fuming about differtences as adults. Debate, yes, but knee jerk reactions are really so passe.
I have been an active person my entire life. Retirement, equated to sitting around, was never in the picture, but after 20+ years with the same employer I seemed to be settling in for the long term. Then something happened to open my eyes. I received an email with the subject set to the title of a paper I presented at the 1974 Winter Simulation Conference. The long and the short of it was that a former consulting client was still using a forecasting methodology I had installed for them many years before. A short conversation later and they indicated that they would retain my services at a good rate. I felt a bit stagnant at my long-term employer, and was loyal (but sometimes irreverant). It appeared that I still had a number of functioning brain cells after all. Discussions with my wife indicated that I could also consult and do business development in the Executive Search field.
Should I make the change or not? That was fairly easy "Yes." What would I tell my employer of so many years?
This appeared in the paper recently. My son lives there and my grandson often visits and spends the night. I'm outraged that a decent person cannot find a decent place to live with decent neighbors. My take: The owners just want the rent and are afraid to kick out the criminals. There have been instances of vandalism on previous occasions.
No victims found, but shell casings recovered
Fayetteville Police are investigating a shooting that occurred at Weatherly Walk Apartments early Tuesday night.
No one was apparently injured, but when police arrived on the scene they could not find any of the reported four young black males who took part in the incident, police said. The incident occurred near the 1600 and 1700 buildings at the apartment complex, police said.
No blood was found at the scene but area hospitals were contacted to be on the lookout for victims suffering from gunshot wounds, police said.
Witnesses told police that the four young men were in two distinct groups, with one leaving the area in a champagne colored compact car and the other group leaving in a green or blue Chevy Lumina with Fulton County license plates.
Police found 9mm shell casings in the area including at least one that had been discharged into the ground. Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call the Fayetteville Police Department at 770-461-4441.
I recently have become involved with the Chicago Public School program to turnaround under performing schools. Medill School's project is sponsored in part by the Union League Club of Chicago, and both my wife, Joan, and I are involved. It is very fulfilling to work on these kinds of projects. When I visit classrooms the kids all want to know if I will be their new teacher, or clamor for help on problems. I often wonder if someday they might think back and remember me as a teacher just like I remember those who changed my life.
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