Remember your high school graduation? I do, vaguely. I had an idea about what I wanted to do, but had a job, granted with not much future, but it provided a weekly income, very weakly. I enjoyed my co-workers and the folks who gave me the opportunity, but I wanted to work as a DJ at a radio station.
Took a while but I eventually made it. Be careful what you ask for. I discovered it was a minimum wage job unless you could multi-task. I worked 20 years in the business, selling, managing, playing records, scrubbing floors, cleaning bathrooms, cutting grass and so much more, including ownership. Kinda like purchasing a convertible, motorcycle, or boat. The two happiest days, when you purchased and when you sell.
Some of the 2016 graduates know what they want to do, some do not, but bet most are looking for something productive to do. We wish them well. Prepare well, a lifetime is a long time to be miserable.
Suggestion, consider enrolling at Bladen Community College. That was not an option when I graduated in ’56.
Looking at candidates for political offices at the national level, scary.
Local governments are attempting to put together a budget for the coming year. It is a difficult task and the process takes unexplainable twist and turns. I respected all, when I was involved, I felt I was working with honorable public servants, can’t image attempting to deal with folks you do not trust.
The Bladen County Committee of 100 heard from Michael Nagowski, CEO of Cape Fear Valley Healthcare System, operators of Bladen County Hospital, last evening. He touched on what it would take to build a new local hospital. VOLUME. If you are going to spend $30 to $40 million, must have the numbers.
He said Cape Fear Valley is partnering with Campbell U Medical School for their graduates to rotate thru their hospitals, including Bladen County. That could be a great relationship. The first Campbell U class graduates in 2017.
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton.
If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. Milton Berle
Hate, It has caused a lot of problem in this world but has not solved one yet. Maya Angelou
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