I had the honor to attend the dedication of the new track at White Elementary school today. This track was funded over a 4 year period by the students, parents, teachers, and business partners from throughout Bartow County. My father was an administrator at WES from 1979-1991 and my sister and I were students at White throughout our elementary school years. It was an exciting time in the history of the school and I was lucky to be a part of it. This is a GREAT example of the school community taking the initiative to think of and see a project completed on their own. This may be the only elementary school in the state to have a striped 200m track. Coach Lynn Hedden who was the inspiration for the track will no doubt put it to good use as she continues to teach our students about the importance of fitness throughout their lives!
I finally get to check the lawn tractor box on my Man List and I am pretty excited about it! It has a cup holder and my yard is going to be looking sweet this summer!
The board met last night and we named Dr. John Harper as our new Superintendent of Schools. Dr. Harper was an Assistant Superintendent under Dr. Abbe Boring and has served in an interim capacity since January 1st 2008.
He brings to us a wealth of experience both with his local service and his previous experience as Superintendent. I am looking forward to working with Dr. Harper as we look to move this school system forward.
I also want to thank all of the finalists for their preparation and the presentations they made for this board. We had an exceptional group of candidates this time and they made this a very tough decision for the board.
One of the things that I hear constantly from the traditionalists is that those of us who attend more contemporary churches are blind followers who never had an original thought. They go on to say that all of these churches are ripoffs of each other and that they offer little substance to “real” Christians.
I was really happy to hear him say that our church is about Unity of Purpose and not UNIFORMITY. The thing that has always made our church interesting to me is that we have a wide array of people who attend week in and week out. I like the fact that our church is diverse racially, socially, economically and about every other way you can be unique. Our strength is that we care about all people and want to in Michael’s words:
Lead people from where they are……To where God wants them to be!
We have had some changes in recent weeks and it is more important than ever that we come together as a church and continue to exercise Unity of Purpose. It is not important that we all do things the same way but we must never lose sight of what our ultimate goal should be. We all have ideas, opinions, likes and dislikes but that should not interfere with the God ordained mission that Oakleaf has been called to serve.
Oakleaf’s mission may not be for everyone but I am proud to attend a church that has the core mission of seeing lives changed through Jesus Christ.
As for me and my house we will serve the Lord! (Joshua 24:15)
Barack Obama in a moment of unplanned honesty finally revealed what he really thought of people in small town America. He is a Liberal elitist of the worst kind and his ascendance to the Presidency would put this country andour security at risk.
He said: “You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And it’s not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”
He has shown time and again by his policies, his associations, and in statements like the one above that he cannot win in the vast majority of this country. He has primarily succeeded in the primaries by winning the urban vote while Clinton has performed far better in the more rural areas. The states that Obama has had the most success in have been traditionally carried by Republicans in the general election.
It has always amazed me why minorities and working class Americans have been so tied to the Democratic Party when the leadership of that organization believes in largely the same thing expressed by Obama in San Francisco.
I am proud to be a person of faith who happens to believe that the founders of this country are much smarter than Sen. Obama and placed the 2ndAmendment in the Constitution for a purpose. He takes a swipe at two constitutionally protected freedoms in his derision of rural Americans.
The more I hear about Sen. Obama the less I believe he is interested in America’s prosperity. Freedom is the answer to America’s problems and we need a lot more of it! We do not need the Socialist agenda that Sen. Obama is trying to sneak into this country in the guise of fancy speeches and Hollywood endorsements.
Last night at our regular work session we looked at proposals from staff that would set in motion site work on Cass High School.
My hope is that we would be able to have the ground-breaking for the school prior to the end of the current school year. More news on Cass High as we get closer to starting construction!
Please take some time to fill out the petition that is being drafted by the Men’s Health Network. This petition will help men all over the country who suffer from Prostate Cancer. It is one of the leading cancers in men and there is some pending legislation that would make it easier for doctors and patients to get the kind of therapy that they need.
Please clink on the link below to sign the Prostate Cancer Petition:
I spent some time this weekend checking out the web-site www.hulu.com and it was really cool! It is like a free on-line DVR of all of your favorite TV, Movie and Sports shows of today and in the past.
I let my son catch up on an episode of the animated Spider-Man and I got to scan a couple of old Buck Rogers episodes and some sports stuff.
Check it out…..If you have wifi and travel it would be a great option for waiting in an airport or at a coffee shop (with earbuds of course)!
There is a great article in Charisma magazine on Mike Huckabee and what happened to him during his bid for the Presidency. They look specifically at some of the evangelical leaders coming late to support him and what impact that may have had on his campaign.
I am still very impressed with the qualities of Mike Huckabee and believe that his success was real and something that he can build on in whatever he does next.
Read the article below for more insight on Mike Huckabee:
