January 16, 2008

Wednesday Hero

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Here is this week’s Wednesday Hero:

 

Cpl. Phillip E. Baucus 

Cpl. Phillip E. Baucus
28 years old from Wolf Creek, Montana
3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
July 29, 2006

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p align=”center”>Marine Cpl. Phillip E. Baucus was the nephew of Montana Senator Max Baucus. He joined the corps in 2002 and was sent to Iraq in March of 2005.

Cpl. Baucus was killed alongside fellow Marines Sgt. Christian Williams, 27 yrs old from Winter Haven, Fla. and Lance Cpl. Anthony E. Butterfield, 19 yrs old from Clovis, Calif. during combat operations in Al Anbar province.

“Phillip was an incredible person, a dedicated Marine, a loving son and husband, and a proud Montanan and American,” Sen. Baucus said. “He heroically served the country he loved and he gave it his all.”

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday.  For that, I am proud to call them Hero.

We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Succession Planning…

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The president and COO of our company that has been with us for 35 years finally stepped down and bought his own franchise the other day. I was amazed that he still wanted to operate restaurants. He has enough money and time to just quietly retire if he wanted. Heck, even our chili recipe was named after him. I guess once it gets in your blood…

The thing about companies as they grow larger is that you have to have people to step into place when someone else retires or get’s promoted. That’s called succession planning and it’s a real good idea to have a succession plan for your company whether you use a software product or just have a specific plan on paper. With software less chance of error is left because you can enter your requirements and track just about anything you want to track about the potential candidates that might be available for the job.

Hilton Murder Investigation Expanding

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Authorities met yesterday to discuss possible links between Georgia murderer Gary Michael Hilton and cases in other states.

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Eight and a Half Hours…

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That’s how much sleep I managed to get last night.

I can’t remember the last time I was able to sleep in until quarter of nine in the morning.

It must have been back before the holidays at  some point I suppose.

Each time I have had a day off I have always had some place to be or something to do that kept me from actually resting up from the previous week. Today I don’t have anything to do until this evening. The engine light on the wife’s car keeps going on and she called the dealership to make an appointment. As long as they have a loaner for her we’ll be leaving her’s there tonight. I have to pick up the Oldsmobile anyway and get it home. Rather than sell it to Carmax I decided to sell it cheaper to one of the guys that works for me. The guy is married with a new baby and has no car so he will get more use out of it. I cut what my asking price would be in half for him. He should be able to pay that off in about three to four weeks, although he does have to get insurance and tags so if it takes longer, no big deal.

Well, the Starbucks is finished making. I need to get a cup and try to wake up a bit.