 asked the wet 7 year old where his grandpa was and he said “in the water”. They of course grabbed flashlights and ran to the waters edge and helped grandpa and his friend out of the water.We are very lucky that we have both Leighton and Grandpa safe and sound with us today. Grandpa sure was tired and I know for a fact that after talking to him that had Leighton not been with him he would not be here today.
So again I thank you and your staff for everything that you do. You saved two lives this weekend, even though you did not know it. I just can’t thank you enough.
Just wanted to send a little “thanks” to you and your teachers for a great swim session. Logan and Cole learned a TON this session! They also enjoyed going every day which is HUGE for me! There is nothing worse than dragging your kids to lessons they don’t want to go to. So thank you!
I had taken my daughter to another swim program for several sessions of lessons and she was not progressing and was still very fearful to even put her head under water. She would either wade in water she could touch comfortably or “death grip” me while I held her in any water she could not touch.I was so pleasently surprised at Alana’s progress in the very first session with your swim program. Not only did she trust and love the teachers, she would try things for them she would never do with me.Barb, I can’t believe it but that was five years ago and now my 8 year old loves to swim and is ready to be on a swim team this summer. Thank you for caring for each swimmer so individually. It is such a joy to watch Alana swim – not only for safety reasons – but because you helped her to have the confidence to try new things… and that has helped her in many ways in and out of the pool.
My son had the BEST experience with you yesterday evening. He was excited that he learned new things right away and that you corrected him immediately so that he knew what to do. He was excited that he was learning the flip/turn… he said “Mom I am not any good at it but it is neat to start learning.” He even thanked us for the swimming lessons!
God bless you for being a source of inspiration for our son.
This is just a little note to let you know how much we appreciate all you do for young swimmers. My daughter Megan just complete sessions 3 and 4 and loved every minute. She is so excited to be able to swim, and learning to dive was the highlight of her summer! Megan worked with Michael, Katie and Maggie. Please tell them how much I appreciate their kindness and caring with Megan. Maggie really has a special place in Megan’s heart. Her picture is hanging in Megan’s room from when she took lessons in the summer of ’07!We can’t wait to see you all again next summer! We excited for Megan’s little brother Dominic to start his lessons!
Once again, THANK YOU and GOD BLESS YOU for giving Derek an opportunity to be a part of something and showing him that he has potential!The Perry Central Commodores get back to business Friday night as the Cougars of Letcher Central come to town.
Letcher comes in after earning their first win of the season against the Pike Central Hawks in a 50-to-nothing running-clock affair last Friday. While the 1-4 record next to Letcher Central’s name is not the prettiest, Perry Central Coach Ovie Canady says the record is more a testament to their strength of schedule.
The Commodores are undefeated through four games, but Letcher Central represents the first district game against 5A opponents who have proved to be a tough out over the years. Last season, the Commodores had one of the best starts in school history but stalled out in district play against Whitley County, the first of three straight losses. This will be Perry Central’s last chance to win a district championship in 5A-District 8 before the Commodores move down to 4A due to reclassification.
While many fans are looking forward to some Perry Central football since the Commodores were not in action last week, Commodore Field also serves as a place to give thanks to the many heroes in the community this weekend. Heroes Night takes place Friday and offers a chance to honor local first responders and veterans.
Last week, the Commodore seniors traveled to the East Kentucky Veterans Center to help with a ceremony in remembrance of the September 11, 2001, attacks on America.
The Commodores and Cougars are set to kick off at 7:30 p.m. at Commodore Field in Hazard.The president-elect's plan to revive the economy is taking shape. Here's what we know so far.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - As lawmakers head into the second week of debate over President-elect Barack Obama's proposed economic stimulus plan, new details continue to shed light on what promises to be a sprawling and complex piece of legislation in American history.
Though many details are still lacking, the aim of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan is clear: rejuvenate the economy and create jobs by spending hundreds of billions of dollars on infrastructure, state budget relief, safety nets for the needy and tax cuts.
A recent analysis by Obama economic advisers Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein suggested that the proposed plan could save or create 3 million to 4 million jobs by the end of 2010.
Perhaps a simple soultion....with about $350 million left in the pot.
Every taxpayer, that is someone that actually paid taxes get $1,000,000 from American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan.
If you paid no tax, or got more back that you paid, you don't qualify.
Dems would love it as the 1 Mil gets taxed as income at the Federal and State level. Dems love taxing everything and everybody.
Repub would love it as 'Fat Cat" companies would get larger.
Taxpayers would love it as Americans will do what Americans do best, that is spend or invest the rest.
Drawback....Senators and Represenatives would dislike it as they would no longer have control over our money and we actually get to spent it the way we want, not the way they want.
Drawback....Those that paid nothing will feel disenfranchised as they get nothing back.
Final analysis...........won't happen because of the drawbacks.
While any tax break is welcome, I can't see that $9.62 a week ($500 break in payroll taxes for one year ) is going to make a difference in how I spend my money. I am most certainly not going to buy a new car for that.
Most of the proposed spending (being sold to us as "new jobs") is on government-owned infrastructure for which we taxpayers will have to foot the bill unless Mr. Obama plans to just print the money. If he just prints the money, then we will have inflation just like we did in the 1970's. The money has to come from somewhere.
Creating new government jobs or new government hand-outs does not create wealth because you are taking away wealth from the private sector (individuals and business) where it could have been spent or invested for profit. Your taking away $100 (taxes) from me and giving it to someone else (new job), minus an administration fee (cut for the government employees handling the program), hasn't created anything. It is the same $100 regardless who gets it or spends it.
Individuals or businesses that develop or produce technology or products that can be sold for profit DO create wealth. Government needs to get out of the way and allow them to keep more of the money that they ALREADY earned. This is how jobs AND wealth are created.
Abuses and law-breaking by large corporations should be punished by the government, not rewarded with bailout money. Poorly managed companies should not be exempt from the laws of supply and demand, and should be allowed to fail.
I did not vote for Obama or McCain and I learned this stuff from one semester of Economics. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.
I hope they are right! But we shall see!
What amazes me is his economic plan to build our infrastructure and provide jobs for those building our infrastructure but does he realize that most of the country loosing jobs is in retail more and more retail stores are closing and leaving their employees with no jobs. You can't tell me that these companies that will be given the task to build up the infrastructure which probably will be government jobs are going to hire retail employees from Linens & Things and Mervyns who went out of business to build bridges, buildings etc they have no experience at these kind of jobs and they won't be qualified they will be told no and as for educating them they need jobs now not in a year or 2 after college. Oh yes alot of Americans from the manufacturing industry have already lost their jobs but probably as many retail employees have as well. There won't be enough QUALIFIED PERSONS to fill these jobs and they will probably have to out source these jobs from other countries.
The urgency of the Obama / Democrat Spending spree will only be outwieghed by the hyper-inflation and high unemployment that this spending will create. This plan is as shortsighted as it is dillusional.
After reading Obama's economic stimulus plan, I have to say, Obama is following an very important quality for caring for people in need. Today, I was reading a book from George Lakoff, and what Obama is doing is very similar to the two paragraph quote I read. The book of where I got this from is